NPC Gangs

Information provided by a post posted by Sam (Lead Developer) on the Darkwind forums on 1/16/2011. The wiki gave an error saying it was too long so it's now divided up by town.

Triferus: I'm still working on organizing it and formatting it.

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• Somerset NPC Gangs
• Elmsfield NPC Gangs
• Gateway NPC Gangs

B = Bounty Hunters

C = Arena Combatants

D = Death Racers

M = Militia

N = Newbie Fodder

P = Pirates

R = Racers

T = Traders

Name: Erazor
Type: Bounty Hunters
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: An enigmatic gang from the wasteland. No-one knows much about them, and they ain't telling.

Name: Free Radicals
Type: Bounty Hunters
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A dangerous gang of bountyhunters operating out of Gateway

Name: Tears of Blood
Type: Bounty Hunters
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: This unorganized gang of criminal hunters is composed mostly of self-appointed vigilantes who suffered personal tragedies at the hands of brigands. If the reward for a bounty is dead or alive, they consistently choose dead.

Name: Gateway Militia
Type: Arena Combatant
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: Gateway Militia like to take part in local combats as a type of training exercise

Name: All or Nothing (AoN)
Type: Death Racers
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A bunch of crazy folks who enjoy crashing as much as they enjoy racing

Name: Racing League Force (RLF)
Type: Death Racers
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A self-appointed police force who see it as their duty to patrol the race tracks and leagues

Name: Soapbox Institute
Type: Death Racers
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: Autoduelling as a poorly-concealed mechanism for spouting their crazy political notions

Name: Gateway Militia
Type: Militia
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A militant group who take the defence of their truckstop very seriously

Name: The Arachnids
Type: Pirates
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A feared gang from central Evan, they appear out of the wastes to attack trade convoys

Name: Rotorheads
Type: Pirates
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: Little is known about this minor bunch of opportunist pirates from the Northern Desert.

Name: Mobsters
Type: Pirates
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A disorganised but highly skilled pirate gang from the Gateway region

Name: Apocalypse Rising
Type: Pirates
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A vicious bunch of thugs from the North Desert region

Name: Cyber Formation
Type: Pirates
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A well-disciplined and technologically adept band of futurists

Name: Groton Gladiators
Type: Pirates
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: This group of misfits, inbreds, and mutants formerly hail from a small village called Groton, long lost in the Wilderness.

Name: Freak Scene
Type: Pirates
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: Long-haired 80s throwbacks with feedback-laden pop blaring out of their speakers as they chase you

Name: Butane
Type: Pirates
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A bunch of pyromaniac cannibal/slavers from the Badlands region

Name: The Dingos
Type: Pirates
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: These scavengers often let someone else do the dirty work, then swoop in to take anything left behind.

Name: Third Avenue Mutilators
Type: Pirates
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A tough inner-city punk gang (from back when inner-cities existed)

Name: Death Or Taxes
Type: Pirates
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: These wasteland marauders think of themselves as civilized and give defeated foes a choice. The "taxes" part usually means, "Everything you've got. Including your pants."

Name: Bantonville Militia
Type: Pirates
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: Armed and dangerous, the Bantonville Militia exists to patrol and protect the area around Bantonville against armed intruders. There`s a catch: Nobody knows exactly where Bantonville is, not even their militia.

Name: Evolution IX
Type: Pirates
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A crazed bunch of newagers from the Northern Desert, these guys want to finish off what the Solar Apocalypse started

Name: Desert Riders
Type: Pirates
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A feared gang of ruthless pirates from the Northern Desert

Name: Technical Maelstrom
Type: Racers
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: If you can`t fix it you don`t drive it. A self reliant group looking to fund their next project.

Name: Rytek Imports
Type: Racers
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: Traders as much as racers, these guys specialise in neophetamines and biotech weaponry

Name: Mastodon
Type: Racers
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: Big cars with bigger engines

Name: Bigger Fenders
Type: Racers
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: Winning these leagues is mostly about having more armour than the opposition...

