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TheStorytellingGame of passion and Horror
Wmth:The oblivion Created By Mark ~ein·Hagen, jennifer Hartshorn and Sam Chupp
2nd Edition by ~ichard E. Dansky
Original De~ign and Concept by: ~ brk R~m • Hagen, JcnnitCr
Harrshorn and '1am Chupp
Second Editio n De:>ign & De1 elopmcnt by: R tchard E.
Dansk)
Storyteller Game System: M.trk Rem • Hagen
Design and Development Contributors: Andrew Bare~. Beth
Ftschi, N ich Rca, Mmk Rt. m • ll.tgcn, ( \ nthta ::-.ummers and
Fred Yclk
Written b}: Btll Aglll.tr, fackH: Cas.,ada, Mark Cenc:) k, Ben
C h e,,cll, R t,h;trd E. Dan'k), Graemc Dm "· lan Lemh·, Steve
Long, J.tmcs A. ~ l<><>rc, Joshu;t 1\hhquiera. Nick) Rca, Et han
Slemp, Wend) So", Cynthta Summers, Rkhnrd Walts and
Fred Yelk
O riginal Fiction by: Rtck Haurala
Editing Bv: ( 'ynrh t.t Summers
Additional Editing by: "en C littc
Viet: President in C harge of Production: Rtdlard Thomas
Art Direction by: Lt\\rcnce ~nelly and A tlecn Mtles
Edg<tr Allen Poe, who has inv ited so many of u~ to dance
with Ligei(l and Ann"hcl Lee at th e Masque of the Red Death,
;Jnd wh11s~ words are ~o ~ed ucrive t hat not o ne of us h as
thought of refusing th e invitation.
H. P. Lovecraft, whll has shown u; h ow 1·ast, deep and awful the
darkness is, and how de~i rahle it i'> to learn the darkness' secret:>.
Ray Bradbury, who, more than an y other author, has shared
with us rhe guilty ~ec rets : that there is de lic io us pleasure in
fear, and joy in the clarkness, and that at midnight even the
gho~ t~ and gohlins creep onto the playground for a linle fun.
For "The Fa ll of t he Hou;.e of Ushe r", "The Colour O ut of
Space", "Pillar of Fire", "lsr<tfel", Tlte Case of Clwrles Dexcer
\\!'ani, Tlte Hallowel'n Trel', "The Conqueror Worm'', At cite
Mounwins of Madness, Something Wlicked Tim Wlay Comes, and
Ml many more, I thank yuu. l'vlay this hook serve as some mall
form of repayment f,>r the h ours of magtc a nd wonderfu ll y
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Art by: Mtkc ( 'h;tne\, I• >hn ( ·.,bh, ~lt k e Dan:a, G u) Davt,,
