Wilderness

 

An impassible mountain range extends from Boomtown as far as the eye can see. Beyond Boomtown’s walls is the Annex. Beyond the Annex is the frontier. The frontier is a dusty and mostly lifeless stretch of land extending in a several-mile radius around Boomtown. We briefly see this barren land in Premable as Ricky dresses for work and again at the end of Savages! when Hank and the Hangman’s Horde leave the area.

Everywhere beyond the frontier is the Wilderness.

In Prologue, we have one clear shot of the open world - a healthy plain at the edge of a forest. The sky is clear, the trees are full and healthy, and the Outsiders we see appear fit and well-nourished. We may see some birds or other wildlife. In the background, a large mountain range blocks a significant portion of the sky.

Excepting this panel and some obscured views, Prologue is set in a dark and mysterious wood where several seemingly supernatural events occur:

  • A Keeper vanishes to his comrades’ astonishment.

  • Another suffers auditory hallucinations and takes flight deeper into the darkness.

  • Ominous ornamentations and sinister structures are discovered in and around the trees.

  • Vegetation rapidly overgrows the path of entry, blocking their escape.

Unease weighs heavy in this place.

 
 
 

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