New Terra

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New Terra is accessible from the World of Victoria through a nexus at Victoria Station. You have to take the train just before midnight and you will find yourself, presently, in the other realm.

New Terra is a world of four colour pulp action. It is a place where science is not rigorous. Results cannot be repeated easily, except by the scientist who discovered the principle.

A few of New Terra's laws of the universe are understood. Most mortals who witness magic or acts of great power are deranged by the event to some degree or other. The greater the power, the greater the derangement. Usually, this derangement manifests as the mortal forgetting whatever it was they witnessed.

Occasionally, it can manifest in the development of an actual mad scientist, and God help us all.

Although this has no effect on Alusian magic, the powers of immortals are substantially reduced in this realm.

As a side note, and although it may not affect Alusians, it appears that there is a curse in place that is triggered whenever an immortal boards an aeroplane. This curse takes the form of what hex-masters call an 'anti-miracle pool'. Effectively, when the curse is activated, if something can go wrong, it will.

There is a report of an aeroplane carrying an immortal being struck by a meteorite, which then fell towards the caldera of a suddenly active volcano. The pilot heroically pulled the nose of the 'plane up so that it would breast the rim of the cone, whereupon the fuel tanks exploded and the wings fell off.

Most immortals, when they need to fly, use Zeppelins. Or they walk. Walking is good.

Lord of Artificing

David, the Lord of Artificing is the leader of a powerful faction known as The House of David. Members are intensely loyal, and invitation is mostly by scionage.

His house is the mile-long space ship normally parked in Gotham as a tower.

He usually welcomes immortals and adventurers willing to put their bodies on the line for the sake of science and report back on the results.

Lord of Swarms

Kritikk, the Lord of Swarms controls the aliens beneath (and now infesting) Gotham.

Lady of the Lake

Angharad, The Lady of the Lake (aka The Lady of Swords). Has a house set among lakes near Vishnali, India. Lake of Sorrow, Lake of Hope, ...

Lord of Masks

Masquerade The Lord of Masks and sometimes Beauty have a house in New Orleans.

Mistress of Storms

Dusty, The Mistress of Storms (?) has a house in Kansas.

Colonel Ishi

Unit 731 headquarters and Colonel Ishi's house in northern China. Significant damage done to it Summer 816wk.

Gotham

A river port city on the north east of the north American continent. Once a thriving and progressive city, now ruined and infested by the alien swarm.

Grand Central Station

Train Station. A Hard Point. Survived the bombing of Gotham. Train may be caught to London, Victoria.

Department Store

Five-level department store. Survived the bombing of Gotham. Circling the floor nine times opens a nexus that leads to Bunker 12 on Malkuth.

Asteroid Ship

Crashed into Atlantis thousands of years ago. Moved to under Gotham by the Lord of the Dark Earth. Ship broken into and Weaponised Aliens released into sewers beneath Gotham.