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A SOURCEBOOK FOR VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERAD E

Clan Hecata’s Allies:

Those Who Remain

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Clan Hecata’s
Allies: Those
Who Remain

Definitely not
Wraith: The Oblivion
This book contains:
^
Wraiths: How to go about creating and playing
Wraith: The Oblivion in the V5 system
^
Other Undead: From Risen, to Spectres, and even
Project Orpheus’s Projectors
^
Arcanoi: All 16 Wraith Arcanoi converted to the V5
system
^
Necromancy: From Oblivion Powers to mortal
Necromancy

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Chapter of

Clan Hecata’s Allies:

Those Who Remain
LEG L ND CREDITS

WRIT TE N BY Wil Brown

EDITING AND READING: David Gagnon
ART DI RE CT OR : Wil Brown
GRAPHIC DESIGN AND LAYOUT: Wil Brown

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Wild West, Mage: The Ascension, Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade, Wraith: The Oblivion, Wraith: The Great War, Changeling: The Dreaming,
Hunter: The Reckoning, Demon: The Fallen, Mummy: The Resurrection, Orpheus, Exalted, Chronicles of Darkness, Vampire: The Requiem,
Werewolf: The Forsaken, Mage: The Awakening, Changeling: The Lost, Hunter: The Vigil, Geist: The Sin Eaters, Demon: The Descent, Mummy:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction Spectre Creation 118

1
Psyche Creation 123
Trigger Warning 1 Chapter 6:
Chapter 1:
Advantages 131
Lore Bits 2 Death Types 132
The 6th Great Maelstrom 3 Advantages 134
The Guilds 9 Things of the Afterlife 139
The Legions 13 Chapter 7:
Projector Groups 16
Chapter 2: Arcanoi 142
General Rules 143
General Rules 19 Argos 147
Terminology 20 Castigate 158
Time 21 Embody 169
The Basics 23 Fatalism 178
Distances Traveled 30 Flux 190
Maelstroms 33 Inhabit 197
Plasm Rating 37 Intimation 205
Experience 39 Keening 218
Magic and Wraiths 42 Lifeweb 225
You Can’t Take it with You 44 Mnemosynis 235
Soulforging 45 Moliate 246
Chapter 3: Outrage 257
Pandemonium 263
Undead Creation 50 Phantasm 273
Wraiths 51 Puppetry 282
The Risen 55 Usury 297
Role-Playing into the Risen 55
60
Chapter 8:
Risen Character Creation
The Risen Experience 63 Plasmics and More 305
67 Those Who Lurk in the Underworld 306
Projectors
68 Templates 310
Projector Creation
Chapter 4: Chapter 9:
The Shadow the Looms 77 Loresheets 318
Shadow Creation
78 General Loresheets 319
90 Guild Loresheets 321
Who Plays the Shadow
Angst 91 Appendix 1:
The Harrowing 95 Necromancy 337
Chapter 5: Protections for Mortals 337
Spooky Spectres 104 Vampire Powers 338
Spectre Characteristics 105
Shadecraft 109
Spectre Characters 112

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Introduction TRIGGER WARNING

THIS BOOK HAS
TOPICS OF
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best BULLYING, DEATH,
shadowy and vague. Who shall say where one ends and DEPRESSION, HARM
where the other begins. AND DEATH OF
— Edger Allen Poe MINORS, SELF
HARM, SUICIDE,
Wraiths are things of sorrow and sadness, for all AND VIOLENCE.
Wraiths start their Wraithly existence by dying. Though
in death, they may find a world that is strange, they PLEASE DO NOT
still persist and must survive the harrowing events CONTINUE PAST
they will go through.
THIS POINT IF
Whether you are a fan of Wraith: The Oblivion or just
THESE TOPICS
an aspiring Necromancer, you will find something in
this book for you. While we did not elaborate too far
WOULD CAUSE
into things like the Wraith political structures or the DURESS.
wars that happen on the other side, this book will
enable you to use Wraiths in your World of Darkness 5
games as they were meant to be.
If you would like to learn more about the world of
Wraith: The Oblivion, please pick up Wraith: The
Oblivion 20 th anniversary Edition on DrivethruRPG.com.

