2040s–2050s
The Heroic PeriodState and corporate-backed heroes publicly tackled crime, pollution, and dissent. Surveillance, while initially welcomed, became normalized.
State and corporate-backed heroes publicly tackled crime, pollution, and dissent. Surveillance, while initially welcomed, became normalized.
Mass climate migration intensified. India’s coastal evacuation policies led to heavily militarized relief zones. Some early resistors disappear.
Whistleblowers inside the Yamuna Monitoring Division released documents that revealed dangerous coverups of floodplain construction.
The AI-generated National Curriculum was introduced. History was revised; unauthorized records of the Resistance were deleted.
Clusters of oral historians, students, archivists, and rogue librarians began training others in salt lamp recovery.
Heavy rainfall combined with blocked drainage led to the collapse of four embankments. Thousands were displaced. Delhi drowned.
During a raid on the Archive Vault, Rohan vanishes. His last known location was near the submerged Satcomm tower.
A young girl uncovers an old Salt Lamp. Stories whisper back. The Firebird returns. The Archive begins to pulse again.