The Ruins are a small unnamed ruin site near Mother's Watch in Horizon Zero Dawn.
History[]
Old World[]
This facility was used by some of the Project Zero Dawn workers. The director of the site was one named Ellen Evans.[1]
In January 2066, the Wichita salient collapsed, which meant that the Faro Plague will overrun the facility in less than 24 hours. Without exfiltration transport, and facing certain death, the staff was given two choices: those who wished to escape on foot, even though doing so amounted to suicide, were given a 15 minute window to leave the facility. Those who stayed behind were invited to assemble in the facility’s communal room and commit mass suicide via painless medical euthanization.[1] With the exception of one known individual, who chose to die via a self-inflicted gunshot wound,[2] many staff members chose euthanization. At least five recorded their last thoughts on their Focuses.[3][4][5][6][7]
New World[]
The ruins of the facility would prove to be instrumental in Aloy’s life, and ultimately the fate of all life. At the age of six, Aloy fell into a hole leading into the ruin. Unable to climb back up, she ventured deeper inside to find another way out. Inside the facility, she found a Focus on one of the dead bodies. Aloy's sharp, inquisitive mind quickly grasped how to use it, allowing her to hear the recordings of those who died in the facility.[8] Of infinitely greater importance, it allowed Aloy to interface with ancient technology, allowing her to fulfill one of the purposes that her creator GAIA had for her[9]: to stop the rogue artificial intelligence HADES from reactivating the Faro Plague to again exterminate all life, this time without Zero Dawn to reestablish it.[10]
Aloy would eventually venture back into the ruins as an adult. Inside, she found a power cell, which would later be used to access an ancient set of armor,[11] as well as collect a Metal Flower.
Collectables[]
Datapoints[]
Audio Datapoints[]
- #1 Log: Connor Chasson
- #2 Log: Skylar Rivera
- #3 Log: Ella Pontes
- #4 Log: Jackson Frye
- #5 Log: Mia Sayied
- #6 Log: Connor Chasson
- #7 Full Stop
- #8 For Director Evans
Hologram Datapoints[]
Text Datapoints - Quests[]
Metal Flowers[]
- Mark I (A)