Post by Alice Cade on Jul 28, 2014 20:05:46 GMT
Birth of a City
Population: 500
Nuclear Holocaust has destroyed civilisation as we know it. Great swathes of wasteland cover the earth and sooty smoke pervades the atmosphere, blocking most of the sun's light and heat. But, 100 years later, as the Nuclear winter edges towards a hopeful spring, a city springs into existence by a great and mighty river; a city called Event Horizon.
Known simply as Horizon, to its denizens.
Horizon consists of the burnt-out, skeletal remains of metal skyscrapers and nature-dominated brick buildings. Factories were built to purify the water from the river and to churn out steam-powered vehicles, and clockwork machinery. Every citizen has to wear goggles, because of the dense smog caused by the steam and the sooty density of the air. Those who are able, fit theirs with night vision.
Gas and oil are in short supply, so at night the city is plunged into complete and utter darkness, save for the one-mile radius surrounding the Mayor's Office. Currency is anything useful; everyone trades what they have, for what they need. The market trades in valuable "Old World" items, such as candles, batteries, DVDs, books, paintings. Everything has to be scavenged from The Wastelands.
The river is tainted by radiation, which in turn has caused genetic mutations, known as Phreaks, to come into being. They haunt The Wastelands, outcast and exiled from this new society; some roam in packs and others live a lonesome existence.
The only clean water source is Horizon's filtration plant.
The Phreaks want the city and the Norms, well, they want to wipe the Phreaks from existence...
AA: = After Apocalypse
0AA: WWIII
30AA: People and new generation begin to leave their bunkers to salvage for food and supplies. Wearing things similar to old WWII diving suits they travelled about to survive the harsh environment.
40AA: People begin to congregate in the place which will become Horizon. The 10 main bunkers run by 10 different groups known as families start to establish topside domains once more. Phreaks are also starting to be identified as more and more people gather.
50AA: Event Horizon is established. Phreaks bid for dominance in this new city and are driven off by the greater norm population with the help of the Mayor and several of the town founders.
60AA: Water filtration factory is established, providing clean water to the denizens of the city.
61AA: A militia is organised to keep the city secure, both from thieving inhabitants and the increasingly vicious attacks carried out by the expanding number of Phreaks.
70AA: The clockwork factory is up and running; the production of small mechanical items, prosthetic limbs and the first clockwork motorbike owned by the mayor marks a momentous turning point in recent history.
85AA: In hopes of expanding their reconnaissance and future expansion, the first new Airship is built from the concerted efforts of the town founders and other citizens of EH.
100AA: Present Day.
