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unseenlibrarian1911: The Atlantean expedition, captained by one Robert Scott reaches Atlantis- they’re well out of contact with anyone who could inform them of the Elven court interdict, and so make landfall. They set up camp and are almost immediately besieged by a Wild Hunt enforcing the interdict. The M1911 is first produced and becomes the official US service pistol. Faerie Gold is used to prove superconductivity is possible. Italy goes to War with the Ottoman Empire.
1912: Amundsen’s Muvian expedition fares much better that Scott’s visit to Atlantis, finding evidence of a pre-human civilization. One of Scott’s expedition commits suicide by walking into the waiting wild hunt. Cecil Rice, the newly appointed British Ambassador to the US finds himself temporarily reassigned as ambassador to the fae, and immediately recruits poet and self-appointed faerie court expert William Yeats to find a way to save the expedition. Success comes in the discovery of an ancient treaty between the Undersea court and the British Crown. The battered survivors of Scott’s Brittannia expedition are, as a diplomatic courtesy, named a relief force, there to provide aid to the Undersea crown, if they can be located. This diplomatic fiction saves face for all sides, but has unforseen consequences.
1913: Nearly every crowned head of Europe investigates their own ancient records for treaties with the fae- (American diplomats, for their part, focus on establishing closer ties with the Unified Trade Council.) Various factions in every court become entangled with human politics, and several groups have ties to Undersea, resulting in several expeditionary forces being sent to Atlantis on the same excuse as that which saved Scott’s expedition. The debate on the Irish Home Rule act is complicated by disputes over the possession of several of the new Islands in the Irish sea as well as what used to be the English Channel. Woodrow Wilson takes office. Coups in Mexico and the Ottoman empire lead to border disputes and general unrest.
1914: Ambrose Bierce is the first human Puck of Underhill, retained to investigate the death of his predecessor. He continually insists that he’s on his way to Mexico and doesn’t have time for this, but solves the case…and the next one he’s retained for after that. Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated. The addition of the elven court treaties to the already complex morass of early twentieth century European diplomacy means things are about to get ugly fast. The first battles of what will be later known as the Atlantean War or “The Big A” take place when various expeditionary forces who are camped too near each other clash; ultimately, the treaty meant to help preserve Atlantis leads to the first global conflict taking place largely on it.
1915: The factions in the war fall largely into two fronts: The Rivers and Lakes treaty and the Sea treaties- these being ancient factions of the Undersea court, and roughly mapping to the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente that already existed prior to the fae treaty discoveries. However, various Italian rulers had historically had several treaties with the sea fae, leading to that country joining the Sea treaty nations. First use of chemical weapons on a wide scale as the German “expeditionary force” deploys secret stockpiles. Japanese naval ships employed to help transport Australian troops to bolster the Sea Treaty alliance.
1916: Fighting spreads outside of Atlantis at the battle of Gallipoli- the intent was to capture the nearby straights to allow easier access to Atlantis by Russia; this fails. First successful stored blood transfusion. Pershing pursues Pancho Villa across the border after the general raids into New Mexico. Rivers and Lakes treaty nations begin active raiding of merchant shipping to Atlantis, though this is temporarily halted when the US threatens to break off diplomatic relations with Germany after non-merchant civilian vessels are included in the attacks.
1917: The Rivers and lakes resumes unrestricted raiding. The Kingsland explosion in New Jersey is blamed on German saboteurs, though no lives were lost largely thanks to the actions of the company Switchboard operator, Tessie Mcnamara. First woman elected to House of representatives. Zimmerman telegram is intercepted and the US gives up its pursuit of Villa, Pershing with draws over the border.
The Bolshevik revolution dies before it can really be started: multiple attempts to kill Rasputin cease to entertain him, and he throws off his disguise, revealing himself to be Koscheii the Deathless. The Romanovs are set aside and Imperial Russia is now ruled by basically a grumpy immortal wizard. Shit has officially gotten weird. Oh, and the US declares war on Germany, sending troops of their own to Atlantis, including the first all Therianthropic division, but the wizard-king thing is still weirder.
The Cottingly faerie hoax doesn’t happen since everyone’s been taking pictures of faeries for 18 years as it is.
1918: Battle of Bear valley; last armed conflict between US soldiers and hostile Native Americans; the Yaqui, who’d been at war with Mexico for several years, mistook the US 10th Cavalry squadron approaching their camp for Mexican troops and opened fire. They were later sentenced to 30 days in jail for shipping rifles to Mexico without an approved license.
