The Old World is the modern society that existed across the world prior to an unknown cataclysmic event which led to most of modern society collapsing. Following this collapse, the remaining humans in North America divided the land up into the Badlands and the Outlying Territories.
History[]
The Old World was a highly advanced technological society, to the point that they eventually found a way to draw chi energy directly from the Earth using the Meridian Chamber, thus creating that dark chi powers known as The Gift. The primary city heading this innovation was the great city of Azra, where the Gift originated from. This process was extremely dangerous and unstable, leading to a cult known as The Black Lotus being formed in order to oppose the existence of the Gift. Despite the Black Lotus' warning, the leaders of Azra continued to utilize the Gift to the point that it caused an unknown cataclysm which led to the collapse of the old world. The only thing that remained was the Black Lotus, and the remaining humans resorted to becoming Nomads. Eventually a man named Horatio Chau would create order in the chaos, and the remains of the United States would be formed into the Badlands, with the rest of North America being separated by the Border Wall and being known as the Outlying Territories.
Appearances[]
Season 1[]
- 106 "Hand of Five Poisons" (pictured)
Trivia[]
- Quinn's statue of the White House is the only representation of something from the Old World seen in the series.
- The old world was most likely comprised of land beyond North America, but following the cataclysm that was the only land that humans still inhabited.