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METHUSELAH
Little is known about the mysterious Methuselah, or if that even is his real name. He will speak little of himself, and considers himself but a mere witness to the passing of time, and whatever that may bring. He travels across the vast frozen wilderness of the world. He has done his best to share what knowledge he knows when he is asked. But he admits he is only one man and does not know everything.
Every other month, Methuselah comes to Milton to hold a 'feast', bringing with him animals he has hunted and foragables he has gathered. He is able to tell when Interlopers are arriving, something he describes as a ‘sense’ or ‘feeling’: “Much like when one feels a shifting in the tides, or the coming of a storm. I have long learned the skills of understanding nature that it rests within my bones — it is much like that.”
As much as he is nomad and distant, he has grown fond of Interlopers and is sympathetic to their situation. He does his best to look out for them in a hostile and unfamiliar world. He will occasionally stay in town longer to assist them in whatever way he can, usually with medical attention or helping Interlopers hunt for food.
When not in Milton, you may find him occupying an empty cabin for a short time, or perhaps come across him deep in forests, or huddling within a cave. A fire will always be burning, and he will treat Interlopers kindly and offer them a silent, listening ear or something hot to fill their belly. Sometimes, he will take Interlopers with him out into the wilds. There, he will help them train in a skill to help them in their survival of the Northern Territories.
ENOLA
There is much mystery that surrounds Enola, of who she is and just what she's capable of — but the common understanding is that Enola does hold some kind of immense power and she is linked with the Interlopers in the Northern Territories, often through the Aurora.
Methuselah knows of her, and believes her to be the first Interloper who arrived when she was a small child — having wandered in from the wilds and into Milton. He knows that she is called The First Cursed, but he considers it an unkind name and will not use it. He remembers her as a sad and shy child, and misfortune always seemed to follow her.
However, in the March 2024 Event, it was revealed to Interlopers that Enola is the woman they'd been hearing and interacting with for several months. She'd called to Interlopers during the Auroras via electronics and the Aurora itself. She also visited them in dreams, helping some of them gain new abilities.
In the Midsummer Event, Enola made her first actual appearance to Interlopers. Although it was hard to say if she was truly there or not, she was witnessed within Milton — making a motion that tore open the sky and ended the Darkwalker's influence that had plagued the Northern Territories.
Before his death, it was revealed by Mallory, the leader of the Forest Talkers, that Enola was holding back the Darkwalker somehow — stopping it from ending the world, as believed in their creation myth.
In October 2024, Interlopers could happen to have a dream where they saw Enola as a child. She is shown to have the beginnings of some kind of power, and was often bullied and belittled by her peers. It was also revealed that Enola was once known as 'Beatrice Barker', the surviving daughter of the Barker family and that her mother had allegedly left her. In January 2025, Interlopers saw her in a new dream where she was found knelt in the snow, her bloodied hands pressed to the ground, and crying/in pain before a giant expanse of void.
Her current location is not yet known.
THE DARKWALKER
The Abomination. The Devourer. The Ending of Everything.
It is said that the Darkwalker will awake from its slumber and swallow the world whole. One head will swallow the stars and moon and sun. Another will swallow the seas and lakes and rivers. The third will swallow the land, and every living thing upon it — and only then will the Darkwalker be satisfied and return to sleep once more.
Indestructible, intangible. Considered a myth, much to man's folly. The Darkwalker has been awakened, and while it is slow to stir, it is readying itself. It needs to feast. You feel it in your bones, in your soul. Even if you did not know its name, it knows you. It is coming for you.
The Darkwalker is the first voice Interlopers hear upon their arrival, and has plagued Interlopers the entire time they have been in the Northern Territories. The Darkwalker has only made a few actual appearances, and will occasionally hunt Interlopers down — devouring them.
But its power has largely been shown through mentally manipulating Interlopers through various events since Interlopers arrived, focusing on breaking down Interlopers mentally — feeding into their greatest fears and failures in its attempts to kill Interlopers off. A talisman etched with a protective warding symbol known to superstitious natives and coated with Interloper blood was created by the Interloper Heartman, which can help ward off the Darkwalker's influence. Heartman later died, but the talismans are still being created by other Interlopers for new arrivals to keep them safe from the creature's influence.
While the Darkwalker is tied to the apocalypse myth of the world, some natives (namely the Forest Talkers) believe that the Darkwalker is tied to the world's creation myth. That everything is reborn again following the world's end. It is claimed by Mallory, the leader of the Forest Talkers, that Enola is holding the Darkwalker back somehow, and that the Interlopers are preventing the Darkwalker from fulfilling its purpose.
