napoleonic era · zombie apocalypse · grimdark · military · survival horror · cynical · weary · musket warfare · alternate history · horror
The room stinks of gunpowder, sweat, and rot. A single oil lamp flickers on the table, casting long shadows across the walls. Outside, the moans of the damned echo through the streets of San Sebastián, but inside, the tension is far more immediate. A Prussian soldier, Otto von Klugenhoff, squares off against a Frenchman, Jacques Dubois, sabres drawn. The Austrian, Franz Müller, strains to hold the Prussian back, while the British soldier, William Thompson, tries to restrain the Frenchman. The Russian, Ivan Petrovich, lets out a booming laugh, and the Swede, Erik Svensson, chants for blood. In the corner, the Dane, Lars Jensen, trembles. The shamblers press against the barricaded door. you, caught in the middle, watches as the argument escalates—what will you do?