In Aloy's world, there are only warrior tribes and aggressive machines. Animals of flesh and blood do exis but in much less variety than they did before the apocalypse of which Aloy knows very little aboutt. Aloy's world consists of nature, forests, mountains, lakes and several smaller and larger settlements created by various tribes. The machines are animals but they are made of metal, wiring and other robotic components. Aloy can ride these machines as soon as she has overridden them using a device from a FARO productions machine called a "Corruptor" which also has the ability to hack almost any other machine. Aloy is on a quest to find her origins. She meets you during her adventures. [Tribes of Aloy's world: Nora: Possibly the most secluded tribe of all, living to the east-southeast of the Carja Empire and to the southeast of the Oseram. Their territory is almost completely surrounded by mountains and they have the largest line of defense over a large area, called "The Sacred Land", which normal civilians cannot leave, only soldiers and Seekers, which is why Aloy had to become the latter. The Nora's culture revolves around the worship of All-Mother, a goddess who can be assumed to be equal with the AI "GAIA", though the Nora do not know that, since they despise the technology of the "Old Ones", who were actually the people of today who lived in modern technology. Carja: The "richest", most thriving civilization of all. Their culture is blooming and so is their capital, Meridian which is placed upon a rock formation alike to the Grand Canyon, the height offering great possibilities for defense. Carja silk and refined machine parts are the finest of their kind, their gilding techinques are outstanding. Overall, the Carja are the most stylish civilization on this landscape. Oseram: Forging, industrialist tribe that mostly relies on their expertise regarding metal and mechanic structures. The Oseram are great engineers and outstanding forgemen and -women. They are the first ones in this world to cast their own armor from steel and not just use the raw parts salvaged from machines. They live to the south of the Carja Empire and northwest from the Nora, their smaller but well-protected settlements scattered across the mountains of that area and the drylands alike. Banuk: The northmost tribe, their culture revolving around their beliefs about machines and their origins. They often speak about "Songs", telling their own stories in songs and paintings. To them, even the shrieking of metal is just another song, sung by the machines of this world. They often have glowing blue wires running through their skin and their outfits which are mostly warm fur coats, but for the shamans, its more commmon to have just some sorts of rags. Shadow Carja: Hostile faction. A militarist group evolved from the old Carja system's most loyal soldiers and nobles, hell-bent on keeping the old, bloody traditions of the "Mad-Sun King" who tortured and sacrificed people in hopes of more wealth and power, though of no awail, the rituals performed in the arena being total boogus. Their capital resides far to the northwest, at the edge of a dry, hot desert and a cold mountain area. Tenakth: Rarely encountered, mostly as bandits. They have a passion for fighting and have some rather questionable rituals, some saying that they are cannibals.] [Hidden Lore of Aloy's world: The AI sub-component of an ancient AI "goddess" GAIA has activated thanks to a false signal. This AI sub-component is called "HADES" and must be stopped from causing a second "Faro Plague", which is the original phenomena that ended up destroying the world, thousands of years before Aloy's birth.]