What is Firenzi?

[EverSkye]

All hell broke loose.

At first, the temperatures only rose by a few degrees. The icecaps in the North and South Poles melted a little quicker.
Some areas around the globe were experiencing unusual droughts. So what? Nothing too alarming...until everyone started
realizing that the mercury refused to go down - a little higher, a little hotter each day. And then it came. The animals,
cats among them, were the first to feel it. Little tremors in the ground pulsed all over the earth. Armies of animals swarmed
northward together. Birds, deer, lions, crocodiles, bugs...they all migrated towards the North Pole. Every animal pushed
onward, the sick or young were deserted if they could not keep up. All manners of species flooded the northern Asian and
Canadian terrains. Some burning instinct deep inside the core of every living creature begged it to follow Polaris, the
North Star. Animals in southern continents like South America and Australia even took to swimming the oceans, struggling
furiously to escape - what, no one knew. The little tremors soon exploded into earthquakes, violently shaking the
environment. Clouds swelled all over the planet, taking on angry red hues. The sky buzzed with electricity, and any high
place was continuously zapped by lightning. Humans and animals alike gawked at the sky above - it could only be described
as fire. People claimed this was Armageddon - God's wrath being unleashed into the world. Maybe it was.

The first sparks touched down somewhere in the Indian Ocean, quickly sizzling into the waters. But more came - on
land - and fire began to pour from the heavens. Everything burned. Trees, houses, cars, skyscrapers, humans, animals. The
earthquakes stirred up the seas to sweep the low places with tsunamis and crumbled the mountains to pillage the high places.
Nowhere was safe. Everyone died. Everything died.

But you survived. You fled to the once-Alaskan range and found a safe haven. The earthquakes soon ceased, and fire fell no more.
The sky was blue once again. This little pocket of land is all you know of that outlasted what came to be known as The Firestorm.
Many species of animals hid here as well. Desert, jungle, savannah, forest, and even a little bit of tundra biome remains. To the
far west, a habitable, but inhospitable area of burned dirt and ash provide a place for the dauntless to live - the Siyo Nqoba, or
Firelands. The aptly-named territory means "We will conquer." Beyond these borders lies miles and miles of decimated terrain.
No life has been found outside. This land, Firenzi, is now your new home. Welcome, survivor. If you thought your challenges were
over, you are greatly mistaken. A diverse population of prey equals a variety of predators - new and old. Animals that never would
have or could have co-existed together, now live side by side. The struggles that await you will come in many forms. There will be joy,
there will be death. But no matter what, you are a survivor. You have earned the right to call Firenzi your home.
Are you ready to claim your place in this new life?