Teaser: Campaign Session Five, "Concordance"

Following the events of February 20th, glimpses of a most unusual Apparition walking the streets of Victoria are frequently reported.  The nightmares which have for so long plagued the city decline precipitously, however, freeing many to return to their occupations and other pursuits.  This catharsis coincides with several days of oily, chilly, unpleasant rain, during which few go outdoors if they can avoid it.  The homeless, and those visitors to the city who lack permanent domiciles, suffer particularly badly from this turn of events.

Word has gone out about a new Finishing School for remedial education in proper Victorian behavior, overseen by one Cordelia Lancaster.  It has a good reputation, considering its evident lack of funding.

A huge construction site has gone up towards the outskirts of the city.  What is being built appears to be a sphere, held upright by support struts, some hundred yards in diameter.  It is clearly mechanical, and many fear that it might be some great weapon of the Machines.

This assumption seems to be part and parcel with a general increase in Victorians' xenophobia, especially among the lower classes.  Those without "citizen" ribbons are occasionally discovered in back alleys, mugged and beaten, sometimes fatally; and at one point, a train containing a dozen Machines, outfitted with heavy weaponry, pulls into Victoria Station.  They are all dead, their necks bearing neat, surgically precise incisions.