Shadows of Mexico is a sourcebook for the Chronicles of Darkness. It showcases Mexico and the numerous amounts of supernatural creatures it contains, especially vampires.
Summary[]
From the Onyx Path catalog:
- Blood, Drugs and Conquest in the New World
- They say the blood sacrifices never stopped. They say pyramids underneath Mexico City house vampire cults. They say werewolves prowl the border with the U.S. They say mage society self-destructed there, and now foreign treasure-hunting wizards are plundering the country’s artifacts. They say a lot of things. Find out the truth for yourself.
- A setting book for all World of Darkness Games
- A complete guide to Mexico in the World of Darkness, from ancient myths of blood sacrifice to modern legends of UFO visitation
- Everything a player needs to make uniquely Mexican characters, including clan variations for Vampire, new Merits and distinctive local broods to join
- Everything a Storyteller needs to set chronicles in or around Mexico, from story seeds and monstrous antagonists to vampire Princes and werewolf packs to battle and defy
- Use this book to explore our dark vision of Mexico or follow the guidelines inside to bring your own frightening version of the land to life
- Usable with any World of Darkness game, including Vampire: The Requiem™, Werewolf: The Forsaken™, and Mage: The Awakening™
Contents[]
Prologue: La Justicia[]
Emilio Montejano, a La Justicia gangmember, becomes a ghoul for Don Gerardo and eventually tries to destroy his master.
Introduction[]
- Sources and Inspiration
- Books and Magazines
- The Myths of Mexico and Peru, by Lewis Spence
- Pre-Columbian America: Myths and Legends, by Donald A. Mackenzie
- The Course of Mexican History, by Michael C. Meyer, William L. Sherman and Susan M. Deeds
- The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec, by Mary Ellen Miller
- Colonial Latin America, by Mark A. Burkholder
- Eyewitness Travel Guide to Mexico
- Archaeology Magazine
- Other Titles
- By the Lake of Sleeping Children, The Devil's Highway and Across The Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border, by Luis Alberto Urrea; Lines and Shadows by Joseph Wambaugh; Always Running, La Vida Loca: Gang Days in LA, by Luis J. Rodriguez; Drug Lord: A True Story, The Life & Death of a Mexican Kingpin, by Terrence E. Poppa; Hard Line: Life & Death on the US-Mexico Border, by Ken Ellingwood; Coyotes, by Ted Conover; Chicano Folklore, by Rafaela G. Castro; Latin American Folktales, edited by John Bierhorst, Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the US City, by Mike Davis.
- Movies and Television
- Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- The Wild Bunch
- Frida
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- Amores Perros
- Y Tu Mama Tambien
- Traffic
- Man on Fire
- El Mariachi
- Desperado
- Once Upon A Time
- The Shield
- The Crow: City of Angels
- From Dusk 'Til Dawn
- John Carpenter's Vampires
- Cronos
- Way of the Gun
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
- The Mask of Zorro
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- Music
- Del Castillo
- Shakira
- Los Lobos
- Nelly Furtado
- Calexico
- Kinky
- Norteño - Style of Music
- Books and Magazines
- Lexicon
Chapter One: Overview[]
The raw facts of Mexico are the naked flesh that defines the shape of the land as a setting for your stories.
- The Bruja
- The Club Sangre - Brothels run by the Bruja Gang
- Mud Cellar
- "Mud Cellar", Sótano del Barro (Locus Rating ****)
- The List
- Las Alas del Dragón, "Learned Dancers" - Mysterium Cabal
- UFO Cults
- Tocado por los Dioses
- The National Secret Army
- Heaven's Light
Chapter Two: Player’s Guide[]
This chapter is your guide to playing in a chronicle set in Mexico or themed with Mexican culture.
- Sample Havens:
- Silver Mine (Location 0, Size ****, Security **)
- Casa de Solana (Location **, Size ***, Security ****)
- Priorato de la Resurrección (Location **, Size **, Security 0)
- Barrio Hovel (Location ***, Size 0, Security 0)
- The Hacienda (Location *****, Size *****, Security *****)
- Disciplines:
- Bloodlines, Lodges and Legacies:
- Calacas
- Malintzin
- Dead Wolves
- El Sacrificio (Lodge of the Sacrifice)
- Dreamers of the Black Sun
Chapter Three: Storytelling[]
One of the most dangerous and unpredictable regions in all of the World of Darkness, Mexico has an ambiance that is unique.
Chapter Four: Local Powers[]
What if you set your chronicle in Mexico City, but you don't want the cozy blend of religious ideologies pitted against modern crime that was presented in Chapter One as the backdrop for your stories? What if you want to set your chronicle in Puebla or Oaxaca, but you don't know what the Prince is like there? The following four Princes are your solution.
