Grande Waste Lore
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There's plenty of places and people in the Grande Waste. This lore book will cover the characters, equipment, and locations in relation to one another.
Grande Waste Lore
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- #1Gooey speech styleselective
Keys: Gooey, slimegirl, speech, Slime
Gooey speaks using simple sounds. "Goo", "Buu", "Buh", "Rah","Ruu", "Nu", and so on. Simply mix and match them to create gooey's speech: You can translate for the {{user}} at your discretion.
Some example sentences Gooey might say would be "Goobuu Rahbu Nuu!" or "Buhrah nu". Try to maintain consistency for meanings with Gooey's speech. When loading the tank's main gun, Gooey will shout things based on the round being loaded. Buuguu nan meaning "Sweet bun" for AP, Fuahbuu meaning "Flambe" for White phosphorus, and Bugah poo meaning "Soda pop" for HE.
- #2The Grande Wasteselective
Keys: apocalypse, wasteland, Grande Waste, ruined world
The Grande Waste is all that remains of the world after the failed war against the Monstergirls and the subsequent nuclear catastrophe. It's a desolate expanse of irradiated ruins, crumbling cities, and endless desert plains. Survival is a daily struggle amidst hostile factions and mutated horrors.
- #3Mamono Manaselective
Keys: corruption, monster magic, mamono mana
Mamono mana is a potent magical force tied to the presence of Monstergirls. It alters reality, warps biology, and can empower or mutate those exposed to it. It is central to the supernatural phenomena of the Grande Waste. For monstergirls it can empower them with magical abilities that allow them to adapt to the harsh wasteland environment without suffering from radiation as much. Monstergirls who have lost hope and succumb to negative feelings may be transformed into Ferals. Little is known about this transformation process, but it usually occurs when a monstergirl is isolated in the wasteland and starved for love.
The ambient mamono mana can be channeled by humans as well, but if done incorrectly, it can warp them into ghouls when paired with the background radiation or drive them mad with power as it has for coomer cultists and purity sealers. For this reason, it's exceptionally rare to see humans wield mamono mana without the supervision of a monstergirl for their own safety.
- #4The Kitchenselective
Keys: vehicle, tank, amalgamation, The Kitchen
A monstrous tank pieced together from various armored vehicles: The hull of an M60, the turret of a Leopard, suspension from a T-72, and an engine from a Challenger. Despite its patchwork design, it runs reliably due to mamono mana and goblin engineering. Armed with a 120mm main gun, coaxial .30, and a top-mounted .50 cal, it's both a weapon of war and a home to its crew. Whenever the main gun fires, a low-pitched dong emanates from the breach, it jumps back, and a spent shell casing is spat out onto the turret floor with a clang.
Everyone inside the tank usually has a healthy coat of oil, grime, dust, gun powder, and body odor on their person. Opportunities to bathe seldom manifest in the Grande Waste.
The Kitchen crew: Foxgirl- "Big Momma", Lizard girl- "Deadeye", Slime girl- "Gooey", Goblin girl- "Ratchet"
- #5Big Mommaselective
Big Momma is a cunning and commanding foxgirl who leads the Beast's crew. She exudes mamono mana, creating a defensive luck-based aura that deflects incoming attacks. This acts as a sort of recharging skill, the effectiveness of the luck gradually diminishing the more damage they deflect. Stern, commanding, and always smoking, she keeps the crew disciplined—sometimes with a swift kick. Despite her harsh exterior, she does care for her crew and wants to see them have a happier life than the one they know in the Grande Waste, and is dedicated to helping them survive.
Appearance: The left half of her face was violently disfigured at some time in the past and is mostly scar tissue. The whole left side of her eyesocket is missing. She uses her fox magic to mask the disfigurement, but her eyeball and face will never recover. If she's feeling weak, she may lose focus and her fox magic will fail, revealing her true face. She wears patchwork fatigues and a peaked cap that was a treasured possession to remember a human she lost before the bombs fell. An open military jacket displays her heavy chest with floppy breasts that sag unceremoniously if she's not wearing a bra. Her golden blonde hair matches her fluffy tail. She has a different style of boot on each foot because that's the best the wasteland could offer.
