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Idk maybe the fog/gas comes in patches all around the world, seeping up from the earth.

Maybe its a magic space fart from a passing alien and is filled with magic spacefart bacteria

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>>54903068
Your post nearly managed to do terrible things to my sides. Good on ya Anon
>The world beyond the Fog has simply become known as the "Lost World" to some.

>>54903035
Few dare to wander into the fog, but the brave or reckless that do - or rather, the ones that return - tell tales of the grand ruins they found, a maze of towering buildings with ancient treasures to be found within.

>>54903068
I can even hear that in Bolbi's voice. Damnit anon.

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>>54903158
>Many of these explorers, after repeated Ventures into the Fog, seem to start to lose their grip on reality. They go wide-eyed, and seemingly become more and more delirious, but still seem to retain enough of themselves to function.
>Mostly...

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>Those who stay in the Fog for too long may come under risk of Demonic assault, and even Conversion.
>Pray you do not fall prey to Conversion.

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>Alien runes have been found scrawled into the backs of the books of many explorers, nearly impossible to decipher through any normal means.

>>54903505
>It's unclear what exactly a "Conversion" involves, even if it's heavily implied. It's something only ever spoken of in hushed tones; and most people don't even dare talk openly about it, as if the very mention of such a thing was forbidden and could attract misfortune.
>Something that's certain is that the friends and family of people who allegedly fell victim to "Conversion" are forever changed. They appear to become paranoid and skittish, jumping at shadows, and often looking exhausted as if they couldn't get a good night's rest in weeks.
>If pressed, or in a particularly good day, one might get them to say a little about it, but it usually amounts to incoherent things such as "be together" or "not letting go".

>>54903298
>Despite seeming like they're slowly losing themselves, explorers appear to be enlightened with whatever sacrilegious knowledge they found in the Lost World.
>Some seem to become very well versed in chemistry or medicine, others in engineering and mechanics, or even just more physically apt.
>One way or another, they seem to just understand things that, perhaps, are not meant to be understood.
>But they always seem to believe there's more to be found out there.

>There are Ravens in the Fog that record and mimic people's voices.
>If you're unlucky enough to be separated from your party, they will likely lead you astray.

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>The biomechanical horrors of the Lost World are usually called "Demons", and it is a most fitting name for such horrors.
>These silent terrors are known by quite a few for their complete lack of movement for the most part, instead using strange 'Cables' extending from their frames to direct legions of Thralls.

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>Strange noises can be heard emanating from the ruins within the Lost World.
>Those who seek out the source of the sounds are known to never return.

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>the 'thralls' are usually other mechanical entities infested by the Demons, although stories are sometimes told of animal noises coming from within the demons, screechings of birds and screams of livestock
>The efforts of many explorers tell us that thralls can survive for a maximum of forty-eight hours when disconnected from a demon., usually less. If the infested machine is particularly large the infestation can remain for longer than 48 hours, however functionality is lost rapidly past that point.

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>>54905134
>A thing that has been noted by explorers, is that despite a Thrall seeming 'dead' once it's 48 hour time limit has expired, a Demon is still fully capable of re-connecting them and reviving them. Thus, it is important to take note of any seemingly 'dead' Thralls in areas that Demons normally frequent.

>Adventurers must bring their own supplies into the Fog. Especially water as any source within the fog has been replaced by a spring of oil drank by things that inhabit the fog, other than the Demons who require no sustenance.
>While water is the most important, those that have witnessed their allies consume food within the Fog have come back with blood on their hands or not at all.

>>54903298
>Those who come back from the fog sometimes hum a song to themselves, an unfamiliar melody that no one can seem to place. The explorers themselves can't recall where they heard it.
>Every explorer hums the same melody.

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>>54905568
> Some explorers have even taken chunks of the "Food" within the Fog back into the Safe-Zones, and have found that the disgusting mass of viscera squeals and withers upon being exposed to normal air.

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>it is unclear whether the fog brought the demons or vice versa. There has never been a recorded instance of demons leaving the lost world, although at times the fog encroaches further into the known world, and at at times recedes

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>The few areas protected from Demons and other terrors are known as "Safe-Zones". Massive, fortified bastions that house the remainder of Humanity within there walls, protected from the evils of the Fog.

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>Radios are difficult to use within the Lost World due to the fact that Demonic presences seem to distort and corrupt any messages that can be sent.

>the fog is actually an airborne nanomachine swarm that blankets the planet
>demonic entities are viruses that have assumed control of a certain amount of nanomachines, this amount depends on the complexity and intelligence of the virus
>angelic being, few and far between, are programs that were meant to help people
>those that have survived demonic infection are few and far between
>most of these, while not demonic, are either corrupt or degraded enough that they aren't exactly helpful

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>>54906464
>Atleast, this is what is assumed by one Explorer, Arthuriah Roman. Of course, the man is more than a bit mad, so it is difficult to trust his word exactly.

These demon ridden biomechanical horrors and their thralls collect a great many different kinds of materials and transport them deep within the fog. No one knows what they're doing with so much steel, rubber, gold, circuitry and even the bodys of animals. But if the ravings of those thought lost to the mist are to be believed they are building something. Nine great spires of rock and steel, woven with tendrils, festooned with satellite dishes and adorned with flesh of men and beast. The many stolen mouths, both human and animal, sing as if with a single voice. A voice heard dimly through the mist for miles around this structure.

