Shades of Gray

Shades of Gray is the third book in the Orpheus series, and the second supplemental sourcebook. The book opens with a horrifying event that alters the fabric of the world of ghosts, and how things will only get worse from there...

Chapters
Prologue: Plummet focuses on Tom Hayes and how the sudden, brutal death of his daughter at a rave leads him to become a Spectre.

The Introduction, as in all of the other Orpheus books, explains this book’s part in the metaplot using movie structure analogies, and has recommended movies for the reader to watch to help them feel the atmosphere of the book. It also offers short previews (via Radio Free Death) of things to come in the metaplot.

Chapter One: The Pale Horse details an elaborate plan to poison hundreds of pigment addicts via strychnine, creating a huge number of new ghosts to be used to create a Spectral hive.

Chapter Two: The Living Ensemble talks about the adversaries in this particular part of the metaplot, as well as the growing use of pigment and pigment cults.

Chapter Three: The Unearthed Player’s Guide contains the Phantasm Shade, as well as the new Third-Tier Horrors for all Shades and new Backgrounds.

Chapter Four: Storytelling the Dead details many of the secrets behind Spectral society and the existence of pigment. It also provides several chronicles to serve as points of interest and investigation.