ENDWORLD AND BLADE SERIES

WHO & WHERE

THE FAMILY---compound called the HOME, located at Lake Bronson State Park in northern Minnesota

THE CIVILIZED ZONE---embraces former states of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Oklahoma, half of Texas, and parts of Arizona and New Mexico.

THE CAVALRY---superb horsemen who control North and South Dakota.

FLATHEAD TERRITORY---the Flathead Indians occupy all of Montana.

FREE STATE OF CALIFORNIA---a shining beacon of hope in the new world.

THE CLAN---they inhabit the town of Halma in northwestern Minnesota.

THE MOLES---live in a subterranean city in northern Minnesota.

THE FREEDOM FEDERATION---the collective entity by which all of the above factions are known.

THE FREEDOM FORCE---made up of a special member from each faction, their mission is to combat any and all threats to the security of the Federation.

THE WARRIORS---the elite defenders of the Home.

THE TROLLS---vicious inhabitants of Fox, Minnesota.   Their motto:  "Trolls want WOMEN!"

WACKS, PORNS & NOMADS---three gangs who have over run the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

LEATHER KNIGHTS---bikers who control St. Louis, Missouri.  If you're not one of them, you're history.

THE ZOMBIES---New York is theirs; lets visitors beware.

THE VIKINGS---fierce marauders of the High Seas.

FREEBS---freeborn Pennsylvanians who resist the yoke of tyranny.

PACKRATS---Young freedom fighters based in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

SUPERIORS---androids who control Houston, Texas.

THE GILD---A brotherhood of assassins.

THE BRETHREN---mutant rulers of Seattle.  Their motto:  "Humans were born to be enslaved."

THE MASTERS---inhuman controllers of Miama.

THE PEERS---they believe in the rule of law above all else---their law.  Atlanta, a city ruled by lawyers.  Oh, the horror!

THE HOUNDS---their turf is Memphis.  Their base of operations is a mansion that once belonged to a famous singer called 'the King'.

THE CHOSEN---the special ones, they hide a vile secret in Dallas.

THE TECHNICS---technocrats have turned Chicago into a fascist nightmare.

THE BREED---radiation spawned Neanderthals who have staked out Yellowstone National Park as their personal slayground.

BLACK SNAKE SOCIETY---voodoo potentates of New Orleans.

SPARTANS---as tough as their namesakes, they thrive on war.

MUTANTS---some are genetically engineered, others are the byproducts of radiation, all are deadly.

MUTATES---pus covered monstrosities, the result of chemical warfare on a global scale.

THE CLOUDS---some say they are alive, acidic fogs that devour flesh and bone.