.: Setting :.
This role play takes place in the old west. No specific year, but the technology is around mid eighteen hundred's in level.
Most of the role play will take place in a town known as Highwater Creek, and it's surrounding areas. Highwater is a small town located in a desert-like area. Though small in size, it is fairly well established with all the amenities a town might need.
(Also to be noted: This Role Play is a continuation of
this thread. Due to losing too many members, we felt it best to start a new thread. Previous events can be read in the synopsis, or if you'd like a more detailed version, feel free to read through the previous thread.)
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.: Story :.
Mutants. Humans born with unnatural abilities and/or appearances. Nobody knows why it happens, really, but it's been going on since long before anybody alive was around. Genetics seem to play a small part in it, as one or more mutant parents seem to heighten the chances of a child being born as one, but it can also occur with no known mutant heredity in the family tree. Neither does there seem to be much rhyme or reason as to what mutations are developed. Sometimes it can be genetic, with a child inheriting a parent's mutation, but other times they may be born with a different mutation.
The how or the why the mutation happens, however, is not important. What is important is that mutants are both a minority, and considered to be 'different' by the normal humans. Because of this, they often treated as less than human by those who consider themselves 'normal'. The unluckiest ones are killed for fun or as an example. The lucky ones are forced to try and scrape together a living, oftentimes being allowed only the most menial of jobs and being given the lowest pay for doing them. Some revert to becoming outlaws, either out of necessity or a desire for wealth and power.
Unless, of course, you're really lucky. Those powerful enough and who have a willingness to turn on their own kind are often employed by the officials that run the cities and towns they live in. Their jobs are to both protect from outlaws, and to keep the other mutants residing there in line. In exchange for their utmost loyalty, they are given wealth, limited power, and respect. Of course, to the officials they work for, most are still considered pawns at best, expendable at worst, but they are treated as though they are high society and are given all the perks that go with it.
Things have been running like this since long before anyone can remember. For the most part, it has worked fairly well. A few mutant uprisings have sprung up here or there, but generally they are quickly quelled by the enforcers. That is, except for the uprising that happened a few years ago. A small settlement was nearly taken over when the mutants residing there tried to take control. They were, of course, stopped, but it left the officials feeling worried that it might cause others to attempt the same thing. Because of this, life became harsher for the mutant kind as they were now watched even more closely than before.
Out of fearfulness, many have complied, but perhaps the official's fears are not unmerited. There are whispers of a new revolution forming. At the moment they are little more than rumors, the talk of rambunctious young people hoping for change, but perhaps there could be something more to come of it, should the right people try to make it happen.
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.: Places of Interest :.
(Feel free to make suggestions for other places to add. Also if there is a place in particular related to your character that you would like to add, feel free to ask me to add it.)
Highwater Saloon - The town's local tavern. Also doubles somewhat as an inn, with a few rooms upstairs for guests to retire to. If you're looking for a place to have a drink or a halfway decent meal, play some cards and maybe enjoy the entertainment of a pretty tavern girl or two, this is the place to go. Note though that the tavern owner does not employ the women as whores, so if you're looking for that sort of entertainment, you'll either have to entice the girl of your desire or look elsewhere.
Town Hall - Where the city officials and enforcers have their offices and meetings. Also doubles as the courthouse where outlaws and rogue mutants are put on trial.
Sherrif's Office/Jailhouse - Where criminals are kept. The building is your typical western jailhouse, though there is an area designed specifically for holding and containing more powerful mutants. The building is also always manned by enforcers to ensure that no mutants escape.
Blacksmith/Livery - Need a new horseshoe? Somewhere to keep your horse for the night? Need to trade your tired horse for a fresh one? Here is your one-stop shop for all of your horse-y needs. Also whatever other blacksmith needs you may have.
Highwater Bank - Where most folks keep their money. Or at least the ones that don't stuff it under their mattress. Also where you can make loans or sell property, that sort of thing.
Telegraph and Newspaper Office - Not so much a newspaper as it is a local gossip column. Sometimes there's news of other cities and towns in there too, however. Also if you need to send a telegram, this is the place to do it.
General Store/Town Market - Pretty much self-explanatory. A place to buy items such as extra ammo, bread, cloth, clothing, and other such supplies. If you need it, they probably have it and if they don't, it can likely be ordered.
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