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Boston Unveiled is a sourcebook for Mage: The Awakening. It covers the city of Boston, MA and the local powers residing there.

Summary[]

From the Onyx Path catalog:

That Old Black Magic
The first European mages to arrive in New England made dark compacts and concords that still affect the region to this day. From ancient oaths signed in blood to the dying curses of witches, Boston's modern mages are bound by fates not of their own making. The region's history weighs heavily on the shoulders of all... even from beyond the grave.
A Sourcebook for Mage: The Awakening
  • Provides complete details on Mage's signature city, including a detailed secret history, geographical overview, and details on magical movers and shakers, malcontents and looming threats.
  • Includes new spells to cast, and much more for Mage players.
  • Full of cabals for Storytellers to use as allies and antagonists, as well as plenty of story seeds and other tools. A ready-to-play setting.
  • Builds on the material in the Boston appendix of the Mage rulebook.

Contents[]

Witch Hunt[]

Introduction[]

  • Suggested Reading
    • Curious New England: The Unconventional Traveler’s Guide to Eccentric Destinations, by Joseph A. Citro and Diane E. Foulds
    • The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne — Perhaps most famous for his books The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables
    • The Works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft - Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
    • The Works of Stephen King
    • The Boston Phoenix - Newspaper
  • Suggested Viewing
    • Boondock Saints
    • Cheers

Chapter One: Maps and Legends[]

This chapter details the history of Boston and its surroundings, from both the Sleeping and Awakened perspectives. In this chapter, the region’s many intertwined strands of destiny are explored. Boston was once a revolutionary city, full of ideas and promise. Its possibilities have been fading, lost in a mire of apathy and the frantic pace of too-rapid change. What legacies continue to reach forward, out of history, to continue to affect the present? These legacies not only give Boston’s past an identity but also serve, through means both mystic and mundane, to define its future.

Here, you’ll also get a look at the modern face of Boston and its environs, the kinds of things a newly arrived visitor (or trans plant) to the area might notice or find interesting. A bit of geography, significant landmarks and the like are to be found here, as they pertain to long-time residents, newcomers and those just passing through.

Chapter Two: Cabals[]

Presented here are the cabals of the Awakened orders and the politics and enmities that both hold the Awakened of the region together and threaten to drive them apart. The alliances, accords and enmities of the Wise are explored and the major local factions of the Awakened are discussed in depth.

  • The Exalted Knights of the Gryphon
    • Tanshien’s Thorn (Artifact ••••••)
  • The Gravediggers
    • Windham Manor (Sanctum Size •••••; Hallow ••••)
  • The Dead Wrens
    • The Seal of Nar-Khedai (Artifact ••••)
  • The Special Media Group
    • The Fortress (Sanctum Size •••, Security •••; Hallow •••)
  • The Shadow Chorus
    • The Oubliette (Sanctum Size ••••, Security •••••; Hallow •••••)
  • The Brotherhood of the Ineffable Truth
    • The Academy (Sanctum Size ••••, Security •••; Hallow •••••)
  • The Company
    • Shangri-La (Sanctum Size ••; Hallow ••)
  • The Sanguine Laurel
    • La Maison du Lion (Sanctum Size •••••, Security ••; Hallow •••••)
    • Imadrillan, Ancestral Axe of the Léon Family (Artifact ••••••••)
  • The Ebon Noose
    • The Covenant (Sanctum Size ••; Hallow •••••)
  • The Illuminated Pentad
    • The Lodge of Eight Chambers (Sanctum Size ••, Security •••; Hallow •••)
  • The White Putnams
    • The Putnam Estate (Sanctum Size ••••; Hallow •••••)

Chapter Three: Renegade Mages[]

Of course, the Atlantean orders aren’t alone in Boston. The machinations of rival mages abound, and this chapter details their willworkers and their cabals: the alliances, feuds and outright wars between these renegades as well as the ways in which they interact with the Atlantean orders and, of course, the Sleeping world that binds all together.