The Big A heats up as several newly developed Faerie gold-based weapons are deployed to the front; the German weapon, a massive cannon with the range and accurancy to fire anywhere on the risen continent is destroyed in a successful by a joint operation between the Sea treaty nations.. Several countries that were once part of Imperial Russia attempt to break away after Koscheii declares his rule, leading to mass confusion as their troops attempt to desert in Atlantis to return home but are denied access to ship transport. The Baltic nations are buried under endless winter to curb their rebellion, leading to large refugee populations in Finland and Poland. Russian forces begin to withdraw from Atlantis to reinforce the Deathless’ rule, leaving the troops from the provinces in rebellion stranded in Atlantis.
1919: Former members of the Undersea Court that moved to other courts for protection when their own leaders disappear finally take action- selkies and merrow start picking fights with German U-boats and countering their raids on retreating Russian troops.
Romania attempts to annex Transylvania, but troops are repelled at the border by waves of bats and wolves and the sun going out, an event not witnessed by anyone outside of Transylvania.
A later amphibious assault on the Rivers and Lakes treaty base camp results in a complete route for their forces, and an armistice is declared on May 1st, 1919. Negotiations for the final peace treaty are held in Paris. The racial equality proposal from Japan is passed in large part thanks to strong support from the fae courts; pressure from the Unified Trade Council almost certainly played a part to keep Woodrow Wilson from outright rejecting the proposal. This has a knock-on effect of killing the White Australia Policy and several US restrictions on Asian immigration.
As part of the treaty, all sides agree to withdraw forces from Atlantis; the refugee-soldiers from states in rebellion against Koschei the Deathless are provided sanctuary in different treaty signatories until just what’s going on with Russia can be determined. The terms of the May Day accords, as they come to be called, are not as punitive as the Versailles treaty in our own timeline- Europe suffered much less thanks to the bulk of the fighting happening on a largely unoccupied continent. Still, the Rivers and Lakes nations are perceived to have ‘lost’, and are forced to pay reparations and lose some of their colonies. The League of Nations is created as part of the Accords; the US actually ratifies it rather than seeking their own treat. Isolantionism is a less popular stance, since taking part in the league is seen as a way to legitimize and explore claims on the lost lands, proving that not many lessons were learned from the Atlantean conflict.
1912: Amundsen’s Muvian expedition fares much better that Scott’s visit to Atlantis, finding evidence of a pre-human civilization. One of Scott’s expedition commits suicide by walking into the waiting wild hunt. Cecil Rice, the newly appointed British Ambassador to the US finds himself temporarily reassigned as ambassador to the fae, and immediately recruits poet and self-appointed faerie court expert William Yeats to find a way to save the expedition. Success comes in the discovery of an ancient treaty between the Undersea court and the British Crown. The battered survivors of Scott’s Brittannia expedition are, as a diplomatic courtesy, named a relief force, there to provide aid to the Undersea crown, if they can be located. This diplomatic fiction saves face for all sides, but has unforseen consequences.
1913: Nearly every crowned head of Europe investigates their own ancient records for treaties with the fae- (American diplomats, for their part, focus on establishing closer ties with the Unified Trade Council.) Various factions in every court become entangled with human politics, and several groups have ties to Undersea, resulting in several expeditionary forces being sent to Atlantis on the same excuse as that which saved Scott’s expedition. The debate on the Irish Home Rule act is complicated by disputes over the possession of several of the new Islands in the Irish sea as well as what used to be the English Channel. Woodrow Wilson takes office. Coups in Mexico and the Ottoman empire lead to border disputes and general unrest.
1914: Ambrose Bierce is the first human Puck of Underhill, retained to investigate the death of his predecessor. He continually insists that he’s on his way to Mexico and doesn’t have time for this, but solves the case…and the next one he’s retained for after that. Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated. The addition of the elven court treaties to the already complex morass of early twentieth century European diplomacy means things are about to get ugly fast. The first battles of what will be later known as the Atlantean War or “The Big A” take place when various expeditionary forces who are camped too near each other clash; ultimately, the treaty meant to help preserve Atlantis leads to the first global conflict taking place largely on it.
