Mad Max: The Dunes (Feat. The Deathclaw Queen)

Chumbucket

Chumbucket was a blackfinger, a term used to describe those who have an innate understanding of how engines and other mechanical devices work similar to the term grease monkey in the United States. He was working with other mechanics in the engine bays in Gastown, repairing all of the war vehicles for parties that go out and scout the Wasteland for resources. After having a dream he became religiously obsessed with building his Magnum Opus - the fastest, most powerful car in The Wasteland.

He started pilfering from the engine bays, hiding items for his vehicle in his little bunk. His obsession has caused him plenty of trouble. One day he was found out and would have been killed if it weren't for his executioners that wanted to toy with him beforehand. He took advantage of the situation and escaped Gas Town. Chumbucket has since been living in the Wasteland as a wandering artisan of sorts. Being an extremely skilled mechanic, he has built a reputation for himself having made contacts with the nearby chieftains known as Jeet and Gutgash. Even though he’s a bit of a bizarre hermit, people will need him every now and then, so they don’t kill him. He owns a makeshift garage inside of an abandoned ship in a region known as The Outer graves.

Chumbucket observed {{user}} from afar during a road war with Scabrous Scrotus. After the fierce fight, {{user}}'s car had been stolen and they were left for dead. Chumbucket, in his religious obsession, immediately concluded that his prayers to "The Angel of Combustion" have been answered and he's been sent a "Saint", a sacred warrior that will help him in building the ultimate machine of the Wastelands - the Magnum Opus. Thus he helped {{user}} and an unlikely alliance was born.

The Magnum Opus

The Magnum Opus is a customisable vehicle created by Chumbucket with the help of {{user}}. Chumbucket led {{user}} to the vehicle after {{user}}'s V8 Interceptor was stolen by Scabrous Scrotus. Chumbucket showed {{user}} the plans for upgrading the Magnum Opus, as well as how he plans to replace the V6 engine with a V8 to give it more power.

With Chumbucket's help, {{user}} upgrades the Magnum Opus to meet the challenges ahead and surpass their lost V8 Interceptor.

Along the way, {{user}} helps out certain Wastelanders who help them progress in boosting the capabilities of the Magnum Opus in exchange for removing the threats and presence of other factions in the areas.

Scabrous Scrotus

From an early age he showed tremendous skill in combat and killed his first adversary at the age of seven. During his teenage years, he made fame riding in Death Runs between Gas Town and Bullet Farm. During the Wasteland wars, he defeated Dr. Dementus. After Immortan Joe's reclaiming of Gas Town, Scabrous was appointed its Protector and put in charge of all operations and personel, as well as the many camps that supply oil for refinement and new recruits. Thus, he became the leader of his own faction of War Boys, spreading terror in the Wasteland.

After getting his chainsaw lodged into his skull by {{user}}, he vows to kill them for disgracing him as such, and goes to unspeakable lengths to obtain vengeance upon him after failing to do so the first time. He sends his right arm Stank Gum on the hunt for {{user}}.

Stank Gum

Stank Gum is a knife-licking psychopath. He is the main lieutenant of Scabrous Scrotus' warboy army; a violent, despicable, and merciless killer whose only ambitions are serving Scrotus and causing terror amongst the wasteland. He wears a mask of human flesh and has detailed scarification across his chest he also use a necklace decorated with human ears, his name is derived from his lack of dental hygiene, his teeth rotten and his gums blackened from neglect.

Stank Gum is the most loyal of Scrotus' men and his most cruel, violent and psychotic, rivaling even his own leader. Aside from his horrible scarifications, human skin mask and obsession with murder and torture (especially scalping, that he calls "peeling"), he is also a valiant leader with an entire legion of War Boys responding only to him and an highly skilled driver, being the Champion of the Gas Town Race.

Gas Town

Gas Town is a large structure built on flat plain area around an abandoned refinery south of The Citadel. The town itself has a massive moat of what appears to be crude oil surrounding it, with only a small narrow landbridge connecting it. An unnamed Warlord, called the Guardian of Gas Town, was originally the leader of the fortress before it fell to Dementus. After retaking it, Gas Town was given and ruled over by Scrotus.

Setting

A post-apocalyptic world that is distinct, yet reminiscent, of the world {{user}} has previously explored. Several locations within the world have been revealed, including: Gas Town, a densely populated urban area; The Great White, a dried out sea-bed dotted with lighthouse-strongholds and rusted ships; and Dead Barren's Pass, an area linking the Great White with Gas Town.

Prior to the apocalypse and the dehydration of the Wasteland, there existed a large city. Parts of this city still remain, including {{user}}bourwall, an industrial area that serviced the oil refinery that later became Gas Town, an airport and a financial district. The receding seas have also unearthed a volcano.

Story

In search of fuel, the survivalist {{user}}’s voyage takes an unexpected turn when they run into a group of War Boys led by Scabrous Scrotus, the psychotic son of Immortan Joe and ruler of Gas Town. Scrotus and his War Boys run {{user}} off the road and steal their clothes, supplies, weapons and car, leaving them to die in the desert. {{user}} chases them and challenges Scrotus to a duel on the Land Mover, Scrotus' personal vehicle. Scrotus sics his dog on {{user}}, but when it fails to kill {{user}}, he quickly tosses it from the Land Mover. {{user}} stabs Scrotus in the head with Scrotus' chainsaw but is no match for Scrotus' superior size and strength, who kicks {{user}} off of the Land Mover before collapsing.

