From: msinger@clark.net () Newsgroups: alt.games.whitewolf,rec.games.frp.storyteller Subject: Umbra Map (Long)(umbra.txt) Date: 24 Mar 1996 00:06:11 GMT Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA NNTP-Posting-Host: explorer.clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] TOME OF THE UMBRA TOME OF THE UMBRA Compiled by Michael L. Singer, Void Engineer, from the material published by White Wolf Game Studios for - Vampire: The Masquerade Vampire: The Dark Ages Werewolf: The Apocalypse Mage: The Ascension Wraith: The Oblivion Changeling: The Dreaming Also inspired by the material from - Daemon: The Luring by Frank Torkel Clanbook: Fallen Angels by Andrew Cram and Courtney Trinder The Dictionary of Angels, Including Fallen Angels by Gustave Davidson The Dictionary of Demons. A Guide to Demons and Demonologists in Occult Lore by Fred Gettings FORWARD This tome was compiled to try to put down on paper in one source all the information we know of the vast Spirit world we call the Umbra. This, by no means, is the exhaustive list of realms and worlds of the Umbra. We may never know the exact nature of the Umbra. What is presented here is just some of what we have found to date and is expected to be updated as new discoveries are made. The information is broken down to fit the concept of the Three Worlds: The Low Umbra (Death), the Middle Umbra (Spirit), and the High Umbra (Ideas), with a separate section on the parts of the Umbra that transcend all three worlds. Each world has a stru cture similar to the following: Earth/Skinlands The Periphery/Haunts The Gauntlet/Shroud The Penumbra/Shadowlands The Near Umbra/Underworld The Membrane/Horizon The Deep Umbra TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I: Realms of the Low Umbra A) Cosmology B) Legions of the Hierarchy C) Ranks of the Legions of the Hierarchy D) Cults of the Heretics E) Organizations of the Renegades F) The Outsiders Part II: Realms of the Middle Umbra A) Cosmology B) Garou Spirits C) Totem Avatars and Spirits D) Other Spirits Part III: Realms of the High Umbra A) Cosmology B) Heaven C) Angelic Ranks D) Hell Part IV: Other Areas of the Umbra A) Domains B) The Zones C) The Horizon D) The Deep Umbra E) Mini-Realms F) Sub-Realms G) Vistas PART I: REALMS OF THE LOW UMBRA COSMOLOGY 1) The Skinlands - The realm of the Quick (the living) 2) Haunts - Places where the Shroud is weaker, especially during certain holidays. 3) The Shroud - Barrier separating The Skinlands from the Shadowlands 4) The Shadowlands - Earth's spiritual shadow of death The Tempest - A raging sea between the Shadowlands and the inner realms The Far Shores - Distant realms within the Tempest based on mortal beliefs of the Afterlife 5) The Underworld - The Realm of the Dead A) Stygia - Covering Europe and the Americas B) Dark Kingdom of Jade - Covering Asia C) Dark Kingdom of Ivory - Covering Africa D) Dark Kingdom of Obsidian - Covered the Americas (considered extinct) E) The Creole Underworld - Covering the Carribbean F) The Underwold of India - Covering India G) The Kingdom of Clay - Covering Australia H) Ru's Archipelago - Covering Polynesia I) Oblivion - The Void PART I: REALMS OF THE LOW UMBRA (CONTINUED) LEGIONS OF THE HIERARCHY Deathlord: The Quiet Lord Seat: The Seat of Silence Legion: The Silent Legion Members: Martyrs and suicides Special Legion: Warriors of Lethe