MUD world
Cairnholm
Claim the power of the Tarot in a haunted Victorian city where every narrow close hides a story
- Type
- MUD
- Genre
- Victorian Gothic mysticism, mystery, RP
- Direct Connect
- mud.cairnholm.co.uk:1886
- Listed By
- Tube
- Approved
- Oct 17, 2026
About This World
Cairnholm, 1886. Behind respectable facades and beneath crowded tenements, something is going very wrong. Enter a gothic city inspired by Victorian Scotland, where the Major Arcana shape your powers and a stolen deck draws you into a very personal mystery. Follow your own path through branching quests, strange encounters, and the everyday troubles of a city with more secrets than sense. Choose a class drawn from the Tarot. Build a life through careers and relationships, take on cases and undertakings, and discover the people behind the city's doors. When the streets become familiar, descend into the Underclose, where deeper expeditions reveal stranger inhabitants and less forgiving laws. Quests drive your progression, with distinct class stories and further challenges as you rise through the Court ranks. Dynamic events and unfolding personal plots bring new complications to city life. Playable in English and German, Cairnholm combines handcrafted exploration with an evolving world. Come for the occult mystery, but stay because someone has made their problems your business.
MUD Details
- Status
- Alpha
- Codebase / Engine
- Custom
- Roleplay
- Encouraged
- PvP
- None
- Permadeath
- No
- Setting
- Original world
- Average Players
- 3
- World Size
- Small / 500 to 1,999 rooms