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'''''World of Darkness: Hong Kong''''' is a [[sourcebook]] for both [[Vampire: The Masquerade]] and the [[World of Darkness]] that features the city of [[Hong Kong (WOD)|Hong Kong]], now in the hands of [[China (WOD)|China]].
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==Summary==
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'''World of Darkness: Hong Kong''' is a supplement for both '''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]''' and the [[Classic World of Darkness]] that features the city of [[Hong Kong (cWOD)|Hong Kong]], now in the hands of [[China (cWOD)|China]].
  
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From the [[White Wolf]] catalog:
   
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==Summary==
  
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From the White Wolf catalog:
  
 
:'''''The Old Ways Are No More'''''
  
:'''''The Old Ways Are No More'''''
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:''Hong Kong: China &mdash; the worlds greatest bastion of capitalism is now engulfed in the coils of the Communist dragon. But more important changes are afoot in this crossroads city, where [[Kindred (VTM)|vampire]] and [[Garou|werewolf]], [[wraith|ghost]] and [[Kumo|Goblin Spider]], [[Awakened (MTAs)|mage]] and [[Mummy (cWOD)|mummy]] mingle. The future is now, and tonights deeds may lead to apocalyptic retribution in the mortal and spirit worlds alike.''
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:''[[Hong Kong (WOD)|Hong Kong]]: [[China (WOD)|China]] – the world's greatest bastion of capitalism is now engulfed in the coils of the Communist dragon. But more important changes are afoot in this crossroads city, where [[Kindred (VTM)|vampire]] and [[Garou|werewolf]], [[wraith|ghost]] and [[Kumo|Goblin Spider]], [[Mage (MTAs)|mage]] and [[Mummy (WOD)|mummy]] mingle. The future is now, and tonight's deeds may lead to apocalyptic retribution in the mortal and spirit worlds alike.''
   
 
:'''''The End of the World Begins Tonight'''''
  
:'''''The End of the World Begins Tonight'''''
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:'''''World of Darkness: Hong Kong''' is a city book that describes the unique and deadly metropolis of Hong Kong. This volume includes a never-before-seen mix of all character types, from vampires to wraiths to mages. All have their roles to play in the spirits game.''
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:'''World of Darkness: Hong Kong''''' is a city book that describes the unique and deadly metropolis of Hong Kong. This volume includes a never-before-seen mix of all character types, from vampires to wraiths to mages. All have their roles to play in the spirits game.''
   
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:'''World of Darkness: Hong Kong''''' includes:''
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===Chapter One: In the Dragon's Wake===
  
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:*''A setting in which characters of all types mix and mingle''
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:*''A crossover with every [[Storyteller]] game''
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:*''A complete story that immerses characters and players in Hong Kong's supernatural culture''
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==Contents==
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This is the overview of the book. What the theme and mood of Hong Kong should be like, a quick guide on how to use the book, and background materials to check out to know more about the Island city.
  
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===Chapter One: In the Dragon's Wake===
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This is the overview of the book. What the theme and mood of [[Hong Kong (WOD)|Hong Kong]] should be like, a quick guide on how to use the book, and background materials to check out to know more about the Island city.
   
 
There is also a lexicon of common terms that could be used.
  
There is also a lexicon of common terms that could be used.
   
 
===Chapter Two: The Turning of the Wheel===
  
===Chapter Two: The Turning of the Wheel===
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The history of the Territory from its beginnings up to just after the handoff between the British government and the People's Republic of China.
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The history of the Territory from it's beginnings up to just after the handoff between the British government and the People's Republic of China.
  
   
 
===Chapter Three: Atop the Dragon's Back===
  
===Chapter Three: Atop the Dragon's Back===
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The geography of the Hong Kong region and a brief description of where the supernatural residents of the area reside.
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The geography of the Hong Kong Region and a brief description of where the supernatural residents of the area reside.
  
