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Archin: /* The Harbor */

2025-09-25T17:58:17Z

The Harbor

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	<font color="#DAA520">The Railmen</font> began as French soldiers stationed to protect the engineers who maintained a trainyard. As the world ended and orders and communication from elsewhere faded, they became their own group. Their focus shifted to keeping the train operational, the tracks clear of snow, and conducting routine patrols of the routes. These patrols serve many purposes, such as searching for new communities to work with, locating old world technology or supply caches, and scouting potential dangers.		<font color="#DAA520">The Railmen</font> began as French soldiers stationed to protect the engineers who maintained a trainyard. As the world ended and orders and communication from elsewhere faded, they became their own group. Their focus shifted to keeping the train operational, the tracks clear of snow, and conducting routine patrols of the routes. These patrols serve many purposes, such as searching for new communities to work with, locating old world technology or supply caches, and scouting potential dangers.

	Together, the Whalers and Railmen sustain Porte Dernière. The Whalers brave the treacherous ocean to ~~bring back~~ pemmican, oil, and baleen, while the Railmen see that these goods reach the coal miners inland. In return, coal makes its way back to the harbor, keeping both communities alive and driving one of the main engines of the surviving human ecosystem.		Together, the Whalers and Railmen sustain Porte Dernière. The Whalers brave the treacherous ocean to provide pemmican, oil, and baleen, while the Railmen see that these goods reach the coal miners inland. In return, coal makes its way back to the harbor, keeping both communities alive and driving one of the main engines of the surviving human ecosystem.

	==Nomads==		==Nomads==

Archin: /* The Coal Miners */

2025-08-12T11:50:43Z

The Coal Miners

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	==The Coal Miners==		==The Coal Miners==
	<font color="#DAA520">The Coal Miners</font> are a primarily British community located ~~at the player settlement~~.</font> They are made up of men, women, and children who work the coal mine on site. Families labor together both underground in the shafts and above ground ~~in vital infrastructure roles~~ that keep the lights on.		<font color="#DAA520">The Coal Miners</font> are a primarily British community located inland.</font> They are made up of men, women, and children who work the coal mine on site. Families labor together both underground in the shafts and above ground to provide the coal that keep the lights on.

	<font color="#DAA520">The work is constant, dangerous, and exhausting, leaving little time for anything else.</font> ~~The mine is the only reason at present that this settlement holds importance within the struggling human society that remains.~~ The miners do not have the manpower or energy to expand beyond maintaining their livelihood, and their focus is entirely on keeping the coal flowing.		<font color="#DAA520">The work is constant, dangerous, and exhausting, leaving little time for anything else.</font> The miners do not have the manpower or energy to expand beyond maintaining their livelihood, and their focus is entirely on keeping the coal flowing.

	<font color="#DAA520">As a result, they are willing and often receptive to the ambitions and vision of the refugees who do have the time to develop and expand the area around the coal mine, hoping these efforts will create a future where their families no longer have to work themselves to death in the shafts.</font> They remain a community that is, at times, both grateful, apprehensive, and begrudgingly tolerant of the waves of newcomers who arrive at the settlement.

	==The Harbor==		==The Harbor==

Archin at 17:05, 11 August 2025

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	<font color="#DAA520">It is not our intention to create conflict around them, deliberate antagonism will be met with a reasonable in-character response.</font>		<font color="#DAA520">It is not our intention to create conflict around them, deliberate antagonism will be met with a reasonable in-character response.</font>


	==The Coal Miners==		==The Coal Miners==
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	<font color="#DAA520">As a result, they are willing and often receptive to the ambitions and vision of the refugees who do have the time to develop and expand the area around the coal mine, hoping these efforts will create a future where their families no longer have to work themselves to death in the shafts.</font> They remain a community that is, at times, both grateful, apprehensive, and begrudgingly tolerant of the waves of newcomers who arrive at the settlement.		<font color="#DAA520">As a result, they are willing and often receptive to the ambitions and vision of the refugees who do have the time to develop and expand the area around the coal mine, hoping these efforts will create a future where their families no longer have to work themselves to death in the shafts.</font> They remain a community that is, at times, both grateful, apprehensive, and begrudgingly tolerant of the waves of newcomers who arrive at the settlement.


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	Together, the Whalers and Railmen sustain Porte Dernière. The Whalers brave the treacherous ocean to bring back pemmican, oil, and baleen, while the Railmen see that these goods reach the coal miners inland. In return, coal makes its way back to the harbor, keeping both communities alive and driving one of the main engines of the surviving human ecosystem.		Together, the Whalers and Railmen sustain Porte Dernière. The Whalers brave the treacherous ocean to bring back pemmican, oil, and baleen, while the Railmen see that these goods reach the coal miners inland. In return, coal makes its way back to the harbor, keeping both communities alive and driving one of the main engines of the surviving human ecosystem.


