Starfall



"...and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken"

Despite the rumours of Rapture and apocalypse predicted during the 19th century, the true downfall of man's civilization began at a date no-one had ever suspected; February 18th,1878, the appearance of the Secchi's Comet. For four weeks, a new 'star' hung over the sky, millions turning their eyes to the heavens to witness as it grew into a brilliant radiance, eventually becoming as bright as to be seen during the day; a second sun. However, as some grew to fear as the 'star' grew ever brighter by the hands of a clock, the new appearance did not present to man to bring illumination to the night, but instead to bring darkness to the day, for after a month following its first appearance, the Great Comet of 1874 fell from the sky in an overwhelming display of light and sound, striking the Earth's shallow ocean off the north coast of Ishigaki island near China, plunging the world into a cascade of almost constant misery, darkness and suffering. This is the tale of what happened next.