   
 
===Chapter Four: The Spirit's Children===
  
===Chapter Four: The Spirit's Children===
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The supernaturals that make Hong Kong their home. [[Kuei-jin]], [[Kindred (VTM)]], [[Bete]], [[Willworker]]s, [[Wraith]], and others.
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The supernaturals that make Hong Kong their home, [[Kuei-jin]], [[Kindred (VTM)|Kindred]], [[Bete]], [[Mage (MTAs)|Willworkers]], [[Wraith]], and others.
   
 
===Chapter Five: Dragon of the Night: A Story for Hong Kong===
  
===Chapter Five: Dragon of the Night: A Story for Hong Kong===
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===Appendix: Whispered Wisdom===
  
   
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==Background Information==
  
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This book is marked on the cover as '''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]''''s entry for the [[Year of the Lotus]]. However, it contains extensive information on the eastern aspects of the other Classic World of Darkness lines.
  
   
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==Memorable Quotes==
  
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Squeezed between giant antagonists crunching huge bones of contention... [Hong Kong] has achieved within its own narrow territories a co-existence which is baffling, infuriating, incomprehensible and works splendidly - on borrowed tie in a borrowed place.
  
   
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A wonderous magical weapon, a katana orginating in the Fourth Age, has arrived in Hong Kong.  The player characters get involved in the machinations of the sword and with the various factions who seek control over it.
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- ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Suyin Han Suyin]''
  
   
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===Appendix: Whispered Wisdom===
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In Hong Kong, the fix is in, and the nature of this fix is clear and grim. The men who are in the business of dictating business will not get in the way of the men who are in the business of simply dictating, and vice versa.
  
   
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-Stan Sesser, "Hong Kong Betrayed?" in ''[http://www.newrepublic.com The New Republic]''
  
   
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Notes on the Yin and Yang Worlds and about Tatsuko Sayo, the Dragon of the Night.
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O sea-wet rock thronged, thronged and swarming with hunger and misery and wealth and want and abundance and waste, vice and purity and corruption and law and justice and privilege, charities and private property and Monopoly and Big Business and rackets and tuberculosis and beauty and horror; ...deep-roaring, bustling eternal market Hong Kong; where life and love and souls and blood and all things made and grown under the sun are bought and sold and smuggled and squandered...
  
   
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==Background Information==
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- Han Suyin, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Many-Splendoured_Thing A Many Splendoured Thing]''
  
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This book is marked on the cover as [[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'s entry for the [[Year of the Lotus]]. However, it contains extensive information on the eastern aspects of the other World of Darkness lines.
   
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==Memorable Quotes==
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China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she awakens, she will astonish the world.
  
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"Squeezed between giant antagonists crunching huge bones of contention... [Hong Kong] has achieved within its own narrow territories a co-existence which is baffling, infuriating, incomprehensible and works splendidly – on borrowed tie in a borrowed place."<br />
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— {{w|Han Suyin}}
   
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"In Hong Kong, the fix is in, and the nature of this fix is clear and grim. The men who are in the business of dictating business will not get in the way of the men who are in the business of simply dictating, and vice versa."<br />
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- ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon Napoleon]''
  
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— Stan Sesser, "Hong Kong Betrayed?" in ''[http://www.newrepublic.com The New Republic]''
   
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"O sea-wet rock thronged, thronged and swarming with hunger and misery and wealth and want and abundance and waste, vice and purity and corruption and law and justice and privilege, charities and private property and Monopoly and Big Business and rackets and tuberculosis and beauty and horror; ...deep-roaring, bustling eternal market Hong Kong; where life and love and souls and blood and all things made and grown under the sun are bought and sold and smuggled and squandered..."<br />
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==Characters==
  
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— Han Suyin, ''{{w|A Many Splendoured Thing}}''
   
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"China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she awakens, she will astonish the world."<br />
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===[[Kuei-jin]]===
  
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— {{w|Napoleon}}
   
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[[Anguo Chun]], The Righteous Devils of Kowloon
  
