Backstory Update?

Since this forum has already been abandoned once already, I will be discussing with Jess ideas of what happened between then and the "The Return" thread. But we're not the only ones with a say. This is meant to be fun for you, too. But here's the question: What happened to every one? Do the major groups still exist or do they need to be reformed? A poll is included with this so that you may vote on what we should do!