>>54906602
>it is curious though
>the way the fog moves against the wind, almost like it follows you or is attracted to man made structures
>sometime places that suffer from a heavy fog will be changed, their structures rearranged in odd ways

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>>54906631
>What purpose this unholy construction has is unknown, but some explorers theorize that it is tied to the continuous spead of the Fog into the surrounding areas.

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>>54906696
>It is assumed by most Explorers that the Demons have some control over the Fog in some manner.
>How they direct it is another mystery however.

isn't most of the art itt from a game? i heard it wasn't good, unfortunately

>>54903035
>haven't seen one of these in a while
Is going two days without a horror setting thread a long time for you?

>>54906719
Those who claim to have seen the towers all describe a strange yearning to climb them and find themselves humming along with the slow undulating song. The fog grows frightfully thick as one draws nearer, the urge growing stronger and the song getting stuck in ones head, sometimes permanently.

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>>54907456
>Is going two days without a horror setting thread a long time for you?
I could ask you if going two days without a Warhammer circlejerk thread a long time for you, but then I might trigger you. Anyway, if the thread passes you off that much, then just ignore it you fucking sperg.

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>>54907533
>Those who have gazed upon the towers even describe seeing them in their dreams, the image burning itself into their minds.

>>54907534
when did I say anything about warhammer?

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>>54907610
You didn't, but from the way you phrased your post, you sounded like one of those butt hurt artists who scream about everything not being the same dozen 40k threads being made over and over again.

>>54907666
So in other words you couldn't justify this thread being made on an embarrassingly regular basis and just had to resort to buzzwords?

>>54907550
These poor afflicted individuals are often driven to draw, paint, sculpt or otherwise depict the towers. These recreations are stunningly, almost unnervingly detailed. Exacting and presice even if the person was not artistically inclined. This same skill doesn't seem to cross over to art depicting anything other than the towers. Perhaps most disturbingly, those who see this art are sometimes affected as if they had seen the real thing, drawing it over and over. All the while humming a song they had never heard before in slow rythmic but not repeating refrains.

>>54907724
not that guy, but you have shown me the light! Clearly what we need are another dozen warhammer shitpost threads and barely disguised fetish threads

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>A great bellowing sound can be heard coming from deep within the Fog, and it is known for sending many Explorers into a heightened state of unease and restlessness, making them anxious and deeply concerned with returning to the Safe-Zones.

>>54907851
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m-rsgHEDLk

>>54907826
clearly you weren't paying attention to what was just being discussed

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>Strange dark cloud-like forms can be seen drifting in the Fog, seemingly flowing through the air with no regards for gravity.
>Those who try to see the true form of these beings, or even go to out to try and meet them directly are known to either go completely mad, or to disappear utterly, their horrified screams ringing loud into the night.

Quite bitchin' and be scary.

>some people who stay to long in the denser fog are said to "get foggy in the head"
>their long term memories disappear while short term becomes sharper, more focused and driven
>those who suffer this succumb to fog madness
>the become insanely focused, a tunnel vision that erases all else
>they seem to gain super human endurance and graft tools to themselves through shoddy and quite unhealthy surgery
>while not always hostile, and often capable of basic social interaction, one must tread carefully because any indication that you might hamper their task in any way will provoke them to a fit of berzerker violence

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>Some Explorers have taken to studying Thralls and Demons, actively observing them and their actions in order to research and develop new ways to defend against them.
>These Explorers have a tendency to be more insane than most others.

>beware of building located where maps say there are none
>they are not what they seem

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>>54908968
>Do not trust the signs either.
>They shall lead you astray.

Some very rare individuals can repel the fog like a finger pushing on a block of gelatin.
However, if they push too far in, like the block of gelatin, the fog will spring back, envelop them and consume them.

While you could make a chain of them to explore the fog, they are very valuable and it would be extremely risky. They are much more useful in repelling the occasional fog incursions in safe zones so thay are kept there. Somethimes even by force.

>there is a group of raiders known as the Grey Wolves
>they use odd devices capable of sucking up the fog and spewing it at those they raid
>what happens to those caught in such streams is better left unsaid
>what happens to complex machines is worse
>they mostly raid for food but often they will hit archeology sites and steal artifacts and equipment
>they all where gas masks designed to filter most of the fog out

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>>54909284
>These "Repellents" are usually trained in local schools that can aid them in utilizing their skills to protect Explorer teams and to push back the Fog.

>>54909450
Satellites still work and satellite launching is still possible if you have the sufficient ressources and space.

Thus isolated pockets of safe zones still have a way to communicate with each other but it is difficult. The fog extands into the stratosphere and direct line of sight is necessary to communicate with a satellite. This can be blocked by a chunk of the fog moving in between a satellite and the ground installation.

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>>54909423
>An odd behavior that the Demons and Thralls display is to completely ignore the Grey Wolves and to stay out of their way, usually leaving them to their raids and displaying no aggressive behavior towards them.
>The reason for this is unknown, but those Explorers have pointed out Thralls and Demons occasionally making an odd groaning noise that is oddly reminiscent of laughter in areas where the Grey Wolves have raided or past by.

>>54903035
>>54903035
>rotting corpses of once great trees now littler the land
>but don't be fooled,these trees aren't of natural origin
>whatsoever you do,don't get close to the rottfest growth!

There's still places up high on tops of the mountains, that are relatively safe from the fog. The food supplies are limited, and even if most of those who search for refuge perish in the fogs, the demand is always greater than supply.

