When magick reentered the world its nation states immediately began to weaponize their folklore. Ultimately, much like nuclear weapons, these attempts were as destructive to their wielders as to their victims. The United States descended into a new civil war as the legends of its founding were rended apart by the much older stories of its soil. The Chinese Communist Party found that its ideas of control were diametrically opposed to the Taoist Immortals’ concepts of harmony. Germany became a dark place no man dared to tread.
Later, sitting in a bunker, what world leaders remained gathered to discuss, in tones of barely restrained panic, how they might retake their world. The knocking that echoed throughout the chamber brought the whispers to a halt. It was only then that they realized how foolish it was to retreat to such a place, underground. Every culture in the room buried their dead.
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