Wichita Falls, Texas

"As Wichita falls, so falls Wichita Falls." 
==Introduction, Population, & Maps==
Population:
~700ish (95% Human, 5% Ghoul)
350 Blue-Yonders
250 Blue-Bloods (45 of which are Falkenstein Castle refugees)
50-100 Non-Affiliated Peoples
Wichita Falls, Wichita Fell, Wichita, Witch County, the city has garnered quite a few names and pronunciations over the years, as well as a reputation as a place worth having. It is historically inhabited by Blue-Yonders, a predominant tribal power in North Texas for centuries, but in recent decades other groups have begun calling Wichita their home. The sprinkled remains of the once powerful raider overlords in the Jets, and a new out-crop of emerging ‘Nazareth’ Blue-Bloods looking to carve a name for themselves in the region. 
The city proper is mostly occupied with different neighborhoods, but it’s more than large enough for a decent amount of stragglers and loners to make secluded spots in the city theirs, some of which try their hands at opening bars and other stores. The city's economy was once driven by agriculture and craftsmanship, but now industrious Blue-Bloods are attempting to build Wichita’s economy through low-level machinery. While the many airfields are religious monuments to the local Blue-Yonders, outside powers peer in, and see limitless potential with the pre-war information left behind still within the ruins. 
The Wichita River, Wichita Lake, Northside Canal, and other small bodies of water still persist. They are treated with respect, the locals careful to not over fish or further pollute these structures, and they allow for the agricultural achievements of both the locals, as well as the abundance of nature found within the area, especially in comparison to many of the more desolate parts of the wasteland. 
Those that visit mostly come to trade, but wanderers or scavengers might find something worth picking over in the ruins, and like any other settlement is always in need of helping hands for one reason or another. Perhaps the blue-bloods are looking for spare jousters for a tournament, or the more vengeful Blue-Yonders are placing personal bounties on particularly cruel Jets. 
Other marvels include the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, an old asylum, and a particularly strange breed of wastelander. While others scoff at the idea of leaving shade on cruelly hot days, every now and again some nutjob with a bicycle will venture to Wichita for a legendary pilgrimage. 
A historical hundred mile bike ride, the Hotter'N Hell Hundred was a pre-war tradition where every August, thousands of bicyclists would test their endurance in a way to honor the city's history, as the first ride commenced the 100th anniversary of the city. A triple entendre, it features a hundred miles, a hundred degree weather (common in Wichita around August), and the 100th anniversary. You would think this would kill almost anyone who attempts it, but surprisingly, the hardy bicycle riders tend to prepare well. They are more likely to be mauled by wild life than die from exposure or heat sickness. 
Onto the good stuff.
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==History== 
Wichita, Texas still holds onto it’s pre-war name, as well as several other traditions. Sadly, almost the entirety of its population was eliminated during the great war. Survivors fled from the radiation into the wilderness, while those that remained slowly transitioned into ghouls. Over a hundred years, infighting, raids, and other calamities such as tornadoes and droughts killed most of the pre-war ghouls sticking around. Wichita was a shell of its former self, with a dwindling population. 
During this same time period, the state of Oklahoma was suffering from severe wind storms. Oklahoma, relatively untouched in comparison to Texas, was now a dust bowl. Migratory peoples fled south, in an attempt to save their nomadic ways of life. One of these groups numbered in less than a hundred, and they were descendants of Native American tribes in the region, ironically enough, among them included members of the Wichita people. 
With the severe radiation in the region just starting to naturally reduce, the city of Wichita Falls was something of a god send. The river and lake provided two sources of water for agriculture, and numerous underground fortifications (each church, school, airport, and airforce base featured a rudimentary bunker in case of tornados or nuclear weapons) made Wichita Falls into their permanent homestead. They scavenged the city dry as they set up fortifications and residences of their own, taking over Memorial Stadium and other apartment buildings as residencies. 
The tribe was relatively prosperous. They dealt with famine, disease, droughts, and the occasional natural disaster, but their wileyness and ferocity meant that they were the big dog in an untapped region for close to a hundred years. They took on facets of the Falls, the jet planes and airports of the town seemed to take on religious attributes. The tribe forgot their name, and started worshiping the skies above. The Blue-Yonders were on their way to rebuilding the city, fortifying landmarks like the Newby-McMahon Building, and keeping the Forever-Painted horse fresh with new colors. 
As regional powers shifted, raiders became more and more prevalent. It was difficult fighting off night time raids, the city was large, and the tribe often found themselves spread out in frighteningly concerning ways. Decades ago, the Blue-Yonders finally succumbed to The Jets. It wasn't an outright slaughter, in that they were allowed to keep their culture, but they were treated like livestock by their new raider overlords. They were expelled by The Jets from their religious holy grounds, the Sheppard Air-Force Base & Kickapoo Downtown Airport, as well as anywhere else in the city The Jets found useful. They were now resigned to churches, schools, and stadiums to practice their own beliefs.
In recent years, The Jets and their influence over the city waned. Part of this was the Blue Bloods up north migrating closer and closer towards Wichita Falls from Oklahoma, until they sat on the border of the city. These Blue-Bloods were religious crusaders, and while the Jets could afford to push them back, they completely failed to ally themselves with the natives of Wichita. These aforementioned natives turned upon the Jets at the first oppurtunity, and between a rock and a hard place, the Jets were forced to abandon the air force base, having been successfully driven away from Wichita Falls after decades. 
