The world is more or less in its last stages of life. Technology has peaked here and crumbled there. Industry sprawls over there but an old growth forest thrives here. The hub of the world is a sprawling metropolis named Founder's City after a one-time man who was almost considered a god and was certainly considered a saint. He was the Founder, and because of him came The Brotherhood.

Some twenty-five years earlier, the body of a man was found perfectly preserved deep within the Earth. Shrouded in secrecy, he was spirited away before the rest of the populace had a chance to speculate on who he was. But the Founder knew. He was the messiah. And he was going to bring him back to save a world in its death throes.

The Founder made five clones of the mysterious man before realizing his efforts were in vain. It had taken him twenty years to realize the fruitlessness of his pursuit. Before he could destroy them, they escaped, and were set free to roam the world.

Five years later, the world has grown worse. The Founder has founded a group of genetic elite, all inhabitants of the earth are compared to the perfect woman, his daughter Angelina, and rated on a genetic scale. Founder's city is ringed with slums and the genetic dregs. Pollution is pumped into the skies, threatening what nature there is left everywhere. The Founder rules the world and there is rumors of a cataclysmic event about to take place.

And deep within the slums of Founder's City, a one-handed man named RedCloak awakes with an urge to travel north...