Fall From Grace is a sourcebook for Hunter: The Reckoning and part of the 2002 "Year of the Damned" theme.
Summary[]
- The Bigger They Are...
- When hunters are awakened, they face a terrifying, nightmarish world and are granted meager weapons with which to confront its demons. And yet, those lucky or cursed few who survive can gain deep insights into the supernatural. Now they emerge as the most powerful and dangerous of the imbued... but are they still human?
- The Harder They Fall
- Hunter: Fall from Grace travels hunters' road from ignorance to maddening comprehension of monsters and the truth. Achieving these heights brings astonishing gifts, but at what price, and can these extremists ever see eye to eye with lesser imbued again?
Contents[]
Prologue: Last Crusade[]
Introduction[]
- Source Material
- Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
- Heart of Darkness (Book by Conrad or the Coppola Movie)
- Mystery Walk, by Robert McCammon
- You Come When I Call You, by Douglas Clegg
- Falling Down
- Memento
- Frailty
- Sexy Beast
- V For Vendetta, by Alan Moore and David Lloyd
- Swamp Thing, by DC Comics and Brian K. Vaughn
Chapter 1: The Solitary Road[]
Shows one route to the amazing strength you know best, as attained through the creeds and the "standard" Hunter systems. There's nothing "standard" about the imbued who go this independent route, though.
Chapter 2: Cracked as the Desert Ground[]
Illustrated what can happen when the imbued strive for their goals so fervently that they forego everything else, even themselves. Such efforts are so impressive that they draw the attention of forces that might only be defined as divine.
Chapter 3: The Devil You Know[]
Plumbs the depths to which some disturbed, fanatical chosen are willing to go to meet their perverse or deranged ends. This corrupt path might promise immense strength, but its a deal with the devil.
Chapter 4: Rules and Storytelling[]
Investigates ideas, possibilities and systems for playing and running extremists, and for those heroic or tragic figures who seize level-five edges.
- Three Paths to Oblivion
- Divine
- Corrupt
- Independent
- Divine Edges
- Cremate
- Denounce
- Infuse
- Corrupt Edges
- Channel
- Enthrall
- Transport
Background Information[]
- This book is part of the Year of the Damned line of books.
- Ads at the back of the book include: Year of the Damned, Vampire: The Masquerade Backlist and Demon: The Fallen (2002).
- Chapter 1: The Solitary Road, deals with Mary Ellen's madness and her trying to find her lost children. Michael had given them to Marcella, a werewolf who finds lost cubs. A Black Spiral Dancer is also following Mary Ellen. Mary Ellen realizes that Marcella is not her enemy and tells her to give her children to Sarah for safety. Mary kills the Dancer and is now spreading her truth that the Messengers are the enemy.
- Chapter 2: Cracked as the Desert Ground, involves Lorna coming back to her hometown, Collbran, Colorado. Dealing with visions and encountering Corax, Angels, Fomori and Werewolves. Lorna finally comes across the Bane bound in the Red Rock that controls the corrupted town and Lorna destroys both the Bane and town.
- Chapter 3: The Devil You Know, references Demon: The Fallen. As Vassago commands John Coaler to do its deeds and wears down John's mind.
Memorable Quotes[]
The crows told me that they had a message from Crow, like with a capital 'C' or something. They said that Crow was an old god pushed away by white hands, but that he was still busy up in the clouds and old trees. I guess Crow had a good time with life, but now The End was coming and having a good time was getting harder and harder.
"It's important to save the world," one of the crows told me, and a second crow picked up the sentence: "Because if the world goes to hell in a hand basket, no one will be able to laugh anymore."
The third crow spoke: "The world is going to hell, don't misunderstand. But right now the valve is tuned all the way and the floodgates are wide open. Hell is pouring out at a thousand gallons per second, and it's drowning the world in its own pain. But your hands are on the valve. Start turning. Rightie-tightie, leftie-loosie. Make it tighter. Start closing the floodgates."
"You'll never close it all the way," the first crow said.
"No. But even closing it half-way," the second said, "that's a feat in itself, don't you think?"
"Pain happens," number three announced matter-of-factly. "It's an extant force. Can't get rid of it wholesale without dying, but you can reduce it to its bare minimum. That's out plan. That's what you have to help us do."
