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World of Darkness -- Pax Romana

Quote

"Man rules now where They ruled once; They shall soon rule where man rules now. After summer is winter, and after winter summer. They wait patient and potent, for here shall They reign again."
-- (“The Dunwich Horror”, August 1928)

Introduction

"Welcome my friends to Todesstadt! Welcome to the grand-burial-mound, the subterranean necropolis, the crypt-city of the half-dead. Here and here alone, those cursed with undeath in all its manifold forms may find acceptance and safety. In this city, the living are but food, or pets, or servants, or slaves. Deep beneath the surface of the earth, we creatures of darkness, we children of lesser gods have established our own civilization. Within Todesstadt you will find subterranean streets lined by stately tomb-abodes and illuminated by witch-fire. Here night becomes day and day becomes night as businesses dedicated to the pleasure and profit of the unliving open their macabre doors welcoming you inside to peruse all the strange and wondrous goods that they have to sell. In the black streets of Todesstadt the very secrets of Death itself are for sale to the highest bidder, but all sales are final and there are no guarantees and no refunds. No one if forbidden entry, but you may not like what you find or what finds you, so consider yourself duly warned."

Appearance

Todesstadt is an eclectic necropolis built with combined elements from Celtic, Norse and Roman architecture.

Climate

Todesstadt is a subterranean city that lies fifteen-hundred feet below the surface in Southern Germania. Humidity remains relatively high year round due to the presence of several underground rivers and lakes. The entire city is contained within one large limestone cavern. The temperature remains constant at about 60 degrees and the humidity remains fairly high at about 50 percent. The region

Economy

Geography

Regions

The under-city of Todesstadt is shaped like a wheel with jagged spokes radiating outward towards the city's five gates. There are ten regions, some of which are governed city districts, while others are autonomous zones beyond anyone's control.

Temple Sanctum

Shade

Dubnolissos

Nastrond

Ashgate

Avernus

Lichgate

Shadowgate

Annwynog

Blood Gate

History

Population

-- City (Unknown) - 762 AUC

Wiedergänger (Revenants)

~ [[]] --

Nachtmenschen (Night-folk)

~ [[]] --

Außenweltler (Outworlders)

~ Doireann -- Fomorian Beautiful One

~ Helreginn -- Jotun

~ Fachtna --

~ Clíona -- Banshee

Sterbliche (Mortals)

~ Dubhshláine -- Water Merchant

~ Fáelán -- Procurer

~ Angharad -- Owner & Proprietor of Lóiste Domhain an Tobair

~ Grimhilt -- A woman with an axe to grind

~ Etzel -- A mercenary and reaver for hire

~ Ascanius -- A survivor of the Battle of Teutoburg Forest

NPC Prototype 2

Blutbäder

A house of drinking.

Fortifications

Gräber Geschnitzt

Tomb-houses

Halle der Erinnerung

The Halls of Remembrance serve as a cemetery for the undead.

Der Ältestenrat

Der Ältestenrat or Council of Elders is made of the oldest and most cunning undead in the city.

~ Oberour ar Maro -- The Eldest is little more than a skeleton in a dark cloak and yet all his enemies have fallen to his bronze sickle and he is said to be one of the legendary Ankou.

~ Hadubert --

~ Chlodovech --

~ Porcius Atilius --

~ Secundus Cassius --

~ Vulfgang --

~ Egilhard --

Tageswache

The Tageswache or Day-watch are the guardians of the city while its undead citizens slumber.

Mythic Objects

Olwyn yr Atgyfodiad is a myth among the undead of Todesstadt, few have even heard of it and fewer still know the meaning of it, but for those that do it represents an opportunity for a mortal life.

Reparaturhaus

The Reparaturhaus or the House of Repair.

~ Kamilla -- Präparatorin of the Reparaturhaus. Kamilla is the city's finest taxidermist and as such is much sought after for her skill at repairing and transforming dead flesh.

Stadttore

There are five gates or Stadttore: the Ashgate, the Bloodgate, the Dustgate, the Lichgate and the Shadowgate.

Tageshäuser

Tageshäuser or day-houses are safe-houses for those undead who cannot afford a tomb or are hunted and they vary from the plain and simple to the elegant and fortified.

Unheiliger Boden

There are few places even in Todesstadt that count as unholy-ground, but the Dormiens templi Dei or the Temple of the Sleeping God is one such place. Even the undead fear to visit this bleak sanctum and then only for the act of sacrifice.

~ Dormiens templi Dei -- The Temple of the Sleeping God

Vergnügungshalle

The city has just one amusement hall or Vergnügungshalle {Fair-nugungs-halle}, the Deep Well Lodge is known for its peculiar private rooms. It is a three-story brick building with a bad reputation. It is owned and operated by Angharad, a mortal who knows wine and dine the creatures of the city.

~ Lóiste Domhain an Tobair -- The Deep Well Lodge, often abbreviated as the Deep. {Loyst-Dowan-an-Tobair}

Soundtracks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k68thGEDlx8&t=6588s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEzWqUhnbVA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wofz8LRon6E (water)

Websites

:Keoded an Ankou --

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 <span style="color:#0000ff;">Der Ältestenrat or ''Council of Elders'' is made of the oldest and most cunning undead in the city.
-:~ '''[[Oberour ar Maro]]''' -- The Eldest is little more than a skeleton in a dark cloak and yet all his enemies have fallen to his bronze sickle.
+:~ '''[[Oberour ar Maro]]''' -- The Eldest is little more than a skeleton in a dark cloak and yet all his enemies have fallen to his bronze sickle and he is said to be one of the legendary Ankou.
 :~ '''[[Hadubert]]''' --
 :~ '''[[Chlodovech]]''' --