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This article is about the signature character. For the designer, see Noble Savage (Developer).

Overview

Noble Savage
Forlorn Leader
Zone	First Ward
Coordinates	(1826, 102, -2429)
Level Range	20-29
Introduced By	Palatine
Introduces	Katie Douglas
Enemy Groups	Apparitions The Awakened D.U.S.T. The Possessed
Requires First Ward Zone Pack.
v • d • e

Noble Savage is a Praetorian contact in the Eltentown neighborhood of First Ward at coordinates (1826, 102, -2429).  His level range is 20-29. He also is located in the back of the Resistance Base in Underground Neutropolis.

Praetorian characters may find him:

• in Aaron Walker's arc The Savage Man (Levels 15-20)

All characters may find him:

• multiple times in Palatine's arc, Abused and Scorned Tho' We May Be, as an Elite Boss and an Ally (Levels 20-29)

Introductions

Contact Introduced By

• Palatine

Contact Introduces

• Katie Douglas

Look, Character, Katie Douglas is a bit of a...problem child. I know, I shouldn't judge, right? But if the stories are true, her psychic powers and her history have left her a bit unhinged and, no, I don't care if you're still telepathically-eavesdropping on us, Katie. Anyhow, Character, keep an eye on her, okay? We need her on our side.

Well, look at that. She was listening all along.

Psychics. You can find her near the Sunken City.

Information

Praetoria City:

+++ Missing Information +++

First Ward:

Forlorn Leader

Distraught over his transformation into a cybernetic monstrosity, the Noble Savage has teamed up with Demetrios Vasilikos to help those whose lives were also ruined by Praetor Berry's experiments. He sees himself as the defender of the defenseless, the sheriff of First Ward, and the protector of both the Forlorn and Ghouls alike. He will not rest until justice has been done, and Praetor Berry pays for his crimes against humanity. But one thing at a time, for now he has to concentrate on keeping his people safe.

Prior to Introduction

Missing Prior to Introduction Dialogue

Initial Contact

Praetoria City:

You talk to me like I am still a man. But I'm not anymore. Now I'm a monster! A MONSTER!!! I can no longer help Praetoria. Men, women, and even children scream in terror when I venture above these tunnels. They show me that I am no longer human. I can never be a man again, so why should I act like one? If they see a monster, then I WILL BE THAT MONSTER THEY FEAR!

No. No, I will not become that which I hate. But I can not live like this either. You you have more humanity than I do. Please. Please use that humanity and grant one small request.

First Ward:

Character! Between you and me, I'm not sure what to make of all this. First, Demetrios' death gives me leadership of the Forlorn, and now the Palatine of the Compound appoints me as its new Hetman. Had you heard that? The 'new Hetman' bit, I mean. The last time my kind had made an alliance with those that opposed the Emperor's regime...

...let's just say it didn't end well. We found ourselves trading one kind of enslavement for another. But this - this feels different.

Greeting

• How's it going, Character?
• You've got some time?

Too Busy

Missing Too Busy Dialogue

Too Low Level

Missing Too Low Level Dialogue

No More Missions

Praetoria City:

I have no more requests, Character. Now it is time to repay your kindness by helping the people of Praetoria City. Perhaps we shall see each other again.

First Ward:

I can't of anything else you can do for me, Character. You've done plenty already.

Descriptions

Praetoria City:

The form of a savage monster hides the heart of a noble hero. Betrayed by those he trusted, the Noble Savage has risen above thoughts of vengeance and still seeks to serve the people he swore to protect. Even if they believe he is who they need protection from.

First Ward:

Distraught over his transformation into a cybernetic monstrosity, the Noble Savage has teamed up with Demetrios Vasilikos to help those whose lives were also ruined by Praetor Berry's experiments. He sees himself as the defender of the defenseless, the sheriff of First Ward, and the protector of both the Forlorn and Ghouls alike. He will not rest until justice has been done, and Praetor Berry pays for his crimes against humanity. But one thing at a time, for now he has to concentrate on keeping his people safe.

Store

• None

Story Arc

The Only Good Day Was Yesterday (20-29)

Merit Rewards: This activity awards 7 Reward Merits.

Souvenir

It started as a simple scavenger mission...

