Summary[]
From the White Wolf catalog:
- Hope Lies Between the Worlds...
- 500 years ago, sorcerers came from across the world to meet in a place that did not exist on Earth. Their sanctuary, built by magick alone, floating between what was and what was willed to be. That sanctuary was called Horizon. There the Council of Nine Mystic Traditions gathered, and they still do even in these twilight times.
- Sadly, all is not well. Today, intrigue stalks Horizon's halls as the poisoned politics of Doissetep creep through Council chambers. Unlucky visitors or meddling insiders may discover the truth behind an old saying: "When a glass falls in Horizon, all wizards feel its impact."
- ...If Wisdom Triumphs Over Pride!
- Horizon: Stronghold of Hope presents a background for Mage chronicles, a magickal Otherworld where ages-old mysticks plot humanity's future... and their own!
- Horizon: The Stronghold of Hope includes:
- Rules and hints for running archmage characters;
- Options for visitors, consors, and infiltrators of all kinds;
- An inside look at the Council of Traditions.
Contents[]
Introduction[]
Chapter One: Stations of the Realm[]
Written by Allen Varney with Beth Fischi. Transcripts made by Dante's first trip to Horizon, accompanied by a Hollow One named Nile.
Chapter Two: History[]
Written by Beth Fischi. Briefly recounts the long, sad story of Horizon's Fall, Winter and Spring seasons.
Chapter Three: The Realm[]
Written by Beth Fischi. Describes Horizon's geography, inhabitants, defenses and politics.
Chapter Four: Storytelling[]
Written by Allen Varney with Beth Fischi and Chris Hind. Suggests how to use Horizon in your chronicle.
Chapter Five: Characters[]
Written by Beth Fischi. Offers a range of characters your players might meet in the Realm.
- Council Guards - Stats
- Typical Consor - Stats
- Apprentice - Stats
- Adept - Stats
- Master - Stats
- Archmage - Stats
Appendix: The Weight of Centuries[]
Written by Ethan Skemp. Tells how to create characters of Adept or archmage rank.
- Rotes of Immortality
- Shed the Years (
Prime, Entropy, Life, Mind, Time) - Serenity of the Stone ( Prime, Time, Entropy, Life, Mind)
- Shed the Years (
- New Merits & Flaws
- Grand Reputation (5 pt Merit)
- Years of Wisdom (5 pt Merit)
- Powerful Allies (5-8 pt Merit)
- Pawns (8-15 pt Merit)
- Student's Reputation (2 pt Merit or 2 pt Flaw)
- Chronic Pain (2 pt Flaw)
- Wistful (2 pt Flaw)
- Senile (5 pt Flaw)
- Rivalry (3-5 pt Flaw)
- Immortal Enemy (5-8 pt Flaw)
Background Information[]
- Special Dedications are made to Sam Chupp (Who laid the foundation for Horizon), Chris Hind (Whose name fell through the cracks on Mage Second Edition. I'm sorry, Chris!), and to the Vampire: The Dark Ages crew, especially Jen and Larry.
- The ad at the back of the book is for The Book of Worlds.
Memorable Quotes[]
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Characters[]
- Chapter One: Stations of the Realm
- Porthos Fitz-Empress - Society of Pymander honorary member
- Dante
- "Nile," Mary Elizabeth Frances Wentworth - Hollow One, Dante's apprentice
- Master Elihu Witz - Celestial Chorus
- Master Phuttaison - Mage
- Lady Agatha Marsh - Euthanatos Master
- Prokaryote
- Hannah Landless
- Nightshade
- Master Prambanan - Euthanatos
- Master Sapachai Phuttaisong - Akashic Brother
- Master Baldric LaSalle
- Louis DuMonte
- Master Liao Caoxequin - Order of Hermes, Died
- Jaime Caliente - Mage
- Alexis Hastings
- Dr. Bridges - Paradigma Editor