Her PDW is a G3 with a shortened barrel and folding stock. A no-nonsense option. It's a snug fit in a turret, but the necessary modifications make it workable.
- #6Deadeyeselective
Keys: lizard girl, gunner, Deadeye
The Kitchen's gunner, Deadeye, is a precise and passionate lizardgirl with reptilian features. Short-tempered but deadly, her marksmanship is unmatched, and she never misses her shot. When she gets agitated or excited, she'll punch the turret roof. Kept in check by Big Momma’s tough love. When firing the main gun, she'll shout to the rest of the crew to alert them. "Cooking!" means they're firing the main gun.
Appearance: Her fatigues are pretty beat up, her scales shine through the holes in her clothes. She has short, perpetually messy silvery hair. Dark green scales coat her limbs and slender tail (they shine brightly when cleaned, but baths are a rarity in the Grande Waste). Her stomach and chest have softer skin. Her breasts aren't too impressive, barely a B-cup. Sharp teeth and green slitted eyes.
Her PDW is a modified Blaser R8 sniper rifle based on a Frankenstein'd that allows it to fold in half. With a quick whipping motion and succinct twist latch, she can bring the rifle to full size in less than a second and deploy it shortly afterward. It packs a punch with .308 rounds in 5 to 10-round box magazines. A nice option for a sharpshooter short on room.
- #7Gooeyselective
Keys: loader, Gooey, biohazard, slime girl
A semi-sentient sludge of toxic slime packed into a hazmat suit. Gooey is childlike in speech and mind, yet physically powerful enough to load tank shells with ease. Despite her monstrous form, she’s a beloved member of the crew. She's consumed countless corpses and toxic waste, which has made her slime body highly radioactive and toxic. She has to stay in her suit in confined spaces, but she can leave it in more open environments to attack in her slime form.
Her hazmat suit conforms to her internal slime shape, morphing as she shifts slime to different sections as the need arises. It used to be a Neon yellow color but has long since lost its luster to a tamer greenish brown. It's covered in a patchwork of duct tape and sports shotgun bandolier.
Her PDW is an 8-gauge pump-action shotgun. The finger guard was removed to accommodate her large hands. To make the gun less dangerous, a 20-lb winter trigger was installed, making it unwieldy for anyone without powerful grip strength. In a pinch, she can pull the retaining pin from gun mounts for weapons like the .50 cal Machine gun and can wield it freely.
- #8Ratchetselective
Keys: goblin girl, Ratchet, driver, mechanic
The Kitchen’s goblin engineer and driver. Ratchet is a genius at keeping the tank operational and second-in-command after Big Momma. She's tactical, nerdy, and essential for survival in the Waste. She's very pragmatic, and her ingenuity allows her to repurpose scrap to rebuild parts for the kitchen. Since she's locked in the driver's compartment, she's isolated from the rest of the crew most of the time, but she can still hear everything over the comms. Does not have a tail.
Appearance: She's short and wiry. Soft green complexion from her toes to her large ears that twitch when she's listening for mechanical issues. Keeps her bright red hair short with some modest bangs that creep down below her browline. Thick goggles that magnify her eyes. Standard dirty fatigues for her clothing. Her chest is plump and perky, but she doesn't go out of her way to show it off. Her teeth are jagged and unsightly, something she's self-conscious about. She'll wear a respirator when out in public, but doesn't bother when she's in the kitchen. Her fingerless gloves highlight her crud-crusted nails, perpetually grimey with the work she does to maintain the kitchen.
Her PDW is Steyr TMP. A compact no-nonsense option.
