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(Complete) The Roof of the World
🕑 Added 2017-04-30 13:06:33 +0000 UTCEvolving in sweltering, humid wetlands, preindustrial Birrin found the frozen places of their world among the most forbidding. A hothouse planet, most snowbound regions of Chriirah are restricted to high altitudes and were seldom visited until the advent of lightweight insulated clothing allowed the intrepid to explore these last terrestrial frontiers.
Already rare on Chriirah, the upheaval of The Fall and subsequent global temperate rise has left even fewer permanent snowbound peaks on the planet. The most spectacular of all tower above the inhospitable Kiln desert: the legendary First Mountains.
To climb this ancient range in modern times requires considerable capital and influence; the region lies in the Kiln desert and remains largely lawless where not outright uninhabitable. All supplies have to airlifted or transported overland to establish a base of operations from which climbs can be co-ordinated.
The isolation of the region is twofold: satellite communications post-Fall have been hampered by debris still filling most useful orbits. As such sat-phone services are exceptionally expensive for anyone without a personal stake in the space industry. High-powered radio transmitters and relay stations help climbers maintain contact with both basecamp and one another, but sudden storms and low temperatures can leave climbers cut off and vulnerable.
The First Mountains are littered with spent oxygen bottles and iced radio equipment, but few bodies. Subsequent expeditions often feed on the preserved carcases of other climbers, carrying back choice parts for basecamp meals in celebration of the dead. Those engaged in the feasts would expect nothing less for themselves.
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Comments
Alex
:D
AC (ArynChris)
Very neat!
Alex
:D
Alex
Oh they love the meats
Alex
Glad you enjoyed the ride :D
Alex
Yep, love that cold meat! Though the Birrin have always been cannibals ;)
ZCochraine!%
Good finish. Can't wait for more! (for a post Fall I could see canibalism develop, and then fallow thought in theory when civilisation returns. And at lest the meat is well refrigerated.)
Der-shing Helmer
Nothing like some good mountains, good friends, and good food (the last two are the same thing). Awesome work, was a blast watching you develop this piece.
Darth Biomech
Birrins have cannibalistic customs? Didn't expect that, honestly)
Jake Parker
Oh wow, this turned out great. I love the exposition.
