After Oleksandr I's conquest of the Stefan Fortress, the defeated Stefan loyalists retreated to the northern mountains. Joining hands with other anti-Omanga rebels, they waged a war of resistance against the burgeoning Omangan Empire. In response, Oleksandr I and General Titus crushed their resistance with extreme prejudice, sparing no lives as they flattened entire rebel towns to dust. The Northern Suppression war was a terrifying bloodbath that silenced all resistance, sending waves of traumatized refugees fleeing north. Shortly after, Oleksandr II ascended the throne, shifting the focus of the nation to nuclear energy. The new emperor constructed the great city of Eloretel atop the ruins of the vanquished northern rebel towns, with the massive Ikapoc nuclear plant at the city's core. This dazzling atomic jewel symbolized the shining future of Omanga, and stood as a world-famous landmark symbolizing Omanga's imperial glory…