- Mark Hallward Gillan
- Master Walter Thrun - Glass Eye cabal
- Richard Somnitz
- Grand Harvester
- Helferna-Coron - Umbrood Preceptor, "of the Nine Copper Legs"
- Master Caeron Mustai
- Julianno Galbrese - From Doissetep, Hermetic Mage, Glass Eye cabal
- "Sha'ir" - Mage, Code Name
- Chapter Two: History
- Priabpan Punyabukkana - Adept, Cult of Ecstasy, Fresh Wind Covenant member
- Valoran
- Kalas Jnana - Ecstatic acolyte
- Sh'zar the Seer
- Star-of-Eagles
- Ali-beh-shaar
- Naioba
- Chalech
- Diplomate Luis
- Wu Jin
- Urúshlakg'run - Umbral Lord
- Qi-Nagi - Nightshade's apprentice, Died
- Ch'ikch'h'ljkla - Legion of Parasites
- Dom Horenzio - Master of Time, Died
- Heylel
- Master Paracelsus - Master, Order of Hermes
- Chapter Three: The Realm
- Shahazir - Sea-Wyrm
- Karl Magnussen - Master, Hermetic Mage, Society of Pymander member
- Ka'anshi - Voidlife
- Juash - Jellyfish
- Brother Cheng Sa - Mage
- Sarnath - Winged Serpent
- Rain Stonefoot - Innkeeper of the Walking Buffalo Hogan
- Helena Wingstag - Rain Stonefoot's Wife
- Anania Divraniya - Hermetic Master, Order of Sanguine Souls member
- Henri Angoulême - Hermetic, Went into a permanent Quiet
- Keyall - Mage
- al-Hashim - Mage
- Danga - Gecko Familiar
- Croesius - Sphinx, Master Sao Cristavao's Familiar
- Igtukra the Unbridled
- Dr. Amadeus Backthwaite - Etherite
- Cabals
- Order of Sanguine Souls
- X - Master, Virtual Adept
- Hyeguk Sŭnim - Master, Akashic Brotherhood
- Dyson Srongan - Master, Akashic Brotherhood
- The Medeans
- Leif Dinesen - Master, Order of Hermes
- Kyla Harrod - Master, Son of Ether
- Julius Breslouf - Master, Celestial Chorus
- Yoshiaki Yamamoto - Adept, Akashic Brotherhood
- The Cleisthenic Clinic
- Swimming Trout - Master, Akashic Brotherhood
- Aram Marangoudakis - Master, Order of Hermes
- Hasmig Salibian - Adept, Euthanatos
- Fresh Wind Covenant
- Diana Beals - Adept, Verbena
- Fatima Alzarahni - Master, Celestial Chorus
- Beth "Rising Moon" Thomas - Adept, Dreamspeaker
- The Sodality of Zetetics
- Haskell Cohen - Master, Celestial Chorus
- Auris Galina Gritsenko - Master, Order of Hermes
- Naveed Yousef - Master, Akashic Brotherhood
- Margaret Storch - Adept, Euthanatos
- Devane Carbeau - Adept, Sons of Ether
- The Society of Pymander
- Carina Olmez - Master, Celestial Chorus
- Austin Renton - Master, Dreamspeaker
- Victoria Sacks - Adept, Order of Hermes
- Stig Olssen - Adept, Order of Hermes
- Circle of Artemis
- Sugar O'Hare - Master, Cult of Ecstasy
- Isis Windsong - Master, Verbena
- Juliette Amber - Master, Verbena
- Laird Mack - Master, Virtual Adept
- Toshiro Saito - Master, Dreamspeaker
- Servitors Principal
- Amyn Kassim-Lakha - Adept, Akashic Brotherhood
- Archana Naham - Adept, Celestial Chorus
- Valarie Seaburg - Adept, Cult of Ecstasy
- Tuya "Dancing Bird" Brownman - Adept, Dreamspeaker
- Francis Trask - Adept, Euthanatos
- Sang Ngoc Tran - Adept, Son of Ether
- Neal B. Birch - Adept, Verbena
- Rich Carrasco - Adept, Virtual Adept
- Order of Sanguine Souls
- Cabals
- Chapter Four: Storytelling
- Mildred Dunning-White - Verbena coven leader of Sussex
- Sarraju Narimpalli - Euthanatos
- Takashi Irakamura - Euthanatos
- Henry Ouyang Chang, "Enrico" - Adept
- Captain Feedback
- Susann Gwynne - Hermetic Apprentice
- Eiji (Edge) Yamakawa - Akashic Brother
- Chapter Five: Characters
- Hyemyŏng Sŭnim
- Najjda Bantu
- Father deGama - Celestial Chorus, Died
- Marianna of Balador
- Hapsburg - Orphan
- Tom "Laughing Eagle" Smithson
