Abandoned Village

The abandoned village was once a thriving town on Clan Crovovich land. The village functioned as an autonomous polity and elected its own mayor. However, the townspeople were still under contract with the Crovovich family to supply blood.

By the time the players arrived at the village, it had been abandoned for many years. The first un-living soul they came across was Billy Butcherson. Billy, now a zombie, had been enslaved and experimented on by Death Positive Industries. At some point he had escaped the slave mines in the east and returned to find his once beloved village and family long gone. Presumably, they were victims of The Harrowing.

Billy's time as mayor ended in tragedy. Below the village, Dr. Dima had begun experimenting with population control by poisoning the village's well circa Solar Year 10. Under pressure from Lord Dredd, Dr. Dima's experiments went awry when Billy and others started going insane from the well-water. The experiments were, unbeknownst to Dr. Dima, the first step in Operation Dessert Storm.

Mayor Billy began to arm the village in order to fight off any invasion from Durno. He was captured and turned over to Captain Harvey Stone by his own villagers. Untold horrors awaited him in the east.

While attempting to communicate with Billy, the players were confronted by Tex Hex and his skeletal minions. He referred to Billy as a "slave" and "property" that belonged to Death Positive Industries. Tex Hex was soundly defeated by the group and his skull was kept by Vega.