  • The Asylum
    • The Asylum (Sanctum Size •••••, Security •••••; Hallow •••)
  • Scorpio: Strategic Corps Invasion Operatives
  • Sting Base One (Sanctum Size •••, Security ••••; Hallow ••)

Chapter Four: Off the Map[]

Along lonely roads, in deep woods and on the grounds of isolated and ancient houses, strange things lurk. Boston and its surroundings have long known the tread of those who walk in other realms — centuries-long hauntings, spirits both benign and malevolent and creatures unknown to either science or superstition, just to name a few. This chapter explores the local spirit realms and their denizens, the beings that exist sometimes perhaps just beyond the peripheral vision of the Sleeping world and, sometimes, well outside the awareness of all save perhaps the most dedicated (or foolhardy) mage.

  • Walkers - Spirit, Yenosia, Stats
  • Necroamalgam - Ghost/Zombie, Copp’s Hill Burial Ground, Stats
  • Ijasocke, Lord Protector - Spirit, Stats
  • Fortitude Ash Goodtalon, High Magistrate - Spirit, Stats
  • Terrobolen Sachem, Master of Arms - Spirit, Stats
  • Twistmouth, Minister to the Wandering Heirs of Lightning - Spirit, Stats
  • Black-Eyed John - Ghost, Stats, Guardian of the Wood of Empty Houses
  • Chenoo - Spirit, Stats
  • Rural Cultists - Red Word Cult, Stats

Chapter Five: Beast of Burden[]

Presented here is a sample story with which to begin a Boston chronicle — an event that will test the characters’ abilities to win friends and allies or create new enemies in their attempts to restore the dead to life.

  • The Shinje, Threefold Resurrection - Spirit, Stats
  • Claimed Body - Spirit-Claimed, Stats

Background Information[]

Memorable Quotes[]

Characters[]

