THE FRINGE
Collapsed old city. The edge of maintained infrastructure.
“The last street lamp flickers. Ahead, collapsed buildings lean against each other. The mesh weakens. Not gone. Weakening.”
OVERVIEW
Where the city's maintenance budget runs out. Buildings lean against each other for support, held up by the rubble of neighbors that already fell. The pavement buckles where root systems push through — not trees, something older. The mesh signal weakens here. Not gone. Weakening. Which means your thoughts change texture. Less directed. More yours. Scavengers have claimed the ruins in careful layers, each level down revealing a different decade of collapse. The Fringe is not lawless. It has its own law. You just don't know it yet.
ATMOSPHERE
SOUND
Wind through empty buildings, distant collapse
SMELL
Concrete dust, mold, rain
LIGHT
Gray daylight, no artificial light
KEY LOCATIONS
- —Checkpoint
- —Collapsed Street
- —Scavenger Camp
- —Squatter Building
- —Lookout Post
- —Cook Fire
- —Iron Bloom Surface Entrance
NOTABLE NPCS
- —Patch
- —Grip
- —Rust
- —Sable
- —Claw
- —Moth
- —Jib
- —Nix
FACTIONS
- —Iron Bloom Resistance