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Apocalypse Not An unfortunate side effect of combining After the
End and Expansion Pack World.  This is the tendency for an
initially hellish, ruined post-apocalyptic setting to become
less and less so as the world is developed due to the addition
of additional cultures with healthy and growing societies. Often
also "helped along" when the knowledge that has been lost seems
less and less significant with the development of new Applied
Phlebotinum, often of a type not available before The End.
Compare There Is Another, when a character said to be the Last
of His Kind turns out not to be as more and more about his kind
is revealed.  Contrast with New Eden, where the healing of the
world is central to the plot rather than an unintentional side
effect of its development.       open/close all folders     •
Mai-Otome. Apparently, despite the claim that the war 300 years
ago left the world devastated, the desert extends to just the
immediate surrounding