D<~rren Fryclendall, \ltch.Hl c;ayd'"· Pt.t Guer ta, Anthuny
Highto\\'et, Fred llot>per, Lt·if h nes, Enc Lan>mbe, Brian
LeBlanc, \'tnl'<' I <H.kc, Ltrn 1\.Ll<..Dnugall, Heather
1\kKmtwy. (;enrgc Pratt. Jun;tthan Rhea, :\ndn.:11 R ttchie,
E. Allen Sm tth, Ron Spenc,·r. J<"hua c;ahricl Ti mbruuk.
Dre11 Tul ker
Playtesters: Fred Yclk, Ronni Radner, Cynthia Summer , Ethan
Skemp (The First Victims); Michael Rollins, Joshua Gorfain,
Andrew Bates and Laura Perkinson (The rest of The C ryptkicker
Six), Adina Ad ler, Roger Dingledine, C hris Douglas, Elizabeth
Ditchhum, Heather Grove, Jeffrey Howard, David Kern, Larry
Lcnoff, ll.1rold Mac Kiernan, GwenJolin Piper, Sybil Shearin and
And rew Twyman (Somerville), Catherine Hackert, Edward
Sleight Jr., Brad Alan T<m•mend, ForreH Marchinton, Catherine
Li nlc, Shawn C m er, Stewart Mac William and Deena McKinney
(Athens), TaJ McDivitr, Andrea Mc Divitt (nc Wyan), Michael
Tracey, David Dilks, G. Scou Smith, C harles Gentner, and Calliope Reeves A lien Budd (Ashc,·ille)
Dedicated to three men whose work has been instrumental in creat ing the book you now h old :
Front Cover· Ltrry Fncdm;m .tnd 1-knry Htgginbutham
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Layout and typcscttin~-: by· f..:.tttl' 1\1cChktll
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Chapter One: introduction
Chapter Two:Setting
Chapter Three: ~ules
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Chapter fouf. Character
Cnapter five: Traits
Chapter Six: The Shadow
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&xi]bre]1f0arhrile
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Chapter Seven: Storytelling
Chapter Eight: Systems
Chapter Nine:Drama
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Death scares people . What comes after death
• sca res them more . The3 don't ask scient~fic qu~s­
~ions , becaus e ttey a re a fraid of the ans1:ers . As
George s aid, it ' s e asier not to think about it .
Also , the Hierarchy h as this law c alled 'bhe.Dic tum Aiortuum to stop the dead !rom havin too much.
to do Y:ith the l iving. It's not surprising that
the l iving kn o1·,. s o little . Otherv: i se , 11e 1:ouldn 't
be r:riting v:hat • \'le ' re r:riting ·n·011 . I say He ,
becaus e I hope to get a word in e dgev:ise every now
a nd then . Someone h as to ride herd on Milord 'here.
Otherwise he ' 11 dror:n us a ll in his honeyed prose .
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a nd t hey can't do anything a . -1a y from them . But
without Fetters , a \'lraith can't get into the
Shadowlands at a ll . For a ll th~ir t a.ults , the
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nr r i ..J:. Oblj1'h'"· .:ivltriiH <·mbmc<' tire ,Hi<·mrclr~J. ,,•lrir/r- .
\\ •lurlC'I 'er ""'H be sti(C fi(Jflill.<t ic - i s eire t'<'''.!f mo~<'l ,,(
stt~bilit~f1!f 0ciH·rs c11lC'r .wrlr l'{ tire "Hcrrtic crtlt s 11s t~rc coll \1il 'ifll ll' tlrcir illclillttti<>rts 1111~ j•lrilosoplrie.•. ft u rl.:.cs tt strt"I!J
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I t varie s . There Are good rrtflsters and bad
ma sters . Some are s adist s , and s ome are ~nl y in
...i t tor the money . There are a fer: •;1ho .actual ly
v:ant to he.lp. A Thrall or:t1ed by a pol'lerful
l'lraith is safe fr om other l'lraiths , and can le arn
how ~h i ngs l'l~rk . Some masters see themselv es
more as teachers . A f ai r number even s et their
catches tree . Most ly , though , i t' s business . Some
things don ' t change O:f\ this side o:f the Shroud .
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c/rr .< tM',lf £1{ ,., '<'rH \\'nritlt: tlrcn· trn· basl' lusts"-' ~~~cUlts
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eire /''"'/'M rs n( <'l'erJt 11'nriclr. Ic i s fl/rre11tly {tr:d'rtNurblc
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~ilristrr 1'nice 11'it/r 11 1'trricty off'sNclr<'lotJicrrl llj>jJc>llllti<'ll.~:
c/rr i~ . .,. somr st~cfr .. " rlris l'<:ic,f i s,, tempter: <>{tl'll f'<H\(•r-
fid. ti ll~ •'fl~r·{ll~\ ji(CII~IIf'<'S tl/1~ f'l' I\'CJ':i
tfwt Cllll f'I'<H 'O to be
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We ' ve a ll g ot a darh. side . when ';le ' re 11. l ive
it's a part of u s , and l'.'e ma y s t ruggle '\:ith i t ,
Qut we do s o sil~nt ly . For us ghosts ; • t h at
struggle gets harder because that l itt le voice
in~our head suddenly gets a mind of it s o1·:n
ove~ here . It's called the ShadOI'.' ,"and it ta h.es
a l ot of p le a sure in te mpting you to do things
you shouldn't . Of cgurse , i f you l i s t en to i t,
i t just gets s t ronger . Eventual l y , it ma y try \
to tak e over conplete:j.y , and r:he n t hat happens , it' s just not prett y : There are ~ays to
keep Sh~dov:s under contro l , but th~ 've g ot
some t ricks h idden up their sleev es , too . Every l'lraith has a pers onal-C ivi l wa r going on
iBSide his.he ad , and no pr i s oners are taken .
