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[Victoriana] Victoriana, 2nd Edition

Das viktorianische Zeitalter ist geheimnisvoll und für Liebhaber sicher auf gleiche Weise interessant und herausfordernd wie das Mittelalter und die Ritterzeit.

Victoriana—2nd Edition
It is the year 1867, and it is a time of revolution—an industrial revolution that seems unstoppable! As new technology appears at terrifying speed, many worry that mankind is becoming enslaved to the vast industrial machines that belch smoke into the streets of London. And, in the supernatural world, the forces of order and chaos clash once more as the planes align. You are a part of the revolution, whether you are born to privilege in the salons of the upper classes, or on the streets in the darkened rookeries of the city. Around you is a darkness that lurks not only in the alleys and back streets, but also in the clubs and estates of the rich and powerful.
Welcome to the world of Victoriana!

Symbolfoto, Quelle: http://www.steampunktribune.com/2009_11_01_archive.html

Victoriana
Victoriana refers to items or material from the Victorian period (1837–1901), especially those particularly evocative of the design style and outlook of the time.
The word is usually used to refer to printed work or to objects such as machinery, house decoration, or furniture. It would be unusual, although not technically incorrect, to refer to period-specific buildings and large machines (such as the Natural History Museum in Kensington, London, or a dreadnought-type battleship) as Victoriana.

Victoriana tends to reflect the tastes of the period. Examples in literature might be Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist or Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, stories which strongly reflect the moral atmosphere of the time. In the case of objects, a military tailcoat, carriage clock or scrollwork on an iron gate might be considered Victoriana if they were made at the time, in the style characteristic of the Victorian age.

Objects that look Victorian but are not of the time—for example, a gothic-style waistcoat made in the 1990s—would not qualify as Victoriana, having been made outside the relevant period, but instead Neo-Victorian.

In science fiction circles (especially in genres like Steampunk), the word is also used loosely to describe imaginary, mock-Victorian worlds, where the look and technology of the Victorian era may sit alongside impossible machinery or fantastic creatures. At least one fantasy role-playing game calls itself "Victoriana", and involves a scrollworked, brassy, steam-powered fantasy world.