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* '''[[Money in Victorian London]]''', a quick primer to how money works in the Victorian British Empire. | * '''[[Money in Victorian London]]''', a quick primer to how money works in the Victorian British Empire. | ||
* '''[[Metropolitan Police in Victorian London]]:''' A look at the Metropolitan Police, as established by Sir Robert Peele (in 1829). | * '''[[Metropolitan Police in Victorian London]]:''' A look at the Metropolitan Police, as established by Sir Robert Peele (in 1829). | ||
| − | === | + | ===London Unveiled: Mages of London=== |
| − | * '''[[ | + | The only ''consilium'' to be found in London and its environs, not all mages in the city belong to it. Indeed, membership in this consilium is considered a privilege - the Hierarch acts to govern the magical community of London (and to a lesser extent, Britain as a whole), while the [[London Elder Cabals|Elder Cabals]] determine who among the Awakened will or will not be invited to become a proper [[London Vassal Cabals|Vassal Cabal]], and given the privileges that come with membership in the city. |
| + | * '''[[London Elder Cabals|Elder Cabals]]:''' The undisputed aristocracy of Awakened society in London. | ||
| + | * '''[[London Vassal Cabals|Vassal Cabals]]:''' The cabals who are also part of the consilium, albeit by the grace of a patron Elder Cabal. | ||
| + | * '''[[London Common Cabals|Common Cabals]]:''' The cabals who are not part of the consilium, though they do have the protection of one of the Orders. | ||
| + | * '''[[London Vagabond Cabals|Vagabond Cabals]]:''' The cabals who are part of neither consilium nor caucus, but exist of their own volition. They include many who are Apostate, or cabals made up of multiple Orders. | ||
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===Noteworthy Locales=== | ===Noteworthy Locales=== | ||
* '''The [[Low Tide]]:''' A [[VicLondon-Limehouse IsleDogs|Limehouse]] gambling den located just north of where West India Dock Road and Commercial Road East meet, one of the "copper hells" frequented by the lower classes. Dice and card games abound, as does the occasional bare-knuckles bout. Owned by [[Millie Walker]]. | * '''The [[Low Tide]]:''' A [[VicLondon-Limehouse IsleDogs|Limehouse]] gambling den located just north of where West India Dock Road and Commercial Road East meet, one of the "copper hells" frequented by the lower classes. Dice and card games abound, as does the occasional bare-knuckles bout. Owned by [[Millie Walker]]. | ||
Revision as of 19:01, 5 December 2017
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Player Characters
London, England
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During the Reign of Queen Victoria
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| Population: 5,633,806 (1896) |
The City
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| Central London, based around the "Square Mile" that is the old original walled city of London. |
| Bloomsbury • Charing Cross • Covent Garden • The Docks & Wapping • Holborn • The Square Mile • St. Giles |
The West End
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| Formerly swathes of farmland, the West End is now home to many grand houses and sections of new city life. |
| Bayswater • Belgravia • Brompton & Chelsea • Fulham • Hammersmith • Kensal Green • Kensington • Marylebone • Mayfair • Notting Hill • Paddington • Pimlico • St. James (Clubland) • St. Johns Wood • St. Pancras • Westminster |
The Hills
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| The high ridge north of old London. Formerly agricultural, but the city has grown over and swallowed up the old farms into new metropolitan areas. |
| Former Villages • Islington • Hampstead • Highbury • Highgate • Holloway |
The East End
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| Poverty and crime are a way of life in the East End. Home to the desperate, as well as those immigrants who rarely find a welcome anywhere else in the city. |
| Limehouse & the Isle of Dogs • Mile End & Stepney • Whitechapel |
The Southwark
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| The southern bank of the Thames, originally where the rich escaped the city. Now it is home to rookeries and poverty, and those industries not tolerated in finer parts of the city. |
| Battersea & Clampham • Bermondsey • Deptford & Greenwich • Lambeth • Peckham • Putney • Rotherhithe |
- La Maupin, Moros Adamantine Arrow suffragette
- Lagnaippe, Obrimos Guardians of the Veil queen of the gamblers
- Aesculapius, Thyrsus Mysterium physician
- Oberon, Acanthus Guardians of the Veil natural history curator
- Iblis, Mastigos Mysterium gem merchant and lapidary
Storyteller Characters
- The Maidstone Three: A trio of mages originally from Maidstone, in Kent, who are now all in London. Each of them has at least one apprentice.