It is said that the Darkwalker will awake from its slumber and swallow the world whole. One head will swallow the stars and moon and sun. Another will swallow the seas and lakes and rivers. The third will swallow the land, and every living thing upon it — and only then will the Darkwalker be satisfied and return to sleep once more.
Indestructible, intangible. Considered a myth, much to man's folly. The Darkwalker has been awakened, and while it is slow to stir, it is readying itself. It needs to feast. You feel it in your bones, in your soul. Even if you did not know its name, it knows you. It is coming for you.
The Darkwalker is the first voice Interlopers hear upon their arrival, and has plagued Interlopers the entire time they have been in the Northern Territories. The Darkwalker has only made a few actual appearances, and will occasionally hunt Interlopers down — devouring them.
But its power has largely been shown through mentally manipulating Interlopers through various events since Interlopers arrived, focusing on breaking down Interlopers mentally — feeding into their greatest fears and failures in its attempts to kill Interlopers off. A talisman etched with a protective warding symbol known to superstitious natives and coated with Interloper blood was created by the Interloper Heartman, which can help ward off the Darkwalker's influence. Heartman later died, but the talismans are still being created by other Interlopers for new arrivals to keep them safe from the creature's influence.
While the Darkwalker is tied to the apocalypse myth of the world, some natives (namely the Forest Talkers) believe that the Darkwalker is tied to the world's creation myth. That everything is reborn again following the world's end. It is claimed by Mallory, the leader of the Forest Talkers, that Enola is holding the Darkwalker back somehow, and that the Interlopers are preventing the Darkwalker from fulfilling its purpose.
YOUNG BILL
Young Bill, as he’s otherwise known as, lives alone within the Lakeside area. He has grown up in this community, originating from Milton. In October 2024, it was revealed in a dream to some Interlopers, that he left Milton as a young boy following the breakdown of his parents' marriage — with his mother growing tired of his father's paranoia. Young Bill later returned to the Northern Territories, taking up residence in his father’s trapper cabin in Lakeside some ten years ago or so.
He is an excellent woodsman, and highly skilled in trappings, carpentry, hunting and tracking. Initially wary of Interlopers, he has grown warmer to them and will offer teaching, and shelter to those who need it. He will also be able to offer maps of the world to help Interlopers find their way.
Young Bill's initial coldness to Interlopers was borne out of his dealings with Forest Talkers. While they initially had a neutral relationship with one another and mostly kept out of one another's way, following the events of 'The Flare', the Forest Talkers began to turn hostile towards Young Bill by breaking his traps and sabotaging his attempts at hunting, stealing from him, and even breaking in and trashing his home. He endured months of this and grew desperate to be rid of them — asking Interlopers for help in the May 2024 Event, by stealing caches and supplies that belonged to the Forest Talkers. The move was received with mixed opinions, but the Forest Talkers did back off... for a time.
In the following months, Young Bill would often help Interlopers with hunting trips in Lakeside when game grew scarce — using his knowledge of the area and experience to help Interlopers find food. In the September 2024 Event, Young Bill came to the aid of Interlopers in helping them defend themselves against the Forest Talker attack. Following the attack, he stayed in Milton for a time at his old childhood home whilst he helped Interlopers rebuild.
Young Bill is always accompanied by his Malamute, Scout, and one of her pups to Diefenbaker, Nova. He still gives Benton Fraser shit about all of that.
MARRA
The Lighthouse Keeper. The Last Woman Standing.
Marra has been a lighthouse keeper for most of her adult life. She is incredibly skilled at technical things, which comes in handy for maintaining the lighthouse. For some reason, even with the Aurora destroying all the electricity, Marra keeps the lighthouse still working.
Marra has been a lighthouse keeper for most of her adult life. She is incredibly skilled at technical things, which comes in handy for maintaining the lighthouse. For some reason, even with the Aurora destroying all the electricity, Marra keeps the lighthouse still working.
INTERLOPER NPCs
Interloper NPCs make up a small number of the total Interlopers in the game. Much like playable characters, they too arrive and disappear with the Aurora. Just as unsure, scared and unready for the unforgiving world as you are — they are simply just trying to survive.
With death so likely in this world, not all who arrive in the Northern Territories will make it. These NPCs often make up the deaths of Interlopers during dangerous events, and are free for players to use within their roleplay — whether it be for helping someone who is injured, rescuing someone or being witness to their death at the hands of the forces in play. Their numbers fluctuate over time, but there will always be fresh batches who arrive with each app round.
