𝒶 𝒿𝓊𝓂𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈, 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝑔𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈

[vampireapologist]

𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝐼𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒
𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑗𝑢𝑚𝑝 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜.

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑎 𝑁𝑎𝑁𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡, 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑-𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠.
𝐼𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦, 𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 . . . 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡.
𝑀𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦. 𝑀𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐴 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙
𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠.

𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑠 ? 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ . . .

❝ 𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝒻 𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓁 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈𝓃'𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝑒𝓍𝒾𝓈𝓉? 𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝒻 𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓁 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔
𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝑒𝒹 𝓊𝓅 𝒷𝓎 𝓂𝒶𝓃, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑔𝑔𝓁𝑒
𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓉 𝑒𝓍𝒸𝑒𝓅𝓉 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝓂𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈? 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝒷𝒶𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒
𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁, 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝒾𝓇𝑒𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝒾𝒸𝑒𝓈? ❞

☙ 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓬𝓻𝓲𝓹𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 ⁕ 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 ⁕ 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭-𝓫𝓾𝓲𝓵𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 ⁕ 𝓵𝓸𝓰𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓼 ❧

𝓑𝓪𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓞𝓷
𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒢𝑒𝓂𝓂𝒶 𝒟𝑜𝓎𝓁𝑒 𝒮𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒷𝓎 𝐿𝒾𝒷𝒷𝓎 𝐵𝓇𝒶𝓎
𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝒶𝓈𝑜𝓁 𝒫𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝐹𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒮𝒸𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓁 𝒮𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒷𝓎 𝒢𝒶𝒾𝓁 𝒞𝒶𝓇𝓇𝒾𝑔𝑒𝓇

{ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑑. }

[vampireapologist]

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The year is 1895. Queen Victoria sits gracefully atop her golden, clockwork throne. It is a time of exploration and innovation, as steam-powered engines take to the sky and mechanical butterflies dance gracefully through the air. But it is still a time steeped in deep tradition, and none bear the weight of social convention quite like the young debutantes about to make their entrances into society. The world is watching their every move, just waiting for them to make a mistake. A single crack in the delicate porcelain that is their image could ruin everything.

Eugenia Spence founded her academy for young ladies on the principles of propriety and dignity. It would help form girls into the perfect mold of mother, wife, and host. For decades, it has done just that. Among its great halls, lessons on all proper matters are instructed. Girls are kept in line and never dream of breaking the rules. Christian duties are carefully maintained. Elegance is of the utmost importance.

All women of Spence have joined and maintained London’s elite high society in some way or another. There has been no black sheep or disappointment among them, as far as the graduates are concerned. The current budding debutantes are no different than those that have come before them. They have the fine graces, airs, and, of course, finances that have grounded this fine institution with such a resounding reputation.

The Spence Academy for Young Ladies is not for everyone. Only the best are welcome. Only the best make it through to the end. After all, in the unpredictable, ruthless world that is London’s elite, only the best can survive.

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Over twenty years ago, a terrible fire nearly destroyed the entire academy. While Spence has recovered from the incident with its reputation, it has not been able to leave this event entirely behind. The prestigious building is still in a state of disrepair. While the exterior and minor parts of the interior have been fixed to deter any questions, the girls secretly spend most of their education in a flying dirigible.

But the lie does not stop there. The reasons behind that fire are far more sinister than any newspaper could have fathomed, for magic flows through the veins of Spence’s finest. The Headmistress herself has no idea the true purpose of Spence: to teach girls the finest of poise, poison, magic, and assassination. The accident was actually from a spell gone horribly wrong. However, not every student is allowed in on the school’s intention. It becomes part of the girls’ training to keep their more controversial studies from other students and staff members. But being recruited is still no guarantee; some are ultimately rejected by the magic itself and have to have their memories wiped.

And the question still remains: whose bidding will they be serving with all these vials tucked in gloves and swords disguised as parasols? These particular students may have options that are not present for regular Victorian girls, but there are still those trying to control their every move. Who can they trust? What will they make of all such skills? They may want to take fate into their own hands, but the chaos of this steampunk world has other ideas.

