The Vasquez Family
Unlike the old-money dynasties that have shaped supernatural New England forcenturies, the Vasquez family represents a newer, more dynamic form of power.Their rise began in the 1970s when Magdalena Vasquez, a charismatic vampireembraced during the Spanish Civil War, arrived in Massachusetts with littlemore than ambition...
The Pierce Family
The Pierce family's reputation in Massachusetts carries a peculiar duality,celebrated as medical pioneers while whispered about in supernatural circlesfor their unsettling research methods and the high concentration of demonbornin their bloodline. Their story begins with Dr. Elijah Pierce, a Civil Warfield surgeon whose battlefield innovations...
The Mercer Family
The Mercers have been whispering to the Atlantic for centuries, their lineageas deeply entrenched in New England's maritime history as barnacles on aship's hull. Unlike landlocked supernatural families who measure power throughwealth or knowledge, the Mercers' dominion extends across the churning watersof the North Atlantic,...
The Montrose Family
The family's rise to prominence began in the early days of motion pictureswhen Augustus Montrose, a faeborn with extraordinary luck manipulationabilities, established Montrose Pictures in 1915. What separated his studiofrom countless others was Augustus' supernatural talent for identifyingstories that would resonate with audiences and his...
The Treaty of Venice
The Treaty of Venice is a set of accords that most groups in thesupernatural world are signatories too. It lays out a set of common rulesand understandings that allows members of different groups to get along whenthey need to. The treaty was signed in Venice...
Eidolon Lore
Eidolon is the term for a variety of different spiritual entities which drawtheir power from belief, sacrifice, and the arcane and work in and through theworld.Origins:Eidolons have multiple possible origins, some are created by Fae, Gods or evenpowerful magical users to serve them or their...
Arcane Society
While practitioners of magic are a very varied group, when they come togetherthere are some customs they all tend to follow. Due to the greater ease of stealing youth while somewhat physically old, mostarcanists tend to appear to be in their forties or fifties. Arcanist...
Becoming Supernatural
Supernatural development usually begins right as puberty starts to end.The most typical age for this in males is 18, 16 for females. Developmenttakes on average three years.Supernatural development generally begins quite subtly, with mild increasesin health and physical performance, those around the developing supernaturalmight notice...
Superpowers
Fae, Demons and Gods are considered the superpowers of the supernaturalworld, generally beyond the ken of most normal society members to deal with.Supernatural DealsDemons:You will never come out of a deal with a demon with the world being a betterplace, you may end up ahead...
Ghosts
Ghosts are the imperfect copies created when a character whether NPC or PCdies.Not all deaths create ghosts and the exact mechanism for doing so is unknown,however many ghosts become obsessed with particular aspects of their previouslife. Whether this is due to regret, being unable to...