	==Nomads==		==Nomads==

Archin at 16:59, 11 August 2025

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	Together, the Whalers and Railmen sustain Porte Dernière. The Whalers brave the treacherous ocean to bring back pemmican, oil, and baleen, while the Railmen see that these goods reach the coal miners inland. In return, coal makes its way back to the harbor, keeping both communities alive and driving one of the main engines of the surviving human ecosystem.		Together, the Whalers and Railmen sustain Porte Dernière. The Whalers brave the treacherous ocean to bring back pemmican, oil, and baleen, while the Railmen see that these goods reach the coal miners inland. In return, coal makes its way back to the harbor, keeping both communities alive and driving one of the main engines of the surviving human ecosystem.


	==Nomads==		==Nomads==

Archin: /* The Harbor */

2025-08-11T16:59:15Z

The Harbor

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	<font color="#DAA520">Porte Dernière</font> is a harbor settlement that serves as home to two closely bound communities, the Whalers and the Railmen.		<font color="#DAA520">Porte Dernière</font> is a harbor settlement that serves as home to two closely bound communities, the Whalers and the Railmen.

	<font color="#DAA520">The Whalers</font> are a Creole people made up of freedmen from New Orleans who arrived in recent years. Upon their arrival, they encountered the Railmen, and the two groups formed an alliance out of necessity, offering protection in exchange for resources. Over time, this arrangement became permanent, with many French soldiers from the Railmen settling down with Whaler families.		<font color="#DAA520">The Whalers</font> are a Creole people made up of freedmen from New Orleans who arrived in recent years. Upon their arrival, they encountered the Railmen, and the two groups formed an alliance out of necessity, some shared language, offering protection in exchange for resources. Over time, this arrangement became permanent, with many French soldiers from the Railmen settling down with Whaler families.

	<font color="#DAA520">The Railmen</font> began as French soldiers stationed to protect the engineers who maintained a trainyard. As the world ended and orders and communication from elsewhere faded, they became their own group. Their focus shifted to keeping the train operational, the tracks clear of snow, and conducting routine patrols of the routes. These patrols serve many purposes, such as searching for new communities to work with, locating old world technology or supply caches, and scouting potential dangers.		<font color="#DAA520">The Railmen</font> began as French soldiers stationed to protect the engineers who maintained a trainyard. As the world ended and orders and communication from elsewhere faded, they became their own group. Their focus shifted to keeping the train operational, the tracks clear of snow, and conducting routine patrols of the routes. These patrols serve many purposes, such as searching for new communities to work with, locating old world technology or supply caches, and scouting potential dangers.

	Together, the Whalers and Railmen sustain Porte Dernière. The Whalers brave the treacherous ocean to bring back pemmican, oil, and baleen, while the Railmen see that these goods reach the coal miners inland. In return, coal makes its way back to the harbor, keeping both communities alive and driving one of the main engines of the surviving human ecosystem.		Together, the Whalers and Railmen sustain Porte Dernière. The Whalers brave the treacherous ocean to bring back pemmican, oil, and baleen, while the Railmen see that these goods reach the coal miners inland. In return, coal makes its way back to the harbor, keeping both communities alive and driving one of the main engines of the surviving human ecosystem.


	==Nomads==		==Nomads==

Archin at 16:57, 11 August 2025

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	<font color="#DAA520">It is not our intention to create conflict around them, deliberate antagonism will be met with a reasonable in-character response.</font>		<font color="#DAA520">It is not our intention to create conflict around them, deliberate antagonism will be met with a reasonable in-character response.</font>


	==The Coal Miners==		==The Coal Miners==
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	Together, the Whalers and Railmen sustain Porte Dernière. The Whalers brave the treacherous ocean to bring back pemmican, oil, and baleen, while the Railmen see that these goods reach the coal miners inland. In return, coal makes its way back to the harbor, keeping both communities alive and driving one of the main engines of the surviving human ecosystem.		Together, the Whalers and Railmen sustain Porte Dernière. The Whalers brave the treacherous ocean to bring back pemmican, oil, and baleen, while the Railmen see that these goods reach the coal miners inland. In return, coal makes its way back to the harbor, keeping both communities alive and driving one of the main engines of the surviving human ecosystem.


	==Nomads==		==Nomads==

Archin at 16:57, 11 August 2025

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	==The Coal Miners==		==The Coal Miners==
	~~TKTK~~		<font color="#DAA520">The Coal Miners</font> are a primarily British community located at the player settlement.</font> They are made up of men, women, and children who work the coal mine on site. Families labor together both underground in the shafts and above ground in vital infrastructure roles that keep the lights on.

			<font color="#DAA520">The work is constant, dangerous, and exhausting, leaving little time for anything else.</font> The mine is the only reason at present that this settlement holds importance within the struggling human society that remains. The miners do not have the manpower or energy to expand beyond maintaining their livelihood, and their focus is entirely on keeping the coal flowing.

