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awesome_binomial_theorems) wrote2012-10-05 10:39 pm
awesome_binomial_theorems) wrote2012-10-05 10:39 pm
World Info.
The world of A Study in Emerald is the world of Sherlock Holmes with a few key differences that I'll briefly go over here.
Firstly, the world is ruled by the Great Old Ones, who conquered it seven hundred years prior. The UK and British Empire has Queen Victoria; China has the Ancient Goat, Parent To A Thousand; the USA has He Who Presides over the New World.
Secondly, the roles of Moriarty and Holmes have been switched, with Moriarty as a consulting detective and Holmes as a criminal, and the same for Moran and Watson.
Also, the moon is red.
For the purposes of fleshing out the world, I'm choosing to say that there are a few other differences in the world of ASiE too.
Firstly, technology levels are higher courtesy of the Great Old Ones, forming a kind of eldritch-fueled clockpunk tech level.
Secondly, the volume of Great Old Ones all gathered in close proximity to each other has had a warping effect on reality, causing the laws of physics to break down, an increase in plagues and famines, and a generally more malleable reality.
Firstly, the world is ruled by the Great Old Ones, who conquered it seven hundred years prior. The UK and British Empire has Queen Victoria; China has the Ancient Goat, Parent To A Thousand; the USA has He Who Presides over the New World.
Secondly, the roles of Moriarty and Holmes have been switched, with Moriarty as a consulting detective and Holmes as a criminal, and the same for Moran and Watson.
Also, the moon is red.
For the purposes of fleshing out the world, I'm choosing to say that there are a few other differences in the world of ASiE too.
Firstly, technology levels are higher courtesy of the Great Old Ones, forming a kind of eldritch-fueled clockpunk tech level.
Secondly, the volume of Great Old Ones all gathered in close proximity to each other has had a warping effect on reality, causing the laws of physics to break down, an increase in plagues and famines, and a generally more malleable reality.