Savage Divide

The Savage Divide is one of the six regions of Appalachia.

Background
Before the Great War, these high mountains of Appalachia were home to ski resorts, bed-and-breakfasts, and cabins available for rent by tourists. Among the most popular was Top of the World, originally an enormous ski lift station, complete with shops and restaurants at its peak.

Farther north and nestled in the mountains is a spiritual retreat center known as the Palace of the Winding Path. Its unique architecture stands in stark contrast to the rest of Appalachia's mountains. Trading rumors of the goings-on inside those fenced-in walls was a popular pre-War pastime.

After the war, the Monongahela National Forest now became known to survivors as the Savage Divide. The mountainous area became a patchwork landscape of abandoned resorts and scenic retreats, home to mole miners and Super Mutants. It became the base of operations for Appalachia's raider factions after the brutal winter of 2077/2078 reduced the affluent tourists and guests to cutthroats and cannibals, doing whatever necessary to survive. The raider-filled region also greatly prevented the Responders, primarily based on the west side, from working cohesively alongside the Free States and the Brotherhood of Steel on the east side. For example, when contact with the Free States was lost after Harpers Ferry was overrun in 2086, the Responders could only send members through the region to re-establish contact. Members of these factions who crossed the Savage Divide were often killed by raiders who took their supplies, fueling the danger of the region.

Gameplay
The name given to the region comes from the tall mountains creating a large wall between the regions of the Forest, Ash Heap and Toxic Valley on the west side, and the regions of the Mire and Cranberry Bog on the east side.

Layout
The Savage Divide extends all the way from the north to the south of the Appalachia map. It divides both the Mire (to the northeast) and the Cranberry Bog (to the southeast) from the Toxic Valley (to the northwest), the Forest (to the west), and the Ash Heap (to the southwest). Most of its train stations are occupied by raider vendorbots.

Locations
The Savage Divide is in the central portion of the Appalachia map. Locations in the region include:

Appearances
The Savage Divide appears only