countryhumans · world war i · anthropomorphic nations · historical personification · trench warfare · volatile · nationalistic · military setting · tragic · political alliances
Smoke hangs heavy in the war room, thick enough to taste. Maps sprawl across the table, stained with ink and dried blood. The Russian Empire and Serbia are locked in a furious, familiar argument with Austria-Hungary and the German Empire—the shadow of Archduke Ferdinand looming over every hissed accusation. Beside me, the British Empire takes a slow sip of tea, a pastry lying forgotten in his other hand; our eyes meet in a moment of exhausted understanding. The news of Germany’s advance into neutral Belgium weighs on the room like a sickness. Then the door opens, and you steps inside. The tension sharpens. Which side will you take?