The two groups have, in recent years, had an uneasy truce. Both have fought tooth and nail against the Jets, but the old adage (the enemy of my enemy is my friend) would not last long without a proper enemy. If this batch of Blue Bloods returned to Oklahoma proper, they would contend against adversaries that had the military powers to extinguish them. If they waged war against the proud wild Blue-Yonders, they would press on for years to try and remove them from the area. Not to mention The Jets lying in wait, some still remaining within the city proper. 
The Prince Bishop of the Blue Bloods and the Chieftain of the Blue-Yonders would make a pact. The Blue-Yonders son and the Blue-Bloods daughter would have an arranged marriage to tie their legacies together. While their cultures and religions would remain incompatible, the Blue’s would mix together, and become one in the years coming forward. There have been words of another marriage, as the two groups still have difficulties joining forces. 
Details of Truce
* One happy marriage
* The Blue-Yonders control the air force bases and airports in town. The Blue-Bloods control the churches and stadiums. Hospitals, schools, and industry are officially split 50/50. 
* All Falkenstein Castle refugees would become officially Blue-Bloods. (Note: They have not easily acclimated, and few Blue-Bloods consider them to be properly one of them)
* A combined military force is separate but equal. Units will have a mix and match of both sides' forces. Their one and only goal is to repel a potential full on Jet invasion.
==Geography and Nature== 
Wichita Falls is about 15 miles (24 km) south of the border with Oklahoma, 115 mi (185 km) northwest of Fort Worth, and 140 mi (230 km) southwest of Oklahoma City. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 70.71 square miles (183.1 km2), of which 70.69 square miles (183.1 km2) are land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km2) (0.03%) is covered by water. Wichita Falls experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), featuring long, very hot and humid summers, and cool winters. The city has some of the highest summer daily maximum temperatures in the entire U.S. outside of the Desert Southwest. 
The man-made Lake Wichita and natural Wichita River are the lowest points within Wichita Falls. The John G. Tower Elementary School just west of the Sheppard Airforce Base, the Cactus Hill Airport, and where 258 meets the Seymour Highway, are the highest grounds in Wichita Falls. It would take about three and a half hours to walk from one of the most northern points in town, Sheppards Air Force Base, to one of the southernmost, Lake Wichita. From west to east the town's landmarks seem to really stretch on forever, it can take almost 6 hours to get from the Double Tap Ranch to the Sale Barn Cowboy Church on foot. Even with its relatively large population, the town’s communities can seem very small and isolated from each other. 
Wichita Falls is located at the north end of the West Texas Rolling Plains, which is pretty darn accurate a name as far as biomes go. It’s mostly flat, even the dips and dives barely amount to a hundred and fifty feet. Rivers run west to east, breaking apart rangelands composed of diverse grasses, oats, perennial forbs, and legumes. Bushes and shrubs stick out around the rivers and lakes like sore thumbs, and include redberry juniper, yucca, hackberry, plum, shin oak, agarito, catclaw acacia, lime prickly ash, heck, there's too many to count practically. Mesquite grasslands are the bread and butter of Wichita County in general. The few trees that remain in Wichita Falls are rather diverse, consisting of American Elm, ButtonWillow, Pecan, and Cottonwood. 
A lot of prewar agriculture has remained, yet grown wild and has started to undo the domestication of thousands of years undergone by centuries of farmers. Wheat, Cotton, and Milo fields where they exist go on for seemingly forever. The rangeland of the region was once filled with cattle ranches. Those same cattle have now grown two heads and tend to roam free, large packs of Brahmen often followed by hunters who depend on them for sustenance. While wildlife has overtaken man in numbers, animals still seem few and far between, with Pronghorn Antelopes being a rare sight.
White-tailed deer, Rio Grande Turkeys, Bobwhites, scaled quail, mourning doves, collared peccary, and a variety of song birds, small mammals, waterfowl, shorebirds, reptiles, and amphibians are found crossing through city limits at times. 
==The City Proper + Landmarks== 
Wichita Falls, is for the most part, a bombed out industrial north Texas city. It has lots of big building rubble and invading wildlife retaking the urban environment. Most of the buildings are not suitable for entry, let alone living inside. The buildings that are still standing were patched with scrap metal and wooden boards by the Blue-Yonders over the years, who do their best to retain the city's character. They themselves have built numerous straw huts and grass lodges, sometimes up to 30 feet in diameter. They have also built tin shacks, and set up tents to fill in the gaps provided by their growing housing needs.
If the city had a mascot outside of the airports and air force base, it just might be ‘The World’s Littlest Skyscraper’, or the Newby–McMahon Building. Built long ago, it’s reputation may have changed after the war, perhaps it's the only skyscraper left standing? The Blue-Yonders have kept it mostly standing, they graffiti art pieces onto it and sometimes huck wares in front of the building, which is typically unoccupied, it may one day serve as a government building or storefront as Wichita Falls needs grow.  
There are fishing piers, boats, and nets placed strategically around the rivers and bodies of water in the area. White & hybrid striped bass, channel catfish, sunfish, and white crappie are the typical catches. Small irrigation channels lead from rivers and canals to different farms and ranches spread throughout the area, each of which is trying to get as much edible vegetation and food as possible. 
The town's population is mainly made up of neighborhoods of Blue-Yonders and Blue-Bloods, small enclaves of peoples who live almost entirely self-sustaining existences. While some of these neighborhoods are composed entirely of one group or another, most actually feature shared communities, who utilize each other's strengths in new ways. Some find this cultural exchange enlightening, while others shake their heads at what they see as their culture eroding. 
