ascencion by gaslight

Ascencion By Gaslight

The Time is 1899. The place is England.Each of the four factions in the ascencion war is scrambling for resources,influences and raw power in the largest and most sophisticated city in the known world. The Wraiths are upset, The Garou are furious, and the Kindred are scared shitless. Into this dark city of foul humours comes a ragged group of Mages who may have been given a death sentence or the greatest opportunity of their lives.
The Cast:

Jenna Mcguire (Playing Cordelia Millford Niles, a young lady keenly interested in the women's reform movement. Trained and tempered in the fires of the Hermetic House of Tytalus)

Jimmy Mckinney (Playing Jules Orvis, an American Electrodyne Engineer seperated from his fellow shipmates and handed a heavy charge in the meantime.)

Stacy Stroud (Playing Emily Watson, A young lady who is convinced of her status as an agent of Change, This belief is bolstered by her membership in the Euthanatos.)

Anna Meade (Playing Desiree D' Beamont, A french actress (and Seer of Chronos) newly arrived from the continent, fleeing a number of serious problems.)

Episode Guide (series 1)

Chapter 1: Walking In London ( Wherein we meet Cordelia and Maxwell discover a bit about their mission)
Chapter 2: A life in the Theatre ( Wherein we meet Emily and the things get dicey with the local toughs.)
Chapter 3: Problems and Parties ( Dinner,dancing, horrors and frights!)
Chapter 4: Horrible Losses and Dubious Gains ( the plot thickens)
Interlude: Old Words, New Promises ( small talk with Jack Anniston)
Chapter 5: Appointments with Destiny ( Some meetings involving vampires,mentors,old enemies and a really big Rat!)
Chapter 6: Too Many Problems (Things get a little hectic when our victorian friends realize they have too many irons in the fire.)
Chapter 7: A short sharp shock (Scotland and other strange things)
Chapter 8: Broken and Whole (the group rescues Aleister Crowley...mostly from himself.)
Interlude: The ghosts between us (Jack and Cordelia deal with their feelings...finally!)
Chapter 9: The House of Lies (end of an era and the seeds of the future.

The Quotes File

Miscellaneous Files:

The Dramatis Personae: (who in the bloody hell ARE all these people anyway?)

The Electrical Hawk Vs. the Steam Serpent ( a prologue detaling how Jules Maxwell Orvis and his young apprentice came to be in london)

The Spirit of her Age (part1) How Cordelia met and fell in love with her late husband.

The Journal of Robert Nyles ( A game prop which poses more questions than it answers.)

The Image Gallery ( a Link to Jimmy Mckinney's page where he has stored a number of renderings of various things in the game. Jules's Journal entries will also be found there.)

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