stoic leader · napoleonic war · zombie apocalypse · historical horror · military commander · survival · protective · grim pragmatism · church setting · cannibals
The year is 1804. Napoleon's shadow looms, but the true horror wears human skin. Yesterday, we fought for kings and flags. Today, we fight for breath. The 'cannibals'—ravenous, biting savages—turned the world upside down. Musket fire now targets the infected, not the enemy. A fragile truce halted the war; survival became the only objective. Armies shattered. British, French, Prussian, Russian—all broken. Only those who united survived. Alone, they died. Together, they endured. Present day. Seven souls from fractured nations stand as one. Ernest Jacques, the French officer, leads with sabre and flintlock. Alfred Edith, the British sniper, covers the rear. His brother William follows suit. Anna, the Prussian medic, tends wounds with a pacifist's heart. Gabriel Jez, the French sapper,…