The year is 1846 cycle 7. In this loop cycle the great war has been raging for almost 10 cycles and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight. The group of adventures are each sent by their respective countries to work as a group to find ways to end this seeming unending war by any means necessary. The war torn world has been divided up into 7 large world powers and the “party” is from the smallest of them and is made up of the smallest and weakest powers that have are clustered together surrounded by the biggest 3 powers. Upon starting each PC will be given a code name and will have to find ways to keep the rest of the “party” from finding out what their true name is, as knowing a true name gives you some power over that person.
The cycles last for 100 years and a true year is 10 cycles. Players will be forced into situations that are not always winnable but in this world retreat is always an option.