Leviathan (Reality)

Leviathan, 1812
Current Affairs: The world tries to defend its against Atlanteans
Divergence: 1797; strange fish-people called Atlanteans attack human civilization
TL: 5/(1+8)
Quantum: 6
Mana level: Normal
Most of Europe is devastated. Napoleon retreated into the Sahara with a core of veterans and is marshalling African natives to strike back. The US is a military government under Andrew Jackson in the Appalachians. Russian and Chinese warlords hold out deep inland.
"Broadly classified as a Hell parallel, Leviathan is much more livable than most of its type. While it's true that the human race has fallen greatly since the Atlantean invasion began 15 years ago, it's holding its own in the highest and driest parts of the world. Extinction is a possibility, but there's every chance this is just a new age of more-restricted human civilization. In large parts of the world, though, humans are thin on the ground, invariably captured slaves being worked to death or forcibly bred with the quasi-human Atlantean (a process that leads to extinction in one generation, since offspring are always Atlanteans themselves). There are very few isolated pockets of humanity."
==Atlanteans==
Formally called A'Nthleioi are humans that 12,000 years old who in return to worshiping a coelenterate god of the oceanic abyss are made aquatic. At present there are in excess of a billion of them. 
The TL (1+8) is sonic and "nacreous radiation" energy sources with radically unusual ceramic and metallic materials.
Note: while the article states "See IW165 for an Atlantean character template" this is incorrect. The template is actually on page 130.
== See Also ==
* Not to be confused with the Atlanteans of Orichalcum
*Not to be confused with the serpentine marine animals from Tangaroa, the Leviathan Serps
==References==
* Basic Set p.528
* Infinite Worlds, p.129
* Infinite Crossroads 8 "Sydenham" by Paul Drye (1026.html), 2008
Category:Infinite Worlds
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