Lore 2: The Difference; The way of life of the poor divide

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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE POOR DIVIDE

Every morning, the poor wake up to smells beyond bearable to their nose but what is this to them after smelling it for years?

In the poor divide, what is justice? What is choice? What is fairness? What is humility? What is friendship or family ties?… What is life?

However, in this divide, there exist some who do are strong enough to possess great values. Eventually, these are the people who make it to form an underground cult, to lead the poor into an arms race to bring order to the world.

 

In this cult are

Techies:

These are the people you wanna work with when it comes to making anything you can ever imagine as a weapon or a tool to help you with a task or mission. Commission them to make what you have in mind for 8 intelligence and 2 days of lead time. Explore your creativity!

Researchers:

These are the people that never leave the bunker. All their lives, they spend it on their research on making an ultimate bio-weapon and potions and one in particular, that grants immunity to anything possible on this planet. It is still in the making and results aren’t very positive at the moment.

The Preachers

These group of people posses somewhat supernatural powers. They are able to glance into the future and past but only for a very limited time period; 1 min in the past and 5 mins into the future. And because of this power that they have, they also are able to motivate the people to keep them going and fighting for their cause; to take down the force field and overthrow the Rich.

The leaders

They are the ones who managed to escape from the rich because of the strong determination and wits they have. They also know a lot about the Rich and thus, are able to make well-informed decisions. Behind the driving force of this campaign is a man by the name, Reynolds. He seldom have long speeches but each time he delivers one, it was motivational and enough to keep the Poor going.

 

About the Poor Divide:

Transport:

In this humble region, everything is made from high quality eco-friendly recycled materials. The most basic form of transport is a hydraulic legs assisted mechanism that all the Poor wear. This device can then attached to other forms of transport modes such as a super solar powered hover board and a bicycle. The whole unit is auto-regulated in that it uses solar and air resistance to charge and power all devices. The catch is that the moment these devices cross the force field, everything disintegrates, leaving only the footwear so the Rich wouldn’t know of the technology that the Poor divide possess. There are no cars whatsoever, but there are airships armed with weapons so destructive it can wipe out the entire planet. These ships are known to be hidden deep inside the many tunnels in the Poor divide.

Housing:

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The Poor live in semi-sunken houses, the top part harnesses the radiation from the force field and is also solar powered. It is also an escape pod that allows up to 5 people to fit inside it. These houses are all well camouflaged as “attap” houses on the outside. Of course, the occupants sleeping and living area is at the bottom half of the house. You must be wondering how is it that the Poor can be so well equipped and high-tech. This is all thanks to The Researchers efforts.

Vegetation:

All food sources are grown in green houses and secured facilities, that are 100% organic. Similarly, these are powered by solar energy and radiation from the force field. The seeds were smuggled from the Rich each time someone from that side gets banished to the Poor divide.

 

In short, the Poor divide are poor because of the lack of many rights and are subjected to the Riches Authoritarian regime. Every week, the Rich would snatch away 30 people for their cannibalistic desires. In a way, the Rich knows of the smuggling of seeds but close an eye because they want the meat they get to be well nourished before they eat them. How sick!  Those in the Poor divide live in fear everyday but it is because of this fear that drive them forward in their cause to take down the force field and wipe out the Rich.

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Isaac Chu

Chuwy to the Potter. I don't chew well and neither do I pottery.

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