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The Synopsis
For nearly fifty years after the fall of Nelfpolëon, the Old World knew peace in what the Franctalar would later call La Belle Ëpoque, an idyllic fantasy that was harshly shattered when the Calemberger Union invaded Franctala and humiliated the Nelfin in a short war that not only saw the death of the Franctala Emperor, but also the fall of its government to a republic. Seizing the region of Teled-Lorraine, the Calemberger Union proclaimed itself the new Great Cadarman Empire in the middle of the hall of mirrors of the Mirror Palace in Versaillëlfin. The resulting power struggle between the Great Cadarman and the globalist Brittelvhen Empire would continue to dominate the next 30 years until in 1912 AC, the Great War broke out.
The Austradir-Ceardian Empire's heir to the throne, Karl Franz, was killed by Serb-Allar independence fighters during a tour through the occupied Slizzroatia, setting off a chain of alliances that would eventually culminate in the largest war ever fought in the world. When Austradir-Ceardian troops marched into Serb-Allaria, the Varrussian Empire declared war on the Austradir-Ceardian Empire, triggering an alliance that called in the Great Cadarman Empire, which in turn triggered an alliance that called in Franctala, which in turn resulted in the Brittelvhen Empire also siding against the Central-Human powers. The Songottoman Empire would join on the side of the Central-Human powers after a year, while the Sardwarfi-Pit-monte League would eventually be bribed by the Brittelvhen Empire to side against the Central-Human powers.
War raged in the Old World for many years, reaching far into the southern wastes continent, the Maiïndian sub continent, Ausdrowdar, and even China-ji and Japan-ji waged war on one another for the Central and Allied powers respectively. The war was finally brought to a tentative hold in 1921 when the United Human States from the New World entered the war on the side of the losing Central-Human powers. While the United Human States were unable to turn the tide of the war fully, they stopped a landslide Allied victory and were able to secure a tentative truce that would end the war in a stalemate. Quickly afterwards, the Varrussian Empire completely collapsed as socialist revolts swept away the Purromanov dynasty, while the Songottoman Empire itself fell to the whims of republicanism.
The utter destruction and carnage of the war in the Old World caused a massive influx of immigrants to the United Human Empire, a beacon of freedom and personal liberty in a world dominated by the Empires of the old order and their repressive authoritarian regimes. The Great Union Dream promised a chance for everyone of every race nation and creed, and even citizens of once enemy states dared to seek their fortunes in the land of the free. When the soldiers who fought in the war returned home, the United Human States went into a decade of prosperity, great financial progress as well as technological wonders were invented. When the China-ji developed Dragon machine was implemented in Manhattan, death became a thing of the past. Every person that died in Manhattan, the capital heart of the United Human States, would be revived in the machine, albeit at a cost.
The disappearance of death however did not solve poverty and crime in the pristine city, in fact, it only multiplied it. The Temperance league managed to convince the Human Congress to pass the prohibition act, declaring all opiates, alcohol and other mind altering substances illegal to use, especially Vampirii drinks, all in the name of protecting morality of the people. Since the disappearance of their fear of death, society had become a place of debauchery and wastrels, something the Temperance League attempted to steer away from by denying citizens the substances used to spend their lives in bars and burlesque places. The locals would eventually create secret backroom bars and taps, giving rise to the eternal cat and mouse game between the Manhattan gangs and the Police Force.
The Where When and How
We are still building. Needless to say, the AU is going to be done by the best of our abilities, though players should be aware that this is just a mini side project, not an actual attempt of the server to split into different universes. There will be no Wiki lore (save for one page), no applications, no permissions and no specialized rules or systems. We're just gonna roll with it as it comes along, and see what we can do a few weeks in. As for when we have a release date, we cannot give one. We want to build a cool looking Manhattan skyline, even if at the beginning we will only have one street available.
For nearly fifty years after the fall of Nelfpolëon, the Old World knew peace in what the Franctalar would later call La Belle Ëpoque, an idyllic fantasy that was harshly shattered when the Calemberger Union invaded Franctala and humiliated the Nelfin in a short war that not only saw the death of the Franctala Emperor, but also the fall of its government to a republic. Seizing the region of Teled-Lorraine, the Calemberger Union proclaimed itself the new Great Cadarman Empire in the middle of the hall of mirrors of the Mirror Palace in Versaillëlfin. The resulting power struggle between the Great Cadarman and the globalist Brittelvhen Empire would continue to dominate the next 30 years until in 1912 AC, the Great War broke out.
The Austradir-Ceardian Empire's heir to the throne, Karl Franz, was killed by Serb-Allar independence fighters during a tour through the occupied Slizzroatia, setting off a chain of alliances that would eventually culminate in the largest war ever fought in the world. When Austradir-Ceardian troops marched into Serb-Allaria, the Varrussian Empire declared war on the Austradir-Ceardian Empire, triggering an alliance that called in the Great Cadarman Empire, which in turn triggered an alliance that called in Franctala, which in turn resulted in the Brittelvhen Empire also siding against the Central-Human powers. The Songottoman Empire would join on the side of the Central-Human powers after a year, while the Sardwarfi-Pit-monte League would eventually be bribed by the Brittelvhen Empire to side against the Central-Human powers.
War raged in the Old World for many years, reaching far into the southern wastes continent, the Maiïndian sub continent, Ausdrowdar, and even China-ji and Japan-ji waged war on one another for the Central and Allied powers respectively. The war was finally brought to a tentative hold in 1921 when the United Human States from the New World entered the war on the side of the losing Central-Human powers. While the United Human States were unable to turn the tide of the war fully, they stopped a landslide Allied victory and were able to secure a tentative truce that would end the war in a stalemate. Quickly afterwards, the Varrussian Empire completely collapsed as socialist revolts swept away the Purromanov dynasty, while the Songottoman Empire itself fell to the whims of republicanism.
The utter destruction and carnage of the war in the Old World caused a massive influx of immigrants to the United Human Empire, a beacon of freedom and personal liberty in a world dominated by the Empires of the old order and their repressive authoritarian regimes. The Great Union Dream promised a chance for everyone of every race nation and creed, and even citizens of once enemy states dared to seek their fortunes in the land of the free. When the soldiers who fought in the war returned home, the United Human States went into a decade of prosperity, great financial progress as well as technological wonders were invented. When the China-ji developed Dragon machine was implemented in Manhattan, death became a thing of the past. Every person that died in Manhattan, the capital heart of the United Human States, would be revived in the machine, albeit at a cost.
The disappearance of death however did not solve poverty and crime in the pristine city, in fact, it only multiplied it. The Temperance league managed to convince the Human Congress to pass the prohibition act, declaring all opiates, alcohol and other mind altering substances illegal to use, especially Vampirii drinks, all in the name of protecting morality of the people. Since the disappearance of their fear of death, society had become a place of debauchery and wastrels, something the Temperance League attempted to steer away from by denying citizens the substances used to spend their lives in bars and burlesque places. The locals would eventually create secret backroom bars and taps, giving rise to the eternal cat and mouse game between the Manhattan gangs and the Police Force.
The Where When and How
We are still building. Needless to say, the AU is going to be done by the best of our abilities, though players should be aware that this is just a mini side project, not an actual attempt of the server to split into different universes. There will be no Wiki lore (save for one page), no applications, no permissions and no specialized rules or systems. We're just gonna roll with it as it comes along, and see what we can do a few weeks in. As for when we have a release date, we cannot give one. We want to build a cool looking Manhattan skyline, even if at the beginning we will only have one street available.
