Great Anarchy

The Great Anarchy was a period of utter chaos following the collapse of the National Emergency Government on the Shattered Isles. With up to 90% of the Power Infrastructure failing spectacularly and all communications being cut off, many communities found themselves in risk of famine and without proper leadership. The traditional Councils soon became irrelevant in the ensuing fight for survival and the fights for control of what remained that followed. It is important to note that each city experienced different levels of chaos. Some cities would emerge relatively unscathed by the Chaos thanks to quick leadership whilst others would endure a long and bloody period of anarchy. Regions such as Essex were the most effected and it would take years before any semblance of civilization returned to these areas.

The Great Anarchy has left a scar on the collective psychology of all the states of the Shattered Isles and will often dominate the politics of all the various successor states and it hindered the proper development of several nations. The most effected regions, however, would in some ways prosper by the brutal years of fighting as it created a hardened warrior caste previously missing from the Shattered Isles.