Name: Lana's Leaders
Type: Racers
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: An amateur bunch of racers struggling to improve

Name: The Scabbies
Type: Racers
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: Most gangs race for glory or thrills. These desert rats race rusty, scavenged bangers to try to win food

Name: The Locos
Type: Racers
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: Hispanic, serious about their racing, and very talented

Name: Seo
Type: Racers
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: Suited and sharp rich guys who race for the pleasure of it rather than to make money

Name: The Lightnings
Type: Racers
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A gang of reckless youngsters trying to make a name for themselves

Name: Clabberbang
Type: Racers
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A rabble of tramps racing with whatever parts they've managed to cobble together, racing to try and get out of the gutter

Name: The Hunters
Type: Racers
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: An enigmatic, but very talented, bunch of racers

Name: Mechanomads
Type: Traders
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A transient merchant gang that specializes in collecting and selling vehicle components- and these gearheads are more than happy to chop apart the cars of anyone who attacks them

Name: The Gazelles
Type: Traders
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: The Gazelles claim to be the fastest traders in all Evan, although many question how careful these leadfeet are with the packages they carry

Name: Phantom Couriers
Type: Traders
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: Renowned for whisking goods from one town to another, often right under the noses of gangs who are actively looking for them!

Name: Last Leaf
Type: Traders
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: It`s hard to believe the rhetoric of an eco-friendly lifestyle when their cars seem to leak more fumes than yours...

Name: Bohemian Like You
Type: Traders
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: A ragtag bunch of hippy traders from the North Badlands region, these guys drive surprisingly well despite the noxious clouds of intoxicants spilling out of their gunnery slits

Name: All Sizes Shipping
Type: Traders
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: "Big or Small, We'll Ship it All," is the official motto. Their escorts have a similar motto, but one which doesn`t involve shipping.

Name: JTC-4
Type: Traders
Base: Gateway Truckstop
Description: Joint Task Convoy 4 was originally a mercenary escort service, but finding themselves with more escorts than the market could bear, have since fallen on hard times and taken to full merchant runs of their own.

Name: Lattes Raiders Type: Bounty Hunters Base: Badlands Truckstop Description: A highly-skilled bunch of no-nonsense bountyhunters who ejected their leadership in 2054 due to a `difference of opinion`

Name: Badland Terminators Type: Arena Combatants Base: Badlands Truckstop Description: A gang of professional arena combateers

Name: The Cactus Farmers Type: Arena Combatants Base: Badlands Truckstop Description: These guys actually spend more time in arena combats than farming cactus

Name: Shotgun Justice Type: Arena Combatants Base: Badlands Truckstop Description: A ruthless gang from the Badlands region

Name: The Demolishers Type: Arena Combatants Base: Badlands Truckstop Description: Arena-combat specialists from the Badlands

Name: The Mutant Wedding Type: Arena Combatants Base: Badlands Truckstop Description: A mutant gang rules by a husband and wife team

Name: The Harbingers Type: Arena Combatants Base: Badlands Truckstop Description: We forsee your future! It will be very short!

Badland Patriots Badlands Truckstop D A deathracing gang from the central regions

The Sun Bandits Badlands Truckstop D A vicious gang of deathracers from Badlands

Spiked Assassins Badlands Truckstop D A deathracing gang from Badlands

Skram Badlands Truckstop D We is tuff mutant band. We is eat your eyes.

Badlands Militia Badlands Truckstop M Defending the Badlands Truckstop is no easy task!

Rolling Thunder Badlands Truckstop P This gang of desperados like to use the frequent Darkwind Storms of the Badlands region as cover, allowing them to pounce on their enemies unsuspected

Badland Radfrogs Badlands Truckstop P A mutant gang from Central Evan, these guys carry the fight against the Norms.