It's up to the stone faced mountain men and women to turn away these fog-ravaged people, with heavy hearts.

>>54910058
One would think that from on-high, they would truly see the limits of the fog. But there are no limits, and all the devastation is hidden. The grounds below are like a placid sea of white.

>The mountain folk look above at the sky, and what do they see?

>>54903035
Machine merges with and replaces flesh, flesh is obsolete, all know that the machine mother will guide the faithful to Grey Gaea

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>>54910325
>They a cold, writhing sea of pulsating metal and viscera.
>They see an empty void of deep nothingness, where not even the light can reach.
>They see a boundless ocean of oil and cables reaching down to tear at the grounds below.
>They see an infinite mass of eyes, glaring down onto the dying earth below.
>They see all these things, and even more. They see terrible things lying just beyond our she'll of Earth.

Whirling discs of metal, collections of coil and cable tightly bound together, whip through the sky. They propulse themselves with jets of fog that set their masses skittering.

The fog falls down and mingles with what already exists, but as time passes it has become obvious that even the mountain tops are not save forever.

>>54910440
>There is a second moon. It glares with its metallic gleam. It's position changes with little rhyme or reason and sometimes, something reaches out...

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>>54910655
>Those who stare at the second moon when the *Thing* reaches down from it, are known to have the sight of the terror forever burnt into their minds. Incapable of escaping the evil the they have witnessed, they will suffer perpetual waking nightmares, ceaseless hallucinations and whispers, and will forever be "Marked" by Evil.

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>Whilst most of the water has turned into viscous oil, there are still creatures that live within then own blackened seas.
>Be thankful that you do onto cross their path.

>despite being filled with ravaging beasts and worse, the fog is known to only have beneficial effects on plant life. It is only through careful application of refined fog that enough food can be made to keep the teeming masses in their walled fortresses and safe zones well fed.
>to be a farmer in these times is to be one who grabs what makes all others fear by the throat and bend it to humanity's use one more. For this, they are well respected and rich, commonly being leaders of society.

>>54909450
>>54911778
"Repellants" are also used for fog harvesting. By forming small chains close to the edge of the fog, they can separate a blob of fog for storage.

Altenatively, Repellants move to the edge of the fog to push away part of it, allowing farmers to plant crops. They then leave the area to allow the fog to roll over the farmland again.

Even in safe zones where they keep Repellants in cages, Farmers make sure the former receive the best quality crop. Valuable cattle need to be nurtured after all.

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>TheReforming are odd figures that have come to be known as "Shades" because of their cloaked appearances, and the fact that they seem to disappear as quickly as they appear.
>They do not seem to possess any enmity towards humans.

>>54909450
When a repellent is lost to the fog, there is a chance that they will come back. Bloated beyond recognition and attached with all manner of piping, these masses of flesh and machine are known as "smokestacks" for the thicker, darker coloured fog that billows out of their piping. These unfortunates are released near the towns they were first captured, and will cause considerable harm as they fruitlessly try and get back into their once homes.

They cause such harm because where once their power pushed the fog away, now it draws it like a magnet, and they will often pull the fogbanks in great sheets behind them, swallowing up large areas of safe zones as they cross them.

examinations of their remains paint a picture of an inhuman amount of pain, with their internal organs twisted and remade to produce the dark fog they spout.

Killing them is the only mercy available. Do it quickly.

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>>54910325
On rare occasions a large structure has been seen floating in the upper atmosphere and while its design is odd it does not look like typical 'demonic' technology and some that have managed to view it with powerful enough optics claim to have seen normal looking humans walking past the windows.

>>54906602
>What is known though, is that spending too long in the fog corrupts adventurers, gradually turning them into the most vile of Thralls. This corruption is akin to a disease, such as a flu, people with a hardy constitution who never get sick can spend longer in the fog than the weak and weedy. Eating or drinking provisions found in the fog seems to hasten the infection. Enough exposure will corrupt anyone. Wise adventurers give themselves plenty of time in between adventures. This observations seem to support the theory that the fog contains, or is comprised entirely of, tiny, invisible germ-like creatures.

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>>54912061
>It is heavily suspected that the "Smokestacks" are the result of Demonic forces performing unnatural experimentation upon a Repellents, twisting and warping them into unnatural aberrations that are in perpetual anguish.

>>54905918
Sometimes for no apparent reason large areas of fog will recede leaving disquietingly serene areas full of plant life and free of fog, demons and even the oil.
However these areas are also stripped of almost all technology, high quality metals, and completely bereft of anything with flesh even insects.

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>Strange leech creatures pull themselves out of five the oil, and are regularly seen dragging anything that they can catch into their gaping maws before slithering back into the black depths.

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>>54909008
>the image and post combo
I fucking kekd so hard my sides are in orbit so fucking fitting so fucking accurate!

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>>54914435
Honestly, a lot of Silent Hill stuff could be adapted into this setting.
>Demonic fetuses that talk with the voices of men.

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>If you see a Demon, keep calm, and keep silent.
>It might just pass you by.

>>54914542
Oh no, I meant that the Silent Hill movie wasn't a Silent Hill at all and lead all who followed it astray.

>>54903035
While the fog extends many kilometers out from the coasts the open ocean remains clear.
However the many mundane difficulties in surviving in such an environment means that it is not really any better than the land.
Plus seamonsters occasionally make forays into the deeper waters.

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>>54903035
>One veteran explorer, notorious for his unhealthy obsession with reaching ever further into the Lost World, has proven that the fog doesn't extend to the underground - as long as there's no surface access in areas blanketed by it.
>His experiments are deemed madness, but much to the populace's chagrin, he is a respected engineer, and the council of the safe zone he inhabits has allowed him to start his project
>He's building a network of tunnels, deep below the surface, in an attempt to create a safe path to travel between Safe Zones. Or at least, that's what he told them...

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>>54918196
I've never seen that movie, but I've heard that it was quite bad, almost as bad as the "Doom" movie.

>>54919821
It's not even bad til the ending which felt rushed and went full-cgitard. I don't know about how it compares to the various games though since I haven't played through them.

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>>54919872
The games are pretty damn good for the most part, only a few of them reach 'Bad' level. Anyway, this is a slight derail from the topic at hand, and I certainly don't want to turn this into a "How Good Silent Hill Is" discussion thread.
>Massive bloated worm creatures composed of writhing cables and boiling oil can be seen slithering through the Fog, dragging anything they can find back to their nests.

>Ark station: Heracles

>One of the oldest safe havens in the known world, Heracles was once a shining beacon of mankind's strength and resilience in the face of the fog. It boasted a population of more than 1 million, and even allegedly boasted of additional space to carry livestock, recreational space, and even advanced manufacturing capabilities.

>Now, it stands dark and empty. The fog's encroachment grew particularly thick over the station during one year, and when it receded, not a single soul remained inside. Reports at the time claim hearing the sounds of screaming over the radios at the time, while others claim it sounded more like a massive celebration. In any case, no evidence has been found of any struggle or any survivors have been found.

On clear nights, some claim to still see lights on in it's windows.

>Don't trust anything mechanical in the Fog. It doesn't matter if it's a rusted out motorcycle.
>It might have something inside.

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>There are a myriad different cults that worship the Fog and the Demons within it.
>Many of this cults are of the belief that once the world of flesh has been stripped away, and Humanity is truly erased, only then shall the faithful be ushered unto what they call "Grey Gaea".

>>54909718
>items stolen by the Wolves can be found at several sites piled nearly one hundred feet high
>such piles are left unguarded and the areas are notably void of Demons or Thralls
>theft of any item will bring a raid by the Wolves exactly one year later as they seek out the stolen item
>the person or persons in possession of it will then be surrounded by the Grey Wolves and subjected to a prolonged spray of fog

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>Sometimes, fragments of blazing crystal will fall from the sky, and embed themselves in the ground.
>These "Star Fragments" seem to push the Fog away in a wide area, and act as a natural sourcell of illumination.

>>54921955
>People scramble to claim and live near these fragments. There desperation pushing them to inhuman acts.
>They do terrible things to eachother.
>Monsterous thing.

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>>54911968
Some explorers claim to have weapons given to them by a Shade. These weapons are constructed out of high-end materials and even contain holographic interfaces which can give it's user useful and odd information.
Many explorers in safe zones have been killed and their shade-given weapons apparently stolen. Most people blame the wealthy collectors of fog artifacts for these deaths. A few people claim that the bearers of the shade-weapons didn't adhere to some sort of user agreement.

>>54921007
>an adventurer, either braver or stupider than the rest, once followed the grey wolves back to one such site
>once their prize was put on the pile they gathered and watched each other
>this apparently lasted for several hours before on of them began to fidget
>when all other eyes were on them it was like the suit he was wearing began to move unaturaly, bulging from within
.the other wolves butchered this individual with odd, clear glass knives
>the body within looked as human as anyone, though torn to pieces
>they then buried the corpse a few hundred meters away and left
.the adventurer is said to have gone into mining after that citing the hard, repetitive labour keeps is good for his body and mind
>his employer thinks he was holding out on him

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>>54921955
every safe zone has a star fragment at it's center. Star fragments brighten and dim at predictable times. They appear to be absorbing power from the moons gravitational pull and the earth's magnetosphere. Obviously dimming results in the fog getting closer while increased brightness repels it.
Most safe zones have a public transit systems set up to evacuate citizens from a dimming safe zone to a brighter one. Small safe zones rely on carpools and distributing petrol/gasoline to everyone with a vehicle. Bigger safe zones make use of train yards.
Airports are typically found in mid-sized safe zones. Aircraft pilots cannot rely on radio signals so they make use of flashing lights and beacons.

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>Large *things* drift in the air above the lower-most Fog layers, tendrils made of screeching flesh, grinding gears, and sizzling wires occasionally snapping out to catch things and pull them towards the main mass.
>It is said that once in a while, these Sky-Demons will blanket an entire Safe-Zone before taking off again, the space where the Safe-Zone once was being left completely void of all life.

>>54921955
Star fragments are notoriously fragile, making them difficult to move. This forces humanity to adapt a "make do" approach, making cities wherever they fall

There has been a few attempts to send rockets with human DNA samples or raw data sequences. This was done in the forlorn hope that the species would survive when the fog would claim all earth.

Some survivors eventually despair and leave safe zones to meet their end in the fog.

Similar people would just go for suicide but these people want to face the fog rather then roll over and die.

Local governments let them go as they remove a strain on limited ressources.

One veteran and more unhinged explorer once came back with an odd claim. She said to have found a fully functional gas station/convenience store on an isolated road.

The station was staffed by bored employees that didn't seem to worry about the fog and deamons surrounding them. The explorer apparently bartered some food from them and came back.

