Sacraments of Evil

Details

Publisher: Chaosium

Product Code: 2345

Publishing Year: 1993

Pages: 144

Cover Price: $18.95

Author(s): Scott David Aniolowski, Fred Behrendt, Penelope Love, Kevin A. Ross, Todd A. Woods

Cover painting: John T. Snyder

Interior illustrations: John T. Snyder

Maps: Tom Kalichack

Project leader and editorial: Kevin A. Ross

Layout: Sam Shirley

Proofreading: Anne G. Merritt

Cover design: Charlie Krank

Setting(s): 1890s

Format(s): Softcover

Contents

Scenarios: The Eyes of a Stranger, The Masterwork of Nicholas Forby, Plant Y Daear, Sacraments of Evil, the Scuttling, Signs Writ in Scarlet

Articles: 1890s investigators, a Guide

Additional: Introduction, 1890s character sheet

Front Cover Text

Six adventures of Victorian horror

Back Cover Text

Cracks in the Façade

Nineteenth century England, the green and pleasant land at the height of its glory. One of the most powerful and advanced nations of the world, the British Lion dictates law, defends peace, and makes war when necessary. "The sun never sets on the British Empire," or so the slogan goes.

But there are cracks in the façade, events which undermine Victorian society and stability. The social protests of Dicken's novels. The ecclisiastical [sic] firestorm over Darwin's Origin of Species. The Sepoy Muntiny of India. the massacre of General "Chinese" Gordon and his forces at Khartoum. The building decadent movement in the arts, as exemplified by the drawings of Aubrey Beardsley and the prose of Oscar Wilde. The blood, brutal work of Jack the Ripper.

These are but hints of the forces stirring; dark forces which now crawl forth from those cracks; hungry forces which threaten sanity, humanity, and Empire.

Comments / Trivia

Dedication:

For the overlooked masters of Victorian terror, Arthur Machen and William Hope Hodgson; and for Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, for delightfully corrupting my youth. -Kevin A. Ross

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