The Only Good Day Was Yesterday

...insofar as anything in First Ward is simple, at least. Soon, however, it became clear that D.U.S.T. had a crisis on its hands in the Free-Fire Zone. But after investigating several of their facilities, which were overrun with mutated Seers called the Awakened and the angry spirits of the Apparitions, it started to get...unclear. Noble Savage, the new Hetman of the Compound, decided to bring in an expert on psychic phenomena and set you to recruit Katie Douglas, perhaps more famously known as Seer 1381. But you weren't the only one looking for Katie. And Apparition, known only as the 'Surgeon', had piggybacked along with you, and now that you had led him to Katie he wanted to claim her for himself. Free of the Surgeon's influence you were able to dispatch the thing, though it didn't do much in the way of making a good first impression.

Part One: Ashes to Ashes

Briefing

The former Hetman's military uprising left both the Forlorn and the Compound in dire need of supplies; our defenses, weapons, and rations are depleted at levels that discomfort me. To this end, the Palatine and I have been sending out scavenger teams into the Ward, but they have met with little success.

Our last scavenger team never returned and I'd like you to find out what happened to them. And to bring back whatever they were after.

Well...one of them did return-- named Gully-- but he's one of the new Forlorn, his mind just recently restored. He's only managed to give the Palatine and I scattered details of what happened. Start by speaking with the Palatine...I think Gully's too afraid of upsetting me to give his full report.

• I'll speak to Anna about the lost scavenger team.

Good. I would have her advice both as my Palatine and someone that has traveled First Ward far and wide through the Shadowed Paths. Her insight is a rare thing... very rare indeed.

Speak to Anna Palatine

Unnecessary Solicitation

Character, there's really no time to waste. Speak to the Palatine about our lost scavenger team.

Mission Objective(s)

• Speak to Anna Palatine

Palatine

Speak to Gully, Last Word Scavenger

Unnecessary Solicitation

Get whatever intel there is from the Forlorn scavenger that returned, then move on it, Character.

Mission Objective(s)

• Speak to Gully, Last Word Scavenger

Gully

	Signal Drop
	The Compound made sure their scavenger team had a tracer-beacons with them, but their last tac-scanner has seen better days. According to its readings, though, whatever remains of the scavenger team is still at the D.U.S.T. munitions depot.

Search the Munitions Depot

Unnecessary Solicitation

Well, we know where the last scavenger team went missing. An old abandoned warehouse in the FFZ that D.U.S.T. has been using as a munitions depot. Tell me what you find there when you return.

Mission Objective(s)

You hear the familiar sounds of D.U.S.T. gunfire and Apparitional scream-whispers. According to the damaged tac-scanner, the only surviving scavengers are Rare Earth Magnet and VanderMeer...but something strange is interacting with the signals of their tracer-beacons.

• Search the Munitions Depot
  • 2 ammunition caches to be retrieved
  • Rescue Rare Earth Magnet
  • Rescue VanderMeer
  • Lead Rare Earth Magnet out!
  • Lead VanderMeer out!

While you managed to find the surviving members of the lost scavenger team, it looks like the Free-Fire Zone has more problems than a few Last Worders trying to steal some food and supplies from the area. A D.U.S.T. munitions depot was infested with Apparitions and Possessed. The whole of the D.U.S.T. Cell was in disarray, firing on their former allies.

Enemies

The Possessed
Apparitions
D.U.S.T.

Notable NPCs

• Rare Earth Magnet (Forlorn Hostage)
• VanderMeer (Forlorn Hostage)

This ammunitions cache is devoid of anything useful. It looks like it's been ransacked recently by the D.U.S.T. Rangers currently battling their possessed cell members.

You find an assortment of high-impact rounds, a few thump grenades, and a few special-issue D.U.S.T. micromunitions that might be able to be retrofitted for the Last Worders' weapons.

Ambush! Upon retrieving a batch of ammunition, you will be ambushed by a wave of D.U.S.T. and The Possessed. They will be hostile toward you and each other.

Debriefing

Your report of the Free-Fire Zone is troubling, Character. I've seen the Apparitions only from afar, or when my diagnostics deem it essential for my mortal mind to dream.

I'm surprised that D.U.S.T. can't hold the Apparitions off. They're crack troops, with persona safeguard training. That you saw so many of them possessed...we're missing something here, but I have some suspicions on where to start looking for possible answers. None of it negates resupply of the Compound, however.

Now don't get all misty-eyed when I say this, Character, but you're all right in my book. Granted, I hear the movie's better, but...well, yeah. You know what I'm trying to say. Come on, we've got more stuff to do.