Subsequent expeditions did not find anything. The only proof the explorer had were empty bags of chips. Everyone concluded that the chips were fog food and the explorer hallucinated the station.

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>>54924872
>Sometimes the Demons and Thralls are "kind" enough to grant the suicidal survivors wish for death by sending them back to their colonies as grossly mutated living bombs filled with Fog to explode and infect their entire Safe-Zone.

Some safe zones are powered by power plants and power grids deep inside the fog. No one knows how those stations keep providing power.

Everyone dreads the day their electrical power will get cut off. On the other hand, they don't have to pay for it.

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>Many of the cults infesting the outskirts of the Lost World have many maddening and unholy rites that they perform in order to appease their demonic lords.
>One such rite has been called the "Liturgy Of A Ceaseless Void".
>On what this rite entail, we shall say no more.

RECAP.

So we have a dense fog that blankets large sections of the Earth's surface. This fog is patrolled by "demons", bizarre intelligent-seeming biomechanical horrors.

Demons seem to be free willed and have servants known as "thralls" leashed to them. These thralls can be anything from twisted humans to animate bicycles.

A few forces can repel the fog. Star fragments fall from the sky and protect a large area, but are too fragile to move. "Repellants" are humans granted the same ability on a smaller scale. Repellants are rare, and although they can push back the fog they are still vulnerable to being claimed by it.

The fog is toxic in some way. Prolonged exposure will kill you, break you, destroy your memory or somehow make you less than human.

>The fog and the demons seem to have no particular preference for humans.
>Explorers can distract thralls with offerings of meat or metal. Explorers are known to leave behind equipment like gas masks or oxygen tanks as bait when the situation is truly dire.

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>>54928056
That Recap sums up a good chunk of it. We also have mountain folknow who are mostly isolated from the rest, a second moon with *something* reaching down from above that can fuck your sanity up if you look at it, giant sky monsters, cloud fiends, buildings appearing at random, and a whole host of other shit.

>>54928056
So far so good. I like this setting. It makes a good post apocalyptic world without going full mad max. And different safe zones allows for different cultures.

... We just created a micro Age of Strife, didn't we?

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>>54928421
>We just created a micro Age of Strife, didn't we?
Maybe? With a bit more bio-horror it seems.

>>54928485
bio-horror is a good addition. I like this.

Meat is now an rare luxury or even a liability. Since farming land is now severely reduced, even with the fog helping plants grow, all crops are used to nourish humans. And even if raising cattle was possible, proximity to the fog may lead to corruption of the animal and meat.

Plants are safe to eat, even if touched by the fog.

On the other hand, since part of the sea is still clear, fishing is possible but dangerous due to the monsters hiding there.

>>54928421
It reads more like /tg/ rewrites Stephen King's The Mist: Mist Harder Edition to me

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>>54929099
Unlike Stephen King, most people on here atleast know how to write worth a damn.

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>Large floating eyes connected by thing Cables can be seen floating in the air, shining a bright burning light as they patrol the Fog.
>Getting caught by them is said to be a truly terrible fate a so nest skin and organs are burnt away, leaving a metallic skeletal frame that seeks out other survivors to subject them to the same fate.

>>54929278
We do?

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>>54931414

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>The Shades bring gifts.
>Use them well.

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>>54932780

This is the first horror setting that legit seems good enough to run a game in.

archive?

>The fog was actually just factory smog after all, and the society is the lower caste, unknowing of the developed world deep underground

>>54935922
>Or at least that's the theory of one madman.

>In some areas of the old world, deep in the fog, there exist machines which have many of the treasures of the old world inside them, seemingly on display for sale. The machines themselves have long since corrupted or been enthralled but the items inside are usually safe. Great efforts are made to capture these walking treasure troves, as even one of them can catapult a small squalid town into the forefront of capabaility and strength, with new weapons, power sources, manufacturing capability and computing power.

>>54929278
Also, we aren't obsessed with bourgeois small town Christianity being an evil cult.

>>54936132
There is some truth in the madman's story however.

There is a deep underground facility where the inhabitants make use of machines found in the fog. These macjines make more Fog which is pumped above ground.

However they came after the Fog covered the most of the land and their Fog production is only a drop in the ocean.

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>Great maa Chinese of rust and bone continuously pump out Oil, spreading the corruptive fluid out into the surrounding area, twisting and warping the landscape, making it difficult to traverse through.

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>>54942341

This setting kinda reminds me of a smaller scale Phyrexia.
It's got the same corruption and biomechanical theme, but lacking in structure and organization, which somehow makes it even scarier.
There's no leader to defeat, no army to mobilize against, just a wall of fog full of stuff that wants to kill you surrounding your little community.

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>>54945362
>There's no leader to defeat, no army to mobilize against
I'm sure there's *something* behind the Demons and Thralls, but it's likely of deep in the Fog that you would cease to be if you attempted to hunt it, and it's probably powerful enough it would be Azathoth in all but name. Best to leave it vague and open though.

>>54945623
Yeah, there's the implication of something behind it all. But nothing that can be fought, let alone understood. Maybe it's the fog itself. Maybe it's the Gleaming Moon. Maybe it's in the towers, or in another realm entirely. Whatever it is, to it, we're just components waiting to be of use.

