Roaring 20s

The first to awaken were **Athena** and **Ares** and the other gods of war and chaos. Drawn forth by the bombs and trenches and the dying cries of men in the European Theater. Precisely when they began, what broke them out of their centuries long sleep, no one could say. The rejoicing that followed saw **Dionysus** roused, the gods of music and the arts. They'd been awake, they thought, at other times in other places- but even the mighty Zeus was not omnipotent, and without Olympus they could not observe all as they once had.

And rarely had there been so many together in one time, one place.

**The City** is golden, decadent and flourishing. Prohibition, crime, the rise of film and wealth previously unimaginable have cast even darker shadows.

Jazz, speakeasies, and back alleys. Short skirts, short hair, and dark lipstick.

Crime syndicates rule over the night life, but the Gods have found their way into this metropolis with relative ease. Everyone is willing to accept just one more don, spoiled heiress, or lounge singer. Not that they need to work- but they do need to be seen and loved. Desperately.

**Related Pages:**

* List of IC setting pages: **The City**
* All pages with the "Roaring 20s" tag: **Category: Roaring 20s**
* For the research inclined: **Roaring 20s - Resources**

## Scene Summaries

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### Ellsworth-Biggs Wedding

The pre-dinner cocktail mingling in #hotel-alsace has a number of interactions – Moira Faust returns from speaking with Councilman Theodore and Medea Belmont at Table 1 to be intercepted by Harvey Brandt , until he puts his foot in his mouth. Alexandre Rocher makes an entrance with more presence than usual and watches the affair before he eventually moves to his seat at Table 3 with Nellie Fox. Anthony Fletcher arrives in the main room as Alastor, speaks to the happy couple, and looks for the reason he’s here. Aldric Simons gets roped into a conversation with a client, one Robert Whitworth and followed by his shadow reporter, Bernie Dawson. Robert has a wardrobe mishap courtesy of Boris.
At Dinner Table 1, Medea spars with Theo over political games, to Theo’s polite exasperation, and Moira stops by to request a dance.
At Dinner Table 3, Alex gets a touch protective of Nellie when Ray Greco is his usual, uncharming self. Harvey interrupts the heartwarming potential for violence with grace and tact.
Alastor chats with Moira for a bit about Mortimer and his *date*. Nellie is spotted in a free moment by Ashton Brizer, who jumps at the opportunity to speak with her in a quiet conversation, after which she meets Celandine (Circe) at #the-punch-bowl.
At Dinner Table 2, Moira and Peter send seeds of chaos over the wedding guests as Peter encourages Misfortune to release some feelings. They’re joined by Eimear McKenna, her niece and bridesmaid by the name of Cora McKenna, and her escorting groomsman, Mortimer Tod. The tension is escalated with the arrival of Theo to ask Moira to dance and her subsequent return (in the first dance of Dance 1). Peter departs to spike the drinks at the bar. Shep (Paris) returns to the table to flirt with his date just as Cora and Mortimer prepare to depart for a dance.
After, Moira finds Theo at Table 1 so that he doesn't need to be unarmed any longer and they slip away to the Coat Closet, followed by Mortimer. Jealousy and godly wrath compete, with no one leaving happy, but everyone leaving in one piece. Tyche offers Theo one of the rarest gifts she can in addition to her knife, one that Prometheus is the only other known recipient of.
Peter, Boris, and Cyril chat at the bar, joined later by Moira and Eimear.
Nina Draper, the bride’s seamstress, finds Mortimer at the bar, needling him before they have a surprisingly heartfelt chat.
Aldric sits at Moira's table to catch up with his out-of-sorts niece.
Shep dances with Julian de León in the first dance of Dance 2.
Peter dances the first dance of Dance 3 with Eimear, sending any number of hearts racing.
Medea begins to heed the calls of the night and indulge in her favorite pastimes, finishing up some business, beginning before and continuing past Peter and Moira’s dance.
Timeline Checkpoint: Sometime in the evening, Moira and Peter dance together and encourage all persons in the vicinity to let go of their restraint, enjoy the heady relief of abandoning all to reckless chance in the second dance of the thread.
Moira finds Mortimer for their dance immediately after finishing with Peter, after which they leave for Moira's Hotel Room, where things go horribly skewed, resulting in Mortimer leaving and Moira canceling their breakfast, mailing back the red dress and his apartment key before departing.

## Player Characters

A list of the character aliases and assumed identities in this era. For more detailed info, see the character channel in discord (or the character specific wiki page if they have one).

