First thing to know: The Valley is a hard place--a dead waste of deep canyons, jagged mountains, and open desert filled with radiation and weirdness, all created by "The Final Showdown" the Old Fucks keep going on and on about. Most of us around here live in one of two settlements:
New Haven
Black Sun Union Soldier
In the west there’s New Haven, a clutter of small towns and communities, shadowed beneath a massive complex of steel and concrete we call Tower. New Haven is the domain of Ghost. Nobody has met this Ghost fella, but his Black Sun Union (BSU) is brutally effective at policing New Haven. Life in New Haven isn't all that bad, as long as you do what you’re told. Did a BSU soldier just ask for your gun and jacket for no apparent reason? Just give it to him. Don’t ask questions, got it? If you’re ever sent to Tower, you won’t be coming back. Nobody knows what goes on up there...
Sanctuary
The Witch Lady
Across the canyon wilds to the east lies Sanctuary. Looks like a nice place. Everyone lives in these tall buildings, and they even have trees! How’s that even possible? They also say Sanctuary doesn't have to deal with attacks from strange mutants and other freaky things that live out in the wilds. The Witch Lady’s got some kinda magic or something keeping those creatures out. Folks from Sanctuary worship her like a goddess. They’re good enough people, albeit a bit strange. Must be something in the water…
The Wilds
One of the many colorful fauna awaiting you out in the wilds.
So what else is out there? Well, like I said before, there’s all kinds of strange, mutated creatures wandering outside--after "The Final Showdown", people, animals, everything changed. And not necessarily for the better. You’ve got the Reclaimers, who scavenge everywhere looking for relics of the old world. They prance around, wherever they happen to be, in their power armor like they own the damn place. Rumor is they’re building something. Something big. What else? There are those brave (or insane) caravan traders coming by every now and then. They’ve always got useful things to barter for or interesting tidbits to share about the outside. Sometimes, you’ll see someone selling their child off to some creeps wearing dark robes. These faceless strangers come by more often than we'd like. The Phoenix Society, they call themselves. Not sure what they’re about; don't really want to know, to be perfectly honest. Once in a while we also have to deal with raids by gangs holing themselves up in caves out in the wilds. I heard there’s a big turf war happening between the New Monsters and the Phantoms. Right smack in the middle of the Valley, we’ve got the Lake of Fire in case you feel like contracting radiation sickness or picking up a new mutation.
Someone from the Phoenix Society. I really hate it when they show up.
A member of the Phantoms
And that, ladies and gentlemen, concludes our tour. Enjoy your stay in The Valley.
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