The last great flood of London was on January 7th 1928, water poured over the Thames Embankment and the Chelsea Embankment completely collapsed.
The flood actually began around Christmas and New Year’s Eve – problems were reported at the Thames Estuary. The water at Southend measured at 1.5 metres above expected level. By January 7th, Putney, Hammersmith, Southwark and the City of London were submerged; the water level was measured at 5.5 metres above the stratum line. The Kraken’s migration had affected our tides, wreaking havoc on our capital. This was to be the beginning of a thirty year cycle where London and its inhabitants, all that we hold dear, would be held at the whim of a thoughtless and vile beast.
When the North Sea Flooded in 1953, this was a narrow miss for London. The migration of the Kraken had changed and this meant that Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex were submerged. This was, of course, devastating but it allowed our top minds to begin working on a solution.
Engineers at Medusa spent the next three decades designing and implementing a water based defence system. It was thought that the Kraken could not be defeated, or even killed, but that we might develop a barrier.
In 1983, the Thames Barrier was complete. We have been safe for over thirty years.
In Roaring He Shall Rise
It has been more than 30 years since the last migration of the Kraken posed a threat to our shores, our capital and our lives. Records indicate that 2014 the Thames Barrier closed 48 times. This was unprecedented. The Threat has returned.
We can no longer lay blame on global warming or climate change – we know the truth and it is time to act.
Tennyson’s poem held the key to defeating the beast, but it’s secret has been lost. Your mission is to travel to locations in London and retrieve the clues. Once you have collected all three passwords, you must return to mission control and recite the incantation. Only this will hold back the Kraken. Only you and your team can save the capital.
We place our faith in you to deliver us from being submerged.
