Introduction: The world is falling apart. Monsters have started 'spawning' into the world, modern firearms entirely useless against them. A new energy source, Ether has followed the monsters, with ancient wills of beings beyond mortal perception riding the wave. A war held throughout countless dimentions has expanded to the new battlefront of Earth. As ether pervades the world, it chooses hosts. - Zachary Barber wakes up one day with his skin literally decaying and falling off his face. In immense pain, he is taken to the hospital. Suddenly the pain stops, and a purple status window pops up in front of him......