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Archin at 14:49, 2 August 2026

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	Please Note: Your backstory is canonical, and staff will be able to inspect a player and pull up this information at any time during play.		Please Note: Your backstory is canonical, and staff will be able to inspect a player and pull up this information at any time during play.


	=<font color="#DAA520">Origins</font>=		=<font color="#DAA520">Origins</font>=

Archin: /* Sacrifice */

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Sacrifice

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	The British Empire-once the mightiest force on Earth-lies buried beneath snow. Its halls of power, its fleets, its monuments to industry, all reduced to ruin.		The British Empire-once the mightiest force on Earth-lies buried beneath snow. Its halls of power, its fleets, its monuments to industry, all reduced to ruin.

	<font color="#DAA520">~~You have survived~~, ~~but in doing so, what hurt most~~ to ~~lose~~?</font>		<font color="#DAA520">The world as you knew it is gone. What was the deepest loss your character endured, and how does this profound loss continue to shape them?</font>



	=<font color="#DAA520">Purpose</font>=		=<font color="#DAA520">Purpose</font>=

Archin: /* The End of the World */

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The End of the World

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	The cold had won.		The cold had won.

	<font color="#DAA520">What did ~~you do~~ to survive?</font>		<font color="#DAA520">By 1895, civilization had unraveled completely into a frozen wasteland. What steps did your character take to survive?</font>



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Archin: /* The Last War */

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The Last War

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	Some saw opportunity, raiding supply routes, looting abandoned homes. Others escaped to the countryside, far from the cities and the sound of zeppelins overhead, foraging what they could to survive.		Some saw opportunity, raiding supply routes, looting abandoned homes. Others escaped to the countryside, far from the cities and the sound of zeppelins overhead, foraging what they could to survive.

	<font color="#DAA520">~~When the war began~~, how did ~~you respond~~?</font>		<font color="#DAA520">Global conflicts arose over dwindling resources. What did you do to get by, and how did this period of violence and collapse impact your character personally?</font>



	=<font color="#DAA520">The End of the World</font>=		=<font color="#DAA520">The End of the World</font>=

Archin: /* Adulthood */

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Adulthood

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	Times were harder than they had once been, but the world still pressed on. Many hoped the cold years were just a passing trial.		Times were harder than they had once been, but the world still pressed on. Many hoped the cold years were just a passing trial.

	<font color="#DAA520">~~How~~ did ~~you make a living or~~ get by ~~in the old world~~?</font>		<font color="#DAA520">Briefly detail your character’s adult life prior to the great collapse. What profession did they have, what social class did they belong to, and how did they otherwise get by?</font>


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Archin: /* Adolescence */

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Adolescence

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	To the sons and daughters of the well-born, it felt instead like a sentence handed down before the trial had begun. What, after all, was fair in condemning a child for the house one happened to be born in? They had not built the world they stood to inherit, had not chosen the name they carried nor the wealth that came attached to it, and yet revolution seemed to judge them guilty all the same. Many among them sympathized, in truth, with the call for fairness and reform. But it struck them as a curious sort of fairness, one that forgave a boy his poverty while damning another for his birth, and they recoiled from the fire, the bloodshed, and the chaos that seemed forever its companion.		To the sons and daughters of the well-born, it felt instead like a sentence handed down before the trial had begun. What, after all, was fair in condemning a child for the house one happened to be born in? They had not built the world they stood to inherit, had not chosen the name they carried nor the wealth that came attached to it, and yet revolution seemed to judge them guilty all the same. Many among them sympathized, in truth, with the call for fairness and reform. But it struck them as a curious sort of fairness, one that forgave a boy his poverty while damning another for his birth, and they recoiled from the fire, the bloodshed, and the chaos that seemed forever its companion.

	<font color="#DAA520">What ~~best describes you in~~ your ~~youth:~~</font>		<font color="#DAA520">What defined your character's teenage years? Note significant experiences or events that marked this period and influenced their worldview.</font>



	=<font color="#DAA520">Adulthood</font>=		=<font color="#DAA520">Adulthood</font>=

Archin: /* Childhood */

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Childhood

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	But for most in Britain, these were distant affairs, and life carried on. And for a child, the world was much smaller still. It was chimney pots and cobbled streets, or else hedgerows and country fog. It was the scrape of the workhouse spoon, the sting of the cane, the clatter of boots on factory floors, or the rarer luxury of ink-stained fingers and well-worn books.		But for most in Britain, these were distant affairs, and life carried on. And for a child, the world was much smaller still. It was chimney pots and cobbled streets, or else hedgerows and country fog. It was the scrape of the workhouse spoon, the sting of the cane, the clatter of boots on factory floors, or the rarer luxury of ink-stained fingers and well-worn books.

	<font color="#DAA520">~~However you came through it, childhood left its mark.~~ How did ~~you~~ spend ~~yours~~?</font>		<font color="#DAA520">How was your character raised? How did they spend their time, and what lasting impact did their early years leave upon them?</font>



	=<font color="#DAA520">Adolescence</font>=		=<font color="#DAA520">Adolescence</font>=

Archin: /* Origins */

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Origins

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	This is the world that raised you. The Old World.		This is the world that raised you. The Old World.

	<font color="#DAA520">~~This was the world of~~ your ~~parents~~. ~~They~~ were~~...~~</font>		<font color="#DAA520">Describe your character's birth and heritage. Where where they born, and who were their parents, and how did these origins shape their identity?</font>



	=<font color="#DAA520">Childhood</font>=		=<font color="#DAA520">Childhood</font>=

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	Please Note: Your backstory is canonical, and staff will be able to inspect a player and pull up this information at any time during play.		Please Note: Your backstory is canonical, and staff will be able to inspect a player and pull up this information at any time during play.

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	During [Character Creation], you'll choose between two backstory paths: Simple or Advanced. Both are valid ways to establish your character's history and influence future storytelling. ~~Staff~~ will be able to inspect a player and pull up this information at any time during play.		During [Character Creation], you'll choose between two backstory paths: Simple or Advanced. Both are valid ways to establish your character's history and influence future storytelling.

			Please Note: Your backstory is canonical, and staff will be able to inspect a player and pull up this information at any time during play.

	Below are the questions you'll encounter. Asterisked headings are submenus that may or may not appear in game, depending on your earlier choices. They're included here to help you prepare for, and better understand, your character ahead of time: