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==Raphael's Narrative== | ==Raphael's Narrative== | ||
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''This small town in southern Colorado just south of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range is located in a 'Shadowrun' Type Shadow, commonly referred to as Change World but officially called Shadow Garland. I visited this World and Town after I left my home in southern Arizona in an 'Apocalypse' Type Shadow, now commonly referred to as Plague World. I arrived in this Shadow and this small town unknowingly and at a time only 6 months after '''The Change''' took place; a Mystical Event that changed many people into Dwarves, Elves, Orcs and other Magical Beings, as well as unleashed Magic back into the world again and gave many people Magical Powers. '' | ''This small town in southern Colorado just south of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range is located in a 'Shadowrun' Type Shadow, commonly referred to as Change World but officially called Shadow Garland. I visited this World and Town after I left my home in southern Arizona in an 'Apocalypse' Type Shadow, now commonly referred to as Plague World. I arrived in this Shadow and this small town unknowingly and at a time only 6 months after '''The Change''' took place; a Mystical Event that changed many people into Dwarves, Elves, Orcs and other Magical Beings, as well as unleashed Magic back into the world again and gave many people Magical Powers. '' | ||
− | ''It wasn't long before things got ugly, what with all | + | ''It wasn't long before things got ugly, what with all local bands of thugs and criminals wanting their little slice of the pie and the Big Crime Syndicates and New Governments wanting to claim all the territory they could... and for some reason, Fort Garland was in everyone's sites. I became known quickly and got involved in local events, willingly, and then Local and National Politics unwillingly. I was elected to become one of the Mayors of FG for as long as I stayed; I accepted, thinking I could do more good with ''some'' Authority rather than none. We fought off the Syndicate and the Broncos (the Armed Forces of the Government of New Colorado) with lots of help from all of my new friends... but the struggle was not over.'' |
− | ''A new threat from the West had arrived; a sizeable, organized and well equipped Military Force from the Nation of Pacifica led by a female General trying to prove she could run with the | + | ''A new threat from the West had arrived; a sizeable, organized and well equipped Military Force from the New Nation of Pacifica led by a female General trying to prove she could run with the boys and a psychotic Druid at her side. The Mayors of FG met with them and their Officers and realized they were taking over the area whether anyone liked it or not, and they were well armed and equipped enough to do it. We, the Mayors and advisors, met and talked about why everyone was so interested in the area; Christine had a Theory and a story to back it up... I listened.'' |
− | ''It was soon discovered, by me and my new companions, that there was a Source of Power high in the southern part of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains just north of FG, so we went there, in a flying car named Chitty Chitty Bang Bang owned by my friend Zachary | + | ''It was soon discovered, by me and my new companions, that there was a Source of Power high in the southern part of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains just north of FG, so we went there, in a flying car named Chitty Chitty Bang Bang owned by my friend Zachary. I found the Source of Power at the bottom of Lily Lake just above the Tree Line in a Glacial Valley surrounded by high granite peaks; it was an Inscription of Power, which I soon discovered was a Low Order Version of the Pattern of Avalon. I named it 'The Sigil' but later officially became referred to as 'The Ft. Garland Sigil of Avalon' but usually its called 'The Sigil of Avalon' or just 'The Sigil'. I was the first to Assay the Sigil, followed by my companions; we gained its Imprint and some of its Powers.'' |
''When we returned to Fort Garland things had gotten worse; the Pacifica Military had fully set up and taken over most of town. Many were about to be relocated to help in the War Efforts, most were afraid they were going to die if they left or be killed if they tried to stay. A plan was made to get as many out as possible, and with the help of H&TE, it came to pass that all the Orcs of Fort Garland (most formerly from Denver) and all the Dwarves of Fort Garland (including the Arco Boys and the Indian Hills Clan) left town in two different directions and ended up in other Worlds away from their old world at war.'' | ''When we returned to Fort Garland things had gotten worse; the Pacifica Military had fully set up and taken over most of town. Many were about to be relocated to help in the War Efforts, most were afraid they were going to die if they left or be killed if they tried to stay. A plan was made to get as many out as possible, and with the help of H&TE, it came to pass that all the Orcs of Fort Garland (most formerly from Denver) and all the Dwarves of Fort Garland (including the Arco Boys and the Indian Hills Clan) left town in two different directions and ended up in other Worlds away from their old world at war.'' | ||
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==History of Fort Garland== | ==History of Fort Garland== | ||