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We all need to fight against the

darkness, lest we fall into it…

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Chapter 1: Lore Bits

In the year 1999, at the turn

The 6th Great of the century, when many
mortals thought the world would

Maelstrom end, they ended up being right;

it just wasn't their world. As
Wraith: The Oblivion ended in the year approached, the 6 th
1999 when the 6th great Great Maelstrom hit the
Maelstrom destroyed the Underworld with a fury.
Underworld and opened the Abyss.
But in this timeline edit, A Survivor’s Account
Chiron's return saved the
We had weathered so many before; we were
Underworld from the Maelstrom. assured all would be just as fine this time. The
The lore listed in this chapter Deathlords were wrong. I watched as the world
merely speculates how the around me shattered, and the Tempest overtook us.
Afterlife survived the 6th Great As the Spectres invaded and I watched my wife fall
into a Harrowing, I wailed.
Maelstrom. As such, these
Then the light shone through the darkness; I
writeups are the accounts of how
heard the declaration.
the Various Dark Kingdoms “Rise. We do not need a bureaucrat; we need a
survived the 6 th Great Maelstrom. general,” The voice spoke, and I was flooded with
If you wish to know more about memories of lives I did not lead. Battles I could not
the lore of the Underworld, have fought in.
“You are now one who will lead in their stead.
please read Wraith: The Oblivion
Gather your legionnaires, and fight against the
20th Anniversary Edition. darkness.” The voice ordered, and I did as it bid me
too. I rallied those around me and stood against the
The Devastation darkness.

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C l a n H e c a t a ’ s A ll i e s Those Who Remain

The Parts of the Soul According to the Amenti

The Amenti have a different view of the soul than
Amenti most of Wraith Society.
As the Maelstrom hit the Khat: The physical body. It is suspected that the

Amenti, Dark Kingdom of Sand, Risen can derive their physical Disciplines from their
connection to this part of the soul.
the Mummies, the immortals,
Ba: The part of the soul that ventures into the
stood to face it. As the Underworld. Some theorize this is the Corpus and
Spectres flung themselves the Psyche.
against the walls of the Amenti, Ka: The part of the soul that remains close to the
the immortals stood in defiance. body. Some suspect the Kuei to be a form of the Ka.
Oblivion tried to pull on the
But Ka most often manifests as a Drone. Because of
this, it may also be some aspect of the Corpus.
immortal's Khaibit, their
Ab: The physical heart, the seat of consciousness.
Shadows, in an attempt to defeat Khu: The physical and mystical part of the being.
the immortals. But the immortals The aura is suspected to be a projection of this part
of the Amenti did not falter. of the soul, as seen in lifesight. That which holds the
The Oblivion used sheer force spiritual and material parts together. It also
encompasses the connections to a Wraith ’s Fetter.
to start overpowering Amenti.
Ren: The True Name. When read, it can be a brief
That dark being pushed into the
summary of the owner ’s life.
Kingdom of Sand, assaulting more Khaibit: The Shadow, possibly a source of
and more. The forces of Oblivion necromancy, and why Wraiths cannot resist
pushed so far that they reached necromancy.
the great halls. It was then Sahu: The indestructible part of the soul. It is
theorized to be the Eidolon.
that Osiris awoke.
Osiris reached out through his Osiris of their vampiric
blood, pulling the Children of afflictions.
Osiris' Vampire bloodline into One way the Amenti has been
the Underworld to defend the rebuilding has been to help
Amenti. This new force of restore those poor souls who
battle-ready immortals stood were torn asunder by the 6 th
against the tide. They fought Great Maelstrom. Wondering Kas,
across the sands and pushed the Khus, Bas, and the like latch
darkness back. onto nearly dead mortals and
In the end, Amenti was broken, feel the compulsion to come to
defiled, and in ruin. But it has the Amenti's living allies in
stood for longer than any other the Cult of Isis for healing.
Dark Kingdom, and it is with the
pride of the ancients that the
The Flayed Lands
Dark Kingdom of Sand rebuilds
The Dark Kingdom of Obsidian
the Amenti.
is the remains of the Aztec
After the battle Osiris
pantheon and is their
vanished into the Web of Faith
Underworld. Long ago, when
and empowered it, allowing his
Spanish explorers found the
new Immortals to be created, and
Aztec empire and went to war
curing most of the Children of
with it, they were aided by
Wraiths sent from Stygia and