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; [[Kuei-jin]]
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* [[Anguo Chun]], The [[Righteous Devils of Kowloon]]
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* [[An Sheng]], The Righteous Devils of Kowloon
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* [[Bai Chen]], The Righteous Devils of Kowloon
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* [[Bao Qun]], member of the [[Victorious Whirlwinds]]
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* [[Bing Kai]], member of the Victorious Whirlwinds
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* [[Bishamon Kazuko]], Japanese
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* [[Fen Jin]], [[Akuma (KOTE)|Akuma]], the Bone Web
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* [[Gan Shuo]], Akuma, The Bone Web
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* [[Huan Hai]], Leader of the Sublime Caretakers
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* [[Jun Yow]], leader of the Victorious Whirlwinds
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* [[Kiosho Masahiro]], Japanese Genji; owner of Kiosho Technologies.
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* [[Lang Shan]]
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* [[Lao Chi]], [[heimin]]
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* [[Liu Shao]], member of the Sublime Caretakers
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* [[Mao Lun]], The Righteous Devils of Kowloon
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* [[Nuan Mei]], heimin
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* [[Mona Ying]], member of the Sublime Caretakers
   
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; [[Kindred (VTM)|Kindred]]
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[[An Sheng]], The Righteous Devils of Kowloon
  
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* [[Stephen Bateson]], [[Tzimisce]] masquerading as [[Tremere (VTM)|Tremere]]
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* [[Clive Cooper]], [[Nosferatu (VTM)|Nosferatu]]
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* [[Gwendolyn Fleming]], [[Toreador (VTM)|Toreador]] Primogen
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* [[Oliver Thrace]], Tremere [[Regent (Tremere)|Regent]]
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* [[Camille T'sien]], [[Ventrue (VTM)|Ventrue]]; childe of [[Robert Pedder]]
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* [[Wan Zhu]], Tremere; childe of [[Oliver Thrace]]
   
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; [[Garou]]/[[Fera|Shapechangers]]
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[[Bai Chen]], The Righteous Devils of Kowloon
  
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* [[Brian Ang]], [[Nezumi]] ([[Ratkin]])
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* [[Ling Chu]], [[Khan]]
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* [[Shui Fang]], Zhong Lung [[Mokolé]]
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* [[Gao Kui]], Khan
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* [[Chika Masato]], Japanese [[Ronin (WTA)|Ronin]]; [[Shadow Lord]] [[Hakken]]
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* [[Qian Shi]], [[Kumo|Goblin Spider]]
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* [[Kintaro Tanijiro]], Japanese Ronin; Shadow Lord Hakken
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* [[Dong Tao]], Zhong Lung Mokolé
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* [[Jo Wu]], [[Glass Walkers]]; member of the [[Sept of the Universal Trade]]
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* [[Zhan Xue]], [[Stargazers]]
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* [[Wu Yong]], Glass Walkers Iron Ghost; member of the Sept of the Universal Trade
   
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; [[Mage (MTAs)|Mages]]
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[[Bao Qun]], member of the Victorious Whirlwinds
  
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* [[Pavithra Adri]], [[Iteration X]]; [[Pearl Paradigm]] [[Construct (MTAs)|Construct]]
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* [[Simone Carsweld]], [[Syndicate]]; Pearl Paradigm Construct
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* [[Lorenco Gil]], [[Progenitors (MTAs)|Progenitors]]; Pearl Paradigm Construct
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* [[Ji Pa]], [[Wu-Keng]]
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* [[Lian Ting]], [[Akashic Brotherhood]]
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* [[Ming Hu]], [[Wu Lung]]
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* [[Neng Shou]], Syndicate; Pearl Paradigm Construct
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* [[Ru Mang]], [[Euthanatos]] [[barabbi]]
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* [[Kito Sullivan]], [[Virtual Adepts]]
   
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; [[Fae (CTD)|Fae]]
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[[Bing Kai]], member of the Victorious Whirlwinds
  
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* [[Yao Lie]], Kamuri, Chu Jung (Fire-Spirit)
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* [[Miao Min]], Sun Hou Tzu (Monkey King)
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* [[Bian Tu]], Chu-ih-yu (Fae Crafter)
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* [[Dai Yun]], Heng Po (Storm Children)
   
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; [[Wraith]]
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[[Bishamon Kazuko]], Japanese
  
