RIDGEWALKERS
Ridgewalkers follows siblings Ophie and Naomi as they journey west in search of freedom and a new beginning. Set against the rugged wilderness of late nineteenth-century Washington Territory, their adventure leads them into a world of strange encounters, hidden histories, and mysteries that challenge everything they thought they understood about the wild.
Sisters Ophie and Naomi head west along the Oregon Trail in the late 1800s, leaving city life behind in search of freedom and a fresh beginning. To protect themselves and keep questions at bay, they present themselves to fellow travelers as husband and wife. Their journey eventually brings them to Lone Pine, a remote mining settlement in Washington Territory, where they plan to establish a homestead and create a life on their own terms.
Life on the frontier, however, proves far less predictable than either sibling imagined. The surrounding wilderness is immense and unfamiliar, and unsettling events begin to disturb their fragile sense of security. Animals are attacked, strange cries carry through the forest, and stories about mysterious beings known as Ridgewalkers become increasingly difficult to dismiss. Even Brucey, the eccentric local Wildman, warns the siblings that there are things in the woods far more formidable than ordinary wildlife.
At the same time, trouble is growing within Lone Pine itself. Greed, suspicion, personal rivalries,
and the pressures of frontier survival expose fractures among the settlers. Ophie and Naomi
must determine which dangers come from the wilderness and which come from the people
attempting to control it. As their understanding of the land changes, so does the question at the heart of their journey: what should truly be feared?
Blending historical adventure, suspense, dark humor, cryptid folklore, and Sasquatch mystery, Ridgewalkers explores sibling loyalty, identity, survival, belonging, and the consequences of dismissing what we do not understand. Beneath its high strangeness lies a deeper examination of forgotten knowledge and the ways people label unfamiliar groups as dangerous or unreal.
The author’s note deliberately frames the Ridgewalkers as complex beings rather than simple monsters, connecting their story to larger questions about othering, erasure, and empathy.
Written in a screenplay inspired format and accompanied by a Campfire Guide, Ridgewalkers invites readers to experience its mysteries together, bringing the atmosphere, characters, and strange folklore of the wilderness beyond the page.
Enter the wilderness. Discover the mystery. Experience Ridgewalkers.
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