Horizon Forbidden West: The Tenakth Arena and America's Second Civil War Explained

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Guerilla Games' Horizon Zero Dawn had a lot of work to do in order to establish its game world in 2017. It was an expansive new IP with interesting characters and a vast world for players to explore, and the developers needed to craft a fun gaming experience, while introducing players effectively to its setting and lore. The tragic tale of humanity's greed and caprice was slowly unraveled as Nora hunter Aloy got to the bottom of her own origins and traveled across a post-apocalyptic United States. Its sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, brought some of the previous game's characters and areas back, but also opened up the world in a lot of ways.

Horizon Forbidden West adds new layers to the fractured society from the first game and provides further glimpses into what life was like before the Faro Plague changed life as humanity knew it. The vast open-world contains a lot of lore, and players may feel a little overwhelmed at first. For any gamers wanting to know more about the secretive and isolationist Tenakth tribe and their practices, as well as their part in the conflicts that rage across the troubled region, there are a few keys things they should know.

Horizon Forbidden West: Who Are the Ten?

The Tenakth are one of the many tribes that Aloy encounters throughout her wide-ranging explorations and first foray into the Forbidden West. Like each of the groups of humans struggling to survive in the hostile environments overrun by machines, the Tenakth have their own rules, beliefs, and motivations. However, the Tenakth themselves are as divided as the wider society, and they are spread out in different smaller clans across the in-game area. The three clans of the Tenakth are the Sky Clan, the Lowland Clan, and the Desert Clan,