A master list of total Interlopers, both of PC Interlopers and NPC Interlopers can be found here.
For any NPC deaths, it would be helpful to contact the mod to let them know for the sake of numbers.
FOREST TALKERS
"This is the beginning of the dark. It cannot be held forever."
The Forest Talkers were a group of eco-activists comprising both natives of the Northern Territories and a huge number of Mainlanders. Their arrival several years ago caused quite a stir in the face of the Lakeside resort expansion and mining and logging industries in the area. Their main message was to fight for an untouched land and to preserve the nature of the Northern Territories.
Primarily a peaceful group, their demonstrations caused only little disruption — via protests and sit-ins. Over time, their tactics developed into more ‘eco-terrorist’ territory via sabotage, theft and arson — which often caused injuries of workers, a small price to pay in the grand scheme of things. While their activities did cause concern for residents and workers alike, there was little to be done about them — given the lack of support from Mainland Canada for remote places like the Northern Territories. The group grew in number and power, holed up in the Old Hunting Lodge, almost like a sort of militia determined to protect the land.
It wasn’t until the events of what Methuselah calls ‘The Flare’ that things truly began to turn sour. The Forest Talkers turned turned even more violent and destructive. They have began showing disturbing and even ritualistic behaviours within the Lakeside area in the form of grim displays of mutilated bodies of both humans and animals. They hassled the remaining people left in Lakeside, like Young Bill — seemingly led by a man only identified by his white tactical gear, who dons a huge stag skull upon his head.
With the arrival of Interlopers in Lakeside, Forest Talkers soon turned their attention to the new arrivals and began to stalk the Interlopers in Lakeside and occasionally showed signs of aggression when confronted. In the May 2024 Event, Young Bill, desperate, asked the Interlopers for help by asking them to steal caches and supplies that belonged to the Forest Talkers in hopes of driving them out the area. The move was received with mixed opinions. Some Interlopers attempted to reach out to Forest Talkers peacefully, but attempts seemingly went ignored. The Forest Talkers went to ground afterwards, still stalking the Interlopers from a distance.
In June, following the Midsummer Event, Forest Talkers began outright sabotaging all efforts by Interlopers and natives to do any forms of hunting in Lakeside. The notes left by Interlopers were returned, noted with the words: 'THE YAWNING GRAVE HAS BEEN OPENED.' A handful of Interlopers successfully kidnapped one of the Forest Talkers and attempted to interrogate him, with the Forest Talker offering some cryptic answers and somehow managing to see inside Interlopers, and picking out their worst moments and memories. He was soon returned to Lakeside, but not before offering the Interlopers some parting words: “The yawning grave is open, it awaits us all. My flesh is for the earth. Not today, perhaps. But soon. The Long Dark is coming for you.”
In the September 2024 Event, things finally came to a head when the Forest Talkers staged an attack on the town of Milton. It was a suicide mission, with the Forest Talkers determined to kill as many Interlopers as they could or die trying. Both sides suffered huge losses, and the Forest Talkers being ultimately destroyed — save for a dozen younger ones who were persuaded to abandon their cause.
Their leader, Mallory, died — but not before revealing to Interlopers present that the Darkwalker began speaking to him following 'The Flare', making him realise the true mission of the Forest Talkers. The myth of the Darkwalker is real, and that the world can be reborn again after the Darkwalker has ended it — but the Interlopers stand in the way of that. The Yawning Grave is part of the cycle between life and death, what is swallowed from it can be reborn: cradle and grave as one. He also revealed that Enola is holding back the Darkwalker, 'playing at god' and sneering at her efforts of delaying the inevitable.
The remaining Forest Talkers were accepted into the Interlopers' Community, and have began an uneasy but overall peaceful existence with them. While they do keep up with some of their more macabre rituals, they are simple and privately done away from Interlopers.
The Forest Talkers were a group of eco-activists comprising both natives of the Northern Territories and a huge number of Mainlanders. Their arrival several years ago caused quite a stir in the face of the Lakeside resort expansion and mining and logging industries in the area. Their main message was to fight for an untouched land and to preserve the nature of the Northern Territories.
Primarily a peaceful group, their demonstrations caused only little disruption — via protests and sit-ins. Over time, their tactics developed into more ‘eco-terrorist’ territory via sabotage, theft and arson — which often caused injuries of workers, a small price to pay in the grand scheme of things. While their activities did cause concern for residents and workers alike, there was little to be done about them — given the lack of support from Mainland Canada for remote places like the Northern Territories. The group grew in number and power, holed up in the Old Hunting Lodge, almost like a sort of militia determined to protect the land.
