This post is keenly relevant to Duskwall, where the characters are victims of the new.

This post is keenly relevant to Duskwall, where the characters are victims of the new. (Especially the Lampblacks–it is explicit that their whole way of life evaporated.) Also if you are thinking futuristic, a useful insight.

http://monstersandmanuals.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/the-seaside-town-that-they-forgot-to.html