Hidden Lore

Hidden Lore is a sourcebook for Mage: The Ascension Second Edition. It contains a storyteller's screen.

Summary

From the White Wolf catalog:

From Our Archives...

A Storyteller's work is never done. A few helpful charts, secrets and reference sheets, however, can make his (or her) life a whole lot easier.

To Your Table:

All the charts you need for your Mage chronicle can be found within this fold-out screen - combat tables, easy-reference Sphere sheets, character creation steps and more. Meanwhile, the enclosed booklet offers a variety of goodies for players and Storytellers alike.

A Pack of Mystick Goodies.

Hidden Lore: The Second Edition Book and Screen contains a host of helpful hints and useful magicks, including:

• Easy-access charts and tables, and full-page Sphere descriptions.
• A complete Chantry set in Seattle (WOD), Washington.
• A selection of spells for mysticks of all kinds, plus background details, famous mages, rules-options and more.

Contents

Background Information

• "A Parting Howl" on the credits page notes that White Wolf has just moved to a new building:
  735 Park North Blvd.
  Suite 128
  Atlanta, GA 30021
  USA

• Also noted is that Bill Bridges, developer and co-creator of Werewolf: The Apocalypse, had left to join HDI, while Danny Landers had left to pursue his masters degree. They were replaced by former editor Ethan Skemp and Kim Pullen, respectively.

Memorable Quotes

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Characters

• Introduction
  • Cat - Mage
• Chapter One: Lore
  • Broty - Mage
  • Francesca Inez Garcia y Hernandez - Order of Hermes Mage
  • Master Joro - Akashic Brother Mage
  • Ikana the Ronin - Akashic Brother Mage, died
  • Sunday Lynn - Celestial Chorus Mage
  • Letitia the Venerated - Celestial Chorus Mage
  • Hasan Naraswami - Euthanatos Mage
  • Benedetto Chiarezza - Celestial Chorus Mage
  • "Bourbon" Jan Treelinck - Cult of Ecstasy Mage
  • Four Arrow Cougar - Dreamspeaker Mage
  • Alex Twelvetrees - Dreamspeaker Mage, Four Arrow Cougar's disciple
  • Srivasi Parananda - Euthanatos Mage
  • Constanza Perugia - Euthanatos Adept, died
  • Just Larry - Cult of Ecstasy Mage
  • Phoebe Tetramegestus - Order of Hermes Mage
  • Cardinal Nunzio Blanco - Order of Hermes Mage
  • Helga Zalau - Order of Hermes Mage
  • Stanford Latch - Son of Ether Mage
    • Mages of Note
      • Tradition Masters
        • Master Porthos
        • Czar Vargo
        • Najjda Bantu
        • Dante
        • Alexis Hastings
        • Kibo
          • Captain Feedback
        • Marianna
        • Raging Eagle
        • Sam Haine
        • Hesha Morninglade
          • Nightshade
        • Tom "Laughing Eagle" Smithson
      • Technocrats
        • The Matriarch
        • Andre Takashi
        • Oscar Hamilton
          • Alonzo Vendiz - Null-B chief commander, died
        • Dr. Ken Himiitsu
        • Eva Raum
        • Weaver
        • Terrance Whyte
      • Wild Cards
        • Secret Agent John Courage
        • Jodi Blake
        • Demonseed Elite
        • Robert Davenport
          • Mama Goose - Marauder Mage
          • Islington Horror - Marauder Mage
        • Jennifer Rollins

• Chapter Two: Shadows in the Rain
  • Cyril Gosstocks - N.W.O. Gray Suit, Benning Aircraft
  • Heather Cross - Euthanatos Mage
  • Petrodon
  • Cheshire
    • Personalities
      • The Shadow Box Players
        • The Leaders
          • Rudolfo Ouspensky
            • Lisa Yokahama - Rudolfo's apprentice, Order of Hermes Mage
          • Branwyn Elspeth
          • Hyperion, aka "Hype" (Francis Hyperion Keating)
            • "Fritz" - Cult of Ecstasy Mage
        • Chantrymates
          • Shawn Cornell
          • Magnus
          • Miriam Dunsany
          • Morgan Celeste
        • Acolytes
          • Sally Cornwall
          • Stefani Olsen
          • Larry Cook
          • Dawn Groseclose
          • Chris Russell
        • Stagehands - Sleepers
          • CeeCee
          • I.J.

• Chapter Three: Storyteller Goodies
  • Dr. Romain Guy - Technocrat Mage
  • Collette - Romain's daughter
  • That Rascal Puff - Marauder Mage
  • Mary Tomesha - Orphan Mage
  • Carl Matthew Landless - Verbena Mage
  • Arlan "The Smiler" Nattick - Marauder Mage
  • Edith Nussbaum - Marauder Mage

• Chapter Four: Handouts
  • Preston - Mage

Terminology

AlphaFax (Syndicate Firm), Altua, Anarch Wars, Balador, Benning Aircraft (Tech. Construct; Benning Air and Space Research Center), Black Dog Game Factory, Butcher Street Regulars (Marauder Group), Camarilla, Changeling, Chantry Sangreal (Marseilles), Children of Gaia, Collegium of History, Conjurer's Cubbyhole (Chantry; Theater of the Mind Realm), Cult of the Bear (Dreamspeaker Cabal), The Cult of Quadigsi (Infernalist), Delirium, Digital Web, Doissetep, Drua'shi, Elliot Bay, Etheroscopic Property Analyzer (Son of Ether Device), Fomori, Garou, Glade Child, Himalayan Wars, Justicar, Kibology, Kindred, Lab Rats (Virtual Adept Group), Liquid Haze (Hollow One Coffee Shop), Lodge of the Gray Squirrel, Macrosoft (Virtual Adept Company), Magic Bus (Mobile Verbena Chantry), Magicians of the Bay (MotB; Magick: The Apocrypha), Malfeas, MECHA, Neuropathic Stabilizer (Son of Ether Device), Nosferatu, Null-B, Outcast Clique (Hollow Ones Group), Paradigma, Pike's Place Market, Puget Sound, Qui La Machinae (Tech. Umbral Ship: X156, X200, Vaders), Ravnos, Renton, San Francisco, Scales of the Dragon (Akashic Brotherhood Order), Seattle, Second World of the Diné, Seventh Generation, Shade Realm of Forces, Snoquolmie, Spirit, Tellurian, Umbral Ships, Vancouver, Victoria Station Chantry, Washington, Werewolves,

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