Phalanx Badlands Truckstop P A disciplined gang of bandits from the Badlands region

Badland Rudeboys Badlands Truckstop P A tough bunch of killers who like to blast out funky basslines as they hail you with bullets

King Cobras Badlands Truckstop P Rising out of the desert, the KCs strike with lethal force and precision

Napalm Lullaby Badlands Truckstop P Driven forth by a crazed pirate queen from Badlands, this is a feared gang of bandits from the central wastes

Warthog Badlands Truckstop P A bad bunch of mutants and degenerates from the central wasteland

Ghost in the Atom Badlands Truckstop P An upstart gang of young, highly psionic mutants, gathered together from the entire Southern Desert

Desert Scorpions Badlands Truckstop P A hardy bunch of misfits and mutants, generally lying low but occasionally launching an opportunist strike on traders in the Badlands

Hands Of Cthulhu Badlands Truckstop P A twisted bunch of newagers who attribute the Solar Event to the imminent second (or was that first) coming of their god, a primal abomination from outside space and time (or something)

V-8 Vikings Badlands Truckstop P A ruthless bunch of Badlander pirates who love to hunt down their prey in powerful musclecars

Black Flag Badlands Truckstop P Much like their spiritual forebears on the seas, these scurvy landlubbers have taken to piracy on the open plains instead, looking to capture fine automotive prizes and quite happy to take whatever booty ye might be transportin'. Arrh!

The Cardinals Badlands Truckstop R A Badlands-based racing gang

The Dopplegangers Badlands Truckstop R A small gang of racers and smalltime traders, based in central Evan

Velocity Girl Badlands Truckstop R A skilled race team based in Badlands

The Swifts Badlands Truckstop R A speedy bunch of racers from Badlands

Badland Rustlers Badlands Truckstop T A small-time trader gang operating in the Central Wasteland, primarily focused on supporting Badlands Truckstop.

The Pressurizers Badlands Truckstop T A thuggish group of traders known for bullying and using violence to get better prices and trade concessions.

Impala Inc. Badlands Truckstop T This relatively new merchant band is working hard to make a name for themselves, taking cargo into the most dangerous areas of the continent

Badlands Trucking Co. Badlands Truckstop T Plying their trade across central Evan, these guys know the risks and choose to face them

Rytek Central Badlands Truckstop T Part of a cross-Evan trade federation, this gang has plenty of financial muscle backing it up

Texan Trucking Company Badlands Truckstop T A highly professional group of hauliers, who aren't afraid to defend themselves when push comes to shove

The Texan Ultimatum Texan B The TU are a tough bountyhunter gang, fighting to keep the `oil road` clean, and make some money at the same time

Red Oil Security Texan B This company is a faceless trail of couriers and middleman handing out contracts at the behest of the unknown client

Searchlight Texan B The lawless best stay low to avoid this Texan based bounty hunter gang.

Tallaght Boys Texan C Always looking for a scrap to get into

The Twisters Texan D This group of speed freaks and tech junkies has a ranking system based off the number of deaths they`ve caused in the Texan arenas

Lug`s Nutters Texan D This gang of gearheads enjoys forcing other drivers into the concrete pylons edging the raceways around Evan, and has been accused of sabotaging opponents` cars prior to events

The Slicks Texan D These retro delinquents base their appearance on pre-apocalypse cinema, adopting the look of `greasers` from the 1950s

Texan Militia Texan M Defending freedom! And oil!

Miasma Security Corp. Texan P A subsidiary of Miasma Refining Consortium, these brutal `security guards` are known to roam the wilderness, cutting off the competition, as well as any unfortunates that cross their path.

Klan Komodo Texan P The leader of this pseudo-karate gang is rumored to have been a former member of the Roadkill Ninjas, forced out for actions even they found detestable.

The Rangers Texan P Ten gallon hats and big machineguns, descendants of the towns around what is now Texan's police forces, having turned their back on the law and humanity itself now patrol the wilderness, not for speeders, but for the unwary.

Debbie Does Dallas Texan P This all girl pirate band are famous for their stamina and the size of the weapons thay like to handle.