[vampireapologist]

𝟐 𝓜𝓪𝔂 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟗 ⁕ 𝓣𝓪𝓾𝓻𝓾𝓼
{ 𝐿𝑜𝒾𝓈 𝒮𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓀𝓌𝒾𝒿𝓀 ⁕ 𝐼𝓃𝒹𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈𝒾𝒶𝓃 / 𝒟𝓊𝓉𝒸𝒽 }

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𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓸𝓸𝓷

𝟏𝟗 𝓐𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓵 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟗 ⁕ 𝓐𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼
{ 𝒟𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓁𝒶𝒽 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓁𝓁𝑜 ⁕ 𝒞𝒶𝓊𝒸𝒶𝓈𝒾𝒶𝓃 }

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𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓸𝓸𝓷

𝟐𝟕 𝓝𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟗 ⁕ 𝓢𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓾𝓼
{ 𝑀𝒾𝓈𝒽𝓉𝒾 𝑅𝒶𝒽𝓂𝒶𝓃 ⁕ 𝐵𝑒𝓃𝑔𝒶𝓁𝒾 }

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𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓸𝓸𝓷

𝟖 𝓢𝓮𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟖 ⁕ 𝓥𝓲𝓻𝓰𝓸
{ 𝐿𝑒𝓃𝓃𝓎 𝒩𝓊𝓃𝑒𝓈 ⁕ 𝐵𝓇𝒶𝓏𝒾𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓃 }

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𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓸𝓸𝓷

𝟐𝟒 𝓓𝓮𝓬𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟕 ⁕ 𝓒𝓪𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓷
{ 𝑀𝒶𝓎𝑜𝓌𝒶 𝒩𝒾𝒸𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒶𝓈 ⁕ 𝒩𝒾𝑔𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓃 }

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𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓸𝓸𝓷

𝟏𝟏 𝓝𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟕 ⁕ 𝓢𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓹𝓲𝓸
{ 𝒥𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒿𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒴𝓊 ⁕ 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝒾 }

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𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓸𝓸𝓷

𝟏𝟔 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟗 ⁕ 𝓟𝓲𝓼𝓬𝓮𝓼
{ 𝒦𝒽𝒶𝒹𝒾𝒿𝒽𝒶 𝑅𝑒𝒹 𝒯𝒽𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 ⁕ 𝒩𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒜𝓂𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓃 / 𝒜𝒻𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒜𝓂𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓃 / 𝒮𝓅𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓈𝒽 }

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𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓸𝓸𝓷

𝟐𝟎 𝓞𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓫𝓮𝓻 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟖 ⁕ 𝓛𝓲𝓫𝓻𝓪
{ 𝐹𝒶𝓇𝒽𝒾𝓎𝒶 𝒮𝒽𝒾𝓇𝑒 ⁕ 𝒮𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓁𝒾 / 𝒟𝓊𝓉𝒸𝒽 }

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𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓸𝓸𝓷

𝟐𝟓 𝓙𝓾𝓵𝔂 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟖 ⁕ 𝓒𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓻
{ 𝒵𝑜𝑒 𝐵𝒶𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓇𝒹 ⁕ 𝐼𝓃𝒹𝒾𝒶𝓃 / 𝒜𝓊𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓃 }

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𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓸𝓸𝓷

𝟑 𝓙𝓾𝓷𝓮 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟗 ⁕ 𝓖𝓮𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓲
{ 𝒳𝒾𝓃 𝒳𝒾𝑒 ⁕ 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓈𝑒 }

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𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓸𝓸𝓷

[vampireapologist]

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𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑏𝑦 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡. 𝐴𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑒𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ
𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑘, 𝑚𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚
𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑓𝑎𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑖𝑘𝑖𝑝𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑠, 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚
𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓
𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠, 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔.
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In a very basic summation, this roleplay is about ten young girls who attend Spence’s Academy for Young Ladies. What differentiates them from their peers, however, is that all of them have been chosen to participate in the school’s secret purpose: training to be assassins. Instead of being set in traditional Victorian England, there are two twists: magic is real AND the world is steampunk. Too much for a roleplay, right? Well. I know. And yet I’m doing it anyway. I feel bad that I’m writing a lot, but . . . I can’t help it because magic is just too fun to play with, and I am a sucker for ladies who hate the shackles of their society and fight them in the most badass and unique ways.

There are going to be a few main elements to understand. There are some basic aspects of time period, as well as the school itself, which is complicated and full of mysteries. There is an organization called The Order, which is a group of women who are the sole humans capable of wielding magic. Then there is the Rakshana, which is an ancient group of protectors for The Order who have basically morphed into a group that controls them. { Men, am I right? }

In the Libba Bray books, the magic is accessed in a secondary dimension called The Realms. In this roleplay, I decided to make this more of a level of consciousness than a physical entity. This may all seem a bit overwhelming, and I do admit that it is a lot. However, I discuss my lenience and thoughts on how we can make this work together in the next section. So just think of this as something fun to give a bit of backstory to the wonderful character you’re going to bring to life! Although this group is heavily influenced by two book series, it is still entirely separate from them, so I’m all down for rule-bending and making up our own shenanigans!

