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In the 1800s, scientist Charles Babbage nearly built a device known as a "difference engine" - a precursor to the modern computer. This was followed by the "analytical engine", a device that was able to reprogram itself. Though the government of England dropped its funding of Babbage, the Star Chamber (using Ada Byron as a cats' paw) began funding the analytical engine in the hope that it could be used against Faction Paradox.

The Book of Enoch is a book within the Biblical Apocrypha which details the revolt of a group of anakim (led by Azazel) and their mating with humans, which leads to a race of beastly cannibalistic peoples. Due to their creation of these hideous monsters, the rest of the anakim fight and defeat the rebels. It is postulated that this Book of the Bible was inspired by the origins of the Mal'akh.

Though largely remembered for his translations of works such as 1001 Nights and feud with explorer John Hanning Speke, Richard Francis Burton had a rather interesting life. Burton was born into the Grand Families and was recruited into the Star Chamber almost immediately after leaving Oxford. Burton's respect for the Star Chamber only lasted for a brief moment.

After an incident involving "grotesques", Burton was recruited by Faction Paradox (possibly being recruited by himself). Due to Burton's excellence at blending into foreign cultures, he began to climb the ranks of Faction Paradox. This record was marred by an incident in 1845 where Burton accidentally revealed his knowledge of the occult to the Star Chamber. He later made an expedition into Africa, ostensibly to find the Nile but actually to find the Mountains of the Moon (a colony of Mal'akh). This expedition was the source of Burton's feud with Speke and ultimately led to Speke's death at the hands of Lord Byron (whom Burton began a feud with).