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April 2008
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HOWLINGS
Greetings, fans and friends. We have worked diligently to bring you the
latest White Wolf eQuarterly, the contents of which I assume you will devour
with gusto. What’s in store for your reading pleasures? Some exclusive excerpts
of upcoming books (tasty tidbits of content); interviews galore (get to know
your game designers); and, of course, the winners of our iction/art contest,
chosen by me, the wonderful intern editor. Oh yeah, and if you’re really good,
there might just be a special (anti)preview of Hunter: The Vigil thrown in for
good measure. Enjoy!
President - CCP North America: Mike Tinney
Creative Director: Rich Thomas
Production Manager: matt milberger
Board Games and Cards Manager: Pétur Þórarinsson
VtR Developer: Joe Carriker
CtL/MtA/WtF Developer: Ethan Skemp
Exalted Developer: John Chambers
Eve RPG Developer: Russell Bailey
Alternative Products Developer: Eddy Webb
Board Games and Cards Developer: Ken Cliffe
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A PAge (or Two) From The Book oF LiFe
VTES/WoD Art Director: Mike Chaney
VtR Art Director: Craig Grant
WtF/CtL/MtA Art Director: Aileen E. Miles
Exalted Art Director: Brian Glass
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Graphic Designer: Jessica Mullins
An exclusive excerpt from the Mage supplement, Grimoire of Grimoires
Lore oF The TriBes
Director of Marketing - CCP North America: Peter Gollan
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Marketing: Kelley Barnes-Hermann
An excerpt from the Werewolf supplement, Tribes of the Moon
JusT whAT The heLL Are ALTernATive ProducTs?
Organized Play Coordinators: Oscar Garza
Zack Walters
The state of Alternative Publishing, with a sample from
The Scion Companion: Tuatha De Dannan, by eddy webb
weLcome To The underworLd
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Quarterly Editor-in-Chief: Jason Bolte
Quarterly Layout: Priscilla Kim
Contributors: Jason Bolte
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Saleem Halabi
Priscilla Kim
An interview with John chambers on The Compass
of Celestial Directions, vol. 4: The Underworld
meeT The BeAsTs
L. Scott Johnson
Ken Cliffe
Eddy Webb
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Chuck Wendig
character previews for the upcoming gangrel clanbook, Savage and Macabre
demo TeAm sPoTLighT: LunA muerTA
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cover Art
An in-depth look at our wolf Pack in chile
ALL hAiL The unconquered sun
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A look at the rules for the board game, Exalted: Legacy of the Unconquered Sun
winning Your PLAce in The sun
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An essay on how to share (and win) in the upcoming Exalted board game
ArTisT sPoTLighT: PeTer BergTing
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showcasing one of white wolf’s freelance artists
news From The BLood shAdowed courT
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updates from the developer of Vampire: The Eternal Struggle
rAgnArok And roLL
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An interview with dean shomshak, developer for Scion: Ragnarok
The ABYss hAs ToYs, Too
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by Trevor Claxton
An excerpt from Manual of Exalted Power: Abyssals
summer oF The LosT
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An interview with ethan skemp, developer of
the Changeling supplement, Lords of Summer
hunTer is noT
An anti-preview of Hunter: The Vigil by its developer, chuck wendig
FiCTion AnD ART ConTEST WinnERS
ediTor’s Foreword 36
“ZomBie wAiTer,” BY erik rorrer 36
“mAddY’s nighT ouT” by william Acks, art by shiloh Penield 37
“You cAn’T go home AgAin” by Jessica sirkin
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the publisher is expressly forbidden. White Wolf, World of Darkness, Vampire the Eternal
Struggle, EVE: the Second Genesis and Exalted are registered trademarks of White Wolf
Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Vampire the Requiem, Werewolf the Forsaken, Mage the
Awakening, Storyteller System, Storytelling System, Storytelling Adventure System, Mind’s
Eye Theatre, are trademarks of White Wolf Publishing, Inc.
The mention of or reference to any company or product in these pages is not a challenge to
the trademark or copyright concerned.
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“hAnd oF The siLver mAge” by william Taylor
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“sisTer oF souLsTeeL” by kevin hallock
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A PAGE (OR TWO) FROM
THE BOOK OF LIFE
This excerpt is taken from the upcoming Mage:
The Awakening supplement, Grimoire of Grimoires .
