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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.
A World of Darkness Second Edition includes:
  • Vastly expanded information - nearly the entirely world is covered.
  • Details on previously uncovered regions, including Africa and China.
  • Information on cities important to vampires, including New York City, Rio and Sydney.


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

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[]

(...)

Characters[]

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;

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