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-secretaries to the deputy counsel or senior clerks of the 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)
Dilettante - 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.