Old World Order: Denarians and Freeholders
The Order of the Blackened Denarius
The Order of the Blackened Denarius is composed of Fallen angels bound to thirty silver coins. These coins, said to be the payment to Judas Iscariot for betraying Christ, permit the Denarians to possess mortal hosts. Denarians are old, powerful, and very dangerous entities. They have rampaged across two millennia of history, opposed only by the Knights of the Cross.
The Denarians are led by Nicodemus. Nicodemus has possession of those denarii not currently in use (or captured by the Knights of the Cross), and he passes them on to suitable targets for corruption. It is suspected that his ultimate plans involve bringing about the Apocalypse.
Freeholding Lords
Under the Unseelie Accords, powerful individuals are permitted to be signatories. These are the Freeholding Lords.
Dragons, scions, and even old gods fill the ranks of the Freeholding Lords. In the view of the supernatural nations, they are arcane “city-states.”
Marcone’s Mafia
John Marcone is the first “pure vanilla” (i.e., non-supernatural) mortal to have signed the Unseelie Accords as a Freeholding Lord.
The majority of Marcone’s forces are mortal criminals who are somewhat clued-in to the supernatural. A small number are combat-ready mercenaries, unfazed by weird magic shit. Marcone also employs at least one magical contractor (see Sigrun Gard) for magical protection and information-gathering, in an attempt to understand supernatural issues.
It is likely Marcone will assist the White Council, at least in a limited fashion, against the Red Court in the course of the Vampire War. (Interestingly, most of his major conflicts have been against the Denarians and the Black Circle.)
Harry: Marcone confounds me. He’s criminal scum, no debate there. But, on occasion, he does something so…right, that I need to pause and consider. Damn him.
March continues with the Outsiders and the Circle, in two weeks.
Nice picture! Nice brief! Not exactly sure the term “shit” was necessary there, but that may be the parent in me speaking. Regardless, and once again, I must state…I cannot wait for this release!
@Sean, thanks. The game will likely require a little parental guidance here and there, of course. It’s a universe with sex vampires in it after all.
Too true! Too true! Although I would argue Bianca’s sexual appeal!
(Yes, I know she’s not White, but still, she runs a brothel).
@Sean, yep. And I can tell you thanks to the comic we’re going to have at least one graphic chest-burst-open image prominently figured in one of the books. So.
Talk about a heart-breaker! HA! I’ve no real issue with language, sex, violence, or anything else…provided it is in context for the story, situation, etc. And, Fred, I have no worries about Evil Hat, you guys consistently produce wonderful products.
Is the Black Circle the same as the Black Council?
@ludomaniac, yep. There are several synonyms. Covered in the book, of course.
marcone is what i’d call a magnificent bastard in the books so im not surprised he signed the accords.
Hey Fred are the Nickle Heads statted out in the book and/or are their guidelines on how to create your own?
@Stoak, they’re each very individual, very different. Some are statted, others are “plot devices”, lots of discussion all over.
Thanks Fred planing on creating a new one for my game so all a
I’m gonna need are some reference points.