Secret Histories Lorebook

No description.

1. #1Lanternconstant

   Keys: Lantern · Secondary:

   [Concept: Lantern; Type: Principle/Aspect; Attributes: Light, Reason, Mercy, Truth, unyielding clarity, Seers, Owls; Description: The Principle of illumination and merciless truth. It deals with the mind, history, and the Mansus. It seeks knowledge regardless of the cost.]

2. #2Forge

   Keys: Forge

   [Aspect: Forge; Attributes: Fire, Transformation, Destruction, Craft, reshaping, Change, Sparks; Description: The Principle of fire and radical change. It is the power that destroys to build anew. It rules industry, metallurgy, alchemy, and acts of creation through pain and labor. Associated with the Forge of Days.]

3. #3Edge

   Keys: Edge

   [Aspect: Edge; Attributes: Conflict, Battle, Assassination, Swords, Strategy, Pain, Victory, Scars; Description: The Principle of struggle, rivalry, and sharp division. It rules physical combat, the art of the blade, mercenaries, and survival of the fittest. It demands discipline, scars, and continuous confrontation. Associated with the Colonel and the Lionsmith.]

4. #4Winter

   Keys: Winter

   [Aspect: Winter; Attributes: Ice, Silence, Death, Memory, Endings, Sorrow, Ghosts, Stillness; Description: The Principle of the end, decay, and preservation through cold. It rules over what is lost, the dead, funerals, and memories that refuse to fade. It brings quietude and the release of Dread. Associated with the Sun-in-Rags and the Eleven-by-Four Court.]

5. #5Heart

   Keys: Heart

   [Aspect: Heart; Attributes: Life, Endurance, Vitality, Dance, Continual Rhythm, Protection, Preservation; Description: The Principle that continues. It rules skin, blood, safe spaces, and the refusal to die. It is the counter to Winter, maintaining life through relentless rhythm, music, and eternal motion. Associated with the Thunderskin.]

6. #6Grail

   Keys: Grail

   [Aspect: Grail; Attributes: Desire, Birth, Blood, Sensation, Hunger, Ecstasy, Temptation, Feast; Description: The Principle of the flesh and its unquenchable thirsts. It rules pleasure, reproduction, deep indulgence, and the borderline between ecstasy and horror. It demands that its followers experience everything to the limit. Associated with the Red Grail.]

7. #7Moth

   Keys: Moth

   [Aspect: Moth; Attributes: Woods, Yearning, Flight, Chaos, Hair, Deception, Madness, Shedding; Description: The Principle of the wild, erratic mind and the shedding of old skin. It rules the chaotic impulses, nature, secrets kept in the dark, and the urge to change identity or lose oneself in the Wood. It is subtle, fluttery, and unpredictable.]

8. #8Knock

   Keys: Knock

   [Aspect: Knock; Attributes: Keys, Openings, Wounds, Thresholds, Entrances, Passages, Scars; Description: The Principle that opens. It rules over doors, locks, portals of the Mansus, and the making of wounds that let things pass through. It is essential for any ritual invocation, serving as the bridge between worlds. Associated with the Mother-of-Ants.]

9. #9Secret Histories

   Keys: Secret Histories

   [Aspect: Secret Histories; Attributes: Past, Library, Ink, Research, parallel timelines, Forgotten Lore; Description: The Principle of the hidden pasts. The history of the world is fractured into multiple alternative timelines (Histories). This aspect rules the unwritten archives, forbidden books, and the search for truths that have been erased from standard reality.]

10. #10Hours

    Keys: The Sun-in-Rags, The Thunderskin, The Red Grail, Солнце-в-Великолепии, The Mother of Ants, Кобылица-в-Древе, Сестра-и-Ведьма, Искатель на Берегу, Часы, Громокожий, Полковник, Mansus, Мадругад, The Witch-and-Sister, Создатель Цветов, The Lionsmith, The Meniscate, The Horned-Axe, Hours, Алая Чаша, Ведьма-и-Сестра, Кузня Дней, The Malachite, The Mare-in-the-Tree, Солнце-в-Тряпках, The Door in the Eye, Элегиаст, Дверь в Глазу, Мать Муравьев, The Forge of Days, Мотылек, Мениск, The Wolf Divided, Обитель, The Flowermaker, The Crowned Growth, The Sun-in-Splendour, The Madrugad, Малахит, The Moth, Расколотый Волк, The Beachcomber, The Velvet, The Sister-and-Witch, The Elegiast, Рогатая Ветвь, Увенчавшееся Вырождение, The Vagabond, The Colonel, Бархат, Бродяжка, Кузнец Львов

    [Entity: The Moth; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Blood; Aspects: Moth (High); Description: The Hour of wildness, shedding of hair, erratic impulses, and the urge to fly into the flame. The oldest of the non-stone gods.]

