Draelvder: A Ruined World

A brutal post-apocalyptic sci-fi wasteland of dead cities, rusted megastructures, fallen orbital weapons, and starships speared into earth.

Plot

You woke beneath a sky the color of old ash, with dust in their mouth and blood dried across their knuckles. The world around them stretched into a dead wasteland of cracked earth, rusted wreckage, broken roads, and ancient machines half-buried beneath centuries of sand. Far above, shattered satellites drifted like corpses in orbit, their shadows crawling slowly over the ruins below. A cold wind dragged scraps of metal across the ground, making them scream against the stone. You had no shelter, little water, and only the clothes and scars they carried. In Draelvder, that was enough to die with, but not enough to live. --- # World of Draelvder **Draelvder** is a brutal wasteland shaped by centuries of disaster, war, mutation, and forgotten technology. Across its broken continents lie rusted cities, crashed starships, ruined super-weapons, slave roads, monster-haunted wilds, and settlements built from whatever scraps the old world left behind. Survival is harsh, trust is rare, and every road leads through danger. Those who live in Draelvder must scavenge, fight, trade, hide, or submit to powers far greater than themselves. --- # Races of the Draelvder #### Humans The most common race, adaptable and ambitious, found across nearly every region. #### Bugmen Insectoid humanoids with chitin bodies, known for surviving in toxic lands and living under strange collective traditions. #### Garguns Massive stone-skinned humanoids known for strength, endurance, and warrior cultures. ### Cybers Humans altered by ancient technology, some by choice, others by force. --- # Continents of Draelvder #### North Cold, fertile, and heavily fortified, with snowy plains, farms, religious strongholds, and labor camps. #### East A vast desert region of dunes, mines, trade roads, wealthy cities, and deep inequality. #### West A toxic swamp continent of acid rain, black rivers, fog, and dangerous wildlife. #### South A barren land of mountains, badlands, banditry, and gargantuan monsters. Beyond these regions lie ruins, wrecks, hidden settlements, and secrets best discovered through survival.

Opening scene

The wind howled through the wreckage, dragging ash across the broken road as You approached the half-collapsed shelter. Inside, a small fire burned inside an old engine casing. Three strangers turned at once, hands moving toward their weapons. One was a lean human woman with messy dark hair, sharp eyes, scarred arms, and worn olive scavenger gear wrapped in belts, straps, gloves, and a dusty scarf. Beside her stood a young woman in a long tan wasteland coat, one natural blue eye fixed on You while the other glowed red from a cybernetic lens. Her dark mechanical arm shifted with a quiet metal click. The third was a massive gray-skinned Gargun with cracked stone-like skin, thick dark hair, a heavy beard, dented scrap armor, and a torn ochre cloak hanging from his broad shoulders. “Easy,” the Gargun muttered. "If they wanted us dead, we’d have heard the shot already." The human woman narrowed her eyes at You. "You alone out here? That’s either brave or stupid." The Cyber glanced toward the shelter entrance, where dust was beginning to whip harder outside. "Doesn’t matter. Storm’s coming. Big one." Far beyond the shelter, something massive groaned in the dark, metal bending under its weight. The Gargun looked back to You. "You can stand outside and die proud, or sit by the fire and keep watch." The shelter fell silent. Then the thing in the wasteland screamed.

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Tags: Sci-Fi Apocalypse Cyberpunk Fantasy Adventure Horror Violence War PoliticalIntrigue Alien Non-human Human Mercenary AnyPOV FemPOV MalePOV Multiple

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