Guide to the Wastes An Encyclopedia of the Merican Spanse

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A Survivor's Introduction to the Wastes
Generic article | Jul 6, 2026

A guided introduction to the Merican Wastes for new readers.

The Fall
Generic article | Jul 6, 2026

The catastrophic collapse of human civilization, caused by a convergence of global warfare, elite economic strangling, the Infection,...

The Infection
Physical / Metaphysical Law | Jul 6, 2026

A fungal or biological force that both destroyed the old world and enabled the emergence of new life. The Infection exists within every...

Mortis Amaranthine
Physical / Metaphysical Law | Jul 6, 2026

The liminal dimension that exists within the mycelium network of the Infection, bridging the world of the living and the realm of the dead....

Necrology
Technology / Science | Jul 6, 2026

The post-apocalyptic science of studying and manipulating the Infection and the Mortis Amaranthine. Necrology is an advanced science unique...

Featured Articles

Murder Inc
Organization | Jul 6, 2026

A secretive, cell-based assassin organization that operates across the wasteland with the stated goal of bettering civilization through...

Church of Darwin
Organization | Jul 6, 2026

A post-apocalyptic religion built on the belief that the Fall was a necessary culling and that survival depends on embracing evolution,...

Sainthood of Ashes
Organization | Apr 7, 2026

A faith dedicated to compassion, knowledge, and relentless service, where the first saints rose from the ruins not with weapons but with...

Final Knights
Organization | Apr 7, 2026

A faith embracing the wasteland as a proving ground, believing the world is already damned and that judgment has already come. Followers...

Old York
Settlement | Apr 7, 2026

The shattered remains of a pre-fall east coast metropolis, now a flooded urban wasteland divided into four warring regions. Survivors...

Under Sea
Settlement | Apr 7, 2026

Once a great city before the fall, the Under Sea has become a strange amalgamation of a city above and a city below. A three-tiered...

Populated Settlements

Requiem
Settlement | Apr 7, 2026

A settlement of criminal families in the outskirts of Old York territory, ruled by a dictator called the High Lord Executioner. Once a year, the laws are suspended and the Families go to war.

Haze Hollow
Settlement | Jul 6, 2026

A mining outpost at the terminus of the Cinder Trail in the Pennsyltucky Wastes, built beside a pre-Fall mine fire that has only recently cooled enough to approach. The local Mortis is broken.

Steel Horse Crossing
Settlement | Jul 6, 2026

A bustling hub of industry in the Wisconsin wastes. Home to an active community of survivors.

New Bravado
Settlement | Apr 7, 2026

The Settlement of New Bravado, San Saba Region

Fort Seymour
Settlement | Jul 6, 2026

A trade settlement near Speedtown with no formal laws and a Raider Town reputation earned during the Ironworks conflict. Residents defend their own and deal with internal threats directly.

The Anvil
Geographic Location | Jul 6, 2026

A frontier territory on the shores of Hammer Inlet, established after the Booming Bay Incident. Its primary settlement Embersforge operates within the Hammer Inlet Coalition, attracting adventurers to what locals call the City of Adventure.

The Heartland
Geographic Location | Jul 6, 2026

A territory in the Middle West ruled by Full Dead families, built around the Rust River where mechanics salvage vehicle parts from a million rusting cars. Features the neutral trade hub of Bright, an amusement park turned settlement.

Mercy Pointe
Settlement | Jul 6, 2026

A settlement on the northern Great Lakes founded by the Wayfaring Strangers, built on the ruins of Driftwood Dover whose inhabitants vanished without explanation. Nine factions compete for influence.

Claimer's Quarry
Settlement | Apr 7, 2026

A settlement in the New Jersey wastes, also known as Barrens Reach.

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