![]() Amanda’s father would later be killed a half-day away from the City itself, leaving only Amanda to finally reach her mother’s destination. Nora was killed getting her people across “the Panama Ravine” (likely the ruins of the Panama Canal) and was buried there with Chaperone at her side. Along the way she found Joseph Holliday, convinced him to come with her, married him, and gave birth to their daughter Amanda, hence Chaperone’s trait name. Nora and her crew spent decades on the road, trekking across continents in search of a destination many still didn’t believe existed, a whispered paradise of safety and rebuilding in an incredibly dangerous world - a City home to the mythical Guardians who used their Light to protect instead of hurt. * Jericho was a fortified city in the Book of Joshua whose mighty walls collapsed under the Israelites’ assault though modern archaeology has concluded the story’s a metaphor, it’s an ominous metaphor in the context of the Last City. Nora’s mother, and half of the other scavengers, didn’t believe in the City. When the Guardian went on his way, he gave Nora a map to the distant City and a shotgun. One day her scavenger crew’s bunker was attacked by an eliksni war party and defended by a Guardian they had never met. Born a Dark Age scavenger out in the wilds of Earth, Nora grew up in a time and place where the Last Safe City was little more than a rumor, a prayer, or just a bleak joke. Origin & Description: Chaperone is a City-made weapon from the Tex Mechanica foundry forged in honor of Nora Jericho*, mother of chief Tower ship & sparrow mechanic Amanda Holliday. Ornaments: Guardian Angel, The Panama Ravine, Ain’t My First Rodeo, The Queensguard Trait: The Roadborn - Precision kills briefly grant bonus handling, range, and precision damage with this weapon. ![]() Perk: Precision Slug - Fires a single-slug precision round. Kept us alive out there before we got to the City.” –Amanda Holliday “My mother had a shotgun we called the Chaperone. ![]()
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