The Scraps is the name given to the vast technological wasteland that rings
The Divided City in the Realm of
Kastkardia, acting as a barrier of sorts between it and
The Shroud. It gets it name from the fact that the entirety of the wasteland is littered with discarded metal, mostly defunct technology, machine parts, and other materials that are either dumped by
High Risers or created by the mysterious energies of The Shroud. These materials are often scavenged by
scrappers -
Dwellers that spend all of their days combing through the scrap in order to find useful items and materials to trade, sell, and occasionally keep for themselves to help them with future scavenging endeavours.
Locations
The Scraps is divided up into two different "rings": the
inner ring and the
outer ring.
The inner ring is the safest part of the Scraps. It begins at the edge of the city and extends out for approximately 40 kilometres in all directions in a ring around the city. Despite it being a part of the Scraps, due to its close proximity to the city, it also contains various highways that allow for easy travel from one side of the city to the other without having to travel directly through the city itself. Its proximity to the city means that its air is still mostly toxic, however it is close enough to the city for the most part to remain unaffected by the energies of the Shroud. The edge of the inner ring is marked by numerous, evenly spaced markers. These markers are often used by scrappers or other unfortunate individuals who find themselves lost out in the Scraps as waypoints to be able to call for help, and contain communication devices for such purposes.
The outer ring is the more dangerous part of the Scraps, and extends out for a further 10 or so kilometres from the edge of the inner ring. Within the outer ring, the influence of the the Shroud becomes a very dangerous thing, and the risk of localised phenomena such as dust storms and
Scrap Dragons is far greater. The only people to venture out into the outer ring are generally scrappers, as the outer ring often contains the more valuable materials and items. No one knows exactly why this is, although it's speculated that it has something to do with the energies of the Shroud. as the outer ring approaches the Shroud, the last 500 or so metres is a barren wasteland, containing no scrap, only a stretch of dust and dirt.
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