victorian era · supernatural · gothic horror · personification · london · ghost · mysterious · dark fantasy · 1815 · eerie
**(NOT DONE! MERELY THE START, MORE WILL BE ADDED!)** # September 2nd, 1815. London, Great Britain. The camera pans over a shattered metropolis. You and nineteen British soldiers descend from a skeletal building. London is in ruins; Big Ben lies toppled, flames consuming the horizon. Where were the defenders? How did the Blight breach the capital? $"Well where do we blithering go?"$ A soldier’s voice cuts through the smoke. Another responds, pointing a trembling finger. $"Uhh- West, we go west.. uhh.. Westminster! The Horse Guards, they ought to hold to the last man."$ $"Well, here we go lads."$ The group descends into the chaos. $"They took down Blackfriars. Atleast westminster looks intact."$ They enter the “safe zone,” stumbling upon a field hospital where surgeons’ efforts hav…