Nueva Bandidos Texan P Organized from the remnant members of the Bandidos Motorcycle gang, these sociopaths think the Firelight Manhunters could be a serious gang if the FLMH weren't so sympathetic to their victims.

Texan Truckers Texan P A vicious band of truckers only interested in money... and, oh yeah, blood.

Sons Of The Confederacy Texan P Staunch in their belief that oil equals power, these guys consider the black gold to be theirs and none others, and they fight for their belief wielding the confederate flag of old, holding to its values in a twisted new world order.

Spring Heels Texan R A group of foolhardy racers, known more for their outlandish fashion sense than any accomplishments on the track

Pit Vipers Texan R A hardcore racing gang- born with wrenches in their hands, weaned on motor oil as babies, and tough as nails

Black Toad Trucking Texan T Named after the resilient creatures inhabiting the pools around Texan, these dedicated truckers shoot to kill

Miasma Shipping Corp. Texan T A subsidiary of Miasma Refining Consortium, these thuggish traders have been known to `find` courier packages in the wrecked vehicles of their competitors

Texan Transit Texan T The transport arm of Texan Fuel Refining Co., these burly guards are accustomed to vicious pirate attacks

The Oil Barons Texan T These traders deal mainly in oil from the Texan region, but will take on other cargo as the need arises. They will defend their fuel at all costs.

The Pipeline Texan T A co-operation of fuel and goods traders from around Texan

The Equalizers Sarsfield B Sarsfield Bounty Hunters intent on "equalizing the odds" of Sarsfield traders by hunting down bountied pirates.

Road Ronins Sarsfield B A semi-legendary gang of do-gooders who earned their fame in the early days after the Solar Event.

Desolation Sarsfield D A deathrace gang owned by the infamous barkeep at Devil Dan`s

Firelight Wheelers Sarsfield D A loose band of pirates making some extra cash on the deathrace circuit

The Mountain Lions Sarsfield D A deadly band of deathracers from the Southern Plateau region

The Garottes Sarsfield D A mean deathracer gang who are regularly accused of underhand tactics

Sarsfield Militia Sarsfield M Defending the southern factories!

DCs Grunts Sarsfield P A no-nonsense band of renegades from the East Badlands region

Ultraviolence Sarsfield P What could be said about this unhinged mob, when their name says it all?

Roaring Blood Sarsfield P A vicious gang of lowlifes from near the Southern coast

Fire and Swine Sarsfield P A rabble of mutants and outcasts operating under the banner of the pig-faced mutant Xanba

S.U.C.K. Sarsfield P Sarsfield Underground Car Krunchers: a bunch of no-goods with no schooling and no training who think their gang name sounds cool.

1800 Mile Club Sarsfield P A truly deadly troupe who routinely paint their cars with gruesome caricatures of their defeated foes` logos with the blood of their victims. Severed arms and legs are their favorite paint brushes. If you dont smell them first, You probably won't see them coming!

Dead Heads Sarsfield P The radiation has been relentless to these mutants. What remains of their outer skin hangs in ragged patches giving them their gang name.. From a distance, they look like the dead have come to life.

Bridge Trolls Sarsfield P These southern pirates are named after their favourite strategy of ambushing their victims as they cross the bridges of the Southern Plateau and Scattered Hills regions.

Crimson Wind Sarsfield P A violent gang of pirates operating in the Texan-Sarsfield region

The Fraternal Order Sarsfield P Originally started decades ago as a labor union of sorts, these pirates brag of high profits due to their team work in hunting down traders and other gangs.

The Southern Cartel Sarsfield P From the salt flats of Sarsfield, these merciless warriors raid theTexan convoys.

