Dark Eras 2: Fear and the Golden Promise of Tomorrow is a release for Deviant: The Renegades and Werewolf: The Forsaken. It is one of several settings described in Chronicles of Darkness: Dark Eras 2.
Summary[]
From the seller’s page:
- On the heels of pulp fiction, the first Golden Age of Science Fiction allowed the science-fiction genre to blossom in the public eye. Science fiction represents possibilities and in a wartime era, readers can’t get enough of Isaac Asimov, Leigh Brackett, Ray Bradbury, and Jack Vance.
- Though these stories are works of fiction, it is often said that all tales have kernels of truth. In the Chronicles of Darkness, experience the Golden Age of Science Fiction as you never have before, through the eyes of its creatures.
- Requires the use of the Werewolf: the Forsaken Second Edition Rulebook and Deviant: the Renegades Rulebook.
- Note:This is a single chapter of the larger Dark Eras 2 collection.
Contents[]
- The Forsaken
- The Remade
Themes and Mood[]
What Has Come Before[]
- View of the Forsaken
- Reflecting the Remade
Where We Are[]
- Cultural Milestones
Locations[]
- Los Angeles, California
- Flushing Meadows, New York
- New York City, New York
- What’s Yet to Come
Werewolf: New Enemies, Old Hunting Grounds[]
- Technology and the Forsaken
- Choosing a Tribebook
- Finishing Touches
For the Storyteller: Escalating Themes[]
Antagonists[]
- Crimson Horror/Joe Davis - Spirit of Fear/Spirit-Claimed
- Duke of Light - Light-Spirit
Deviant: Shattered Utopias[]
- Origins
- New Form: Supersoldier
- New Transmissible
- Divergence: Psychic Indoctrination
- Conspiracy: Project Gladiator
For the Storyteller: Curiosity and the Remade[]
For the Storyteller: Narrating a Crossover[]
- Futurix Press, Inc. - Run by Humans and Ivory Claws
Story Hooks[]
- Is There a Draft in Here?
- Psychic Indoctrination
Sources and Inspiration[]
- Stanley G. Weinbaum’s short story “A Martian Odyssey” (1934)
- C.L. Moore’s anthology Jirel of Jory (1935–1939)
- Clark Ashton Smith’s short story “City of the Singing Flame” (1931)
- A. E. van Vogt’s novel Slan (1940)
- E. E. Smith’s novel Galactic Patrol (1937)
- A. E. van Vogt’s Slan
- Wilmar Shiras’ “In Hiding” (later the first chapter of her novel Children of the Atom)
- Isaac Asimov’s Mule stories from the Foundation series
- Gerald Heard’s Doppelgangers
- Olaf Stapledon’s novel Odd John
- Stanley G. Weinbaum’s story “Proteus Island”
- Lewis Padgett’s Baldy stories (later collected as the novel Mutant)
- Lewis Padgett’s short story “Mimsy Were the Borogoves”
- Ray Bradbury’s “Fever Dream”
- William Temple’s Four-Sided Triangle,
- C. L. Moore’s “No Woman Born”
- Poul Anderson’s “Tomorrow Children”
- Charlie Higson’s 10-episode series Jekyll and Hyde (TV Show)
- Marvel’s Agent Carter
Background Information[]
Memorable Quotes[]
"You can't destroy knowledge. You can stamp it under and burn it up and forbid it to be, but somewhere it will survive." - Leigh Brackett, The Long Tomorrow
Characters[]
- E. J. White - Contributor to Futurix Press, Inc., Human
- Dominic Morano - Screenwriter, Human
- Rosemary Stewart, "K. A. Stewart" - LASFS Organizer, writer, Human
- Robinson King - Movie Technician, Human
- John Cranfield - Private investigator and white supremacist, Human
- Mateo Lopez - Security Guard, Human
- Hilda Stein - Young Science-Fiction Fan, Human
- Eric Weber - Bigoted Fan, Human
- Frank Weber - Eric's brother, Human
- John Gold - Magazine Editor of Scientifiction Tales, Human
- Rachel Bonham - Radical Author, Human
- Hazel Griffin - Army Nurse, founder of Project Gladiator, Human
- Corporal Baxter O’Hara - Airman for Project Gladiator, Human
- Captain Archie Decker - Supplier for Project Gladiator, Human
- Doris Mosley - Prison-bus driver for Project Gladiator, Human
- Harcourt Burns - Clerk for Project Gladiator, Human
- Shirley Sugar - Plug-pusher for Project Gladiator, operator at Project Y, Human
Deviant[]
- Hattie Griffin, The Atomic Ace - Autourgic, Coactive, Devoted, Supersoldier
References[]
Keywords[]
First Tongue: Hisil, Kuruth, Tzuumfin, Anshega, idigam; Blood Talons, Bone Shadows, Hunters in Darkness, Iron Masters, Storm Lords, Ghost Wolves, Wolf-Blooded, Bale Hounds, Fire-Touched, Maeljin, Spirit-Claimed, Spirit-Urged, Wound, Pure, Hosts, Gauntlet, Forsaken, Uratha, Spirit, Autourgic, Epimorphic, Exomorphic, Genotypal, Pathological, Cheiron Group, Coactive, Remade, Task Force: VULTURE, Web of Pain, Ivory Claws, Divergence, Renegade, Touchstones, Devoted, Scars, Cephalist, Project Gladiator, Futurix Press, Inc.
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