Gallu 0f London - Pax Britannica

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London - Pax Britannica X Gallû

Dark Introductions

What are the Gallu you ask? The Gallu are a little know species of undead that have existed in the shadows of human history since before the advent of writing. They are eaters of human flesh, living or dead, and have dark mystical abilities similar to, but quite different than those of the Children of Caine.

The word Gallu can be traced to a collection of underworld demons found in Sumerian mythology. While their exact origins remain elusive, they appear to have a long Middle Eastern history. It is believed that sometime between the Seventh and Sixth millennium before Christ the Gallu divided into seven different abattoir (Houses of Slaughter) and these seven evil houses severed all ties and settled vastly different regions of the ancient world.

The first Abattoir to enter Britain were the Horkos who came in the personage of Caeso Seneca, a soldier of the Roman legions during Emperor Claudius' invasion of Britannia in 43 A.D.

A Vile History

Conquest of Britain

The Roman conquest of Britain was the Roman Empire's conquest of most of the island of Britain, which was inhabited by the Celtic Britons. It began in earnest in AD 43 under Emperor Claudius, and was largely completed in the southern half of Britain (most of what is now called England and Wales) by AD 87, when the Stanegate was established. The conquered territory became the Roman province of Britannia.

Following Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain in 54 BC, some southern British chiefdoms had become allies of the Romans. The exile of their ally Verica gave the Romans a pretext for invasion. The Roman army was recruited in Italia, Hispania, and Gaul and used the newly-formed fleet Classis Britannica. Under their general Aulus Plautius, the Romans pushed inland from the southeast, defeating the Britons in the Battle of the Medway. By AD 47, the Romans held the lands southeast of the Fosse Way. British resistance was led by the chieftain Caratacus until his defeat in AD 50. The isle of Mona, a stronghold of the druids, was attacked in AD 60. This was interrupted by an uprising led by Boudica, in which the Britons destroyed Camulodunum, Verulamium and Londinium. The Romans put down the rebellion by AD 61.

Caeso Seneca had been a Roman legionary infected during the rebellion of Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus, then governor of Dalmatia, (hereafter to be called Camillus) in 42 A.D. While the specific circumstances remain unclear what is known is that Camillus' had gathered a vast, but untried rebel army that fell into disorder before the arrival of Aulus Plautius (then governor of Pannonia) at the head of Legio X Gemina.

Although Camillus' army was sizeable, it contained a large number of provincials and untested soldiers, and soon fell into disarray. Suetonius describes a superstitious dread that had come over the legions that had taken Camillus' side, when they could not obtain the customary garlands and perfumes to adorn their standards, and then found that they could not remove them from the ground, a particularly ill omen. Within five days the rebellion was over, although it is not clear whether the two sides ever engaged in battle. With his army refusing to obey his orders, Camillus fled to the island of Issa, where he perished by his own hand.

When Aulus Plautius and Legio X Gemina arrived at the rebel's gathering place they found abandoned fortifications and signs of chaotic battle. A thorough investigation turned up no living enemies nor the bodies of the dead. The governor mystified sent out scouting parties into the nearby wilderness and set the remaining legion to setting up camp in the abandoned fortifications.

Caeso Seneca, then just Caeso, was Primus pilus or First Spear of Legio X Gemina.

Corrupt Bodies

Abattoir of the Smoke

Greater London is divided into five sub-regions for the purposes of the London Plan, which are used to guide strategic planning and development across the city. These sub-regions are Central, East, North, South, and West, each comprising specific London boroughs.

Dread Masters of London

Lesser Masters

The Five Crushes

  • Dead Birds -- Horkos graverobber crew.
  • Donnys Boys -- Horkos street Gang.

The Plague of Pariah

Wretched Serviles: Servants of the Gallu


English Hunters

In England at the turn of the 20th century those who hunt the forces of darkness are not always heroic pillars of the community or men of daring . From among the teeming masses of the Great Smoke hunters can be born from the most modest or unlikely of circumstances. All that is required is for a friend, family member or a lover to go missing in the dark streets of Edwardian London. One such group are the Pennydreadfuls, a disparate trio of everyday people drawn to a reading group at a local library, who discover that their personal losses have a singular source the Gallu.

The Pennydreadfuls


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