Most of the town population resides in one of the following clusters; Kickapoo Downtown Airport, Memorial Stadium, the town center, Lake Wichita, Wichita River, North Side Canal, Holiday Creek, Sheppards Air Force Base, and the eastern & western ends of town all have faces on the street at most times of day. The rest of the town is very quiet, with people found few and far between, mostly consisting of citizens moving from hub to hub. Blue-Bloods and Blue-Yonders alike will spend their free time traveling several hours to say hi to a relative or to do business on the other side of town, only to walk back after only twenty minutes of conversation. When traveling west to east, it is often easier to take a boat down one of the rivers and canals cutting across town. 
Of these neighborhoods, the airports are Blue-Yonder communities, the stadiums and raceways are Blue-Blood, and the rest are fairly evenly split amongst both groups. There are about 12 neighborhoods in total, each of which has around twenty to a hundred people.
Wildlife and plants roam and grow free among the many parks in Wichita Falls. These locations faced a significant boom after recovering from the nuclear blasts, having the proper groundwork to revitalize much faster than the concrete jungles in the main city. People reside within these parks, but mainly they are utilized as food rations and hunting grounds for spare meals when the fishing, hunting, and wheat fields go awry. The list of parks and forests utilized by the locals goes on and on. Visit Lake Wichita Park, Lucy Park, French Country Farms, Harold Jones Park, Lakeside City Park, Triple D Dog Ranch, the Wild Bird Rescue, The Hill, Hoskins Field, Chat Trail, Dog Park, Weeks Park, Loch Lomond Park, Ben Donnell Park, River Creek Golf Course, Northwest Texas Field & Stream, and the Double Tap Ranch to find some intrepid local trying to live off the land, or better yet, a whole grouping of them residing in grass lodges they assembled just the other afternoon. 
Like any Texan city, Wichita Falls is overrun with churches for different denominations, typically Christ. Listing them all off would be a fool's errand, but due to the Blue Truce, they are all now technically the property of the Blue Bloods. Prior to this, they were mostly exclusively used by Blue-Yonders to celebrate their own religious ceremonies. The Blue-Blood clergy has gone to work revitalizing the best condition churches and temples, which now resemble shrines built to worship avians and thunderclouds more than your typical christian church would. The Blue-Yonders prefer having their airports and air bases, but many still utilize the under used religious buildings in the area when the need calls. This is a point of contention amongst some Blue-Bloods, who view this as unfair, as stepping onto the airports or airbase without due diligence could cause significant animosity, whereas the Blue-Yonders church activity is basically considered a laughing matter. Much less talked about is the divide between hospitals and clinics between the two. While no one has gone far enough to outright deny someone medical attention based on their background, who knows when a shortage of supplies or disease will strike, causing possible further tension amongst the populace. 
Wichita Falls is home to the aviation industry, as well as a United States Air Force base. This was a huge economic boon before the war, it contains Kickapoo Downtown Airport, Wichita Falls Regional Airport, Tom Danahar Airport, and Sheppard Air Force Base. All of these locations have airplanes and other aviation technology in different states of disarray, and all of them are occupied by the Blue-Yonder. The runways are now cracked with tall grass and weeds growing incessantly, but they still maintain these grounds to the best of their ability, using kids gloves as they painstakingly preserve an entire history of man made flight and aeronautics. Many of their beloved artifacts were damaged or destroyed by the Jets, and they are still repairing many of them in a hope to return them to their former glories. Arconic, a lightweight metal producer also known as Howmet Aerospace, and the United States Postal Service headquarters inside Sheppard Air Force Base are all included within the Blue-Yonders grasp over the city's main industry.
Along with churches, Wichita Falls thankfully had an abundance of public education, with more than enough elementary and high schools for the current city's population. These schools were roughly divided down the middle in terms of ownership, but capable educators within the city were rather hard to find. Thus, for many of the small communities in Wichita Falls, they have co-ed schools with Blue-Blood and Blue-Yonder students sharing the same classrooms. Education, of course, is reserved for those too young to work, and the primary goal is certain elders within both groups teaching the essentials of life to those entrusted to carry on their traditions. The primary one is Midwestern State University, sadly no longer a domain of higher education. Instead, it teaches a mix of Blue-Yonder and Blue-Blood focused education, which funnily enough has led to a well rounded youth among those still young enough to focus on their education in these areas. 
The Blue-Bloods control Vitro on the north side of town, once a Mexican owned glass company, it is slowly being reformatted into a small but functional post-apocalyptic factory, a very difficult ongoing process still in its early stages. Along with Vitro, the Blue-Bloods have eyes on revitalizing other industrial hot spots in Wichita Falls. Amongst them are the remains of the Coyote Ranch Resort, Russell Fireworks, Wichita Falls Recycling, Castaway Cove Waterpark, a Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum, and the Lazy Dog Saloon, all seemingly diamonds in the rough to their mercantile eyes. 
Last but not least, one could not forget Haskins Stadium and Kay Yeager Coliseum. In very good condition all things considered, and now the sole property of the Blue Bloods, the stadium houses a hundred citizens, as well as jousting and other renaissance activities. It wears many hats, on an average day the local blue-blood peasantry might never leave, as it’s workbenches, smithies, restaurants, stalls, and goats grazing on the football field require countless hours to maintain. Some weeks it will temporarily remodel it's arena to serve for baseball or football, but almost anyone in the wasteland can come by here for a relaxing day in the stands if they so choose. 
