Showing posts with label Wilderlands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wilderlands. Show all posts

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Mr. Jones of Colby's Ridge, Kansas, The Wilderlands



There is a place in the Wilderlands, the state of Kansas to be exact, called Colby’s Ridge. In the small, quiet town of Colby’s Ridge is the Silver Horseshoe Saloon. There is a man in this Saloon. He sits in the corner, his mud-caked boots up on the table; his sun-bleached black hat pulled low over his stubble covered face. A mane of black hair is pushed behind his ears. His brown duster, tossed carelessly over a chair. His white shirt, stained a light brown from dust and sweat. On his hip, a six-gun; clad in a worn brown leather holster. A cigarette tucked between his lips. A thin wisp of smoke rising from underneath the brim. On the table sits a half empty bottle of whisky, and an empty glass. No one knows his true name; everyone just calls him, Mr. Jones.  There is a gunshot that disrupts the quietness. The man jolts awake. He lifts his hat. Cold eyes stare out across the room. A woman screams. He stands slowly, slings his coat over his shoulder and as he walks towards the door he tosses a silver coin onto the bar. He steps outside, and squints in the sun. A horse bolts past him with a woman slung over the back of the saddle. The cigarette drops to the wooden planks and his boot stamps it out. He walks calmly over to his horse. He tosses his coat onto the saddle before swinging his leg over the saddle. He backed the horse up, and then urged the horse after the one that just bolted out into town. As he rode off the people of the town watched him. He would be back, bringing the the kidnapped woman back to her family. He always comes back.


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Friday, June 20, 2014

The World of "The Wilderlands" (USA 2043)

So, I already posted an article detailing what the world of Chicago 2043 is like. But I got to thinking, What is the rest of the world like? The eastern seaboard is one giant metropolis just like Chicago.  California is now called California City.  Now the plains and scrubland of the West has devolved into what can only be described as the Wild West. The expanse is simply called the "Wilderlands".

Technology is not as prevalent in the Wilderlands as in the cities but there is a basic level, CommNet has coverage through out the Wilderlands, though InfoNet is only available in major cities.  Salt Lake City and Devner are the major metropolis centers in the whole Wilderlands.   Railways criss cross the Wilderlands transporting cargo and passengers between the three "Mega-Cities'".

People of the Wilderlands are tough and hardy people. Incredibly private but polite people, most barely scrape by and many take up arms to defend what they own and love. Horses, and carriages are the easiest form of transportation and many people make a living on farms or ranches.

Rouge bandits, gangs, and vagabonds roam the Wilderlands raiding and pillaging settlements and trains. Though the wanderers of the Wilderlands are dangerous, even the hardest of gunslingers and bandits are scared of the "Hinyanzka". Ruthless Savages, believed to be descended from the Native peoples. It is said that the Hinjanzka were effected by radiation that made them into murderous cannibals. Most people say that they are old-wive's tales; ghost stories to make sure children are home by sundown. But for the people that live out on the Wilderlands the Hinjanzka are a very real thing.

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