Our story begins, as these stories often do, with a young up-and-coming
politician. He's a deeply religious man and a member of the
conservative party. He is completely single-minded convictions and has
no regard for the political process. Eventually, his party launches a
special project in the name of 'national security'. At first, it is
believed to be a search for biological weapons and it is pursued
regardless of its cost. However, the true goal of the project is power,
complete and total hegemonic domination. The project, however, ends
violently... but the efforts of those involved are not in vain, for a
new ability to wage war is born from the blood of one of their victims.
Imagine a virus - the most terrifying virus you can, and then imagine
that you and you alone have the cure. But if your ultimate goal is
power, how best to use such a weapon? It is at this point in our story
that along comes a spider. He is a man seemingly without a conscience;
for whom the ends always justify the means and it is he who suggests
that their target should not be an enemy of the country but rather the
country itself. Three targets are chosen to maximize the effect of the
attack: a school, a tube station, and a water-treatment plant. Several
hundred die within the first few weeks. Until at last the true goal
comes into view. Before the St. Mary's crisis, no one would have
predicted the outcome of the elections. No one. But after the election,
lo and behold, a miracle. Some believed that it was the work of God
himself, but it was a pharmaceutical company controlled by certain
party members made them all obscenely rich. But the true genius of the
plan was the fear. A year later, several extremeists are tried, found
guilty, and executed while a memorial is builterected to canonize their
victims. Fear became the ultimate tool of this government. And through
it our politician was ultimately appointed to the newly created
position of High Chancellor. The rest, as they say, is history.
