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MILTON
Tucked up in the mountains, Milton is a small mining town that was home to some 1000 people. This is the first place Survivors will come across when they wake up in this world, either within the town itself or in the forested or caves on the outskirts. Hopefully you're not too far out.
There are stores for winter clothing and food, along with hunting supplies, even a post office and a bank. The main building in the town center is the Community Hall, which doubled up as a school-house, and a small church is located just outside of town, along with a small farm to the south — but it's clear the people who lived here were generally self-sufficient.
Once a bustling town that exported both coal and precious minerals out, along with lumber, it seems that the place has long begun to fall to ruin before its inhabitants all suddenly disappeared. Plenty of the houses are in slight disrepair, suggesting the families housed in them left a good while ago.
Life here is rustic. Function over form. Homes are simple but sturdy and warm. There are plenty of manmade items here. A few places to fish in the frozen ponds. Decent prey volume in the form of rabbit, moose and deer in the town's outskirts. Good place to get your bearings, and learn your skills.
There are stores for winter clothing and food, along with hunting supplies, even a post office and a bank. The main building in the town center is the Community Hall, which doubled up as a school-house, and a small church is located just outside of town, along with a small farm to the south — but it's clear the people who lived here were generally self-sufficient.
Once a bustling town that exported both coal and precious minerals out, along with lumber, it seems that the place has long begun to fall to ruin before its inhabitants all suddenly disappeared. Plenty of the houses are in slight disrepair, suggesting the families housed in them left a good while ago.
Life here is rustic. Function over form. Homes are simple but sturdy and warm. There are plenty of manmade items here. A few places to fish in the frozen ponds. Decent prey volume in the form of rabbit, moose and deer in the town's outskirts. Good place to get your bearings, and learn your skills.
LAKESIDE
South of Milton. An expansive area of woodland surrounding a large lake that mixes industry with leisure. Travelling from Milton and into Lakeside roughly takes a total of eight to nine hours via the Milton Mines.
Heavily wooded boreal forests cover most of Lakeside, with far more game compared to the Milton Area — but the main feature is a huge lake in the center of the area. A remote place that was one home to a small, isolated local population and some vacation cabins, Lakeside was a popular summer getaway for Mainlanders. In recent years, companies tried forcing out the locals to expand on the prime vacation spot to create a resort by the lake for fishing, hunting and sport activities.
Lakeside predominately was used as a midpoint between Milton Mine and the Coast — with some lumber industry happening in amongst the mining. In addition, the industry side of things also comes in the form of a large hydrodam to the east of the area. However, it seems that Lakeside has been host to a number of problems as of late, both man-made and done by nature’s hand. Sections of the railway track that run through the area have buckled, roads are damaged undriveable and the bridge that leads out towards the coast has crumbled away.
Heavily wooded boreal forests cover most of Lakeside, with far more game compared to the Milton Area — but the main feature is a huge lake in the center of the area. A remote place that was one home to a small, isolated local population and some vacation cabins, Lakeside was a popular summer getaway for Mainlanders. In recent years, companies tried forcing out the locals to expand on the prime vacation spot to create a resort by the lake for fishing, hunting and sport activities.
Lakeside predominately was used as a midpoint between Milton Mine and the Coast — with some lumber industry happening in amongst the mining. In addition, the industry side of things also comes in the form of a large hydrodam to the east of the area. However, it seems that Lakeside has been host to a number of problems as of late, both man-made and done by nature’s hand. Sections of the railway track that run through the area have buckled, roads are damaged undriveable and the bridge that leads out towards the coast has crumbled away.
THE COAST
The most southern part of the world. This place is currently locked.
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Far to the east of Milton. This place is currently locked.
TIMBERWOLF MOUNTAIN
Situated far to the north-east of Milton. This place is currently locked.
MILTON
Commercial buildings and stores of note include a bank and post office, a hunting/fishing supply store, a grocery store, and a clothing store. There is also the Community Hall, which doubled up as a school house for the children of Milton. The church and gas station are on the outskirts of town on opposite sides — with the main road that goes through the town heading up to the mines or downwards to the coast. However, the road to the coast is both blocked with broken down cars and the tunnel through the mountains is completely blocked due to a cave-in. It's possible there may be some other way out, however....
A town map can be found: HERE.
It is also home to the Milton Message Board, where Interlopers may be able to keep track of one another's comings and goings, post information of note they have discovered in their time here, keep stock of supplies, request aid, or find companions for trips out into the wilds of the Northern Territories.
