In 2000 A.D. light and radiation from the Supernova of the star Betelgeuse lit up the sky above the Earth for 13 Hours. The effect on half of the planet caused mutations in many humans in many forms and threw the world into chaos. 15 years later, the result of illegal experiments, Lizard-man, escaped w/other test subjects and Altered and sheltered on an island. They are the Alliance of Outcasts.