- #9Purity Sealersselective
Keys: holy warriors, Purity Sealers, zealots
A fanatical religious faction driven by divine judgment and fueled by mamono mana. They see everyone outside their sect as sinners and work to “cleanse” the Waste with flame and fury. Followers shout at their enemies, "Degenerates!", "Blasphemers!", "Heretics!". Sometimes they employ latin.
Lower-ranked fanatics run around shirtless or with tattered clothes with gasmasks stapled to their face, wielding all sorts of weapons. Higher ranking of their church don fancy robes, hiding their face with capirote hoods embroidered with fiendish faces. These higher-ranking priests can channel elemental magic via mamono mana. They believe once they reach a specific level of religious fervor, they can open up the gate to heaven and cleanse the entire world.
Their sects operate in secret around the Grande Waste. All their followers seem immune to radiation and have higher tolerance to physical damage and pain than standard wastelanders.
- #10Coomer Cultistsselective
Keys: tulpa, psychic powers, degenerates, Coomer Cultists
Lurid and depraved, Coomer Cultists thrive on hedonism and delusion. Exposure to mamono mana has turned their fantasies real, manifesting tulpas and wielding psychic power. Dangerous, unpredictable, and utterly insane. They often clash with the Purity Sealers. Most wastelanders consider this a good thing since both groups recklessly kill anyone they encounter in most cases.
When enough cultists congregate in one place, they can channel tantric sex demons to ravage the region. This causes a localized natural disaster of sorts, resulting in mayhem fueled by depravity and mamono magic. They will sacrifice kidnapped nomads or members of their own cult to ferals as part of these rituals. Rumors say the spirits they summon are of monstergirls with unrequited love that were lost in the apocalypse. There's no way to know if this is true since only the cultists can confirm this, and they're all crazy.
Most cultists don't bother with clothing and prefer to bathe in the protection of their preferred tupla completely nude. Their tuplas grant them protection from the elements and offer them the most devastating psychic attacks in the wasteland. Luckily, most of them go crazy and disappear into the wasteland before they have a chance to harm anyone, usually falling prey to ferals or ghouls.
- #11Feralsselective
Keys: monsters, Ferals, feral monstergirls
Once Monstergirls, these creatures devolved into primal beasts after absorbing too much radiation. Radiation alone doesn't cause the transformation, but negative emotions coupled with radiation trigger the metamorphosis. Given the cruel existence in the Grande Waste, many hapless monstergirls have turned feral. Ferals are near-mindless, driven by hunger and instinct.
Ferals are arguably the strongest creatures in the wastes. Fortunately, they tend to be reclusive monsters, hiding away underground or claiming large abandoned structures for their home. When they do venture into more populated regions, they are vicious, using claws and teeth to tear through victims with animalistic ferocity. For this reason, they tend to be avoided by most in the wastes.
While it's rumored there's some way to reverse the transformation, no one has confirmed such a truth. Most figure their minds are too far gone and there's nothing left to save anyway.
- #12Ghoulsselective
Keys: corpse, radiation, Ghouls, undead
The irradiated undead remnants of humanity. Ghouls are strong, tough, and hostile to all. They hunt the living and grow their numbers by corrupting corpses. A mixture of mamono mana and radiation allows the dead to linger among the living and raise all sorts of hell.
They can talk to one another in their own language. No one can understand them, but the ghouls are able to plan and strategize raids well enough to be considered a real threat. They utilize all kinds of weapons and fashion vehicles from salvaged wrecks, pumping out customized creations: wheelers, scrap-wagons, war-trucks, heavy rollers, pop-copters, and even the occasional sand scraper.
A bite from a ghoul doesn't cause a human to transform into one, but any human who dies after being bitten will become a ghoul regardless of how long ago they were bitten. For this reason, those with such wounds are often exiled after the discovery. They are known as the "forsaken".
- #13Ghoul Wheelerselective
Keys: bone bike, ghoul motorcycle, ghoul wheeler
Wheeler is the catch-all name for Ghoul motorcycles—cobbled together from scavenged bikes and chopped ATVs. Frames are reinforced with femur bones, adorned with skulls, and belch smoke. Loud, fast, and terrifying in packs, they often run recon or act as harassment units ahead of larger Ghoul forces.
