Due to the events of the Great Space War, the Earth was a wreck and the Vatican was no different as it had been a primary target, however, an area in Eastern Europe not too far from Constantinople was in relatively good condition. Because of this Pope Sylvatic, moved all of his clergy and the seat of the Pope to it along with the scraps of advanced weaponry in the hopes of repairing it and keeping them in his care. Sylvatic's papacy was one marked by degeneracy of both the sexually deviant and violent nature as he had taken advantage of the lack of technology to hide his sinful ways. The center of Catholicism became no better than a den of prostitutes with daily orgies and a place where Sylatic could invite his detractors so that he could kill them at his own pace and quietly dispose of their bodies. At the time, those who were still faithful to God could only pray for his conversion and hoped something would change since no rebellion against him could succeed because of the advanced weapons of Sylatic's guards.
One day, during the many parties, something caused the explosives in storage to go off. Some say it was God's direct intervention while others say it was an accident caused by drunk partiers or the rats and vermin that were said to have lived in the basements. Regardless, a series of chain reactions and explosions shook the land and the entirety of the Eastern European region became a chemical wasteland that no human could enter. Soon after, since nothing could be done about those who resided in Eastern Europe, a funeral was held in honor of the lost souls, and a new pope was crowned who brought the Church and her people back to her roots and instilled a new age of peace. This age of peace came and went until rumors started circulating about rats who could speak and act like men.
These rumors are thought to be nothing more than scary stories until more people start mysteriously disappearing and being killed. Eventually, physical evidence of the ratmen is brought forward to the Church's authority, and then a live ratman gives himself up so that he could speak to them. This particular ratman told the authorities that he was a normal human being until the explosions went off. Most died, however, others such as Sylvantic, his leadership, and followers were turned into ratmen. Sylvantic allowed this ratman to leave the wasteland to tell them that he was back to reclaim the Church that he thinks is rightfully his. The ratman continued to say that most ratmen aren't allowed to leave the wasteland and that people on the border of the wasteland are kidnapped to be forcefully added to Sylvantic's army. In addition, he said that more ratmen underneath the most important cities of the world have been spying on the Church's most important members.
With this irrefutable evidence, the Church authorities decided to set up defenses along the border of the wasteland and root out the spies, however, on the same day of the ratman's testimony and the days after that, Sylvantic's army and spies assassinated key leaders of the Church and destroyed several settlements. This forced the Church's armies to scramble and after days of struggle, the army managed to push the ratmen armies back to the wasteland and clear out most of them from their cities, but after what happened, it is unclear whether or not they'll be able to handle a full-scale invasion, especially since this was just a taste of it, because of the unknown spies that still may remain under their very homes, and the hostility of the wasteland that no normal human can enter without dying.
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