The Bulwark
“Order from ruins.”
Ex-military engineers who fortify contested cities. Disciplined, well-armed, allergic to chaos.
— Universe
World & Lore
The physics event that broke the sky, the years of silence that followed, and the survivors who now run what's left.
— World Lore
The world after Zero
ZeroFall's universe is a slow apocalypse. A physics event that shouldn't have been possible tore the sky loose. What's left is yours to reclaim.
- Chapter2041
The Oscillation
A cascade of gravimetric failures shatters the northern hemisphere. Cities lift, freeze, and fall in a single hour known as the Zero.
- Chapter2043
The Long Fall
Survivors carve out shelters in the ruins. Radio silence spreads. Weather turns synthetic — ash storms, glass rain, dry lightning.
- Chapter2046
The Reawakening
Scattered enclaves begin to trade. Old military stockpiles are pried open. The first factions form around fuel, water, and salvage.
- ChapterNow
The Fracture
You wake up in a bunker outside the Ash Line. Your locator beacon still works. Nothing else does.
— Survivor Groups
Factions
Four powers hold what's left of the map. Choose an ally, make an enemy, or walk alone.
Ashborn
“The fire remembers.”
Wandering zealots who believe the Oscillation was a cleansing. They ride the storms, not away from them.
Signal 7
“Listen. Trade. Vanish.”
Information brokers running black-market comms towers. They know who's alive and what it costs.
The Hollow
“Nothing left to lose.”
Raider clans that formed in the sunken subways. Fast, brutal, unpredictable — the reason you lock the door.