Xanther Burgrave : Defender of CITADEL 2071
The year is 2071... the world we knew is no more. Economic, political and climatic upheaval give rise to war, famine and widespread biological plagues.
Over 86% of all life that once inhabited the planet is now gone. Vast areas of once fertile ground have become desolate wastelands, savage and uninhabitable. Pockets of life still persist in remote mountain ranges and isolated coastal regions.
Society and civilization have been reduced to small bands of survivors, desparately clinging to life in the aftermath.
The largest of these groups have migrated to the Pacific Northwest of the former United States of America, establishing an enclave called Citadel.
Citadel is a 783 acre "safezone" and home to nearly 1,600 people. Within it's concrete walls and steel caged dome the poulation co-exists in relative peace and harmony. Outside this sanctuary... chaos reigns supreme.
Packs of ravenous Wildlings, descendants of mutated and infected humans, roam the Outlands, preying on all forms of life they find. Nocturnal and ferocious, they have begun organized and focused attacks against other strongholds like Citadel.
Another threat that mankind faces are automated machines called Deliverers. Originally constructed in an attempt to put an end to the spread of infection, these technological horrors now hunt human and Wildling alike. Encounters with Deliverers are becoming more rare, but are nearly always fatal.
As more and more lesser communities continue to fall one by one, Citadel remains mankinds greatest chance for a future. One man Xanther Burgrave, also called Father of the Freeguard, is Citadels only hope...
RECIPE :
TORSO = POC Duke
HEAD = POC Recondo - beard sculpted w/ epoxy
UPPER ARMS = POC Firefly
LOWER ARMS/HANDS = POC Duke
UPPER LEGS/KNEES = POC Recondo
LOWER LEGS/FEET = POC Duke
WEAPONS/GEAR = Machete & sheath = POC Duke - Hachets = POC Recondo - Sword & sheath = Stealth Samurai SpiderMan - 12ga. automatic, clip-fed shotgun was scratchbuilt from the frame of a 25th Shipwreck shottie w/ tactical stock/grip from Bravo Team shotgun & barrel from POC Duke big gun & 16 round clip added from fodder - Vest = jacket from DC Infinite Heroes Mr. Terrific w/ bits of armor, harness, packs from POC Duke/POC Recondo vests & pistol/hoslter & fanny bag from Bravo Team figs - Helmet = Bravo Team fig w/ skull mask from Indiana Jones Crystal Skull Cemetery Warrior - Belt from unknown Star Wars fig w/ pouches from ARAH Dusty
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Shift Stalkers - Gideon Standridge & Mex'ull Veg'lek - Shadow Slayer Group Alpha
For a very long time... (Ha! TIME... there is no such thing anymore... there is only The Dark...) mankind had thought the key to galactic exploration was achieving velocities equal to or exceeding the speed of light.
But it was the discovery & understanding of Dark Matter, and the subsequent development of methods & techniques, that enabled mankind to manipulate The Dark - making inter-stellar travel a reality.
You see... light takes "time" to reach a point in "space"... The Dark is already there... constant, instant. Light radiates, bends & reflects - The Dark penetrates, floods & is unyeilding. The Dark exists even in light - the longest shadows are cast when the sun is on the horizon. In The Dark - light does not exist... but there are other things that do.
Humans had been using The Dark for over 60 years & had managed to colonize 12 other worlds in 10 star systems in that short period. Then they opened a Void (a conduit for Dark Shift) to the Idrian system. Idria 4 is an Earth-like planet & is populated by the only other sentient beings Humans have encountered thus far. They are a bi-pedal, reptilian, humanoid species & Voids occur naturally on Idria 4.
Idrians have a long history with The Dark & the Jah'Duu that dwell within The Dark. Naturally occuring Voids are common on Idria 4 & the Jah'Duu use these conduits to feed on any Idrian, or Human for that matter, unfortunate enough to find themselves in complete darkness.
When Humans opened a Void to Idria 4 it also provided the Jah'Duu a gateway to Earth's Voidnet Darklanes. Humans call the Jah'Duu - Shadows, because that's exactly what they appear to be in daylight.
Shadows have threatened Earth's fledgling colonies for 8 years now... the Department of Dark Matter Affairs, along with the Idrian High Council, have assembled an elite group of commandos called Shift Stalkers - assigned with the task of ridding both species of this increasing menace.
Normal Dark Shift travel happens in an instant & Humans tolerate it well. Idrians are better adapted to sustained exposure in The Dark... very few Humans can withstand this disorientation for extended periods. Gideon Standridge is the exception, along with his Idrian partner, Mex'ull Veg'lek - they make up the Shift Stalker unit - designation Shadow Slayer Group Alpha. They are the only Stalkers to survive more than 3 missions & are the only team to return with the "plasmoid" corpse of a slain Jah'Duu. Their service records lists 22 successful missions & a kill count of 37.
Gideon & Mex'ull are preparing to open a Void... entering The Dark for a 23rd mission... their most dangerous yet... they're planning an assault on a small Jah'Duu nest.
