Strange Horizon

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

The characters

Stats

Highlighted stats are bold/red.

Name	Playbook	Cool	Hard	Hot	Sharp	Weird
Sioux	Angel	+1	0	+1	+3	0
Dakota	Driver	+2	0	+1	+1	-1
Mr Static	Faceless	+1	+2	+1	0	+1
Lord B4	Brainer	+1	+1	-2	+1	+2

Hx

Column has Hx on Row, as listed

	Sioux has...	Dakota has...	Lord B4 has...	Mr Static has...
...on Sioux	N/A	+1	+1	+2
...on Dakota	+3	N/A	+3	+2
...on Lord B4	-2	+2	N/A	+3
...on Mr Static	+2	+1	+2	N/A

NPCs

Ambergrease

• Desperately wants Lord B4´s services to get revenge on Russian, whom they are not allowed to kill.

• Has the skills, facilities and tools to maintain Dakota´s vehicle

• Got in Mr Static´s way recently and he had to hurt them

• Foreman of The Garage, unwilling to step up to Hardholder after Dog´s departure.

August - Runs The Chapel.

Dog

• B4 messed up their brain so bad they barely know what´s up and what´s down

• Is terrified of Mr Static

• The former Hardholder of Emberville, now a lone wretch after having his brain scrambled when Lord B4 tried to brain-manipulate him.

Dustwitch

• Is in deep emotional debt to Sioux for saving their life

• Is terrified of Lord B4 and wants them gone, the sooner the better

• Has a vehicle that is more haunting and eerie than Dakota´s; seemingly just showing up in unlikely places.

• Professional rival to Dakota.

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 - "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.

Jay - One of Roark's crew, bodyguard/assistant.

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.)

Post-it - a camp follower in Emberville.

Prim - an Enginer, a senior mechanic, in The Garage. Tasked by Ambergrease to fix Dakota´s truck.

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

Rum - One of Roark´s men who had a strange change of heart after a chat with Nothing and Mr. Static.

Russian

• 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.

Tip - owner of the best bar/pleasure establishment in Emberville.

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.