Elevation Project

The Elevation Project is a multi-trillion dollar initiative by several world governments in the backstory of The Dark Province. The project was led by the French scientist Georges Lariau and involved radical scientific experimentation and the accidental invention of magic. Additionally, it also widened the metaphysical cracks between the terrestial world and neighbouring realms like the Feywild. The Elevation Project was ultimately responsible for the creation of Nonox and the cataclysm that obliterated modern civilization.

Project Goals
The Elevation Project ultimately attempted to plot the future of human evolution. As time went on, it eventually discovered possible offshoots from the human species and fostered them in underground bunkers in locations around the world. The Project also developed magic and enchantments, and experimented by reviving numerous celebrities and historical figures from the dead. Many of these restored figures came back as other non-human races. Though most lived and died again before the story of The Dark Province, there are a number of confirmed ressurected individuals who may or are certain to still be alive:
 * Nonox
 * Josephine de Beauharnais
 * Joan d'Arc
 * Phil McGraw
 * Marina Diamandis
 * Lana Del Rey
 * Claire Boucher
 * Kesha Sebert
 * Nicki Minaj