#Echrostory

[echrosia]

YOU ARE NOW ENTERING:

- I'm not quite sure why they allowed me entry.

- Honestly I don't think it's worth questioning.

- I managed to make my way across the border, and that's all that matters...

- Even if I lost my freedom by doing so.

- Ah well.

- I had to start somehow, didn't I?

Echrosia is a dark, frostbitten authoritarian state. Several small towns and villages, loosely connected via pathways and trainlines (for citizens only). The borders are blocked, and all citizens answer to the whims of the Dictator.

The Dictator forces them to work far more than any human reasonably could. This strain and pressure has led the people to uncovering a new way to solve their workers crisis: Necromancy, increasing the size of the workforce exponentially.

This is how it has been for generations upon generations. The spirits of the people are broken, and revolution seems impossible.

But one day, a stranger arrives in this place. Hardened and ready for whatever challenges face them. This stranger has a simple goal:

To free the people of Echrosia... through the power of DANCE!!!

[ Original dialogue written by Spudward ]

Project co-owned by Spudward, @unshulf, @pocketpennytm, @kinderedgeisc00t, and [ The rest of the team will be added as we figure out their Tumblrs. ]

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We hope you manage to stay safe in Echrosia, for there are many things afoot- ghouls, ghost, zombies, machines, things, and even tax collectors. Be wary, and remember to keep dancing.

[echrosia]

Meet Kartofell! The scare(d)crow.

Within the empty land that rests between points of interest in Echrosia, there is a point where the blizzard calms.

Here rests a farm.

Whether this phenomenon is why the farm was built here, or a result of the farm, is hard to discern.

On the night of the Harvest Moon, the scarecrows rise from their duty of... scaring crows, and instead harvest the crops. This night-long endeavor creates a *lot* of food for the Echrosian populus, even if it has the unfortunate downside of being state-funded and therefore directly fueling the Dictatorship.

But someone needs to watch over the farm for the rest of the year!

Kartofell is, as alluded to earlier, a scarecrow, and also the watcher and resident of this farm. They're a rather anxious individual, though due to their isolated lifestyle it's hard to blame them for being a little nervous when the Dancer swings by.

They don't really have much to do nowadays, quite frankly. They live alone, befriend crows (because they bloody well aren't scaring them), sometimes brew tea they can't actually drink just as a hobby.

However, that isn't to say their life is all dull! The famed Skellington, who we'll absolutely get to describing sometime soon because he's a DOOZY, is their brother after all! Technically. Both of them were raised by the same Necromancer (do not question how a scarecrow is undead, there's definitely no lore here I'm keeping from you <3), therefore making them a part of the family!

Furthermore, Kartofell seems to have some sort of a bond with a rogue necromancer, of sorts. I'm sure this won't ever come up again.

Kartofell only fights the Dancer due to orders from their Necromancer, and is doing double-duty whilst doing so; the other scarecrows are ready to just kill the Dancer, which Kartofell won't allow! This is an honourable dance battle, after all.

They give the Dancer their number. The Dancer does not have a phone. Whoops.