Deathlord: The Beggar Lord Seat: The Seat of Golden Tears Legion: The Legion of Paupers Members: Victims of mysterious deaths Special Legion: The Legion of the Onyx Tower Deathlord: The Emerald Lord Seat: The Seat of Thorns Legion: The Emerald Legion Members: Victims of accidents and happenstance Special Legion: Guardians of the Labyrinth Deathlord: The Smiling Lord Seat: The Seat of Burning Waters Legion: The Legions of the Grim Members: Victims of violence Special Legion: Order of the Avenging Flame Deathlord: The Ashen Lady Seat: The Seat of Shadows Legion: The Iron Legion Members: Victims of old age and natural causes Special Legion: Order of the Gray Knights Deathlord: The Laughing Lady Seat: The Seat Succor Legion: The Penitent Legion Members: Victims of madness Special Legion: Storm Maidens Deathlord: The Skeletal Lord Seat: The Seat of Dust Legion: The Gaunt Legion Members: Victims of pestilence and famine. Special Legion: The Hands of Bone PART I: REALMS OF THE UNDERWORLD (CONTINUED) LEGIONS OF THE HIERARCHY (CONTINUED) Headed by: The Lady of Fate Seat: The Seat of Fate Legion: The Legions of Fate Members: Those with the mark of Fate when they arrive to the Underworld RANKS OF THE LEGIONS OF THE HIERARCHY Legionnaires - Lowest rank Centurions - Leaders of Hierarchy patrols Marshals - Placed in charge of certain area around a Citadel Regent - Rules a number of perimeter Haunts around a Citadel Overlords -Personal assistants to the Anacreons Anacreons - Highest rank in the Shadowlands CULTS OF THE HERETICS Karma Cults Mystery Cults Personal Transcendaence Cults Purification Cults Sensualist Cults Supplicant Cults ORGANIZATIONS OF THE RENEGADES Political Dissidents Philosophical Idealists Fugitives Situational Renegades THE OUTSIDERS The Ferrymen - Pathfinders throught the Tempest Spectres - Wraiths who allowed their Shadows to consume their souls 1) Doppelgangers - Spectres with free will, personalities, etc. like a normal wraith 2) Shades - Monstrous, twisted, crazed creatures of Oblivion 3) Malfeans - Spectres who achieved power by consuming lesser beings Barghests - Wraiths who have been enslaved, disgigured, and lobotomized by the Hierarchy to alert their keepers of impending souls for their Deathlords PART II: REALMS OF THE MIDDLE UMBRA COSMOLOGY 1) Earth - Physical Realm 2) The Periphery - Areas where the Gauntlet is weak enough to get a "sense" of the Umbra 3) The Penumbra - Earth's spirtual shadow of spirit 4) The Gauntlet - Barrier separating Earth and the Near Umbra 5) The Near Umbra - The area of the Umbra between the 13 Near Umbral Realms A) Abyss - Similar to form and function to the Low Umbra's Oblivion B) Aetherial Realm - The Umbral sky C) Arcadia Gateway - The gate to the Kithain realm of Arcadia D) Atrocity Realm - Testimony to victimization in all its forms E) The Battleground - Dedicated to all forms of conflict, especially war F) CyberRealm - The Sprawl and Computer Web G) Erebus - Garou purgatory in a Lake of Silver H) Flux - A realm of possibilites I) Legendary Realm - Preserved legends of the Garou J) Pangaea - Spiritual memory of Earth without civilization K) Scar - Nightmarish fears of numbing, soul-deadening horrors of the workplace L) Summer Country - Pure, uncorrupted love from Gaia M) Wolfhome - Where Garou are stuck in Lupus form 6) The Membrane - Barrier separating the Near Umbra