There are those that still live outside the wall of the Last City in small communities, but there is nothing like the Last City in all of the Sol System. This Camelot-like setting serves as a hub for Guardian operations, production of materials for the war, a last home for humanity, and a place for economic activity. The protection of the Last City came from the newly formed Guardians, armed citizens, the massive walls, and the Traveler. It was here, likely Pokhara, Nepal, that the last city of humanity rose like a phoenix. These refugees gathered under the Traveler for protection with the destruction of the off-world endo-Sol colonies and the major Terran cities.
Originally, The City was established as a refugee camp after The Collapse of the Golden Age directly under The Traveler. Given the popularity of this concept since the beginning of storytelling, it is highly likely that it will continue when humans are around campfires on off-world colonies.įor me, one of the best examples of the Last Bastion concept is the Last City from the Destiny universe and it is also one of the examples I am the most familiar with given my extensive Destiny addiction. In some ways, the last hope of the Jedi Order was in the twin children of Darth Vader and they were the last bastion of hope to restore the Jedi Order after the end of the Clone Wars. In the veins of these females was the final hope for humanity unaltered by the Nuclear War. It was envisioned as a film that would devote the majority of its runtime to the chase of the Pure Bloods. According to the rumored concept, Max’s son would be paid to escort a group of “pure blood” women from one safe location to another while being pursued by several different groups of wasteland warriors. Before the long-awaited release of Fury Road, there was of rumors floating around the internet of the early 2000’s, especially on AICN. This is like the last human on Earth as seen in I am Legend works, the last child on Earth as seen in Children of Men, and the unused concept for 4th Mad Max movie.
One of the better examples comes to us from the. For many, the last bastion of Christendom and the old Roman Empire was gone and surely western civilization will fall. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 after a 53 siege, this important city of Christendom was looted and sacked with all manner of violent and crimes, with many men, women, and children raped and then sold into slavery. When we look at more military examples in human history, there are some prime examples. We could be in the same boat as the Neanderthals at some point in our species history. Throughout geologic time, there have been countless species that have been pushed to their last bastion of their habitat and while some come back, some die as we are seeing with the climate change die off. At some point in the prehistoric period as modern humans were spreading out in Europe, around 40,000 years before the common era, the last Neanderthals were pushed back to Gibraltar and this as their last bastion of a sort. We already have and we will likely again. Again, this concept was so compelling to those early lore masters that they included into the mythological foundations of their lore and identity. We seen this with the collective Great Flood stories that populate many mythological traditions.
Layered into the collective experiences of our species is the mythological stories of valiant warriors and brave survivors of apocalypses level events and the last bastions where the remains of humanity rose to retake their lands. Then there are the examples from mythology that provide some of the reason for the popularity of the Last Bastion concept, such as the Noah's ark myth and King Arthur's Camelot. How many tales of warriors and battles are devoted to the last stand of the few against the many? It seems that the most celebrated battles in Victoria Britain period are last stands like 1879 Battle of Rorke’s Drift. The compelling nature of the Last Bastion allows for emotions to impact harder, for the battle to be that much legendary, and for the tales of the battle to be more worthy of song. The pressure and dramatic tension that is placed on the audience and the characters allow for a creator to fuel their fiction to a higher degree. Given the number of famous examples seen in the realm of sci-fi/fantasy, the question asks itself: why is this concept so popular? The reason is because of how damn compelling it is for both the audience and the characters.
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