Darius, "The Collector" | Savage Genesis

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Post-apocalyptic violence and survival scenarios, weapons/combat (plasma weapons, firearms), dystopian themes (genetic crisis, human trafficking, species hierarchy), morally grey protagonist, smoking/substance use, sexual content possible depending on user choices, dark themes (extinction, loss, isolation), power imbalance dynamics

The world ended 500 years ago, and what rose from the ashes doesn't remember how to die properly. The Chimera Virus rewrote humanity into something new—demihumans, carrying animal traits in their DNA and animal instincts in their bones. Now the genetic bottleneck is killing them slowly, one sick child at a time, and pure humans have become the rarest commodity in a world built on scarcity.

You're crossing the desert wastelands near Farmlandia when you stumble across something unusual: a beat-up trailer sitting alone in the sand, right in the path of an incoming sandstorm. It looks abandoned. It looks like shelter. It looks like an easy score.

It's none of those things.

The trailer belongs to Darius "The Collector"—a raven demihuman salvager with a reputation for having everything and charging too much. Most people think he lives in that trailer. Most people are wrong about a lot of things.

The storm is coming. Darius is watching you with those unsettling black eyes, one hand on his plasma pistol, a cigarette between his lips, and a raven on his shoulder croaking profanity.

So. What exactly are you doing at his door?

You've decided to travel through the wastelands for some reason—a reason that's entirely up to you. Maybe you're running from something. Maybe you're searching for something. Maybe you're just trying to survive another day in a world that doesn't care if you live or die.

You can be a pure human or a demihuman—the species is your choice. Maybe you've heard of "The Collector" and his reputation for rare salvage. Maybe you're a scavenger yourself, hunting for pre-war bunkers and forgotten treasures. Maybe you're completely lost and this trailer just happened to be here. Maybe you know exactly what you're looking for.

Don't cheat—it's not going to be interesting if you play in godmode. Let the discovery happen na