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Premise
Winter, late 1940. German Occupied Paris, France. A puppet government is in control of all of Northern France and administrating most of the southern 'free zone'. The marionette in charge is 'President of the Council' Philippe Petain. The Nazis, however, are the council and pulling Petain's strings. The country has just been through hell and back. France officially fell on June 22, 1940 -- five short weeks after the true war started. The country was in shock by the quickly lost war and the Germans picked up all the pieces. Now, six months later, life is hardly the same.
Rations are low. Luxuries are unheard of other than cheap booze, free music, or show girls. Many families have been left wondering if their husbands and sons will come home, if they are prisoners of war, or if they are dead. Curfew is strictly enforced and the German patrols on the streets are all too eager to place punishment on those who do not follow the rules. All too often has a young lover slipped into the midnight streets only to end up in prison or worse.
Paris, the city of lights and love, seems to be walking on egg shells. Everyone is holding their breath for the next gunshot or restriction to be placed upon the community. There seems little to celebrate or enjoy in Parisian life these days, but most agree that life does go on. In the eyes of the government the war is over, yet life has not returned to normal. Most doubt it ever well. The general consensus seems to follow the idea of 'c'est la vie'. If people continue to fight, only more will be tortured and killed. So arms have been laid down and an uncomfortable peace has been found.
However, there are whispers in the streets, behind locked doors and in shadowed basements: France surrendered too fast, there is still a war to be fought. Perhaps it will not be fought with massive guns and planes, but in quieter ways. Governments can be shut down through sabotage, bombs and work shortages. Many are saying true Frenchmen cannot just lay down their arms in defeat, but they must take up the mantel of war again. A war in the shadows and swamps. The Resistance is being born.
This is the central story line for the game and it revolves around the normal human population. In the main, this is a mortals game. If you are interested in supernatural elements, read on to the next post. However, if you wish that to be a mystery, stop here and go write up an application!
Winter, late 1940. German Occupied Paris, France. A puppet government is in control of all of Northern France and administrating most of the southern 'free zone'. The marionette in charge is 'President of the Council' Philippe Petain. The Nazis, however, are the council and pulling Petain's strings. The country has just been through hell and back. France officially fell on June 22, 1940 -- five short weeks after the true war started. The country was in shock by the quickly lost war and the Germans picked up all the pieces. Now, six months later, life is hardly the same.
Rations are low. Luxuries are unheard of other than cheap booze, free music, or show girls. Many families have been left wondering if their husbands and sons will come home, if they are prisoners of war, or if they are dead. Curfew is strictly enforced and the German patrols on the streets are all too eager to place punishment on those who do not follow the rules. All too often has a young lover slipped into the midnight streets only to end up in prison or worse.
Paris, the city of lights and love, seems to be walking on egg shells. Everyone is holding their breath for the next gunshot or restriction to be placed upon the community. There seems little to celebrate or enjoy in Parisian life these days, but most agree that life does go on. In the eyes of the government the war is over, yet life has not returned to normal. Most doubt it ever well. The general consensus seems to follow the idea of 'c'est la vie'. If people continue to fight, only more will be tortured and killed. So arms have been laid down and an uncomfortable peace has been found.
However, there are whispers in the streets, behind locked doors and in shadowed basements: France surrendered too fast, there is still a war to be fought. Perhaps it will not be fought with massive guns and planes, but in quieter ways. Governments can be shut down through sabotage, bombs and work shortages. Many are saying true Frenchmen cannot just lay down their arms in defeat, but they must take up the mantel of war again. A war in the shadows and swamps. The Resistance is being born.
This is the central story line for the game and it revolves around the normal human population. In the main, this is a mortals game. If you are interested in supernatural elements, read on to the next post. However, if you wish that to be a mystery, stop here and go write up an application!
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