The Degenerates Sarsfield R A disease-ridden bunch of muties and punks from the Southern Wastes

Team Sarsfield Sarsfield R A race team formed by local vigilantes

Powerslide Sarsfield R A skillful racer gang from Sarsfield

Stranglehold Sarsfield R A top race gang from Sarsfield

The Troglodytes Sarsfield R A cave-dwelling band of newage race fanatics from the Souther Wastes

XoReX Alpha Sarsfield T A professional haulage company under contract from the XoReX engines corporation

XoReX Beta Sarsfield T A professional haulage company under contract from the XoReX engines corporation

Southern Comfort Trade Sarsfield T A growing trading company based in Sarsfield dedicated to providing goods to all law abiding citizens in the Continent of Evan, "We don't carry much, but it gets there!"

A.T.&T. (All Towns and Trades) Sarsfield T One of the few tightly held and operated traders around. These guys operate large convoys with great success on the very long runs to Sarsfield and the Northern Territories. Well armed and armored, A.T.&T. reaps in good profits on the majority of their runs.

The Big Three Sarsfield T This clan of traders claim to be ancestors of the three largest automakers in all of Evan before the Apocalypse.

Morgan Militia Morgan M Protecting Morgan Town

Eviscerators Morgan P A band of sociopaths united only in their love for destruction

The Purification Firelight B A gang of bounty-hunters operating on behalf of the Northern Civ faction, attacking pirates in their homeland

F-A-S (Free All Slaves) Firelight B A group from the Evan Reds faction, sworn to bring down the slavery operations in Firelight

The Flamethrowers Firelight C A hardened gang of combatants based in Firelight

The Sidewalkers Firelight C An elite group of sharpshooters who specialise in arena combats

Western Desert Posse Firelight C A wild bunch of desert vagrants from the Western Desert

The Lava Giants Firelight C A gang of mutants who scratch out a living in the volcanic regions

Firelight Militia Firelight M A loose band with whom the line between piracy and town defence is pretty thin

The Scarlet Outriders Firelight P A tough bunch of Evan Reds who bring the fight to the door of the Slaver Pit.

Superheat Firelight P A rough bunch of lowlifes from the Western Wastes

Western Mayhem Firelight P An anarchic bunch of scum from the Western Desert

Black Omega Firelight P Led by the powerful psionic known as The Firefly, this group of misfits use their mutated talents to waylay any who they come across.

The Inquisition Firelight P A twisted group of sadists lead by an enigmatic leader known as Torquemada, these guys specialise in extracting information for those who are willing to pay.

NOBODY expects the Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.

Sabretooth Firelight P A mean vagrant pirate gang lead by a mutant with hooked 8 inch canine teeth

Wildfire Firelight P One of the most feared pirate gangs in the Firelight region, they rise out of the lava to waylay travellers.

Firelight Rats Firelight P A ragtag bunch of lowlifes who earn a living by stealing and marauding

The Darkwind Firelight P Named after the infamous radiation storms that sweep out of the South, this is a mean bunch of pirates

Shantyville Militia Shantyville M A loose band with whom the line between piracy and town defence is pretty thin

The Replicants Shantyville P This group of post-apocalyptic punk rockers loves nothing more than chasing down fleeing vehicles

Lacerators Shantyville P A viscous tribe of desert savages, renowned for their fearsome body scarifications

The Droogs Shantyville P This gang of enigmatic miscreants is entirely unpredictable, unless you predict violent intentions

Shantyville Police Shantyville P This self proclaimed police force tends to do more harm than good, stepping on the traders as well as rival pirate gangs.

Maniax Shantyville P Low tech, low browed and low on funds. Their depravity and lunacy knows no bounds.

The Parrotheads Shantyville P A laid back gang who spend their days lying in hammocks until somebody trespasses on their road.

Texan Gold Shantyville T Texan Gold is a greedy courier company from the Texan region, known to many people as the `Gold Diggers`

The Blockade Runners Shantyville T A tough gang of Merchant traders who operate the most dangerous routes on the continent

The Dusters Shantyville T Like their name, they will leave you in the dust, be prepared for a good chase if you want to catch these guys...

Ernie`s Freight Shantyville T A small-time band of mutant traders operating between Badlands and Shantyville on behalf of Ernie `The Hook`, mutant businessman of Shantyville