Surviving World's End

Orivarion and the Solaris Continent

The world Mark lived in was known as Orivarion—a vast planet divided across ten continents, each shaped by its own powers, conflicts, and histories.

Far from the influence of the major nations lay the Solaris Continent.

Solaris was known across the world for its brutal terrain. The continent itself was divided into three hostile regions.

To the south stretched an endless sea of scorching desert, where violent sandstorms could bury entire convoys within hours.

The central region was dominated by colossal mountain ranges that extended from east to west like a frozen wall splitting the continent in half. Temperatures there remained below freezing throughout most of the year.

The northern region, however, was different. Vast forests, deep valleys, and towering green mountains covered the land beneath a blanket of mist.

Hidden deep within those northern mountains stood Shadow Mountain.

Despite Solaris being rich in minerals, rare resources, and undiscovered energy reserves, almost no major power dared to establish control over the continent. The few habitable regions were ruled by Shadow Mountain and several extremist factions that specialized in brutal guerrilla warfare.

Empires feared the terrain.

Religious factions feared the assassins hidden within it.

And governments feared disappearing without explanation.

For decades, every large-scale attempt to infiltrate Solaris had ended in failure.

Yet outsiders often misunderstood Solaris as an undeveloped wasteland.

That assumption was disastrously wrong.

While the continent lacked modern cities and industrial infrastructure, Shadow Mountain possessed technological capabilities that rivaled entire nations.

Inside the mountain existed specialized institutes dedicated to software engineering, cyber warfare, artificial intelligence, surveillance systems, and espionage technology. Every assassin trained within Shadow Mountain was expected to master not only combat and infiltration, but also advanced technology and intelligence operations.

In fact, nearly half of the spyware and covert surveillance tools circulating throughout Orivarion had originally been developed within Shadow Mountain.

But the organization never released its true innovations.

The technologies sold to the outside world were intentionally outdated—obsolete systems designed to keep foreign powers dependent while hiding Shadow Mountain's real capabilities.

The most advanced programs, weapons, and intelligence systems remained sealed deep inside the Shadow Institute under extreme security.

Without authorization from the Grand Elder or the Council of Elders, no one was permitted access to those classified projects.

Even information storage inside Shadow Mountain followed ancient protocols.

Critical intelligence was strictly forbidden from being stored digitally. Sensitive information could not exist inside memory drives, servers, or cloud systems where hackers and foreign intelligence agencies might compromise it.

Instead, a dedicated archival branch preserved vital intelligence through coded manuscripts, encrypted scrolls, and physical records hidden throughout the mountain.

Shadow Mountain trusted paper more than machines.

Rumors even claimed the organization possessed its own private satellite network.

How many satellites they truly controlled—or how many foreign systems they had secretly infiltrated—was information known only to the Council of Elders

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