Part Two: What We Bring With Us

Briefing

Theory time, Character. For years, D.U.S.T. has been using the Free-Fire Zone as a training ground, which loosely translates into live fire exercises against any and all targets that they can find there. They do this with the full but undisclosed support of some agency within the Cole regime back in Praetoria proper; one that funds them, equips them, and refills their ranks with fresh supersoldiers when necessary. They couldn't do this without being in contact with said agency.

Word from the FFZ is that a D.U.S.T. special operation science lab codenamed ARCLIGHT suddenly went Black Channel. Either their comms are down or there's no one home. Get into ARCLIGHT and find their communication records. We need to know what D.U.S.T. has told its upper command about the situation here and if they ever got a response. Someone in Praetoria may have a way to contain the Apparitions... or they may simply be sending in heavier forces. If things are really bad, then they may just be abandoning their cells out here altogether. In any case, we can't afford to be in the dark.

• We'll need something to bypass the Black Channel for this to work at all.

You're right. When you're inside ARCLIGHT, find a way to temporarily override the communications lockdown. Here, take this ghostband transceiver with you. With it, I'll be able to advise you from here. Good hunting, Character.

The Ghostband

Noble Savage gave you a ghostband transceiver that will allow you both a semblance of contact while you're in ARCLIGHT. He'll help you as best he can while you attempt to temporarily bypass the facility's Black Channeled communications network. From the look of the ghostband transceiver, it looks like Gully has been working hard on the Compound's technical gadgets to shed some of the guilt he still has from abandoning his scavenger team in the FFZ.

Unnecessary Solicitation

We've got to concentrate on ARCLIGHT right now, Character.

Mission Objective(s)

For a brief moment, your ghostband transceiver explodes into a chorus of screams and commands that you cannot parse. The insidious power of the Apparitions is at work here.

• Search ARCLIGHT
  • Override communications channel
  • 2 more comm arrays to access
  • Download files from Comm Station Array 01
  • Download files from Comm Station Array 02

You managed to enter ARCLIGHT and temporarily bypass the communications blackout long enough to download transmissions sent to and from various D.U.S.T. spec-ops cells in the Free-Fire Zone.

Enemies

The Possessed
Apparitions
The Awakened

Override successful.
Power temporarily restored to communications arrays.

Ambush! After overriding the communications channel, you will be ambushed by one wave of The Awakened.

Ambush! After defeating the first set of Comm Stations guards, you will be ambushed by one wave of The Awakened and one wave of The Possessed.

Comm Array Station 01

Compound Theory

From what you can piece together from ARCLIGHT's incoming transmissions, the Asylum ordered the retrieval of escaped Awakened from the Sunken City. The mission was a success, but shortly thereafter almost all of the D.U.S.T. facilities in or around the FFZ, including BETTERMOUSETRAP and D-SEC were compromised by the Apparitions. And when that happened, the Asylum-- or more properly, Praetor Tilman-- enacted the Black Channel Protocols, which effectively cut all communications down across the organization.

After entering next level:

Ambush! After defeating the second set of Comm Stations guards, you will be ambushed by one wave of The Possessed.

Comm Array Station 02

BETTERMOUSETRAP

This section of ARCLIGHT's outgoing logs is the most troubling: 'Our persona training is useless against these ghosts, especially when the Awakened keep hitting us with psychosocratic logic loops.' If D.U.S.T. can be compromised so easily, what chance does the Compound have? When you're finished here, it looks like your next stop is the D.U.S.T. medical facility code-named BETTERMOUSETRAP to see what their science teams discovered before the Black Channel cut them off from the rest of the Ward.

Debriefing

We'll get Gully and some of our more technical guys on these data retrievals, Character, but it's pretty evident that ARCLIGHT's last operation was a disaster. And that the next step is the BETTERMOUSETRAP medical facility. The Asylum is certainly frightened of these 'Awakened'.... enough for Praetor Tilman to condemn the very soldiers that reported their existence. We're going to need to stretch our resources even further.

Part Three: Visitation Rites

Briefing

So we know that a different spec-ops team from D.U.S.T. took some Awakened to the medical facility codenamed BETTERMOUSETRAP. According to the files you brought back, they were hoping to use its equipment to figure out how the Awakened could take over their Seers so easily... and whether there's any kind of procedure to remove or prevent it. We need to know if D.U.S.T. has any medical records on file regarding the Awakened and, if so, we need to retrieve them.

Trust me, once those psychic monstrosities are done with D.U.S.T. they're going to move out into the rest of First Ward. The Compound simply can't handle them.

• I'll find whatever medical records are there.

