Entering the dark...
Entering the dark...
Project Elysia: Blackout
Uncover the truth buried beneath layers of darkness and silence
Elysia was built as humanity's greatest achievement — a self-sustaining megacity powered by a revolutionary energy source called the Resonance Core. For three decades, Elysia stood as proof that humanity could transcend its limitations. Art, science, and culture flourished within its walls. The city was alive in ways no other place on Earth could match.
Then came the Blackout.
In a single catastrophic moment, the Resonance Core failed. Every light in the city extinguished simultaneously. Every electronic device went dark. Every connection to the outside world severed. But the darkness that fell on Elysia was not merely the absence of light — it was something else entirely. Something that moved. Something that remembered.
The quarantine wall went up within hours. No one has entered or left Elysia in three years. Until now.
Within the darkness, new powers have risen. The Conductors seek to restore the Resonance Core at any cost. The Hollow Court has embraced the dark, becoming something more — or less — than human. The Lamplighters cling to their failing generators like drowning souls to driftwood. And in the deepest reaches of the undercity, the Echoes whisper of a fifth faction — one that existed before Elysia was ever built.
Conductors
Hollow Court
Lamplighters
Echoes
Year 0
Elysia's construction begins around the newly discovered Resonance Core.
Year 12
Elysia reaches peak population of 8 million. The city is declared an independent state.
Year 28
First signs of instability in the Resonance Core. Reports are suppressed.
Year 30
The Resonance Core fails. Elysia goes dark. The quarantine wall is erected.
Year 33
You are sent into the quarantine zone. Your mission is simple. The truth is not.