A floor plan can be found: HERE.
Following the events of January 2024, it was revealed that Milton House was home to the Barker family. Sometime in the late eighties or early nineties, a terrible fire claimed the lives of Thomas Barker, and his two sons, Patrick and Christopher. His wife and daughter, however, survived the fire — but what happened to them afterwards is not known.
As well as the main chapel, the church also hosts a small wing that contains an office and a small living space consisting of a kitchenette and bedroom, presumably home to the clergyman of this church. Beneath the church is a cellar space, primary used as a place to prepare and store the dead (if townsfolk chose not to do so at home).
Milton's churchyard is large, filled with many graves of former townsfolk dating back to when the town was first established. Most of the graves are lost in the snow, however.
Out on the water are two small ice-fishing cabins, enough to fit one or two people inside comfortably, which hold a few forgotten supplies to try out some ice-fishing if you want to see if anything bites. Both even hold little log burners to keep warm. An old hunter’s shack can be found along the water’s edge, for those not quite brave enough to travel out onto the ice, to take shelter in for when the weather gets a little too difficult, with an old log burner still working within it.
But it’s calm down here, for the most part. Peaceful even. It’s an excellent place for fishing and hunting, and a little more sheltered from the freezing winds.
The farmhouse itself is a decent size, with multiple bedrooms over the ground and first floor. It appears that a big family lived here, but the farm fell on hard times long before the weather began to prove difficult. There's plenty of overdue bills littered about the place. The land is also home to a barn, a small greenhouse and some small outbuildings.
The hot spring is located to the north, in the mountains, on a short and relatively easy hike. Upon entering the caves, a worn cave floor will reveal what was once a well-used space, opening to reveal small pools of slow-flowing water, warm water. Following the cave out the other side will lead to another space in the rock open to the air, where there are even larger pools of warm water, perfectly sized and deep enough to bathe in.
The water is pleasantly hot, and incredibly inviting. After so long in the freezing cold without modern appliances and utilities, a natural hot spring sounds like an absolute luxury.
LAKESIDE
While there is little in terms of supplies left in there, some scraps may be found here and there — plus the cabins will provide decent shelter from the cold, which may be the last Interlopers will get ahead of the long walk down through the mountain track and into Lakeside. There is also plenty of coal left lying around, too.
The cabin is a one story building consisting of two bedrooms, a bathroom and a living area. Here, characters can find Young Bill either at home with his dog Scout, or out in the surroundings hunting or going about his day to day business.
The place is a bit of a mess: scrap metal, wood, and disused trucks and cars litter the yard. Inside the Maintenance Yard, is a little bit of a mechanic’s dream. There’s plenty of tools in this place, and even a forge which could be used for crafting if someone has the patience to fire it up and keep it hot for long enough. There’s huge stores of coal, at least.
But in terms of a living space, there’s not much else other than a small breakroom with some comfy chairs to catch some quick shut-eye.
Each of the cabins contain multiple bedrooms, suitable for vacationing families and mix both modern technology and more rustic means of heating homes — making them ideal for all weathers.
There is also a Camp Office, situated at the east side of the lake. Used as a kind of main office of maintenance for the cabins, along with an office or tourist center of sorts. It has a decent stock of hiking and outdoor essentials. The Camp Office does also have a small living space upstairs — presumably used by Lake staff or rangers, with a wood stove and kitchenette, along with a bathroom and several bunk-beds.
The Diary of Phoebe Greenwood, one of the Camp Office staff, was found here — detailing her experiences from spring of 2014 to January 2015.
The Lake, which the Resort sits around, is home to Nor'pogo — a serpent creature from local folklore who's existence has become real in recent events. Interlopers will need to sacrifice something to Nor'pogo in order to use its lake — whether it be to cross the frozen waters, or use the lake to ice-fish. More information can be found from the May 2024 Event, under the prompt 'Sacrificial Offerings'.
Entrance into the upper levels of the building: namely offices, maintenance rooms, a medical bay, and control panels, plus staff areas, are open. Tools and first aid supplies can be found here, along with bunk rooms, a small canteen and bathrooms/showers. It might be possible, with some work, to maybe get access to hot water here.
There is currently no access to the lower dam. The door that leads there is jammed shut. Characters will notice half-frozen water leaking on the floor around the door, implying that the lower levels of the dam have been flooded.
If anything, it's a warm and secure place to shelter.