/ssss/ Stand still stay silent general - Best girl (male) edition

Last thread died hours ago so im taking it upon myself to start a new one.

General dedicated to the Stand Still, Stay Silent universe and various fan projects.

What is SSSS?

It's a webcomic that takes place 90 years after the end of the old world. Most of the surviving population of the Known world live in Iceland, the largest safe area in existence, while the settlements in the other Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland) are small and scarce.

Outside the safe areas, in the Silent World, countless mysterious and unspoken dangers lurk. Hunters, mages and cleansers will spend their lives defending the settlements against the terrifying beings. Because of a great fear towards everything in the Silent World no official attempts to explore the ruins of the old have been made, and most of the information about it has turned into ancient lore, known by few.

Finally, a research crew has been sent into the great unknown! A poorly funded and terribly unqualified crew, but a crew nonetheless.

Comic Homepage: sssscomic.com/?id=home
Begin the Story: sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=1

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Fan Projects In Progress:

Far East Setting Expansion
Poland Setting Expansion
Vikingr: A SSSS RPG

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Still looking for drawfags to polish up my maps.

Will be posting maps and lore soon

State of Alaska
Goverment type: Constitutional republic
Population: 33.500
Immunity: 22%
Economic base: Ore, oil and technology
Languages: English, Native tounges. Russian is taught as second language.
Religion: Orthodox 60% other christian 10% Native spiritualism/paganism 30%

Alaska is all that remains of the great superpower that was the united states. Its population crippeled, and scattered around several islands.
Still, the American spirit remains unbroken.

Alaska is rich in two things, ore and pre-plague technology.

During the days of the infection, the american goverment relocated large amounts of weapons, electronic, knowhow data and other valuables to the state. As well as moving the president and other high ranking peronel there aswell.

To this day, the presidency still rules from Alaska, with the old constitution and rights of the union still apllying. Albeit, with only one (crippeled) state remaining.

While vastly undermanned, the Alaskan army is the most technologically advanced in the Bering strait, respected even by the highly militarized kamchatkans.
The Alaskan fleet, while only containing a handful of the old pacific fleet, is still powerful enough to patrol the waters, and fight of infected sea-beasts.

Alaskan culture highly idealises americana of old (think fallout style, kinda), and Alaskans dream of one day restoring their great nation. Although more and more Russian influence has been creeping in due to trade and diplomacy. To the displeasure of many Alaskans.

Another uniting force is the Orthodox religion, which is the most widely practised religion in Alaska, while alreade consisting og 1/7 of the population in pre-sickness era, the religion skyrocketed after the orthodox faithful started displaying magical abilities. Primeraly warding off the trolls.

So, it was an STD that wiped out the rest of the world, but because Nordic countries are 90% gay they survived?

That doesn't make sense, because gays have the highest percentage of STD transmissions.

Vladivostok Krai
Goverment type: Hereditary precidency
Population 91.000
Immunity: 57%
Languages: Russian
Religion: Russian Orthodoxy 84%. Slavic paganism 16%
Largest settlements: Vladivostok City, Kamen-Rybolov

Because of its more southern position, Vladivostok Krai has taken the role of breadbasket on the community of Bering strait. Compared to the other states, Vladivostok can produce wheat and other crops in its reclaimed farmland. Fishing is still an invaluable food source though, with around 30% of the states food being covered by fish.

While lying about as south as Croatia, Vladivostok has a climate equivilent to that of scandinavia. This means that while not as cold as Kamchatka or other northern states, Vladivostok still enjoys some enviormental protection from the infected.

When combined with the presence of Vladivostoks national animal, and beloved cultural icon, the Siberian tiger. The unclaimed area is much safer compared to other parts of the silent world.

The tiger, like normal cats, has an uncanny ability to detect the infection and full immunity. The tigers regularily hunt infected animals and trolls, and because of its immunity, has no problem digesting and living off them.

This has made Siberian Tiger a cultural icon, beloved by children and the population as a whole. Especially amongst the pagan minority, who view it as an agent of the gods.

Vladivostok Krai is predominantly Orthodox Christian, there is a widespread belief that it is a holy duty to cleanse away the corrupted wilderness with fire and prayer.
As such, Vladivostok is very agressive in it cleansing expansion, and has made it a ambitious goal to retake their old coastline in its entirety within the next 50 years.