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The Victorian era was a period of dramatic change that brought England to its highest point of development as a world power. The early Victorian period { 1830 - 48 } saw the opening of Britain’s first railway and its first Reform Parliament, but it was also a time of economic distress. Although the mid-Victorian period { 1848 - 70 } was not free of harassing problems, it was a time of prosperity, optimism, and stability. In the later period { 1870 - 1901 } the costs of Empire became increasingly apparent, and England was confronted with growing threats to its military and economic preeminence. The extreme inequalities between men and women stimulated a debate about women’s roles known as “The Woman Question.”

Politics were important to the Victorians; they believed in the perfection of their evolved representative government, and in exporting it throughout the British Empire. This age saw the birth and spread of political movements, most notably socialism, liberalism and organised feminism. British Victorians were excited by geographical exploration, by the opening up of Africa and Asia to the West, yet were troubled by the intractable Irish situation and humiliated by the failures of the Boer War. At sea, British supremacy remained largely unchallenged throughout the century.

During the Victorian heyday, work and play expanded dramatically. The national railway network stimulated travel and leisure opportunities for all, so that by the 1870s, visits to seaside resorts, race meetings and football matches could be enjoyed by many of this now largely urban society. Increasing literacy stimulated growth in popular journalism and the ascendancy of the novel as the most powerful popular icon.

The progress of scientific thought led to significant changes in medicine during the nineteenth century, with increased specialisation and developments in surgery and hospital building. There were notable medical breakthroughs in anaesthetics ━ famously publicised by Queen Victoria taking chloroform for the birth of her son in 1853 ━ and in antiseptics, pioneered by Joseph Lister { 1827 - 1912 }. The public's faith in institutions was evident not only in the growth of hospitals but was also seen in the erection of specialised workhouses and asylums for the most vulnerable members of society.

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❝ 𝒮𝓉𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓅𝓊𝓃𝓀 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹
𝒾𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃. 𝒲𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀𝒹𝓇𝑜𝓅 𝑜𝒻 𝑒𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒱𝒾𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝐸𝓃𝑔𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓇
𝒜𝓂𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶’𝓈 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝒹 𝒲𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹, 𝓂𝑜𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓃 𝓉𝑒𝒸𝒽𝓃𝑜𝓁𝑜𝑔𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓇𝑒-𝒾𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹
𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓏𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝓁𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓇𝓉, 𝒻𝒶𝓈𝒽𝒾𝑜𝓃, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝑒𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒾𝒸𝓈. ❞

Steampunk straddles some of the dividing lines between fantasy and science fiction as it looks to the re-imagined past with nostalgia. While no specific elements of steampunk are absolutely essential, there is a generally understood group of features, at least some of which should be included for a work to be recognized as steampunk:
━━ A story set within a world using a real or imagined version of the technology of the 19th century
━━ Technology and devices driven by steam power or counterweighted clockwork
━━ Victorian-era class and economic structures
━━ Implicit or explicit social critique
━━ An adventure-oriented plotline
━━ An emphasis on the empowerment of individuals in the face of industrial standardization and the advance of modern bureaucratic government

I think, in general, the internet and aesthetic websites have given us all a brief familiarity with the steampunk aesthetic. I do not think this roleplay has to aim for scientific accuracies. I mean, there's a reason we don't power everything with steam. Steampunk is already a bit of an alternative assumption all on its own. Maybe this is an incorrect assumption of mine, but I am guessing that our best bet for consistency will be to use the technology of Gail Carriger's world as a base for everything, that we can then jump off from and create our own ideas from as it becomes necessary. The technology wiki can be found here. You don't need to go and read every single article. I just want you to have that as a reference for when / if you might need it. I'm not going to obsess over accuracy, and we should all feel free to use the group chat or forum to discuss what we think would be accurate or not together! This will be collaborative, so all ideas are welcome.

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𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓, 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔,
𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒. 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟-𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓
𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑎𝑘𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑎, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟-𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙
𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠. 𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙
𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑠, 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑠𝑘. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑑𝑑 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟
𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑦𝑝𝑠𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑝𝑐𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼'𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒
𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦.

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