1915: The factions in the war fall largely into two fronts: The Rivers and Lakes treaty and the Sea treaties- these being ancient factions of the Undersea court, and roughly mapping to the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente that already existed prior to the fae treaty discoveries. However, various Italian rulers had historically had several treaties with the sea fae, leading to that country joining the Sea treaty nations. First use of chemical weapons on a wide scale as the German “expeditionary force” deploys secret stockpiles. Japanese naval ships employed to help transport Australian troops to bolster the Sea Treaty alliance.
1916: Fighting spreads outside of Atlantis at the battle of Gallipoli- the intent was to capture the nearby straights to allow easier access to Atlantis by Russia; this fails. First successful stored blood transfusion. Pershing pursues Pancho Villa across the border after the general raids into New Mexico. Rivers and Lakes treaty nations begin active raiding of merchant shipping to Atlantis, though this is temporarily halted when the US threatens to break off diplomatic relations with Germany after non-merchant civilian vessels are included in the attacks.
1917: The Rivers and lakes resumes unrestricted raiding. The Kingsland explosion in New Jersey is blamed on German saboteurs, though no lives were lost largely thanks to the actions of the company Switchboard operator, Tessie Mcnamara. First woman elected to House of representatives. Zimmerman telegram is intercepted and the US gives up its pursuit of Villa, Pershing with draws over the border.
The Bolshevik revolution dies before it can really be started: multiple attempts to kill Rasputin cease to entertain him, and he throws off his disguise, revealing himself to be Koscheii the Deathless. The Romanovs are set aside and Imperial Russia is now ruled by basically a grumpy immortal wizard. Shit has officially gotten weird. Oh, and the US declares war on Germany, sending troops of their own to Atlantis, including the first all Therianthropic division, but the wizard-king thing is still weirder.
The Cottingly faerie hoax doesn’t happen since everyone’s been taking pictures of faeries for 18 years as it is.
1918: Battle of Bear valley; last armed conflict between US soldiers and hostile Native Americans; the Yaqui, who’d been at war with Mexico for several years, mistook the US 10th Cavalry squadron approaching their camp for Mexican troops and opened fire. They were later sentenced to 30 days in jail for shipping rifles to Mexico without an approved license.
The Big A heats up as several newly developed Faerie gold-based weapons are deployed to the front; the German weapon, a massive cannon with the range and accurancy to fire anywhere on the risen continent is destroyed in a successful by a joint operation between the Sea treaty nations.. Several countries that were once part of Imperial Russia attempt to break away after Koscheii declares his rule, leading to mass confusion as their troops attempt to desert in Atlantis to return home but are denied access to ship transport. The Baltic nations are buried under endless winter to curb their rebellion, leading to large refugee populations in Finland and Poland. Russian forces begin to withdraw from Atlantis to reinforce the Deathless’ rule, leaving the troops from the provinces in rebellion stranded in Atlantis.
1919: Former members of the Undersea Court that moved to other courts for protection when their own leaders disappear finally take action- selkies and merrow start picking fights with German U-boats and countering their raids on retreating Russian troops.
Romania attempts to annex Transylvania, but troops are repelled at the border by waves of bats and wolves and the sun going out, an event not witnessed by anyone outside of Transylvania.
A later amphibious assault on the Rivers and Lakes treaty base camp results in a complete route for their forces, and an armistice is declared on May 1st, 1919. Negotiations for the final peace treaty are held in Paris. The racial equality proposal from Japan is passed in large part thanks to strong support from the fae courts; pressure from the Unified Trade Council almost certainly played a part to keep Woodrow Wilson from outright rejecting the proposal. This has a knock-on effect of killing the White Australia Policy and several US restrictions on Asian immigration.
As part of the treaty, all sides agree to withdraw forces from Atlantis; the refugee-soldiers from states in rebellion against Koschei the Deathless are provided sanctuary in different treaty signatories until just what’s going on with Russia can be determined. The terms of the May Day accords, as they come to be called, are not as punitive as the Versailles treaty in our own timeline- Europe suffered much less thanks to the bulk of the fighting happening on a largely unoccupied continent. Still, the Rivers and Lakes nations are perceived to have ‘lost’, and are forced to pay reparations and lose some of their colonies. The League of Nations is created as part of the Accords; the US actually ratifies it rather than seeking their own treat. Isolantionism is a less popular stance, since taking part in the league is seen as a way to legitimize and explore claims on the lost lands, proving that not many lessons were learned from the Atlantean conflict.