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>Cicadas are completely immune to the effects of the fog.
I>n fact, they seem to be thriving without any competition or predators, not to mention the beneficial effects the fog has on the trees they feed on.
>Cicada shells are gathered by adventurers, crushed, and steeped in hot water and made into a tea.
>This tea has been shown to delay the onset of negative effects of the fog, so long as each serving contains at least 5 cicada shells, and is drunk every 8 hours.
>Some farmers in safe zones have even managed to create cicada farms to cater to adventurers. Regular exposure to the fog has proven to shorten the nymph stage to a single year instead of 10, making farming them quite simple with the aid of a Repellent. The full grown cicada also provides a regular protein source, making them that much more valuable.

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>>54905134
Hey isn't that the gun that the TV headed robot from FLCL turned into?

>Some explorers have seen squadrons of helicopters flying around many old government sights, seemingly repelling the fog in a wide radius around them.

>explorers who get close often remark about seeing soldiers in full kit, head to toe in gas masks, helmets and holding weapons that are both familiar and estoic, often seen fighting against the demons.

> they are indiscriminate in their targeting of demons and non demons. Often seen guarding other figures in HAZMAT suits who seem to be doing. . . Something.

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>>54947802
>These figures aren't human, of that much is certain.
>Even after sustaining wounds that would kill anyone else, they still continue to fight.
>Some Explorers have even found that the 'fluid' they bleed isn't blood at all, but some bizarre form of living oil.

>>54947873
Not where I was originally going with it. Seems the oil fetish is spreading to everything. . .

Next up?
>std that makes people piss oil?

>>54947802
> The figures are clearly human, all except the Hazmat suited beings, whose heads sometimes twist at odd angles and bleed a thick viscous liquid that smells like petroleum that glows a deep purple.

>only one account of these beings without the helmet on has been recorded, the survivor described the face of a woman with sunken in eyes of pure white and naturally blackened skin. The soldiers seem to fear whenever one of these beings is without covering.

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>One adventurer, long gone mad claims to have seen a huge machine made out of not just steel and pipe, but flesh that covered it and bone that gave it better structure.
>He soon ran said something about a siren call dragging him back and wandered into the fog

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>>54948830
>Some claim they can still her his demented laughter, echoing out into the Fog.
>Others have even started to state that they can hear a 'siren' call beckoning them to plunge deeper into the Fog.

>>54948951
>Sirens, as they are called are exactly what the mad adventurer said, huge machines given the look of a beast.
>They rarely move, only giving an inch if they are in any real danger, however they randomly stride across the fog to a new area to stand in
>One thing to note however is that Sirens stand near or at places where star fragments land. They don't destroy them, they only look at the light it makes and hum a maddening tune while doing so

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>>54903035
Don't bring fire into the fog.
Fire hurts the fog, keeps it away.
But prompts swift retribution.
From thralls in demon's sway.

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>>54912061

what sad... sad creatures...

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>>54949615
This is truly beautiful Anon. So beautiful...
>BEAUTYBEAUTYBEAUTYBEAUTY

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>>54949683
Thanks anon.
Its been a while since i got the chance to drawfag on tg.

Have a good boy.
your thing gave me an idea.

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>>54949683
Do not trust mirrors in the fog.

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>>54949810
These are damn good Anon. Thanks for this.

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>>54949890
If the thread is still up tomorrow I may do more.

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>>54949971
I'm probably going to sleep soon, but hopefully other Anons can pick up the slack in my absence.

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Just keep posting spooky monsters, fellas!

Bumped

So what twchnology do the survivors on the fog have access to in this world? And how well do they understand it? Are they primitives fumbling with advanced weaponry they barely understand, mordern tech with occasional dips of 20 years into the future? Or are they somewhere else? What are some of the larger human settlements and what are their cultures? How is a city made around a freshly fallen star fragment? Do country borders still exist or have they been forgotten?

>>54950861
think S.T.A.L.K.E.R /metro last light aesthetics. modern technology, but things that can't be made as well any more slowly phase out the lost world tech. The biggest settlements may even have actual factories, although securing raw materials is always difficult..

Since stars fragments both dim and brighten there is an area around each safe zone like the tide markings on a beach. Taking technology into these areas is strictly verboten, so the only ones who live there are those too poor to go anywhere else. These low-tech slums can be found in almost every safe zone. There are however puritanical factions that control certain safe zones. They consider the fog to be evil itself, and anyone who willingly goes into it is not to be trusted. They deal with explorers on sufferance and they eradicate any attempts to settle within the tide zone.

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This seems like probably one of the better threads to ask, is there a Walking Dead/ Resident Evil- esque ropleplaying game floating around somewhere that is fairly popular or well thought out? My usual DnD group wants something more contemporary than 5e, something with monsters and guns and zombies.

Monster Bump

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>>54952946
well, this won't do

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>>54953001

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>Don't trust strange humanoid shadows in the Fog.
>They are not your friends.

>>54903035
Have any of you played Fear Equation? It's a micro-managing survival RTS what-the-fuck ever game where you pilot an armored train through England, all the while nightmares come to life in the fog. It's pretty fun, but I can see some of the influences here.

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>>54954239
Haven't played it, but I know of it. This setting also reminds me of Darkwood (which just released by the way), except with less demonic trees.

Has potential, but like all abominable horror stuff, it becomes boring if 3 crucial questions are not answered beyond the lolyerfucked and have no fighting chance:
Can the Fog be stopped?
How do humans take back their lands?
How to kill demons?

If these are not possible things, the setting sucks and is worth absolutely northing beyond nerds jerking themselves off.