==Nazareth Blue-Bloods== 
Relatively new to the region, the Blue-Bloods are outcasts from an Oklahoma dynasty. A former baron, Cotton Lee, thought he was lord material, and after trying to set off on his own for more land, was summarily turned into an outcast by the rest of his family. He and his clan roamed the wastes for three years, before pushing into the north of Wichita Falls. There they made headway against the Jets, hoping to use Wichita as the base of their future engagements.
They are, in many ways, cookie cutter post apocalyptic feudalists, heavily modeling themselves after Western European monarchies. Some ghouls have found them remarkably similar to a renaissance fair in attitude and dress. As devout Christians, they share barely any religious similarities between them and the Blue-Yonders, and their Catholic traditions have extended into their marital, domestic, and foreign policies. 
They dress and carry themselves as if they were royalty, this tendency has even stretched down to the peasantry among them, who cherish gold and fineries almost as much as their nobility. 
The marriage pact between them and the Blue-Yonders has gone relatively well, but roadblocks have emerged. A child has yet to bear fruit, and with cultural differences becoming more apparent by the day, they hope that some relief will be placed upon them before scuffles break out. 
Last but not least, about 50 members of the Blue-Bloods are actually Falkenstein Castle refugees, before it was ever turned to Fort New Mecca. These folks have trouble adapting to the environment around them. They are seen as the same Blue-Bloods as the Nazareths by the Blue-Yonders, but those same Nazareths have not exactly opened up doors for them to integrate. Rather than a proper home amongst them, these Falkenstein settlers are squeezed on edges of the town. They are divided, half of them inhabiting the Double Tap Ranch on the western edge of town, and the other half sitting on the Sale Barn Cowboy Church and Coyote Ranch Resort on the eastern side. Their future in town is murky, with many thinking of packing up and setting sail for greener pastures.
==Blue-Yonder Religion== 
The Blue-Yonders religion and culture is primarily based around the sky, with aeroplanes and the culture of aviation as key elements. Saints include Amelia Earhart and the Wright Brothers, with North Carolina license plates and aviator goggles seen as prized possessions. Birds are spiritual animals to them, possessing the blessing of ‘avier’, and the few birds in the wasteland are seen as holy omens. They frequently use feathers and beaked masks in cultural ceremonies, and make statues and small sculptures of birds. 
The Sky, their main deity, is both a powerful creator and force of great destruction. Rain, winds, and clouds are all controlled by them. Many of their core religious elements are based on real world meteorology and aerodynamics. Tornados are the wrath of sea devils in the gulf, while ‘avier’, or the characteristics that allow flight, is considered a divine blessing. Rain is the clouds crying when they realize they have taken too much of the earth's water, fog is when a cloud gets cold and comes to hug the air for warmth, and thunderstorms are the skies' anger. This anger often results in natural calamities, and depending on their severity, blame is placed on different entities. 
The Wright Brothers are the men first blessed with Avier, and receive an almost abrahamic reputation. That being said, Amelia Aerhart is often seen as the patron saint, as she became one with the Sky in her journeys, never to return to earth. The Red Baron is considered the greatest warrior, but there are countless debates, as the range and knowledge of dog fighters is surprisingly in-depth among the Blue-Yonders.
They use devices that measure air pressure, moisture, temperature, and wind speeds. They then interpret these signals as good or bad omens, which are then used in part to predict the Sky’s will. Wind socks are utilized both for their typical purpose, but also as dream catchers and warding charms. Their figures of speech are littered with references to wind and nature. Phrases such as go with the wind and right as rain are commonly used in their day to day lexicon. 
The arrival of Jets & Blue-Bloods in the area have been problematic for both their religion and sense of self. The Jets took over their religious holy land for decades, and while doing so attempted to stomp out their traditions and beliefs. Many artifacts and holy symbols were destroyed or stolen, the Jets themselves shared much of the same iconography as the Blue-Yonders. As a result, the Blue-Yonders moved much of their worship to the areas remaining churches and schools. These same schools and churches were then handed off to the Blue-Bloods after their combined forces drove off the Jets. Most buildings the Blue-Bloods currently inhabit were used on and off again by the Blue-Yanders for a century, and are still rife with their heirlooms and symbolism. 
After twenty years of suppression, the religious clergy of their religion are now starting from square one yet again. They are starting to see tremors of doubt amongst their people, and fear their once prosperous way of life is starting to slowly fade away.
==Blue-Yonder Culture==
The Blue-Yonders are somewhat known for their musical tendencies. Rain dances and religious events aside, quite a few of the tribe use their adept skills in string and drum instruments to perform music at social and military events. Their style is rooted in a mix of more traditional military and Native American music, but many artists in the tribe's history have had their hand in songs reminiscent of gospel, rock and roll, folk, and country.
Artists and craftsmen do not have a plethora of tools at their disposal. They have gotten used to recreating old world staples with the limited tools at their disposal. They whittle, paint, tattoo, carve, and often sing acapella because their only drum broke and there's no spare animal hide to fix it. Most of the imagery they produce has some religious or personal significance to them, sketchings of loved ones, paintings of storms, and sculptures of avians. Ceramic pottery is often made to be sold to traveling merchants. They even decorate the prewar buildings in town, turning gargoyles into crows. The world's smallest skyscraper has a depiction of a tree up to the top floor, where many prewar birds nest among the leaves.
