World of Despair #0

Pat McKenna

Maison d'édition: NPC Comics

Synopsis

LANDER: Safety is a word rarely used in the City of Despair. During daylight hours your chances of surviving until sunset are fifty/fifty; a flip of a coin. a
coin whose sides represent life or death. Only the most dangerous and most experienced inhabitants ever venture out under the cloak of darkness. of those that are brave enough to put foot to pavement during those hours, none have ever dared to stop and figure the odds…
SEEKER: None alive know when the “new dark age” began, or what caused it. Only that this is a time of fear, suspicion, ignorance and violence. The remnants of the old world exist as flooded cities and ancient Technology misconstrued as Magic. Creatures man-made & natural Roam the empty spaces; With Mankind nearly extinct, nature Has asserted herself. Humans live by one law: Survive. These are the journeys of the Seeker as he maps the wilderness.

Disponible depuis: 17/01/2023.

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