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Chapter 1: Lore Bits

Vampires of the, at the time, However, when the Shadow of

Clan Giovanni. Stygia loomed over them over 500
But while this did make life tribes of people managed to
harder for the Flayed lands, it quickly banded together and
still remained. Most Wraiths in formed a nation of their own.
the Flayed lands are members of But Stygia was already on their
one of their Four Great Houses. doorstep. And Stygia destroyed
However, there has been a them, officially.
growing problem ever since the The Island of Flint is just
introduction of Catholicism into that, a small island off the
their ranks. There's a coast that the Stygian officials
disconnect brewing between the simply refused to acknowledge.
Catholics and the old gods. Due to this, Flint has been used
th
When the 6 Great Maelstrom as a haven for Renegades and
threatened the Flayed Lands, Heretics. Should they pay a
they did not cower in fear of tribute to the tribal leaders.
Oblivion's might. Their Jaguar When the 6 th Great Maelstrom
and Egal warriors took to the hit the Islands of Flint they
fight. They sacrificed thousands began to sink into the Tempest.
of Sectres to empower the gods The tribal council called upon
of the Flayed Lands. But, just their descendants for help, but
as with the Amenti, it wasn't few answered and preformed the
enough; they were being overrun. proper rituals. They called upon
And that's when the Third
Miracle happened. The God took
advantage of the confusion and
put a stop to the
invasion.

The Island of
Flint
Flint is a small
island. Before
European settlers
came to their
world, North
America's
Indigenous People
didn't have an
Underworld.
They preferred to
roam the
Shadowlands as they
did the Skinlands.

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C l a n H e c a t a ’ s A ll i e s Those Who Remain

great spirits, but the Maelstrom

swept them away. In desperation,
they called upon Stygia, but no
answer came. It is not known if
the Island of Flint remains. One
cruelty upon another compounded,
and a terrible tragedy occurred.
What is known is that some
Wraiths of Flint survived, but
they are scattered.

The Mirrorlands
The Mirrorlands is home to the
Loa and their Serviteurs. They
are not a full Dark Kingdom in
their own right; they are
similar to the Island of Flint
in this regard. Where the
difference is drawn is that
while a tribal council led
Flint, the Mirrorlands are led
by the Loa. It is located near
Haiti.
The Mirrorlands formed as a
result of the 3 rd Great
Maelstrom. Like the other Dark
Kingdoms of the Americas, they
were being decimated by Stygia,
particularly the Fisher Cult.
But the 3 rd Great Maelstrom hit,
and the Loa were able to rise.
As Mama Petro used the
opportunity to travel to the
Island Below the Sea, she Serviteurs guild used their
learned the teaching of Les strange form of Castigate to
Mysteres and spread it to her control Spectres to defend
followers. These followers themselves. However, an old
became Les Invisibles and fought enemy of the Mirrorland, Queen
for the Mirrorland's Anacoana, was empowered by the
independence. They even formed storm and fought back at them
their own guild to work with the and neutralized their advantage.
others, the Serviteurs Guild. And so Mama Petro called out for
When the 6 th Great Maelstrom someone to help her save her
hit, Les Invisibles and the people. It is said that Barron

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