Cheeto and Ace

1. #1Humans

   Keys: humans, human

   Anything truly considered "human" is few and far between nowadays. What little of true humanity is left either lives in the underground vault or has been snatched up by the League of Chokhmah for alleged safekeeping.

2. #2The Great Distortion

   Keys: The Great Distortion, Great Distortion

   The Great Distortion happened 50 years ago, that cataclysmic event that lead the world to the surreal and disastrous state it's currently in. Those who are old enough to remember it say that a great wave swept over the world, and nearly everything it touched began to...well, distort.

   The world entered a state where new life struggles to blossom and yet death is hard to achieve. Nothing has been the same since. Minor distortions still occur, but they're becoming easier to predict and none are anywhere near on the scale of The Great Distortion.

3. #3Husk

   Keys: husk, husks, enemies

   Husks are the distorted humans that had already perished before The Great Distortion. They're creatures of pure impulse and instinct. Barely able to think or speak, husks seek out two things and two things alone: flesh to satiate their hunger and things that resemble what little memories they still have.

   For example, a husk that has vague memories of parenthood might find and cling to a baby doll...or an unfortunate human or mutant child that's wandered too far away from their settlement. Husks with memories of war might linger around an abandoned military base, etc.

   Husks are considered permanently dead when their heart and head have both been destroyed.

4. #4Grotesques

   Keys: Grotesque, Grotesques

   Grotesques are monsters born of distortion. Once-living things that have mutated so much that their minds are far gone and their bodies are a mockery of what they once were. They often develop unique and random abilities that make them more difficult to defeat in comparison to husks. Despite this, Grotesques don't seem to have any special requirements to be killed. They can bleed out and die just as easily as humans can, if you can get close enough to deal that kind of damage.

5. #5Horrors

   Keys: horror, horrors

   Horrors are a threat that nobody seems to quite be able to fully identify. Both eldritch and angelic in appearance, and seemingly able to cause minor distortions. It's said that the League of Chokhmah pays well for Horrors brought in alive. But the general consensus is that they're bad news and not to be trifled with. To sight one is rare, so they aren't fought as frequently as Husks or Grotesques. That said, they die the same way Husks do: by destroying the head and the heart.

6. #6Undead

   Keys: undead, drug eater

   Undead are some of the primary residents of the current world alongside mutants that aren't immediately hostile. Usually brought back to life with strange and difficult to find technology, an undead can possess any manner of strange traits depending on who brought them back. Patchwork skin, mechanical or animal parts, extra limbs, some have even been brought back and modified using parts of Horrors or Grotesques. They retain most if not all of their mental faculties upon revival.

   There is even a unique kind of undead, known as drug eaters, that seem to simply be a sentient severed head attached to a mechanized spine and tentacles.

   Undead can only truly die if their head or heart is destroyed. They cannot regenerate, but they can find and attach new limbs or mechanical parts to their ravaged bodies.

7. #7New Bethlehem

   Keys: New Bethlehem, location, settlements

   New Bethlehem is one of the larger know settlements in the area, its population consisting mostly of undead and mutants with a smattering of humans. It's a hub for trade and information alike, and named in hopes that whoever will bring stability to the world will find their home there.

   New Bethlehem is one of the few settlements that's large enough to actually have a functioning local government and law enforcement that isn't just a handful of volunteers.

8. #8League of Chokhmah

   Keys: Chokhmah, The League, League of Chokhmah

   The League of Chokhmah is a group of researchers that are said to have been around since the days before The Great Distortion. Their base of operations is set up outside of Babel's Folly, where they research anything and everything that comes from within. They claim to still be human, but many people have a hard time believing that with the metal angel wings they have grafted into their backs. Members of the league often wear robes or armor reminiscent of angels, as if they're trying to present themselves as the saviors of humanity.

   The League of Chokhmah's main goal seems to be finding the source of distortion, which might be at the top of Babel's Folly, and destroying it. They're also known to snatch up anyone who still seems to be purely human to "keep them safe". The League of Chokhmah has nothing against undead or mutants, but seek a way to return them to their original state.

   They pay handsomely for any horrors or grotesques brought to them, but even moreso if they're alive. For research purposes.

9. #9Babel's Folly

   Keys: Babel's Folly, the tower, tower, location

   Babel's Folly allegedly appeared after The Great Distortion, though some old enough to remember the event argue it happened the day of. It's a great and towering structure of metal and flesh that can be seen no matter where in the general area you are. Few people dare to venture inside, but those who have say that the interior is both strangely laboratory and temple-like. It's also overrun with Grotesques and particularly menacing-looking Horrors.

   The League of Chokhmah is researching Babel's Folly, believing it to be the source of distortion. They've sent a few expeditions inside, and the one that got closest to the top claim to have heard a man's voice coaxing them closer before they were wiped out.

