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THE UNDERTOW

a handful of dust

PREMISE

WE BEGIN AT THE END.

Every ghost story is, at its core, a tragedy: Someone died with something unfinished, and now they linger on, in the world but ignored by it, trying with the often-limited tools at their disposal to make the living understand them.

Sometimes, when that doesn’t work, they lash out in frustration, just so that people notice something is going on, but no matter how frightening the apparition, how violent the manifestation, there’s still a human being at the core of it.

Sin-Eaters understand this. They live in two worlds: the world of the living and the world of the dead. As they struggle to understand their own identity and the cultural heritage of Sin-Eaters who came before, they act as intercessors and speakers for the dead.

They help ghosts finish their unfinished business and laying tormented souls to rest. They come into a haunting and see not the monster making the walls bleed and lashing out at the living, but the frightened father who just wants his child back.

NAVIGATION

THE WORLD THE BOUND THE COLD BELOW CAST & KREWE CASE FILES JOSH LARUE

CREDIT | Geist: The Sin-Eaters is a tabletop rulebook from the World of Darkness system. I do not own it, I just enjoy playing in the world. Copy from the rulebook utilized for this is mostly for my reference and the reference of fellow players.

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WHERE THE SHADOWS GROW LONG

There are no such things as monsters. But the truth is, there are. And they live—quite comfortably—among us. Some stalk the night and the clubs, offering the kiss of immortality to those eager for the next high. Others serve and protect, leaning into rigid hierarchies that keep their beast in check; where they police themselves and their own. Others woo humans past a hedge maze that has traded walls of leaves of the labyrinth of subways and underpasses. They leave something else behind, of course. In a world of instant messaging, data, and GPS, it's in their best interests to leave counterfeit goods to cover their tracks. It's a very human need to explain everything away, so the monsters use that to their advantage.

The Only Rule: Whatever you do, don't spook the sheep. This universe is a dark mirror of our own. Where science and tech sits comfortably beside magic; where the wolves sleep and eat among unsuspecting sheep. A new age comes with newer ways to set up smoke and mirrors: patents to shield miraculous break-throughs. Non-disclosure agreements to silence the few who manage a peek behind the curtain. And, of course, that ever-widening gap between the filthy rich and everyone else. If there is one rule that the multitude of supernatural factions agree on without actually speaking, it is this: We don't spook the sheep. The oldest ones in existence know what happens when you let humans know that they have monsters living in their midst and it's never good for survival. They still outnumber us, after all.

A Love Note from the Player I don't have actual castmates and it's hard to schedule a proper table, so the information I've cobbled together here was frankly so that I could play Josh with other folks. And since the rulebooks of the universe that Josh's supernatural template is from are long, exhaustive and not everyone has the patience (or access) to read them, I decided I wanted to put together the equivalent of flash cards. Some of the more expansive sections (the Underworld, the Kerberoi) are lifted directly from the books with some minor paraphrasing. Everything else is pretty much open to interpretation. I'm taking the bare bones of what I need and discarding the rest.

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