A Bygone is a creature of myth and legend that can no longer exist openly on Earth due to its incompatibility with the Consensus.
Overview[]
The rarest and mightiest of the bygones cannot exist on Earth at all, only in the Umbra; their very existence is incompatible with the Consensus, and they accrue paradox while on Earth.
In the modern era, bygones are usually only seen on Earth if brought there by mages; many of them have become familiars or custos, and are often allied with Dreamspeakers or Verbena. They are often found on Earth in the company of Marauders, whose dynamic Quiets are strong enough to overpower the Consensus enough that bygones can exist on Earth in the affected area for a while.
Bygones are not to be confused with Umbrood or other spirits, which are Umbral creatures formed wholly of spirit, or with chimerae, which are creatures of the Dreaming.
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Trivia[]
- Bygones are also known as "Wayfaers" or "Tehloon" to some Dreamspeakers.[1]
- Bygones composed of other differing animal parts (Manticores, Sphinx, etc.) are known as "Patchwork Kin" among the Marauders.[2]
- The Sons of Ether refer to Bygones as "Cryptids". The study of cryptids and the "parallel races" is Cryptozoonomy.[3]
- The Technocratic Union refer to Bygones as "Magical Anachronisms."[4][5]
List of Known Bygones[]
- Aigmuxa
- Aladlammu
- Anikunapeu
- Anuk Ite
- Anzu
- Atshen
- Bacchanae
- The Black Dog of the Crossroads (Night Hound)
- Black Snakes
- Centaurs
- Charonites
- Chupacabra
- Cockatrice
- Cyclopses
- Dragons (Amphiptere, Drake, Great Drake, Lesser Drake, Fu Guardian, Lindworm, Sphinx/Dragon-Cat, Wyrm, Wyvern)
- Eloko
- Erinyes
- Feng-Huang
- Fu Lions
- Gáothghlas-Alainn
- Ghuls
- Grays
- Gremlins
- Grootslang
- Gryphons
- Golden Ones
- Gorgons
- Harpies
- Hippocampi
- Hippogryphs
- Homunculi
- Huldrefolk
- Huli Jing
- Ik-Thazai
- Inkanyamba
- Inugami
- The Izizyii
- Jersey Devil
- Jiangshi
- Kakraw
- Kajutaijuk
- Kappa
- Kelpies
- Kijimuna
- Kirin
- Kongamoto
- Kouteign Koorou
- Manticores
- Minotaurs
- Mokele-Mbembe
- Mothman
- Nagloper
- Nesna Nethshrac
- Ogre
- Oni
- Pago-Pago
- Pegasi
- Persephone
- Peryton
- Phobori
- Rain Bull
- Ravening Winds
- Rocs
- Satyrs
- Sea Bishops
- Sea Serpents
- Shadhavar
- Shisa
- Sirens
- Skymurmurs
- Simurgh
- Sin Dragons (Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Pride, Sloth, Wrath)
- Sphinx
- Talking Baboons
- Taniwha
- Tanuki
- Tengu
- Ukrainian Firebird
- Umkovu
- Unicorns (White, Red and Re'em)
- Vodayany
- Wilde Beast
- Will-O'-Wisp
- Yetis
- Zaphrak
References[]
- ↑ MTAs: Ascension's Right Hand, p. 91
- ↑ MTAs: The Book of Madness, p. 68
- ↑ MTAs: Tradition Book: Sons of Ether, p. 83-85
- ↑ MTAs: Technocracy: N.W.O., p. 8
- ↑ MTAs: Ascension, p. 116
- MTAs: Mage: The Ascension Rulebook, p. 283-285 (Beasts of the Mythic Age)
- MTAs: GURPS Mage: The Ascension, p. 175 (Creatures of the Mythic Age)
- MTAs: The Book of Madness, p. 91-96 (As "Critters")
- MTAs: Ascension's Right Hand, p. 16-22, 26, 29-30, 33, 80-91, 124-128
- MTAs: Verbena Tradition Book, p. 63 (Mythic Threads)
- MTAs: Mage: The Ascension Second Edition, p. 235-236, 278-280
- MTAs: Horizon: The Stronghold of Hope, p. 106-109
- MTAs: The Book of Mirrors: The Mage Storytellers Guide, p. 71-73
- WOD: The Bygone Bestiary, p. 18-67
- MTAs: Mage: The Ascension Revised Edition, p. 40 (Lexicon)
- MTAs: Mage Storytellers Companion, p. 50-51
- MTAs: Mage Storytellers Handbook, p. 60, 62
- MTAs: Dead Magic, p. 32-34, 58-59, 113-117, 133-134
- MTAs: Dragons of the East, p. 95-97
- MTAs: Dead Magic II: Secrets and Survivors, p. 147-149
- MTAs: Forged by Dragon's Fire, p. 85, 88, 91-93
- MTAs: Tradition Book: Verbena, p. 22-23, 24 (Dragon Exodus, Wyngarde's March)
- MTAs: Tradition Book: Virtual Adepts, p. 69
- MTAs/MET: Laws of Ascension, p. 22, 264
- DAM: Dark Ages: Mage Rulebook, p. 186-194, 202
- DAM: Dark Ages: Mage Grimoire, p. 126, 128-129, 131
- M20: Gods & Monsters, p. 108-121