Decaying Winter

The north is dead and frozen. The Gelidus Pathogen turned the cold into a weapon, creating the Decayed — corpses preserved by ice, waiting to wake. Canada fell first, then Alaska, and when the infected crossed the Beringia bridge, Russia followed. Borders burned, soldiers fled, and silence took what remained. Now, survivors cling to warmth in a world where even the cold won’t stop the dead.