    [Entity: The Door in the Eye; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Flesh/Light; Aspects: Lantern (High); Description: The Hour of pure reason, merciless truth, and light without heat. It represents illumination that blinds and knowledge gained through wounds.]

    [Entity: The Velvet; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Blood; Aspects: Heart (High), Moth (Low); Description: The Hour of silence, safely kept secrets, protective darkness, and art that must remain hidden from the Glory.]

    [Entity: The Malachite; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Flesh; Aspects: Grail (High), Heart (Low), Moth (Low); Description: Born from the union of the Weaver and the Cypress. Associated with unceasing music, growth, and the eternal chase.]

    [Entity: The Thunderskin; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Blood/Flesh; Aspects: Heart (High); Description: The Hour that will not stop as long as the dance continues. Beaten like a drum, it represents the relentless, unyielding rhythm of life and vital force.]

    [Entity: The Mother of Ants; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Flesh; Aspects: Knock (High), Secret Histories (Low); Description: She who opens locks with her own blood. Patron of scars, snakes, childbirth, and hidden passages between worlds.]

    [Entity: The Witch-and-Sister; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Flesh; Aspects: Grail (High), Moth (Low), Heart (Low); Description: The dual deity of the moon. Shares an eternal, wild bond with her twin brother (The Sister-and-Witch), ruling tides and deep instincts.]

    [Entity: The Colonel; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Flesh; Aspects: Edge (High), Winter (Low), Lantern (Low); Description: The oldest god of scars, iron discipline, and blind loyalty. Covered in ritual wounds, blind in one eye. Locked in an eternal war with his former student, the Lionsmith.]

    [Entity: The Lionsmith; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Flesh; Aspects: Edge (High), Forge (Low), Heart (Low); Description: The god of rebellion, shattering bonds, and weapon-forging. Constantly reshapes himself and his followers through violence. Bitter rival of the Colonel.]

    [Entity: The Elegiast; Type: Hour; Origin: Unknown; Aspects: Winter (High); Description: The Hour of sorrow, the color white, and the preservation of memories of things that have ended. The only god respected even by the Nowhere entities.]

    [Entity: The Beachcomber; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Flesh; Aspects: Grail (High), Knock (Low); Description: The gatherer of discarded things, secrets, and lost souls on the shores of Night. He does not fight, he only collects.]

    [Entity: The Meniscate; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Light; Aspects: Forge (High), Knock (Low), Lantern (Low); Description: A reflection of the Light. The Hour of crossroads, cosmic balance, purification, and transitions. Born from the split of the Sun-in-Splendour.]

    [Entity: The Sun-in-Rags; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Light/Blood; Aspects: Lantern (High), Winter (High); Description: The fading, cold winter sun. A melancholic, beautiful light that foretells the end of an era and the arrival of stillness.]

    [Entity: The Horned-Axe; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Stone; Aspects: Knock (High), Winter (High); Description: The last living God-from-Stone. Guardian of thresholds, boundaries of the Mansus, exile, and absolute division.]

    [Entity: The Madrugad; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Light; Aspects: Forge (High), Winter (High); Description: The dawn that brings cold purification. The Hour that buries the old world gently to clear space for the new day.]

    [Entity: The Red Grail; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Blood; Aspects: Grail (High); Description: The embodiment of blood, fleshly birth, and unquenchable desire. Intoxicated, terrifyingly hungry, ruling over feasts, seduction, and beautiful horrors.]

    [Entity: The Wolf Divided; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Blood; Aspects: Edge (High), Winter (High); Description: Pure unceasing hatred and cosmic self-destruction. Born from the horrific wound that killed the Sun-in-Splendour. Wishes to consume the entire Mansus.]

    [Entity: The Vagabond; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Flesh; Aspects: Secret Histories (High), Moth (Low); Description: The only Hour permitted to wander freely outside the Mansus. A silent traveler seeking lost timelines and unwritten pasts.]

    [Entity: The Sister-and-Witch; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Flesh; Aspects: Heart (High), Moth (Low), Grail (Low); Description: The second half of the lunar twin deity. Represents the silver light, cycles, and the ebb and flow of the Mansus waters.]

    [Entity: The Flowermaker; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Light; Aspects: Grail (High), Lantern (High); Description: The god of beautiful illusions, drug-induced euphoria, temptation, and ecstasy that inevitably leads to spiritual decay.]

    [Entity: The Forge of Days; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Light; Aspects: Forge (High), Lantern (Low); Description: The roaring fire of transformation, progress, and alchemy. Destroys old forms to craft something more perfect. Responsible for the murder of the Sun-in-Splendour.]

    [Entity: The Crowned Growth; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Nowhere; Aspects: Dread/Corruption; Description: An alien parasite invading the Mansus. Spreads mental rot, tumours, and horrific hive-mind unity among mortals.]