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sNi<'Qf. m tc <'Xf'Mt~ti:> .o;o~lll' \\ 11utt upon tlte \\,,,,.[~ chow i11lwllit.
1111 ~ il:! r cliiUNts!tip \\1itlt tiJ<• \\ 1orl~ o{ tftr Q11ir/.:. •n,,,
5fti'IC0\\ 1fmt~s. tiS cftClf Ill'(' Crlllr~. ttrr clH' {'Ill'( c{ 0/W 1\".>rl~
\\ 'lticlt tot1cltrs mosc ~irN·t~r t;f'•'n H"'trs.
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George ~s right . It ' s a hard thing to accept .
B\lt t here a re p l aces •; :here the dead world can a f fect t he living ;·: orld . It is seldom f or the J;letter ,
t h ough. Nihi ls a re one examp le . They a re p l a ces in
t he Shad o·;:lands r:h ere there is a kind of a hole,. that
c ~nnect s to the Temp est. Strange things can happen
a r ound a Nihil , ev en in the , Skinlands . What happens
around. a Nihi l i n t he Shadow l ands i s even worse .
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/''"-~''" 111c: ~t'.<J•it<' tfH• f>rl:>.~illf.l ,,(N<''tr:. tlll'i' anturi<':.. it i:.
still 11 bitter tfrirtll c,, me.
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tftC'III. '\Vfutte\'er liC'S IICI'<'5.< the 51tr<'lt~ lCI<>/.:s tiS i{ it lut:>
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J( Mil' t/CCC'f'C's c/;11( ill t/u• 'L/11~1'1'\\ \w{~ ~tll'kiiC'~:> i.1 •'lfl'
li1rht. spirit l'tlf' f/.r.~/, '"'~ C'ltU'O/W p11r I'IIC'J~W· tiJrll Obli1 'iN I
is "'"' -'''"· . A.ll c{ tfu· ' L/.t~<'r\\(1r{r jwoccr~:. fi·,1m Obli1'iNt.
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liVing tftmt eire fo.nr of 1vftnt miglrc be[r1ll tfte. spirit OfiC<' life
is <'VI.'/~ Lee there [,<' n rHell. II rrnrttwus. " "Ni{lfu·iill or ill/
.Apsu. nn~ hl'lil:.e ,yo1dl {in~ n co11tmte~ prie:H. \\1cll-fo~ bH
Iris 'fonr{ul f"'risltie~ters. I muse O\VII c,, 11 clwcl:.lc or c11'0
11'lre11 1 cons(~er 1vlt11C tlrose liViii.!J priests 1voul~ mt~l:.e o{ eire
• Sftii~O\vlmt~S. 1111~ ItO\\' tft i',Y mi!Jftt react (() eire ~isc,,,,.,:y cfltl(
tf~e.smne system is bt opemtion e~'1m.frere. ' 5uc f,l~ttlll' ,Y<'l co
JI'C .".iwi{'S( ltl'rc. "P"r:futps t[tiiC is Si.!JIIiflcnnt: 1 I:.Jto\\1 not.
