Eclipse Sovereign
Minstrel
I recently began rereading Attack on Titan, a manga and anime series based on the idea of man-eating giants besieging humanity. A cornerstone of the franchise is the idea of ‘Titan Shifters’, humans who have the power to become advanced Titans at will.
As I’m a shameless hack, I took this bare-bones concept and tried to make a completely different story based on it.
For starters, the setting is the distant future: the year 2760. Our era, from 2000 to 2150, is the Medieval Era. From 2151- 2500 was the Rust Era, kicked off by a near-apocalypse caused by a limited nuclear war. And about two hundred years ago, the giants appeared.
These giants are generally 50-100 feet tall, and are immensely strong and durable. They are virtually immune to damage, with missiles or rail guns barely slowing them down, and can regenerate from any wound as long as their Nucleus is intact. The Nucleus is an orb about 5-6 feet in diameter, with numerous needle-like spines serving to integrate it with the rest of the body. It produces enormous amounts of blood when damaged, and is relatively weak. Giants are mostly empty except for the muscles, bones and skin. They are driven to devour animals and humans, but need no external nutrients.
Some giants, dubbed Traitors, can take the form of humans they’ve eaten. While in this form, they have no knowledge of their true nature. They have caused massive casualties by infiltrating human settlements and activating. This is part of the reason why the Junta has no centralized government or single head of state.
The Shifters are the only means to really stop the giants. Their origins are unknown, but there are currently seven in existence. They are also used as terror weapons to maintain control of humanity by the Junta, as nothing short of a nuclear bomb down the throat can reliably do anything. Despite this, the Shifters are human, and sometimes disobey.
Thoughts? I’ll post on the characters and setting more if anyone wants.
As I’m a shameless hack, I took this bare-bones concept and tried to make a completely different story based on it.
For starters, the setting is the distant future: the year 2760. Our era, from 2000 to 2150, is the Medieval Era. From 2151- 2500 was the Rust Era, kicked off by a near-apocalypse caused by a limited nuclear war. And about two hundred years ago, the giants appeared.
These giants are generally 50-100 feet tall, and are immensely strong and durable. They are virtually immune to damage, with missiles or rail guns barely slowing them down, and can regenerate from any wound as long as their Nucleus is intact. The Nucleus is an orb about 5-6 feet in diameter, with numerous needle-like spines serving to integrate it with the rest of the body. It produces enormous amounts of blood when damaged, and is relatively weak. Giants are mostly empty except for the muscles, bones and skin. They are driven to devour animals and humans, but need no external nutrients.
Some giants, dubbed Traitors, can take the form of humans they’ve eaten. While in this form, they have no knowledge of their true nature. They have caused massive casualties by infiltrating human settlements and activating. This is part of the reason why the Junta has no centralized government or single head of state.
The Shifters are the only means to really stop the giants. Their origins are unknown, but there are currently seven in existence. They are also used as terror weapons to maintain control of humanity by the Junta, as nothing short of a nuclear bomb down the throat can reliably do anything. Despite this, the Shifters are human, and sometimes disobey.
Thoughts? I’ll post on the characters and setting more if anyone wants.