4/28/2023 0 Comments Scavengers anime![]() Turns out the fence itself is the salvage they're after. They're seen cutting through a chain link fence, ostensibly looking for salvage. Post-Chaos Day, one Judge Dredd story centred around a group of these scavenging through some ruins.Wasteland has ruin runners, people who scavenge for trade. ![]() A can of unspoiled peaches was worth far more than a gold bar. In a twist, many scavenged for 'useless' stuff like jewels and cash and gold, because The Penguin had a line on food to the outside and knew Gotham would come back sooner or later. Many people left behind in the ravaged Gotham City in the Batman: No Man's Land storyline.That would be an entirely different trope. That doesn't mean all Scavengers Are Scum, however. Expect Disaster Scavengers to frequently be Reduced to Ratburgers when their scavenging attempts fail to turn up other food. If multiple groups come into conflict, you'll have an Archaeological Arms Race on your hands. In a Cosy Catastrophe, this character is likely to be The Scrounger, and if they live near the coast they're Salvage Pirates. He invariably catches the thief and gets his things back, and more often than not befriends the thief, usually a grimy child survivor, and getting a Morality Pet and Side Kick out of it, who can also vouch for him with the rest of the Untrusting Community. They usually get into conflict with heroes like The Drifter by trying to steal his guns. ![]() The Elephant in the Living Room for such a society is that eventually, as with any non-renewable resource, you're going to run out of workable stuff that the previous society left behind. The result is that they end up making things worse by creating mistrust and animosity, hampering any efforts to rebuild their community and set the world right, dooming themselves and others to dying in droves. "Scavenging" tends to include stealing as well, and Disaster Scavengers are ready and willing to steal anything that isn't nailed down or on fire, even if it's vital to beating the Big Bad or restoring the world. While most heroes in these settings are Disaster Scavengers to an extent, they differ from rank-and file-scavengers because they haven't given up on the dream of a better world. A staple of Scavenger Worlds set After the End, the Disaster Scavengers are just that, people who have resorted to scavenging for food, clothes, medicine, and supplies from the rubble of their once prosperous world.
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