Compass of Celestial Directions Vol. IV: The Underworld is a sourcebook for Exalted Second Edition.
Summary[]
- From the White Wolf Catalog:
- A Guide to the Land of the Dead
- The fourth of five books dedicated to the supernatural locales of the Exalted setting, this supplement focuses on the Underworld, land of the dead. Created by the death of Primordials in their war with the Exalted, the Underworld is now home to billions of ghosts who have escaped the Cycle of Reincarnation.
- Will the returned Solars unite to destroy it as an affront to the proper function of Creation, or will they be seduced by its dark beauty and the power its dark art of necromancy offers, becoming like the corrupt Abyssal Exalted who call the place home?
- A setting sourcebook for Exalted, Second Edition, featuring:
- Details the many nations and necropolis of the Underworld, as well as the spectral amphiskopoli of the Labyrinth.
- Presents a myriad of Underworld luminaries and plasmic creatures for use in any Exalted series
- Features everything players and Storytellers need to play series based in the land of the dead
Contents[]
Introduction[]
Chapter One: A History of the Underworld[]
Chapter Two: The Heart of the Underworld[]
Chapter Three: Roots and Leaves[]
Chapter Four: Dust and Ashes[]
Chapter Five: Night Tides[]
Chapter Six: Stone Houses[]
Chapter Seven: The Labyrinth[]
Chapter Eight: Underworld Antagonists[]
Background Information[]
Memorable Quotes[]
Characters[]
- The Dual Monarchs
- Usine, the man in white
- Eset, the woman in white
- Nebthys, the woman in black
- Setesh, the man in black
- Deathlords
- The Dowager of the Irreverent Vulgate
- The First and Forsaken Lion
- Eye and Seven Despairs
- Mask of Winters
- The Walker in Darkness
- Princess Magnificent with Lips of Coral and Robes of Black Feathers
- The Bodhisattva Anointed by Dark Water, later called the Silver Prince
- The Lover Clad in the Rainment of Tears
- The Bishop of the Chalcedony Thurible
- Ghosts
- The Council of Thirteen
- The Hollow King
- Lord Stalwart
- Maru
- The Mistress with the White Hands
- Unwanted Whisper, the Orphan Queen
- The Courtier of Silk and Shadow
- The Emissary of Righteous Victory
- The Infinite Prison
- Mother Transgression
- Shogun Widowmaker
- Thrice-Dead Achiba
- Talis, the Disciple of Slumber
- Peleps Varuna, a Dragon-Blooded sorceress
- Devlin, the Somber Gray
- Seven Murders' Son
- Never-Ending Silence
- The Council of Thirteen
- Exalted
- Son of Crows, secret deathknight of the Princess Magnificent
- Ebon Siaka, Abyssal servant of the Silver Prince
- Moray Darktide, Solar servant of the Silver Prince
- The Green Lady, Sidereal ally of several Deathlords
References[]
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