Chronicle Resources
- Solium Speculorum Chronicle Stats, a compilation of the Attributes, Skills and Arcana ratings of the PCs in the chronicle, used to determine relative importance of focus areas to the group.
- Solium Speculorum Starting Obsessions: A collection of starting Obsessions for player characters.
Victorian London
- Money in Victorian London, a quick primer to how money works in the Victorian British Empire.
- Metropolitan Police in Victorian London: A look at the Metropolitan Police, as established by Sir Robert Peele (in 1829).
London Unveiled: Mages of London
The only consilium to be found in London and its environs, not all mages in the city belong to it. Indeed, membership in this consilium is considered a privilege - the Hierarch acts to govern the magical community of London (and to a lesser extent, Britain as a whole), while the Elder Cabals determine who among the Awakened will or will not be invited to become a proper Vassal Cabal, and given the privileges that come with membership in the city.
- Elder Cabals: The undisputed aristocracy of Awakened society in London.
- Vassal Cabals: The cabals who are also part of the consilium, albeit by the grace of a patron Elder Cabal.
- Common Cabals: The cabals who are not part of the consilium, though they do have the protection of one of the Orders.
- Vagabond Cabals: The cabals who are part of neither consilium nor caucus, but exist of their own volition. They include many who are Apostate, or cabals made up of multiple Orders.
Noteworthy Locales
- The Low Tide: A Limehouse gambling den located just north of where West India Dock Road and Commercial Road East meet, one of the "copper hells" frequented by the lower classes. Dice and card games abound, as does the occasional bare-knuckles bout. Owned by Millie Walker.
- Vicrum's Townhouse: A Limehouse townhouse, located in a good middle-class neighborhood at the upper edges of Limehouse, close to Vicrum's work offices along West India Dock Road, in south Limehouse.
- Dr. Goddard's Surgery: The resident and office of Whitechapel physician Dr. Francis Goddard. Though he has space for visiting patients, he also makes extensive house calls throughout Whitechapel.
- Sutton Gardens: A Holborn house owned by the Sutton Baronetcy of Norwood Park, Sutton Gardens is one of several grand townhouses arrayed around Russell Square. Rowena Sutton lives there.
- Addington Terraces: The Brompton row of houses in which Edward Thackery, a curator at the nearby Natural History Museum dwells. It is a small dwelling, the sort of thing that a widower on his salary might afford.
Reference
- Victorian London: The ultimate resource for Victorian London.
- Victorian Cost of Living: A guide to weekly and yearly expenditures in Victorian England.
- Servant Hierarcy:, discussing the roles of various servants of household
Merits
- Victorian Resources Merit: The Resources Merit, as presented for Victorian chronicles.
House Rules
- WoD Merits: Current Roster: Library (• - •••) and Quick Healer (•• or ••••)
- WoD Health Levels: House rule regarding World of Darkness Health Trait.
- Natural Healing: Recovery from injuries in the World of Darkness, including information on medical care. Includes the Quick Healer Merit.
- WoD Research: System for researching the lore of the World of Darkness.
- WoD Conditions: Conditions for the World of Darkness.
- WoD Tilts: Tilts for the World of Darkness.
- CoD Urban District Traits: The six Traits associated with neighborhoods in Chronicle of Darkness cities.
- Legacies for Mage 2nd: A set of homebrew Legacies to tide us over until we get official versions (if we ever do).
