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My first write up, took forever to do. Hope y'all enjoy!

"...among the Non-Aryans, the Ts'alal are by far the worst. They even are worse then the Jews, for they stand against everything Aryan culture has worked to build. They exist as a test for the Aryan race, seeing as their immense ancientness rivals even that of our race. And we, the great German nation, shall pass this test with flying colors, for as he have taken dominion over all of Europe and Africa, we shall drive those wretches [the Ts'alal] into extinction like the dogs they are!"

-Adolf Hitler, Speech to the German People on the Invaders from the South, Germania, 1947

In the end, this world is very similar to our own.

The entire course of human history, save for that of the Ts'alal, is nearly identical to our own up until 1940 or so. The Italians had been more competent in the Balkans, allowing the Germans to focus more of their energy into invading the Soviet Union. Spain even aligned itself with the Axis, sending help to Barbarossa that would help push the Germans farther than they did OTL. But in the end, it still is not too dissimilar. The Germans had practically lost the Battle of Britain and the march into Russia had begun to slow, Japan began to place the dominoes that would lead to Pearl Harbor IOTL (though unlike OTL they had begun their war against Britain and the European Allies far earlier), and overall the world seemed to at worst be morphing into another "Nazi Victory in Europe that leads to the collapse in the mid 2000's" alternate history.

But then the Ts'alal came, and when they attacked, they changed everything.

No one truly knows what set them off to begin their grand invasion. Some say that a German or British Warship opened fire on a coastal outpost, mistaking it for an enemy formation. Others say it was simply the act of a great king who had arisen and had captured many from the world above, trying to make his stake in history. No matter the cause, it is conceivable that no one in all of Ts'alal society had scarcely and idea that they had chosen to invade at the one time where there were powers on the earth that arguably succeeded them in wickedness.

The Ts'alal began their invasion on November 15th, 1941. A massive army forced its way north, lead by stolen maps that showed the position of the greatest empire on the earth at the time of acquiring: Great Britain. Smaller but still significant forces landed in Australia and South Africa. The British Navy, locked in battle after battle with the Nazi navy, was unable to stop them. What followed could only be described as carnage in the first degree.

The British never really recovered. A Nazi coup not long after the Ts'alal Invasion plead the Germans to help them beat back the Ts'alal. However, the Germans had learned much from the Ts'alal Invasion of Ireland. They learned, as Plato learned his great wisdom from Socrates, the best way to torture information out of people, and to crush the will of those who defended against you. Plus, the Ts'alal actions in Ireland allowed the Nazis practically a free hand to do whatever they wanted, because "at least they aren't the Ts'alal." Concentration camps went from killing 6,000 people a day, to 15,000 on a slow day, using ideas stolen from the relationships of a Gug and his slaves. The Soviet Union was absolutely trashed, as the Nazis took the knowledge the Ts'alal had gathered on how to control slaves that they had learned during the White Ages, and combined it with the industrial might of Germany, and the result was so horrific that United League of Timelines genuinely considered intervening. Between Japanese and German actions in the USSR, the concept of being a "Russian" was destroyed by 1955.

The Nazis had one thing that the Ts'alal did not: Airplanes. Manned flight outside of "suicide rockets" was never truly researched by the Ts'alal, if just because the air currents of Antarctica do not favor a lot of early pilots living. The Ts'alal were bombed back under 75 degrees latitude by the Ksan'akka, or "Rain of Fire" in Hali. The combined Europan Navy was able to decimate Ts'alal naval power, including smashing an invasion attempt of Argentina before the troops even landed.

