An Abbreviated Almanac: Victoriana: Gathering Storms

Allies & Antagonists & Acquaintances

Allies

• Jonathan: A fiance from Isabelle Pickering's previous life, now a ghost who is her constant companion
• Pop the Weasel: An enforcer and associate of Billy the Crime Boss of London's East End
• Billy Butcher: Half-Orc Crime Lord of East End and meat butcher
• Selene Dashwood: Brilliant Scientist and Bioengineer
• The Colonel (Fleming): Head of the Diogenes Club and father of Katherine Fleming-Drake
• Celeste Fleming: Desceased wife of Colonel Fleming, mother of Katherine Fleming, and currently a ghost who appeals to Varney for help
• Josephine Gabrielle Arcenaux: Agent of the Crown under the Colonel's command
• Quentin Michael Humberstone: Gentleman and Mechanical Engineer of Fredricksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Antagonists

• The Dragon Lady of Limehouse: Madame Manager of Limehouse opium den and suspected white slaver.
• Seamus Bourne: Rich Irish businessman and Vampire.
• Dr. Archibald Tolford: A scientist at a government-secured laboratory, Labethside, London, maker of a transformative serum, and professional competitor of Selene Dashwood
• Cyrus Thomas: Stage magician and former collegues of Nicholas Varney
• The Sorceress: Egyptian Sorceress who has prolonged her life for a 1000 years to bring back her lover from the dead, running under an alias of "Beatrice"
• Bonnie: A maid of the Pickering household, infatuated admirer of Thackery
• Spirit of Beddington: The spirit of a previous lord and owner of Beddington House, dating from the 1600's, instrumental in rescuing Thackery, Isabelle, and Varney

Acquaintances

• The Colonel and Mrs. Pickering: Parents of Isabelle Pickering
• Stephen Watson : Father of kidnapped girl, friend of Col. Pickering, and closet opium addict
• Drusilla Thackery: Blind older sister of Samuel Thackery
• Lizzie: Isabelle's maid and wife to Billy (both servants of the Pickering household)
• Baron Sturdivant: An acquaintance of Pieter Finch at the Royal Society
• Mr. John MacDonald, R.S.: Respected biologist of the Royal Society
• Sara, professional companion: Hired at one point by Nicholas Varney
• Miss Smitherly: Former client of Nicholas Varney
• Mrs. L—: A High Society matron and old client of Nicholas Varney
• Mr. Al-Kazan: An Egyptian gentleman of wealth and high standing who hires Thackery to translate an ancient manuscript
• Cook: The head cook and housekeeper of the Pickering townhouse, London
• Mr. Bennington: A Bow Street investigator tasked to solve the murder of Mr. Al-Kazan at one of London's finest hotels
• Lord Kelvin, R.S.: One of Pieter Finch's august sponsors to the Royal Society
• Old Mrs. Pritchard: Elderly lady and neighbor of the Pickerings' who was found deceeased at her residence several days after her death, her remains nibbled upon by her eight cats.
• Mr. Thomas Harris: Egyptologist at the British Museum, who is halfway smitten with Ariadne Finch

Places & Things of Interest

To be added as encountered...

• Selene's Laboratory/Royal Dragon Aerodrome, Lambethside, London
• The Colonel and Mrs. Pickering's Townhouse, London
• Finch and Son, Precision Instruments & Chronometers, No. 3 Old Burlington Street W1, Picadilly, London
• Drusilla Thackery's Country House, Kent
• Mechanical Aetheric Measuring Device: A device that detects and measures Aetheric activity via mechanical and scientific means, producing an inked wave form on paper to indicate the level of activity. The device is powerd by sulfuric acid batteries. No magic is employed.
• The Mitchelson Resonator: A device invented by the Finches, it can increase the density of Aether to the point of slowing time inside one of any four of the Resonator's chambers. It was succesfully used to halt the progress of Selene Dashwood's affliction, gaining her allies time to find a cure. Pieter Finch soon devises a bicycle-chain drive to run it, increasing the device's power to allow it to partially solidify captured manifiestations. The chain drive also allows the device to be portable.
• Aetheric Density Modifier: Yet later, Pieter Finch devises a way for the Michelson Resonator to concentrate Aether for magical use. Nicholas Varney tests this new feature. Pieter soon after invents a way to allow the device to dispel magic as well as concentrate it. He renames the device "Aetheric Density Modifier".
• Finch's Battlefield Butterflies: Mechanical silkworms with butterfly wings, designed to fly out to the wounded on the battlefield to dress injuries with silk. Presented to the Royal Society on the occasion of his induction to their ranks.
• Beddington House: an Upper Class estate available for rental near Stonehenge

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