Post by Head Moderator on Feb 7, 2016 0:59:47 GMT -5
With the exception of sand and sun and burning heat, very few things can be found
in abundance in the Scarred Lands. The basic necessities of life are as scarce as a friendly Scarred, so every living thing works hard to attain food and safeguard water.
The land gives up its meager resources only after much trouble, for it’s stubborn
and miserly in the extreme. Hunters must spend the better portion of their days just
searching for prey, not to mention actually catching it and preparing it to eat.
Settlement dwellers may have the hardest lives of all. Though they know where their next meal is coming from, it takes much work to support a group of people. At the same time, patrols move across the lands to keep scavengers and raiders at bay.
Water is an even more important commodity in this hot, arid world. There are
no open bodies of life-giving fluid. There are hidden wells and underground springs and these are jealously guarded by those who have claimed them. Most of the Scarred Land’s water supply is deep beneath the ground. In some very lucky settlements, wells have been dug to obtain the precious water.
Given that food and water is essential for life to exist, it shouldn’t come as a
surprise that those who control the sources of these staples form an elite class in
Scarred society. The best stalkers, the wisest hunters, the owners of farms and
wells-these are the influential and politically powerful members of every
community.
Travel in any direction from an encampment or settlement, and the desolate nature of this world is driven home. The Scarred Lands consist of small, isolated pockets of life separated by vast stretches devoid of a drop of water or a blade of grass. This makes the inhabitants of a given area close-knit and dependent upon each other, while strangers are viewed with suspicion and sometimes greeted with hostility. Everyone feels small, insignificant, and very much alone in the middle of the wastes that span the horizon.
in abundance in the Scarred Lands. The basic necessities of life are as scarce as a friendly Scarred, so every living thing works hard to attain food and safeguard water.
The land gives up its meager resources only after much trouble, for it’s stubborn
and miserly in the extreme. Hunters must spend the better portion of their days just
searching for prey, not to mention actually catching it and preparing it to eat.
Settlement dwellers may have the hardest lives of all. Though they know where their next meal is coming from, it takes much work to support a group of people. At the same time, patrols move across the lands to keep scavengers and raiders at bay.
Water is an even more important commodity in this hot, arid world. There are
no open bodies of life-giving fluid. There are hidden wells and underground springs and these are jealously guarded by those who have claimed them. Most of the Scarred Land’s water supply is deep beneath the ground. In some very lucky settlements, wells have been dug to obtain the precious water.
Given that food and water is essential for life to exist, it shouldn’t come as a
surprise that those who control the sources of these staples form an elite class in
Scarred society. The best stalkers, the wisest hunters, the owners of farms and
wells-these are the influential and politically powerful members of every
community.
Travel in any direction from an encampment or settlement, and the desolate nature of this world is driven home. The Scarred Lands consist of small, isolated pockets of life separated by vast stretches devoid of a drop of water or a blade of grass. This makes the inhabitants of a given area close-knit and dependent upon each other, while strangers are viewed with suspicion and sometimes greeted with hostility. Everyone feels small, insignificant, and very much alone in the middle of the wastes that span the horizon.