Prologue: The Strange Times Have Began
Sometime in early 2001, there was a change in the world. Things began happening that were once thought impossible. Reports of werewolves, vampires, and other such creatures haunt the tabloids and have even started appearing in more respectable newspapers. Occult shops suddenly had a spike in business, as more and more people began to believe in the supernatural.
No one is really sure exactly when or why it happened, but nearly everyone agrees: strange times have arrived in London. At first, many theories spread out throughout the populace. Mind-altering drugs, terrorists, genetic experiments, and many other theories could be heard at every pub in London. The government of course tried to cover it up, unsuccessfully, as they worked to understand what was going on in the world.
Despite the extreme changes that have affected the world as a whole, life in London has changed very little. Sure it's a little less safe outside after dark now and the corner occult shop actually sells potions that actually work, but life still goes on. People still have to pay their taxes, go to work, and the myriad of other mundane tasks that make up our world. Politicians still spend countless hours campaigning, the police force still functions (sometimes), and criminals still run the streets.
Below the surface an uneasy questions still lurk, though. Why, now of all times, has magic returned? What caused the change? Is this just the beginning of something more? What else waits to emerge from legend into our world today? Even now, nearly a year afterwards, these questions still remain unanswered, but for how long?