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Rodak looks at Christine who nods, Rodak sighs, then says, "The vote split over whether to talk to you about this. Carl and Marko want you to help stabilize this place and having this on you mind might cost us your help. But Christine and I think its worth it. Very few people know about our belief that The Change started here. But the vampires at the capital of Colorado know. A few in Washington must. Our first Mayor, Kevin Longear, set up the Mayor System. Convinced Locals to come here rather them Alamosa or Walensburg, or Pueblo or Santé Fe. He said Fort Garland was going to be very important. That it had ah... magic waters. The Ute Creek runs through here but its hardly magical. But he had been talking like that for decades I hear. Then Blister and his family Changed... And the world Changed. Kevin set up the Mayor System for a month, then disappeared into the mountains. Christine and I think he knew something and finding him now... is important. Maybe important to the world." | Rodak looks at Christine who nods, Rodak sighs, then says, "The vote split over whether to talk to you about this. Carl and Marko want you to help stabilize this place and having this on you mind might cost us your help. But Christine and I think its worth it. Very few people know about our belief that The Change started here. But the vampires at the capital of Colorado know. A few in Washington must. Our first Mayor, Kevin Longear, set up the Mayor System. Convinced Locals to come here rather them Alamosa or Walensburg, or Pueblo or Santé Fe. He said Fort Garland was going to be very important. That it had ah... magic waters. The Ute Creek runs through here but its hardly magical. But he had been talking like that for decades I hear. Then Blister and his family Changed... And the world Changed. Kevin set up the Mayor System for a month, then disappeared into the mountains. Christine and I think he knew something and finding him now... is important. Maybe important to the world." | ||
− | ===A | + | ===A newly Changed World still changing=== |
~''Information Raphael gained by hacking into Colonel Sunday's Computer''~ | ~''Information Raphael gained by hacking into Colonel Sunday's Computer''~ | ||
− | Reaching onto the computer, pushing past its own limitations he feels like he is accessing all the computers within the region. Many seem military while many are home computers. He feels tablets and phones. The Change didn't destroy these things, but with half the people of the world disappearing great gaping holes in the structures of all companies made the | + | Reaching onto the computer, pushing past its own limitations he feels like he is accessing all the computers within the region. Many seem military while many are home computers. He feels tablets and phones. The Change didn't destroy these things, but with half the people of the world disappearing great gaping holes in the structures of all companies made the economy crash. Governments crashed. Local wars started. |
− | As he peeks around he finds one nearby | + | As he peeks around he finds one nearby, Its collections of files is vast. Its encryption is topnotch. But the feeling of the Technopath slips past them. He finds a computer nearby belonging to an aide to the general, Colonel Sunday. It has descriptions of forces east and west north and south. It seems the East is controlled by what held together as the old Fed. With the exception of Louisiana and a few counties surrounding it, and the Conch Nation in Florida most of the East Coast still is run by Washington DC. |
− | Canada is split in 5 parts, at best. West Waters, First Nations in the north, and Quebec. West Waters includes British Columbia & Alberta and is allied, if not joining Pacifica. Yukon, NWT, Nunavut are all First Nations and Alaska is mostly with them and Pacifica. A country unofficially called Hudson claims to be the center of Canada and is trying to reunite it. It has Manitoba and Ontario, and technically the east water territories that Quebec claims and that hate Quebec. Everyone hates Quebec and Quebec hates everyone that doesn't speak French | + | Canada is split in 5 parts,, at best. West Waters, First Nations in the north, and Quebec. West Waters includes British Columbia & Alberta and is allied, if not joining Pacifica. Yukon, NWT, Nunavut are all First Nations and Alaska is mostly with them and Pacifica. |
+ | A country unofficially called Hudson claims to be the center of Canada and is trying to reunite it. It has Manitoba and Ontario, and technically the east water territories that Quebec claims and that hate Quebec. Everyone hates Quebec and Quebec hates everyone that doesn't speak French It also has the distinction of the highest number of elves. No one that goes into Saskatchewan has come out alive in months. They have a high concentration of Orcs. Hudson is allied with the Old Fed, for all the good they can do them. | ||
Air Travel is incredibly difficult. Dragons treat airplanes as toys or targets. | Air Travel is incredibly difficult. Dragons treat airplanes as toys or targets. | ||
− | As for | + | As for the states, Rafe understands them better. Pacifica, Colorado, New Kansas, Texas, Conch Nation, Louisiana, The Free State of Jones. The Dark Horde. |
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+ | It further dictates that Pacifica seize the nuclear launch facilities at Warren Air Force base in Wyoming. The Silos in South Dakota as well because the Orcs of Saskatoon have already seized the North Dakota nukes. The Hudson crowd is terrified they will launch on Ottawa. Pacifica is to try and take Amarillo. The Old Fed with take Louisiana and East Texas. They agree to meet in the middle. | ||
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+ | Mexico and Central America is a mess and has appealed to join the Old Fed.. South America is in hot wars with each other. | ||
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+ | The Old Fed and Pacifica both have no idea where the USA sub force is after the change. They have been running silent. | ||
− | + | The rest of the world is less organized then then North America | |
− | + | (This is a rough early morning cluster of the Fort Garland World western hemisphere.) | |
[[File:Fort Garland, Western Hemisphere 2.jpg]] | [[File:Fort Garland, Western Hemisphere 2.jpg]] | ||
