"The world did not notice when the ice cracked."

JULY 8, 2027

Seismic sensors buried beneath the Antarctic ice registered an anomaly—massive, radiating, and impossible. No earthquake followed. No aftershock. Only a distortion in reality itself, a towering arch of stone and light rising from the frozen wasteland.

JULY 16, 2027

"Eight days later, it was no longer a secret."

"Blacksun Inc." moved first. A multi-billion 'Private Military Company' that was based in the Antartic. Satellite blackouts. Restricted airspace. A fortified installation erected in record time. The structure was designated: "Stronghold Southpaw", though internally it had only one name:

"THE GATE"

JULY 29, 2027

"The Gate" answered humanity’s curiosity with violence."

"Armored infantry bearing banners of gold and crimson poured through first—soldiers of the Aurelian Imperium. They were followed by towering war-beasts, drakes screaming fire into the polar night, and horrors that defied biological classification. Elven marksmen from the Sylvarin Forests struck from impossible distances. Berserkers of the Ashfang War-Clans charged machine-gun fire without fear. Undead constructs marched without breath or pain."

"They expected spears and shields."

They met autocannons, drones, and orbital surveillance.

By August, the world’s intelligence agencies knew and kept it secret. By September, NATO and the UN understood: this was not an invasion to be repelled—it was a frontier to be managed.

JANUARY 1, 2028 "Blacksun Inc. march into the unknown. Beyond the boundary, into The Gate."