The Founders

Before the Beginning, climate disasters plagued the world. The Ancient Civilisations fell, unable to win the battle against nature and the pollution of their own creation. Amidst this devastation there was hope. Communities that came together, united by their shared adversity to unite them in a common purpose: survival.

The Founders were a community who came together united by the belief only those who could find shelter away from the toxic earth could survive.

Construction of the Dome

With great effort, the Founders built the great Dome. The Dome sheltered the people from the toxic earth and kept them away from the outside world.

The Dome

Settlement | Jan 8, 2024

Built by the Founders before the Beginning, the Dome is a jewel of civilization amidst this toxic earth.

There were many who wished to join the Founders in the Dome. They came from miles around, parking their cars, vans and trailers outside the construction site. They watched the Dome being built, hoping to get a space and to escape from the pollution. The Founders built the Dome with 8 gates, equally spaced to face each compass point, so that it could be accessed in every direction. The Founders welcomed anyone who agreed with their ideology.

The good of the Community must always come before the individual.

Community was at the heart of the ideology of the Dome. The Founders were a leaderless and anti-authority group who wished to create a Utopia for all. However, The Dome was small and could not house everyone.

Closing the Gates

When the building of The Dome was complete, the Founders had to decide who would live there. The Founders struggled with the decision to turn people away. It went against the original hope for the city. In the end, the Great Storm made their decision for them. The Great Storm was the worst climate disaster that the land has ever known and made the world outside unbearable. The Founders closet The Dome gates to protect those inside.

Dawn of a New Civilisation

Sheltered from the outside world, the Dome Community thrived and grew. New technologies provided everything that the Community needed to live in peace and safety, free from the challenges of the outside world. The city turned into a Metropolis far beyond what the Founders had ever imagined it could be.