Fimbulwinter Braincataclysm

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...to toss around possible ideas for forthcoming Fimbulwinter sessions.

Beginnings

The show needs to begin somewhere. Some ideas follow: of course, we can always revisit with flashbacks if we open with something on in events.

  • A symposium of the International Geographical Society, at which the expedition is proposed
  • The arrival of the main zeppelin at McMurdo Sound, and the establishment of base camp
  • The first sighting of the Mountains by an expedition foray
  • the establishment of a camp at the base of the Mountains
  • the first death of the expedition
  • the first discovery of Something Very Weird

Possible Episode Premises

Random Stuff that Would be Cool

  • I like the idea of calling the base camp Concordia (the name of a much later French/Italian Antarctic research station); it has the right tone of utopian internationalist-brotherhood which can then be horribly undermined.

Stuff That Could Change Due to the Pilot

  • The most obvious thing that could change is the exact time of the setting; a few ideas:
    • Immediately post-WWI, for post-war trauma and new-world-order intriguing
    • Pre-WWI, but somewhat earlier so as to leave more wiggle room for alliance-building - perhaps in late 1903, shortly before the Entente Cordiale.
    • Late Victorian. Changes stuff very heavily.