Because I’m bad with names.
Also because the shroud of volcanic ash and its attendant monsters have caused a drop of around five or six degrees Celsius worldwide. Although the nature of the change has offered opportunities to mitigate this in some of the remaining nations it’s still bloody cold most places and it’s nearly permanently red-tinged.
How is the world surviving without proper sunlight and with monsters lurking above? Well you’ll have to read the series to find out!
Ice Age in Scarlet 