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Ashwood Abbey: I spent a month in Ashwood Abbey, actually. Their library
Ashwood Abbey:
was amazing, and I even participated in a hunt, which was most educational.
It was just...I mean...I couldn’t go back there. They’d found a demon. A
vile-looking thing. I told them how to make it powerless, and they did,
and then...I can’t. Just — I actually felt sorry for the demon.
Null Mysteriis:
Null Mysteriis: One of my colleagues corresponds regularly with a member
of Null Mysteriis. She says he’s really frustrating. He never seems to do
anything with the information he collects. He says he keeps it for when
it’s useful. My colleague says can’t he see how useful it is right now?
Aegis Kai Doru: I keep hearing rumors about a cabal of men who have
Aegis Kai Doru:
the head of John the Baptist in a cave. I’ve seen too many things to be
skeptical. But oh, what wouldn’t I do to talk to the people who have it?
Ascending Ones: Our records have several references to other occult societies,
Ascending Ones:
and several accounts clearly refer to a group who use some fusion of Islamic
and pre-Islamic mysticism. Apparently, they ingest poisons to give themselves
mystical abilities. Training, it seems, is essential: one of my predecessors
once obtained one of their potions. He tried it. He survived, but as far as
anyone can tell, he never slept again. He was mad within a few weeks, and his
body shut down completely, killing him after about two months. The rest of
the potion is in the archives now. No one else is trying it.
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about atonement. It’s about guilt. It’s one thing to help others to • You’ve been let into the secret of the society’s heritage and
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Advance accept the guilt of the Loyalists of Thule and reason ro ll p ertaining to the hunt, you gain one additional W ill p ower
roll pertaining to the hunt, you gain one additional Willpower
point as a result — even if this pushes beyond what your nor-
that yes, the Loyalists need to atone, but if they’re going to p p oint as a resu l t — even if t h is p us h es b eyon d w h at your nor -
make up for the organization’s past sins, they should be at the m m a l Wi ll power poo l wi ll a ll o w.
mal Willpower pool will allow.
forefront of the struggle. They should be leading humankind ••• You’re in contact with several other Loyalists, who
against the monsters. In gaining knowledge, they gain power can furnish you with advice, which you can pass on in
over the monsters, but also power over their colleagues. True turn. You report to an older, more experienced Loyalist,
atonement requires the Loyalists to take control — humbly, acting as the equivalent to a two-dot Mentor.
of course — and become indispensable to the hunters around
••••• You’ve been to Munich and met those three bit-
them. It’s the rarest of the Loyalists’ philosophies, if only be- • • •••• Y ou’ve b een to Munic h an d met t h ose t h ree b it -
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cause some fear a return to the Völkisch viewpoint that brought ter old men firsthand. You’ve got the names and addresses
of dozens of fellow members, most of whom probably have
the Thule Society to this pass in the fi rst place. o o f dozens of fellow members, most of whom p robably have
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Loyalists of Thule gain Status simply by learning occult ticular kind of supernatural being, such as vampires, ghosts,
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secrets — and sharing them. or demons, for example.
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