Queensland
Known as the Frontier of the Australian continent. Queensland is a transitional region bleeding from the burning, irradiated western wastes into civilized eastern farming territory. Natural One and Accensorite populations maintain hunting packs and farming communities across the region.
The most distinctive feature of Queensland is the Bird Borders: strategically placed forests of fruit-bearing trees designed to attract Engorged Cassowary birds. The massive birds' sharp claws and aggressive territorial nature cause them to attack anything that approaches from the outward territories, living or dead. The undead stumble into the bird zones and are shredded before they can reach the farming communities beyond. It is a living defense barrier, maintained not by walls or weapons but by the territorial rage of eight-foot predatory birds.
When Cassowary populations grow too large and begin to threaten inward travel, Natural One tribes and Tribes of the Season conduct organized hunts as a rite of adulthood. Youth prove their worth by bringing back talismans made from Cassowary claws. This tradition serves a practical purpose: it maintains balance between the bird populations, human populations, and available food sources. A youth who can face down an eight-foot raptor and return with its claw has earned the right to be called an adult.
The balance between predator, prey, and people is maintained by tradition rather than technology. The frontier endures because its defenders understood that the most dangerous wildlife on the continent could be turned into an ally with nothing more than fruit trees and patience.
The most distinctive feature of Queensland is the Bird Borders: strategically placed forests of fruit-bearing trees designed to attract Engorged Cassowary birds. The massive birds' sharp claws and aggressive territorial nature cause them to attack anything that approaches from the outward territories, living or dead. The undead stumble into the bird zones and are shredded before they can reach the farming communities beyond. It is a living defense barrier, maintained not by walls or weapons but by the territorial rage of eight-foot predatory birds.
When Cassowary populations grow too large and begin to threaten inward travel, Natural One tribes and Tribes of the Season conduct organized hunts as a rite of adulthood. Youth prove their worth by bringing back talismans made from Cassowary claws. This tradition serves a practical purpose: it maintains balance between the bird populations, human populations, and available food sources. A youth who can face down an eight-foot raptor and return with its claw has earned the right to be called an adult.
The balance between predator, prey, and people is maintained by tradition rather than technology. The frontier endures because its defenders understood that the most dangerous wildlife on the continent could be turned into an ally with nothing more than fruit trees and patience.
