World of Darkness: Tokyo is a sourcebook for World of Darkness and Wraith: The Oblivion that gives more detail on the Tokyo Necropolis and how it interacts with the Dark Kingdom of Jade. There is also information on the other creatures and factions that dwell in the city.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf catalog:
- Welcome to the Invisible City
- ...But clearly, you can see what mortals cannot, for you are one of Japan's shen – and your kind thrives in this neon labyrinth. If you wish to meet Tokyo's Restless Dead, you can, but beware the Jade Emperor's troops. Kuei-jin and Kindred circulate here as well, but take care whom you choose as friends — for you shall make powerful enemies, too. Changelings and Garou? They are here also, but meddle in their affairs at your peril. You say their whims don't concern you? You will soon learn, my friend, that in the Middle Kingdom, there is no middle ground.
- We Trust You'll Enjoy Your Stay
- From Yu Huang's minions to Western opportunists, from hengeyokai to hsien, all of Tokyo's supernatural residents are here, waiting to share their wisdom – and their appetites – with you. World of Darkness: Tokyo also contains a city guide, a history of Middle Kingdom Tokyo, and everything else you need to set a game in this mysterious metropolis. The lights of the Roppongi beckon. Will you heed them?
- World of Darkness: Tokyo includes:
- The deepest, darkest secrets of the capital city, from its shadowed past to its nightmarish futures
- Information on all supernaturals in the city, both Eastern and Western
- Maps, story ideas, and much more
Chapters[]
Prelude: Vengeance, My Love[]
A wraith seeks revenge against the policeman who brutally murdered her brother.
Introduction[]
How to use the book, both as a Wraith volume and for the other parts of the World of Darkness, along with resources and a lexicon.
- Lexicon
- Suggested Resources
- Books
- Card, Orson Scott and Ferrell, Keith, editors, Black Mist and Other Japanese Futures
- Clavell, James, Shogun and Gai-jin
- Kurosawa, Akira, Something Like an Autobiography
- Mishima, Yukio, SpringSnow
- Murakami, Haruki, The Elephant Vanishes
- Pyle, Kenneth, The Making of Modern Japan
- Saga, Dr. Junichi, Confessions of a Yakuza
- Tyler, Royall, editor, Japanese Tales
- Movies
- Mishima (1985)
- Mr. Baseball (1992)
- Pillow Book (1997)
- Ran (1985); Seven Samurai (1954)
- Stray Dog (1949)
- Books
Chapter One: Tokyo's Past[]
A complete history of Tokyo, including the influence of the kuei-jin and the arrival of the Kindred.
Chapter Two: The City Dissected[]
Tokyo and its districts today, including Ginza, Kanda, Ueno, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Shibuya, and Roppongi, as well as the Shadowlands version of the city.
Chapter Three: The Secret Players[]
The supernatural movers and shakers of Tokyo, including wraiths, Kuei-jin, Kindred, mages, hengeyokai, Garou, and fae.
Chapter Four: Weaving Unseen Webs[]
Ideas for campaigns set in Tokyo, both for wraiths and for those that crossover several game lines.
Background Information[]
- This book is marked as Wraith: The Oblivion's entry for the Year of the Lotus. However, it contains extensive information on the eastern aspects of the other World of Darkness lines, including Vampire: The Masquerade, Changeling: The Dreaming, and Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
- The book notes that Leiko was created by Mark Cenczyk.
- Ads at the back of the book include: Vampire: The Masquerade Revised, The Vampire Guides (Deluxe Slipcased Guide Set: Feb. 1999; Guide to the Camarilla: Fen. 1999; Guide to the Sabbat: Mar. 1999) and Hunter: The Reckoning (1999).
Memorable Quotes[]
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Characters[]
- Prelude
- Leiko - Wraith
- Gedde - Mortal, Leiko's older brother, Died
- Eddie Toshiro - Mortal, Officer, Died
- Chapter One: Tokyo's Past
- Chapter Two: The City Dissected
- General Shi Leong - Wraith
- Chapter Three: The Secret Players
- Wraiths (And Mortals of their Acquaintance)
- Yon-Chi
- Lieutenant Colonel Danforth Devereaux
- William "Yankee Bill" Prine
- Nori Osemi "Mama" Prine
- Emiko Kodano
- Kuei-Jin
- Kindred
- Mages
- The Traditions
- Shiro Koike
- The Technocracy
- Lynne Hayashi
- Mikhail Durubin
- Joejukishiro Watanabe
- The Crafts
- Keipizasi Deira
- Wa Reisin
- The Traditions
- Shapeshifters
- Hengeyokai
- Western Changers
- Apep-Looks-Down - A Silent Strider
- Nikolai Zaderevsky
- Fae
- Hsien
- Changelings
- Wraiths (And Mortals of their Acquaintance)
- Chapter Four: Weaving Unseen Webs
- Yu Huang - Eternal emperor of the Dark Kingdom of Jade.