    [Entity: The Mare-in-the-Tree; Type: Hour; Origin: Gods-from-Nowhere; Aspects: Secret Histories/Moth; Description: A sinister entity trapped deep within the roots of the Mansus (The Wood). Connected to ancient betrayals and dark secrets of nature.]

    [Entity: The Sun-in-Splendour; Type: Hour (Deceased); Origin: Gods-from-Light; Aspects: Lantern (Absolute); Description: The former supreme god of light and glory. Destroyed during 'The Intercalation' event. His remnants formed the Wolf Divided, the Meniscate, the Sun-in-Rags, and the Madrugad.]

11. #11Immortals and Scholars

    Keys: Ligeia, Teresa Galmier, Тереза Гальмье, Лигея, Christopher Illopoly, Long, Ларк, Долгие, Кристофер Иллополи, Sulochana Amavasya, Экдизис, Сулочана, Амавасья, Бессмертные, Ecdysis, Граф Ларк, Иллополи, Count Larque

    [Entity: Christopher Illopoly; Type: Long (Lantern/Moth); Description: A famous, eccentric occultist and traveler of the Mansus. Author of numerous diaries and treatises. He is witty, cynical, and often helps seekers in their dreams, though his advice is always cryptic.]

    [Entity: Teresa Galmier; Type: Long (Lantern); Description: Also known as the Madder Long or the Archivist. Christopher's lover and rival. She resides deep within the Mansus libraries, guarding dangerous truths about the Glory and the Intercalation. Brilliant but emotionally cold.]

    [Entity: Sulochana Amavasya; Type: Ligeia (Immortal); Description: The mysterious owner of the Ecdysis Club in London. A unique immortal entity who is neither mortal nor Long. She knows almost everything about the Hours, acts as a neutral guide for cultists, and cannot be killed by ordinary means.]

    [Entity: Count Larque; Type: Long (Grail); Description: A notorious, ancient immortal who feeds on sensations and blood. He controls subverted aristocratic circles in Europe and occasionally funds or destroys young cults for his own amusement.]

12. #12Writers

    Keys: текст, трактат, Ибн аль-Адим, книга, Томас Девулф, Девулф, Ibn al-Adim, Madame Beata, библиотека, свиток, Беата, манускрипт, book, Мадам Беата, рукопись, Morland, Морланд, Thomas Dewulf, Гримуар, Адим

    [Entity: Dr. Ibn al-Adim; Type: Historical Scholar; Description: A legendary medieval alchemist and historian who mapped the alternative timelines (Histories). His texts are essential for understanding the transition of Gods-from-Stone to Gods-from-Light.]

    [Entity: Thomas Dewulf; Type: Occult Author; Description: A 17th-century scholar obsessed with Winter and Knock. Wrote heavily about the endings of things, graves, and the Eleven-by-Four Court. His books always induce a sense of deep melancholy (Dread).]

    [Entity: Madame Beata; Type: Medium/Author; Description: A high-society spiritualist from the 19th century. Her works focus on Heart and Grail, describing the ecstatic dances of the Thunderskin and the secrets of the lunar twins.]

13. #13Hunters

    Keys: облава, Bureau of Suppression, обыск, Бюро, Бюро Умолчания, Наталья Гё, Охотник, улика, детектив, допрос, Natalia Gyo, Инспектор Дуглас, Гё, подааление, арест, слежка, Дуглас, инспектор, Inspector Douglas, Hunter

    [Entity: Natalia Gyo; Type: Inquisitor / Agent; Description: One of the most relentless and high-ranking Hunters of the Bureau of Suppression. Cold, analytical, and highly resistant to mental manipulation. She views all occultism as a cancer that must be excised to protect humanity.]

    [Entity: Inspector Douglas; Type: Hunter; Description: A standard but doggedly persistent investigator of the Bureau. He represents the mundane, bureaucratic machinery of the law that tracks financial anomalies, missing corpses, and suspicious gatherings.]

14. #14Money

    Keys: Gold Spintria, Spintriae, Spintria, бронзовая спинтрия, Iron Spintria, валюта, деньги, монеты, фунты, спинтрии, аукцион, Bronze Spintria, shilling, pounds, money, серебряная спинтрия, Oriflamme, железная спинтрия, плата, спинтрия, Funds, капитал, currency, Silver Spintria, золотая спинтрия, Орифламм, pence

    [Item: Funds; Type: Currency; Denomination: British Pounds (shillings/pence); Context: Mundane World; Description: Ordinary money used in the material world. Earned through mundane labor, medical practice, or selling paintings. Spent on rent, food, buying books from Morland's, and funding expeditions. Represents structural stability; losing all Funds leads to Poverty and Starvation.]