"Okay," I agreed. I was the hand the turns the valve. The end was coming. I asked if we couldn't just stop it, though. Wouldn't that be better? The crows all shook their heads.
"It's like a car crash," they said in one voice. "You can't avoid it, but you can steer the car to stop it from killing everyone. There will be pain, There will be grinding metal, But handle it right, and we might make it through with all out fingers and toes." - Chapter 2: Cracked as the Desert Ground
Characters[]
- William
- Prologue: Last Crusade
- Wendell
- Justine
- Karla - Imbued, Died
- Neal Broderburg - Officer
- "Beatrice Duchamps" - Corrupt Imbued
- Lou - Imbued
- Henry Eames, "Driver300"
- Solomon - Quit the List
- Ripsaw
- Memphis
- Soldier
- Travis Miller, "Traveler72"
- Pedro
- Rick
- Nancy
- Patrick
- Scott
- Norris - Owner of Woodsmoke Outfitters
- Chapter 1: The Solitary Road
- Mister Franklin, "Mr. F" - Imbued, Died
- L.
- Rooney
- C. - Imbued
- Uncle Pete
- Kyle or Kevin or Keith - Imbued, Died
- Vincent - Shadow Man
- Sarah - Mary Ellen's Sister
- Henri - Sarah's Husband
- Marcella - Metis Werewolf
- Sasha - Werewolf
- Anne - Mary Ellen's Mother
- Chapter 2: Cracked as the Desert Ground
- Brad
- Hicks
- Scotty Kessler - Died
- Shaun
- Lorna - Imbued
- Stewart - Vampire, Destroyed
- Annalise - Vampire, Destroyed
- Dabney - Lorna's Aunt
- Bookworm55
- "Metatron," "Djibriel" - Calls itself an Angel
- Chapter 3: The Devil You Know
- Amy - Vampire, Destroyed
- Dictatrix - Mentioned
- Hannibal - Mentioned
- Witness1 - Mentioned
- Pedro - Imbued
- Mike - Trucker
- Anonymous52 - Imbued
- XXX guy - Imbued
- Billy - Imbued
- Chad Neal
- Tina Krebb - Vassago's Thrall
- Doctor Miles Fiske - Vassago's Thrall
- Usiel - Slayer, Reaper of Souls
- Steve - Imbued, Band Member
- Deke - Imbued, Band Member
- Drifter - Imbued, Band Member
- Robbie - Imbued, Band Member
- Marisol Vlacek - Vampire
- Edouard Manoglio - Marisol's Ghoul
- Leaf, "Potter116"
- Oaken - Leaf's Ex-Husband
- Chapter 4: Rules and Storytelling
- Fyodor - Mentioned
- Carol McIntyre - Imbued
- Ibrahim Nasir
- Tyrone Bellemy - Inmate, Imbued
- Nate Altman
- John Coaler, "Rigger111"
- Annabelle - Vampire
- Vassago - Demon, Fiend
- Mary Ellen Kramer
- Michael Kramer - Mary's Husband, Kinfolk, Died
- Ethan Kramer - Mary's Child, Kinfolk
- Amber Kramer - Mary's Child, Kinfolk
- Chole Kramer - Mary's Child, Kinfolk
Terminology[]
Alabama, America, Annenberg Hooker Hall, Atlanta, Aura, Bayonet Point, Bear Creek, Bethlehem, Camp Crazy, Canada, Canton, Central Park, Century, Chanctonbury Ring, Chicago, Cincinnati, Collbran (Corrupt Town, Destroyed), Colorado, Colorado Springs, Columbus, Crow, Dancer, Davenport, Demon, Europe, Fernville Elementary, Fetishes, Fiend, Florida, Four Leaf Clover (Motel), France, Georgetown, Golconda (India), Grand Central, Grand Junction, Idaho, India, Iraq, Jute, Lost Kin/Cubs, Manhattan, Marta Samson House, Messengers, Ministers, Mississippi, Montgomery, New Jersey, New York, New York City, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Provence, Quincy, Red Rock North, Red Star, Rio de Janiero, Seattle, The Shakes (Band), Shining Ones, Slayer, Sleepy Moon Motel, Smithsonian, Snake River, Soul, Sussex, Taint, Tribe, Trinity, United Kingdom, United States, Utah, Washington, Washington D.C., Woodsmoke Outfitters (Store), Youngstown,
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