But as the Ts'alal learned with every battle, there was a fundamental difference in the soul of every Ts'alal and every German or Japanese. The Ts'alal fought to survive. They only did the horrific things the did because if they did not, they would die.The Axis, however, went to war because it was fun. The Ts'alal tossed European babies into the air as target practice because they needed to hone their ranged weapon skills so that they might have a chance against the Axis. The Axis tossed Ts'alal babies into the air as target practice for fun. The Ts'alal raped European women by the thousands as a means to desperately try to get their numbers up. The Axis did it because they could. The Ts'alal committed horrifying acts of genocide because if they didn't, their entire society would collapse due to demographic strain. The Axis did it seeming just because "they felt like it." The Ts'alal killed and ate their own children in the hope that one day they might live to see somewhere where they would never have to do it again. The Axis' homelands were full of natural resources, bountiful in all of the fruits of the earth, and the few things they lacked they could readily import. However, the Axis hunted the Ts'alal down like dogs, because they liked the way they screamed before they died. The Ts'alal practiced horrifying torture because if they did not, someone from a neighboring tribe could be plotting an invasion of their lands and they would never know it. The Axis tortured Ts'alal prisoners because they found it to be pleasurable. Even at the time of writing, some groups of Ts'alal are still writing petitions for the entire population of Antarctica to be relocated to Canada, where they would be able to still be able to raise their livestock and go through with their harmless traditions, and yet have enough resources to finally do away with their barbarian ways and live happily in the world. The Nazis planned to completely raze Antarctica, killing every living being in the entire continent. Why? Because Heil Hitler. And that was usually all captured Ts'alal heard before they died, if they were lucky. It is so bad that the most popular school of Zhu theology says not that that the Nazis are "angels" of the Evil God, but that the Nazis had killed the Evil God himself, and being empowered by Hell, have turned all of the arcane world against them.

The Japanese had a slightly higher view of the Ts'alal, similar to that of some of the Shan people in the Burmese mountains. However, they had guaranteed the Nazis' their chunk of Antarctica when they won, and rights to all of the people there. There were talks about settling some of the more cooperative Ts'alal, if they converted to Shinto and learned Japanese, in some of the more barren areas of Manchukuo, but it never went through. In Antarctica proper, however, the Japanese are not much better than the Germans.

By 1960, however, the Axis only consisted of the German and Japanese spheres. Italy had a falling out with Germany about Tyrol, the Suez, and several other points, while the Azad Hind ended up taking over India before the Japanese were able truly go out and solidify their hold on the subcontinent. Italy-Indian relations are an all time high, and the Vichy ended up finally getting out of the German jackboot, and while it is very much an Italian subsidiary, it is doing better than it might look. There are even talks with America to try to get them to joint this Union Pact, though the fact that Italy and India are still fascist has made things rocky. Overall, while there might be a few Ts'alal things here and there, the fragments of conscience Musso had if just because of the catholic influences in his life made him not be able to stomach it, and the Indians simply had no use. Vichy Northern Algeria is another story.

The Cold Islanders are dead and gone, but their almost eusocial behavior helped the Germans to figure out how to keep the Poles and Czechs in check.

In Antarctic politics itself, the Yag, who were the best at defense, are the leader of the league of Antarctic Nations that is trying to keep everything together. They are even getting covert lend-lease from the Union Pact, much to German chagrin. And yet, every day, the Axis make it a little farther and farther. A few less and less Ts'alal are alive every day. In the end, what they did to Ireland and the rest of the English really has made it so that nobody wants to help them.

The Japanese have recently been working on something to finally end the war, however. Some people say that it is a bomb that is powered by the energy in atoms themselves. Little do they know that the Americans had the same idea. In just a few weeks, the Japanese will drop one of these "nuclear weapons" on the vast, nameless glacier in the heart of Antarctica, one on the antediluvian city of Tcho Tcho, and one on Manila, to try to get the Americans to surrender to their will. And then the Americans will drop one on Tokyo, while upon seeing American planes over Japan, the Japanese will drop a nuke on San Francisco. And then everything will go to hell.

 

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The year is AD 33. A certain Jewish preacher hangs on the cross, writhing in pain. His disciples had abandoned him. The people that he loved the most chose to kill him. His soul was crushed. And in one final gasp, he shouts "Father, into thy hands, I commit my spirit." He is buried by Nicodemus and Joseph, and visited by the women. Saturday comes and goes, as silent as the film of death. Sunday comes. Mary Magdeline and Salome walk the tall hill to the tomb where Christ lay. And behold... the stone still stood.

And all hell breaks loose.