I hate to ask this of you, Character, but I need you to bring back any medical supplies you can find, as well. And one more thing: that ghostband transceiver we used at ARCLIGHT? Well, turns out that all its time in proximity to those Apparitions in there fried it. Gully has no idea why, but you're going to be without my help on this one.

Unnecessary solicitation:

Character, get your head in the game. I need you to retrieve any medical records D.U.S.T. may have on the Awakened.

Mission Objective(s)

It looks like D.U.S.T. abandoned this medical facility. The unnerving sensation of the Awakened moving freely about may explain why.

• Search BETTERMOUSETRAP
  • 2 medical supply caches to be retrieved
  • Access the Medical Records Terminal
  • Download Awakened medical records
  • Destroy the Surgeon and his Apparitions

You retrieved the medical supplies the Compound needs and, perhaps more importantly, all pertinent medical records regarding the Awakened, but they're fragmentary and mostly inconclusive. You have the feeling that you're going to have to call in an expert psychic to get much further.

Enemies

Apparitions
The Awakened
The Possessed

Notable NPCs

• The Surgeon (The Possessed Peculiar Leader)

You collect a sample of universal anti-toxins derived from some sea-creature native to the Sunken City.

Ambush! After retrieving the first sample, you are ambushed by one wave of The Awakened.

This supply cache contains an array of epidermal hyper-sealants and a few useful field medi-packs.

Ambush! After retrieving the second sample, you are ambushed by one wave of The Awakened.

Medical Records Terminal

	The Residency
	The possessed monstrosity that referred to itself as the 'Surgeon' was carrying a D.U.S.T. security clearance card. It identified the host body as one Dr. Jonas Fletcher, a graduate of the Neutropolis Academy of Applied Extragenics.

Debriefing

What the..? The medical records only really show that D.U.S.T. is playing theory time, too. The words 'inconclusive' and 'possible' are used about every third sentence. Hrmm.

There has to be some truth to it, though...between the dispatches you found at ARCLIGHT and these medical records is a connection that the Asylum doesn't want getting out at all.

Character, there is a reason that my...people call themselves the Forlorn. Even in the armpit of Cole's regime, where there's a monster around every corner, we're often looked on as the worst of 'em all. And we can't forget what we did back when we were...when we were rabid...so sometimes, at your worst, you start to believe the rest of the Warders. Look, I'm embarrassing myself. Your actions here in the gumbo have given the Forlorn some hope. I just wanted you to know that.

Finale: The Girl That Got Away

Briefing

We need to consult an expert on psychic phenomena. I know about mind control, but after that? Next to nothing. I'm going to assume that these Awakened are an immediate threat to the Compound, and our only psychic allies are those in the Carnival of Light. I understand the last Hetman shook that alliance up pretty bad, so I'd like you to speak to them on my behalf.

The one named Candlestick used his powers to confirm that the Palatine was real, correct? Start by talking to him.

• YESSIR, SIR! I CAN'T WAIT, SIR!

Um...

...good, I guess. I hope you're feeling all right, Character. We can't afford to lose you.

Speak to Candlestick about the Awakened

Unnecessary Solicitation:

So what did the shiny clown have to say? What, you're not finished speaking with him? Get back to it, Character. C'mon.

Mission Objective(s)

• Speak to Candlestick about the Awakened

Candlestick

Briefing

Eckery ackery, me ol' friend, you've come to get the skinny on those new bone polishers runnin' amok in the personascape, aren't ya now?

• What? I'm here to ask about the Awakened.

Thas' what I said now, ennit? Look, my coins are on it all bein' a con, these Awakened. They're Seers of a sort, and the Seer Network is one of the biggest cons of all.

• LOOK, JUST SPIT IT OUT, YOU FREAK!

Anger Management

What's wrong with you? That's twice now you've yelled at someone like a lunatic. Is First Ward and its inherent insanity getting to you? Are you taking on too much? In your last outburst towards Candlestick, you even insulted him, calling him a freak. And while that's relative, you'd think with the kinds of people you run with, you'd be used to his... colorful appearance. Maybe you're just tired. That must be it.

Hey now, boyo / girlie! Don't cut yerself with that tongue, hear me? Right rude, you are.

Now listen, the psychics of the Carnival, including yours truly, we're not even about to dare Fate by probing the thoughts o' those Awakened. It could become a two-way street, an' I like my mind right where it sits, y'know? Seers are serious business, and these whackjobs are off their leash.

The most famous of the Seers that got away from the Network is Katie Douglas. Maybe you already know her. A celebrity, she is. Well, to some folks, anyhow.