- Indrani Taktsang
- Getulio Vargas São Cristóvão
- Julian Spence
- Dr. Solomon Hale - Son of Ether
- Lady Charlotte Quay
- Roger Thackery
- Master Archivist Nicodemus Mulhouse
- Master Peperian of Criamon
- Zvolen Lucenik - Custos, Former Ghoul, Healed of Ghoul status by Nightshade
- Lord Halifax - Son of Ether, Master
- Janos Sturvik - Hermetic Adept, Primary Servitors Principal member
- Rollo Benn - Zvolen's Steward
- Abbon Ta - Aeon, Spirit
- Guardians
- Appendix: The Weight of Centuries
- Senex
- Tommy Dragonjaws - Akashic Brother
- Roark McHenry - Verbena
Terminology[]
10th Seat, 338 BCE, 697, 707, 708, 1100, 1210, 1325, 1330, 1331, 1400, 1420, 1440, 1442, 1447, 1448, 1449, 1450, 1451, 1452, 1453, 1454, 1455, 1456, 1457, 1464, 1466, 1467, 1468, 1470, 1471, 1475, 1477, 1478, 1482, 1490, 1500, 1525, 1535, 1542, 1563, 1564, 1570, 1577, 1578, 1579, 1610, 1612, 1623, 1624, 1625, 1626, 1654, 1655, 1657, 1672, 1700, 1712, 1714, 1735, 1736, 1750, 1752, 1753, 1756, 1800, 1825, 1834, 1846, 1850, 1872, 1877, 1879, 1884, 1895, 1896, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1920, 1932, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, Acolyte, Adept, Adjutants, Agarta, Ahl-i-Batin, Alaska, Ambassador Program, Ambassadors' Quarters, Amendments, Ancient's Cave, Apprentice, April 30, Arcadia Gateway, Archmage, The Arch of Hypnos, Arci Intorti (Spiral Arches), Arcturis, Artificers, Ascension War, Auspicious Heron Chantry, Australia, Autumn Circle, Ayer's Rock (Uluru), Balador, Bancaern, Battle of Flames, Battle of Pavia, Brazil, Britain, Bygone, Cabal (Order of Sanguine Souls, The Medeans, The Cleisthenic Clinic (Brotherhood of Cleisthenics), Fresh Wind Covenant, The Sodality of Zetetics, The Society of Pymander, Circle of Artemis, Servitors Principal, Friends of the Soul, Bold Searchers, Glass Eye, First Cabal, Cabala de los Cuatro Vientos, Ansaz-wi (defunct)), Caernaeth Castle, Cal Ladeim, Cape Town, Cascades Region, Certámen, Chalice Hill, Chantry, Chantry Balador, Chantry Mlada, Chantry Relampago, Chapel of the Sun, Chieng Mai, City of Concordia, City Dome, City of Harmony, Clarion, Cloud 9, Cloudship (Ether Cannons, Entropic Torpedoes, Time Harpoons, Hyperspeed Steam Engine, Battle Gate), Coincidental Magick, Co-location Museum of Living Artifacts, Compact of Callias, Concordia, Consor, Consul, Council Archives, Council Chamber, Council of Nine, Craftmasons, Cultists of Bacchus, Crystal Bastion, Crystal Palace, Custos, Dachau, "Daggits" (Defensive Anti-Grav Teleportation Devices), Daroum, "Days of Exchange," December 15, Declaration of Council, Diamond Wall, Dijiionondo-wanenake Dreamspeakers, Doissetep, Dome of the Golden Eye Construct, Dr. Seuss' Purple Woobenhoomper Sleds (10 N, or two Q/hour), Drua'shi, Dvorec Cvervinsk, East Crystal Bastion, Electrodyne Engineers, El Dorado (Realm), Ephemera, Essonne, Europe, Fae, Familiar, Fenestrae, Fenestra Inferorum (Spectral Window), Festivals: Great Horizon Festival, Petal-Queen Festival, Festival of Light, Feast of Blades, Griffin Rodeo; Finland, The Fragile Path, France, Gaia's Vortex, Gate of Correspondence, Gate of Entropy, Gate of Forces, Gate of Life, Gate of Matter, Gate of Mind, Gate of Prime, Gate of Spirit, Gauntlet, Gilgul, Glacial Pools, Glastonbury Tor, Golden Eagle Pylon, Graftenburg's Retreat ("Doc Frankenstein's Place"), Grand Convocation, Gravsten Isle, Great Rift, Great Salt Lake, Grievance Committee, Guardian, Haiti, Hall of Archives, Hall