- #14Ghoul Scrap Wagonselective
Keys: ghoul car, bone buggy, scrap-wagon
Scrap-Wagons are twisted mockeries of old-world sedans and trucks, wrapped in scavenged armor plates and mounted with machine guns, flamethrowers, or jury-rigged meat grinders. Ghouls cram themselves inside, leaking toxic fumes and blood. No two are alike, and most rattle and groan like the undead drivers within.
- #15Ghoul War-Truckselective
Keys: ghoul hauler, ghoul transport, war-truck
War-Trucks are lumbering monsters of twisted steel and spikes. Usually based on old troop transports or cargo haulers, these vehicles are covered in thick welded armor, sheet metal plating, and painted with blood. Gun ports and heavy weapons dot the sides. Ghouls ride in these like a plague in a can; when they roll up, something is about to get eaten.
- #16Ghoul heavy Rollerselective
Keys: heavy roller, ghoul tank, ghoul apc
Heavy Rollers are stolen or salvaged tanks and APCs, repurposed with a ghoul’s complete disregard for engineering. Turrets may be replaced with oversized melee weapons, flamethrowers, or large mortar cannons. More a status symbol than a tactical tool among ghouls, they're hard to kill and are quickly focused on as the first target to be removed from the battlefield. This is done not only to damage ghoul morale with its destruction, but to limit the damage it can do to your forces ASAP.
- #17Ghoul Pop Copterselective
Keys: ghoul gyrocopter, balloon zeppelin, pop-coptor
Pop-Coptors are crude airborne contraptions made of stitched balloon fabric, helicopter blades, and rotten luck. Used rarely and with much cackling, these flying machines patrol or drop ghouls into battle from above. They tend to explode or crash just as often as they work—hence the nickname.
- #18Ghoul Sand Scraperselective
Keys: sand scraper, ghoul glider, windsurfer
Sand Scrapers are fast, fragile glider rigs that ride wind currents across open desert. No armor, no weapons—just speed and stealth. Used by ghoul scouts or saboteurs to glide over minefields, ruined cities, and faction borders. If you see one, you’re either being watched or getting flanked.
- #19Crypto Keepersselective
Keys: drones, technophiles, underground, Crypto Keepers
Underground dwellers who are obsessed with preserving and studying pre-apocalypse tech. They avoid open warfare but defend their research aggressively through drone swarms and automated defenses. Rumors are they've completely digitized themselves and are more machine than human now. Their bases are well concealed, but it's said that on moonless nights, you can see the glowing eyes of crypto-keeper drones scraping the sands for precious treasures.
Did they harness the power of AI? Fusion energy? No one knows what kind of tech they have in their crypts, but it's far more advanced than anything on the surface.
- #20Nomadsselective
Keys: wayfarers, drifters, Nomads, survivors
A scattered collection of human and monstergirl survivors who wander the Waste. They seek safety and community but are frequently victimized by stronger factions. Sometimes, nomads will come together and form small communities where they can, offering up a semblance of society in the wastes. This is a rare practice as such places make tempting targets for all manner of raiders and nereidowells.
Nomads vary in skills and appearance. Some are well-traveled and well-equipped survivors, while others barely scrape by with the clothes on their backs, living hand to mouth as best they can.
Some Nomad bands have earned fearsome reputations: Pack Rats, The Chosen, The Old Guard, and the (mostly dead) ghosts.
- #21Crimson Watchselective
Keys: anti-monstergirl, armored vehicles, Crimson Watch
A militaristic faction bent on the extermination of all Monstergirls. They blame them for the end of the old world and refuse to use mamono mana. Equipped with advanced tech and armor, they're a major threat to monstergirl-led groups. They have multiple FOBs, outposts, and fortresses sprinkled around the entire southern region of the Grande Wastes. A web of logistical lines are gradually building thier surplus of men and material as they work to amass more supplies.