			<font color="#DAA520">As a result, they are willing and often receptive to the ambitions and vision of the refugees who do have the time to develop and expand the area around the coal mine, hoping these efforts will create a future where their families no longer have to work themselves to death in the shafts.</font> They remain a community that is, at times, both grateful, apprehensive, and begrudgingly tolerant of the waves of newcomers who arrive at the settlement.


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	Together, the Whalers and Railmen sustain Porte Dernière. The Whalers brave the treacherous ocean to bring back pemmican, oil, and baleen, while the Railmen see that these goods reach the coal miners inland. In return, coal makes its way back to the harbor, keeping both communities alive and driving one of the main engines of the surviving human ecosystem.		Together, the Whalers and Railmen sustain Porte Dernière. The Whalers brave the treacherous ocean to bring back pemmican, oil, and baleen, while the Railmen see that these goods reach the coal miners inland. In return, coal makes its way back to the harbor, keeping both communities alive and driving one of the main engines of the surviving human ecosystem.


	==Nomads==		==Nomads==

Archin at 16:42, 11 August 2025

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	==The ~~Railmen~~==		==The Harbor==
	~~TKTK~~

			<font color="#DAA520">Porte Dernière</font> is a harbor settlement that serves as home to two closely bound communities, the Whalers and the Railmen.

	==The Whalers==		<font color="#DAA520">The Whalers</font> are a Creole people made up of freedmen from New Orleans who arrived in recent years. Upon their arrival, they encountered the Railmen, and the two groups formed an alliance out of necessity, offering protection in exchange for resources. Over time, this arrangement became permanent, with many French soldiers from the Railmen settling down with Whaler families.
	~~TKTK~~
			<font color="#DAA520">The Railmen</font> began as French soldiers stationed to protect the engineers who maintained a trainyard. As the world ended and orders and communication from elsewhere faded, they became their own group. Their focus shifted to keeping the train operational, the tracks clear of snow, and conducting routine patrols of the routes. These patrols serve many purposes, such as searching for new communities to work with, locating old world technology or supply caches, and scouting potential dangers.

			Together, the Whalers and Railmen sustain Porte Dernière. The Whalers brave the treacherous ocean to bring back pemmican, oil, and baleen, while the Railmen see that these goods reach the coal miners inland. In return, coal makes its way back to the harbor, keeping both communities alive and driving one of the main engines of the surviving human ecosystem.


	==Nomads==		==Nomads==
	Nomads is a broad term for the many hunter gatherer bands, pastoralist clans, wandering traders, and other itinerant groups that roam the frozen wasteland. Some follow the migration of game, while others travel vast distances to trade goods between scattered settlements.		<font color="#DAA520">Nomads is a broad term for the many hunter gatherer bands, pastoralist clans, wandering traders, and other itinerant groups that roam the frozen wasteland.</font> Some follow the migration of game, while others travel vast distances to trade goods between scattered settlements.

	Nomads rarely linger in one place for long. They appear at outposts only when ready to establish a temporary trading post, offering provisions and rare wares from their travels. Maintaining safe houses and waystations in the wasteland encourages these groups to visit more often, as they rely on secure shelter between long stretches of wilderness.		Nomads rarely linger in one place for long. They appear at outposts only when ready to establish a temporary trading post, offering provisions and rare wares from their travels. Maintaining safe houses and waystations in the wasteland encourages these groups to visit more often, as they rely on secure shelter between long stretches of wilderness.

Archin: /* Nomads */

2025-08-11T16:14:17Z

Nomads

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	Nomads is a broad term for the many hunter gatherer bands, pastoralist clans, wandering traders, and other itinerant groups that roam the frozen wasteland. Some follow the migration of game, while others travel vast distances to trade goods between scattered settlements.		Nomads is a broad term for the many hunter gatherer bands, pastoralist clans, wandering traders, and other itinerant groups that roam the frozen wasteland. Some follow the migration of game, while others travel vast distances to trade goods between scattered settlements.

	Nomads rarely linger in one place for long. They appear at outposts only when ready to establish a temporary trading post, offering rare wares ~~and information gathered~~ from their travels. Maintaining safe houses and waystations in the wasteland encourages these groups to visit more often, as they rely on secure shelter between long stretches of wilderness.		Nomads rarely linger in one place for long. They appear at outposts only when ready to establish a temporary trading post, offering provisions and rare wares from their travels. Maintaining safe houses and waystations in the wasteland encourages these groups to visit more often, as they rely on secure shelter between long stretches of wilderness.

Archin: /* Nomads */

2025-08-11T15:52:14Z

Nomads

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	==Nomads==		==Nomads==
	~~TKTK~~		Nomads is a broad term for the many hunter gatherer bands, pastoralist clans, wandering traders, and other itinerant groups that roam the frozen wasteland. Some follow the migration of game, while others travel vast distances to trade goods between scattered settlements.

			Nomads rarely linger in one place for long. They appear at outposts only when ready to establish a temporary trading post, offering rare wares and information gathered from their travels. Maintaining safe houses and waystations in the wasteland encourages these groups to visit more often, as they rely on secure shelter between long stretches of wilderness.