The Lovely Dark

SING, MY ANGEL OF MECHA A mechanical monstrosity like this can’t be captained like a ship, or lead like an army, or ruled like a nation. It is a monster in the purest sense- an omen of a profound horror to come. Some day, wars will be fought with these monstrosities, wars that level mountains and grind civilizations against the wheel until nothing is left but dust and guilt. Not today. Not tomorrow. But soon. They are mindless, these beasts, all guts and glory. Their hearts pump black and acrid blood, their yawning orifices drip with rainbow drool, their stomachs belch smoke that chokes out the sun. They rage and laugh and topple towers in fevered delirium, or slip into a dreamless sleep from which they do not awaken for centuries or more. There is no one to guide them. No one but you. They can’t be lead, or captained, or piloted. But their empty heads can be filled with genius. Your genius, to be precise- that intangible force as powerful and incomprehensible as t

Deeper Roots You are a VAMPIRE. Harry Clarke You have THREE ASPECTS: BLOOD - Power, Authority, Intensity SUGAR - Humanity, Vulnerability, Sincerity MAGIC - Monstrousness, Mystery, Grace Roll d6+1 for each of them. 2 is just below average for a mortal. 7 is as to vampires as vampires are to mortals. When someone challenges one of your aspects, roll a d6. If you roll under the aspect's value, you defend yourself from the world's intrusion, but exhaust yourself, and that aspect's value decreases by 1. If you roll over the aspect's value, you accede to it and allow it to change you, willingly or not, and the aspect's value increases by 1. YOU HAVE ____: 1. Old Money- More than could be counted or spent. If a price can be paid in gold, you can pay it. 2. Devoted Servants- Ragged edges, desperate longing. If a price can be paid in blood, you can pay it. 3. A Crumbling Manse- While you are there, you are safe from that which does not seek to f