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-- I decided to re-do the lore, I thought there was too much humour, facts I wanted to change and little relevance to the ATF universe. For that reason, I am producing a Revised Edition to cover the backstory in more detail. The old, unrevised edition will not be found on the homepage, but if you want a lore with less to read, go view it, the link is below.
-- Before I begin, allow me to cover the inevitable. ROBLOX will sensor vital words, and a censored word will be marked afterwards with a Fleuron (❧). This will mean you have to interpret what the word means, but that shouldn't be too difficult. Words that have been censored, but can be read through the sound it makes when spoken will be marked with an Asterism (⁂). Keep this in mind when reading.
-- Unrevised, obsolete edition: https://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=207714984
-- Hold on to your horses, this is a big read.
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Johnny Pförtner was born on the 18th of September 2031, a matter of months before the flash, to two German immigrants. For the first few years, up until he was around five years of age in 2036, his mother and father were killed by a rogue group. He was left in their home for about six days until being rescued, according to the rescuer. Him and the rescuer, also called Johnny, survived the rest of the flash with each other's company. He supposedly was a farmer before the flash and told him the importance of crops and how they should be a major focus one they could be re-used. According to him, this later inspired him to found the Gatekeeper Agricultural Company.
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In 2049, aged 18, he enlisted in the Civilian Defence Front, a group pivotal in keeping the two Johnnys alive during the time. He served until 2067, reaching the Officer enlist stage. He was in the process of paying commission, so he could become a Second Lieutenant when he was wounded in action, supposedly by a Bouncing Border Bandit, being shot in his shoulder, stomach and receiving trauma wounds from a shovel.
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He spent a few weeks in a primitive military hospital before being sent out with a few dollars (a large amount considering inflation caused by the flash) to find a life in Southside, a pre-war settlement in the process of re-building itself. He began work at the bhar❧ repairing the tanks on the second floor. Before long, he ceased sleeping on the floor by the tanks and brought himself a flat near the bhar❧ so that he could spend more time away from work. Whilst at home, he became interested in Mechanics and the crops his late father had taught him about; most of which were contained in a pre-war book. He longed to get a farm all of a sudden, but need for such things were considerably low, GMO foods could be kept in much worse conditions and harvested in radiated ground., to a limit, of course.
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In the summer of 2069 when he was aged 38, demand for fresh, real crops boomed out of nowhere. He saw his opportunity to start a business in agriculture. He put together all earnings left over that working in the CDF and at the bhar❧, and brought a small property with large land about two kilometres from Southside. At first, seeing as the purchase left him broke, he stayed alive and fed through scavenging: He had no money to buy food. When October 2070 came around, he began to sell his crops at Under Wood❧ Farmer's market. He became rich quick, and the months of near-starvation had paid off. It was also at Under Wood❧ where he met Jesse, a woman the same age as him who had similar interests. It was supposedly 'Love at first sight', and within a few years, 2075 to be precise, they were mar red❧. For the next 16 years, they aged together happily. But, one fateful day in 2081, they discovered an orphaned infant in a hedgerow near Southside. They took it back to the ranch and wondered what to do with it. They could either leave the little boy for dead or raise him as his own. After a day of pondering, Jesse and Johnny, aged 48 and 50 respectively, decided on the latter, naming him Peter. They now joked that three people could be a company, and called their business 'Gatehouse Agriculture Co', after a random fence gate that sits alone a few feet from the house.
-- Continued in part two, ROBLOX has an issue with large posts. |