Thus, this region has come to be known as the Valleymeet: where tribes from all over (Nora, Carja, and more) are welcome to travel and trade at the makeshift trading-post-turned-settlement called “Hunter’s Gathering”. Though still officially part of the Sacred Lands (and thus, able to be crossed by the superstitious Nora), these lands are in a territorial limbo in the current postwar period. When the Carja began the Red Raids to enslave and kill the surrounding tribes, the Nora were forced to retreat from their northern territories in order to reinforce Mother’s Crown. RELATED: Take a Cross Country Road Trip Inspired by Video Games The snow-capped Pikes Peak and brilliant blue skies form the backdrop for towering red sandstone rock formations at least 300 feet tall! The park’s website describes Garden of the Gods as like being “inside a postcard”. This park is a registered National Natural Landmark and one of Colorado’s most-photographed views. In the present-day, Mother’s Crown is Garden of the Gods. With the Red Raids and the continued loss of territory to Carja raiders, Mother’s Crown became the first line of defense for the Sacred Lands. Outside the Embrace at the northern edge of the Sacred Lands is the Nora settlement of Mother’s Crown. ELEUTHIA-9 is a “Cradle” facility for Zero Dawn created from the converted Cheyenne Mountain Complex: a hardened command-and-control center constructed within Cheyenne Mountain in 1967 by the U.S. Unbeknownst to the Nora (but “knownst” to the player), the Womb of the Mountain that the Nora originated from is actually ELEUTHIA-9. Visible across El Paso County, Pikes Peak is a national landmark.
The peak of All-Mother where the Provings take place is Pikes Peak. A popular state park, Cheyenne Mountain is a three-peaked mountain enjoyed year-round by Coloradans for its diverse “prairie-to-peak” ecosystems. Today, the “Old Ones” (present-day humanity) refer to “All-Mother” as Cheyenne Mountain. Atop All-Mother are the Proving Grounds where the Nora are tested to become braves in the Proving. It is here that the Nora matriarchs pray to the Womb of the Mountain and hope to hear the voice of All-Mother. For over two million years, the Gunnison River has weathered away and sculpted this vertical wilderness.īut the real heart of the Embrace is All-Mother: the massive mountain that doubles as the Nora goddess.
This Colorado canyon features some of the oldest and steepest cliffs in North America. It’s easy to see why poor Brom felt overwhelmed in such a big and narrow canyon as Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Though Lost Creek Wilderness in the future only features smaller animals like rabbits, today’s wilderness includes animals like black bears, bighorn sheep, deer, and bobcats.Īway from the main tribal settlements, but still within the Embrace, is the camp of Brom: a Nora Outcast who suffers from a mental disorder that the Nora interpreted as being haunted by spirits called “The Forgotten”. The Lost Creek Wilderness is named after the creek of the same name, which repeatedly disappears underground, only to eventually reappear further downstream as “Goose Creek”. Officially designated by Colorado as a wilderness in 1980, it currently totals 119,790 acres. This sheltered and resource-rich valley is based off of the Lost Creek Wilderness in Colorado. Most of the Nora tribe resides here, and the well-defended Embrace is considered the heart of their “Sacred Lands”. A valley surrounded on all sides by protective mountains and crowned by All-Mother herself, this is where the Nora tribe (and allegedly, all humans in this part of the planet) originated from. We begin our post-apocalyptic nature walk in what the Nora tribe refers to as “The Embrace”. In anticipation of the upcoming Horizon Forbidden West, Geek Girl Authority has put together this list of some of the real-life locations featured in Horizon Zero Dawn. Some of the locations in-game have been shifted around compared to their real-life counterparts (likely for the sake of gameplay). In this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it seemed prudent to remind ourselves of the natural wonders awaiting us (some of us, just right outside our doors!) once the danger has passed and we can safely leave quarantine without fear of infection. Whether inspired by or a direct in-game location, Horizon displays some of the best of North America’s national parks and beautiful wilderness. However, much of the natural beauty depicted in Horizon’s far-future is actually from the present-day. Horizon Zero Dawn has a simple, yet powerful vision of the future: nature reclaiming Earth from the expansion and over-development of human civilization.
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