Sca-Nif-So-Carn
- San Francisco -0- The Maya Realms ÷0÷ SAND
Contents
Quote
"Just as every object has a shadow so too does it have a reflection. If the surface of the Sea of Dreams were a mirror, ever-so-still, then Sca-Nif-So-Carn would be San Francisco's reflection." -- Anzhelina Zhang
Introduction
Sca-Nif-So-Carn is an island city-state surrounded by a dense bank of fog. From the extensive ruins beyond the walls it is apparent that at one time the Gilded City was much larger than it is tonight occuping the whole of the island. But sometime in the recent past the Fog began to encroach upon Sca-Nif-So-Carn devouring it one block at a time until tonight the city is a small fraction of its original size.
Appearance
Sca-Nif-So-Carn the Gilded City is an ever shifting puzzle of neighborhoods and unique locations interlaced within the fog-bound ruins of an ancient crumbling megalopolis. The city is a impressionist kaleidoscope of Art Deco-Brutalism overlaid with a Steampunk skin.
Phantasmic History
The Dreaming Sands
The Ohlone phrase "Sca-Nif-So-Carn" roughly translates as "Dreaming Sands". The first humans to visit the Bay Area did so in a time of great antiquity. The world was different then and the barrier between the Waking World and the World of Dreams was quite fluid.
Pact & Charter
Character
Districts
Arborvale
Babylon
Calvary
Docklands
Palatium
Stronghold
Yuzhen / Jade-town
Places of Interest
- Automat -- Automated Diner
- Cenotaph Garden -- Graveyard of Dreams
- Cinomatograph -- Movie Palace of Dark Desires
- Ruby Hall -- The Phenomemon
- Deep Cable Car Company --
- Rotten Tooth -- An Underworld Tavern
Personalities
The First Citizen
- -- - Celebrix -- The Hedonarch / Councilor of Palatium
Council of the City
- -- -- Aextiasum -- (X-she-asum) -- Councilor of Calvary
- -- -- Cheingyei -- (Chang-Yay) [F] -- Councilor of Yuzhen
- -- -- Douvounx -- (Do-vo-nex) -- Councilor of Stronghold
- -- -- Loungyein Lairaa -- (Loungin-Lara) [F] -- Councilor of Babylon
- -- -- Spretchorth -- (Sprech-Horth) [F] -- Councilor of Arborvale
- -- -- Ugot Ax -- (U-got-Ax) [M] -- Councilor of the Docklands
Others
- The Grand Mechnician --
- Ashe -- Dream Warrior
- Bogeyman -- Collector of Children
- Gremlynn -- Anarcho-Terrorist
- Prisoner Zed -- Political Prisoner
- Sentaku Nezumi -- Leader of the Depot Digger Gang
- Lady Succuba -- Owner of the nightclub Bayt Almaraya
Politics
Sleepwalker Society
Oneiric Society
Storytelling
Mood
Dark Fauxtech Neo-Noir
Theme
Stories
- Once Upon a Sacrifice
- Speculum, Speculum
- Wàixīng Rén
Sources
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieselpunk
https://www.sftodo.com/union.html