IN 3128, THE WORLD LAY FRAGMENTED. THE CRADLE OF CIVILISATION HAD BECOME ITS DEATHBED; THE TORMENTED WORLD CONVERGED HERE AGAIN AND NEW MESOPOTAMIA WAS BORN. AN ORDER PERSISTED BY ITS CRUELTY AND SO DEEMED THE REMNANT OF THE WORLD BESTOWED TO IT, AND SO BLED THE LAND AND DULLED HUMANITY WITH THE BANISHMENT OF ART. THEN, AROUND A FIGURE, COALESCED THOSE WHO DREAMED OF A NEW WORLD, TIRED OF THE ONE THAT BOUND THEM. AS ONE UNIT, THEY WERE 'CTZEN'.