  • Witch Hunt
    • Ursula - Mage
  • Chapter One: Maps and Legends
    • Vajra, formerly of the Brotherhood of the Ineffable Truth cabal
    • Jeremiah, formerly of the White Putnams cabal, now deceased
    • Tobias Dalton - Stone Assembly, Died
    • William Wolfe - Stone Assembly, Died
    • Theodore Newbury - Stone Assembly, Died
    • Solitary Mage: Rabbi Tzaddi - Obrimos, Apostate
    • Solomon ben-Cohen - Talmudic Enchanter, Mage
    • Jack Hawke - Thyrsus, Apostate, Benefit Cabal
    • Sandro - Acanthus, Free Council, Benefit Cabal
    • Argos - Thyrsus, Apostate, Benefit Cabal
    • Tisiphone - Thyrsus, Mysterium, Hecate’s Labrys Cabal
    • Stryx - Mastigos, Mysterium, Hecate’s Labrys Cabal
    • Obsidi Anne - Obrimos, Mysterium, Hecate’s Labrys Cabal
  • Chapter Two: Cabals
    • Derek- Ferrum's younger brother, Died
    • Byron Windham - Eugenia's Brother, Died
    • Hephzibah Windham - Eugenia's Grandmother
    • Grimoald - Corbus' Cousin, Died
    • Osric - Corbus' Uncle, Died
    • Marduk - Brotherhood of the Ineffable Truth
    • Nathaniel Osgood - Joseph's Father
    • Mary Osgood - Joseph's Sister
    • Angrboda - Scelestus
      • The Exalted Knights of the Gryphon
        • Ferrum (Consilium Sentinel), Andrew Cain - Obrimos, Adamantine Arrow
        • Archer, Adrianna Reilly - Moros, Adamantine Arrow
        • Ikazuchi, David Sasaki - Obrimos, Adamantine Arrow
        • Cathubodva, Jennifer Hanson - Thyrsus, Adamantine Arrow
      • The Gravediggers
        • Hydra (Consilium Councilor), Eugenia Windham - Moros, Adamantine Arrow
        • Reinga (Hydra’s Provost), Thomas Moana - Moros, Adamantine Arrow
        • Seraphim, Robert Hale - Thyrsus, Mysterium
        • Eve (Consilium Sentinel), Layla Walker - Thyrsus, Adamantine Arrow
        • Hades (Consilium Sentinel), Ronald Napier - Moros, Guardians of the Veil
      • The Dead Wrens
        • Davy Jones
        • Ishmael, Antonio Aceveda - Acanthus, Free Council
        • Rabid Annie, Laura Passius - Mastigos, Adamantine Arrow
        • Mister Higgins, Annie’s Macaw Familiar
        • Menelaus, Damien Charles III - Thyrsus, Mysterium
        • Sunjata - Acanthus, Silver Ladder
      • The Special Media Group
        • Eleggua, Justin Hill - Mastigos, Free Council
        • Knave, Harold Dunn Jr. - Mastigos, Free Counci
        • Babbage, Norman French - Obrimos, Free Council
        • Rennard, Elizabeth Hague - Acanthus, Free Council
      • The Shadow Chorus
        • Culsu - Moros, Guardians of the Veil
        • Angerona - Acanthus, Mysterium
        • Februs - Mastigos, Guardians of the Veil
        • Discordia - Obrimos, Mysterium
      • The Brotherhood of the Ineffable Truth
        • Potestas (Consilium Councilor), Carlo Fendi - Obrimos, Mysterium
        • Aurem (Potestas’ Provost), Zachary Harcourt - Obrimos, Mysterium
        • Apollonia, Talia West - Obrimos, Adamantine Arrow
        • Draco, James Cochran - Thyrsus, Adamantine Arrow
        • Agdos, Cybele Connelly - Moros, Mysterium
        • Cerberus, Agdos’ Mastiff Familiar
      • The Company
        • Vision, Timothy Novák - Mastigos, Mysterium
        • Hangman, Brian Cook - Thyrsus, Mysterium
        • Mercy, Louise Harrington - Moros, Mysterium
        • Avalon, Sun Halloran - Acanthus, Free Council
      • The Sanguine Laurel
        • Numa (Consilium Councilor), Corbus Léon - Thyrsus, Mysterium
        • Shadow, Numa’s Raven Familiar
        • Blanchefleur, Hildegard Léon - Acanthus, Mysterium
        • Ranae (Numa’s Provost), Jessica Léon - Thyrsus, Mysterium
        • Hrothwulf, Anselm Léon - Obrimos, Mysterium
      • The Ebon Noose
        • The Nemean, Hierarch of Boston, leader
        • Anacaona de Xaragua
        • Tiamat (Consilium Sentinel), Eleanor Fergussen - Thyrsus, Adamantine Arrow
        • Arathnos (Consilium Herald), Matthew Palladino - Acanthus, Silver Ladder
        • Ahriman, Philip Nasser - Moros, Mysterium
        • Sheol, Isaac Cohen - Moros, Adamantine Arrow
        • Chaplain, Maryanne Santos - Acanthus, Silver Ladder
        • Nebuchadnezzar (Consilium Sentinel), Anton Kendrick - Mastigos, Silver Ladder
        • Tempest, Harlan Gill - Acanthus, Adamantine Arrow
      • The Illuminated Pentad
        • Khumeia, Yvonne Ste. Martin - Mastigos, Silver Ladder
        • Thanatos, Irwin Paul - Moros, Silver Ladder
        • Faustina, Brianna Reed - Mastigos, Silver Ladder
      • The White Putnams
        • Chain Parris
        • Moriah, Elaine Trapper - Obrimos, Silver Ladder
        • Simon, Joseph Osgood - Mastigos, Silver Ladder, Subtle One
        • Magdalena, Louise d’Angelo - Acanthus, Mysterium
        • Sophia, Emmanuelle Fiske - Mastigos, Mysterium
        • Silentium, Victor Knopfler - Moros, Mysterium
        • Raphaella, Julia Dillon - Obrimos, Silver Ladder
  • Chapter Three: Renegade Mages
    • Kether
    • Hathorne - Ghost
      • St. Michael’s Promise
        • Father Pierce, David Pierce - Moros
        • Kelt, Tom O’Neil - Mastigos, Banishers
        • Hound, Pete Brennan - Thyrsus, Banishers
        • Tien Wu, Paul Yao - Obrimos, Banishers
        • Young Dragon, Michelle Zhao - Obrimos, Banishers
        • Monkey, Kelvin Tsung - Acanthus, Banishers
      • Solo Banishers
        • Weapon, Leo Burns - Obrimos, Banishers
      • Scelesti
        • Blood of the Lamb, Joseph Beal - Thyrsus, Apostate, Scelesti
      • The Seers of the Throne
        • The Asylum
          • The Gray Pope, Charles Randolph Penn III - Mastigos, Seers of the Throne, Subtle One
        • Scorpio: Strategic Corps Invasion Operatives
          • John Law, John Lazaretti - Obrimos, Seers of the Throne
      • Tremere
        • Dr. Arturo Calabresi - Necromancer lich
        • Mama Desta, Destiné Prézeau - Moros, Apostate, Tremere
      • Sleepers
        • Maggie Yang
  • Chapter Four: Off the Map
    • Damian Ruskin, Boston stockbroker and officer in the Red Word cult
    • He Who Reveals Wisdom in the Fading Moon Light, Khonsu-Tohut, the Drama of the Outcast Erinye and the Secret Branch of the Tree of Possibility, Blasphemous Scribe, Prince of 100,000 Leaves - Abyssal Spirit
    • Lernaean - Ebon Noose, Warlock
    • The Medusan - Mage
    • Ezekiel Johnston - Red Word cultist
    • Annie Crowther - Red Word cultist, Zechariah's Twin, Cannibal
    • Zechariah Crowther, "Zee" - Red Word cultist, Annie's Twin, Cannibal
    • John Crowther, "Daddy" - Red Word cultist, Temple Hound, Cannibal
  • Chapter Five: Beast of Burden
    • Wu Zhengfu - Soul-Dead
    • Khatvanga - Wu's Master, Necromancer
    • Agartha - Guardian of the Veil

