Death and Damnation is a fiction anthology for Wraith: The Oblivion.
Summary[]
From the Back Cover:
- This anthology of original stories presents new aspects of White Wolf's World of Darkness. Death and Damnation details the society and culture of wraiths, beings who continue to exist even beyond the veil of death. Reborn into a nightmarish Underworld, these wraiths struggle to fulfill the destinies denied them in life... and to survive the wrath of the Underworld's terrifying denizens.
- The participating authors have craftily explored the fascinating, hard-edged Underworld of San Francisco. Death and Damnation will force its readers to confront their ultimate fear: Death itself. This paperback anthology includes works from Nigel Finley, Don Bassingthwaite, Marc Miller, Richard Lee Byers and others.
Contents[]
- "Prodigal Son" by Don Bassingthwaite
- "Crossings" by Nigel D. Findley
- "Rootbound" by Robert Scott Martin
- "Shackles" by Richard Lee Byers
- "Cancer" by Marc Miller
- "Glimpses of Before" by John Steele
- "Reaper versus Reaper versus Reaper" by Edo van Belkom
- "For the Coming" by Joseph M. Shaughnessy
- "The Ties that Bind" by Kevin Andrew Murphy
- "The Pardoner's Tale" by Jackie Cassada
- "Breaking Free" by James A. Moore
- "Way it Goes, The" by Thomas M. Kane
- Lexicon
Background Information[]
- The events of the anthology take place during 1994, Oct. 31st in San Francisco, CA. References are made towards the Northridge earthquake.
- At least two stories mention humans having glowing red eyes that are able to see wraiths.
- The short story, "Shackles," would continue in the novel, Caravan of Shadows.
- "Prodigal Son" would continue in the story story, "Dead Beat," in the fiction anthology, City of Darkness: Unseen.
- "Crossings" would continue in the story story, "Crossroads," in the fiction anthology, City of Darkness: Unseen.
- "Rootbound" would continue in the story story, "All Rootless Angels Falling," in the fiction anthology, City of Darkness: Unseen.
- "Glimpses of Before" would continue in the story story, "Some There Be That Shadows Kiss," in the fiction anthology, City of Darkness: Unseen.
- The following short stories would be re-printed in the following anthology:
- "Glimpses of Before", "The Way It Goes" and "Rootbound" in Strange City.
Memorable Quotes[]
Characters[]
- Prodigal Son
- Dan Barr - Wraith
- Father Matthews - Benandanti, Exorcist
- Father Roberts - Mortal, Priest
- Maggie Bar - Mortal, Late Wife of Dan Barr
- Josh/Jeremy Barr, "Buddy" - Wraith/Human; can switch
- Jack Dean - Mortal, Neighbor
- Crossings
- Juli - Mortal
- John Cross - Wraith
- Michael Drummond - Mortal
- Rootbound
- Andrew Patrick Malone - Wraith, Pardoners
- Ceille - Mortal
- Samuel Brannan - Wraith, Legion of Thorns
- Shackles
- Joey Castelo - Wraith
- Bob Franklin - Mortal, Boxing Coach
- Larry Holmes - Mortal, Boxer
- Emily Castelo - Mortal, Joey's Wife
- Sarah Castelo - Mortal, Joey's Daughter
- Mark - Mortal
- David - Mortal, Died
- Pete - David's ex-lover, Mortal, Died
- Ralph Edwards - Mortal
- George Montaigne - Wraith
- Cancer
- Dr. Wertz - Mortal
- John - Wraith
- Dr. Myers - Mortal
- Dr. Gustavson - Mortal
- Glimpses of Before
- Justin Parker - Wraith
- Randi - Mortal
- Uncle Vinny - Wraith, Spectre
- Leonard Parker - Wraith
- Reaper versus Reaper versus Reaper
- Sonny Manganesi - Wraith
- Repoman - Wraith, Reaper
- Coach Wardell - Wraith, Reaper, Ferryman
- For the Coming
- Serin, Prince of Smiles - Wraith