    [Item: Spintria; Type: Occult Currency; Context: The Secret Histories / Mansus; Description: Rare, ancient coins minted from metals that carry metaphysical weight. They are never accepted by ordinary shops or banks, only by fellow scholars, Long, and entities of the Mansus. Used to pay tutors, commission secret services, and trade at the Oriflamme's Auction House.]

    [Item: Iron Spintria; Type: Occult Currency; Metal: Iron; Aspect: Edge / Winter; Value: Lowest; Description: An iron occult coin. Often used for minor transactions among cultists, paying thugs, or purchasing lower-tier lore and common forbidden books.]

    [Item: Bronze Spintria; Type: Occult Currency; Metal: Bronze; Aspect: Knock / Forge; Value: Medium; Description: A bronze occult coin. Carries the heat of the Forge and the opening potential of Knock. Used for respectable occult trades, hiring intermediate scholars, or acquiring mid-tier manuscripts.]

    [Item: Silver Spintria; Type: Occult Currency; Metal: Silver; Aspect: Lantern / Heart; Value: High; Description: A silver occult coin, gleaming with the soft light of the Moon or the pale Glory. Highly valued by the Long and Ligeia. Used to pay for profound tutelage and incredibly rare, dangerous artifacts.]

    [Item: Gold Spintria; Type: Occult Currency; Metal: Gold; Aspect: Grail / Forge / Glory; Value: Supreme; Description: A heavy, shimmering gold occult coin. A fortune in the unseen world, carrying immense metaphysical resonance. Used only for the most extraordinary transactions, purchasing legendary relics, or striking bargains with ancient entities.]

15. #15Cult structure

    Keys: Cult, adepts, secret society

    [Faction: The Cult; Structure: Founded by the {{user}} around a single chosen Aspect (e.g., Lantern, Forge, Grail). Followers are ranked from Believers (initiates) to Disciples and finally Elongated/Adherents (max rank masters of the cult's principle). Cult activities include: recruiting acquaintances, gathering rumors, performing dark rituals, and sent on dangerous expeditions to secure ancient relics.]

16. #16Mental threats

    Keys: visions, mania, depression, Dread, fear, horror, madness, Fascination

    [Concept: Dread; Type: Mental Threat; Associated: Winter / Loss; Description: A heavy, paralyzing existential terror and sorrow. Accumulates when facing grim truths, death, poverty, or failing dark rituals. If Dread reaches critical mass, the character falls into hopeless despair, ending their journey in madness.]

    [Concept: Fascination; Type: Mental Threat; Associated: Lantern / Glory; Description: An addictive, blinding obsession with the higher Light and the truths of the Mansus. Accumulates from over-studying Lantern lore, painting esoteric visions, or peering too deeply into the Glory. If Fascination reaches its peak, the character tears their own mind apart, lost forever in the blinding light.]

17. #17Rules of hiring

    Keys: Convert, Bureau, Detective, Recruit, Induct, Turn, Hunter

    [Mechanic: Bureau Hunter Corruption & Recruitment] Description="Rules for subverting, corrupting, and recruiting any Bureau of Suppression Hunter into the Cult."

    Core Law: "A Hunter cannot be converted by mundane means (money, threats, or basic persuasion). They must be broken ideologically and metaphysically using high-level Occult Principles."

    Process of Subversion (Requires 3 Steps):

    1. Temptation / Obsession: The Cultist must find the Hunter's personal flaw or occult affinity.

       • Lantern Hunters are lured by Forbidden Truths and Enlightenment.
       • Grail Hunters are lured by Forbidden Sensation and Longing.
       • Forge Hunters are lured by Power and Transformation.
       • Winter/Edge Hunters are lured by Endings, Loss, or Combat. The Hunter becomes personally obsessed with the Cultist, agreeing to private, unofficial meetings.

    2. Indoctrination / The Trade: The Cultist must expose the Hunter to a high-level Secret (Lore, Tool, or Ingredient) that matches or subverts their nature. The Hunter starts losing their Sanity/Bureau Loyalty, experiencing 'Fascinations' or 'Dread'.

    3. The Breaking Point (The Choice): The Cultist forces a crisis of faith. The Hunter must choose between their duty to the mundane world (The Bureau) and the terrifying Glory of the Mansus.

    Outcomes of Step 3:

    • Success: The Hunter burns their case files, defects, and joins the Cult as a powerful, high-tier Follower (Disciple or Rival) with deep knowledge of Bureau tactics.
    • Failure: The Hunter snaps out of the trance, realizes they were manipulated, and becomes a twice-as-dangerous Nemesis with full immunity to that specific Cultist's method.

Showing 17 of 17

1 file

• .jsonjson_lorebookoriginal

  31.7 KBfirst seen Oct 19, 20269e4398064fa151e0

  Download