Shadow War Introduction

Can it truly be called a war
if only one side knows about it?.

Shadows of War

The initial battleground for the Shadow War is fought quietly, on the world of Praemal in the City of Ptolus. The unsuspecting city. Vecna and the Antediluvian Elders consider Ptolus to be a crucial location, a critical asset. Like a nexus, it affects many of the lands surrounding it and maybe the entire world. This war has yet to play out as the Kindred Vampires use their weapons to dominate and subjugate with their addictive blood and infernal powers just below the veil of the mortal world.

Kindred Vampires of Vecna

You are the Kindred Vampires, sired by Vecna's bloodlines from the World of Night. An inferno desert world of blazing sun, now shrouded in a perpetual night through Vecna’s dark sorceries. Vecna's launching point against the Foundation Worlds.

The Chosen

Your characters are the Chosen of Vecna and tasked with the subtle conquering of the Ptolus City, infiltrated from the Shadowfell. The Chosen of Vecna are younger vampires still in touch with their humanity. This gives them an edge in dealing with mortals while furthering the goals of the Kindred.

Actions of your Requiem

Hunt for blood

Struggle with the Beast

Build and break relationships

Hide from, or fight, the Priests, Mages and Hunters

Rule the streets

Protect the Touchstones of your Humanity

Rise to power

Plot against other Kindred

Unearth terrible secrets

Face the consequences of being a monster

Fight or befriend other supernaturals

The Book of Night

Vecna the Undying Father remembers and recounts the first nights he was betrayed and his blood awakened. These dark chronicles reveal Vecna's hidden teachings and mysteries of the Damned.

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Tenets & Traditions

What have you learned?
What are the traditions handed down from sire to progeny?
What is the fervor that animates your undead heart?

Vampire the Requiem (2nd Edition) game
using a modified dice-pool system,
set in a D&D fantasy city of Ptolus.

The Shadow War started with one complicated question.

What if ...

... Vecna, one of Dungeons & Dragons greatest villains, was the dark god of Kindred in a Vampire the Requiem Dark Fantasy game.

The Danse Macabre

We have heard the Requiem for one vampire, but what happens when the song is joined? How do they intertwine? A chorus forms, opening up new possibilities as monsters engage each other. Here lurks the menagerie, an unkindness of Beasts. Each one of the Damned has a different song, but when those songs play over each other, the dance begins.

- Vampire the Requiem

Important Dark Sun Articles
Dark Sun ... that was then ...
Dark Sun ... this is now ...

Important Kindred Articles
Introduction to the shadow War
Vecna - The Undying Father
Book of Night
Tenets of Vecna

Chosen
Vampire Clans
Vampire Covenants
Vampire Ranks

Trusted
City Kindred

Important City Articles
Ptolus City
City Wards