• Candlestick...I want to apologize for my... outburst. (optional)

S'all right, lad / lass. Don't fret. All of us First Warders get the shouts sometimes and just yell the fool. The gumbo can get to a body, ya know?

• Thanks. Where can I find Katie Douglas?

You DO realize we won't be the only ones going after Miss Douglas, don't you? Others of our kind want her just as badly.

For a jail bird that wants to stay off the grid, Katie Douglas doesn't exactly take great pains t'hide her whereabouts. Scuttlebutt's that she and a few Seers she's rescued from the Network have holed up in Office 1381.

The name of said domicile is both an inside joke an' a dare to anyone Coleside that might be thinkin' of comin' after her. Look for Katie Douglas there.

But be warned. She's not too fond of the Compound, and wants zero to do with the Carnival. That said, if you need an expert on Seers, and the skinny on the Awakened, Katie's yer best bet.

• I'll find her.

• How can I find her?

You DO realize we won't be the only ones going after Miss Douglas, don't you? Others of our kind want her just as badly.

For a jail bird that wants to stay off the grid, Katie Douglas doesn't exactly take great pains t'hide her whereabouts. Scuttlebutt's that she and a few Seers she's rescued from the Network have holed up in Office 1381.

The name of said domicile is both an inside joke an' a dare to anyone Coleside that might be thinkin' of comin' after her. Look for Katie Douglas there.

But be warned. She's not too fond of the Compound, and wants zero to do with the Carnival. That said, if you need an expert on Seers, and the skinny on the Awakened, Katie's yer best bet.

• I'll find her.

Office 1381

You spoke to Candlestick, a powerful psychic of the Carnival of Light, about the Awakened. He and his fellow psychics fear the monstrosities, refusing to probe the 'personasphere' too deep to learn about them. Candlestick did point you to Katie Douglas, however, the first Seer to escape the Seer Network in Praetoria proper. And it turns out that Katie Douglas is hiding out at Office 1381 here in First Ward. There's only one problem: Katie Douglas wants nothing to do with the Compound or the Carnival. And what was that voice in your head just then?

Explore Office 1381

Unnecessary Solicitation

You're supposed to be seeing if this Katie Douglas person can help us out.

Mission Objective(s)

Judging by the dead bodies of ex-Seers littering the hall, someone else got here before you. And you can sense it's the Apparitions.

• Explore Office 1381
  • 2 banquets of envious Apparitions using D.U.S.T. hosts to EAT
  • Secure the mind of Katie Douglas for your own
  • FEAST on the remaining Apparitions using D.U.S.T. hosts in vain
  • Rescue Katie Douglas
  • Speak to Katie Douglas
  • Destroy the Apparitions
  • Convince Katie Douglas to Help

During your search for Katie Douglas, the Apparition of the Surgeon piggy backed on your psyche, causing all manner of confusion and violence. Katie's ex-Seers were all dead, victims to possessed D.U.S.T. Rangers. It seems that other Apparitions were after the famous Seer 1381, too. The Surgeon jumped from your towards Katie Douglas when it felt she was near, and you had to rescue her from another possession. In the end Katie agreed to help you search for the answers behind the Awakened, insane and mutated Seers now threatening the whole of First Ward.

Enemies

The Possessed
Apparitions

Notable NPCs

• Possessed D.U.S.T. Officer (The Possessed Peculiar Leader)
• The Tattered Surgeon (Apparitions Boss)

	Piggyback
	You're hearing the Surgeon's voice in your head. Actually, you're hearing two: the voice of the now-dead, formerly-possessed Dr. Jonas Fletcher and whatever insane Apparition used his body as a host. Their thoughts and personalities have somehow merged...and attached themselves to you. You're starting to show the first signs of possession. And you have no idea for a cure...outside of death.

Aura of Possession Aura of Possession You are possessed by an Apparition!

	Unwanted Baggage
	The Surgeon has relinquished his possession of you, his Apparition rushing to claim the soul of Katie Douglas!

Katie Douglas

Ambush! A group of Apparitions attack!

Katie Douglas

Debriefing

Well done, Character. Katie Douglas was something of a legend in Praetoria proper. If anyone can help us get to the bottom of the Awakened and how D.U.S.T fell so easily to their power, she's our best bet.

Watch yourself around her, though. She's got a personal agenda that doesn't always play nice with others.

Let me know when you're ready to meet up with Katie again.

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  In the Resistance Base