and the Deep Umbra 7) The Deep Umbra - The aspects of the Umbra, not of Earth, beyond the Membrane A) Arcadia - Realm of the Fae B) Malfeas - Realm of the Wyrm PART II: REALMS OF THE MIDDLE UMBRA (CONTINUED) GAROU SPIRITS Hierarchy Greater Entity: Gaia Upper Lesser Entities: 1) Wyld - Personification of Dynamism 2) Weaver - Personification of Stasis 3) Wyrm - Personification of Balance (later of Entropy) Lower Lesser Entities: Celestines Incarna: Incarna Lords: Totem Avatars Upper Perceptors: Pack Totems Lower Perceptors: Jagglings Upper Minions: Gafflings Lower Minions: Epiphlings PART II: REALM OF THE MIDDLE UMBRA (CONTINUED) TOTEM AVATARS AND SPIRITS Totems of Respect (Renoun - Honor): 1) Falcon (Silver Fangs) 2) Grandfather Thunder (Shadowlords) 3) Pegasus (Black Furies) 4) Stag (Fiana) 5) Lion 6) Sphinx 7) Phoebe Totems of War (Renoun - Glory): 1) Bear (Gurahl) 2) Coyote (Nuwisha) 3) Fenris Wolf (Get of Fenris) 4) Griffin (Red Talons) 5) Rat (Bone Gnawers/Ratkin) 6) Wendigo (Wendigo) 7) Bull 8) Weasel 9) Wolverine 10) Flea Totems of Wisdom (Renoun - Wisdom): 1) Chimera (Stargazers) 2) Cockroach (Glass Walkers) 3) Dana 4) Owl (Silent Striders) 5) Uktena (Uktena) 6) Unicorn (Children of Gaia) 7) Dolphin 8) City Father 9) Old Man Sea 10) Fog, aka Aeolus 11) The Wind Incarna 12) Queen Ananasa (Ananasi) Totems of Cunning: 1) Fox 2) Racoon Other Totems: 1) Glooscap 2) Hare 3) Raven (Corax) 4) Turtle (Croatan) - Missing 5) Dragon (Mokole) 6) Kraken (Rokea) PART II: REALMS OF THE MIDDLE UMBRA (CONTINUED) OTHER GAROU SPIRITS Elementals: 1) Air 2) Earth 3) Fire 4) Water 5) Electricity 6) Glass 7) Metal 8) Plastic Naturae: 1) Animal Spirits 2) Glave Children 3) Lunes 4) Storm Crows 5) The Wendigo 6) The Wild Hunt PART III: REALMS OF THE HIGH UMBRA COSMOLOGY 1) Earth - Physical Realm 2) The Periphery - Places on the Earth where the "sense" of the Umbra can be felt 3) The Gauntlet - Barrier separating Earth from the Near Umbra 4) The Near Umbra - The Astral Umbra, concepts made into reality 5) The Horizon - Barrier separating the Near Umbra and the Deep Umbra 6) The Deep Umbra - Aspects of the Umbra, not of Earth, beyond the Horizon A) Umbrood Realms - Separate realms formed by Umbrood spirits B) Heaven - Realm of God and the Angels C) Hell - Realm of Lucifer and the Daemons PART III: REALMS OF THE HIGH UMBRA (CONTINUED) UMBROOD REALMS The Umbral Court Courts: 1) The Western Court - Resembles spirits from old Hermetic texts 2) The Eastern Court - Resembles beings from myths and legends of Asia 3) The Egyptian Court - Resembles the animal-headed gods of ancient Egypt 4) Lodge in the Sky - Resembles the deities from pre-Columbian North America to the Polynesian Isles Hierarchy of the Western Court Lords: 1) King/Queen 2) Duke/Duchess 3) Marquess/Marquise (Sometimes Margrave/Marquess) 4) Earl/Countess 5) Viscount/Viscountess 6) Baron/Baroness Perceptors: 1) Bannerets 2) Knights/Dames or Ladies (of vaious Orders) Minions: 1) Squires 2) The Professions PART III: REALMS OF THE HIGH UMBRA (CONTINUED) HEAVEN Hierarchy Greater Entity: God Upper Incarnas: Seraphim - Spirits of Love Lower Incarnas: Cherubs - Spirits of Harmony and the Air Upper Lords: Thrones - Spirits of Will and Justice Lower Lords:Dominations - Spirits of Wisdom and Intuition Upper Perceptors: Virtues - Spirits of Movement and Choice Middle Perceptors: Powers - Spirits