IronFall: Black Dawn

An Underworld Original

The world is unraveling. Austin Black returns—faster, stronger, reborn through cybernetics—and leads a new faction of Metal Men: The Ascended. Their mission is no longer conquest, but evolution. Using a revived Overlord core, they spread a techno-plague that fuses man and machine, infecting cities and turning people into programmable husks. Lynn, now the last psychic barrier between humanity and total assimilation, discovers the Metal Men are connected through a psychic network. To stop them, she must enter it—risking her identity and her life. As Lynn dives deeper into the network, Ken, San, and Lara lead the resistance’s last stand. Ken faces Austin in a brutal, final duel as Austin reveals he believes Lynn wants the new world—free of pain, free of choice. San sacrifices himself to save Ken in the last second, giving Ken the upper hand to defeat Austin once and for all. Meanwhile, Lynn discovers a hidden presence inside the network: Julian Dryfuss, her father’s preserved consciousness. With his help, she rewrites the code, purging Overlord’s influence and severing the Metal Men. But in doing so, Lynn burns out her powers—and her life. As peace returns and the world breathes again, Ken mourns Lynn’s loss. Lara kneels beside San’s fallen body. His eyes open. Glowing red. Lynn’s power still lives. Cut to black.

Story added by underworld_stories on June 15, 2025