- See also: Tradition Book: Euthanatos (revised edition)
Euthanatos Tradition Book is the sourcebook for the Euthanatos Traditions in Mage: The Ascension.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf catalog:
- A Tradition on Trial!
- Feared and distrusted, the "death mages" of the Euthanatos follow a twilight Path of reincarnation and rebirth. Most folks see only the finality of death; the Euthanatos see the new beginning on the other end.
- Walking the Line Between Life and Death
- Not that this Path is sure or easy. The threat of corruption swells beneath this group's foundations. Who are they to play god? What makes them so certain about their cause? And who can be truly sure of destiny? Not even the Euthanatos have all the answers. But the time for answers has arrived.
- Where Do They Fall?
- The Euthanatos Tradition Book takes a hard look at this most dreaded Tradition – the mages who traffic in death. It includes:
Contents[]
Prelude: You Stand Accused[]
Four Turns of the Wheel (History)[]
Tribunal (Inner Workings)[]
Judgement (The Outside World)[]
Walking on Bones (Characters)[]
- Templates
- Shade Among Shadows
- Agent of Fortune
- EMT
Appendix: The Jewels of Kali[]
- Weapons
- Blowguns
- Cat's Claws
- Garrote
- Hunga-Munga
- Katar
- Kris
- Kukri
- Ninja-To
- Stilettos
- Rotes
- See the Soul's Burn (
Entropy, Mind, Spirit) - Balance the Scales ( Entropy, or Entropy and Life, matter or even Forces)
- Iron Avatar ( Life, Matter, Mind, Prime)
- Agama Sojourn Te/Agama Sojourn Re ( Entropy, Life, Spirit, or Entropy, Life, Spirit)
- The Burning Lotus ( Prime, Entropy, Forces, sometimes with Spirit, Mind, or both)
- See the Soul's Burn (
- Books
- A History of Secret Societies, by Arkon Daraul
- Encyclopedia of Death, by Beatrice and Robert Kastenbaum
- Historic India, by Time/Life Books
- The Song of Kali, by Dan Simmons
- The Sword and the Flute, by David R. Kinsley
- The Tantric Way: Art, Science and Ritual, by Ajit Mookerjee and Madhu Khanna
- The writings and poetry of Ambrose Bierce, Percy Shelley, Lord George Byron, Sylvia Plath and other morbid humanists and Romantics
- Music
- Shelia Chandra
- The Changelings
- Dead Can Dance
- Diamonda Galas
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Patti Smith
- Ram Narayan
- The Sisters of Mercy
- This Mortal Coil
- Trio Nocturna
Background Information[]
- Words from the Wolf mentions how long it took for the book to be developed. There is also mention of the departure of a third of the staff at White Wolf by mid-December due to a bunch of bad luck and decisions made in 1996. Then the author hopes that 1997 will be a better year.
Memorable Quotes[]
| “ | We live in the real world, not the World of Darkness. The Euthanatoi have Entropy magick to see people rotting with, Mind to test their consciences with, and Correspondence to spy with. You don't. They can bring back victims if they decide they've made a mistake. You can't. They are absolutely certain that the people they kill will be reincarnated, because they've got proof. You haven't. And even the Euthanatos might be wrong. In the real world, there are only two reason for killing anybody that the law and most gods will accept: defending yourself and defending other people. So, don't go out and kill anybody because you've read this book. Don't go out and kill anybody and then say it's because you've read this book. Don't go out and kill anybody. Period. Thank you. |
” |
Characters[]
- Prelude: You Stand Accused
- Theora Hetirck
- Tom Smithson
- Raging Eagle
- Marcus Tsai - Assistant
- Tanaka Kasumi - Assistant
- Mitzi Zimmermann
