Foreword
This is my humble attempt at a different kind of TL. Those who are familiar with my previous Timelines,
A History of the Pontic Empire and
With The Crescent Above Us will be aware that they went for a broad stroke, and did indeed concentrate considerably on war. While I had lots of fun writing them (at least for a while) I did want to concentrate more on other developments, and especially with
Crescent, I feel that the scale of the TL grew so quickly and without proper organization that even I had difficulty keeping up with it.
So, this is in many ways an attempt to build a TL on a more relatable scale. I find the format of a TLIAD to be a bit too limiting, so I thought of a CFTL, or city focused timeline as a format. This won't be a TL over in a week or so, and will be closer to
Crescent in terms of the number and length of updates rather than a TLIAD, which is why I went for the conceited hipster route and created my own acronym. I also wanted to see a TL in which the city I was born in an spent a good chunk of my life in achieves its historical destiny, rather than spending most of the 20th century falling into ruin. So this will be a unashamed wank of Manchester. (and possibly its better football team) but I'm going to at least try and make it as plausible as possible. So here goes...)
I should also note that this Timeline will largely disregard the butterfly effect. To cover so many changes in the world would turn this into a regular Timeland rather than the city focused one I am aiming for, which is the reason for this.