Awakening

(pp. 98-100 MTA)
Path of Doom, Watchtower of the Lead Coin in the Realm of Stygia, Kingdom of Crypts and Abode of Shades.

Favored Resistance Attribute: Composure

Ruling Arcana: Matter/Death

Inferior Arcanum: Spirit

Nimbus: “Haunting”

Legacies: Uncrowned King, Bokor, Tamer of Earth

Concepts: Thanatologist, speaker for the dead, modern alchemist, parapsychologist, elite assassin, leader of a ghostly spy ring, dangerous death cultist, euthanasia activist, inquisitive vivisectionist

Don’t necessarily look older but seem older due to the awesomely necrotic magic they wield. Also, expect Gallows humor from the Moros.

Stereotypes

Acanthus
If they could actually focus on a problem long enough to get something done, they would be dangerous.

Mastigos
Undisciplined libertines and underhanded manipulators, they often seem to hold the entire world in contempt.

Obrimos
Fascists, zealots, and martinets without peer. They also happen to have a regrettable talent for calling down the wrath of God.

Thyrsus
They fidget too much and seem to have traded in their social graces for preternatural physicality.


Vampires
Cursed with power that outstrips their wisdom, and with hunger that outstrips their self-control, the undead should be pitied and feared in equal measure. Above all, they should be studied.

Werewolves
Savages who do not truly understand the mysteries of Death as well as we do, but who inflict it with little though and less effort.

Sleepers
If they could stop fearing Death just long enough to understand and welcome it, Awakening would be just a breath away.