ok, hear me out and don't immediately assume that it will be the post apocalypse where zombies are coming out of no-where and the main charachter is a superhuman who is nearly invincible and can take on anyone, because if anything that is what i am trying to prevent.
Story start with a small side detail. Ten- Fifteen years in the future and global warming has become global freezing and the polar icecaps are spreading southward making the only habitable place near the equator. Also oil production is slowing. This lack of land and resources provokes a free for all WW3 in the heart of Africa and the Middle East. Three years after fighting started all the major superpowers are destroyed and those that are left standing are at the bottom of a very deep pit. All communications have been shut down and many soldiers who survived the war continue to fight in the wastelands created by the fighting.
The story would follow a man (i don't know who he is or what he does so i need some help on that) who is adopted y an outfit who learned that the war was over and is now heading up north to create a community and a new life. One problem. Lots of people who don't know the war is over trying to kill them and the environment. Most of the book will be in the desert or highlands but the farther north they go they see more forested areas. One more problem. once they arrive up north a man who now controls the only semi- surviving nation sends an emissary. Turns out he's a bloodthirsty A** who only offers submission or death. Eventually they get into a big war and i wont tell any other important events in the plot or people wont read it .
Now for the questions. Need help with technology and landscapes. I'm American so i don't know much about other countries. What is The middle east like? what are the buildings like? geography? main sources of water? etc? and what weapons vehicles and equipment will our soldiers be using in 12 years? then there are the characters. My protagonist is completely uncreated. and i have a vague idea for the antagonist which i will explore later on. The outfit that the protagonist joins is almost completed so i will do that.
The antagonist (still needs a name) was a high ranking officer for some country (don't know which one yet) that was promoted to general in the early stages of the war. He quickly proved himself to be bloodthirsty and brutally efficient. When the war was nearing its end he sensed destruction coming for the country and killed his ruler (president etc.) taking the country for himself. He then led the country to become one of the last surviving empires.
so as you can see the plot is mainly developed but still has flaws, and the most help i need will come about characters. any ideas are appreciated, sorry for the length.
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