- See also: A World of Darkness (first edition)
A World of Darkness Second Edition is a sourcebook for the World of Darkness and Vampire: The Masquerade.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf catalog:
- Do you dare to explore the hidden reaches of the World of Darkness? Venture into those forbidden regions where even vampires fear to tread. Glide through the elegant salons of Europe's elders and trek through the depths of the Dark Continent. Lose yourself in Peking's Forbidden City and find what waits at the headwaters of the Amazon. A World of Darkness Second Edition updates previously published information and offers all-new details on the setting of all the Storyteller games.
Contents[]
Chapter One: Home of the Brave: North America by Night[]
Written by Richard Dansky. (...)
Chapter Two: The Caribbean In Darkness[]
Written by Ben Chessell and Alex Hammond. (...)
Chapter Three: El Baile De Sangre: Central and South America[]
Written by James Moore. (...)
Chapter Four: The British Isles[]
Written by Graeme Davis. (...)
Chapter Five: Tales of the Old Country: Europe by Night[]
Written by Deena McKinney.
- Resources and Inspiration
- Films
- The Tripods
- Citizen X
- Dr. Zhivago
- The White Rose
- Soldiers of Orange
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
- Babette's Feast
- Anything by Ingmar Bergman
- Queen Margot
- The Return of Martin Guerre
- Midnight Express
- The Moon-Spinners
- A Room with a View and Where Angels Fear to Tread
- La Femme Nikita
- Cabaret
- Nearly any James Bond movie; The Living Daylights and From Russia with Love
- The Sound of Music
- The Little Drummer Girl
- Books
- A Year in Provence
- Berlin by Night
- Lace and Mistral's Daughter
- The Kadin and Sultana
- The Melting Pot Book of baby Names
- Travel Guides: Let's Go, Fodor's and Frommer's. Europe by Train is also useful.
- Comme il Faut/Castle Falkenstein
- Music
- DeBussy, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Schubert, Czerny, Bartok, Ravel and Handel.
- Sisters of Mercy and Das Ich
- Films
Chapter Six: Desert Winds: Arabia by Night[]
Written by Lucien Soulban.
- Lexicon
- Thaumaturgy Path: Hidea Iman (Gifts of Faith)
- Level 1: Saut Allah
- Level 2: Nuzra Allah
- Level 3: Ruh Allah
- Level 4: Ghadub Allah
- Level 5: Kubda Allah
Chapter Seven: The Forgotten Kingdom: Egypt[]
Written by James Estes.
- Bibliography
- Encyclopedias
- Travel Guides
- Knopf Guides: Egypt (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995)
- Egypt & the Sudan: Travel Survival Kit (Australia: Lonely Planet Publications, 1994)
- Texts
- Margaret, Bunson, A Dictionary of Ancient Egypt (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991)
- W. Stevensen Smith, The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt (New York: Penguin Books, 1993)
Chapter Eight: Africa: The Dark Continent[]
Written by Angel Leigh McCoy. (...)
Chapter Nine: Strangers: The Kindred of Asia[]
Written by Mark Cenczyk. (...)
Chapter Ten: Australia by Night[]
Written by Richard Watts. (...)
Background Information[]
- Word from the White Wolf Game Studio mentions that no credit was given for Jennifer Hartshorn for development on Clanbook: Lasombra by mistake.
- The Chapter on Kindred of Asia mentions in the end that the details are just too numerous to list and to be on the lookout for White Wolf's upcoming Vampire: Kindred of the East to be released in the fall of 1997.
