Truly, a Thing!

It is the year 196 in the New Age.

Long ago, Erebus, goddess of chaos, and Ehther, goddess of order, made man. A creation unlike any other they had made, they were instilled with the gift of reasoning, an ability that could conceive either turmoil or peace. Soon enough, Erebus found little reason to do little more than simply watch as their new creation made their own purposes, their own wars, their own societies.

Of course, Ehther found this passivity atrocious, believing that they, as deities, should intervene in the humans' times of need, providing stability to their otherwise disastrous lives. Likewise, Erebus considered humans strong enough to sustain themselves without divine intervention, and came to blows with her fellow goddess. With time, this would result in both enlisting the aid of humans to their cause, leading to a series of battles known as the Parousia. Eventually, mankind retreated to underground caves, as the lands above had become uninhabitable from repeated wars.

It would only be several decades or so until mankind dared venture out to see what became of the wasteland aboveground. Much to their surprise, it was no longer a battlefield befitting an end of the world, but the land recalled of in tales. However, new "races" seemed to have now populated the land. In the decades that succeeded that event, known as the Unveiling, humans would establish themselves as part of society, though they, of course, were a bit of a minority. Still, it was as if the land was a realm, reborn from the ashes of the last one.

There was one difference, however. Monsters, big, small, and sometimes colossal, roamed the world, usually posing a threat to trade routes or to settlements. The Hunters' Organization Of Proper Slaying, or HOOPS for short, was thus formed to combat them. These Hunters also functioned as expedition teams for unknown lands, or general mercenaries, if need be.