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<blockquote data-quote="TheVengefulKoala" data-source="post: 5652467" data-attributes="member: 99681">A BRIEF HISTORY OF UNDERENGLAND&nbsp;1854: The Broad Street Cholera Outbreak begins in London. Arthur Delahunt, Viscount Ingramshire, begins having dreams of a large cavern underneath England. At the height of the outbreak, he convinces the entire population to follow him underground, where they will &quot;preserve English society for time immemorial&quot;.&nbsp;1869: After 15 years of work, &quot;Ingramshire-Under-England&quot; is completed. Delahunt is crowned King Arthur I, monarch of the new English society. All contact with the surface is permanently cut off.&nbsp;1876: Aetheric crystals are first discovered. Realizing their potential, underEngland quickly adopts them as its primary source of energy. Later that year, the unstable nature of aetheric is discovered after a chain-reaction explosion destroys the Bletchly Shaft Aether Mine, killing 68.&nbsp;1889: While exploring what would later be named the Styx River, UnderEnglish ships pass through the Stygian Gate and discover that Hell is, in fact, and actual physical place. Parliament debates their next course of action for the next 2 months. Upon reaching a consensus that a full-scale war with Hell would be disastrous (and really, who wants to rule Hell?), trade begins between the two locales.&nbsp;1918: First recorded killing by Mirror-Face Jack. Notable in that the victims were Count Horace Graff and King Charles III.&nbsp;1976: The colony of Barrow is founded on the other side of the Sea of Moloch. Barrow booms with a prosperous mining industry. More colonies quickly form.&nbsp;2020: UnderEngland discovered by the Royal Geographic Society. A new Cold War begins over &quot;UnderTech&quot;- technology powered by aetheric crystals.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheVengefulKoala, post: 5652467, member: 99681"] [U][B][SIZE=3]A BRIEF HISTORY OF UNDERENGLAND[/SIZE][/B][/U] [B][U][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/U][/B] [B][U]1854:[/U][/B] The Broad Street Cholera Outbreak begins in London. Arthur Delahunt, Viscount Ingramshire, begins having dreams of a large cavern underneath England. At the height of the outbreak, he convinces the entire population to follow him underground, where they will "preserve English society for time immemorial". [B][U]1869:[/U][/B] After 15 years of work, "Ingramshire-Under-England" is completed. Delahunt is crowned King Arthur I, monarch of the new English society. All contact with the surface is permanently cut off. [B][U]1876:[/U][/B] Aetheric crystals are first discovered. Realizing their potential, underEngland quickly adopts them as its primary source of energy. Later that year, the unstable nature of aetheric is discovered after a chain-reaction explosion destroys the Bletchly Shaft Aether Mine, killing 68. [B][U]1889:[/U][/B] While exploring what would later be named the Styx River, UnderEnglish ships pass through the Stygian Gate and discover that Hell is, in fact, and actual physical place. Parliament debates their next course of action for the next 2 months. Upon reaching a consensus that a full-scale war with Hell would be disastrous (and really, who wants to rule Hell?), trade begins between the two locales. [B][U]1918:[/U][/B] First recorded killing by Mirror-Face Jack. Notable in that the victims were Count Horace Graff and King Charles III. [B][U]1976:[/U][/B] The colony of Barrow is founded on the other side of the Sea of Moloch. Barrow booms with a prosperous mining industry. More colonies quickly form. [B][U]2020: [/U][/B]UnderEngland discovered by the Royal Geographic Society. A new Cold War begins over "UnderTech"- technology powered by aetheric crystals. [/QUOTE]

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