·. '5c ci"'C.. ns ·it mny. it ftns t{t bre11 Stti~ clute {rtitlr
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eire spirit in n~l!ersiQf. ,u,~ tftcre is no leH trutfr
t/tn t propo'sifiOII /'OS( (imrrn tlurrt .tffiU .Artotfter benefit
. , ...,{ s ('rong (rrit lr is. Nte plcns.ure ""~ scmricy ,,f fi:{lov.!sltip.
O\\!cl{inlf nrt141~'ll lil:.e-mirt~e~ souls. ..r-\11~ lee us 11ot f~I'IJeC
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't}le natu'e of r e ligion . What he ma y never come
arou~d ~o sayi ng is this :
There are grou~ s in
the Shadowlands that art! held together by a common belief , just like cults , re~igions a nd phi~
lo ~ ophie ~ in the Sk inlands . We call them Her- ~
etics , v:hich is r.ohat the y mostly call each ot her .
In exchange for being l oya l , their :folloy:ers a re
guaranteed the support o f t he orga nization . Some
Heresies claim to have the key to Tran~cendence •
That ' s something that 1·1 ill need explaining in
det a i l , but for now , think o f it a s simila r to
living religions off ering a short~cut to Heaven;
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About the only constant among the m is cha nge .
Soml people nould ca ll me , George a nd t he
others Renegades . 1he Hier arc h y certainly does.
It ' s a s good a nal)le as any , and the y" re not the
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'}Jte rHi!'rnrrft,y. iii~!'C'~. lll!'rits II 11 1i~~r !''Xf'MiliN~ cfu111
it ftas 11s·.yct rccC'ivc~Jn cftcsc..J'<'!JI?S : for goo~ or for ill.
it s iJt{lul'llt:e is felt ilt 11lmo.H cl'<•r.y f"'rc ,,f tlrr ' L/rr'b,·rr1t {ts fttrt~ r1n ~ rrdirr,tJ irr tire
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s,,;,'J IJf'l'tecti'OI'I co tft!' \Vet;}. till~ I'C'Si.HilltJ. (<' c/r(' UC'IIcfit
Ct{ ttll. tft!' Sputres ""~ ot:lter horrors tf111t bC'Cimcs \\1Md~
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"ot t he a bove . " Some are .i'reewheel ing ·bandits ;
some a re rei'ugees or dissideftt s trying to avoid
t.he Hiera rchy , some a re gE;DUine misfits . On
the v:hole . the y oppose the Hierarc.h y ," but then
t he Hiera rchy denies their right to exist . Groups
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cC'rtrtiiL plrw:·s. hurl it.sel{ 11/'<'11 -the lmt~ \\1itl1 urrinfiii!J some trrri&le cltai11 <>f.e,'<'llt"s i11 clu• ,.;,.,rlo (If eft<' Quick fore<'. so the 1'empest m11y 1ltsit upC111 c!H· rest Cl{ cit<' ' Llllf;,[[ "of 'Rom<'. tl11• "'N11ck. '.0<'atlt mt'b cite "'WC~rlo "'Wars
<>{ t[1is jMSt ccllfllf~J \\1<'rt' ,,[lllc;ompnniC'~ by tf, ese {ear(i'll _
~cnvorl'b its 011 111 Or<'tl~ tHfJhMII. 1"/tis rtpprtlliltg ltuu~i{eserr­
tiNt is 'k.II0\\ 111 t<> \~'miths 11s .11 J\-\rtclsU'<'/11; O&lNiMt itst·l{ OiSIISUrs - bitt" II ::M.~elstr~,,; ,,~, rds,, visit• itself IIJ'On
· SC'C'I//5 (I' ll'()llliC forth tdJI'IIIilllttiMIS illtl'. cfu·ott!Jfl tll/0 by 11/eti/IS dte "LfiiOt!nllorlo t.ftrc>II!Jft tft<' stirriii!J of som!' ore11~fid force
<>f tf1e "(cmp<'~ . rrtZiii!J e11Cire rNcrropoleis till~ \\1r:.;ilttf \\ 1icltilt O&lil!ion .
