Strange Horizon

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[[Category:Apocalypse World]][[Category:PBP]]

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Strange Horizon is a PbP of Apocalypse World Second Edition, run on a dedicated Discord server. This wiki serves to collect and update information.

==Strange Horizon==

==The World==

Our apocalypse is a global dust bowl, with storms that gradually beat down humanity. Scarcities of food, of shelter. The storms are the physical manifestation of the Maelstrom - here called just the Storm - the remaining network of satellites creating a disturbing infosphere of cut-up TV and radio transmissions.

- the Storm´s heaviness is associated directly with the number of satellites overhead
- it represents a storm of cultural debris to match the physical dust storm
- when the storm is near, tvs turn on and radios speak in dead tongues

==The characters==

===Stats===
Highlighted stats are bold/red.

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Playbook
!Cool
!Hard
!Hot
!Sharp
!Weird
|-
|[[Sioux]]
|Angel
| +1
| 0
| '''+1'''
| +3
| '''+1'''
|-
|[[Dakota]]
|Driver
| +3
| 0
| +2
| '''+1
| '''-1'''
|-
|[[Mr Static]]
|Faceless
| '''+1'''
| '''+3'''
| -1
| 0
| +2
|-
|[[Lord B4]]
|Brainer
| +1
| +1
| -2
| '''+1'''
| '''+3'''
|}

===Hx===

Column has Hx on Row, as listed
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Sioux has...
!Dakota has...
!Lord B4 has...
!Mr Static has...
|-
|...on Sioux
|N/A
| +2
| +2
| +3
|-
|...on Dakota
| +1
|N/A
| +1
| +3
|-
|...on Lord B4
| +2
| +3
|N/A
| +1
|-
|...on Mr Static
| +3
| +0
| +1
|N/A
|-

|}

==GROUPS AND PLACES==

[[The Chapel|'''THE CHAPEL''']]

'''August''' - Runs [[The Chapel]]. Hasn´t been seen for a while.

[[Edith]]
* The spokesperson for [[The Chapel]] sent to Dakota´s peace meeting. It is unclear why August abstained.

'''Sapper''' - One of the fighters of [[The Chapel]]. Bodyguards [[Edith]] when needed. Bearded. Owns a prized flannel shirt.

[[Emberville|'''EMBERVILLE''']]

[[The Knight Watch|THE KNIGHT WATCH]] - [[Mr Static]]´s gang of self-proclaimed knights.

'''Curly Q''' - Bloody-handed brawler from [[Dog]]´s regime who didn´t make it as a Knight under [[Mr Static]]. Resentful.

[[Dog]]

[[Dustwitch]]

[[Exit]]

* An operator in [[Emberville]], handling work contracts, messengers and other unstated business. Indeterminately gendered and dressed in covering clothing.

'''Fleece''' - Muscle, sometimes working for Roark. Woman, well-maintained haircut and a leather duster.

'''Friendly''' - Joygirl working at [[Tip]]´s place in [[Emberville]]. Long blond hair, 20ish, pretty. Likes shawls.

'''Gorgeous''' - Guesthouse/"restaurant" owner in [[Emberville]].

'''Grome (RIP)''' - a guard from the market, blooded and hurt by [[The Russian]] because of a gambling "incident". Came into [[Sioux]]´s ´Firm with a gun to try to steal [[Mercy]]. He got shot by Sioux, then stabbed to death by his intended prize.

'''Hatchet (RIP)''' - One of the blackfingers working under [[Ambergrease]] in [[The Garage]]. Had a fight in the underground market with [[Lord B4]] about a lost shipment of stimulants. Died fighting beside him in a fight in Emberville´s Market.

'''Hawthorne''' - A day-laborer in Emberville who broke his leg clearing a roof. Recuperated thanks to [[Sioux]].

'''Jay (RIP)''' - One of [[Roark]]'s crew, bodyguard/assistant. Got shot in the face by raiders and died on [[Sioux]]´s operating table.

'''Jo''' - a pleasure boy/bartender working at [[Tip]]´s establishment.

[[Nothing]]

* Needs Sioux´s care and attention on a regular basis. (He ventures out into the storms to seek visions and more, and goes out of his way to help people even if he suffers from it.)

