The Last Island of Man ( Coldpunk, Open, OOC )

[Tedpilled Montana]

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Tedpilled Montana

Iceland, was always an isolated place. Relegated to the far reaches of the North sea, hugging just below the Arctic circle, it would take thousands of years for man to finally come upon this last stretch of frozen land. As history is a rhyme unto itself, it is fitting then that as this was one of the last places to be defiled by man, it will be the last place to suffer his end. When the bombs rained down forty years ago, destroying nearly all life on Earth, Iceland, like so much of it's past, had seemed to have been forgotten. All the world had killed themselves in a fit of atomic rage, a fate unknown to the denizens of Iceland when they'd awoken upon a misty morning in the spring of '83. Two generations had passed since Armageddon fell, and the survivors of that day would come learn that destruction had not passed them over - the last island of man, was not forgotten, it is merely the last place to go.

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Góðan daginn, and welcome to the Last Island of Man. On April 10th 1983, for reasons not entirely known to the denizens of Iceland, a nuclear war started and end in the hours between twilight and dawn, involving various nations and alliances. Iceland, for reasons unknown, seemed to have been sparred the destruction. Forty years have passed since the end of the world, and Iceland has had to contend with being completely isolated. Beyond the Faroese islands and a few settlements on Greenland's eastern coast, no survivors have been met or contacted; explorations into Europe and North America have reported back only dead, radioactive continents, ravaged by dust storms and were atomic fires over forty years old still burn. Just as much as it was saved by it's isolation, it was also trapped. 236,000 people living on an island were only 1% of the soil is arable, were 100% of the land is in either a tundra or sub-arctic biome, were trees have been an extremely endangered species for over a century, an island which had been racked by poverty and primitiveness until the dawn of global trade. The republic would collapse only a few months after Armageddon, unable to handle the famine, plagues, and violence which had begun to engulf the entire island. In the forty years since, only 100,000 people have managed to survive: the hardiest, most intelligent, and savage lot of humanity - you. You shall take the role of one of these survivors. Life doesn't give a set path to follow, and neither has Armageddon, you gonna have to figure it out on your own. Whether or not Iceland becomes the springboard for man to retake the world from, or becomes his final resting place will be dependent upon denizens.

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This is a sandbox, or rather, an icebox rp. There is no overarching story here - it's whatever you make it to be. That being said, you may have noticed the sparse amount of details about the forty years since Armageddon - that's because you are going to be allowed to fill in some of those details. If you have ideas for elements to the world you would like to add, please bring it forward. Groups, events, etc., any idea is welcome. Below are a few things to note on state Iceland at present, as well as it's recent history.

The Government collapsed a few months after Armageddon, due to it's inability to handle the numerous famines, plagues, and conflicts spreading across the island. No government has since been able to claim control over the island since the collapse of the old republic.

The IDF, Icelandic Defense Force, a battalion of mostly American military personnel, who constituted the single largest military body on the island at the time of Armageddon, would be destroyed shortly before the collapse of the government. Many frustrated citizens would blame the Americans for the destruction of the world, resulting in months of distrust and anger, culminating a riot that would overrun the IDF armory, and result in the deaths of hundreds of soldiers. Most of the soldiers would be killed in the riot, with the few survivors fleeing into obscurity.

Guns are very common in Iceland - about one firearm ( rifles and shotguns mostly ) for every three people. Bullets, however, have become something of a rarity over the last forty years. Charcoal being in extremely short supply in Iceland, bullet has been practically non-existent. In the place of firearms, most weapons have taken more primitive forms, such as: clubs, axes, knives, swords, spears, shields, bows, etc.

The Ring Road, or route 1, is a 1,300 kilometre long road that wraps around the island and connects to most major cities. Most other roads on the island are unpaved, or have been lost to nature over the last forty years.

The interior of the island ( those lands unconnected to the ring road ) is considered largely wild land. It is the coldest, most isolated part of the island. As it is separated from the island's most abundant food source, the sea, it has had to adopt different methods of providing for their needs, namely: herding, and pillaging ( or, as it is more commonly referred to, Avíking )

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Rules

1. General NS rules
2. You may not kill another player unless first given consent by the player, or I have given the okay
3. You may not respond on behalf of another player, or their actions. You may freely write the reactions of any unimportant NPC, so long as said NPC does not belong to any group which another play is control - and who has not given you the go ahead to do so.
4. There is no rule on time progression, but please and keep your posts with a time frame relatively close to everyone else.

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Character Profile

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[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Height and Weight:[/b]
[b]Skin, hair, and eye description:[/b]
[b]( Optional ) Picture:[/b]

[b]Profession:[/b]
[b]Level of education ( if any ):[/b]
[b]Religion:[/b]
[b]Physique description:[/b]
[b]Unique and useful skills ( keeping in mind, useful, as pertaining to your current environment ):[/b]
[b]Description of personality:[/b]

[b]Where in the world are you landing?:[/b]

[b]Autobiography/Biography ( paragraph minimum ):[/b]

[b]Extra Info ( optional ):[/b]

[b]Elements and ideas you would like to add to the story ( optional ):[/b]