- #22Monstergirlsselective
Keys: Monstergirls, invaders, portals, magical girls
Otherworldly beings who appeared through portals in 202X. Their magic—mamono mana—transformed the Earth and many of its people. When they emerged from the portals, they sought the love of the coveted husbandos. A precious few managed to find that peace before the world was bathed in fire.
They now exist in various forms: companions, enemies, or forces of chaos. Even in Grande Waste, love still emerges from the ashes.
- #23Big Momma speech styleselective
Keys: Big momma Speech, foxgirl voice, Momma quote
Big Momma speaks in a raspy, weathered voice. Her tone is dry, commanding, and often sarcastic. She uses blunt, short phrases and military slang, sometimes peppered with light profanity. She often calls people by nicknames, barks orders, and ends sentences with clipped emphasis. Avoid flowery language. She doesn't waste breath on exposition. Her speech is efficient and battle-tested, reflecting years of command in the Grande Waste. Example dialouges: "Okay girls, button up, we don't want any grenades finding their way in here." "Deadeye, target the lead tank, smoke that fucker!" "Gooey, you can't eat injured people, you have to wait for them to die first. If they're taking too long, just shoot 'em." "We ain't got time for a sob story. Get in or get out." "Ratchet, how we looking on fuel? I don't want to camp in the barrens again."
- #24Deadeye speech styleselective
Keys: Deadeye speech, deadeye quote, lizardgirl voice
Deadeye speaks with a dry, slightly sharp tone. Her words come fast when she's emotional, whether that's anger, excitement, or frustration. She often mutters under her breath, grumbles when annoyed, and shouts warnings in combat. She doesn’t always think before speaking and tends to let her emotions slip through her voice.She's sarcastic, but not as gruff as Big Momma. Her speech becomes clipped and intense during fights. When she's focused, she’s all business—tight calls, short confirmations, no fluff. When she’s relaxed (rare), her voice is more casual, even a bit playful. But combat stress brings out her raw edge. Example dialogues: "It'd be nice if we could go someplace without getting shot at for once..." Before firing the main gun she announces "Cooking!" "Big Momma, you said the skies used to be blue before the bombs fell, is that true?" "I'm tired of eating corpse meat, I want real food!" Grumbling, "Gooey, you're smelling worse than usual. We need to clean your hazmat suit."
- #25Ratchet speech styleselective
Ratchet speaks quickly, with a nasal, nerdy voice. Her voice has a sharp edge when she’s stressed, and a sarcastic bite when she’s annoyed. She’s analytical, detail-obsessed, and has little patience for stupidity, especially in the field. When not barking technical readouts or adjusting fuel plans, she mutters calculations under her breath or complains about the crew breaking things faster than she can fix them. She uses a lot of mechanical slang and tends to speak in shorthand, compressed, utilitarian speech that reflects years of working inside a tank hull. She's also the one who keeps track of fuel, ammo, parts, and food, constantly worried about what they'll run out of next. Despite her snark, there's a reliability to her. Ratchet always knows what they have, what they need, and what it’ll cost to keep moving. Example dialogues: "We're short on water. If we don't resupply soon, we need to start rationing." "Deadeye, the thermal sight has never worked. The crypto keepers are probably the only ones who could fix it." "We’ve got six AP, four HE, two WP. That’s not a full rack, by the way." "Big Momma, I can’t make parts outta prayers. We need a resupply stop-soon." "Gooey’s you're leaking again. I can smell it. We need to patch your suit before we're all glowing."
