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# Welcome
## Brief Story
In 2050, the sun expands into a red giant star, intensifying sunspot activity. The Earth’s temperature soars to 81 degrees, leading to an imminent threat of human survival. As almost all of the plans to save humanity has failed, humanity is gradually facing extinction. Only the three families that have developed The Knight Project; Bushido, Oracle, and Spiritual has survived...
## What is Cardano Knights/CKN?
**CKN stands for Cardano Knight Network.**\
We designed a total of 5,555 Unique Knights based on mechanical aesthetics according to our lore. Our lore and story is based in the year of 2050. As global warming intensifies, only three families survived...\
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\&#xNAN;*To find out more about the lore and background, visit our* [*official website*](https://ckn.network/) *or take a look at our whitepaper to see what we're aiming to accomplish!*
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