Deadlands - A Weird West Chronicle The world died. This is what comes after.

This is an alternative version of the beginning of the 20th century and the last 40'ish years have happened very differently from what we all know from the history books. The American civil war didn't end in 1865. However, in 1863, a massive earthquake rocked the world and caused parts of California (incl. Los Angeles), Peru, United Kingdom, and several other landmasses to crumble and some parts sunk into the sea. These parts were quickly referred to as "The Great Maze". The ruins revealed wonders unseen previously, such as the California Maze Dragons, immense reptilian creatures that trolled the rough channels of the Maze. Still more amazing was the discovery of what some believed to be simple coal, but was soon determined to be a new mineral altogether. This new fundament burned a hundred times hotter and longer than coal. When consumed, it gave off a ghostly white vapor and howled like the Devil himself. The first survivors who discovered it dubbed it “ghost rock,” and the name stuck. Though it didn’t happen overnight, ghost rock would change the face of the war…and the West.