Zom_Dom
Ramblin' Man
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Love And Lust In The Wasteland - OOC and Casting
This is the place to post character designs, questions, comments, etc. ad infinitum... Feel free to PM me about anything, but please post here before posting in the actual IC thread.
Basic setting background, to give an idea of the character possibilities, the time frame, and the like...
In the great cleansing fire of the Catastrophe, or The Great Cleansing as it has since come to be known, seventy five percent of the world’s population perished. Those who survived gave way under the un-ending tides of disease, famine, and general hopelessness that had gripped their hearts like a cold vice. A mere six months after the last of the bombs had fallen, the populations of the world’s continents numbered barely a few percent of it’s once proud billions.
Nomadic tribes of people are the norm and majority nowadays, traveling from place to place to place in hopes of finding something to eat, making a living however they can. Some fancy themselves traders, selling dry goods, arms and the like. Others have fashioned themselves as modern day Highwaymen, laying waste to all in their path and extolling great tolls from other travelers for the “privilege” of using their roadway.
Settlements rise and fall over time, changing little in the overall landscape besides making the cold, dark nights a little bit brighter with their fire light, their sparse laughter and their not-always-human warmth. Indeed caravans, tribes, even whole settlements have arisen of those not belonging to the “human” race, if any these days can be sure it still exists in its old form. Robots of varying makes and models can be found all over. Dwarves, humanoids shriveled over time by birth defects and radiation and disease cluster in the north, although some are found as far south as the great salt flats. Zombies, which go by many names; Infected, Diseased, Blighted, although the currently favored term is Forsaken, litter the landscape with their rotting corpses and vile pathogens. Mixed breeds, formed of all the previously prevalent forms of life can be found scattered throughout the world; products of gene splicing and genetic recombination - technology which although discouraged and unfunded before the Cleansing, now thrives as a black market service.
Cities are hulking wrecks, rusted out specters looming high against the bleak grey sky as reminders of what once and shall never be again. In consequence many avoid them, preferring the settlements and the roads, although Scavs, or scavengers hole up in abandoned buildings everywhere. There are even rumors that great militias travel between them, searching for technology and new recruits. There are worse rumors about how these recruits are press-ganged into service, forcibly taken from their lives like militaristic gypsies.
We do what we must to survive, and thus martial law prevails.
This is the place to post character designs, questions, comments, etc. ad infinitum... Feel free to PM me about anything, but please post here before posting in the actual IC thread.
Basic setting background, to give an idea of the character possibilities, the time frame, and the like...
In the great cleansing fire of the Catastrophe, or The Great Cleansing as it has since come to be known, seventy five percent of the world’s population perished. Those who survived gave way under the un-ending tides of disease, famine, and general hopelessness that had gripped their hearts like a cold vice. A mere six months after the last of the bombs had fallen, the populations of the world’s continents numbered barely a few percent of it’s once proud billions.
Nomadic tribes of people are the norm and majority nowadays, traveling from place to place to place in hopes of finding something to eat, making a living however they can. Some fancy themselves traders, selling dry goods, arms and the like. Others have fashioned themselves as modern day Highwaymen, laying waste to all in their path and extolling great tolls from other travelers for the “privilege” of using their roadway.
Settlements rise and fall over time, changing little in the overall landscape besides making the cold, dark nights a little bit brighter with their fire light, their sparse laughter and their not-always-human warmth. Indeed caravans, tribes, even whole settlements have arisen of those not belonging to the “human” race, if any these days can be sure it still exists in its old form. Robots of varying makes and models can be found all over. Dwarves, humanoids shriveled over time by birth defects and radiation and disease cluster in the north, although some are found as far south as the great salt flats. Zombies, which go by many names; Infected, Diseased, Blighted, although the currently favored term is Forsaken, litter the landscape with their rotting corpses and vile pathogens. Mixed breeds, formed of all the previously prevalent forms of life can be found scattered throughout the world; products of gene splicing and genetic recombination - technology which although discouraged and unfunded before the Cleansing, now thrives as a black market service.
Cities are hulking wrecks, rusted out specters looming high against the bleak grey sky as reminders of what once and shall never be again. In consequence many avoid them, preferring the settlements and the roads, although Scavs, or scavengers hole up in abandoned buildings everywhere. There are even rumors that great militias travel between them, searching for technology and new recruits. There are worse rumors about how these recruits are press-ganged into service, forcibly taken from their lives like militaristic gypsies.
We do what we must to survive, and thus martial law prevails.
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There should always room be for the benevolent turned mad. Besides, why have zombies unless you're going to have some fun with them? I think a mad scientist/doctor could go either way, and whichever way you decide to go with this I think it will be a great addition.