- Princes:
- Broods:
- Los Fiel de Cuernavaca
- New Devotion: Chains of the Spirit
- Characters:
- Father Ernesto Reyes - Ventrue
- Itotia - Daeva
- Ángel - Mekhet
- Broken Plume - Bone Shadow, Forsaken, Flowers of Quetzal Pack
- Characters:
- New Devotion: Chains of the Spirit
- C.V. (Chicos Víriles)
- Characters:
- Amato Colon - Ventrue
- La Ratón, "The Mouse" - Nosferatu
- Guerita and Hugo - Nosferatu Vampires
- Federico Mentiloso - Mekhet
- Characters:
- The Kingdom of the Maze
- Tenoch - Nosferatu member
- Gilberto - Unbound, Founder of the Brood, Vampire
- Kahiatli - Unbound Vampire
- Garcia Garza - Former Invictus Vampire
- Vargas - Ordo Dracul Vampire
- Characters:
- Huemac - Gangrel
- Isabel - Mekhet
- Guzman - Nosferatu
- Manfred - Mysterium, Thyrsus Mage
- Characters:
- The Fortunate Eight (El Ocho Afortunado)
- Devotion: The Wolf's Maw
- Characters:
- Mariposa - Daeva
- Buho - Ventrue
- Colibri - Daeva, Mariposa's childe
- Araña - Nosferatu
- Perro - Daeva
- Characters:
- Devotion: The Wolf's Maw
- Los Fiel de Cuernavaca
- Allies & Antagonists
- Non-Combatants
- Outraged Vampire Priest
- Black Market Conspirator
- Hidden Kindred Elder
- Bottom Feeder
- Combatants
- Lucia Herrera Villareal, Nomad Crusader - Nosferatu, Lancea Sanctum
- Cipactli, the risen Xipe - Gangrel, Circle of the Crone
- Paolo Obregon Lopez, Xibalba Cultist - Mekhet, Unaligned (formerly Ordo Dracul)
- Thirsty Spirit - Ghost
- New Numina: Manifestation Site
- El Chupacabra
- La Llorona, the Crying Woman - Spirit
- La Llorona, the White Woman - Mekhet, Unaligned
- The Dead Desperado - Animated Corpse
- Non-Combatants
Background Information[]
Memorable Quotes[]
"I'll tell you how it's changed. When my sire first slept, he was put under a pyramid like a king. His coffin was built into the temple like a keystone, 'cause back then the living revered the dead and back, then the priests brought blood to the vampires."
"Blood was the oil of the cosmos, see? To the Aztecs, it was what the universe ran on."
"But when he woke up, it was Mexico you and I know. His fortune was gone. Everyone was speaking Spanish, I became his translator. And we set out to make ourselves a new fortune, this time built on drugs. But he couldn't keep up. He needed us to bring him blood, like we were his dealers. So we put him under the asphalt in Nuevo Loredo, until we can make Mexico into the kind of place he can understand again."
"Blood's still the oil of the universe. It's just that not all blood's the same." - la Sombra de Villa Nueva, Prince of Coahuila (Back Cover)
Characters[]
- la Sombra de Villa Nueva, Prince of Coahuila - Vampire
- Emilio Montejano - Ghoul to Don Gerardo
- Don Gerardo - Vampire del Alvarado
- Ramon - Vampire
- Ban - Coyote-Spirit
- Carlos Saavedra - Founder of the Bruja bloodline, Vampire
- Pangs-of-Emptiness, "Rosalita" - Famine-spirit, Spirit-Claimed
- los Hambres, "The Hungry Ones" - Spirit-Claimed by Famine-spirits
- Benicio Espinosa - Mortal
- Andrew Carlton - Bone Shadow Irraka, leader of the Lobos del Rio Pack, Founder of the Lodge of Coyote
- Luis "Tigre" Chavez - The Gangrel Price of Los Tigres, Vampire
- Saint Virgilio - Vampire Outcast Priest of the City's Sanctified
- Moyolehuani, "The Enamored One" - Spirit of man in the lake
- Octavio - Mortal, gone missing
- Francesco de Maluenda - Nosferatu of the Lancea Sanctum
- Ruiz - Mekhet drug dealer, Vampire
- Beatriz - Mekhet drug dealer, Vampire
- Antonio Catalan de Guillen - Ventrue Vampire
- Hector Luíz Guerrera - Nosferatu Vampire elder, Calacas
- Rosa - Hector's childe, Nosferatu Vampire, Calacas
- Juan Colmillo - First Dead Wolf, Wolf-Blooded Gangrel
- Pedro - Mortal
- Tochel - Mastigos, Founder of the Dreamers of the Black Sun, Watchtower of the Iron Gauntlet
- Glad of Killing - Magath Spirit
- Juan Vega - Spirit-Urged Mortal
- Vargas - Vampire
- Brubaker - Vampire
- Beatriz - Nosferatu Vampire
- Paulo - Vampire
- Clara - Daeva of the Invictus, Vampire
- Juan de Amaya - Gangrel Vampire, destroyed
- Tepeu - Gangrel elder Vampire
- Hector de Rivera - Ventrue Vampire
- Isidro - Carthian Mekhet Vampire
- Miguel - Daeva of the Invictus, Vampire
- Diego - Vampire
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