World of Desolation

The World of Desolation (encoded in LEAF-Prime's computer systems as PV-55-2, and occasionally referred to informally as the "Destroyed Parallel World") is the fifth world in Plants vs. Zombies: Infinite Generation''. ''It is the primary setting of the Echo of a Shattered Youth campaign, and features the debut of the S.A. Legion enemy type.

The world itself is a ruined alternate timeline of an unspecified pacifistic universe, having been attacked and destroyed by the Legion several years ago. Though it was initially considered a low-risk area that did not require intervention by LEAF, an attempted breach into the multiverse by the Legion led to the immediate reversal of such a decision.

Origins
The World of Desolation is based on the original timeline of [REDACTED] and its characters, with its divergence point based on [REDACTED].

Nesio City and its locales are named for species of the genus Asparagus; Nesio itself is inspired by the cities of Bellevue and Seattle, Washington.

Description
Having been conquered and razed by the S.A. Legion three years ago, the World of Desolation is, as its name suggests, a freshly bleak wasteland, with the playable area centered in the ruins of a suburb near the outskirts of an urban district. Many buildings are still standing, but have holes in their structure (with some larger buildings missing entire parts of their form) and are about to fall apart; nature has just begun to reclaim the places where they stand. Roads are cracked and muddied; bridges, while still stable, have been fractured in various places.

Areas with heavy permanent Legion influence have been rapidly converted into bases for their troops, though currently incomplete in nature; a recurring motif is the use of single-colored, rectangular plating belying haphazard wires and pipes.

Locations
Unless specified otherwise, all locations are within the former borders of Nesio City.
 * Stria Residential: A residential district once home to a loving neighborhood, full of large half-destroyed houses. First landing spot unlocked for the World of Desolation.
 * Resistance Base: A doomsday bunker that survived the destruction of the house it was attached to, which serves as the base of operations for the B.K. Resistance. Contains most if not all of the Resistance's members as NPCs by default.
 * Setacean Park: A former national park, now simply another part of the Earth's nature.
 * Urbian Jungle: The abandoned and fractured remains of Nesio's urban district, a place once known as being full of heart.
 * Nesio Square: A former trendy mall and its surrounding venues, now partially a winding fortress for the Legion. Second landing spot unlocked for the World of Desolation.
 * Legion HQ: The unnamed headquarters of the S.A. Legion, located in a relatively distant mountain away from Nesio. Accessing this area on foot from other areas requires a teleporter beacon in the Resistance Base, unlocked after Reb returns to the World of Desolation. Third landing spot unlocked for the World of Desolation.

New

 * S.A. Legion: A now-worldwide army of sapient robotic humanoids, thought to resemble stick figures. What they lack in unique powers, they make up for with a seemingly-bottomless reserve of troops and abilities geared towards overwhelming the player in projectiles and individual enemies.

Returning

 * Raiders: Previously encountered as a splinter cell of test pilots, the Raidriser has since fallen into the hands of bandits from other worlds trying to abuse the situation for personal gain.
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Activities & Interactions

 * Raid: Figure's Schism: Team up to end the S.A. Legion's last bastion of leadership once and for all. Unlocks once Echo of a Shattered Youth is completed.
 * Collectible: Journal Pages: Locate pages of Arven's old journal to discover the tragic past of the World of Desolation.
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