Though the Great War diminshed its importance to the City and the New World, the Old World continues:
Despite the ever-present poison, mutagenic fog and periodic morlock assaults, the surviving people of Lugdun seldom fail to take part in traditional Godsday worship services.
Soldiers in the Imperial Staarkish Army on the day the Great War began with one of their walkers.
Hellhounds--summoned and bound by military sorcerers during the war--now stalk the wastes in Eastern Ealderde.
Hard times have led people to turn to perverse old religions out of desperation. Here, witchcraft is lampooned in a racy stage show in Metropolis, but the fear of these cults is very real.
Since Korambeck had to relinquish its hold over the Middle East, the Jinn (beings of smokeless fire) have reasserted their rule over much of the region. There are rumors they’re even rebuilding their fabled capital lost Irem of the Pillars.
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