Satan and his demons wreak havoc on heaven and hell. The thousands of demons that lied trapped in Hades are loosed from their bonds. Among these are the Archdemon of Archdemons, Apollyon Maximus Nero, Samyaza. Samyaza immediately took command from Satan, and lead the charge on heaven, much to Satan's aghast. They arrived almost undeterred, with only Elijah and Enoch standing in the Demon's way to the throne-room of God, and even then, they were preoccupied with moving most of the heavenly host to what can only be best described as something to the side of the omniverse. They were defeated easily.

Samyaza himself was the one to enter the Heavenly Temple. He thundered past the empty praise halls, tore asunder the veil that separated God from the people, and marched directly into the throne-room, the holy of holies, the closest place to God, where even Angels covered their eyes and feet to avoid God's light. All that was there was an abandoned throne and a lone weeping archangel. Samyaza took the throne, put on the crown of God, and proudly declared "I have become like God." He commanded that all of heaven and earth to bow to him, having broken the Second Heaven in tearing the veil. Only three beings refused.

And there was war in heaven.

Satan lead the demons loyal to him against the demons loyal to Samyaza. The Archangel Michael, having fallen in his heart and taking the name Lo'el (no God), lead what parts of heaven were loyal to him to purge the earth of humanity, blaming them for killing God. Samyaza and Satan both didn't want this to happen, as it would mean that they would be Gods without devotees.

In the end, Satan and Lo'el were cast out of heaven, and the three Pontifidemons established their domains on earth. Samyaza, being the God of the Worlds, established himself in heaven and in China and India, where those loyal to him carved out small states among themselves within Samyaza's territory. Overall, Samyaza didn't really care what they did, being himself busy ruling the universe.

Satan established himself in the Lands of Ham. He began to settle the areas with demons. Those in Hades who had served Satan well in their lives pleaded to be released, but they were ignored. Satan ultimately cared not about those in Hades. He took most of northern Hamia for himself, leaving the southern parts for the demons. Meanwhile, he established the city of Babylon to be his capitol, which soon reached 5 billion in population, only contained by a changing of the laws of physics itself.

Lo'el, however, established himself in Rosh, and the lands of Japheth. Him and his demons viciously persecuted mankind. Within days, the population of the entire area was cut my nearly 90 per cent, minimum. Demonic cities, far more advanced than anything that had been seen before, sprung up everywhere.

Most human men and children were slaughtered, and the women were taken as wives and concubines. This happened in every kingdom and every land on the world. Nephillim were born, reaching heights of 450 feet tall, and they defiled everything on the earth. Jews as a race were completely exterminated within a week.

There was yet one that did not bow. The Archangel Uriel had been close friends with Samyazel and Lucifel before the Fall, and was emotionally harmed the most when they fell. He was the one weeping in the throneroom. He loved his brothers, but he could not do what they did. He rescued what righteous he could, and established a nation in South America. The Pontifidemonarchate did not really care about what happened in the Americas, as they were full of useless land to them with no connotations. He rescued many righteous from around the world, and kept his head down. Samyaza knew what he was doing, but as he did not fight him in heaven, he elected to leave him alone.

Hell itself is a really... weird place. The Bosom of Abraham weeps day and night. Hades proper seethes with the fires of judgement and betrayal.

And that's how thing were for thousands of years. Lo'el and Satan eventually went to war over the fate of mankind, as Lo'el wanted to wipe Humanity completely out while Satan overall let what few men could survive and breed be. But something has been happening. Samyaza, even though being more powerful than any other creation, was still not as powerful as God. Because of this, he had to choose what thing to devote time to. And thus, the stars have been going out. It wasn't fast. It began with a few of the very dimmest not long after the event. But then, slowly, more and more stars began to blink out. Oceanic navigation became nearly impossible. The most obscure fish, plants, and eventually animals began to die out, and then as time went on, balance became more and more broken.

But then, one day, everything changed.