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* [[Da Nan]]
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* [[Duncan Gordon]]
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* [[Kuan Hui]]
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* [[Kun Su]], Protector of Hong Kong
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* [[Melody Trelawny]]
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* [[Isamu Harujiro]]
   
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[[Fen Jin]], [[Akuma (KOTE)]], The Bone Web
  
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* [[Merit-neferu]], [[Mummy (WOD)|Mummy]]; also known as Michaela Neff and Shemsu-heru, Vizier of Asia
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* [[Nian Shun]], Mummy
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* [[Ren Wei]], [[Shih]] demon hunter
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* Shizuko Kokoshin, Famed Sheh Hunter
   
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[[Gan Shuo]], [[Akuma (KOTE)]], The Bone Web
  
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[[Tatsuko Sayo, the Dragon of the Night]]
   
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[[Jun Yow]], leader of the Victorious Whirlwinds
  
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[[Kiosho Masahiro]], Japanese [[Genji]]; owner of Kiosho Technologies.
  
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[[Lang Shan]]
  
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[[Lao Chi]], [[heimin]]
  
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[[Liu Shao]], member of the Sublime Cartakers
  
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[[Mao Lun]], The Righteous Devils of Kowloon
  
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[[Nuan Mei]], [[heimin]]
  
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[[Mona Ying]], member of the Sublime Caretakers
  
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===[[Kindred (VTM)]]===
  
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[[Stephen Bateson]], [[Tzimisce]] masquerading as [[Tremere (VTM)]]
  
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[[Clive Cooper]], [[Nosferatu (VTM)]]
  
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[[Gwendolyn Fleming]], [[Toreador (VTM)]] Primogen
  
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[[Oliver Thrace]], [[Tremere (VTM)]] [[Regent (Tremere)]]
  
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[[Camille T'sien]], [[Ventrue (VTM)]]; childe of [[Robert Pedder]]
  
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[[Wan Zhu]], [[Tremere (VTM)]]; childe of [[Oliver Thrace]]
  
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===[[Garou]]/Shapechangers===
  
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[[Brian Ang]], [[Nezumi]] ([[Ratkin]])
  
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[[Ling Chu]], [[Khan]]
  
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[[Shui Fang]], [[Zhong Lung]] [[Mokolé]]
  
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[[Gao Kui]], [[Khan]]
  
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[[Chika Masato]], Japanese [[Ronin (WTA)]]; [[Shadow Lords]] [[Hakken]]
  
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[[Kintaro Tanijiro]], Japanese [[Ronin (WTA)]]; [[Shadow Lords]] [[Hakken]]
  
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[[Dong Tao]], [[Zhong Lung]] [[Mokolé]]
  
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[[Jo Wu]], [[Glass Walkers]]; member of the Sept of the Universal Trade.
  
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[[Zhan Xue]], [[Stargazers]]
  
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[[Wu Yong]], [[Glass Walkers]] Iron Ghost; member of the Sept of the Universal Trade
  
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===[[Mages (oWOD)]]===
  
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[[Pavithra Adri]], [[Iteration X]]; [[Pearl Paradigm]] [[Construct (MTAs)]]
  
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[[Simone Carsweld]], [[Syndicate]]; [[Pearl Paradigm]] [[Construct (MTAs)]]
  
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[[Lorenco Gil]], [[Progenitors (MTAs)]]; [[Pearl Paradigm]] [[Construct (MTAs)]]
  
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[[Ji Pa]], [[Wu-Keng]]
  
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[[Lian Ting]], [[Akashic Brotherhood]]
  
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[[Ming Hu]], [[Wu Lung]]
  
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[[Neng Shou]], [[Syndicate]]; [[Pearl Paradigm]] [[Construct (MTAs)]]
  
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[[Kito Sullivan]], [[Virtual Adepts]]
  
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===[[Fae (CTD)]]===
  
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[[Bian Tu]], [[Chu-ih-yu (Fae Crafter)]]
  
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[[Dai Yun]], [[Heng Po (Storm Children)]]
  
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[[Miao Min]], [[Sun Hou Tzu (Monkey King)]]
  
