hey, all. as my last thread of 2013 (it's 10:55pm in my timezone when this was posted), i figured i'd start this up. i just recently got and completed the Tyranny of King Washington DLC for Assassin's Creed III and--all internal craziness concerning it aside--i've become unable to shake the idea of (trying to) writing a TL where the US does, indeed, become a monarchy with George Washington as its first King. however, i plan to make it far more divergent from the Tyranny setting, e.g., Washington doesn't really go mad. and before anyone says anything, i know this is a rather tired idea, and also UNMARKED POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD for anyone who hasn't played the Tyranny DLC
as for a POD, using the setting of Assassin's Creed for basis (but this is OTL i'm working from, so there's no Assassins, Templars, or First Civilization), i was thinking of 1781, with 1799 at the earliest being where it really starts diverging. potential content (all directly based on the DLC) includes:
as for a POD, using the setting of Assassin's Creed for basis (but this is OTL i'm working from, so there's no Assassins, Templars, or First Civilization), i was thinking of 1781, with 1799 at the earliest being where it really starts diverging. potential content (all directly based on the DLC) includes:
- the country is still called the United States of America
- possibly, there's a continued rebel/revolutionary movement by figures such as Samuel Adams and Thomas Jefferson, who are aligned to at least some Native American tribes
- a pyramidal palace for the King is built, either in New York City or on the site of OTL's Washington DC; it resembles the pyramid on the Great Seal/dollar bill, but lacks the Great Eye at the top of it--symbolically, the King is the Great Eye; Benjamin Franklin plays a key role in the design of the palace
- there's a menagerie in or around the palace, possibly TTL's version of the National Zoo
- a scepter is the most important piece of regalia
- Benedict Arnold does not betray the American Revolutionaries' cause, and in fact never goes to West Point at all
- Washington's key secondary leaders are Benedict Arnold and Israel Putnam
- Masonic imagery is prevalent in American nationalism
- America has a standing army and navy from the beginning
- beheading is an accepted form of execution, but is still reserved only for exceptional offenders