"And God said to me, Jared, Sixth from Adam: Go and announce his crime to Samyaza, and Satan, and Lo'el, and to the others who are with him, who have been associated with women, that they might be polluted with all their impurity. And those who pridefully conquered the world in the absence of my presence. And when all their sons shall be slain, when they shall see the perdition of their beloved, bind them for seventy times seventy generations underneath the earth, even to the day of judgment, and of consummation, until the judgment, the effect of which will last for ever, be completed. Then shall they be taken away into the lowest depths of the fire in torments; and in confinement shall they be shut up for ever. Immediately after this shall Samyaza, Satan, and Loel, and those who have defied me together with them, burn and perish; they shall be bound until the consummation of many generations. Destroy all the souls addicted to lust and war, and the offspring of the Watchers, for they have tyrannized over mankind.

As for Uriel and those with him, they shall rescue those from Hades who were loyal to me. They shall be moved to Paradise, the New Jerusalem, and shall reign with me.

And when Samyaza heard this, he declared 'what bastard dared threaten me like this?' And the Lord said: I AM WHO I AM. And what the Lord said came to be. And look, the Lord is coming, in fullness of power, Father Son and Spirit united, coming to enact justice. And all are ashamed because of him."




-------Incident report kk-10555
We first learned of this universe because of the massive blast of energy from it. And by huge, I meant that literally half of our stations went down. We've established a quarantine around this universe, and are planning an insertion to see what the hell is going on. Requesting use of personnel from [redacted], [redacted], Uluru-9, [redacted]....

I feel like the writing on this one is a bit rough around the edges, but I hope y'all still enjoy! A new look on a very popular POD.

 

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My two TL's (posting so that if I make a map for either it will be posted.)
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/east-an-alternate-history-of-judas-iscariot.398659/
Status: Hiatus

https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/uluru-rising-a-special-5-part-series.409824/
Status: Active

 

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By the Waters of Babylon
A Oneshot of the Earth's Last Days

In those early days of the 21st century, no one would have believed you if you had told them that the Antichrist was coming and the world was about to enter the worst time in it's history. Religion as a concept was being rigorously questioned and abandoned by many; you would have been laughed out of anywhere you went. Some saw the signs, and began to realize the deep and mysterious mechanization that were happening behind the scenes, but even they foolishly chose to more or less ignore it. Life had gotten better after a certain scientist named Chaim Rozenwig had discovered his fertilizer that was so potent that you could put it on a rock and then put a tomato seed on that rock, and be able to get twice the tomatoes in half the time. The Israeli desert bloomed,

Though, everything changed one cold day in April. Namely, the day that Azhaar al-Majeed stepped into the Dome of the Rock and blew himself and the mosque to smithereens. He had been a member of one of the most radical ISIS splinter groups that had formed after the capture of Raqqah. This group had decided that, to make a point, they were going to "end the decadence of the local Muslims" by attacking the mosque, though in their minds due to the power of Allah, the mosque would still stand. This, naturally, failed, and the mosque tumbled to the ground.

Immediately after, the Israeli government took control of the Temple Mount. Plans that had lie dormant since 1948 were suddenly sprung into practice. The Israeli government began to build the Third Temple. Russia suddenly had a massive knee jerk reaction to stop this. They had tolerated the rather belligerent group that was in power ever since they took control, but now they were trying to bring about the end of the world! They immediately formed a massive coalition, with many other Orthodox nations, along with Muslim nations, to try and stop this before they could build it--but they were too late. Any bomb dropped onto Israeli soil duded out before it could explode, and Coalition planes were shot out of the sky before they could.

And then, on April 15th, it happened.

Nothing.

There was no Rapture. The faithful were not spared. But on this day, a certain Nicolae Carpathia would emerge into the limelight, and everything would change, forever. Him and his right hand man Leon Fortunado stepped onto the world stage with their solution to the Temple Crisis. In exchange for allowing Israel to build the Third Tmeple, Russia and many middle eastern nations would be given large shipments of Rozenwig's fertilizer.

