historical

I’m creating a weird history setting with an organization I’m calling the US Department of the Threshold, and I need some insight into possible alternate historical outcomes, as one of the things that will result from their activities is the abrupt and speedy development of cheap, commercial...

IMPERIAL AMBITIONS Modded by. @Tyrell Assisted by. @Sneakyflaps... "Audentes fortuna iuvat" "Fortune favors the Bold" 09/11/1700 Charles died on 1 November 1700, and on the 9th, Spanish ambassadors formally offered the throne to Philip... It is November, the 9th, 1700. Charles II of...

Since we are in the early 900s we have a general content warning for problematic yet unquestioned: Slavery - thralls are everywhere, they are property and discussed as such Violence - usually, but not always, out of frame Sexual violence - both personal and structural Classism - rich, free...

Pax Abiit Terris Musica "I will call forth nations situated far away in the North, and the Phasian stranger will swim in the fearful Tiber. I will jumble peoples together, I will break the treaties of kingdoms, and the noble court will be thrown into confusion by my tempests." It is the 1153rd...

This is an ongoing story that this far spans 4 years and 2 continents, but will be posted little by little. It is reasonably well historically researched, but not to be used as a history book. The premise is to see the world as east Scandinavians in the early 900s to a quite substantial degree...

Welcome to Chronicles of History: World History Edition! We'll be taking 5 different civilizations, and guiding them through history one at a time, beginning in 4000 BCE. Each Civilization will have 25 turns, then we switch to a new one, in the same world of course. Obviously, we won't be going...

A Life Lost: A Quest About Revenge and Redemption: It was nothing to really say, betrayal and death were always the price one paid. Even if you didn't deserve it. Now you are in a world that was not for you, in a place that would not define you What Time Period do you wish to start in?: []...

Illa vero gloriae cupiditas sacrilega: inventus est enim qui Dianae Ephesiae templum incendere vellet, ut opere pulcherrimo consumpto nomen eius per totum terrarum orbem dissiceretur, quem quidem mentis furorem eculeo inpositus detexit. ac bene consuluerant Ephesii decreto memoriam taeterrimi...

The Gathering Storm The aftermath of World War I saw drastic political, cultural, economic, and social change across Eurasia, Africa, and even in areas outside those that were directly involved. Four empires collapsed due to the war, old countries were abolished, new ones were formed...

The year is 870 ab urbe condita, or 117 CE. Summer begins to yield to autumn as the fifth day of September dawns. It has been twenty-five days since the death of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus, the greatest emperor in living memory. And yet, his heir Publius Aelius Hadrianus, who was...

Fall 814 - Imperial Palace, Aachen Four indistinct figures, wrought from moonlight and trailing a faintly acrid smoke behind them, ghost into a palatial bed-chamber. They slip through wards charged with the cleansing fire of heaven’s retribution and fade to nothingness as they brush past...

So there's going to be a Pancho Villa biopic series made by Disney for Star+ I wish I could give a pic, but I can't find any. From what a Mexican reviewer talked about the samples they showed and the show is very much going to depict him as a more Byronic hero, which certainly is interesting...

A couple of months ago I tried creating a riot quest based on Paradox Interactive's Victoria 2, itself based on human history between the years 1836-1936. It didn't work out because the sheer volume of interested parties would mean It'd take far too long to write any sort of update worthy of the...

High school wasn't all it was cracked up to be. It was just a week out from starting your sophomore year and man, you weren't all that hyped about it. You'd made a couple of friends last year, sure, but you weren't part of the cool crowd. You weren't usually invited to parties, you hadn't had...

"Five sons had Mother Hö'elün, and one she raised on human flesh." -An ancient Mongol proverb Mongolia, 1159 AD The cart is bad. It trembles and bounces as it moves, rattling your teeth. The thin black tarp draped over the roof of the cart holds out light, but little else. The air is heavy with...

"Pot licking, foul-assed, bitch," I cursed, getting Havi into a chokehold. He was my least eldest brother, though still three years older than me. We didn't share a mother, but no one really cared about that. In response, Tormond, one of my other older brothers at fifteen, got me in a chokehold...

New readers! You may skip the first part of this quest by reading the summary here. The next post has the new instructions on making an organization. The year is 1890, in the United States of America. Revolutionary movements are about to sweep the world in the coming decades: what's the fate...

I've been inspired by this story to write a Wiki Warrior fic. For those not aware, a Wiki Warrior fic is one in which the protagonist gains abilities inspired by random wikipedia articles rolled by the author (that's me, obviously). I'll be using a modified ruleset: The SI can use the power of...

(I might make a map for this scenario later, but for now it's just a vignette. Obviously it isn't meant to be hard-realistic alternate history.) Children of Eve The Story of the Mechanical Homeland The analytical engine, as you all know, changed the world. You have all heard the story of...

In your dreams, you swore for a moment you were seeing the exact same visions Robert was. Burning angels gathered in a choir, a demonic horde making an infernal racket, and the ghosts of composers gone from you, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Beethoven, circling around as you fell further down a...

♫ New readers beware! It was three years ago and I didn't know what I was talking about. Check Informational Threadmarks! It's me, Rolman, welcome to Si Deus Nobiscum. This is going to be a historical scion quest similar to my Hellenistic Egyptian Eagles of Alexandria (this is basically a soft...

Edit AN: While you don’t have to be socialist to participate in this quest, I think it’s fair to mention that a central conceit of this quest is that socialism can work. A major part of this quest is solving the problems that arise, not transitioning away from socialism. In 1964, the American...

The Island of Agryae A new dawn breaks on a horrified nation, once in a sunless, timeless realm. The Atlantic Ocean's waves now broke upon their shores, so different than their own sea. The island nation did not yet know it, but they were now on Earth, in the year 1840. Navigate your nation...

Hi! Cybandeath here, still GM for the Siege (Name subject to change due to reboot) which you are probably unfamiliar with but it's essentially another nation game with several key points that is being rebooted from scratch. 1. it's set in the 90s specifically 1991 with a Victorian cultural...

Due to a combination of factors, the 1848 revolution succeeds in western and southern Germany, allowing for the formation of a German republic. Questers are asked to lend their support to the various parties within republican Germany and thus chart the course of Europe's newest democracy. The...