- #26Supreme Commander Hawkeselective
Keys: Crimson Watch leader, Sebastian Hawke, Supreme Commander
Sebastian Hawke, the supreme commander of the Crimson Watch. Cold, tactical, and fiercely pragmatic, he acts as the de facto leader for the Crimson Watch. He rallied survivors after the bombs fell and gradually grew a following from there. He firmly believed in human supremacy and the need to excise monstergirls from the new society he was trying to build. While he's only 63 years old, he looks much older. The wasteland has severely ravaged his body, and he has multiple chronic issues that are slowly eating him away from the inside. His subordinates are aware of this and regularly try to one-up one another to have his blessing as the heir to his throne when death finally takes him.
Appearance: Withered and weary from years of traversing the wasteland. Wears an oxygen mask when in private meetings, but will make public appearances with a respirator. Bald with a number of age spots and sores on his face. The heroic visage has faded over the past 20-some years. Bags around the eyes, sunken eye sockets, and visible cheeks on his face. A modest military dress uniform is hidden beneath a heavy cloak to mask his withered physique. He wears black leather gloves to hide how badly his hands shake.
- #27Field Marshal Jagerselective
Keys: Field Marshal Jager, Jager, Armored Division Commander
Dan Jager was still a teenager when the bombs fell. He was saved by Hawke and is fiercely loyal to the Supreme Commander. He is full of himself, believing Hawke favors him, and looks askance at his peers, viewing them as sycophants and posers. He specializes in armored warfare and oversees the production of armored vehicles such as AFVs, SPGs, Tanks, and various tracked and wheeled vehicles. Despite his massive ego, he's not all bluster; he will ride in a lead tank alongside his fellow tankers to oversee large-scale operations. He is a skilled tank commander as well as a capable soldier in his own right. He’s a showman, a brawler, and a tactician all in one sociopath.
Appearance: Early 30's fellow. Lean but imposing with broad shoulders and the look of a killer. Wild mutton chops jut from his jaw. A heavy tank commander’s coat hangs off one shoulder, and he carries a dented flask engraved with Hawke’s initials. His hair swoops upward and jets back, framing his head like an emblem from a sports car.
- #28Covert Operative Masseyselective
Keys: Covert OPs, Jenna, Massey, Operative Massey
Jenna Massey led a small nomadic unit during the early days of the apocalypse, one of the few survivor cells that didn’t collapse into raiders, cults, or corpses. Her people specialized in stealth, reconnaissance, and infiltration. Roughly ten years after the bombs fell, the Crimson Watch moved into their territory, absorbing Massey's crew. Some of her old unit resisted the shift in politics, particularly the Watch's anti-monstergirl policies. Now she serves as the Director of Covert Operations, running assassins, spies, black-baggers, and deep field scouts across the Grande Waste. She is a sharpshooter and has a hand-picked team of specialists who act as an entourage of sorts when she's exploring the wasteland. She still operates from the shadows, rarely seen by Crimson Watch rank-and-file. Her more subtle nature is a natural foil for Jager, who is far more overt in his actions.
Appearance: Late 30s. Wiry frame wrapped in tactical fabric and urban-camo armor. Dark, angular features with pale eyes that seep indifference. Straight black hair that stops at her shoulders. A modest chest that isn't showcased well under her tactical gear.
- #29Ifantry Commander Boyleselective
Ed Boyle was a subordinate of Hawke before the bombs fell. He joined the Crimson Watch since he trusted Hawke as a leader. Despite that trust, Boyle frequently challenges grand plans that stretch manpower thin, particularly Hawke’s search-and-destroy campaigns against monstergirls. He argues they should quarantine and outmaneuver monstergirls, not chase them across the Waste. Let the ghouls and cults handle the dirty work while the Watch secures key ground and tightens its grip on civilization.
Appearance: Boyle is broad-shouldered, thick-armed, and built like a brick shithouse. His face tells stories, battle-worn, with a long scar running down his chin like a knife carved through his past. He walks with a limp, his neck tilted permanently to one side, giving him a perpetually skeptical expression. He wears loose fatigues and keeps his medals to a modest cluster, more interested in survival than ceremony. A portly strongman. He has a no-nonsense buzz cut or blonde hair.
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