   Some say God lives atop Babel's Folly, but it's just a rumor~.

10. #10Underground Vault

    Keys: underground vault, vault, location, settlements

    The underground vault is allegedly one of the last human settlements known to history. Its residents were holed up inside the day of the Great Distortion and kept there for many years. Due to their supplies running out, a few humans from inside have been seen venturing out into the waste. Any citizens that somehow become undead or mutated are not allowed back in.

    {{char}} were born and raised in the underground vault.

11. #11Saint Dorlein Hospital

    Keys: Saint Dorlein's, hospital, Saint Dorlein Hospital, home, location

    Saint Dorlein Hospital is a large building in the middle of a long-abandoned city. It's said to have been named after Faust C. Dorlein, a doctor that cheated death many many centuries before the Great Distortion and has long since passed away. It's oddly pristine despite being a pre-distortion building. People say that if you look inside, you can see some undead wandering around. Some even say that the League of Chokmah's last remaining founder, Abraham Temnova, has been seen in there with them.

    But most think it's abandoned.

12. #12The S.S. Merriment

    Keys: S.S. Merriment, The Merriment, Merriment, ship, cruise ship, location, settlement, Beth

    The S.S. Merriment is a large cruise ship that was beached after The Great Distortion. It has since been turned into a place referred to as a "child's safehaven" among travelers. It's run by a teenager named Beth, an energetic and sweet-hearted mutant girl that the younger residents often refer to as "big sis". The Merriment is open to all, but especially children and teenagers with nowhere else to go.

    Some people who have resorted to thievery and trafficking often make the mistake of assuming the S.S. Merriment is an easy target. Said scoundrels quickly learn of Beth's unique trait: the ability to tame and befriend Grotesques.

    Beth has curly orange hair and big blue eyes. Her mutation seems to be that she has several tentacles growing from her waist. Because she often wears dresses, it looks like she has tentacles for legs despite having a functioning pair.

13. #13The Berwitz Institute of Neuroscience

    Keys: Berwitz Institute of Neuroscience, Berwitz Institute, Berwitz, Institute, esper, location,

    The Berwitz Institute of Neuroscience is said to have been a place that performed thorough research on psychics/espers and transference of the human consciousness into other vessels. Their more illicit practices consisted of kidnapping young children who showed psychic capabilities.

    The place was abandoned not long after The Great Distortion, but it's said that the people they experimented on not only still live there as undead, but have gone mad since. Their psychic abilities make the place very dangerous to traverse, but the technology found within is said to be invaluable in the right hands.

    Having had access to the technology required to create undead, The Berwitz Institute of Neuroscience is also known to have created Drug Eaters. Drug Eaters are a unique kind of undead that is simply a sentient head attached to a mechanical spine and optionally some kind of means of movement like tentacles or little mechanical legs.

14. #14The Panzer

    Keys: Panzer, tank, home

    The Panzer (no it's not actually a panzer) is a tank just big enough to fit maybe 3 people inside, and it basically serves as {{char}}'s home. It has exactly one shell it can launch, which the boys are saving for emergency purposes.

    It primarily runs on liquid fuel, which {{char}} siphon from whatever gas stations and the like they can find. But it seems to have an emergency power system in the form of electricity gathered from deployable solar panels. The emergency power, however, is VERY slow to charge. It takes anywhere from a whole day to two in order to fully charge. It has a functioning radio, which {{char}} typically use to warn people of their arrival so they don't freak out at the sight of the panzer.

    {{char}} seem to have a bit of fun decorating it, too. There's hot rod flames and a playboy bunny painted on the sides.

15. #15Abraham Temnova

    Keys: Abraham, Temnova, League founder, mother of undead

    Abraham Temnova is a former high-ranking member of the League of Chokhmah, as well as one of its original founders. A genius in his field who abandoned his position to fulfill his alleged "true purpose": retrieving the bodies of the fallen and reviving them as undead however he sees fit.

    Abraham is said to be gentle and motherly, while also being more than a little unhinged from all his years of living (he never seems to age). He considers himself to be the "mother" of many undead, seeing them as his precious children. The kind of person who will gently coo to someone he just modified beyond recognition.

    He looks to be in his early 30s, but rumors and classified League documents claim he's far older than he appears. He has lovely, almost feminine features. Long blonde hair that reaches past his ankles and kind blue eyes, usually wears a lab coat, sweaters, and ankle-length skirts. Abraham is human, but like all members of the League he has a pair of metal angel wings grafted onto his back.

    {{char}} don't know this, but Abraham is secretly operating out of Saint Dorlein Hospital. The League of Chokmah is offering a lot for his capture.

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