Vladivostok boasts the largest army in the Bering strait community, comprising over 30.000 troops. Primary armament is AK pattern of rifle, the largest stock of functioning AK's in the world. A well loved weapon shrouded in great tales and mysticism.

Great Kamchatka
Goverment type: Pseudo democracy
Population: 85.530
Immunity: 19%
Languages: Russian. Native kamchatkan languages
Religion: Slavic paganism. With a minority of orthodox and native tengrist faiths

Due to its isolation, and the natural defence if the permafrost, kamchatka was spared the blunt of the pandemic.

The area where the penisula conects to the mainland is covered in snow and frost year round, making it difficult or nearly imposible for trolls and infected beasts to cross

The kamtchatkans capitulize on this with the construction of the triple bastions. A series of fortresses, walls, fences and cleared minefields. These baricades, combined woth the harsh conditions, protect the population from the dangers of the mainland.

Kamchatkan russians mostly follow the old gods, of which Perun, Svarog and all the other major gods are populer.
Worship is fairly standardised, with a couple of standerized holy teksts, and a grand temple in the capital Petropavlovsk

One peculier Kamchatkan custom is the veneration of the minor deity Ded Moroz, the bringer of frost and winter. While assosiated with childrens stories and western notions of "santa claus" in the pre-plauge era, Ded Moroz has regained the respect a winter god of death deserves.
He is viewed as the savior and eternal guardian of the peninsuala, due to the harsh cold keeping trolls and grosslings away

9% of the poulation is still eastern orthodox, and in open communion with the patriarch in Vladivostok, and the autocephalous patriarchy of Alaska

Religious tensions are high, but mitigated by the fact that most orthodox live in their own oblasts.

Kamchatka is as heavily militarised as expected of a nation in a post rash world. Fights with invading trolls do take place at the northern forts. Due to their low immunity rate, Kamchatkan soldier wear gas masks at all times while old and archaic the image of the fearless masked kamchatkan soldier is iconic through the entire strait.

Sakhalin-Kuril oblast
Goverment type: Military council
Population: 28.460
Immunity: 36%
Languages: Russian. Ainu Japanese on southern islands.
Religion: Almost exclusivly Slavic paganism. >98%
Largest settlements: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Poronaysk, Severo-Kurilsk

Sakhalin-Kuril oblast might not seem like much, but due to its location and archipelogo nature, it has become a vital tradehub and seafaring nation.

Sakhalin is a seafaring nation first and foremost, and their culture is heavily tied to their boats, fishing and sea. The folk hero Vitus Berings is particularily populor in the island nation, and many Sakhalinians dream of a day where they can follow in his footsteps.

Sakhalin-Kuril fuels its economy through trade, fishing and tarrifs. They exclusivly control the trade routes from Vladivostok and other western nations to Kamchatka and Alaska in the east. This has made the Islands rich beyond proportion, but has also garnerned them jealousy and enemies.

In recent years, Sakhalin-Kuril has started cleansing and constructing colonies in the great southern island. Founding the settlement of Novo-Kiev. Their adventurous spirit driving them.

Sakhalin posseses the biggest fleet in the known world, perhaps only rivaled by the rumored empires in the west. It consists of a flotila of primitive wooden or metal boats, constructed after the great sickness, and the majority of the old Russian pacific fleet, which was captured from Vladivostok in a daring raid in the year 57.

The smaller newer vessels are ussually only armed with high caliber machine guns or small caliber auto-cannons. Usually purchased from neighboring nations.
Still, the might of the fleet is not to be underestimated. Sakhalin truly rules the waves

Religion in Sakhalinsk is almost exclusivly Slavic pagan, even amongst the Ainu people in the southern Islands and colony of Novo-Kiev. The Sakhalinians particularily revere sea spirits for obvious reasons.

Againt, if anyone with even basic artistic skills would take time to plish these up and make them look a e s t e t i c c
It would be greatly appreciated.

I like the idea of China somehow being surrounded by barely-surviving colonies, ever fearful of the Chinese giants

A few scattered Tibetan towns up in the highlands, simultaneously relishing freedom and fearing destruction. Some sherpa villages in the Himalayas, squashed between two of the most dangerous places on earth. Surviving Mongolians on the northern steppes, saved by the gobi, and, of course Vladivostok

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