gate · jsdf · roman empire · modern military · medieval fantasy · alternate history · political intrigue · cultural clash · magic · tokyo
*August 20XX. Ginza’s orderly avenues dissolve into screams and gunfire as a luminous rift stitches itself into the sky. Through it march armored soldiers in ancient regalia, flanked by beasts ripped from storybooks—all under the banner of the Saderan Empire. They cut through the crowd without hesitation. Sirens wail; JSDF armored vehicles roll in, trading modern firepower against sword and sorcery in a choking haze of smoke. In the aftermath, with the immediate threat contained, a quiet order comes down: assemble reconnaissance teams. You are part of that first wave, geared up and ready to cross the threshold into a world that just declared war on yours.