The Tree Shepherds were formed in 2235, born from a schism in the nihilistic Purifiers. According to Purifier philosophy and ideology, gleaned from the Nayavishv Kavinaash, an apocalyptic journal written by Tejesh Arinkindular, the Great War signaled the end of the old aeon and that a new, purer aeon would not be able to be birthed until everything else was destroyed. A young member of the Purifiers, Theresa Cunningham, challenged that nihilistic philosophy, claiming that the old world had already been burned away when the bombs fell during the Great War. Arinkindular’s prophecy had already taken place, and the Post-War world they were living in was the new aeon that was born in its destruction. It was the divine mission of men and women to nurture and coddle it, not further destroy and de