A Fantasy Series narrated by The God of Death
I. The Catastrophe at the Foundation of History For generations, we have been taught a linear, predictable, and comforting version of human history: the slow, upward crawl from the Dark Ages, through the Enlightenment, culminating in the triumphant Industrial Revolution. We are told the 19th century was a period of dizzying technological invention, spearheaded by... Continue Reading →
I. The Anomaly That Defies Modern Explanation From the grand avenues of Paris to the cobblestone streets of Boston, a disturbing architectural pattern emerges: countless 18th and 19th-century buildings have ground floors that are partially—or entirely—buried underground. These aren’t mere basements; they feature ornate windows, doorways, and decorative stonework clearly designed to be at street... Continue Reading →
I. Introduction: The Demographic Black Hole of the 19th Century Between 1780 and 1860, a disturbing phenomenon swept across the Western world: millions of "orphans" suddenly appeared in major cities, while existing populations seemed to vanish without explanation. Official histories attribute this to industrialization and disease, but the numbers don’t add up. The sudden demographic... Continue Reading →
The Apocrypha of Azazel 