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Taline Mooshian is a senior investigator at the Complex Investigations Taskforce in Cascadia. She is a Cascadian…

Tatiana Aediles is an Australian painter of great renown, especially prized for her depictions of the Empresses…

Temnota (темнота), literally meaning “Darkness”, is the internal and external security force of the Russian Imperium. It…

The Tenasnah, literally “small look” in Chinook, is a microscope invented by Sahalie in Cascadia and used…

This article refers to the City. For the Emperor of Brazil, please refer to Teodósio the First….

The Bello-Bolivarian political system became a model studied worldwide. Hallmarks include: Regional autonomy balanced with strong federal…

The Black Rabbit is a mythical creature, sometimes also referred to as The Empire Rabbit, The Great…

The Chaparral is the name of the southwest-American colony of the Empire of Australia. The The Chaparral…

The Clockwork Children (1954) is a chilling animated collaboration between Alfred Hitchcock and Edward Gorey, blending Gothic horror with psychological suspense in a tale of innocence replaced by machinery. Set in a decaying Austro-Hungarian orphanage, the film follows a governess who uncovers a conspiracy to replace real children with mechanical doubles. Combining Gorey’s unsettling visual style with Hitchcock’s mastery of tension, the film is remembered as the first true “animated Gothic thriller.” Though controversial upon release, it later achieved cult status, particularly in Cascadia, and remains a cornerstone of mid-century experimental cinema.

A dance and social club in Pørtland, Cascadia.

The Dakar Incident refers to a series of events in Dakar, Union of West African States in…

The Dead Loon is a tap house off the Grand Concourse with a reputation as being a…

The Death of Hercules is a painting by Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán. After her conquest of…

Released in 1960, The Dollmaker’s Funeral is the third and final film of The Mechanist’s Curse Trilogy, cementing Hitchcock and Gorey’s reputation as architects of animated Gothic terror. Set within a crumbling manor where mourners gather for a reclusive artisan’s funeral, the film transforms grief into grotesquerie as guests are absorbed into the dollmaker’s eerie collection. Herrmann’s mournful score and Gorey’s etching-like visuals intensify the atmosphere of dread, while subtle references to “The Engineer” suggest his unseen hand guiding the horrors. Long regarded as the trilogy’s most commercially successful entry, the film is remembered for its haunting exploration of death, memory, and legacy.

The Fall of Minoa refers to a famous artwork depicting the destruction by a tsunami of the…

The name for Josephine Imre’s estate, the headquarters of her movement Purity.

In Décret 2985, Eleanor the Thirtieth decreed that a large garden would be created for the enjoyment…

The Grand Bargain refers to the deal allegedly made by Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Black Rabbit….

The Grand Bargain refers to Napoleon the First’s deal with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This deal guaranteed the…

In April 1886, Cascadian John Sparrow created The Howling Claw Supper Club. A successful restauranteur, Sparrow’s previous…

The city of Pørtland’s transportation centre, the Hub is a massive structure that melds nature with technology…

The Long House is the physical seat of government for the Independent Sovereignty of Cascadia. The massive…

The period generally referred to as The Long Winter was the time after the explosion of Mount…

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 is a business and economics Farnsworth show starring financial whizbang Mark Marvel. 827…