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− | '''ABOUT THE GAME''' | + | '''ABOUT THE GAME – 01/01/2007''' |
==GAME HISTORY OVERVIEW== | ==GAME HISTORY OVERVIEW== | ||
− | As of this writing the timeline is currently | + | As of this writing the timeline is currently spread out between December of 1931 and January 1932. |
− | + | The game world has a slightly accelerated historic timeline from the real world. | |
− | + | On the local front - the great economic depression has occured about six months later than in the real world, with the result that the effect has been deeper and more far reaching than expected. The US president is currently Charles Curtis, President-Elect Hoover having passed away after contracting The Kansas City Influenza. | |
− | + | On the international scene, Germany's fascists/Nazi's are coming to power quicker and earlier, having been given help from unknown sources to in reestablishing their industrial base. | |
− | The lost Czar Alexi has been found, and with the help of dedicated royalists, is attempting to reestablish a Romanov rulership in the face of the Communists | + | Vague rumors have been filtering out of India and China, with people claiming that the old gods and ancestors walk the countryside. |
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+ | The lost Czar Alexi has been found, and with the help of dedicated royalists, is attempting to reestablish a Romanov rulership in the face of the Communists. | ||
Above and beyond all of this - the "Stars Are Just Coming Right" - for those who know where to look. Strange occurrences and Fortean events happen on a daily basis. (A rain of fish over New York, unexplained disappearances, etc.) Factions of the US Government are beginning to exploit the new understanding of just what these changes imply. | Above and beyond all of this - the "Stars Are Just Coming Right" - for those who know where to look. Strange occurrences and Fortean events happen on a daily basis. (A rain of fish over New York, unexplained disappearances, etc.) Factions of the US Government are beginning to exploit the new understanding of just what these changes imply. | ||
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'''Antonio Grimaldi''' (Kevin McHale) – previously a medical student, and sometime rumrunner in the 1920s – Tony is now a man of the world, searching out and experimenting with the more dark aspects of the Mythos. | '''Antonio Grimaldi''' (Kevin McHale) – previously a medical student, and sometime rumrunner in the 1920s – Tony is now a man of the world, searching out and experimenting with the more dark aspects of the Mythos. | ||
− | '''Maxine Scott''' (Renee Solberg) – Egyptologist and one of the only women ever to be initiated into a Bedouin Warrior Brotherhood – she is a curious mix of strength | + | '''Maxine Scott''' (Renee Solberg) – Egyptologist and one of the only women ever to be initiated into a Bedouin Warrior Brotherhood – she is a curious mix of strength and confidence, and innocence. |
'''Carl Ellis''' (Chaz Engan) – originally a radio engineer, now through his experiences and delving into the occult origins of things, Carl is now a mystic and a visionary. Though some would say that he is beginning to slide into madness due to having “seen too much” | '''Carl Ellis''' (Chaz Engan) – originally a radio engineer, now through his experiences and delving into the occult origins of things, Carl is now a mystic and a visionary. Though some would say that he is beginning to slide into madness due to having “seen too much” | ||
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'''Master Feng''' (Tom Johnston) – Chinese Sorcerer, of indeterminate age. Feng pursues his own agenda, sometimes helping, sometimes hindering the others – powerful in the ways of oriental folk magic. | '''Master Feng''' (Tom Johnston) – Chinese Sorcerer, of indeterminate age. Feng pursues his own agenda, sometimes helping, sometimes hindering the others – powerful in the ways of oriental folk magic. | ||
− | '''Auda Abassi''' (Daniel Roher) – Auda is a conflicted man, beset by personal demons and his own growing insanity ... removed from a position of great political power in Egypt, Auda is attempting to come to terms with his growing understanding of what the arrival of the Outside Ones will mean. | + | '''Auda Abassi''' (Daniel Roher) – Auda is a conflicted man, beset by personal demons and his own growing insanity . . . removed from a position of great political power in Egypt, Auda is attempting to come to terms with his growing understanding of what the arrival of the Outside Ones will mean. |
'''Theo Weiss''' (Steve Hill) – Harry Houdini’s brother – Theo has retired from the stage, to work with Carl in an attempt to hinder the arrival of the Outside Ones. Theo’s actions over the last six months have begun to cause others to doubt both his sanity and the morality of his decisions. | '''Theo Weiss''' (Steve Hill) – Harry Houdini’s brother – Theo has retired from the stage, to work with Carl in an attempt to hinder the arrival of the Outside Ones. Theo’s actions over the last six months have begun to cause others to doubt both his sanity and the morality of his decisions. | ||
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'''Eleanora Jefferson''' – (Tess O’Rieva) – Elly is a black woman from the deep south – who’s now deceased cousin-in-law was a friend of Carl Ellis’. Elly believes she is guided and helped by the spirits of the dead who speak to her. | '''Eleanora Jefferson''' – (Tess O’Rieva) – Elly is a black woman from the deep south – who’s now deceased cousin-in-law was a friend of Carl Ellis’. Elly believes she is guided and helped by the spirits of the dead who speak to her. | ||
− | '''Representative Clay | + | '''Representative Clay Morrisen''' – (Mike Blum) – 78 year old ex-Texas Ranger, from Carson City, Nevada – Clay is a fount of stories of the old west, as well as an experienced “critter wrangler” with a goodly number of Mythos encounters beneath his belt. |
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− | ''' | + | '''Frank Kelly''' (''Ken Perata'') – Lawyer from Detroit – now working with the US Government’s organization that is attempting harness the power of the Outside Ones for it’s own use. |
We are just tying off a couple of plot threads, and groups are reconfiguring – but here are a couple of overviews of how things are trending as of this writing: | We are just tying off a couple of plot threads, and groups are reconfiguring – but here are a couple of overviews of how things are trending as of this writing: |