Terrance888
Discord Reigns
This is the Darkest World.
Europe has long put away the most evil and deviant magical practices in it's past in the pursuit of more reliable and efficient technologies. However, not all the native peoples they've discovered shared their self-righteous moral system. For every European colony that succeeded, another failed at the hands of magically empowered natives, whose magic gave them an even footing with the Europeans (any magical advantage is usually matched by a different technological advantage, and vice versa).
Worldwide decolonization mostly occurred during the late 1800s and early 1900s as various mother countries were invaded, conquered, or fell into revolution. Now, throughout the non European world, the now independent colonies struggle to survive next to developed native states whose power rival those in the European heartland.
Meanwhile, Socialism has taken a deeper root than IRL. Dozens of Socialist countries exist throughout the world. Even the traditionally united Comintern is divided between the Democratic Socialists and the Dictatorial Communists.
In a more general sense, this world is more liberal than ours, due in large part to magic. Most states have banned sacrificial sacrifices of unwilling human beings, and many have banned blood and spiritual sacrifices as well. In doing so, most admitted that all humans have at least the rights to their own life (human sacrifice), liberty (blood sacrifice), and pursuit of happiness (spiritual sacrifice.) Or whatever list of rights we're going with.
It is now 1950, and ideologies born in the 1800's now face their second, or even third generation of implementation. The march of both Technology and Magic have revealed a whole new dimension of power: all across the world, theorists attempt to unlock the secrets to produce Weapons of Mass Destruction. While Europe stabilizes from its latest series of wars and revolutions, European Colonies and Native Powers alike begin to gear up for the next, seemingly inevitable, series of intrigue and war.
This is truly the Darkest World.
/End Narration
Basically most of Europe is filled out with PC's and very good NPC's. There are scattering of isolated PC's throughout the world, divided evenly between European Colonizers and Native Powers. If you have a specific area you are interested in, please ask. The Update Negatives give a good idea where the PC's are.
Europe has long put away the most evil and deviant magical practices in it's past in the pursuit of more reliable and efficient technologies. However, not all the native peoples they've discovered shared their self-righteous moral system. For every European colony that succeeded, another failed at the hands of magically empowered natives, whose magic gave them an even footing with the Europeans (any magical advantage is usually matched by a different technological advantage, and vice versa).
Worldwide decolonization mostly occurred during the late 1800s and early 1900s as various mother countries were invaded, conquered, or fell into revolution. Now, throughout the non European world, the now independent colonies struggle to survive next to developed native states whose power rival those in the European heartland.
Meanwhile, Socialism has taken a deeper root than IRL. Dozens of Socialist countries exist throughout the world. Even the traditionally united Comintern is divided between the Democratic Socialists and the Dictatorial Communists.
In a more general sense, this world is more liberal than ours, due in large part to magic. Most states have banned sacrificial sacrifices of unwilling human beings, and many have banned blood and spiritual sacrifices as well. In doing so, most admitted that all humans have at least the rights to their own life (human sacrifice), liberty (blood sacrifice), and pursuit of happiness (spiritual sacrifice.) Or whatever list of rights we're going with.
It is now 1950, and ideologies born in the 1800's now face their second, or even third generation of implementation. The march of both Technology and Magic have revealed a whole new dimension of power: all across the world, theorists attempt to unlock the secrets to produce Weapons of Mass Destruction. While Europe stabilizes from its latest series of wars and revolutions, European Colonies and Native Powers alike begin to gear up for the next, seemingly inevitable, series of intrigue and war.
This is truly the Darkest World.
/End Narration
Basically most of Europe is filled out with PC's and very good NPC's. There are scattering of isolated PC's throughout the world, divided evenly between European Colonizers and Native Powers. If you have a specific area you are interested in, please ask. The Update Negatives give a good idea where the PC's are.
I can see where this is going. Welcome to the Game!
