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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 6047233" data-attributes="member: 52734"><p>Thinking about it, large bodies of water would probably be safe - seas and the great lakes probably being the best example. The aquafiers around big cities were probably contaminated at one time, but they've had about 10 years to recover. Small personal wells as well as rivers and creeks are potentially dangerous and may have "stagnated". Swamps may be breeding grounds for the virus. You probably don't want to visit New Orleans...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Mammal-based clothing (leather, wool) is probably out if not from active contamination, then the fear of contamination. Similar for plant-based clothing (cotton). Most cattle were domesticated, and probably died or went zombie within the first three months of the distaster. The remaining were probably either shot preemptively, eaten or otherwise destroyed. Zombie cows (or worse, bulls) are a handful, and they ain't passive. Finding a surviving cow would be a holy grail sort of event.</p><p></p><p>Reptile hide is probably the best material for making clothes - comsidered resistant to contamination (whether true or not). Gator hide would be a luxury, as you got to go to swamps to collect it (see above). I doubt any pre-apocalypse gator farms would have survived.</p><p></p><p>And then there is the question of skill - not many people know how to make their own clothing. Some will pick it up, but most will probably try and get by with whatever they can find in abandoned stores and whatnot; the question is, after 15 years, how much of that stuff hasn't yet been raided?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm thinking that average population is about 5 living individuals per square mile in a "populated" area. A town would be astonishing to have a population of 100; even more exciting would be if there was someone under 15 years old (i.e., born during the apocalypse and has survived).</p><p></p><p>Existing cities and towns are mostly shells; there'd be a few scavengers brave enough to stay but they seem to attract zombies in hordes. Planned communities are also shunned for the same reason. Most survivors have set themselves up in a single house in a generally rural area or have retaken a small walled community of some sort with the aid of a necromancer. Necromancers still have to sleep, and most can't control or influence the dead while they do so, so any undead under their control have to be safely locked away or isolated during a rest period.</p><p></p><p>The great Necromancers don't seem to ever lose control over the dead, so they can support larger populations. Most (with perhaps the exception of the African and South American Necromancers) have recover a portion of a major city for their subjects to dwell in. However, their population is probably only a few hundred and concentrated in only a fraction of the former city's area.</p><p></p><p>Melbourne's population might be over 1,000 and growing - it's probably the largest concentration, though there's rumors that China's Necromancer has a tri-city area he controls that may be in the neighborhood of 5,000 living souls spread over the area.</p><p></p><p>No one's really sure how many folks there who have taken up a nomadic life to follow the dwindling supplies and keep ahead of the zombies. Most nomad groups have 10 or less members; a few survivors of the former caravan and biker gangers (who are now either on foot or have managed to somehow retain mounts - formerly wild mustangs and camels mostly) can't support groups much larger than 50 individuals. Some even hold lotteries when they acquire stragglers to see which new members are allowed to join in the group (some groups are even kind enough to not kill those who lose the lottery).</p><p></p><p>Most nomads don't have Necromancers; if they did, they probably would be able to settle down and "clear" an area for their use. Further, many nomads have a hatred or distrust of Necromancers for one reason or another - ranging from fear, prior betrayal or mistrust or even prejudice of them being unnatural or in league somehow with the zombies or the conspiratoral forces that created the apocalypse.</p><p></p><p>Also, I'd been thinking that some places (namely Europe) took a nuke or two in the early madness and attempt to contain the outbreak - with London and Paris both being craters (and hinting at where things may have started).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 6047233, member: 52734"] Thinking about it, large bodies of water would probably be safe - seas and the great lakes probably being the best example. The aquafiers around big cities were probably contaminated at one time, but they've had about 10 years to recover. Small personal wells as well as rivers and creeks are potentially dangerous and may have "stagnated". Swamps may be breeding grounds for the virus. You probably don't want to visit New Orleans... Mammal-based clothing (leather, wool) is probably out if not from active contamination, then the fear of contamination. Similar for plant-based clothing (cotton). Most cattle were domesticated, and probably died or went zombie within the first three months of the distaster. The remaining were probably either shot preemptively, eaten or otherwise destroyed. Zombie cows (or worse, bulls) are a handful, and they ain't passive. Finding a surviving cow would be a holy grail sort of event. Reptile hide is probably the best material for making clothes - comsidered resistant to contamination (whether true or not). Gator hide would be a luxury, as you got to go to swamps to collect it (see above). I doubt any pre-apocalypse gator farms would have survived. And then there is the question of skill - not many people know how to make their own clothing. Some will pick it up, but most will probably try and get by with whatever they can find in abandoned stores and whatnot; the question is, after 15 years, how much of that stuff hasn't yet been raided? I'm thinking that average population is about 5 living individuals per square mile in a "populated" area. A town would be astonishing to have a population of 100; even more exciting would be if there was someone under 15 years old (i.e., born during the apocalypse and has survived). Existing cities and towns are mostly shells; there'd be a few scavengers brave enough to stay but they seem to attract zombies in hordes. Planned communities are also shunned for the same reason. Most survivors have set themselves up in a single house in a generally rural area or have retaken a small walled community of some sort with the aid of a necromancer. Necromancers still have to sleep, and most can't control or influence the dead while they do so, so any undead under their control have to be safely locked away or isolated during a rest period. The great Necromancers don't seem to ever lose control over the dead, so they can support larger populations. Most (with perhaps the exception of the African and South American Necromancers) have recover a portion of a major city for their subjects to dwell in. However, their population is probably only a few hundred and concentrated in only a fraction of the former city's area. Melbourne's population might be over 1,000 and growing - it's probably the largest concentration, though there's rumors that China's Necromancer has a tri-city area he controls that may be in the neighborhood of 5,000 living souls spread over the area. No one's really sure how many folks there who have taken up a nomadic life to follow the dwindling supplies and keep ahead of the zombies. Most nomad groups have 10 or less members; a few survivors of the former caravan and biker gangers (who are now either on foot or have managed to somehow retain mounts - formerly wild mustangs and camels mostly) can't support groups much larger than 50 individuals. Some even hold lotteries when they acquire stragglers to see which new members are allowed to join in the group (some groups are even kind enough to not kill those who lose the lottery). Most nomads don't have Necromancers; if they did, they probably would be able to settle down and "clear" an area for their use. Further, many nomads have a hatred or distrust of Necromancers for one reason or another - ranging from fear, prior betrayal or mistrust or even prejudice of them being unnatural or in league somehow with the zombies or the conspiratoral forces that created the apocalypse. Also, I'd been thinking that some places (namely Europe) took a nuke or two in the early madness and attempt to contain the outbreak - with London and Paris both being craters (and hinting at where things may have started). [/QUOTE]
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