Earth-9241

**Earth-9241**, also known as the **Horizon** universe, is an Earth that exists in the Multiverse in the World Protection Security Agency stories. It was once the home of the **Old Ones**, technologically-advanced humans who lived in this world from 10,000 B.C. to 2066 A.D. One of those known residents is the Nora huntress Aloy.

## Background

Humanity by the mid-21st century was a technologically advanced civilization, having designed and built incredible scientific feats. Foremost among these was advanced robotics, from artificial intelligence and self-replicating robots to enormous war machines that would eventually supplant entire armies.

However, the world was not one of peace and prosperity--nations found their power eroded by sovereign corporations, climate change led to massive environmental damage and displacement, unemployment was at record highs due to automation, and the accessibility of robots designed for warfare made conflict frequent and widespread.

## Present

Over the course of centuries, Earth was restored by GAIA and her subroutines. Once-ravaged continents and poisoned seas were returned to a habitable state. The atmosphere became breathable again, and animals soon roamed the lands once more. By the 31st century, the humans that came about as a result of Project Zero Dawn were unable to progress beyond a tribal level of technology because of the APOLLO purge centuries ago.

Humanity's once-great cities lay in ruins, reclaimed by nature -- evidence of a civilization long forgotten, now called "The Old Ones." Even though centuries have passed, much of the technology left behind still remains in a functional state, including many of the Project Zero Dawn holographic files, the last known record of what led to the Old Ones' destruction. Their ruins are avoided by some tribes while others see them as a valuable source of salvage. Further, each tribe holds different beliefs about what brought on the demise of the Old Ones.

## Culture

Both nations and corporations waged war with each other due to the proliferation of military robotics, and the automation of many industries led to a global unemployment crisis. During the 2050s, many young Americans migrated to China seeking employment in the form of manual labor.

Severe climate change led to the destruction of several nations, including New Zealand, Panama and the Azores. This spurred an increase in green technologies and environmental cleanup efforts, in turn leading to even greater dependence on robotics and automation.

Holographic technologies dominated social and cultural networks, as evidenced by the many holograms left behind in ruins.

## Former Organizations

### Corporate Entities

* Allseeing.holo
* Atlatl Club
* Cheesyheart Pizza & Subs
* Destin
* EZVenue Staffing
* Far Zenith
* Faro Automated Solutions
* FBMobiHal Global
* FreshGrounds Coffee Global
* General Synthetics
* Get There
* Great Lakes Combat Solutions
* Hartz-Timor Energy Combine
* Holoskins Daily
* HoloVay-K
* Indo-Malay Agricultural Combine
* LiftSpin
* Mechbooker
* Melville Island Fruit Association
* Metallurgic International
* Miriam Technologies
* PuniTech Inc.
* RECorp
* Robar
* TG Communications
* VeetEats
* Xiaolu Lunar Resources, Inc.
* YumNow

### Other Groups

* 1Earth
* Center for the Liberation of Bodiless Intelligence
* Idiot Army
* Naysay Doom
* Social Welfare Research Institute
* Wheel of Life

## Known Locations

### WPSA: Horizon Zero Dawn

#### Sacred Lands (Nora)

* Mother's Cradle
* Mother's Crown
* Mother's Heart (capital)
* Mother's Rise
* Mother's Watch
* Mother's Vigil (abandoned)
* Devil's Grief (erstwhile Denver, Colorado)
* Devil's Thirst (erstwhile Colorado Springs, Colorado)
* UltraWeave Bunker
* Elysium Bunker
* The Grave-Hoard (erstwhile U.S. Robot Command)

#### Sundom (Carja/Shadow Carja)

* Gatelands
* The Jewel
* Meridian
* Rustwash
* Sun Furrows
* Sun-Steps
* Maker's End (erstwhile Faro Automated Solutions)
* GAIA Prime
* Sylens' Workshop
* Sunfall
* Sun-Ring (erstwhile Orbital Launch Base)
* Zero Dawn Project Facility
* Eclipse main base

#### The Cut (Banuk)

* Battery Facility (part of Firebreak)
* Deep Din
* Drone Hangar
* Firebreak Facility
* Greycatch
* Keener's Rock
* Longnotch
* Ourea's Retreat
* Snowchants Hunting Grounds
* Song's Edge
* Stone-Yield Camp

### WPSA-Exclusive Locations

* Spear Point (erstwhile San Bernardino, California)

### WPSA: Horizon Forbidden West

* Sheerside Mountains (erstwhile Mt. Diablo)
* Salt Bite (erstwhile Linden, California)
* Dry Yearn (erstwhile La Grange, California)
* High Turning (erstwhile Coulterville, California)
* Scalding Spear (erstwhile Montpelier, California)
* Barren Light (erstwhile Shaver Lake, California)
* Raintrace (erstwhile Patterson, California)
* The Valley of the Fallen (erstwhile Port Watsonville, California)

## Known Inhabitants

* Aloy
* Sylens
* Helis (Deceased)