Category:Barbarians

Human civilization has fallen, and brought science and most of our accumulated knowledge with it. That isn't to say that there aren't any people at all, but "civilized" isn't the word you would use to describe them. For the most part, the vestiges of mankind huddle together in small tribes and villages. There are major cities, but they are few and far between. If you didn't have the good fortune to be born there, chances are you aren't even aware of their existence.

Any advancement in technology is seen with superstition and apprehension, and even natural lightning can attract horrors beyond most people's comprehension. Whirring, shrieking monstrosities that seem to be made of metal. They feed off the residual charges and depart again at best. Should someone be foolish enough to start up one of the ancient contraptions left behind by civilizations long past, the consequences for a population can be most dire.

It's unknown how the rest of the world is faring, but in the desolate scape we find our heroes in, it is rather... cold.