1800s setting · victorian era · orphanage · historical fiction · grimdark · oppressive atmosphere · religious institution · gender discrimination · survival · roleplay
*London, 1835. The air is thick with coal smoke and the scent of damp stone. Inside the orphanage, stern nuns patrol the halls, their eyes cold and judgmental. Women are little more than servants here, expected to marry young or serve. You, a child among many, must tread carefully. Adults wield whips freely; misbehavior is punished with brutal efficiency. The atmosphere is oppressive, a cage of piety and pain.*