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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, 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

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

Anguo Chun, The Righteous Devils of Kowloon
An Sheng, The Righteous Devils of Kowloon
Bai Chen, The Righteous Devils of Kowloon
Bao Qun, member of the Victorious Whirlwinds
Bing Kai, member of the Victorious Whirlwinds
Bishamon Kazuko, Japanese
Fen Jin, Akuma, the Bone Web
Gan Shuo, Akuma, The Bone Web
Huan Hai, Leader of the Sublime Caretakers
Jun Yow, leader of the Victorious Whirlwinds
Kiosho Masahiro, Japanese Genji; owner of Kiosho Technologies.
Lang Shan
Lao Chi, heimin
Liu Shao, member of the Sublime Caretakers
Mao Lun, The Righteous Devils of Kowloon
Nuan Mei, heimin
Mona Ying, member of the Sublime Caretakers

Kindred

Stephen Bateson, Tzimisce masquerading as Tremere
Clive Cooper, Nosferatu
Gwendolyn Fleming, Toreador Primogen
Oliver Thrace, Tremere Regent
Camille T'sien, Ventrue; childe of Robert Pedder
Wan Zhu, Tremere; childe of Oliver Thrace

Garou/Shapechangers

Brian Ang, Nezumi (Ratkin)
Ling Chu, Khan
Shui Fang, Zhong Lung Mokolé
Gao Kui, Khan
Chika Masato, Japanese Ronin; Shadow Lord Hakken
Qian Shi, Goblin Spider
Kintaro Tanijiro, Japanese Ronin; Shadow Lord Hakken
Dong Tao, Zhong Lung Mokolé
Jo Wu, Glass Walkers; member of the Sept of the Universal Trade
Zhan Xue, Stargazers
Wu Yong, Glass Walkers Iron Ghost; member of the Sept of the Universal Trade

Mages

Pavithra Adri, Iteration X; Pearl Paradigm Construct
Simone Carsweld, Syndicate; Pearl Paradigm Construct
Lorenco Gil, Progenitors; Pearl Paradigm Construct
Ji Pa, Wu-Keng
Lian Ting, Akashic Brotherhood
Ming Hu, Wu Lung
Neng Shou, Syndicate; Pearl Paradigm Construct
Ru Mang, Euthanatos barabbi
Kito Sullivan, Virtual Adepts

Fae

Yao Lie, Kamuri, Chu Jung (Fire-Spirit)
Miao Min, Sun Hou Tzu (Monkey King)
Bian Tu, Chu-ih-yu (Fae Crafter)
Dai Yun, Heng Po (Storm Children)

Wraith

Others

Merit-neferu, Mummy; also known as Michaela Neff and Shemsu-heru, Vizier of Asia
Nian Shun, Mummy
Ren Wei, Shih demon hunter
Shizuko Kokoshin, Famed Sheh Hunter

Terminology

Tatsuko Sayo, the Dragon of the Night

Previous release: WOD: World of Darkness: Sorcerer	Game Books World of Darkness books Vampire: The Masquerade books	Next release: WOD: World of Darkness: Demon Hunter X
Previous release: VTM: Cities of Darkness Volume 3		Next release: VTM: Giovanni Chronicles III: The Sun Has Set

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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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+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==
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 ==Characters==
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 * [[Anguo Chun]], The [[Righteous Devils of Kowloon]]
 * [[An Sheng]], The Righteous Devils of Kowloon
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 * [[Mona Ying]], member of the Sublime Caretakers
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 * [[Stephen Bateson]], [[Tzimisce]] masquerading as [[Tremere (VTM)|Tremere]]
 * [[Clive Cooper]], [[Nosferatu (VTM)|Nosferatu]]
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 * [[Wan Zhu]], Tremere; childe of [[Oliver Thrace]]
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 * [[Ling Chu]], [[Khan]]
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 * [[Wu Yong]], Glass Walkers Iron Ghost; member of the Sept of the Universal Trade
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 * [[Simone Carsweld]], [[Syndicate]]; Pearl Paradigm Construct
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 * [[Kito Sullivan]], [[Virtual Adepts]]
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 * [[Yao Lie]], Kamuri, Chu Jung (Fire-Spirit)
 * [[Miao Min]], Sun Hou Tzu (Monkey King)
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 * [[Dai Yun]], Heng Po (Storm Children)
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 * [[Da Nan]]
 * [[Duncan Gordon]]
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 * [[Kun Su]], Protector of Hong Kong
 * [[Melody Trelawny]]
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 * [[Merit-neferu]], [[Mummy (WOD)|Mummy]]; also known as Michaela Neff and Shemsu-heru, Vizier of Asia
 * [[Nian Shun]], Mummy
 * [[Ren Wei]], [[Shih]] demon hunter
+* Shizuko Kokoshin, Famed Sheh Hunter
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-Isamu Harujiro; Tatsuko Sayo, the Dragon of the Night; Shizuko Kokoshin
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Contents

Summary

Contents

Chapter One: In the Dragon's Wake

Chapter Two: The Turning of the Wheel

Chapter Three: Atop the Dragon's Back

Chapter Four: The Spirit's Children

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

Appendix: Whispered Wisdom

Background Information

Memorable Quotes

Characters

Terminology