Victorian/Edwardian Clichés Old world England. The stuff of Romance. Examples: Sherlock Holmes, Flashman
Clichés Liberated from For Faerie, Queen, & Country The following clichés were liberated from TSR's For Faerie, Queen, & Country which was part of the Amazing Engine system. - Clergy - a priest of a specific congregation
- Civil Servant - minor functionaries such as assistant under-secretaties to the deputy counsel or senior clerks o fthe assistant post-master-general.
- Correspondent - a reporter (usually a struggling novelist or poet)
- Detective - Metropolitan police force (get government sanctioning) or consulting detective (i.e. Sherlock Holmes)
- Diletttante - A dabbler in many things. Seen as either a wasteful member of the rich or a cultured man of means.
- Doctor - no longer butchers, but still feared.
- Entertainer - (music hall performer (singer/comic/dancing girl/variety act)
- Go-Between - In the world of noticeable division between rich and poor, upper and lower classes, someone who can get things done in both worlds.
- Hooligan (Mohock) - a gangster. Hooligan is a thug; Mohock are the more sophisticated version.
- Public Servant - politician (appointed)
- Rustic - country person (farm hand or tenants).
- Solicitor - lawyer
- Barrister - present cases (real work done by solicitor).
- Tinker - A wandering jack-of-all-trades.
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