The Bronze Plaque

Funmi at Bletchley Park

Adaeze's Workshop

Character expansion from community contributions.

FUNMI ADEYEMI, 26
Mathematics prodigy. Recruited to Bletchley Park through an unconventional path — her professor at the University of London submitted her work anonymously to avoid racial bias in selection. She arrived to find she was the only African woman on site. She intends to be the most valuable.

Funmi at Bletchley — Character Deep Dive

Historical foundation for the 1880s timeline.

Historical context for the Benin Bronzes — the 1897 British punitive expedition, the looting of the Royal Palace, and the dispersal of over 4,000 artworks across European museums. Adaeze's work is set against this backdrop of cultural destruction.

The Benin Bronze Tradition

Initial world bible establishing the three timelines.

THREE TIMELINES:
1880s Lagos: Adaeze, sculptor, hiding Benin's artistic heritage from colonial destruction.
1940s London: Funmi, codebreaker, using Bletchley Park resources to decode a family secret.
Present-day Brooklyn: Zola, museum curator, discovering the plaque in a private collection.

THE PLAQUE: A Benin bronze containing an encoded message — a map to something the British Empire tried to erase from history.

Roots of Empire — World Bible v1.0

A multigenerational saga spanning 1880s Lagos, 1940s London, and present-day Brooklyn, connected by a stolen bronze plaque from the Benin Kingdom that contains a hidden message — a map to something the British Empire tried to erase.

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Funmi at Bletchley Park

Adaeze's Workshop

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