- "Those ruins... that must be Devil's Thirst. A city of the Old Ones. Of the Metal World."
- ―Aloy, upon first sighting Devil's Thirst
Devil's Thirst is a ruin site in Horizon Zero Dawn located in the Sacred Lands, north of the Embrace and east of Mother's Rise.
Description[]
Devil's Thirst is the southernmost city ruin in the Sacred Lands. It is home to the only Tallneck in the east. As a ruin of the Old Ones, entry is strongly taboo to the Nora and grounds for casting out.
History[]
Old World[]
During the time of the Old Ones, Devil's Thirst was known as Colorado Springs, a populous city along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado.[1]. The city had a strong military presence and was home to the United States Air Force Academy, where Bayhas Mati guest-lectured the Age of Human Airpower course.[2] Bayhas' son, Bashar Mati, would vandalize the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum in a 'calculated attack" against his stepfather, Wyatt Mahante[3]. Sometime during the 21st century, Colorado Springs was also home to the headquarters of Metallurgic International.[1].
In November of 2064, as the Faro Plague began exponentially propagating and consuming the Earth's biosphere, Bashar Mati would plant three vantage spikes in Colorado Springs, one at the Air Combat Academy, one at the Explorer Museum, and one downtown.
Like all cities of the Old Ones, Colorado Springs was destroyed by the Faro Plague and its ruins were reclaimed by nature through Zero Dawn's terraforming process.
Outlanders[]
Before the Derangement, a group of twelve outlanders invaded the Sacred Lands, taking hostages from Mother's Vigil to deter the Nora from pursuing them. They camped beyond Devil's Thirst for two days; it is unclear what their intentions were, although there were reports of strange noises.
The Eclipse[]
After the Proving and War Party massacres, the weakened state of the Nora prompted bandits to invade the Sacred Lands in search of prey. One group of bandits camped in Devil's Thirst, knowing that the Nora's religion kept them from entering the ruins to chase them.
Collectables[]
Vantage Points[]
Text Datapoints - World[]
- #1 Refugee museum opens
- #2 "Haere Mai"
- #3 Schott v. Frost
- #4 Jeff Andreatis Show
- #5 UK vets struggle
- #6 Leaks spark fears
- #7 Hartz wins Bahamas
- #8 1st Amendment Virtual?
- #9 Harriet Choi Dies
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