Marie, Savo, and the “Salvage economy”
Credit to @zibik
Hey y’all. Another lorepost today! This time it’s about the area surrounding Verdusk and how it operates in the modern day.
Marie’s story is focused on the fallout (both literal and figurative) of the Great War; how it affects the people, the land, and the overall systems that surround them.
Marie works with her friends as a scavenger (or scavver), someone who scours the surrounding areas for hardware, weapons, or goods and trades them (either for rations or currency). I’ve discussed the Cataclysm a bit more in a previous post, so if you’re confused by what I’m referring to when I say it, go back to that one first: Karsokm, Veinbrides, and the steppelands. I’ll be doing another in-depth post on the Cataclysm at some point soon too.
Back to Marie and Savo. Savo is the nation she lives in, a remnant of the land Verdusk once sat on (and split between two other nations: Kyovkret to the west and Vostek sitting in between). In Savo, the salvage economy has gone into full swing. People from all over the country fight to trade and trade to fight. Factories, bunkers, even abandoned cities all have riches to be grabbed. All of these things, big or small, are traded to one of two groups: Stalkers (Exclusion Zone scavengers who trade to survive) and the Vostek-based Rizen government itself, who reward people with rations, money, and other things.
Those who trade with the Stalkers are more likely to find rare or restricted items, while those who trade with the Rizen are often met with rations and strict quote thresholds.
Regardless of who you trade with you need to be careful, as there are plenty of people looking to take advantage of the mix of Verdusk and UDF survivors.
To wrap this all up, Marie’s story focuses quite heavily on both the scavenging aspects and the implications of Rizen occupations. In a town where markets are shuddering and the provisional government keeps its gates locked, what is one to do?
That’s all for today folks! My draft has been wrapped up. On to the rewrites!