Memorable Quotes[]
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Characters[]
- North America by Night
- Sigfried, Prince of Vancouver
- "Vulture" - Gangrel ruler of the Madison Free State
- Francisco Domingo de Polonia
- Ludmilla Kantor - Tzimisce
- Oleg Selivanov
- Michaela, Prince of New York
- Aisling Sturbridge
- Gerard Rafin, aka Uncle Smelly
- Pietro Giovanni
- Iain MacLaren - Ventrue Prince of Kingston, Ontario
- Lucian
- Angelique Cormier - Brujah
- Derek Rothery - Angelique's Sire, Destroyed
- Reg Driscoll - a Samedi living in Kingston, Ontario
- Baron Samedi - Reg's Sire
- Merill Olsen - Gangrel
- The Caribbean in Darkness
- Gabrielle - Vampire
- Julia - Lasombra antitribu
- Alain de Laigle
- Charles Vane - a Ventrue Pirate
- Redford - Charles' Sire
- Abo
- Elsbeth Tabituda
- Catherine - Vampire
- Central and South America
- Xavier de Cincao
- Axolotl - Gangrel Autarkis
- Arturo San Gerande, Prince of Belize
- Xipe Totec - Tzimisce Archbishop of Guatemala
- Xotli the Toad - Gangrel
- Alicia Penobscott - Ventrue Prince of Managua
- Jason Albright - Tremere consort of Alicia's
- Antonio Veradas - Brujah Bishop of Leon
- Theresa del Babillone - Toreador Methuselah of Costa Rica
- Phillip Marcon - Follower of Set Leader in Panama
- Vojta Arminov - Tremere Prince of Panama
- Maria Genovese Donato - Ventrue Prince of Colon
- Enrico Arvador - Toreador Prince of David
- ""She Who Screams in the Forests"
- Octavia
- Marcos Belegrad - Prince of Bogota
- Tomás Marcello - Tremere Prince of Caracas
- The British Isles
- Rutherfurd - Anarch
- Aleister Crowley
- Milesius - Prince of Ulster
- Mithras
- Anne Bowesley ("Lady Anne")
- Valerius - Anne's Sire
- Montgomery (Monty) Coven
- Colina Sheehey
- Hortense Holden - Toreador ancilla, owns Carfax Abbey
- Ian Corso - Brujah security head of Carfax Abbey
- Glass - Anarch Toreador frontman and bassist for Persephone Seed
- Elizabeth Westcott - Sabbat Tzimisce vocalist and keyboard player for Persephone Seed
- Europe by Night
- Francois Villon, Prince of Paris
- Helena
- Menele
- L'Epuisette
- Arjan Voorhies - Ventrue Prince of Holland
- Corrie Tinbergen, Prince of Luxembourg
- Hendrik Van Dyck - Lasombra
- Brunhilde
- Louhi
- Guillaume - Brujah Prince of Switzerland and Liechtenstein
- Giangaleazzo - Lasombra archbishop of Milan
- Monçada - Lasombra archbishop of Madrid
- Rufus - Gangrel of Andorra
- Theophania
- Erianthe, Oracle of Knossos
- Argus Theophilides
- Vasily - Toreador Prince of the Czech Republic
- Hedeon Yaroslavich
- Elica - Hedeon's Childe
- Baba Yaga
- Durga Syn
- Mustafa - The Heir Prince of Istanbul
- John Paleologus - Tzimisce
- Vashtai - Toreador
- Nakshidil
- Justinius Theodoric
- Meletios - Justinius' Sire
- Arabia by Night
- Al Ussa - Majnoon Methuselah
- Al-Khubar
- Tarique
- Samir - Majnoon, Al Ussa's Brood
- Alexius - Khalid al-Rashid's Sire
- Suzanne Kadim
- Malak Abdul Rahmann
- Vizier Mazen
- Shaykhe Khaled
- Vizier Fahd
- Shaykhe Muhammad
- Vizier Suliman
- Shaykhe Bandar
- Vizier Majeed
- Zayyat
- Egypt
- The Dark Continent
- Lupo Giovanni - Hotelier of the Oceanview Hotel in Mombasa, Kenya
- Francesco Giovanni - Lupo's Sire
- Dillon Abernathy
- Terranda Jackson
- Mbogo Biashara
- Ollam-Onga
- Jan Arathi
- Greta Englebert - Jan's Brujah Sire, Diablerized
- Fakir Al Sidi
- Kamiri wa Itherero
- Noëlle Cameron - Tremere owner of the Zanzibar Café, reports to Elaine de Calinot
- Sebek - Legendary Mokolé tour guide of the Nile and Congo Rivers
- The Spirit of the Girl - Wraith
- The Kindred of Asia
- Hun Dun - The First Sire
- Ch'ang-Li - Ancestor of Beijing