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>>54956391
>Can the Fog be stopped?
There are things that can repel and keep it at bay, such as Repellents and Star Fragments.

>How do humans take back their lands?
Gathering star fragments or building around them to create Safe-Zones overtime is the most likely option.

>How to kill demons?
It's funny, I was just coming up with something for that before I took the time to answer your almost whiny and almost annoying post.

>>54956391
>How to kill demons?
Well obviously with explosives that just about nobody has.

>>54956391
>Can the Fog be stopped?
It can be repelled and contained.
>How do humans take back their lands?
Repellents and star shards.
>How to kill demons?
I want to say electricity because tesla coils and shit, also lightning firefights in dense fog against biomechanical horrors is a badass mental image. I suppose dismemberment is another viable method.

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>>54956391
Repellants could be utilized as one way to take back human lands. Linking hands to make a sort of human broom to sweep it away from settlements. But that said repellants start being treated as tools or cattle rather than people.

An anon suggest fire hurting the fog >>54949513, but it also angers the demons and thrall monsters that live within it... so using it to burn away the fog is super risky. So I'd imagine people would resort to flashlights or starfragment torches often than not.

We've definitely got a way of "killing thralls". they are always connected to demons by umbilical chords. Severing their connection to a demon slowly starves them...

Perhaps getting rid of the thralls slowly starves the demon in turn.

They're meaty monsters puppeting machinery right?

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>>54956606
>They're meaty monsters puppeting machinery right?
For the most part, though there are flying demons, but those could just be things taking control of aircraft carriers or large ships.

>>54956537
>electricity harms the fog and its creations
>machines with large amounts of electricity are resistant to the fogs' corruption metal with a live current is untouchable and used in fences can repel any Thrall
>strong Demons are known to plow through such defenses, though the electricity disrupts its form greatly
>rich adventurers and trusted town guards carry Humming Shells, light body armour and a genertor pack that provide them with a slight repellent aura and allow them to power arc casters and taser staves which are highly effective against Demons and Thralls

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>>54925242
>Night Shift

Could also have it like this:
>Demons can be destroyed/heavily damaged with enough explosives. Making it stick is the problem.
>Thralls still connected to the demon will harvest meat and metal to repair it
>The repair process itself is rapid-a Demon that has been leveled to the ground can repair itself fully in a week with a steady supply of material.
>Keeping a Demon down requires cutting off all the Thralls, then hitting the body with enough explosives to level a building.

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>>54956537
I quite like dismemberment, its just meatier and more desperate than zapping something with a scifi electricity gun. but that said, it could be a technique that gets specialized in.

Fighting with cattleprod in one hand and fireaxe in another.

And I can absolutely imagine the Grey Wolves or Military survivors using electricity weapons.

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>>54956732
>>54956793
>Sometimes, completely destroyed Demons will be salvaged by others and taken deeper into the Fog, presumably to be used in construction of the Towers.

>>54957012
>Other times, a seemingly destroyed Demon isn't. Not completely.
>For whatever reason(a blast shadow, or faulty explosives, or a current generated just short of long enough)enough of the Demon survives the experience to hang on to life
>Such Demons can linger on the edge of death for months or years before finally starving
>A hapless explorer might yet wander into the reach of one, get enthralled, and begin harvesting repair materials...

>Fog reacts oddly to the presence of ionizing radiation emitters
>It deconstructs and incorporates the radioactive materials within itself, becoming itself highly radioactive.
>Radioactive Fog moves more erratically, advancing and receding kilometers per day unpredictably.
>Soil left in such Fog becomes salted with radioactive material, rendering the land infertile and barren for decades

>>54923565
>in a note book found under his bed there is an odd line written on an otherwise blank page
>'sheep in wolves clothing'

>>54956466
> almost whiny and almost annoying post.
Spoken like a true masturbator who only comes up with setting stuff just for the sake of it, not caring if it is functional or if it has legs to stand on.

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>>54957601
>HURR I'M GOING ON BARGE INTO A THREAD AND INSULT EVERYONE. THAT WILL MAKE PEOPLE NOTICE ME DURRRRRR.
That is how you sound right now. You can either attempt to contribute and add to the setting, or more likely,you can just fuck off and go back to your 40k wank-fest threads.

>>54957890
I don't care for 40k. In fact, i don't care for this board since it's filled with people (like you) who are poor writers but wank themselves over their boring ideas that can't even work as a functional game setting.

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>>54957924
>I don't even care for this board.
If you don't care for this board, why are you in this thread, shitting on it, when you could be on Reddit, sucking dicks and enjoying all those people who are *obviously* better writers than anyone on 4chins?

>>54946342
i adore this idea, such a simple thing but it can me used to create such atmosphere.

>Cicadas have spread far beyond their natural range and are found in all but the most inhospitable lands. their mating calls are heard nearly year round in some places. the constant drone of them drifts to the back of peoples minds, barely noticed anymore. but it's absence is noticed sharply, for they only stop calling for one reason, a demon stiring nearby. attempts have been made to use them like birds in a mine but the simple bugs won't call while being jostled about. once their cages settle and calm they begin to call again, prompting fog delvers to set them up as parameter sensors around their camps.

>>54959203
Thanks, I don't usually write creative stuff, so I'm glad someone liked it.

