TheVengefulKoala
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In 1854, one of the worst cholera outbreaks in the history of London occurred. The disease claimed the lives of 616 people. It also distracted people from the fact that, shortly after the epidemic began, the Viscount of Ingramshire and the entire populace of that area literally vanished overnight. Though an official investigation was launched, no evidence was found that suggested the whereabouts of Ingramshire's residents.
Then, in 2020, the Royal Geographical Society made a startling discovery. In a previously-undiscovered cavern rougly 45 kilometres below England, a city was discovered. This city, wherein the inhabitants still dressed and behaved in a Victorian manner, had been built by the residents of Ingramshire upon fleeing underground. Despite their stalled culture, however, the UnderEnglanders possessed great technological developments, thanks to their harnessing of "aether" as a power source.
Needless to say, the nations of the surface flocked to UnderEngland, attempting to get their hands on aetheric technology. Dealing with the isolationist and nigh-xenophobic UnderEnglanders proved difficult, and no nation was willing to engage in open warfare with a nation that could create weapons able to melt through solid steel.
It is now 2025, and for the past five years, UnderEngland has been the focal point of a new Cold War. Every nation on Earth wants the secrets of "Under-Tech", and they're willing to do anything to get it. Needless to say, the UnderEnglanders are less than happy about the idea of exploitation of their resources by dirty foreigners. So, 45 kilometers under the Earth's surface, the Great Game is played once more in a city-state stuck in the Victorian Era and located just up the river from Hell (no, seriously!).
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This thread is where I'll be posting information about this setting periodically. Feel free to contribute, but please keep the flames to a minimum (constructive criticism, however, is perfectly alright).
GENRE: Espionage/Adventure/Horror
PERIOD: Near Future
CATEGORY: Action/Horror
AVERAGE PROGRESS LEVEL: 4-7
OFFICIAL DISCLAIMER: This setting deals with some themes that are understandably sensitive, such as xenophobia. This is not an effort on my part to espouse any cultural or political agenda. I'm merely showing what an underground city populated by modern-day Victorians would be like.
Then, in 2020, the Royal Geographical Society made a startling discovery. In a previously-undiscovered cavern rougly 45 kilometres below England, a city was discovered. This city, wherein the inhabitants still dressed and behaved in a Victorian manner, had been built by the residents of Ingramshire upon fleeing underground. Despite their stalled culture, however, the UnderEnglanders possessed great technological developments, thanks to their harnessing of "aether" as a power source.
Needless to say, the nations of the surface flocked to UnderEngland, attempting to get their hands on aetheric technology. Dealing with the isolationist and nigh-xenophobic UnderEnglanders proved difficult, and no nation was willing to engage in open warfare with a nation that could create weapons able to melt through solid steel.
It is now 2025, and for the past five years, UnderEngland has been the focal point of a new Cold War. Every nation on Earth wants the secrets of "Under-Tech", and they're willing to do anything to get it. Needless to say, the UnderEnglanders are less than happy about the idea of exploitation of their resources by dirty foreigners. So, 45 kilometers under the Earth's surface, the Great Game is played once more in a city-state stuck in the Victorian Era and located just up the river from Hell (no, seriously!).
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This thread is where I'll be posting information about this setting periodically. Feel free to contribute, but please keep the flames to a minimum (constructive criticism, however, is perfectly alright).
GENRE: Espionage/Adventure/Horror
PERIOD: Near Future
CATEGORY: Action/Horror
AVERAGE PROGRESS LEVEL: 4-7
OFFICIAL DISCLAIMER: This setting deals with some themes that are understandably sensitive, such as xenophobia. This is not an effort on my part to espouse any cultural or political agenda. I'm merely showing what an underground city populated by modern-day Victorians would be like.
