Field Agent Handbook: 1925 Leviathan

We suspect giant beasts roam the clouds, just out of sight.

Our mission in the Ætherial Corporation’s Observancy Department is to observe the clouds, look for unusual shadows & formations, and attempt to discern the activity and anatomy of these sky-bound leviathan.

Your A6-sized handbook includes:

• 16 pages of instruction, advice and information with…
  • Title page with space for your name and date issued
  • Letter from the Director
  • Equipment required (coloured pencils & key on a string)
  • Instruction on how to fill out your handbook
  • Instruction on how to use your pendulum
  • Methods to estimate distance to creature
  • List of creature designations
  • Table to identify the Beaufort Number for the wind
    
  • Methods to find North
  • Illustrated chart with types of clouds and symbols for notation
    
  • Suggestion on how to sketch your observations
  • A blank index for your reference
  • Illustrated chart of suspected anatomical features
  • List of weather types and symbols for notation
  • Instruction on where to send your handbook
• 58 blank structured pages for observations, notes and sketches
• A dowsing board on the back cover

Once complete, you can send it to Head Office to be signed by the Director & stamped to chart your rise through the four ranks from Operative to Field Agent (Second & First Class) to Special Agent. 

We invite YOU to join the Ætherial Corporation’s most covert operation as a highly trained Field Agent.  

This is an always-on solo RPG/LARP to play with when out and about. It’s written as an in-world artefact from the 1920s, made for you to note your observations about the world around you through a lens of suspicion. 

This is the second of five handbooks from the Ætherial Corporation’s long-defunct Observancy Department covering the years 1924 to 1928 to be released throughout 2024:

• 1924 Revolution (March) — Seek out revolutionary animals
• 1925 Leviathan (June) — Spot flying creatures in the clouds 
• 1926 Communication (August) — Decode the language of plants
• 1927 Tempus (Date TBC) — Uncover pools of liquid time
• 1928 Giants (November) — Find traces of giants in the landscape

Physical handbooks (and a blank notebook) will be available on my Etsy store, aethercorpgames.etsy.com, from August