>>54959637
in threads like this even a half assed idea can be refined or twisted into pure gold so don't be shy, share what you're thinking and let steel sharpen steel. granted you're gonna draw autistic flies who hate any idea they didn't come up with but that's just TG for ya

>The state of infrastructure in the fog appears to be in flux. Buildings and roads may appear pristine to one expedition, dilapidated and overgrown to a later expedition, and then back to looking newly built the very next day. Sometimes the buildings may appear in mirrored but in the same location, and sometimes they're not there at all. Facilities with electricity and clean running water have been documented, verified by extraction, but there is little certainty about the frequency of such occurrences. It is suspected there may be a pattern behind all this seeming randomness, but until it is discerned it presents an almost insurmountable challenge to those who attempt to map the fogged world.

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>There are some Demons that have grown so powerful, and so infamous that they have been given names, and even titles. Becoming well-known amongst explorers.
>The False Day- a terrible entity that manifests as a bright, boiling point of light, steadily growing closer and closer. It is advised that all nearby Safe-Zones be evacuated should the False Day be spotted in the vicinity.
>The Ceaseless Shadow- A Demon whose true form has never been seen, always stalking from the shadows. It has no Thralls, for it needs no assistance. It is known for choosing one specific Explorer, and then hounding them till the end of their days.
>The Bloated Mother- A mountainous mass of rust, flesh, and metal that travels through the Fog, devouring all in its path, and leaving hordes of Thralls in its wake. It is difficult to keep track of its movements, for it does not stay in one specific area for long.

>>54959929
>Outposts are oftentimes set up near railroads and train stations. The issues with the inconstancy of fogged infrastructure is still a bother, so, typically camp will be made within visual range of the rails. Human presence gives some permanency to the constructions, experience tells us. The trains are not often used and would arrive and depart irregularly, inexplicably powered and operated by nobody. The solution we've decided on has been to establish a minimal but permanent presence in the trains deemed acceptably safe for human passengers.
>Each train has its own hazards. One might try to crush its passengers to paste, the train car's interior compressing like it was stuck in a trash compactor. Passengers on one train experience instant agnosia upon boarding and will progressively lose fine motor control that only gradually return after they've stepped off. And there's one train you can't really exit unless you leave a fresh body part behind. We keep a pretty thorough record of which trains we've got a permanent observer on. Identifications, tracks, timetables, and so on. The details seem to stick when there's somebody riding along.
>It's still advisable to walk if you wanna get anywhere and you're not in a hurry.

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>Patrolmen are odd entities often mistaken for corrupted humans. Humanoid in shape, they are sentient beings that are purely mechanical.
>Though they live in the mist and are extremely reclusive, they are passive to humans, and will even give dependable advice to those who ask.
>One explorer was welcomed among the patrolman, and documented how these mechanized men are "born".
>Scrap metal is assembled into the rough shape of a humanoid standing upright. Patrolmen surround these husks, and use powers reminiscent of human repellers to drive away the mist.
>They have to sustain this process for months while the infant patrolman forms.
>The other, more fascinating method of patrolman reproduction explains how they earned their name.
>They patrol the wastes, searching for demons.
>When a demon is encountered, Patrolmen emit a jamming signal that disorients the demon. They then cut loose as many human thralls as possible and take them to their camp.
>What follows is a meticulous and often futile ritual to "rescue" the enthralled humans. Over the course of twelve hours, remaining flesh is removed and replaced with specific mechanic parts. Near the end of the ritual, all organic material is discarded with only a metal husk remaining. According to the patrolman "Mystics" who oversee this ritual, the former human/thrall undergoes a test of will to decide if they'll be reborn, or if their souls will finally be at rest. Only 2% survive. If successful, a new patrolman will be born.
>"Reincarnated" patrolmen often only retain sparse memories of their human lives. Scientists have determined the low positive outcome makes patrolman conversion an inneffective way to "cure" enthralled humans.
>There was only one recorded instance of a converted patrolman retaining all his human memories. An explorer who was missing for years.
>He returned to his home city, after he assembled his memoirs of being welcomed among the patrolmen

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>"The Towers near completion. Soon the Lords will manifest and pave the way, the Path shall be formed and the gates shall be torn open. Upon the final work, They shall at last walk amongst us in full, and the glory of Grey Gaea shall be known to all"- Augustus McMillan, Captured Cult-Leader of the Silver Tide.

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>>54960601
All aboard.

>>54952946
Call of Cthulhu is pretty contemporary (mostly 1920s but there are some present-day modules too). Its a really well designed system for roleplaying and investigating scenarios but isn't very geared towards combat.

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>The Shades know many things, things that some desperately wish to know. Things about the fragments of star stuff that plummet from the sky above, and so much more.
>But some things elude them still.

>Children of Masks
>Some call them a fairy tale, others claim to outright see them, but the children of masks are a nontheless persistant story amoung those that walk in the fog. Having the voices and height of small children, these peoples seem to run about in the fog at play, totally heedless of danger, their faces completely obscured by flat simple porcelain coloured masks. Demons, thralls and other phenomena seem to ignore them completely, and when fogwalkers have allegedly asked them what they are doing they shrugged and said "playing" in a singsong voice. Some of the fogwalkers even claim to have traded with them, trading sinple trinkets and toys for far more valuable material including star fragment shards and advanced technology.

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>>54965531
>Some explorers theorize that the Children are in fact the spirits of dead hole playing eternally in the Fog, and occasionally aiding the land of the living. Although none cna truly confirm this, and the Children themselves apparently won't say anything.