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===[[Wraith]]===
  
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[[Da Nan]]
  
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[[Duncan Gordon]]
  
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[[Kuan Hui]]
  
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[[Kun Su]]
  
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[[Melody Trelawny]], [[Stygia (cWOD)]]
  
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===Others===
  
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[[Merit-neferu]], [[Mummy]]; also known as Michaela Neff and Shemsu-heru vizier of Asia
  
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[[Nian Shun]], [[Mummy]]
  
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[[Ren Wei]], [[Shih]] demon hunter
  
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Revision as of 18:30, 6 December 2019

World of Darkness: Hong Kong is a sourcebook for both Vampire: The Masquerade and the World of Darkness that features the city of Hong Kong, now in the hands of China.

Summary

From the White Wolf catalog:

The Old Ways Are No More
Hong Kong: China – the world's greatest bastion of capitalism is now engulfed in the coils of the Communist dragon. But more important changes are afoot in this crossroads city, where vampire and werewolf, ghost and Goblin Spider, mage and mummy mingle. The future is now, and tonight's deeds may lead to apocalyptic retribution in the mortal and spirit worlds alike.
The End of the World Begins Tonight
World of Darkness: Hong Kong is a city book that describes the unique and deadly metropolis of Hong Kong. This volume includes a never-before-seen mix of all character types, from vampires to wraiths to mages. All have their roles to play in the spirits game.
World of Darkness: Hong Kong includes:
  • A setting in which characters of all types mix and mingle
  • A crossover with every Storyteller game
  • A complete story that immerses characters and players in Hong Kong's supernatural culture

Contents

Chapter One: In the Dragon's Wake

This is the overview of the book. What the theme and mood of Hong Kong should be like, a quick guide on how to use the book, and background materials to check out to know more about the Island city.

There is also a lexicon of common terms that could be used.

Chapter Two: The Turning of the Wheel

The history of the Territory from its beginnings up to just after the handoff between the British government and the People's Republic of China.

Chapter Three: Atop the Dragon's Back

The geography of the Hong Kong region and a brief description of where the supernatural residents of the area reside.

Chapter Four: The Spirit's Children

The supernaturals that make Hong Kong their home, Kuei-jin, Kindred, Bete, Willworkers, Wraith, and others.

Chapter Five: Dragon of the Night: A Story for Hong Kong

A wonderous magical weapon, a katana orginating in the Fourth Age, has arrived in Hong Kong.  The player characters get involved in the machinations of the sword and with the various factions who seek control over it.

Appendix: Whispered Wisdom

Notes on the Yin and Yang Worlds and about Tatsuko Sayo, the Dragon of the Night.

Background Information

This book is marked on the cover as Vampire: The Masquerade's entry for the Year of the Lotus. However, it contains extensive information on the eastern aspects of the other World of Darkness lines.

Memorable Quotes

"Squeezed between giant antagonists crunching huge bones of contention... [Hong Kong] has achieved within its own narrow territories a co-existence which is baffling, infuriating, incomprehensible and works splendidly – on borrowed tie in a borrowed place."
— Han Suyin

"In Hong Kong, the fix is in, and the nature of this fix is clear and grim. The men who are in the business of dictating business will not get in the way of the men who are in the business of simply dictating, and vice versa."
— Stan Sesser, "Hong Kong Betrayed?" in The New Republic

"O sea-wet rock thronged, thronged and swarming with hunger and misery and wealth and want and abundance and waste, vice and purity and corruption and law and justice and privilege, charities and private property and Monopoly and Big Business and rackets and tuberculosis and beauty and horror; ...deep-roaring, bustling eternal market Hong Kong; where life and love and souls and blood and all things made and grown under the sun are bought and sold and smuggled and squandered..."
— Han Suyin, A Many Splendoured Thing

"China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she awakens, she will astonish the world."
— Napoleon

Characters

Kuei-jin
Kindred
Garou/Shapechangers
Mages
Fae
Wraith
Others

Terminology

Tatsuko Sayo, the Dragon of the Night

Previous release:
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