For the Promethean: The Created book, see PTC: Saturnine Night (book) 
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Saturnine Night, from the alchemical term meaning "dark night of the soul", is the term Prometheans use to describe their existence, from creation to Mortality. During a Saturnine Night, a Promethean may attempt to earn their soul by undergoing a Pilgrimage, learning Refinements to further their Great Work, and refining the Vitriol earned by achieving milestones in special furnaces, or Athanors. If a Promethean manages to successfully achieve their goals by these and other methods, their Saturnine Night ends, and the New Dawn begins.
Stages of the Saturnine Night[]
Drawing from mortal Alchemists, poets, and his own experiences, an ancient student of Plumbum chronicled the twelve stages of the Saturnine Night. They are as follows;
- 1. Calcinatio (Oxidising): The birth of the mortal that becomes the shell.
- 2. Congelatio (Crystallisation): The development of the mortal they will one day be.
- 3. Fixatio (Fixation): The moment a mortal comes into their own.
- 4. Solutio (Dissolution): The mortal dies, releasing the body and leaving an empty vessel for the Pyros.
- 5. Digestio (Dismemberment): The preparation of the human corpse.
- 6. Distillatio (Distillation): The most precarious step of creating a Promethean, when the creator distilled some of their own Azoth into the empty corpse.
- 7. Sublimatio (Sublimation): The newly-born Promethean selects a path that will move them along their Pilgrimage.
- 8. Separatio (Separation): The Promethean doesn't fit in with mortals, supernaturals, and their own kind.
- 9. Ceratio (Tentatively Affixed): The Promethean finally finds a companion on the Saturnine Night.
- 10. Fermentatio (Fermentation): The Promethean ferments their Azoth into Vitriol.
- 11. Multiplacatio (Multiplication): The Promethean duplicates their existence.
- 12. Projectio (Forward Projection): The Promethean gains a New Dawn and becomes human.
References[]
- PTC: Promethean: The Created Rulebook, p. 45
- PTC: Promethean: The Created Second Edition, p. 92-93