Lydia von Hohenberg
Lydia von Hohenberg is not a woman born to stand in the shadows — she is the shadow itself, draped in black lace and ambition. A countess by title and…
Isla Voss
Isla Voss is remembered in the annals of espionage not merely as an operative, but as a legend wrapped in silk and shadow. Born into obscurity and forged in secrecy,…
Meet the Author
Thomas L. Black (b. 1870), author of the acclaimed steampunk saga The Velvet Conspiracy, is one of the most enigmatic literary figures residing in the fog-drenched sprawl of Imperial San…
Friedrich Heigl
Friedrich Heigl is a man forged of brass and shadow, sharpened by discipline as exacting as the teeth of a gear. Born into the mechanical hum of Berlin’s suburbs, his…
Isla’s files
Reichssicherheitshauptamt – Confidential File SUBJECT: Brandt, Sophia (stage name – suspected alias)FILE NO.: RSHA/IV-216-BCLASSIFICATION: Höchst Vertraulich – Eyes Only [Stamp: GEHEIM]Date: 3 April 1942Compiled by: Oberinspektor K—–––– [REDACTED] Known IdentityPerforms…
Thomas L. Black in files
Imperial Bureau of Cultural Oversight Confidential Dossier: Subject 44-ΔName: Thomas L. BlackOccupation: Writer of speculative fictions, journalist (former)Age: 55Domicile: 1127 Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, Imperial Protectorate Origin and Background Subject…
The Velvet Phantom Strikes Again!
DIE MITTERNACHTS-GAZETTE “Whispers from the Gaslight”Edition of August 6, 1952 Berlin awoke this morning to the delicious scent of scandal — and jasmine. While the Ministry hushes its lips tighter…
Velvet Conspiracy available on Amazon
Velvet Conspiracy is now available on Amazon. Step into an alternative world where espionage, seduction, and betrayal intertwine against the backdrop of a post-war Nazi empire reimagined with steampunk flair.…
Lydia von Hohenberg in files
ChatGPT said: Here’s the Velvet Intelligence file on Lydia von Hohenberg, written in the clipped, suspicious tone of a clandestine agency report, designed to feel sketchy and incomplete: Velvet Intelligence…
Thomas L. Black – The Clockwork Aristocrat
In the velvet-lit salons of the Empire, power is not only spoken in hushed tones but worn with precision. Few ensembles capture this truth as vividly as the look embodied…
Sophia’s Tournee excerpts
An Evening with Sophia Brandt – The Voice of Velvet Vienna State Opera is honored to present Sophia Brandt, internationally celebrated soprano, in a special performance of Tristan und Isolde.…
Friedrich Heigl files
Velvet Intelligence Dossier Subject: Friedrich HeiglFile No.: VEL/III-427-ΔClassification: Level II Priority — High Risk/High ValueDate: 1951 Known Identity:Heigl, Friedrich — SS Obersturmbannführer. Currently assigned to strategic planning and logistics within…
Berlin
The city breathed differently now. Once, Berlin had been a theater of frenzy, where Hitler’s shrill voice cut through the air like a knife, his words whipped into the populace…
Albert Speer – the new Fuhrer
(Imperial Bureau of Cultural Oversight — Confidential Translation) Subject: Albert Speer, Reichskanzler and self-styled Führer of the New ReichDate: Year 1944 (Axis Reckoning)Origin: Berlin Central NodeFile Code: JN–Σ–47/STEEL–GLASS Summary:Following the…
Journal of Unteroffizier Wilhelm R., Atlantic Protectorate Tour – August 1955
New YorkThe first sight of New York took my breath away. The skyline is ours now — tall, proud, draped in banners of the Reich. The Empire State Building is…
Paris
Paris glistened like a jewel mounted in another man’s crown. The city that had once belonged to lovers, poets, and revolutionaries had been remade into a brothel for conquerors —…
Atlantic Protectorate
Velvet Network – Field Notes (Isla Voss) File Code: VN–ATL/IS–55Subject: Observations on Reich Atlantic Cities – 10 years after the WarAuthor: [Redacted – probable Agent Sophia Brandt alias] New York…
Journal of Gefreiter Hans K., New Orleans – May 1955
We have earned this. After months on the line, the Reich grants us leave, and I could not have imagined a city like this. New Orleans is unlike any in…
Journal Entry – Warsaw, December 1954
(Unsigned, circulated internally through Sicherheitsdienst channels) I arrived in Warsaw by armored train under gray skies, the air thick with coal smoke and the hiss of steam valves. The city…
Journal of Obergefreiter Karl M., Moscow – November 1954
The journey east felt endless — snow stretching to the horizon, villages swallowed in silence, the train’s brass pistons hammering like a war drum. And then, suddenly, it was there…
Prague — The Reich’s Jewel of Memory
We arrived in Prague by armored train, its brass pistons hissing as it slowed beneath the great iron canopy of Wilson Station. Even the station is an artifact here —…
Paris — The Opéra Garnier
The Opéra was no longer a temple to art — it was a boudoir. As I stepped into the grand foyer, the marble seemed to glow too white, the gilded…
Hermann Göring – Reichsmarschall, Lord of Industry
Reference Code: VN–GOR/55 Profile Once Luftwaffe commander, Göring survived Hitler’s death and reinvented himself as the Reich’s industrial baron. He controls the veins of the empire: the Ural mines, Caucasus…
Vienna
The city felt like a corset, drawn tighter with each step. Vienna had always been baroque, a place of chandeliers and coffee spoons, Strauss waltzes and gold-leafed façades — but…