Editing A Dark Cloud Over London (section)

==Places of Interest==
*'''The India Club''' / Power concealed is power enhanced
''A gentleman’s club where foreign office staff, East India board members and grand old military men can make the true and terrible decisions of Empire.''
*'''Little India''' / The Scapegoats of Strangeness
''A de facto ghetto comprising only a few blocks near the London docks, this humble area is the center of Indian immigrant life in London in 1860, the first foothold of an ever-increasing population. Its residents are by-and-large arrived within the last 2 years, and so have brought much of their home life -- their food, their mores, their religion, and their gods -- with them. There are those in every stratum of society who find the rapid pace of change -- moral, technological, metaphysical -- disturbing. The immigrants of Little India, with their unfamiliar ways and vulnerable social standing, make all too tempting scapegoats for those who want to vent their frustrations.
*'''Mister Peng's Exotica''' / A Republic of Dope-Fiends
''Situated in the heart of Chelsea, this modest storefront masquerades as a purveyor of exotic trinkets from China; its primary source of revenue, however, is a high-grade opium much favored by 'enthusiasts' from all around London. Its 'private viewing rooms' in the back are, in their way, every bit as democratic as the Kerberos Club itself, where bohemians, otherwise respectable ladies, underclass hoopleheads, and gentlemen of 'refined' tastes congregate. Those who gather at the Exotica form a kind of parallel society, with bonds of shared ritual and connoisseurship cutting across barriers of class, sex, race -- and Strangeness.
*'''The Calculation Mill''' / The dark mill cares not whether you're good or bad, but grinds out its calculations...
''A row of factories of Babbage's Analytical Engines (steam-engine processors that receive punch-card input and output to an electrostatic printing device) daisy-chained together from teleghraph cables to record, audit and predict the financial records of an empire.''
*'''The Docklands''' / A hive of scum and opportunity
''The docks along the River have long been a den of criminals - these days, it is positively bursting with gangs, smugglers and various kind of exotic visitors to the great cty of London. Parts of it redesigned by the Queen´s architects according to new and modern theories of architecture, they are a strange blend of old, worn-down cobblestone and impressive, authoritarian metal stuctures.
*'''The Chamber of the Orrery and Astrolabe''' / &ldquo;We are not enchanted.&rdquo;
''Everyone knows of the Star Chamber, the monarchical superior court and instrument of tyranny. Fewer know of the Chamber of the Orrery and the Astrolabe, the Chamber in the Palace of Westminster devoted to the Privy Council's deliberations on arts mysterious and arcane. Founded by John Dee during the reign of Elizabeth I, the Chamber of the Orrery and the Astrolabe has come into increased use in recent years as further strangeness haunts London. The Councillors have begun to keep tabs on the Queen herself, though she has, as with everything, particular views when it comes to the use and application of magic.
*'''The Haversham-Thames Boat Club''' / The Race Is On
''Every second Sunday of the month, the Propulsionists of the Haversham-Thames Boat Club meet to discuss, and then race, their latest inventions. Rudimentary autogyros, electricity powered boats, gyroscoping wheels, all are put to the test in a mad dash from location in the English countryside to location. The inventions themselves range from the practical to the esoteric, with some pursuing the pure goals of science, some the thrill of the chase and others more financial or nefarious ends.