Virginia always believed in the monster under the bed, and in the closet, and… well, everywhere. They talked to her all the time, they told her secrets that none of the adults ever believed (but she knew were true). The kids at school thought she was weird. Her neighbors thought she was a snoop. Her [...]
The World of Unhallowed Metropolis It has been two hundred years since the outbreak of the Plague, when the dead rose to feed on the flesh of the living. No nation was spared. Everywhere, the animates prowled the streets, killing and spreading the infection as they passed. Countless millions perished in the chaos that followed. [...]
I. London A. A Brief History In the winter of 1905, the dead rose to feed on the flesh of the living. Countless millions perished in the chaos. The land itself seemed to suffer from the tide of death sweeping the world, as large areas of formerly arable land began to wither and change. Vast [...]
Vampires Vampire Basics The vampire is an undead creature: it has no metabolism, it does not require oxygen, and it requires no food beyond the blood it takes from its victims. As with the animate, the vampire does not digest the materials it takes from its victims, instead absorbing the blood directly into its tissues. [...]
Ghouls Ghouls are a degenerate race, neither dead nor living, who feed on the flesh of men. These creatures generally keep to themselves, living in tribal societies outside Neo-Victorian fortifications. Those who live within the confines of a city take great pain to avoid attracting attention to themselves. Physiology Internally and externally, ghouls bear a [...]
You are gathered here today to witness the union of two powerful ghoul tribes, for the purpose of creating a power bloc capable of maintaining order in the Underground and preventing all-out war. There has been unrest in London’s Underground, beginning about four years ago and growing worse over time. The City Clan, historically tasked [...]
The Domestic Security Force: Defending the Living at Any Cost In 1960, the Domestic Security Force, now commonly known as the Deathwatch, was formed. Under the Special Powers Act, the Deathwatch was authorized to use extraordinary measures in its duty to protect the citizens of the United Kingdom from the undead. Charged with urban defense, [...]
London Underground The metropolis of London has been occupied for centuries. Over this time, it has acquired a vast number of subterranean landmarks. The Underground not only refers to the complex network of transit tunnels beneath the city’s surface but also to the no man’s land of forgotten tunnels, the cellars of the ancient city, [...]
Animate: The animate dead; a zombie. Deathwatch: a.k.a the Domestic Security Force (DSF). A military branch dedicated to suppressing outbreaks of Plague, vampirism, and other undead and supernormal menaces to the human population. Ghoul: A cannibalistic half-lifer species derived from human stock. Half-Lifer: An organism possessing a working metabolism but not showing the cellular senescence [...]
Daily Telegraph and Courier Sunday, October 18, 2105 Rookery Killer’s Reign of Terror Ended By: Chastity Fitzmercy On Friday, the criminal known as the Rookery Butcher was finally caught and killed. Deathwatch agents, responding to an unrelated incident in the Nichols Street area, instead came upon a dark robed figure in the act of vivisecting [...]