- Martino della Passaglia
- Rosie Ming, "Nightingale" - Vampire
- Robert Pedder
- Winston Lee
- Cho - Ancestor of Hong Kong
- Oliver Thrace
- Thomas Wyncham
- Gordon - Malkavian
- Warden - Chinese Vampire
- Saulot
- Abetorius
- Hiruko - Father of Japanese Kindred
- Hakari - Japanese Elder
- Miki - Japanese Kindred
- Australia by Night
- Red Meg - Former Prince
- Wid - Nosferatu Prince of Wollongong
- Agaricus - Malkavian Prince of Hobart
- Lumley - Tremere Prince of Perth, Destroyed
- Montague Lytton
- Miranda
- Abram - Ventrue, Rules Canberra
- Tennant Usher - Abram's Childe
- Camille - Lasombra Archbishop of Brisbane
- Bishop Judas - Camille's assistant
- Bishop Silence - Camille's assistant
- Bishop Soul - Camille's assistant
- Sarrasine, Prince of Sydney
- Leslie "Squizzy" Taylor, Prince of Melbourne
- Larson Moore - Brujah
- Sebastian Wilde - Setite, Sydney ambassador
- Conrad Shreck - Brujah Idealist
- Fenris - Brujah Iconoclast
- Antonio Romano - Brujah Iconoclast
- Lady Eliza Worthington - Gangrel Primogen of Melbourne
- Joining Crow - Gangrel Anarch
- Matthew "Bluey" Cousins - Malkavian Primogen of Melbourne
- Simone Alvarde -Nosferatu Leader
- Kerry Simpson - Nosferatu Anarch
- Michelle Morgan - Nosferatu
- Tien Hsu, "Mehitabel" - Toreador
- Maria Diamente - Toreador Poseur
- Professor Cipher - Tremere Primogen of Melbourne
- Natasha - Tremere
- Seth - Tremere
- Thorton Adams - Ventrue Primogen of Melbourne
- Victoria Grant - Ventrue
- Melissa Redman - Ventrue, Victoria's Sire
- Naomi McKellar - Ventrue Antitribu
- Ki, Radu and Colin - Caitiff, The Tomb Boys
Terminology[]
United States: Alabama, Albuquerque, Atlanta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Brooklyn, California, California Free State, Camden, Central Park Caern, Charleston, Charlotte, Connecticut, Dallas, Delaware, Detroit, Florida, Gary, Georgia, Kansas City, Little Odessa (Brighton Beach), Los Angeles, Madison, Madison Free State, Maine, Manhattan, Massachusetts, Minneapolis, Mississippi, New England, New Mexico, New York, New York City, Oregon, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Richmond, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Seattle, St. Louis, St. Paul, Texas, Tucson, Utah, Washington, Washington D.C., Wisconsin; Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Calgary, Edmonton, Kingston, Montreal, Newfoundland, Ontario, Ottawa, Quebec, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria; Caribbean: Antigua, Baptista, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Bartholomew, Trindad; Central and South America: Amazon, Argentina, Belize, Bogota, Bolivia, Brasilia, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Chile, Colombia, Colon, Costa Rica, David, Ecuador, French Guiana, Granada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leon, Lima, Managua, Mexico, Mexico City, Nicaragua, Panama, Panama Canal, Peru, Portobello, Rio de Janeiro, San Jose, San Pedro Sula, Santiago, Suriname, Tegucigalpa, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yucatan; British Isles: Anglesey, Belfast, Birmingham, Britain, Carfax Abbey, Connachta, Cumbria, Dublin, Edinburgh, England, Glasgow, Hebrides, The Hunt Club, Ireland, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Lancaster, London, Manchester/Liverpool, Mull, Orkneys, Portsmouth, Scilly Isles, Scotland, Severn, Shetlands, Southhampton, Ulster, Wales, Winchester, York; Europe: Albania, Andorra, Antwerp, Athens, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Barcelona, Berlin, The Black