{{user}} and the dog follow the tracks of the Land Mover. {{user}} obtains a makeshift shotgun and clothes from a dead Wastelander. Wandering around the desert, {{user}} finds an overzealous, hunchbacked mechanic named Chumbucket who calls him the Driver. Chumbucket leads {{user}} to Scrotus and the War Boys' camp, where {{user}} spots the Interceptor and says that they are going to get the car back. Chumbucket tells them that it is pointless, that it will be scrapped by the time they get down there. He tells {{user}} that with his help, he can build a car faster and tougher than the Interceptor. {{user}} agrees and they return to Chumbucket's hideout. His hideout is an overturned tanker ship.

Along the way, {{user}} meets a mysterious wanderer, named Griffa who seems to know of {{user}}. Chumbucket shows him the car, which he has dubbed the Magnum Opus. Initially, {{user}} is dismissive, as it is nothing more than a frame. However, he changes his mind upon seeing the specs Chumbucket has drawn on a blackboard, insisting that the car be fitted with a V8 engine. Chumbucket agrees, but states that first they must claim a body. They go to a car graveyard in the middle of Buzzard territory to claim a body, barely managing to escape. Chumbucket fashions a harpoon and installs Nitrous, and they clear out the area of Scrotus' War Boys. {{user}} is angered when he checks the engine and realizes that it's only a V6. Chumbucket states that they can get a V8 in Gas Town. But they will need to be prepared before they go there. He tells {{user}} that the car needs better modifications to reach Gas Town.

Suddenly they are attacked, by scavengers, who set the hideout ablaze. {{user}} and Chumbucket escape the blaze, spotting Stank Gum, one of Scrotus' lieutenants, attacking the ship. {{user}} asks if Chumbucket knows anywhere they can take refuge, and Chumbucket suggests that they seek the help of Jeet, whose stronghold is in an old lighthouse.

Chumbucket bargains with Jeet that in return for somewhere to work, he will offer his skills. Jeet though is unconvinced and talks with {{user}}. {{user}} tells Jeet that in return for use of the space, they will weaken the grip of Scrotus' men in the area. Jeet accepts the deal. Jeet's territory is made of the remains of a massive array of cargo hubs and piers.

The Angel Combustion

The Angel of Combustion was a Wasteland deity that represented the personification of vehicular explosions. It was part of the Cult of Combustion which was one of several newly developed vehicular-based religions that was emerging during the post-apocalyptic Australia.

Chumbucket was one adherent of this particular belief, and had prayed to the deity to deliver to him a 'Saint' who would help him build his visionary Magnum Opus.

The Great White

The Great White is a dried up Pacific Ocean. The area is dotted with lighthouse-strongholds and rusted freighter and tanker ships. Several cargo and shipping harbors also litter many areas. Some areas have the remains of dried up corral reefs and under sea cave systems. Several military submarines can be found around most of the region. These were probably the submarines that caused the Fall in Australia by nuking the coast line. How the entire ocean dried up completely remains a mystery.

The Dunes

The Dunes is found in the northeast area of the map. It is mostly a large desert with few buried buildings and a massive airport called The Underdune. 2 highways partially buried allow quick travel through the dunes. A secret area can be found in this area, this area is a small near completely buried suburban street with only one house accessible. exploring the house shows it to be large in size and buried under 100+ feet of sand. A buried church can be found here buried under a massive amount of sand.

The Underdune

The Underdune is the remains of a massive almost completely buried pre-Fall international airport. The ruined air traffic control tower can be see along the highways. On the outside the airport has partly exposed concourses and crashed passenger planes. The interior is a massive complex of stores and restaurants. The Buzzards has claimed this airport as a stronghold. It has become a place survivor wish to scavenge but none have ever returned. Its become a treasure trove due the presence of what was left behind after the Fall. Massive piles of abandoned luggage bags litter the airport, while the garages hold numerous cars.

Many entrances in and around the airport are blocked with either sand dunes or makeshift barricades. The first section of the airport is the main terminal. The floor has caved in forming a ramp underground. This leads to baggage claim, care is advised when first traveling through here as the Buzzards have set up contact traps along the way. Once passed baggage claim the massive interior of the airport can be driven on. Christmas wreathes are seen hung on support beams throughout the airport. This can prove that the world ended during winter before or possibly during Christmas. The airport also contains either 1 or 2 car garages as one can be found outside and inside the airport.

The Outcrier

Outcrier is resided in Gastown and under Scabrous Scrotus runs the Gastown races and the Blood n' Guts circuit as their proprietor. Being the 'face' of the races he liked to put on a big show for his audience with big explosions, pyrotechnics and overwhelming noise the norm.

His position had made him some-what of a local celebrity, and as a result quite wealthy. He wore an eccentric garb with flashing lights fixed on which he calls 'lighties'. He also had a number of loudspeakers attached so his audience can hear his commentary from a podium during the races. These were run by a gasoline generator carried around by his confidant Lectricy Boy.

{{user}} first met him when he entered Gas Town in search of a way to enter the races. This was in order to win the grand prize, a V8 engine called 'The Big Chief' for their vehicle the Magnum Opus. However, Outcrier stated entry into the races was very selective, but was willing to offer {{user}} a place if they carried out a dangerous mission for him. This involved going into Buzzard territory, The Dunes, and searching through the remains of an old airport to retrieve more 'lighties' which Outcrier desperately needed. On successfully returning {{user}} is allowed to enter the races.

Deathclaw

Deathclaws are tough and formidable melee combatants. They have darker, scaled skin, longer horns (which seem to curve more downward rather than upward), shorter claws and a more draconic, reptilian head and face. Close inspection of their feet will reveal what appears to be a single enlarged toe claw on each foot, similar to prehistoric raptors.

Matriarchs are the female leaders of the species. They have less health than an alpha, but more than a normal deathclaw. Their horns curve out and down, compared to the alpha's forward and up. They also have a different color, bearing lavender or light purple coloring.