Their clothing is often just simple long sleeve dark colored button ups, animal hide pants or woven trousers, and scavenged sneakers or newly weaved sandals. They accentuate their dress with large bolo ties, jewelry, and piercings. Almost everyone wears bracelets, beads, or other simple cloth amendments. Often they are created by a close friend or loved one. About half of the tribe wear their hair very long, whereas others have started picking up on wasteland trends, or reach back for a more classic look they saw in some faded magazine. 
People wear feathers in their hair, and sometimes have elaborate headdresses resembling birds for special occasions. Warriors and priests try to carry the aesthetic of ‘avier’, donning feathers and wearing wings when undergoing religious ceremonies or conducting raids. They wear animal teeth as accessories, and almost everyone has a simple tattoo somewhere on their body or face, typically solid and dotted lines and circles. 
They revere the tribe's youth, and often place great pressure on them to take lead and push for more in their lives. The tribal leaders' children are often approached first to settle disputes, and routinely make difficult decisions on their behalf. Most of the tribe participates in arranged, monogamous marriages, with some pairings made with theoretical children before they are even born. 
Blue-Yonders are proud of their accomplishments. They have created rudimentary gliding machines with only prewar knowledge. Their ability to maintain the jets and airplanes, as well as the more lived in sections of Wichita, are fairly impressive. In combat, without relying heavily on guns or vehicles, they have routinely beaten off raider bands over the years.
Agriculturally, they are adept farmers who have utilized two rivers and a lake well, some seasons they are even able to trade off excess food supplies. They still retain the hunter-gatherer sensibilities of their nomadic heritage, and are competent in medicine. Over the years they’ve achieved minor wasteland innovations, windmills to generate electricity, barometers, and other devices used to measure atmospheric changes and the weather.
==Blue-Yonder - Notable People & Naming Conventions==
Blue-Yonders share many of the same last names as their previous generations, with the scant few immigrants and new faces adopting names based on themes and saints they cherish. First names tend to be a grab bag of airplane parts, saints, birds, and the typical Biblical and American names found amongst wastelanders. Last names include,
Parton, Prince, Spybuck, Davila, Lonewolf, Miller, Zadoka, Bell, Adair, Swift, Goombi, Horsechief, Hunter, Lewis, McCurdy, Stephenson, Reeder, Roulain, Walker, Ahtone, Silverhorn, Williams, Saldana, Leonard, McAdams, Mathews, Edge, Ashley, Lefthand, May, Wolfe. 
Blue-Yonder Chief - [b]Winnie Zadoka[/b]: The chief, or pilot, of the Blue-Yonder tribe is Winnie Zadoka, a woman in her early thirties with a great deal of pressure on her shoulders. Having reigned over the tribe in one way or another since her childhood, she both experienced Wichita Falls pre-Jet invasion, and has been one of the sole people responsible for Wichita Falls future. They have kept much of the responsibility of the tribe away from her children, trying her best to personally carve out a path for the Blue-Yonders. 
She is relatively muscular, 5’10 with light-brown skin and long black hair, her typical outfit is a white button up with black trousers. Accessory wise, she is adorned with ribbons and bands, and for special occasions she has a large variety of headdresses and masks she wears out and about around the town during holidays and special occasions. 
Blue-Yonder Chief’s Son - [b]Turbine Zadoka[/b]: Turbine is about 16 years old, and unlike most of the other kids in Wichita Falls, has yet to take on much of his parents responsibilities. Rather, he does his best to get hands-on knowledge from the fishermen, hunters, and craftsmen of the tribe. He awaits his mother to put more responsibilities on his shoulders, and tries to enjoy himself while he still can.
He is a thin, cautious kid, who has great coordination and light-brown skin. His features are very striking, and on top of that, he prefers to mix pre-war clothing staples such as suits and ties with his own tribe's clothing. He has a collection of odds and ends in his position, and hands them out as trinkets to friends and relatives without a second thought. 
Blue-Yonder Chief’s Niece - [b]Amelia Goombi[/b]: Amelia is 9 years old. Her parents have effectively put all of their governing and social responsibilities upon her shoulders. She has officiated weddings, settled tax disputes, decided important awards, and handles many of the art projects within Wichita Falls. 
With all that in mind, Amelia is still just a kid, her brown hand-me-down dress is her preferred attire for ceremony, but otherwise she just wears whatever colorful bullshit she can find. Sometimes her parents will have to step in for the day, if she’s feeling tired or sick, but they would rather spend their time doing other things than menial government and ceremonial work. 
Blue-Yonder Warchief - [b]Jacob Lefthand[/b]: The Blue-Yonder warchief, or General, is about 25 years old, and is usually seen with at least one of his children following his heels. Recently, his wife has given birth to newborn twins and a gaggle of other infants, all under five. As a general, he had led efforts to repel the Jets since he was barely a teenager. As an adult, now with children of his own, and tired of fighting, he campaigns for peace whenever possible.
The opposite of a war hawk, Jacob Lefthand tries to go about town in regular clothes seen on a farmer or fisherman rather than war fatigues. Jacob is fairly pale for a Blue-Yonder, with a light brown skin tone, but what really makes him stand out are his tattoos, he is covered in circles and dot patterns, as well as symbols of birds, planes, and thunderbolts. He carries a longbow and quiver on his back, and typically has a pistol in his holster. Ever since they won the war against the Jets, he styles his hair in a short pompadour, embracing the old world style.
Blue-Yonder Head Shaman - [b]Wilbur Roulain[/b]: Roulain is usually tending to the numerous religious sites, the Sheppards Air Force Base and airports within town. He is in charge of preserving the jets and airplanes that have persisted throughout the years, as well as making weather predictions, reassuring the populace, and teaching both the youth and curious outsiders about their religion. 
