Voodoopunk

This article is about the religious movement. For the song from The Dolls of New Albion, see Voodoopunk (Song). For the song from The New Albion Radio Hour, see The Voodoopunks.

Voodoopunk is a religion / political movement that plays a major part over the New Albion Tetralogy.

## Steampunk Era

The Voodoopunks were formed during The Dolls of New Albion. The movement began as an escape and rebellion from the drudgery of the world created by Edgar McAlistair's mass manufacturing of Dolls. Members would meet at pre-arranged houses and engage in a number of activities such as drugs, sex, dancing, and rituals for spirit possession. Popular meeting places for these early Voodoopunks included a cafe known as the Beehive and a coffee shop known as the Maniken.

Byron McAlistair and Amelia were among the leaders of the Voodoopunk campaign to elect Jasper as mayor of the city. They ran on a platform that promised that the Doll knew that everyone was equal in the end, with a call to walk away from the system and to throw it all away. The movement was gaining in popularity until Amelia's suicide. Her suicide note was the words from Jasper's song, which caused the public became fearful of the dolls. Distrust and anger grew until riots broke out. Bonfires destroyed much of the city, and the police responded with a forceful crackdown. Owning a Doll or any memento of the dead became a severe felony punishable by death.

After the implementation of a military state, the Voodoopunks were chased underground.

## Dieselpunk Era

During the time of The New Albion Radio Hour, the Voodoopunks were an underground movement, and were a major part of the rebel forces fighting against the government in the civil war. Jacqueline O'Brien was a high priestess, using her wealth and position to keep various groups funded, running, and in touch with each other.

At the Battle of Cryers Boulevard, the Voodoopunks conducted a ritual which caused Thomas to be posessed by spirits. Thomas' hypnotic chanting was broadcasted into the helmets of the Blood Red Dogs through the MCG. Everyone who heard the song fell under its spell, effectively immobilizing the government forces until Constance O'Brien sang a second song to dispel the first.

This caused the tide of the war to change in the rebel's favor, and the voodoopunks began to resurface and incorporate themselves into society again.

## Atompunk Era

In The New Albion Guide to Analogue Consciousness, the Voodoopunks had become a major religion and a leader in technological advancement. They had formed Arcadia Corp, which created The Mascot 3000, the first true AI tablet. Amber was a leader, along with her son Adrian and his boyfriend Lee.

The Voodoopunk's great vision was Project Elysium, a portal to Elysium where they could build a new home in heaven. Thousands of Voodoopunk pilgrims, accompanied with the Blood Red Dogs crossed the portal to what was promised to be a life of paradise. However, they soon discovered that Elysium was a very hostile place to people who were not yet dead, and they found themselves constantly under attack from deadly otherwordly creatures. The Blood Red Dogs protected and trained the pilgrims in combat, and after two decades all of the survivors were battle worn soldiers.

Rachael and The Mascot 3000 arrived twenty years later and offered a way to escape: choice to either reincarnate into a different life, or to become an AI. Of the thousands that arrived in Elysium, a hundred remained, and thirty of the survivors chose to become AIs.

After the events in the atompunk era, Voodoopunks would never rise again.

## Known Voodoopunks

* Byron McAlistair
* Amelia
* Jacqueline O'Brien
* Dorothy
* Amber
* Connor (left the movement)
* Adrian
* Lee
* The AIs, including :
	+ Mary
	+ Hank Hernandez