Science had taken great leaps towards the human greatness which we all dream about. Robots, lasers and innovative non-polluting energy.
If not for the international hostilities it'd been the perfect world...
A country which name has been long lost was tired of relying on it's neighbours for the costly resource; Porallium. A material with a massive nuclear potential. Used in nearly every fission generator, found in cars, planes and even in some households! They needed the material more than nothing to stay an independent state. So they traded their honour away and made an unholy allied with the Coast Quartet. Four coastal nations with some of the most advanced missile systems in the world.
The chaos which ensued was terrible. More than 3 million people were eradicated when their allied armies marched upon the mountainous neighbours. Even more people were sent on the run westwards. Several ports were taken to ensure transport of the captured Porallium reserves. It seemed the onslaught would never end. Untill of course the Western Coalition halted their offensive with one of their own. Tanks and planes by the thousands were thrown onto the battlefield, supported by the cheap production means of the west.
The war came to a stalemate at the Covert Pass at the Ironridge Mountains in the centre of the continent. The armies of both sides were concentrated on either side of the mountain range, waiting for their chance to strike at their foes.
Today no one knows who was winning, but someone must've been pressed when the ABC arsenals were unleashed. Nuclear, biological and chemical weapons were shot from both sides, forever maiming the world.
The nuclear weapons turned the surface of the earth into a nightmarish realm, chemical bombs turned the land into a true wasteland, as the toxics seeped into the earth and left it fruitless and dead, but worst of all were the bio-bombs. Releasing airborne spores and bacteria which effectively eliminated the non-resistant species.
But that all happened 250 years ago. Much on the surface has changed since then. Not that anyone has started a catalogue over the new species. Most of the surviving humans were stoved away in bunkers, every bunker installed with a SPS, Self Provident System, meaning that water went through the same system thousands of times. Nutrients and food was grown in bioglobes, or stored in cans and vacuum packed boxes.
Most bunkers were located close to large cities, at most they were located 10 miles from the city's middle.
Most bunkers opened the 6th of December 18 years ago, when the state controlled Computer Central suddenly cut off. Left autonomously, the bunkers started opening. Thousands of pure humans rushed out into the dark Wastelands. Small tribes split off from the Bunker people who became known as Dwellers. The tribes travelled out, some settling in abandoned ruins and some living like nomads. Even though it seemed like a time of hope, it wasn't. Food was scarce on the surface, and most wildlife had mutated, developing into ferocious carnivores.



The boy Stern (Born Joshua) has just turned 16, reaching the age, where he in his society is seen as an adult. On his birthday he was given some artifacts which his father had chosen to leave him. With these artifacts was left a Virtual Map, a very valuable pre-war mechanic.
Seeing many locations on the map, he decides he'll find his father! A man known as Wanderer. And to do this, he plans on backtracking through the path his father took to the city, to find any kind of clues. With a 16 years headstart his father might have perished in the wasteland, but never the less he vows to find whatever is left of him.



I'm planning on having about 3 or 4 characters to accompany "Stern" on his journey through the wasteland. What I look for is skilled and highly literate roleplayer who aren't looking for hyperactive posting but after slow and high quality roleplay. I ask for this since I want to write this into a small book and upload it for free on some file sharing network.
Feel free to ask me what kinds of characters I'm the most interested in, or try and surprise/inspire me if you have an ingenious character concept of your own!

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