of Form and Space Lower Perceptors: Principalities - Spirits of Personality and Time Upper Minions: Archangels - Spirits of Fire Lower Minions: Angels Others: 1) Raphael - Guardian of the Tree of Life 2) Zacharael - Guardian of Order Only the denizens of Heaven and those select few mortals may enter this High Umbra Realm. Anyone looking to visit this realm will not find it if it is not God's Will. The Road to Transcendence, a one-way road, leads from the Low Umbra to the High Umbra . Only God and those few select Angels know how to reach the Low Umbra. Those mortals or wraiths who prove worthy may break out of the cycle of the Great Wheel of reincarnation and escape the purgatory of the Low Umbra. PART III: REALMS OF THE HIGH UMBRA (CONTINUED) ANGELIC RANKS Death: 1) Adreal (Angel) 2) Azrael (Angel) 3) Samael (Angel) 4) Uriel (Archangel) Destruction: 1) Af (Angel) 2) Azriel (Angel) 3) Kemuel (Angel) 4) Simkiel (Angel) 5) Uriel (Angel) Rigidity: 1) Kushiel (Angel) Chaos: 1) Orifiel (Angel) Truth: 1) Amitiel (Angel) (Destroyed by God) 2) Gabriel (Angel) 3) Michael (Angel) Silence: 1) Dumah (Angel) Deathly Stillness: 1) Dumah (Angel) Vindication: 1) Dumah (Angel) Mercy: 1) Michael (Archangel) Repentence: 1) Michael (Archangel) Vengence: 1) Gabriel (Archangel) PART III: REALMS OF THE HIGH UMBRA (CONTINUED) ANGELIC RANKS (CONTINUED) Angels: 1) Adrael 2) Af 3) Amitiel 4) Azrael 5) Azriel 6) Dumah 7) Gabriel 8) Kemuel 9) Kushiel 10) Michael 11) Orifiel 12) Samael 13) Simkiel 14) Uriel Archangels: 1) Gabriel 2) Michael 3) Raphael 4) Raguel 5) Remiel 6) Uriel 7) Zacharael Principalities: 1) Gabriel 2) Michael 3) Raphael 4) Raguel 5) Remiel 6) Uriel Powers: 1) Carmael 2) Raphael 3) Verchiel Virtues: 1) Babiel 2) Gabriel 3) Haniel 4) Michael 5) Peliel 6) Tarhishiel 7) Uzziel PART III: REALM OF THE HIGH UMBRA (CONTINUED) ANGELIC RANKS (CONTINUED) Dominations: 1) Hashmael 2) Muriel 3) Zacharel 4) Zadkiel Thrones: 1) Baradiel 2) Japhkiel 3) Oriphie 4) Razkiel 5) Zaphkiel Cherubs: 1) Cherubiel 2) Gabriel 3) Ophaniel 4) Raphael 5) Zophiel Seraphim: 1) Jehoel 2) Kemuel 3) Metatron 4) Michael 5) Nathanael 6) Seraphiel 7) Uriel PART III: REALMS OF THE HIGH UMBRA (CONTINUED) HELL Hierarchy Greater Entity: Lucifer - Ruler of Hell Upper Incarna: Arch-Dukes 1) Anael - Arch-Duke of Avarice 2) Azazel - Arch-Duke of Gluttony 3) Sariel - Arch-Duke of Sloth 4) Samyaz - Arch-Duke of Lust 5) Turiel - Arch-Duke of Envy 6) Unknown - Arch-Duke of Wrath 7) Grostolis - Arch-Duke of Pride (Also known as Arch-Duke of the Inferno) Lower Incarna: Dukes (Listed beloe are worth of note) 1) Chutriel - Ruler of Pain and Remorse 2) Lahatiel - Watcher of the Gates of Hell 3) Pasiel - Ruler of Magic and Transformation 4) Shaftiel - Ruler of Shadows Upper Lords: Lords Lower Lords: Minor Lords Perceptors: Tempters (Listed below are worthy of note) 1) Mun'tus-Kulmu, The Driver of Nails 2) Vugarius, The Stealer of Breaths 3) Jadrax, Fiend of Secrets Upper Minions: Warriors Lower Minions: Infernal Hosts (Listed below are worthy of note) 1) Abzu, The Gatherer 2) Nishama, The Imp of the Perverse 3) Nagrogasto, The Mandragora (servitor of Arch-Duke Grostolis) Generally, only True Demons choose to enter Hell of their own occord. Those mortals seeking to visit it will be able to find it by performing certain dark rituals. Daemons collect the human souls upon that were freely