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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 southernmost area of the island, home to the town of Silverpoint and an area of industry and trade. Travelling to the Silverpoint from Milton will roughly take Interlopers almost a week by foot. The world is far more open compared to Lakeside and less sheltered than Milton, meaning winds are incredibly biting and difficult to contend with whilst travelling. There is little in terms of cover, and thus Interlopers may need to really plan well in order to keep themselves alive. It is perhaps one of the coldest areas in the Northern Territories.
A great deal of the landscape has been damaged by quakes, making the terrain difficult to navigate: with huge, icy ridges and gorges in the earth and roads — providing ample danger to travellers. A huge section of the actual coastline is frozen over, meaning Interlopers can actually walk onto the beach and onto the ocean itself. Interlopers will find they are able to beachcomb and find useful items that have washed up. However, care should be taken on the edges and the ice may still break.
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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. Marra revealed the settlement of Mountain's Watch is located on the muskeg in the shadow of Timberwolf Mountain. There are no roads, like how there is between Silverpoint and Milton. Access is normally cut off during the winter months, but the current state of the world's weather may suggest they are permanently cut off.
This place is currently locked to players.
This place is currently locked to players.
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.
Since Interlopers have found there way into the Northern Territories, they've began to transform the town they now inhabit. They grocery store has now become an Interloper-owned General Store. In addition to this, the Post Office has been transformed into an Interloper-owned bar.
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.