There was just.. something about Nicolae. He could read out of the phone book and people would line up to listen. He was kind and considerate in UN meetings, and overall was the kind of person that you would never not want to talk to. He was elected into the UN security council, where him and Leon published their most ambitious plan: the Ten State Solution. Ten ethographic and geopolitical blocks would be carved out of the nations of the world. Overall, the plan was horrifically complex, but nobody really was going to argue with the man who single handedly brought peace to the middle east.

Only three major powers stood against Nicolae's plan: (post)Trumpist USA, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Nicolae bargained for days on end with the three nations, pleading with them to go through with his plan. But these nations would not listen. The three nations launched literal thousands of nuclear weapons towards Romania and other nations that stood with Carpathia.

And then, his true power shown forth. Or, namely, that he was far more powerful than anyone would have believed. He stood outside of his presidential mansion, and according to some prayed to his "father below" and all o the nuclear weapons vanished. Into thin air. Everyone was amazed at this great miracle done by the hands of Carpathia. It was leaked at this point that Carpathia was a follower of The Other Light; a small, shadowy religion that had emerged in the slums of Communist Romania. Or so they thought.

"Unbeknownst" to Carpathia, the leader of his United Europe was a fanatic lover of Carpathia (And may or may not have had prior mental conditions that had gone undiagnosed), and was fuming that Carpathia had been attacked. This rogue leader staged a massive counterattack on the nations that attacked Nicolae. Large swathes of United England, United America, and United Russia were nuked to smithereens.

Nicolae immediately had this ruler deposed and executed, and Leon Fortunado was given control of United Europe. In the end, Carpathia chose to be kind to the nations that attacked him, only taking Alaska for the United Middle Eastern Nations (the group he ruled himself), and allowing China to take Siberia, in return for "Rozenwigium" (as it will be hereon called) shipments to North America, England, and Russia.

In the aftermath of World War Three, Nicolae used his massive popularity to reform the United Nations into the Global Community, with sweeping powers granted to the GC. Militaries of the world were turned over to the Global Community, with Leon Fortunado taking control of education and media.

It was at this time that the Enigma Babylon One World Faith was established. Originally a rather strange variant of Baha'i, it eventually grew to encompass the entire theology of "all paths lead to God" theology that was common at that time. Nicolae manipulated it to serve as more or less a confederation of churches. He also used his power to "end the rein of cults," such as Scientology, and, according to Nicolae, the Orthodox Church.

When Orthodox Churches refused to close their doors, their priests and bishops were imprisoned, and congregations were dispersed. This was unpopular among many, but among other things Nicolae was Nicolae and it would be a paperwork nightmare to just repeal that part. Plus, Orthodox Christians were a minority, and if Nicolae said they were bad, they must be bad. In the end, Orthodox Christianity, like so many times in the history of the church, went underground into the monasteries and caves, silently praying the Jesus Prayer and hoping for the world to come.

Fortunado rose to equal prominence with Nicolae with his groundbreaking GC Education program. This program absolutely overhauled the education of practically the entire world, using a fantastic technique to teach children things extremely quicky. Someone from rural Tennessee could be fluent in Chinese in six months.

Jobs in the GC skyrocketed, with poverty and unemployment being eradicated. (Note that in the Orthodox Church, the Book of Revelation is seen differently than in Protestant contexts. It is seen as a mysterious, confusing book that is only to be read with a solid understanding of the times in which it was produced. In fact, the book of Revelation is never read in the Liturgy. The consensus is that no matter how many of the judgments in the Book of Revelation are truly eschatological, the Antichrist and the False Prophet/Anti-Holy Spirit are going to be far worse. Thus, for sake of time, the Judgement will be alluded to but never flatly said.)

In Jerusalem, a rather curious event occurs. Two men, "Eli" and "Nucky," sit in front of the rebuilt Jerusalem temple praying the Jesus Prayer. Whenever anyone tries to move them out of the way, something happens that stops them. When people ask them questions, they respond with words of woe towards the Global Community. In something akin to Jerusalem Syndrome, everyone hates them, and death threat occur constantly to them. However, three and a half years after they first begin speaking, someone kills them both, shooting them repeatedly. The world rejoices at this triumph of the GC, giving gifts like it was Christmas. However, days later, the two men are resurrected and ascend into heaven, striking fear into many.