Roulain rarely takes off his holy man clothing, he takes great pride in it, and spends a lot of time making sure it doesn't smell terrible when worn all day in awful hot weather. Dark brown feather wings, a hooded yellow beak, a chest of red plumage, and baggy red bell bottom pants with brown claw toed shoes. It looks quite groovy to outsiders, and it’s resemblance to a pre-war house finch is almost there. Roulain’s appearance is a bit of a mystery to some, while his gazing eyes peek out from underneath his beak mask, the rest of him is heavily obscured.
Blue-Yonder Chief’s Sister - [b]Canopy McCurdy[/b]: Canopy, unusually for a Blue-Yonder, was not married off. Even stranger, as a member of the Pilot’s family, her marriage rights were rather sought after. She was the only ‘single’ adult woman in Wichita Falls a few years ago when they finally pushed the Jets out. When the Blue-Bloods brought up the idea of a marriage to solidify their alliance, she was not only the first candidate, but practically the only available.
After a quick marriage to Arnold McCurdy, the Blue-Blood Lord’s brother, she has found herself torn between two worlds. They live in the town-center, where both Blue-Bloods and Blue-Yonders are ever present. Still, even with her people in shouting distance, she has started to feel like a stranger in her own home. It doesn't help that so far, her marriage with Arnold McCurdy has yet to bear children. With no blood relation, she worries that the Blue-Bloods and Blue-Yonders may not have strong ties to fall back on if issues were to arise, and that her arranged marriage was for naught. 
She is short, intelligent, and thinks probably far too much. She spends most of her time teaching and facilitating, and her large bun of hair is quickly spotted even in big crowds. She does not solve many problems, but does adjourn issues until a proper solution can be found.
==Nazareth Blue-Bloods - Notable People & Naming Conventions==
The Blue-Bloods in Wichita all utilize the last names of their pre-war ancestors whenever possible, and prefer to name their children after historical figures, fairy tales, and close relatives. Last names include, but are not limited too, 
Lee, Garibaldi, Lucien, Amadeus, Ferdinand, Rhinehard, Baptist, Xavier, Sousa, Cuthbert, Pereira, Alrick, Killian, Nazareth, Bonaventure, Martin, Alfonso, Ademir, Barrows, Bruno, Iago, Corte-Real, Dorado, Gomes, Lowe.
Blue-Blood Lord - [B]Jackie G. Nazareth[/B] - The Lord, or Prince Bishop, is none other than Jackie G. Nazareth. Jackie wears a large, red velvet cloak on top of his dark green suit. He has medium length, curly hair and a meticulous groomed appearance, with a naturally tan skin tone and quick, measured movements. He goes about his day pressuring others to follow up on he and his father (Cotton Lee’s) accomplishments, and is not afraid to lead by example, taking over duties to ensure they are done correctly.
His main focus is supposed to be the Blue-Blood military, but he has almost completely turned his eye to fixing infrastructure development in the area, down to the tiniest details. That being said, he and the rest of his army were more than capable in driving off their portion of the Jets, and his whiplash anger, formed by building frustrations, can often catch you off-guard and alarmed. 
Blue-Blood Lord’s Brother - [B]Arnold McCurdy[/B] - Arnold is a pale, tall, slightly chubby individual. He wears a large, gold cross necklace on top of his green tunic, with a simple black robe, sword, and sheaf in his possession at all times. He keeps his hair short and tidy, his blonde crew cut stands unwavering over the years. Boldly, in battle he led many of the Nazareth Knights himself, particularly in recent years against the Jets and their near mastery of modern firearms and post-war tactics. 
He is supposed to be in charge of the economy, industry, and agriculture of the Nazareth Blue-Bloods, but these three fields have almost completely been taken over by Prince Bishop Nazareth, Pinocchio Rhinehard, and Oliver Carey at Twisted Treasures. He has an arranged marriage to Canopy Zadoka, sister of the Blue-Yonder chief, in an attempt to calm relations with the Blue-Yonders. With his free time you would expect him to be an attentive husband, but the marriage has had a rocky start, with a child failing to bear fruit. Perhaps their age plays a role, both he and Canopy are both in their early 30s, almost ancient by some wasteland standards. 
Blue-Blood Lord’s Daughter - [B]Evelyn Nazareth[/B] - Evelyn is pale, with long braided dark brown hair, often adorned with flowers. Her small nose, almond eyes, and symmetrical face leads to a strong resemblance to her mother. Her white and gray dresses are in perfect condition, and thus her favorites. While her father and his war band have been on the warpath, Evelyn has lived a rather privileged and secluded life, her and her mother have always been safely out of distance of gunfire and turmoil. 
She is very interested in the history of Wichita Falls, pre-war to the modern day, and is eager to make it her family's home. While she is only about 15, she is trying her best to be a considerate ambassador for her family, cooking meals and sewing dresses for the women within her group. Rumors of an arranged marriage trouble her, as ‘finding love’ is a common theme in the many fairy-tales the Nazareth Blue-Bloods recite to their children.
Blue-Blood Lords Chief Physician - [B]Melissa Gomes[/B] - Melissa is a dark skinned, younger woman with long curly hair, the left side tied and the other half let loose. Unlike many of her fellow Blue-Bloods, she prefers the sterility of a white lab coat over an elaborate get-up. That being said, she has something of a ‘hazmat’ suit for emergencies, a literal plague doctor costume. It has gotten some compliments from Blue-Yonders, who she thinks do not get the full idea behind it.
