The Hunt
The Hunt is the central premise of the game's world: bounty hunters are hired to track down and destroy Corrupted monstrosities in exchange for money. Set at the end of the Gilded Age (around 1895-1896), it begins in a Louisiana bayou outside New Orleans and later spreads to a Colorado mining region. Hunters venture into Incursion/Corruption-stricken zones to banish Targets and claim bounties, often at deadly risk from both monsters and rival Hunters.
The Hunt frames the entire setting: a clandestine, dangerous trade where Hunters confront supernatural horror born of a spreading Corruption. The lore is presented epistolarily, decades after the events, leaving players to piece together what happened. The Hunt is overseen in part by organizations like the American Hunters Association, which dispatches Hunters and pays bounties while keeping the world's darker truths hidden.
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