given to them or were sold during life. The Road to Depravity, a one-way road, leads from the Low Umbra to the High Umbra. The denizens of Hell sometimes appear on Earth as demons or mistakenly taken as the various types of Spectres found in the Low Umbra. PART IV: OTHER AREAS OF THE UMBRA DOMAINS 1) Blights - Mixed domains influenced by the Weaver and the Wyrm that appear as polluted web-covered cityscapes 2) Chimares - Individual dream domains connected to the Dream Zone 3) Den Realms - Places where reality is set by Bastet 4) Glens - Domains of the Wyld and are beautiful reflections of the natural world 5) Trods - Areas sustained by Fae energy that lead to the Fiana homeland or the Arcadia Gateway 6) Hellholes - Domains of the Wyrm that appear as desolate areas overwhelmed by pollutants and are gateways to Malfeas 7) Lunae - Domains that form when Moon Paths are crossed 8) Webs - Weaver domains that are translations of cities in the Penumbra covered in the webs of Pattern Spiders 9) Wyldlings -Domains of the Wyld located near the Deep Umbra THE ZONES 1) The Dream Zone - Formed from dreamsand is referred to as the Dreaming by the Fae and the Kithain 2) The Mirror Zone - Variations on a theme of the physical reality 3) The Null Zone - The Backdrop of reality 4) The Digital Web - The realm of the Computer Net THE HORIZON 1) Horizon Realms - Places having their own unique set realities and are deliberately constructed magickly 2) Shade Realms - Wormhold "shadows" of greater realms along the Horizon, corresponding to each of the Shard Realms, except Luna THE DEEP UMBRA 1) Shard Realms - Parts of Gaia believed to be flung throughout the solar system. Each corresponds to the other planets and Luna as well as the nine spheres of magick 2) Paradox Realms A) Correspondence - Distance are meaningless, distances can't be judged, and depth perception is impossible B) Entropy - Odd random event occur without cause or effect. Decay increases or decreases variably C) Forces - Normal physics are meaningless D) Life - Biological functions are distorted. Life forms change shape rapidly and magi experience variable rapid bodily fluctuations PART IV: OTHER AREAS OF THE UMBRA (CONTINUED) THE DEEP UMBRA (CONTINUED) 2) Paradox Realms (continued) E) Matter - Matter is jumbled into chaos and changes state between solids, liquids, and gasses F) Mind - The magi are trapped in their own mind, subject to their darkest fears and neurosis G) Prime - "Pure energy" as described by Verbeena H) Spirit - Magi's spirits are torn away and locked in an Umbral or Dream Realm, their bodies lie in catatonic heaps I) Time - Victims are trapped in a time loop, replaying the crime repeatedly. Magi may find themselves in times when their world doesn't exit yet or anymore MINI-REALMS The Beast - A colossal spirit with giant strands of fur that reach hundreds of feet in the air around the surface of the Beast, believed to be a gigantic Crinos totem by the Garou SUB-REALMS 1) Daydream - A sub-realm of the Dream Zone 2) Land of the Dinosaurs - A sub-realm of Pangaea 3) Television - A sub-realm of the CyberRealm VISTAS 1) Death - Show individualized deaths 2) Chaos - Shows constant whirlpool of changing objects 3) Stasis - Shows a universe calcified into the Pattern Web 4) Origin - Shows a bright, white light and either shows the creation of the Umbra or disappears