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upo11 tlt11t islmto sumO:> 11 tlre11t citH. "''"'·51' 1/11111<' is St~ftfill . mt'b cite 11oblC'st o_f clr<' Cit11~rls of tlte "'Oe11't-. [tltf~f. ho1vli)kr.
.1\!\ore ;fum 011cc. like fltblro .Atlrmti5. ic l111s bec11 ,vltdmC'O Ch11r.~11 " 'liS .n vallo"'<'O .bc1 cite 'TemjJest 11/ltile· biltcliiM
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b,1! t l J\t\11C'lstrt>m. t/110 C'11cl1 time it l111s rdmilt it5el{fi·om tiH' ttmic ttposclC' (lr Oblivioll. (/1/~ \Viclt0/1( !tis restrrtiii{IIIJ ltano.
r11i11s o{ it:j /'liSt rma scttlC'OC\ '<'11 {jf'CII CI'rJI<'i.[Jftt s of~JlOrH 11110 cite '0et~tftlM'Os " 'ho Jllrwf'¢ tire role <>f S mate
ChrJr,m 's
lJYtiiiOeur: ''{(, """W "'he rC'si?-c thcrc. St~fi.JZII. is th \i.'lt<>l<' c{ .Au~rustus l~t~ v<' becom<' a bloooy 11110 tymmtic11l olitJrlrchH .•~"'
the "'Ll•t~C'r\\'c>rlo. just as J.'oiiO<'II is. t<> "u"'H LNtC<'~t er5. cit<' '"' the e11sl11\1eme11t <>{ rtll..
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Ic is cMe{~J t(l spit~ tltesc /Oe,ttMor'bs. mt~ cite rH1ft-'r• ,..FrmtcC'. 1'he ,,,/1,)ie it ""'H ,~.,(be. fmc it is mt>st rCIIIItrk.rtbl(•. clw \\1/ticlr senle-s tl1cm. clt11t I""~ .my c!'ll11~omcors srt 'bo11/11 .
'The /,i.,;t(lrH of St_atgill ,cJoi, \\'ill fi,o' scc ~''"'" 11t l,.,,gth i11 tft<'s<' "·~r~s. I~~ rhis sc clute c/1<' tntr st11te ,,{ rt{fltirs i11 t {Le_.
the f"'lfC'S tfwt {oll(l''': I " 'oulo itM . fweswlle t<> o,, 'vore cftttll . "'Lht~rnl/orl'b sludl be /:.n,nl/1/ to cftC' Quick fill~
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· ~ " 'rou[J/1(: it. ,..For !'o"'· cite rea~cr 11eeo br 11\\~ll·e o11(11 char w•/,,,t clt<'y ,,.~: 1'/H•lr <'rl,tJC'mes~ to silence rdl COII!JIII!S s11Ve
tit<' city \\its {ou/10<'~ bH t~rettt Cl~t~roll. t111'b WIOC'r his 111ise tf1e{r 0\\111 is /'1'115tlll ei/OIIf.fft fo r II[{ (OIIfJIICS CO spetrk. 11110 t1
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f ate . The l atte.r view i s o,;f f icia l St.Ygian policy ,
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f or whateve r t ha t i s worth .
r(H'b 11N/er C'.>:f'C'Ct · t o oo so. I ttccrpc tl11' exisCC'IICe o{ thC'
Personally , I ·don't k no1·1 v.•hat to think a.bout
• ~F,,.• S/1orcs just 11s '' li1'i11~1 pcrso11 mi1.rltt IICC<'f't cite .".vise- the Far Shores . On p rinc i p le , I object ~o agreeella o{ saJf. tfte 'c<'llllt_tf o( "Essex 111itltout ci/C'r sC'ttiii.!J ing with off icial St ygian po1.icy . On the. o.~he;
{ocr tftere. _A,~ I· must say. tftc cxist e11cc (If 'Essex 'lS''er h a nd·, it Se emS \OO conv e nient t o h ave t)e -genucausi'O me sucft celi!Jitt.