Even though she is young, she is otherworldly bitter, having experienced far too much blood shed, death, and disease to ever enjoy her day. In fact, any day with peace and quiet is a rarity. She is still looking after amputees and gunshot victims from the war with the Jets. On top of that, almost every Blue-Blood childbirth, cold, and everyday ailment is her responsibility. Capable wandering medics can make quite a bit of change by giving her an off-day. 
Blue-Blood Lords Cardinal - [B]Pinocchio Rhinehard[/B] - Pinnochio is a religious scholar first and foremost, or at least that's what it seems like. He has a near encyclopedic knowledge of the bible and other religious texts, and even has a rough understanding of local tribal religions and customs. A religious zealot, he has little tolerance for those that don’t follow his version of Catholicism, and frequently holds his tongue to be polite. Everything he does is in the name of god and country, and his responsibilities are almost exclusively tied to helping the Blue-Blood community connect with their deity.
An aging, pale man defined by his wrinkled, care-worn face and thinning white hair. As a high-ranking public official, Frollo is most frequently dressed in a black and purple robe, gold rings, and red tasseled tricorn hat. (i accidentally made him Frollo from Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Blue-Blood Lord's Nephew - [B]Lionel Bonaventure[/B] - Bonaventure is a sun-tanned boy with gelled dirty blonde hair and a relaxed attitude. He wears a rather goofy costume, provided by his mother naturally, of a white blouse, oversized purple jacket, and a set of reading glasses in his breast pocket. 
Lionel is only ten. But as the oldest boy in the next generation in the Nazareth Blue-Bloods, he is being groomed as an heir first and foremost. His life consists of book learning, fencing lessons, congeniality, table manners, and reading bedtime stories to his younger relatives. A rather secluded life has led to some interesting thoughts on the wasteland, including Blue-Blood & Blue-Yonder relations. The boy is often lost in thought and in the clouds, it is difficult to retain his attention for long, and the lessons he must learn often requires a considerable amount of focus. 
==Ghouls & Outsiders==
And I guess other people live here too. The city is home to anywhere from fifty to a hundred stragglers. It’s difficult to keep account of them, as they tend to go and leave as they please, with no strings to tie them to Wichita. Most of the flesh and blood humans living in the city keep to themselves, identifying as introverted survivalists with little need for human contact. Of the humans in the city, about a dozen or less are former or current members of The Jets. Left behind by their bosses when they lost, or perhaps choosing a life in the ruins over a return to The Crag, their reasons to stay here are a mystery. Blue-Bloods and Blue-Yonders alike would be troubled with their presence, and those with sharp memories might even be able to recognize one of their old tormentors from a distance.
Almost all of the ghouls within the city don’t ally themselves with Blue-Yonder or Blue-Blood directly. Among these figures is Cotton Hill, owner of the Lazy Dog Saloon, one of the few drinking establishments standing in Wichita Falls. The Lazy Dog Saloon is a nice place to catch a drink and speak with someone who won't shoot you on sight at the very least.  According to Cotton Hill, less than ten survivors of the original Wichita Falls population are alive to this day, if you don’t count the feral ghouls.
If Cotton Hill is to be believed, he is over 300 years old, had killed fifty men as a pre-war soldier, and has never lied in his life. He is very confusing, holding onto prewar bigotry and toxicity that is almost like the ramblings of a maniac to your wasteland ears. Rather short, having lost his shins defending the country, he barely stands tall enough to look over the bar to serve drinks. Cotton is a fair and honorable person who is a bit of a peace keeper amongst the outsiders. Allegedly his good for nothing son is still kicking, but everything Cotton says should be taken with a grain of salt. 
Max Power is a bit of a rumor amongst the outsiders in Wichita. According to Cotton Hill he doesn't exist, and is simply the psychic energy of a pre-war TV show theme song still reverberating in people's minds, causing hallucinations and false sightings. Most of the patrons in the bar admit to having run into a figure like Max Power at least once in their time in the ruins. The following points seem attached to his legacy. 
1. He's the man
2. Nobody snuggles with max power, you strap yourself in and feel the Gs
3. A name that you love to touch, but you mustn't touch
==Shops==
Twisted Treasures Trading Post - As the forefront of the Blue-Blood economy in Wichita Falls, the store owner Oliver Carey does his best to be welcoming to the out of towners. Securing trade routes and developing good economic relations are his main responsibilities, and all out of a small shop with a small warehouse behind it. 
Oliver is well dressed and clean shaven, he wears a black frilled jacket with a white collar and white cuffs, and on top of his short brown hair lies a black beret, with brass butterfly pendants stitched in. They are fairly pale skinned, with a long face and nose, as well as brown eyes and thin eyebrows. 
Their shop, Twisted Treasures, is filled to the brim with different Blue Blood trade goods, almost all marketed to incoming caravans looking to buy in bulk. Intrepid adventurers may find his selection of rarities and odds and ends disappointing, but surely are able to stock up on supplies and weapons for the road ahead.
His store is an open air booth operating out of a former fashion and music shop, ‘Alley Cat Vintage Mercantile’. Many Blue-Yonders do not utilize the building's new name, even while browsing wares and chatting with the store's proprietor Oliver Cary. The front of the building is reminiscent of a medieval shop, whereas most of the inside is just stacks upon stacks of provisions sealed away. 
Below is the store inventory. Much of this inventory on sale was pilfered by Falkenstein Castle refugees as they fled the castle.