− | + | North America is greatly divided with Old Fed and Pacifica being the most organized. Colorado is apparently crumbling under the attack from Pacifica and from the Northern Orcs. | |
− | + | Conch Nation is most of the Caribbean but is poorly organized. Roughly allied to the Old Fed. Mexico requested Annexation from the Fed and is trying to control central America. | |
− | + | First Nations is the top of the world and is too cold for anyone to care about. However there are several active volcanoes. One near Prudhoe being called Port Prudhoe because of the heat in the 40s. There is also a Russian Fleet that out of necessity docked at Nome and is in negotiations, at a distance with the Old Fed. The gist is that they are founding a new principality. | |
− | + | Louisiana is centered at Narlans and is a End of the World So Lets Party kind of place. Something is going on in Bermuda. | |
− | + | There is a city somewhere in South America called Clusterfrak. Its a neutral city and the warring gangs of south America give safe passage t anyone waving the Clusterfrak flag. SA is a terrible mess. | |
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− | + | (Just some thoughts over coffee-Have a good one. Stay cool.) | |
− | Changes continue... | + | ===A New Chapter, New Leadership=== |
+ | Soon after the Exodus of Dwarves and Orcs from Fort Garland, led by Raphael de la Varga, an outsider named Fortunadus Enright, a Thrice Crowned Bard, a Leader within CHAD, and a friend and business partner of Raphael's took over the protection of the Fort Garland Sigil of Avalon and with the help of Hazarda and Timothy Elhue, as well as some other powerful CHAD members and some CHAD Forces he created a Power Base and initiated a Power Shift and now also Governs over a large area surrounding Ft. Garland... perhaps including several former US States in the area by now. Changes continue.... | ||
==Leaders of Fort Garland== | ==Leaders of Fort Garland== | ||
===Current Mayor=== | ===Current Mayor=== | ||
− | *Mayor Kevin Longear, Human | + | *Mayor Kevin Longear, Human Ute. |
**Manager of the Fort Garland Museum and Pike's Stockade at the time of the Change. | **Manager of the Fort Garland Museum and Pike's Stockade at the time of the Change. | ||
− | **Established the Mayor System as people from surrounding small cities began coming to Fort Garland. Population rose from 433 to 5000 in the first few weeks after | + | **Established the Mayor System as people from surrounding small cities began coming to Fort Garland. Population rose from 433 to 5000 in the first few weeks after the Change. People claimed to have been drawn to Fort Garland. |
− | ** | + | **Location unknown. |
− | **Found | + | **Found in Coyote Shape with a pack of coyotes in the mountains near the Sigil |
**Returned to Fort Garland and took over as Mayor under the short-lived Military Takeover. | **Returned to Fort Garland and took over as Mayor under the short-lived Military Takeover. | ||
− | **Most likely still Serves as Mayor | + | **Most likely still Serves as Mayor.... |
====Civic Leaders==== | ====Civic Leaders==== | ||
*Carl - Provision Master | *Carl - Provision Master | ||
− | **Human, | + | **Human, native of FG |
− | **Runs the Grocery | + | **Runs the Grocery store. |
**Oversees incoming supplies from scavengers and trade. | **Oversees incoming supplies from scavengers and trade. | ||
*Marko Doyle - Gate Master | *Marko Doyle - Gate Master | ||
**Human from Seattle; Hipster. | **Human from Seattle; Hipster. | ||
− | **Expert in Improvised | + | **Expert in Improvised structures. |
===Previous Mayors' Council=== | ===Previous Mayors' Council=== | ||
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**City Defender | **City Defender | ||
− | *Mayor Hank Adler - City Defense. | + | *Mayor Hank Adler-City Defense. County Sheriff. |
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===Former Mayors=== | ===Former Mayors=== | ||
− | *Blister. Former Orc Leader. | + | *Blister. Former Orc Leader. dead |
**First person affected by The Change. | **First person affected by The Change. | ||
**Fought Curious at the dog fights and lost. | **Fought Curious at the dog fights and lost. | ||
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*Broheim; Human, Bartender | *Broheim; Human, Bartender | ||
*Granger; Human, Tech Guy | *Granger; Human, Tech Guy | ||
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==Previous Notables== | ==Previous Notables== | ||
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*Arco Station near the West Gate | *Arco Station near the West Gate | ||
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**Only running Gas Station in town ? | **Only running Gas Station in town ? | ||
**Current Proprietor: ? | **Current Proprietor: ? | ||
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*Woody's Campground & Woody's Storage Yard | *Woody's Campground & Woody's Storage Yard | ||
− | + | **Proprietor: Woody; old hippie turned young by the Change; Human | |
− | **Proprietor: Woody | ||
− | *Old Bruce's BBQ | + | *Old Bruce's BBQ across from the Arco Station |
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**Proprietor: Old Bruce; Spry 80s-ish Human | **Proprietor: Old Bruce; Spry 80s-ish Human | ||
− | *Broheim's Bar & Dog Pit | + | *Broheim's Bar & Dog Pit around the corner from Old Bruce's |
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**Bartender: 'Broheim'; Human | **Bartender: 'Broheim'; Human | ||
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*The Foundry | *The Foundry | ||
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*Del's Diner - Closed | *Del's Diner - Closed | ||
**Soon to be the Southeast Command Post and Watch Tower | **Soon to be the Southeast Command Post and Watch Tower | ||
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==Gates & Walls of Fort Garland== | ==Gates & Walls of Fort Garland== |