Uneasy tensions and a long, grueling war have left both the human colonists and the Anouks with massive death tolls, and fights occasionally still break out between the two. Now they must make new lives on the planet, surrounded by hostile Anouks and various bands of human radicals. As the Last War heated up on Earth, the Tunnel was closed, leaving no way for the colonists on Banshee to return to Earth. On Banshee, the human colonists had a number of run-ins with the local species, called Anouks, causing a war of their own. The planet was rich in Ghost Rock, and small outposts were established in order to harvest it and ship them back to Earth. Shortly before the Last War, a devastating nuclear war that allowed the Reckoners to ravage the Earth and turn it into a nightmarish wasteland seen in Hell on Earth, a trans-dimensional gateway called the Tunnel was created between Earth and a distant planet called Banshee. The story is a continuation of that featured in the Deadlands: Hell on Earth roleplaying game.