Terminology[]

1492, 1614, 1617, 1624, 1630, 1633, 1643, 1692, 1775, 1800s, 1830, 1842, 1870, 1872, 1874, 1878, 1906, 1917, 1923, 1956, 1965, 1970s, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1990s, 1992, 1999, Abyss, Allston, Amherst, Anti-history, Antinomia, Anti-spirits, The Austere Stone of Gilead (Grey Sachems, Black Magistrates, House of Commons), Azatadghil, Back Bay, Banishers, Beacon Hill, Benefit (Commune, Demesne and Cabal), Binding of the Blasphemous Scribe spell, The Bleached Schooner (Ship), The Bog Locus, Boston, Boston Bay, Boston Consilium, Brighton, Brookline, Cabals: Ebon Noose (Epona’s Chariot), White Putnams, Brotherhood of the Ineffable Truth, Stone Assembly, The Transcendent Eye, Emerald Scroll, Exalted Knights of the Gryphon, Illuminated Pentad, St. Michael’s Promise, Asylum, Scorpio, Special Media Group (SMG), Sanguine Laurel, Gravediggers, Benefit, Hecate’s Labrys, Dead Wrens, Company, Shadow Chorus, Bleak Wind cabal (died), Circle of Alabaster (gone), Winding Serpent (gone); Cambridge (US), 'Cha’annys, the Land of the Broken Turtleshell,' Chinatown, The Combat Zone, Connecticut, Consilium of Cambridge (England), Copp’s Hill Burial Ground, Cormant House, Danvers, Danvers Lunatic Asylum, Decrepitude, Demesne, Dorchester, Downtown, Duel Arcane, Empty Anchors, England, Fallen World, Fenway, Fenway Park, Ghost, Gloucester, Hallow, Harvard, Hawk of Guangdong (Ship), Howard’s Rock, Howard’s Rock Hotel, Ipswich, Jamaica Plain, Liberty Road, Maine, Manray (Bar), Massachusetts, Mattapan, New England, New Hampshire, New Kingdom, Northampton, North End, Numina, Old Kingdom, Providence, Provincetown, Red Word cult, Rhode Island, Ridden, Roslindale, Roxbury, 'Rukhavira, City of Broken Eyes,' Salem, Sanctums: Emerald Scroll and Shangri-La, Dark Crossings, The Putnam Estate, The Academy, The Temple of the Gryphon, The Lodge of Eight Chambers, The Fortress, The Covenant, La Maison du Lion, Windham Manor; Scelesti, Secret Concord, Seers of the Throne, Shadow Realm, Sleepers, Sleepwalkers, Somerville, South Boston, South End, Spirit, Spirit-Claimed, Stagnant Pool, Temenos, Temple of Holy Devouring (Red Word), Tremere liches, Twilight, Uratha, Vah, Verge, Void, Waltham, Wiscasset, Wood of Empty Houses, Yenosia (Dead City),

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