That same day, at a press conference, a crazed Old Calendarist extremist shoots Nicolae in the chest with a Desert Eagle. Nicolae collapses to the ground on live television. People the world over mourn the death of this man that brought them so much benefit.

And then everything changed again.

After three days, Nicolae rose from the grave, and everything went to hell.

A famous image from that day shows Leon Fortunado shouting to the crowd that Nicolae was alive, while Nicolae emerged from his coffin, and Venus shown the brightest it had in centuries in the sky. The first thing Nicolae did was establish The Other Light as the official religion of the Global Community. Leon Fortunado used his educational system to indoctrinate the world with TOL.
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Studying the Antitrinity alone would be enough to fill several books. To given an abbreviated account, there are three parts: The AntiFather, AntiChrist, and AntiSpirit. The AntiFather was Satan himself, released from the bonds that had trapped him since the resurrection of Christ and given power over the world. He had incredible power, using his army of Demons to enslave the world. The Antifather was expressed in flesh through the Antichrist, Nicolae Carpathia. The Antichrist's Nous or Spirit is begotten of the Antifather, and thus the Antichrist has all the power the Antifather has. The Antichrist also represents the temptations of the world. The Antispirit is Leon Fortunado. The Antispirit proceeds from the Antifather, and thus draws power from the Antifather and through that has the same power as both the Antifather and the Antichrist. The Antispirit represents the Flesh, and the internal need for self gratification. They are both separate and yet are united in one essence: rebellion from God.

Nicolae Carpathia focuses his attention on Greatest Babylon and solidifying The Other Light as a one world faith. People take pilgrimages from across the world to feel where the bullet had killed Nicolae and yet see that he was alive. Nicolae absolutely destroys Israel, and Jerusalem is burnt to the ground with not one rock standing on top of another. He commissions icons of himself, Fortunado, and Their Father Below (depicted as a man with green Bishops' robes and a staff) to go into every household to be worshiped every day. "Carpathium Imperium Lux Ferris" is written everywhere it can throughout government buildings and other places.

Leon Fortunado is granted massive Satanic powers. He can essentially "firebend", is able to summon armies of demons to do his bidding, and has the ability to enter into anyone's mind, place thoughts in their mind, remove thoughts from their mind, and read their mind. In one day, Fortunado eradicates most Orthodox Christians still living on the face of the earth by collectively forcing them to forget how to breathe. By this point, there are only sixty thousand Orthodox Christians left, mostly in monasteries, but it still is a massacre. Fortunado focuses on The Other Light activities outside of Babylon, appointing "Deacons," "Priests," "Bishops," "Metropolitains," and "Patriarchs" throughout the world.

Interestingly, Carpathia himself suggests a certain Rayford Steele to be Metropolitan of Portland and All the West, which Leon agrees to. Joel Olstein, Brian and Bobbie Houston and Creflo Dollar are also given high places in The Other Light's hierarchy.

Everyone is commanded to worship Carpathia seventy times a day, though exceptions are made quite frequently. Everyone is told to take "the mark:" a tracker chip with a service surrounding it involving recitations of doctrine and Doxology to the antitrinity. (thus, you cannot "accidentally" get the Mark).

Carpathianism ultimately revolves around one thing and one thin only: Life is given so that you may gain as much pleasure as you can. It does not matter the cost, it does not matter the means, it only is about pleasure, because in the end, that's all anyone really wants anyway. For the first year and a half, this actually is still quite conservative, as very few people immediately turn on each other. But as time went on, the earth became more and more wicked. The last Bible on earth was burned two years after Nicolae's assumption of power. People were the happiest they had ever been.

However, as the end of that last year drew near, there was a sense of change in the air. Something was about to happen. Nicolae gathered more people than sand on the seashore in Jerusalem "To see the greatest miracle ever performed." The Antitrinity had arrived to destroy the power of God once and for all. The Day of the LORD had come.

Look! He is coming with the clouds of heaven! And every eye shall see him, even the once that pierced him!

And everyone shall weep because of him...