ine a f t e r l: i fe · o f eve.;y w CJ~r ld re ligioJf just ·u t:Geo rge is a l itt le c aught u p i n h i s gloat- ' ti ng ~ut there in the Tempe s t . ·That ' does sound,
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s ensib le . I ha.v e no idea wh at he mean s a bout
ist. A l ot of wrait~s do believe in !he ~ . A lot
Ess e x , but he seems t o t hin k it ' s very f unny .
more want to believ e . Some ·tak e ~normous r i'.s ks
The Far Shores are i s lands in the Tempest , lik e . try ing to reach them on their own . Others- sea.rc:ti
• t he one on which St ygia s ta nds . ~e pe n ding . on end lesslf f or a Ferryma n 1·1illing to guide t~m.
whose s to r y y o,! believ e", they are eit her the Some 'lrraiths will .o ff e~ to tak e ot-hers to t he •
' aut hentic heavens a nd h e lls o f about e v ery reFa r . Shores , but what happ'e.ns on the journe y is
.l i gion there e ver wa s , or t hey are sha ms , . pre any one's guess . I have seen crook s exp loit imt e ndin! t o be t hese s a me heave n s an~e.lls 'in migrant s a nd ref ugees before .
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tutcl''fl''· but eire ~/uil~:. persist ill :<arct. mucfr 11:. ~,, "'fr11cst
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IIIIIIIH ~ui[(.-,,'mitlrs cl,time~ tlrdr c,rb11ls t•' l~tti'C {(,,.,,;.(. ,,(
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There have been Ferr1men around :tor a v ery long
time . Ho;:ever , I don't thi_nk the y ' re quite so
indestructible a s he does . There are p lenty o f
sto»ies 01 FerxyBen rescuing ~raith s lost in
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me h~re 'n the Shado ~l ands , and keep me from •
being dragged off into the Temp est . Still other:; s af that good deeds a llo·.: a ;·:raith to pay
o1'1 11hatev er cosm:tc debt led him into the Onder;-.·orl d, t hough t hat sounds l i ke ·;:i9hf ul thinking . There a re ot her s tories beside , not counting
t he description s 01 the event , with every thing
from pilla rs Ol f ire to choirs o~ angels - or
so it seems . George te lls me , my s oul is too
sma ll , mean and jaded to app re ciate the id e a .
Whe the r Transcendence truly exist~ or not
i s re a lly be s ide the point. It re ~re sent s hope ,
and gives many the s trength to carry on when
othen:ise the y •, :ould give in . It also leads
some wrait hs to ke ep on res isting the Hierarchy , when othe r motives are not enough . I a m
sure that s ome p e ople ' s religion. gave them t h e
strengt h to resist fascis t pov:ers in Eu rop~ ,
from t he t h ought that not resis ting the m would
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"the subject . "'o cut through a ll the ·mystery ,
Transcendence i..; to 1:raiths .:hat redemption is
to tho<ie living people ·.:ho believ e in it . With
lite in the Under;.orld being ·.:hat it is , there is
no shortage 01 1.rait hs 11ho are ;·:illing to believe in this crumb 01 hope . It's a little harder
to lind an.; one .:ho ha~ seen i t happen .
A lot is said about Transcendence , including a gOod deal of contradiction . What it seems
to boil do1.-n to is t hat by Transcending , a
wraith can be plucked out ol the Und erworld
just a s if he or she had ne ve r been diverted
the re at the point.oi death . Just h oi': Transcend ence is achi eved i s a lso sub j ect to argument.
Some say Transcendence is a s tate o f mind , or
enlightenment . ~thers s a y tha t letting go o f
~Pas sion s and Fe tters can lead to Transcendence
i1 .t ou are read; f or it . I must say I would
hav~ to be teeling ver; serene before I would
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Fen:ymen a re going to ta U. about it , after a ll .
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