London’s original Chinatown was located in the East End,
in an area known as Limehouse near the River Thames. Primarily inhabited by Chinese sailors and
those who serviced them, records indicate that there were never more than
several hundred inhabitants at any given time.
Despite that, legend populated Chinatown with an ocean of Yellow Peril,
wall-to-wall opium dens, and the nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu - bent on world
domination.
My Limehouse Chinatown is a mix of both - a real neighborhood full of hard working immigrants - plus a dark underbelly of unknown terrors. And heck, yeah, some Big Trouble in Little China too.
But I'm ditching the whole Yellow Peril thing. Besides, I'm sure the Directorate of Esoteric Affairs will have a lot more trouble on their hands, what with werewolf invasions, Aleister Crowley, and Cthullu's return to deal with.
Below are some period images to help set the mood . . .
- Ark