Forest, Bohemia, Bonn, Bordeaux, Bosnia, Brussels, Bucharest, Bulgaria, Corinth, Crete, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Florence, France, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Frombork, Geneva, Germany, Greece, Heidelberg, Hungary, Iceland, Istanbul, Italy, Izhevsk, Kiev, Knossos, Krakow, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lisbon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madrid, Malta, Maqueda, Milan, Moldova, Monaco, Moravia, Moscow, Munich, Netherlands, Norway, Paris, Poland, Portugal, Prague, Romania, Rome, Russia, San Marino, Scandinavia, Slovakia, Spain, Sparta, Sweden, Switzerland, Szcecin, Thessaloniki, Toledo, Transylvania, Turkey, Ukraine, Venice, Vienna; Saudi Arabia: Al-Hasa, Al-Khubar, Dhahran, Damascus, Damman, Hashashin, Jeddah, Keening, Mantaqat Khayal, Marrakesh, Mecca, Medina, Middle East, Mount Qaf, Nafud, Nejd, Rhub' Al Khali (Empty Quarter), Riyadh, Walid Set, Wabar, Yathrib; Egypt: Akritai, Alexandria, Bane Mummies, Book of Enoch, Brothers of St. Nicodemus the Blind, Cairo, Cappadocian, Cult of Isis, Giza, Ikhwan al-Safa, Lilith Cycle, Memphis, Mummies, Saqqara, Second City, Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery (Holy Ground), Suez Canal, Thebes; Africa: Algiers, Assassin Rock, Beni Gnaoua/Touareg (Malkavian), Cape Town, Casablanca, Chemosit, Congo, The Cozy Tea House, Ethiopia, Fort Jesus, Johannesburg, Kabaka, Kenya, Laibon, Luo, Lotus Hotel, Miri ya Mikeongoi (Shadowlands), Mombasa Island, Morocco, Mozambique, Nairobi, Nyayo, Oceanview Hotel, Rwanda, Sahara, Somalia, South Africa, Splendid Hotel, Tangier, Thomi, Wachui Nzahu, Western Trading Company (Dillon's Company), Uganda, Zaire, Zanzibar, Zanzibar Café; Asia: Beijing: Tian'anmen Square, The Great Wall; Calcutta, China, Chongqing: "The Gordon Report," Fox-maidens (Vampire Type); Dark Kingdom of Jade, Gobi Desert, Hong Kong: Central District, Hollywood Road, Queen Elizebeth I, Death Cats (Gang); Japan, Kyoto, Shanghai: Zhongshan Road, Old Town, The Blood Circle (Vampire Gang), People's Square, Blood Alley; Shaolin Monastery, Tokyo: Imperial Palace, Ginza, Roppongi, Shinjuku; Yang, Yin; Australia: Adelaide, Bendigo, Brisbane, Canberra, Cress Truce, Darwin, Geelong, Gold Coast, Great Barrier Reef, Hobart, Melbourne: The Cave Clan (Gang), The Tomb Boys (Caitiff Gang); Newcastle, New South Wales, Perth, Queensland, Sydney, Tasmania, Victoria, Wollongong; Akashic Brotherhood, Amaganti Warren (Nosferatu), Ananasa, Ananasi, The Arcanum: Chapter House, Journeymen; Awakened, Balam, Banality, Bastet, Black Furies, Bone Gnawers, Bunyip, Changeling, Chantry, Corpus, Crawlerling, Cult of Ecstasy, deMentos, Den-Realm, Dreamspeakers, "Dumpster Diving," Eshu, Fianna, Garou, Gauntlet, Get of Fenris, Glamour, Glass Walkers, Grimaldi, Hatar Gobin Spiders, Hedge Magicians, Houngan, Inquisition, Khan, Kinfolk, Kithain, Lilian, Loa, Lupine, Mage, Magick, Mokolé, Necropoli, Nictuku, Node, Numina, Nunnehi, Oradea League, Order of Hermes, Persephone Seed (Vampire Band), Philodox, Pithus, Red Talons, Rokea, Salubri, Samedi, SchreckNET, Sept, Shadow Lords, Silent Striders, Silver Fangs, The Society of Leopold: Cenaculum; Stargazers, Technocracy, Technomancer, Theurge, Traditions, True Faith, Uktena, Umbral, Valkyries, Viva La Turista, Wendigo, Witch-Hunters, Wraith, Wyrm; Arabia by Night Lexicon: Ahl-i-Batin, Ananasi, ansar, Ashirra, Bay't, bedouins, Black Stone, El Mathoub, Ghul, Hajj, Hijazi, iman, ins, khalifah, Kha'ba, Majnoon, Malak, Mamluke, Mushakis, Mutasharid, Quran, ruh, sahir, Saluki, Shaitan, shaykhe, Sheikha, vizier, Wah'Sheen;