* Antonio "Tonio" Sgro (**Adonis**)
* Andromeda Leigh (**Andromeda**) is an actress.
* Anthony Fletcher (**Anteros**) is a WWI veteran and owner of Archer's Cafe.
* Apollo (**Apollo**) is a curator of artists.
* Erin "Lee" Hund (**Artemis**) is a shadow for hire and **Reformatory** escapee.
* Ashton "Ash" Brizer, Dr. Brizer (**Asclepius**) is a doctor about town.
* Athena Pallas, Edith Howlett, Promachos, Polias (**Athena**) is the head of the Parthenon.
* Boris LeBlanc (**Boreas**) is an ice baron, fence, and leader of an art smuggling ring.
* Cassidy Moxon (**Cassandra**)
* Ronald Schuyler (**Chiron**) is a struggling academic.
* Celandine Atwater (**Circe**) is a wealthy-ish widow and artisanal spirit producer with a delightful mastiff.
* Nina Draper (**Clotho**) is a sought after dressmaker and designer in the City.
* Dionysus (**Dionysus**) is a vineyard proprietor.
* Dove Parlby (**Echo**) is a former Inmate at **The Reformatory**.
* Evelyn (**Erebus**) is a bouncer at the Irishwoman.
* Calenthe (**Eris**)
* Gale Prince (**Ganymede**) is a bartender at the [[Cat Scratch Club].
* Aldric Simons (**Hades**) is an actuary at a life insurance company.
* Katherine "Kat" de la Cruce, Mistress Magick, Ana Senari (**Hecate**) is the owner of the Apothecary and a stage magician.
* Cyril Mulford (**Hector**) is an investigative journalist, primarily for the Weekly Worker.
* Henry Marchand (**Helios**)
* Harvey Brandt (**Hephaestus**) is a craftsman - a custom woodworker for high end furniture, carpentry, and some iron work.
* Iraklis "Ira" Leonti (**Heracles**) is a day laborer at the docks.
* Jack Doyle (**Hermes**) ia a rambler who arrived in the City the day before Bacchanalia.
* Hester Casella (**Hestia**) is a professional civic busybody who runs (is) **Prytaneum House** and it's operations and one of the Council.
* Lethe (**Lethe**) is a former inmate of the **Institution**.
* Medea Belmont (**Medea**) is the wife of **Charles Belmont III** a prominant businessman.
* Murphy Strauss, Dr. Mephistopheles (**Morpheus**) is a carnival fortune teller.
* Hollis (**Nemesis**) is a vigilante and unofficial head of the Jungle.
* Ned Snell (**Nerites**) is a kept boy, swimmer, race car driver, and gadabout.
* Valerie "Val" Jinyu (**Nike**) is an ex-combat aviation and spy and currently a civilian pilot, speed queen, and socialite.
* Ida Blackburn, Mama Night (**Nyx**) is a respectable businesswoman/Mob boss and one of the Council responsible for the underworld in the City.
* Oscar "Oz" Harper (**Orpheus**) is a musician and performs or is to be found most places there's music.
* Peter "Shepherd" (**Pan**) is a heavy at **Rough Trades**.
* Nelli Fox (**Pandora**) is a bookkeeper, of sorts.
* Johnathan "Shep" Shepard (**Paris**) was a factory worker and is now **Moira Faust**'s paid date.
* Sophia Lenz (**Persephone**) is a black widow.
* Peter Sais (**Perseus**)
* Patricia "Trixie" Clarion (**Pheme**) is a telephone switchboard operator, clandestine gossip columnist, shameless party girl, and gold-digger.
* Philip Ocean (**Poseidon**) is the owner of **Elysian Fields**.
* Alexandre "Alex" Rocher, Le Pendu (**Prometheus**) is an arms dealer under pseudonym "La Pendu".
* Claire Delune (**Selene**) is a burlesque headliner who performs at venues all around the City.
* Marsha Osimiri (**Styx**)
* Mortimer Tod (**Thanatos**) is a bootlegger and contract killer.
* Finnegan "Finn" Thresher (**Thaumus**) is the owner of the **City's Aquarium**.
* Theodore "Theo" Covington Underwood-Sherman (**Theseus**) is a city councilman.
* Moira Faust (**Tyche**) is a freelance journalist at several of the City's publications, a stock market player, and the owner of the **Irishwoman**.
* Cillian Talbot, Seth Tyler, Voice on the Other End of the Line (**Typhon**) is a factory owner.