It wasn’t until the events of what Methuselah calls ‘The Flare’ that things truly began to turn sour. The Forest Talkers turned turned even more violent and destructive. They have began showing disturbing and even ritualistic behaviours within the Lakeside area in the form of grim displays of mutilated bodies of both humans and animals. They hassled the remaining people left in Lakeside, like Young Bill — seemingly led by a man only identified by his white tactical gear, who dons a huge stag skull upon his head.
With the arrival of Interlopers in Lakeside, Forest Talkers soon turned their attention to the new arrivals and began to stalk the Interlopers in Lakeside and occasionally showed signs of aggression when confronted. In the May 2024 Event, Young Bill, desperate, asked the Interlopers for help by asking them to steal caches and supplies that belonged to the Forest Talkers in hopes of driving them out the area. The move was received with mixed opinions. Some Interlopers attempted to reach out to Forest Talkers peacefully, but attempts seemingly went ignored. The Forest Talkers went to ground afterwards, still stalking the Interlopers from a distance.
In June, following the Midsummer Event, Forest Talkers began outright sabotaging all efforts by Interlopers and natives to do any forms of hunting in Lakeside. The notes left by Interlopers were returned, noted with the words: 'THE YAWNING GRAVE HAS BEEN OPENED.' A handful of Interlopers successfully kidnapped one of the Forest Talkers and attempted to interrogate him, with the Forest Talker offering some cryptic answers and somehow managing to see inside Interlopers, and picking out their worst moments and memories. He was soon returned to Lakeside, but not before offering the Interlopers some parting words: “The yawning grave is open, it awaits us all. My flesh is for the earth. Not today, perhaps. But soon. The Long Dark is coming for you.”
In the September 2024 Event, things finally came to a head when the Forest Talkers staged an attack on the town of Milton. It was a suicide mission, with the Forest Talkers determined to kill as many Interlopers as they could or die trying. Both sides suffered huge losses, and the Forest Talkers being ultimately destroyed — save for a dozen younger ones who were persuaded to abandon their cause.
Their leader, Mallory, died — but not before revealing to Interlopers present that the Darkwalker began speaking to him following 'The Flare', making him realise the true mission of the Forest Talkers. The myth of the Darkwalker is real, and that the world can be reborn again after the Darkwalker has ended it — but the Interlopers stand in the way of that. The Yawning Grave is part of the cycle between life and death, what is swallowed from it can be reborn: cradle and grave as one. He also revealed that Enola is holding back the Darkwalker, 'playing at god' and sneering at her efforts of delaying the inevitable.
The remaining Forest Talkers were accepted into the Interlopers' Community, and have began an uneasy but overall peaceful existence with them. While they do keep up with some of their more macabre rituals, they are simple and privately done away from Interlopers.
QUESTIONS
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1) Enola's whereabouts are unknown, but is there a place she was last suspected to be/a place she's been last seen? If someone was to go looking for her, would there be any place it'd be good to start or would it just be a total crapshoot?
2) If someone were to ask Young Bill about the Darkwalker, would he have anything new and different to say about it than Methy already has or would it be the same schpiel?
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2. Maybe he would? Maybe he wouldn't? Methuselah and Young Bill are different people, different ages and have different experiences — but they're both natives to the Northern Territories. What those differences would be in Young Bill's thoughts are to be revealed.
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Thank you for answering me, btw!
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No problem!
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Enola query!
Does Enola look just like Karsi From Game of Thrones (in a rattling facetwin kind of way that the player of some guy who still feels some kind of way about Karsi's horrible death might be able to do mean things to that guy with in his narrative), or is it just an approximate kind of thing meant to give players a representation of her appearance, but she wouldn't look exactly like Karsi to, say, Jon Snow or Tormund Giantsbane? Does she sound like Karsi? You know what I mean. 🤣
(How much is it appropriate for Jon's stomach to drop through the floor every time he hears or dreams about Enola, basically? I'm willing to make him say Oh no if you are, but on the other hand, if you don't think it should be very much of a thing because they're just the icons you could find with the best look, that's totally ok too!)
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Essentially it's a mix of both using Birgitte Hjort Sørensen in this specific role for the sake of visual representation and also face-twinning. There are certainly some differences between Enola and Karsi though — they're similar but not a perfect match. Jon would very much think of Karsi when he does get the chance to see Enola. Like she's a kind of doppelganger. But it's not a dead-on match.
In times Enola is seen, she will certainly carry herself differently to Karsi for example. Will have different mannerisms, etc. Enola does not sound like Karsi, either.
Hope this helps!