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| − | The Chronicle, subtitled '' | + | The Stockholm Chronicle, subtitled ''Stockholmby Night'', is a background ''Vampire: The Masquerade'' chronicle designed and written to take place concurrently with the [[Milan Chronicle]], [[Paris Chronicle]] and [[DC Chronicle]]. It is played via live scenes, asynchronous posts and chats, and miscellaneous other writing, with its events informing the behavior and goals of characters involved in other games. |
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| + | | [[File:History.png | 250px | link=Stockholm_History]] | ||
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| + | | [[File:Maps.png | 250px | link=Stockholm_Maps]] | ||
| + | | [[File:SceneSummaries.png | 250px | link=Stockholm_Scene_Summaries]] | ||
| + | | [[File:Timelines.png | 250px | link=Stockholm_Timelines]] | ||
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== Theme == | == Theme == | ||
| − | The themes of '' | + | The themes of ''Stockholm by Night'' revolve around the martial conflicts and aspirations of the only major domain in Sweden, where the expansionist Viking elders in residence have given up none of their ancient dreams. |
| − | + | Themes explored in this game include: | |
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| + | | style="border: 1px solid white; padding: 5px; width:50%;" | <b>The Gilded Cage</b><br><br>''Learning to live in this world<br>is learning to live within a shell:<br>a crustacean hiding in a transparent white world.'' | ||
| + | | style="border: 1px solid white; padding: 5px; " | Characters must contend with a world that traps them in ancient rules and laws at every turn and uses joy and love as levers for control. | ||
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| + | | style="border: 1px solid white; padding: 5px; width:50%;" | <b>The King is Dead</b><br><br>''Let us sit and tell sad stories of the deaths of kings<br>for within the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples<br>there Death holds patient court.'' | ||
| + | | style="border: 1px solid white; padding: 5px; " | The elders who have held power here for generations have begun to disappear and even die, leaving the characters to try to navigate a world much too far above their heads. | ||
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| + | | style="border: 1px solid white; padding: 5px; width:50%;" | <b>Making Our Own Destiny</b><br><br>''Destiny is choice, not chance;<br>not a thing to be waited for:<br>a thing to be pursued.'' | ||
| + | | style="border: 1px solid white; padding: 5px; " | Characters struggle to choose their own futures and destinies apart from the paths chosen for them by their powerful elders. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
| − | The Domain of | + | The Domain of Albuquerque, NM, a contested territory with no centralized authority and home to various warring [[Independents | Independent]] factions, is the central location and power bloc around which events of the game revolve. |
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| + | === Politics === | ||
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| + | === Social & Supernatural Plots === | ||
=== Players === | === Players === | ||
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| + | | style="border: 1px solid white; padding: 5px; width:33%;" | <b>Alexander Bosch</b><br>[[Andres Lund]]<br>[[Astrid Ivarsdottir]]<br>[[Casper Iversson]]<br>[[Matilda Green]]<br>[[Quincy Monroe]] | ||
| + | | style="border: 1px solid white; padding: 5px; width:33%;" | <b>Jason Addison</b><br>[[Nils Eresfjord]] | ||
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Revision as of 00:07, 2 March 2021
Stockholm by Night
The Stockholm Chronicle, subtitled Stockholmby Night, is a background Vampire: The Masquerade chronicle designed and written to take place concurrently with the Milan Chronicle, Paris Chronicle and DC Chronicle. It is played via live scenes, asynchronous posts and chats, and miscellaneous other writing, with its events informing the behavior and goals of characters involved in other games.
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Theme
The themes of Stockholm by Night revolve around the martial conflicts and aspirations of the only major domain in Sweden, where the expansionist Viking elders in residence have given up none of their ancient dreams.
Themes explored in this game include:
| The Gilded Cage Learning to live in this world is learning to live within a shell: a crustacean hiding in a transparent white world. |
Characters must contend with a world that traps them in ancient rules and laws at every turn and uses joy and love as levers for control. |
| The King is Dead Let us sit and tell sad stories of the deaths of kings for within the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples there Death holds patient court. |
The elders who have held power here for generations have begun to disappear and even die, leaving the characters to try to navigate a world much too far above their heads. |
| Making Our Own Destiny Destiny is choice, not chance; not a thing to be waited for: a thing to be pursued. |
Characters struggle to choose their own futures and destinies apart from the paths chosen for them by their powerful elders. |
Plot
The Domain of Albuquerque, NM, a contested territory with no centralized authority and home to various warring Independent factions, is the central location and power bloc around which events of the game revolve.
Politics
Social & Supernatural Plots
Players
| Alexander Bosch Andres Lund Astrid Ivarsdottir Casper Iversson Matilda Green Quincy Monroe |
Jason Addison Nils Eresfjord |