- Julia Stanislaufsky - Mitiz's Apprentice, Euthanatos
- Indrani Takstang
- Getulio Vargas São Cristóvão
- Dr. Julian Spence
- Roger Thackery
- Four Turns of the Wheel (History)
- Michelle Rachel Zimmermann - Euthanatos
- Somnitz - Died
- Mark Hallward Gillan
- Smoke Tiger
- Ranjit
- Chan Ng
- Vedavati - Natatapas, Dancers of the Inner Fire
- Grand Harvester Subramanian
- Helekar
- Persephone
- Tum Goh
- Sirdar Rustam, the Amir al-Karwan, Pyrrhus Zagreus
- Chalech
- Teiresias Penthilus - Seer of Chronos
- Calcite
- Persephatta - Pomegranate Deme
- Sean Gallaher
- Polig Wightbinder
- Ian-from-the-Rock
- Genevieve Hartshorne
- Bened of the House of Pwyll
- Aganippe
- Chlidanope
- Sh'zar
- Master Porthos
- Master Baldric
- Black Jaguar
- Metiadusa
- Cygnus Moro, "Haroun"
- Thistle of Pwyll
- Akrites Salonikas
- Michael 'Firecracker' McPherson - Euthanatos
- Tribunal (Inner Workings)
- Michael Fitzgerald
- Murphy
- Nadja Bantu
- Latishia Jones-Carerra - Euthanatos
- Myra
- Louise
- Archivist Mulhouse
- Jefferson Gatlin - Euthanatos, Knight of Radamanthys
- Lady Charlotte Quay
- Joseph
- Miss Alhamba
- Judgement (The Outside World)
- Vajra
- Master Hyemyŏng
- Marianna of Balador
- Lord Gilmore
- Aristotle deLaurent
- Neferukhayt - Mummy
- Hetch-Abehu - Mummy
- Maaa-ant-f - Mummy
- Am-besek - Mummy
- Amam the Devourer
- Walking on Bones (Characters)
- Appendix: The Jewels of Kali
- Oliver Wiseman - Euthanatos
Terminology[]
Lexicon: Acarya, Agama, Atman, Chakravanti, Chodana, Coumatha, Diksha, Euthanatoi, Jhor, Marabout, Naraki, Nyasa, Ojas, Pana, Paramaguru (Rimposhe), Samashti, Shravaka, Shruti (q.v. smrti), Siddi, Smrti (q.v. shruti), Thanatoics, Vrata, Wheel, the; 900-300 BC, 100 BC, 1300, 1313, 1320, 1447, 1466, 1500, 1680, 1700, 1800, 1832, 1900, 1942, 1990, 1996, Abyss, Afghanistan, Africa, Ahl-i-Batin, Akan, Akashic Brotherhood, Albania, Anarch, Asia, Baghdad, Bagheera, Bangladesh, Bata'a, Bengal, Bhutan, Bombay, Book of Nod, Bubasti, Calcutta, Capetown, Cappadocian, Celestial Singers, Cerberus, Chakra-Dharma, Changeling, Chibuene, China, Constantinople, Convention of the White Tower, Corax, Corone, Crete, Dachau, Dacoit, Dark Umbra, Darwushin, Deccan, Diaries from the Grand Convocation by Cygnus Moro, Doctrine of Unity, Doisettep, Dracidians, Entropy (Tamas), Europe, Fetter, First Cabal, First North Sentencing Hall, Foci, The Fragile Path, Freedom Razor Cabal, Garou, Georgia, Gilgul, Gilmer County, Giovanni, Grand Convocation, Great Zimbabwe, Greece, Handura, Harrowing, Hedge Sorcery, Himalayas, Himalayan Wars, Horizon, House of Helekar, Ibo, Idran, Idran Sutra, India, Infernalism, Inquisition, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isfahan, Isles of St. Brendan, Jati, Kanpur, Kindred, Korea, Kyoto, Macedonia, Maelstrom, Medeans, Medium, Mexico, Miami, Moranga Chantry, Mummy, Nagaraja, Nebraska, Necromancy, Nepal, Ngoma, Night of Fana, Nihil, Oblivion, Paradigma, Qlippothic Entropy, Rome, Rshi, Sabbat, Samedi, Sarasvati, Saxum Oculorum, Scarborough, Scotland, Sects: Order of the Black Willow, Apad-Dharma, Tal'mahe'Ra, Natapas, Consanguinity of Eternal Joy, Madzimbahwe (Ta Kiti), Pomegranate Deme (Triops), Aided, Lhaksmists, Golden Chalice, Knight of Radamanthys, Scholars of the Wheel, Albireo; Seers of Chronos, Shade Realm of Entropy, Shadowlands, Solificati, Spectre, Sri Lanka, Supahni, 'Sybils' Maps', Table Cenacle, Tamiland, Tempest, Thunder Child (Ethership), Tibet, Transcendence, Underworld, Vampire, Vedas, Vrata Navarati, Warring Hands, World War I, Wraith, Wyrm Taint, Yehnn,
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