Pale Shelter
Faction: Lizard Gang
Faction Role: Gecko
Faction Rank: 9
Chain: SOL
Availability: On auction August 23rd, 6 PM UTC
The NEO-Budapest Triangle, a colossal megalopolis built, out of the remnants of Old Europa. A city like no other, rising into the purple sky, sinking deep into the earth below its streets. Criss-crossed with arterial tunnels that supply the underworld with everything from
the shroom itself, to tech, weapons, and on occasion, something much, much darker; humans.
Pale Shelter, a product of this underworld, harbours a history as twisted and layered as the tunnels she now calls home. An escapee from the vile clutches of human trafficking, she bears scars that are more than skin-deep.
Traded as a child between the upper echelons of NEO-Budapest, she grew to know the tunnels of the underworld as she was flipped back and forth from faction to faction. Years passed, and with each trade, with each journey underground, to be passed over to another brute, she memorised the tunnels, waiting for her moment. Then with a resolve honed by pain and a mind sharpened by despair, she broke free. A leap of faith into the gaping maw of an unknown tunnel marked her passage from victim to survivor.
Time in the tunnels, months scavenging, mastering the art of survival, learning the language of the dark and honing her skills from stealth to combat. All the while, all this time, thinking she had gone unnoticed, thinking she was unseen, able to creep and stalk and disappear, she did not know, could not comprehend, how the Lizards see all.
They came to her one night, and invited her into their midst, to run the tunnels, with the knowledge she had acquired first hand, escaping her captors, and fighting for her life. Now she stands as testament to the resilience of spirit, and how the idea of revenge can fuel even the most broken of souls. More than just a survivor, a beacon of grit and resolve in the face of humanity's fall.
Now, her small frame is growing, her broken mind is reforming, her destroyed spirit is regrouping and her future is reborn in the dark of the tunnels, but also in the light of their freedom. She remains a gecko for now, but whispers as high up the chain of command as the Serpentes have been heard, and they say she is destined for great things.