- Major Anthony Wayne Pinch - Wraith, Victim to the five-story-tall poles of the Imperial Hotel
- Yintaro Koichi - Wraith, Leader of the Struggle Against the Qin
- Ryuichi Tenzo - Wraith, Leader of the Society of a Thousand Hands and Eyes
- Atama Jigoro - Kuei-jin, Path of the Thousand Whispers, Five Tails
- Omo Keoiki - Kuei-jin, Five Tails
- Kitagawa Hideo - Wraith, Leader of the Fist of Nippon
- General Ujinomo Dazedu - Wraith, Nippon Ascending, The Second Detachment
- Akihito
- Hirohito
- Jacob Lederer - Mortwight
- Tou Mu - Yama Queen
- Colonel Wing Daiya - Wraith, Jade Empire Official
- Fuji-Soul - Stone Man
- Borushima Kiro - Risen, New Suns, Inc. (Holding Company of Friendly Fish Land)
Terminology[]
Akihabra, Ancestor, Animation (Club), The Anti-Imperials, Arcanoi, Artifacts, August Personage of Jade, Bone Flowers, Brujah, Byways, Cabal of Pure Thought, Catharsis, Changeling, Chi, Citadels, Club Rebound, Conquered Territories, Conventions, Corpus, The Courtyard of Eternal Order, Crinos, Dark Kingdom of Jade, Dark Passions, Daylight Workers, Devil-Tigers, Dharma, Divine Wind, Dragon Line, Dragon Nest, Dread Militia, Dreaming Futures League (Dissolved), Elder, Feng Shui, Fifth Great Maelstrom, Fist of Nippon (Enlightenment Corps), Five Tails (Gohon Shippo; Group of different Shen), Friendly Fish Land (Theme Park), Futatsu Atama uji (Genji Family), Gabrielites, The Gallery of the Seven Glories of Yu Haung, Gauntlet, Ghost Flame (Club), Ginza, Giovanni, Glabro, The Haniwa, Harrowing, Hasteners of the Age (Spectres), Hedge Magician, HIT Marks, Hollow Reed Kuei-jin, Ikebukuro, Imperial Hotel (Relic), Inanimae, Japan, Jimbocho, Kanda, Kindred, Kith, Kuei-go, Kuei-jin, The Last Snow uji, League (CTD), Mage, Malfean, The Metsuke, Middle Kingdom, Million Swords (Black Knives, White Knives), The Monster Boys and Demon Girls, Mortwight, Mount Fuji, Necropolis, New Covenant, The New Imperials, New Suns, Inc., New World Order, Night Workers, Nippon Ascending (Spear of Skill, Spear of Strength, Spear of Great Weight, Second Detachment), Oblivion, The Old Imperials, The Outer Imperials, Pathos, Phoenix Phalanx, P'o, Psyches, Puppeteers, Quincunx, Realm, Reapers, The Rejected, Relics, Renegade, Resplendent Crane, Risen, Roppongi, Second Breath, Shadowlands, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Shinta/Shintai, Shitamachi, Shroud, Sixth Age, Skinlands, Society of a Thousand Hands and Eyes, Sons of Ether, Soul, Spectre, Stone Men (Fae), Strategic Resources Development Cell (NWO), Struggle Against the Qin, Stygian, Sun Wind uji, Swirl (Club), Syndicate, The Teachers (Ascending Mist and the East Margin), Technocracy/Technocrats, Tenbo Family (Kuei-jin), Tenbo List, Tengu, Ten Thousand Things, Thousand Whispers, Thrashing Dragons, Tokyo, Tomorrow Garden (Asita Niwa), True Jade, Tsukiji, Twilight Workers, Ueno, Ujinomo clan (Wraiths, Nippon Ascending), Vampire, Ventrue, Visionaries, The Wall, White Chrysanthemum Court (Wolf-Changers), Wicked City, Wraith, Yang, Yasukuni-jinja Shrine, Yellow Springs, Yin, Youth Brigades, The Youth Historical Movement, Yurakucho, Zenrei Bunraku (Omozukai, Ashizukao, Hidarizukai); Lexicon: Akuma, Banality, Chi'n Ta (or Shinta), Chu-ih-yu, Daityas, The Dreaming, Effigy (Capecia), Gaijin, Glamour, Gumi, Hakken, Hengeyokai, House Bishamon, House Genji, Hirayanu, Hsien, The Immortal Guard, Kamuii, Kithain, Kitsune, Kumo, Kura Sau, Nezumi, Ronin, Same-Bito, Senryo, Seppuku, Shen, Shinma, Shogitai, Uji, Wani, Yakuza, Yama Kings, Yomi World, Yugen, The Zaibatsu,
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