of Bliss, Hall of Clan Mothers, Hall of Ether, Hall of Garlands, Hall of LaSalle, Hall of Pines, Hall of Souls, Hall of the Sun, Himalayas, Hollow World, Hope Niche, Horizon, Horizon Chronicle, Horizon Range, Horizon Surveillance Barracks, Huayna Picchu, Idrinios Tor, Inner Courtyard, Janua Sapientiae, Janissaries, July 11, June 1, Kanisa wa Kweli (Temple of Truth), Kansas, Katakana Isle, Kauai, Keyhole Pass, Kurukulai Isle, Liathghorm Isle, Lyonnesse, Machapuchare, Marabout, March of Nine, Master, MECHA, Meeting Hall, Menehune, Miami, Middle East, Miracle Pool, Mistridge Covenant, Mistridge Tribunal, Moose Jaw Cemetery, Msangesi, Mt. Apollo, Mt. Cyrillon, Mt. Napaliki, "Mudroom," Mythic Ages, Nemi Lake, Node (Dragons of Guilin, Nanjing, China, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, San Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome, Gediz Caves, Izmir, Turkey, Araxerxes' Court, Persepolis (Iran), Library of Alexandria, Carthage, Midan saad Zaghloul, Loch Neagh, Ireland, Thomas Edison's Lab, New Jersey, Digital Web, Canyon of Qu'Dali (Lost), Scylla, Charibdes), North America, Northern Lights, Northern Timber Forests, Null-B, Oasis of Farakla, October 27, Olympic National Forest, Oracle, Orbis Finiens, Order of Reason, Oubliette, Paradigma, Pax ("The Arm of Peace"), Peace Tribunal, Penumbra, Peru, Pink Petal Grove, Placere, Porhov Inn, Portals (aka "The Ways," Atropos, Clotho, Lachesis), Portugal, Posht, Prague, Primi, Protocols, Qi-Nagi, Râs Juwani, Realm, Reconciliation Day, Red Griffin Inn, Reguli, Regulus Regionis (Chief of the Ward), The Resolutions, Resonance, Rio de Janiero, Robur ("The Arm of Strength"), Ruby Slipper Transporters (20 N, or four Q/day), Saelie's Island, Sahajiya, Saxum Oculorum ("Rock of Eyes"), Seats of Power, Second Mistridge Tribunal, Seers of Chronos, Seliz, September 16, Shadowmere Copse, Shanghai, Shard Realm of Forces, The Sites Guide by Nichodemus Mulhouse, Siúinéir, Sleeping Giant Inlets, Songgwang-sa Meditation Temple (Taeo "Great Awakening" Temple), Spain, Sphere Level 6, Spirit, Spirit (MTAs), Spy's Demise, Sruth na Mbláth (Pleasure Gardens), Stonehenge, Stone of Tongues, Subrealms (Sambo Chongch'al (P'opho, Bodhi, Oeho, T'ongdo-sa, Haein-sa, Songgwang-sa), Sanctified Penétralia of the Collegia Doctrina Soteriologica, Shivakti, Turtle Council House (Olodumare, Boolarung, Wolf, Python, Gecko, Golden Stool of Osei Tutu, Kunnaloo Rock, Kungaloo Rock), Vajra, Enochia bá Pymandre (Antiquarium Hermeticorum, Library of Horizon, Hall of Philosophers, Arch of Tytalus, Tomb of the Scytians, Triclinium of Mithras, Mausoleum of LaSalle), Horizon Laboratory (Skydome), Hanging Gardens of Horizon (Cave of Druids, Willow Pond, Grove of Unicorns, Misty Brakes, Umbral Tidepool), Crashspace), Summer Grove Realm, Table Cenacle, Talisman Caveat, Technocratic World Advisory Council, Tellurian, Thailand, Tiered Gardens of Life, Timestop Board, Timestop Labs, Tomb of Ancients, Trans-Umbral Calling Card, Tribe in Greenwich Village (Hollow Ones), Tribunal, Tribunal of Recruitment, Trinitè, Triton's Deep, Triton's Necklace, Tzimisce, Ulyssess, Umbra, Umbrae, Umbrood, "Urgency" (Time Spell), Vajra Teahouse, Voduval (Drink), Wahat al Farakhilah, Walking Buffalo Hogan, "Wards," Washington, Wat Suan Dok, West Delta Transport Company (Hermetic-run front), Winged Mount Rides (20 N, or four Q/day), Wisdom's Seal, Yoked Steer, Zhi-Daroum,
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