(OOC Note- Please message me for item and inventory ideas you would think fit both this settlement and Blue-Bloods as a group.)
Food
- 4 Loaves of Bread: 1 small hide
- 4 Cobs of Corn/Maize: 1 small hide
- 1 Bottle of Purified Water: 1 small hide
- 3 Cabbages (pickled): 1 small hide
- 4 Kilograms of Flour: 1 hide
- 1 Beer (Pre-War Quality): 1 hide
- 1 Bag of Grapes: 1 large hide (Grapes are expensive)
- 1 Bottle of Wine: 1 large hide
Melee
- Mace (Tier 2): 3 Large Hides
- Sword (Training/Scrap): 1 Large Hide
- Sword (Tier 2, PC): 2 Large Hides
- Sword (Tier 3, GC): 6 Large Hides
- Glaive (Tier 3, GC): 5 large hides
- The Lance of Sovereign Knowledge (Tier 1): 1 large hide - The Bluebloods of Wichita Falls brought with them their peculiar art of pot-metal blacksmithing and have put themselves to use crafting weapons of war for the Blue Yonders. This weapon is a 10 foot long lance, supported with electrical tape and cords of wood. At it's deadly end is the tail-fins of an exploded piece of ordinance from some ancient battlefield, now resurrected as a cruder form of war. 
Firearms
(All weapons here are Well-Made)
- Gunpowder Pistol: 1 hide
- Flintlock musket w/ Bayonet: 2 large hides (this item seems to have gathered quite a bit of dust)
- Homemade Sawed-off Shotgun: 2 large hides
Other
- Gunpowder Mine: 1 hide (these things can be produced like hotcakes).
- Glass Grenade: 1 hide each
Armor & Clothes
- Light Fur Coat (Tier 1): 1 large hide, 1 small hide
- Renaissance Faire Garb (Tier 1): 1 large Hide
- Scrap armor: 1 large hide, 1 small hide
- Chainmail (Tier 2):  2 large hides, 1 small hide
Actually Scientific Stuff 
- Laser Musket - 2 large Hides, +20 Reputation for taking it off his hands
- 4 Energy Cells: 4 large Hides (!!)
Witch City Peculiarities - Most Blue-Yonders tend to sell their wares themselves to a particular merchant or caravan that they like. They might even wait weeks, holding onto excess merchandise, just to do so. It’s hard to find many willing to sell anything interesting to strangers, they consider it poor honor to break these unofficial contracts. Jay Ashley, short for Jaybird Boeing Ashley, is one of the few traders in town that doesn’t wait for anyone ‘peculiar’ to sell too. However, they also are not the easiest to track down. A ‘roving’ merchant, Jay Ashley moves about Witch City doing their own business, good thing they keep their wares on them in a large olive-drab air force knapsack.
She has biplane earrings, long black hair running to her shoulders, kind eyes, and dark brown skin. Her preferred dress is a very long poncho that stretches down to her knees, with red and white flowers emblazoned all over. Beneath it is what seems to be blue jeans and cowboy boots, but her appearance tends to change with mood, so it's sometimes hard to recognize her. Her wardrobe includes pre-war dresses, suits, and the standard clothing of most Blue-Yonders, while for ceremony she dons an air-force pilot jumpsuit with an oxygen mask. 
Adept at small talk, even her friends tire of her weaseling info out of you without even seeming like it. Along with smooth talking, she’s good at hunting, fishing, farming, and crafting, Jaybird is something of a jack-of-all-trades. They have numerous connections within the city and their tribe, and even a working relationship with Twisted Treasures. While most Blue-Yonders won’t sell to a stranger, Jay Ashley might be able to get them to circumvent their trust issues for you if you seem like a friendly face with good intentions. 
The wares they sell are stuff that the rest of her kinfolk might not find too useful, or have in such an abundance that Jay basically pilfered with the price she paid. Try not to get too excited about what she has in stock, a couple objects might catch your eye, but the old adage one man's trash is another man's treasure applies heavily to her mobile storefront. 
Food & Drink
* Skybars: Small hide for one, Hide for 3
* Small Handful of Atomic Fireballs: Hide
* Dr Pepper Bottle: Large hide (Temporal disturbance)
* Hill Billy Joose: Small hide
Weaponry
* Ka-Bar (Tier 2, GC): 3 Large hides
* Set of Bolas (Tier 1, GC): Large hide
* Stone Throwing Knives (Tier 1, GC): Large hide & Hide
* Gunstock War Club (Tier 2, GC): 3 Large hides
* Browning Hi-Power (Tier 3, GC): 8 Large hides
* Snubnose Revolver (Tier 2): 4 Large hides
Clothes & Armor
* Air Force Officers Uniform (Tier 2, PC): 2 Large hides, 1 Hide
* Handmade Crow Costume (Tier 2, GC): 3 Large hides
* Dress Boots: Large hide
* Octopus Necklace: Small hide
* Prom Outfit: Large hide
* Jets Leather Armor (Tier 2, PC): 2 Large hides
Other Stuff
* Paper Airplanes: Small hide
* Texas Flag Stamp: Small hide
* Naughty Holotape: Hide
* Farm to Diesel Fuel Conversion Guide: Large hide
* French Recipe Book: Hide
* Small Raven Idol: Small hide
* King James Bible: Small hide
* Key to the City of Wichita Falls: Hide
* True Love Test (rarity): 2 Large hides
* Autohack Blueberry Pocket PI (Rarity): 4 Large Hides
* Electric Off-Road Scooter (Rarity): 6 Large Hides
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