Northern Crown: Difference between revisions

* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: While the setting definitely runs to the far end of the [[Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility]], many things in the New World are more firmly based in reality. There almost was a real [[httpwikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalia_<!-- 28colony29Vandalia chr(28)colonychr(29)|Vandalia]]. -->

* [[Anachronism Stew]]: In addition to the level of technology, plenty of historic figures exist in Northern Crown's version of the year 1666 who were either long dead or not yet born in the real world. Some of these have been renamed to fit the style-- see the Emperor Scientist example below --but others are left unaltered [[Born in The Wrong Century|except for their place in time]], such as the Shawnee leaders Tecumpease and Tenskwatawa. A few do have explanations given: [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain:Philip II of Spain|Felipe II]] is kept alive through a mix of alchemy and advanced medicine, [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_II_Adolphus:Gustavus II Adolphus|Gustavus II Adolphus]] survived the Battle of Lützen, and [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dee:John Dee|John Dee]] is still alive [[A Wizard Did It|because he's a wizard]].