The year 2025, the world experienced a massive spiritual awakening. No one knows what caused this to happen but it gave humanity abilities thought to be impossible. From elemental control to sound manipulation, everything became possible. With these newfound powers, wars expanded to an unbelievable degree. In the first five years of the war, entire countries were reduced to rubble. Ukraine was lost in 2027, only two years after powers were awakened. Both Koreas fell in 2028 when China took advantage of their feud and attacked at the height of the war that started at the awakening of powers. Most of the Middle Eastern nations fell because of civil wars that expanded to global conflicts. The only surviving nations were Israel and Saudi Arabia because of continuing support from the world's superpowers. The only countries to survive in Africa were Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, and Algeria.
Humans only knew chaos and death for the first five years of the war. In 2030, humanity got a brief break when every nation agreed to a six-month-long armistice. This was the first time humans had agreed on something globally in a long time. It was only for a short time to recuperate and prepare for another bloody war. The United Nations met for the first time since the awakening to discuss how the armistice worked. It was agreed upon by all nations to call this war the Awakening War. Some nations pushed for memorials to be scheduled for all the lost lives. Unfortunately, there wasn't anything productive being talked about this day and this was the last time the United Nations ever met. The only thing that came out of this meeting was the Awakening War.
After the UN meeting, it was clear to all global superpowers that they needed allies. The United States had the easiest time with securing allies due to the low amount of conflict in the Americas. Mexico and Canada were immediately integrated to be a part of the American Empire. Most of South America agreed to join the American Empire but a few didn't. Brazil thought they had a chance to remain neutral because they had a lot of powerful people. Maybe with enough power, they might be able to deter the Americans. Brazil was immediately attacked by America breaking the global armistice. It fell in a matter of hours and whatever was left was integrated into the American Empire. The American Empire now comprised every country in the Americas in only a matter of two weeks.
Every other major superpower saw the enormous American Empire (AE) and decided they were not going to be left behind. Britain joined the EU once again because of threats from the EU. Russia and China had formed an alliance called the Russo-Chi Alliance, also known as the RCA. The rest of the countries were forced to pick a side. Japan had one of the hardest decisions to make regarding what country to side with. The American Empire decided that Japan was too important of an ally to give up. America used every person with earth or water abilities and started the first scientific research campaign that combined technology with superpowers.
They ended up with something called an elemental resonator that would help amplify the abilities of people with elemental powers. America wanted to move Japan closer to them so Japan wouldn't be so vulnerable to the RCA. This project was very rushed and many scientists warned the Americans about the negative impact this could have on the whole country. That advice was ignored by the Americans and they sent a team full of tens of thousands of earth and water users to start the push. It didn't take very long for this mission to fail. The Americans wanted to use the earth users to push the whole island while the water users would make sure the water flow would allow the island to move without resistance. Only after five miles of pushing Japan started to slowly split down the middle. No one noticed until a significant amount of water was rushing through the middle of Japan. The water users supporting the earth users got distracted because of this and the water holding the island up wavered causing Japan to quickly sink. Almost every person living in Japan died with only the lucky and the powerful surviving. The remaining survivors joined the RCA or the EU because of the irresponsible actions of the American Empire. Among the survivors were scientists who helped with the discovery of the elemental resonator and what would later be called SuperTech. This incident was later called the Nihon Massacre, happening on August 18th, 2030.
All though the EU is made up of many nations they had decided that they needed a powerful leader during this hectic time. They elected a woman named Elena Hayes who had the abilities of chronokensis (time manipulation) and quantum insight. She manipulates time in localized areas and has an intuitive understanding of quantum mechanics. Her insights helped the EU with technology that combined abilities with technology and made sure that the EU could still contend with the other nations. The EU immediately demanded an explanation for the failed American scheme. America sent over a delegate to explain everything but the EU refused to listen to anyone but the President of the American Empire, Victor Stone. The delegate had a feeling this would happen and reluctantly went back to America. They did not mention if the president would be coming but Elena knew he wasn't going to. She had fought with Victor previously and knows he is not a man who takes kindly to demands even if he is the one in the wrong. She instructed the rest of the parliament to prepare for war with both the RCA and AE (American Empire).
The delegate brought back the information to Victor demanding he appear in front of the EU himself. Victor's eyes flashed as streaks of lightning started to flicker around the room. Victor's abilities were electrokinesis and enhanced reflexes. Victor can control lightning in a very precise way that allows him to even strengthen his reflexes. When he combined his already enhanced reflexes with his electrokinesis he was virtually unstoppable on the battlefield. He was an essential part of the AE military complex and led projects to put powers onto the battlefield as soon as possible. He was elected the president in 2026 and was favored heavily to win the next election. His achievements on the battlefield and his charismatic personality instantly caught the hearts of many Americans. Victor knew the adoration that his supporters had for him and knew they would follow whatever he said. Only a couple of days later the AE declared war on the EU. The RCA saw this as a moment of weakness for both nations and declared war on both of them the next day.
The Awakening War resumed with each nation unveiling secret technology that they had been developing since the start of the war. The first major attack was by the RCA against Israel. Israel had been a close ally of the AE even before the awakening. This was a direct attack against the AE. The RCA began their assault with quantum cyber assaults and sabotage to disrupt communications and power grids. They launched never-before-seen viruses to disrupt defensive systems like the Psychonic Patriot Dome. The AE had integrated some SuperTech but it wasn't enough to withstand a full-on assault from the RCA military. Swarms of drones powered by technomancers and charged by different types of elemental users flew in from above targeting air defense systems and military outposts. Large patches of storms, fires, blizzards, and tornados were scattered all across Israel. The fire drones were the most devastating causing explosions larger than most conventional ballistic missiles.
In the streets of Israel, citizens and soldiers alike were scattering around looking for wherever they could find cover. An Israeli soldier patrolling the wall noticed weird movements outside. As he took a closer look his head flew straight off in less than a second. A huge man climbs up from below as he cleans the blood off his fists. The RCA soldier gives a signal to the outside and a larger explosion booms near revealing a hole in the wall. Swarms of soldiers just as strong as the previous one rushed inside with hundreds of people pouring through the wall. These soldiers are genetically modified by genomancers. They can enhance every aspect of their physical abilities to an inhumane degree. When added on top of super strength, speed, or invulnerability it made the perfect super soldiers.
The Israeli military had its own clairvoyant team that alerted its military officers a couple of minutes before the attack so they weren't defenseless. There were awakened that could protect important infrastructure and assets using energy shields with energy manipulation. Elementals (what they will be called from now) had brand new elemental rifles that allowed the precise use of powers without much effort. They were able to hold back a significant amount of genetically modified soliders. Bodies pilled up on bodies but the soldiers just kept coming. The Israeli soldiers inevitably tired out and quickly lost any advantage they had. By morning all that remained was rubble and skeletons of buildings. Bodies littered the ground dying the sand and dirt red. No man, woman, or child was spared from this massacre. It was a garden of blood and gore. This was the first significant attack against an AE ally and spelled out what the rest of this bloody war was going to look like.