Enjoy The Book of Life , one of many grimoires available
in the book.
was known to have worked as both an alchemist and a
physician, in Prague in 1572. He had a keen interest in
magics for both healing and prolonging life. His surviv-
ing papers also contain claims
that he perfected something he
called The Lesser Philosopher’s
Stone . Many mages now believe
Kollar’s work in alchemy is
responsible for both the book’s
excellent condition and the fact
that its presence can enhance
the power of any of the rotes it
contains. No record of either the
nature of The Lesser Philosopher’s
Stone or its properties survive, but
Mysterium researchers believe it
was a physical substance that was
somehow fused with the book’s
pages or ink.
Despite its origins as a
grimoire designed to preserve
life, The Book of Life has had
a troubled and violent history.
Both the powerful rotes it con-
tains and the book’s own unique properties can literally
make the difference between life and death. As such,
many mages have considered it worth killing for. Kollar
wrote The Book of Life when he was 67, supposedly for his
dear friend and fellow mage Jan Tyl, in order to enable
him also to avoid the ravages of old age. Jan Tyl died in
a duel 36 years later, and at this point Kollar vanished
from all mundane and magical records. He is rumored to
have lived for several centuries after this, and some mages
believe he is still alive. The Book of Life was missing when
other Mysterium mages came to collect Tyl’s effects. The
rumor at the time was that the unnamed duelist stole it
and several other of Tyl’s books. At this point, the grimoire
vanishes for more than a century.
Although never proven, the break-in and ire at
the estate of the infamously debauched mage William
of Lyon in 1724 was said to involve the theft of this
book, despite William claiming to have never heard
The Book
of Life
The Book of Life is a leather-
bound grimoire written more
than 400 years ago. It contains
a series of rotes all relating to life
and health, including the rare
and powerful rote “Vital Bal-
ance,” which allows for indeinite
life extension. This last spell has
rarely been recorded and is difi-
cult to safely cast as an improvised
spell. This book also makes this
spell easier to use.
The Book of Life appears as
a large tome bound in thin and
exquisitely prepared doe hide,
dyed forest green and chased with silver. Its age is not at
all apparent; the pages are still lexible, the ink has not
faded, the silver is untarnished and, most impressively,
the leather of the cover is fresh and lexible, and almost
still feels alive. Mortal scholars and appraisers who have
studied this book have all pronounced it to be a product
of the late 16 th century, but are somewhat puzzled by
its excellent state of preservation. To both mages and
Sleepers alike, when the book is closed, it appears to
be a mundane, if also large and beautiful leather-bound
book. However, whenever and as long as it is opened,
it seems almost to radiate the warmth and presence of
a living being, instilling a vague sense of peace and joy
upon everyone within a half dozen yards.
History
The Book of Life is attributed to Nicholas Kollar,
an Obrimos mage belonging to the Mysterium. Kollar
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of it. The book next appears at a London auction house
in 1791, after the elderly French aristocrat and reclusive
mage Colette De’Raine, was struck by lightning and killed,
in what was presumed to have been a magical attack by
an unknown assailant. The book was purchased by Lady
Jane Leopold, the wealthy widow of Cornish mine owner
and Mastigos mage Geoffrey Leopold who was known to
have a keen interest in old and exotic manuscripts.
The time the book spent in Lady Leopold’s possession
forms several of the most mysterious decades of its long
history. Lady Leopold was known to be a Sleeper, but she
steadfastly refused to sell the book to any of the several
buyers who attempted to purchase it. In addition, mages
from the Mysterium made three separate attempts to
steal the book, but were always blocked by an impressive
series of coincidences that several of the mages involved
ascribed to exceptionally well-concealed Covert magic.
To further this impression, Lady Leopold is known to
have lived to an age of at least 98. In 1839, her London
townhouse burned down, and she is presumed to have
died in the ire, although her body was never found. Ru-
mors speak of her having a mysterious companion, who
is widely assumed to be an unknown mage, and who a
few people identify as Nicholas Kollar.
Report filed in the Guardians of the
Veil Archive, May 17, 1956
The review of the 1931 murder of the
mage Blau Nacht in his apartment is
now believed to be associated with
The Book of Life. The runes that
were burned into his dying body were
clearly designed to prevent him from
returning as a ghost. This, combined
with the strong evidence that the
purpose of the break-in was clearly
to both steal some item of great
value and kill Blau Nacht, strongly
suggests the book was the reason for
the theft and murder. The identity
of his assailant remains unknown,
but we are currently investigating
leads that mages associated with the
Nazi party may have been involved in
his murder, especially because of
Blau Nacht’s outspoken communism.
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