- Lalo Montpar - Wraith
- Sarah Montpar - Mortal, Lalo's Daughter
- Damien Kirkland - Mortal, Lalo's Father-in-law, Died
- Karina Kirkland - Mortal, Damien's Daughter, Married Lalo
- Ramón - Mortal, Drug Dealer
- Johnny Vegas - Mortal, Poet of the Bough
- The Ties that Bind
- Peter Cameron - Can see Wraiths, Euthanatos Mage
- Franklin Deere - Wraith, Renegade, Reaper
- Thaddeus Anthony Winters - "Teddy," Wraith, Renegade
- Grace DuBois - Female Wraith, Renegade
- Miles - Spectre, Nephwrack
- The Skeletal Lord
- Herminia - Female Wraith, Hierarch
- Penelope - Wraith
- Charles - Wraith
- Walford - Wraith
- Lord Montalieu - Wraith, Hierarch, Regent of the Emerald Lord
- Emerald Lord
- Brandon - Wraith, Lord Montalieu's manservant
- The Pardoner's Tale
- Angyr - Wraith, Pardoner
- Shaky - Wraith, Spook
- Juniper - Female Human, Mortal
- Flatface - Wraith, Renegade
- Breaking Free
- Bobby Shing - Wraith
- The Smiling Lord
- William Mathers - Wraith, Hierarch
- Lester Boggs - Wraith, Reaper
- Sarah Fields - Female Wraith
- Holly Glass - Female Wraith
- Andrew Black - Wraith
- Michael Walker - Wraith
- The Way it Goes
- Mr. Praeger - Human, DNA Incorporated Employee
- Julie Rochon - Human, DNA Incorporated Employee
- Von Roon - Runs the Ries-Dillon Consortium Company
- Mr. Donald Mozyr - Human
- Mr. Stephen Myers - Wraith, Former DNA Inc. Employee
- Halperin - Wraith, Former DNA Inc. Employee
Terminology[]
Alcatraz, Amazon, Anchor, Anchor Steam, Angst, Arcanum, The, Artifact, Ascension, Bangers Guild, Barghest, The Bay of Moans (San Francisco Bay), Benandanti, Blood Pits (Battle/Event), Byways, Caul, Chains of Stygia, Charon, Charon's Scythe, China, Chinatown, Circle, Citadel, Citadel of Thorns, Code of Charon, Cohort, Colma Necropolis, Contract, Corpus, Covenant, Cpl. Henry Africa (Bar), Cross & Associates (Business; Closed), Crown of Thorns, Cult, Damnation, Dark Kingdom of Jade, Dead, Deathlord, Death Taint, DNA Incorporated, Domain, Doomsday, Drone, Ectorn (Drones), Emerald Legion, Enfant, Entropy, Euthanatos, Exorcism, Far Shores, The, Ferryman, Fetters, Fettered Souls, Final Death, Franklin's Gym (Location), Gang, Ghost, Guild, Haight-Ashbury, Hallows, Hamburger Mary's (Eatery), Harrowing, The, Harvest, Haunt, Hell, Hell Night (Oct.), Herald and Advocate, Heretics, Hierarchy, The, Host, House of Usher (Night Club), I Beam (Club), Insurrection (Event), Jade, Japan, Juice, KFOG (Radio Station), KOTO Request Line, Larvae, Legions, Legionnaire, Legion of Thorns, Lemure, Lifeweb, Los Angeles, Loyalists, Maelstrom, Mage, Malfean, Mane, Mark of Death, Mark of Flames, Mask, Mausoleum, Mexico, Montpar Manor (Location), Morgue, Necromancer, Necropolis, Nephandi, Nephwrack, New Jersey, Nightbreak (Club), Nihils, Nova Scotia, Oblivion, Oregon, Pact, Paradise, Pardoners, Passion, Pathos, Phantoms, Plasm, Projectors, Purgatory, Quick, The, Reaper, Regent, Relic, Renegades, Restless, The, Reverent Lord, Ries-Dillon Consortium (Company), Ritual of Purification, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Shades, Shadow, The, Shadowlands, Skeletal Lord, Spectre, Spook, Stigmata, Stormrunning, Stygia, Stygian Steel, Tempest, The, Temple (Night Club), Terminals, Texas, Thrall, Tokyo, Topper, Transcend, Underworld, The, United States, Usurpers, Void, The, Washington Square Bar & Grill ("Washbag," Location), Walter's Restaurant, Waydown, Winchester House, Wraith,
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