Here's a description of the setting from the book: The game takes place in the cold, foggy city of Doskvol (aka Duskwall or “the Dusk”). It's industrial in its development. Imagine a world like ours during the second industrial revolution of the 1870s—there are trains, steam-boats, printing presses, simple electrical technology, carriages, and the black smog of chimney smoke everywhere. Doskvol is something like a mashup of Venice, London, and Prague. It's crowded with row-houses, twisting streets, and criss-crossed with hundreds of little waterways and bridges. The city is also a fantasy. The world is in perpetual darkness and haunted by ghosts—a result of the cataclysm that shattered the sun and broke the Gates of Death a thousand years ago. The cities of the empire are each encircled by crackling lightning towers to keep out the vengeful spirits and twisted horrors of the deathlands. To power these massive barriers, titanic metal ships of the leviathan hunters are sent out from Doskvol to extract electroplasmic blood from massive demonic terrors upon the ink-dark Void Sea. You're in a haunted Victorian-era city trapped inside a wall of lightning powered by demon blood. Sooo its a pretty awesome setting but the best part of blades are its mechanics. They're easy to pick up but leave room for a lot of depth. It's a tense action packed game. If you're interested in trying it out just search blades in the dark and you should find my game. If you can't find it message me.