The West

The West is the continent on which most of the novel series takes place. It consists of four nations; Prometha, Glauca, Ceresa and Zepha, as well the capital city of Solica, which is governed by Phoebus.

 History 

Originally, the West was simply known as "the world" by its people as the surrounding ocean was too vast to explore, even as technology advanced. Not knowing how far any other landmass was, ships (and later, aircraft) could not be designed with adequate supplies to explore. This logic prompted the West's inhabitants against exploring altogether.

Eventually, the humans of the West developed vast knowledge about their world, making discovery after scientific discovery. This led to the creation of agriculture, medicine, mechanical transportation and other inventions. But because of these discoveries, the human population grew as more humans became able to live longer lives and conceive children. Eventually, the natural resources of the continent dwindled to the point that the various nations of the time began waging war simply to sustain themselves.

This period of constant war culminated in the creation of the Deities, intelligent robotic weapons that would replace humans on the battlefield. However, a mistake in the Deities' programming led to them massacring not just their assigned enemy, but every human in sight. By the end of humanity's struggle against the Deities, the human population was reduced to only five million. The survivors soon established four new countries, as well as the international military organization Phoebus to ensure their wellbeing. The final day of victory against the Deities, later known as Saint's Day, marked the beginning of the new "After Judgement" calendar.

In A.J. 235, a small fishing boat drifted near the shores of Zepha, where it was found by the locals. On it was a young boy with facial features unlike anything ever seen on the continent. This led to a resurgence of curiosity in the world beyond the continent, culminating in the Draupnir Project-a group of nuclear-powered ships, each sailing in a different direction from the continent. Three months later, the ship sailing to the east of the continent discovered a new landmass: an equally large continent, complete with its own human civilization.

By A.J. 238, the West and the new continent, now known as the East, had begun a full-scale relationship, with culture, knowledge and products from each landmass being distributed to the other. However, tensions began to arise as a number of Westerners began to believe that, as the West possessed technology and knowledge far superior to the East, which was still considered primitive cdue to its opppressive caste system and high reliance on religious faith.