In the ashes of a climate-ravaged world, a fractured group of survivors must confront not just how to live—but why—when survival alone is no longer enough.

32 years old. Questionable past; carries guilt.

29 years old. From a marginalized group doubly exploited by collapse.

43 years old. Grew up outside urban cores— from a northern faction.

59 years old. Raised in a scavenger gang; classically “left behind.”

24 years old. Former librarian.

37 years old. Grew up in a cooperative faction; lost family in the collapse.