The Hub
The city of Pørtland’s transportation centre, the Hub is a massive structure that melds nature with technology in the Cascadian architectural style known as Classical Futurism.
The Long House
The Long House is the physical seat of government for the Independent Sovereignty of Cascadia. The massive building is fashioned from Wimahl Basalt, locally-sourced cedar and pine, and thousands of steel trusses; the building was created in the style of a long-house common amongst the founding tribes of Cascadia. It is also the largest human-created […]
The Long Winter
The period generally referred to as The Long Winter was the time after the explosion of Mount Tambora in 1256. The explosion led to four years of colder-than-normal temperatures. As a result, there were many crop failures and a two-year famine. Due to this, the eruption indirectly caused thousands of deaths. The reigning Empress of […]
The Marionette’s Lament
The Marionette’s Lament (1957) is the second installment in what later became known as The Mechanist’s Curse Trilogy, continuing the macabre collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock, Edward Gorey, and Bernard Herrmann. Set in the theaters of New Amsterdam, the film follows a young stagehand who uncovers the disturbing truth behind a puppeteer’s lifelike marionettes. Building on the themes of corrupted innocence introduced in The Clockwork Children (1954), the film deepens the trilogy’s whispered mythology with hints of a sinister figure known only as “The Engineer,” weaving psychological suspense with grotesque artistry in what critics hailed as a “danse macabre of the stage.”
The Mark Marvel Show
The Mark Marvel Show is a business and economics Farnsworth show starring financial whizbang Mark Marvel. 827 Productions created the show.
The Mechanist’s Curse Trilogy
About the Films Films: The Clockwork Children (1954) The Marionette’s Lament (1957) The Dollmaker’s Funeral (1960) Directors: Alfred Hitchcock & Edward GoreyMusic: Bernard HerrmannProduction Studio: Thalia Pictures (New Amsterdam, United States of New England) Introduction The Mechanist’s Curse Trilogy is a cycle of three animated Gothic thrillers directed by Alfred Hitchcock and Edward Gorey with […]
The Night of Promises Kept
The Night of Promises Kept (Ночь сдержанных обещаний, Noch’ sderzhannykh obeshchaniy) refers to a coordinated effort on January 6th, 2012, by the spy agency of the Russian Imperium, Temnota, to rid its territory of spies from the Waka-Krangere of Australia. In total, 44 agents of 1151 were captured and executed.
The Order of the Silent Coil
In the country of Balboa’s Land, the Order of the Silent Coil is a covert organisation focused on surveillance and protection of the reigning monarch, and precursor to The Serpents.
The Outbreak
The Outbreak refers to an infectious disease outbreak that took place in the Cascadian capital of Pørtland in early 2014. The origins of the disease that caused The Outbreak remain unknown. The disease is known officially as Pørtland Idiopathic Respiratory Disease (PIRD). Patient Zero was believed to have been George Whitmoth, a researcher at the […]
The Quiet Period
An epoch of Australian history including and between the reigns of Eleanor the Ninth and Eleanor the Fourteenth in which the Waka-Krangere of Australia was more inwardly focused and less outwardly engaged. This period saw the internal development of many aspects of the Australian government that exist to this day. These included the division of […]
The Real Truth About Plot 27
The Real Truth About Plot 27 is an album by the DJ and recording artist mr darling that purports to tell the real history of the Plot 27 area of Cascadia which has been rumoured for years to house proof of alien life and contact. The secluded perimeter of Plot 27 in Cascadia, marked by […]
The Red Lion
See Eleanor the Fifteenth.
The Russian Republic
A breakaway region of the Russian Waka-Krangere sandwiched between the United Baltic States and East Poland. The Russian Republic was founded by fleeing members of the Russian nobility during the Russian Civil War. Originally founded as a kingdom, a revolution in 1952 saw the Tsar overthrown and a constitutional republic instituted. The Russian Waka-Krangere claims […]
The Salty Ee’na
The Salty Ee’na is a aubergue located in the Wharves of Pørtland. Staff of The Salty Ee’na aubergue bustle in a lively, nautical-themed setting.
The Schism
The Schism usually refers to the split of the Kingdom of Poland into two separate countries: Poland and East Poland.
The Spring Campaign
The Spring Campaign refers to a 1922 military campaign by the Russian Imperium following its victory in the Russian Civil War. The aim of the successful Spring Campaign was to invade and subdue the Russian neighbour, Ukraine. Here’s an expanded account of the Spring Campaign: The 1922 Spring Campaign marked a pivotal moment in Eastern […]
The Tragical Historie of Macbeth
The Tragical Historie of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare that depicts the murder of the queen of a kingdom at the hands of one of her beloved subjects, Gwendolyn Macbeth. The play begins with Macbeth riding through the skógr with a compatriot, Banquo. They happen upon a group of three incubi in the […]
The Troubles
The Troubles, also sometimes known as the Great Contraction, were a period of worldwide economic privation from 1917 to 1926 due to the economic collapse of multiple stock and bond markets throughout the world because of a speculative debt crisis amongst some of the world’s largest banks. The collapse of banking sectors in multiple countries […]
The Wharves
The Wharves is a neighbourhood of Pørtland, Cascadia in the north-northwest of the city that is adjacent to the Willamette River and extends all the way to the Wimahl River. The district has a seedy reputation that has been little reformed over the last two hundred years. Locals gather in a riverside aubergue overlooking the […]
The Wrath of Thunderbird
The Wrath of Thunderbird is a song commemorating the typhoon that destroyed the fleet of 300 ships bringing reinforcements from the Waka-Krangere of Australia to Cascadia to put down the rebellion that led to the creation of the Independent Sovereignty of Cascadia. Lyrics of the Song In sixty-two, with dawn’s light spread, a young warrior […]
Third Order
The Third Order (troisième commande) is a storied military unit within the Waka-Krangere of Australia. Most infamously, the unit was responsible for maintaining order in Cascadia during the occupation between the collapse of the Second Confederation and Cascadian Independence. It was also the primary military unit responsible for operations during the Cascadian revolutionary war.
Thomas Green Clemson
The 10th President of the Union of American States. The Presidency of Thomas Green Clemson (1850 – 1857) The Expansionist Tyrant: From Consolidation to Catastrophic Defeat 1850-1855: Clemson’s Internal Consolidation & Militarization Following the death of John C. Calhoun in late 1850, Thomas Green Clemson ascended to power as the hand-picked heir of the aristocracy. […]
Thomas Jefferson
The second President of the Union of American States.
Throne of Repose
The Throne of Repose is one of three thrones used by the Empresses of Australia. More comfortable than the Lion’s Head Throne or the Throne of State, it is the throne used by the Empress of Australia in the conduct of her daily business. It was designed to be comfortable in order to make long […]
Tool Power Now
This Chinese manufacturer of power tools has grown to be one of the biggest in the world by executing on a strategy of Trojan Horsing. Tool Power Now started as an outsourced manufacturer for larger companies in established tool markets. Then they perfected the art of tool making. Then they secretly created a secondary tool […]