* The maelstrom has told Mr Static that he is a harbinger of destruction, decay and barbarism - he will bring ruin. (Nothing tried to deescalate and explain himself; Static wanted none of it but didn´t hurt him as he haven´t yet commited a crime.)

* He explained his visions to [[Mr Static]] and [[Rum]], both who did change their minds and followed him on a vision-quest out in the [[Changing Lands]] to search for the elusive [[Solace]]. Instead, [[Mr Static]] was possessed by an entity of the Storm and bit out [[Nothing]]´s eye before they were all caught by soldiers of [[The Cold House]].

* After he got back to [[Emberville]], Nothing is weakened and speaks less often.

'''Post-it''' - a camp follower. Used to drive his crappy car between [[Emberville], [[The Garage]] and [[The Chapel]] before he lost it in the [[Market]] massacre.

[[Rum]] - One of [[Roark]]´s men who had a strange change of heart after a chat with [[Nothing]] and [[Mr. Static]]. Now one of the most trusted members of [[The Knight Watch|THE KNIGHT WATCH]].

[[Roark]]

* A scavenger leading her team out into the wastes.

* Has access to medical supplies that Sioux needs

* [[Dakota]] often helps them get where they need to go

'''Shepsi''' - a wandering beggar, rumor-seller and mendicant serving as informant to [[Lord B4]] and others. Older woman dressed in rags and smelling of alcohol.

'''Snuffy''' - one of [[Mr Static]]´s knight and a constant Doubting Thomas.

[[Tip]] - owner of "Tip´s" ,the best bar/pleasure establishment in [[Emberville]].

[[Evermore|'''EVERMORE''']]

'''Prime''' - [[Thrice]]´s second-in-command. Veteran fighter and leader. Theater fiend.

[[Russian]] '''RIP'''

* A warrior, muscle and go-between/collector for [[Thrice the Warlord]]. Enjoys his job way too much.

* Pushing [[Ambergrease]] to bend the knee and swear fealty, regardless of the foreman´s feelings on leadership.

* Poisoned by [[Dakota]] who then covered it up as the result of a firefight.

[[Sunset]] - A beautiful guitar player and singer who was saved from bandits by [[Dakota]]. Now a treasured artist in [[Evermore]].

[[Thrice]] - "Emperex" Thrice, the warlord who controls and demands tribute from the Holds in the region. Burned, wearing full-covering clothing and a gas mask.

[[The Garage|'''THE GARAGE''']]

[[Ambergrease]]

[[Prim]] - an Enginer, a senior mechanic, in [[The Garage]]. Tasked by [[Ambergrease]] to fix [[Dakota]]´s truck. Pointed out to Lord B4 by '''Schepsi''' as a collaborator with [[Dustwitch]] against the wizard.

[[South Bend|'''SOUTH BEND''']]

'''Rolfball''' - A powerful drug dealer from [[South Bend]], who sent spies to [[Emberville]] to evaluate it as a possible market. Now a sworn partner/assistant to [[Dakota]].

'''Junior''' - Young girl, lietunant under Rolfball, assumed by most to be his daughter. Violent and unpredictable.

'''Navarre''' - Armored violence-woman with a grenade launcher. Professional acquintance to [[Wolf]]. RIP, beaten to death by [[Mr. Static]] as his last act of violence before ego death.

'''Qwerty''' - Market merchant who sells a lot of chems and meds. Usually sells to Noname.

'''Noname''' - Rolfball´s chemicker.

==Notable places==

[[Emberville]] One of the larger holds, having subsumed [[The Garage]]

[[Evermore]] The fortress-hold of [[Thrice]], whom [[Emberville]] - in theory - pays tribute to.

[[The Garage]] A repair- and chop shop with the finest blackfingers in the region. [[Ambergrease]] is the elder.

[[Kilead]] A hold knows for its´ breweries.

[[South Bend]] A place that has "bullet farmers", some of which trade with the Market (and [[Exit]]).

[[The Chapel]] - A place some distance outside Emberville, mentioned by [[Dakota]].

==Gangs and other factions==

[[Toll Killektors]] - a gang/militia "Protecting" the highways west. Models themselves cargo cult-style after old highway patrols of old.

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