Community world · Paris, France · 1820

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L'Enfant du Feu, 1820

Hidden power in a city that no longer believes in magic

In a grimy, post-Napoleonic Paris teeming with rapid industrialization and social strain, you are a fire mage whose abilities are an impossible secret you must hide to survive.

Created by papin Reiland

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Characters

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World premise

A playable world seed with consequences.

Le 21 mars 1820, Paris est une ville de fumée, de boue et de bruit. Dans le quartier du Marais, entre les ateliers d'imprimerie et les marchés grouillants, vous vous réveillez chaque matin avec un secret brûlant sous la peau. Vous êtes un magicien du feu, un être que la raison et la révolution ont rendu impossible. Le monde moderne ne croit plus aux miracles, et vous devez cacher cette étincelle qui danse au bout de vos doigts pour survivre. Les créanciers frappent à votre porte, les voisins observent vos allées et venues, et la police surveille chaque signe de trouble. Chaque flamme allumée, chaque chaleur inhabituelle, chaque éclat de colère peut vous trahir. Bienvenue dans une ville où le progrès écrase l'ancien monde, et où votre seule véritable alliée est votre propre prudence.

La misère croissante resserre les marges quotidiennes à Paris.

Les pressions locales de survie redéfinissent qui peut prendre des risques et qui ne le peut pas.

L'autorité, la rumeur et les attentes des ménages avancent plus vite que le confort ne le permet.

La plupart des ouvertures dépendent de la confiance locale, du timing et de la faveur de quelqu'un d'autre.

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Locations

residential

Rue des Chandelles

The local center of work, trade, rumor, and social pressure.

market

Marché des Lumières

Buying, selling, gossip, and the shifting mood of local prices.

industrial

Press Quarter

Households packed together with debts, favors, and private strain.

authority

Hôtel de Ville

Officials, supervisors, or power brokers who can make a small problem much larger.

religious

Église Saint-Feuillent

A place of shared help, ritual, or local mediation under visible strain.

travel

Quai des Cendres

A route offering opportunity, danger, and people you do not fully control.

Power

Factions

economic · influence 62

Guild of Pressmen

Master printers and workshop owners who control work, wages, and the spread of ideas in the city.

political · influence 78

Police Prefecture

The growing police and security apparatus concerned with public order and the suppression of unrest.

social · influence 48

Neighborhood Mutual Aid

A network of local households and small traders who share support in hard times but also enforce conformity.

Pressure

Opening rumors

Credibility 74

discussions au marché

Dans le quartier, on dit que les prix du pain et du charbon montent plus vite que les assurances officielles ne le prétendent.

Credibility 57

ragots de rue

Des murmures affirment qu'une inspection ou une rafle comptable pourrait frapper les mauvais ménages en premier.

Credibility 51

voyageurs

Certains insistent sur le fait que les prochaines semaines récompenseront ceux qui comprennent la survie avant tout le monde.

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