The Plague of Mary King's Close

This is a Development Blog for the game "The Plague of Mary King's Close".

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Posted by Jason D. Ault at 7:43 PM

Jason D. Ault: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; During the winter of 1644 the black plague was reeking havoc in Edinburgh, Scotland. One place famous for deaths was a poverty area off of the Royal Mile, on a small narrow street, or close, called Mary King's Close. During this time in Scotland the closer you lived to the street, the poorer, or lower the class you were. The streets were covered in filth. Those who lived higher up would simply throw their waste and filth off their eves, down to the streets below. This meant that the people who lived on the lowest levels would have to traverse through filth and garbage in order to go about their daily lives. This lead to the filth washing down the narrow street to water that surrounded Edinburgh, which also caused illness and death.

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