The Moros are a magical path whose ruling Arcana are Death and Matter. They are also known as the Necromancers on the Path of Doom, Scions of the Watchtower of the Lead Coin in the Realm of Stygia, Kingdom of Crypts and Abode of Shades. Their theme and Tarot card is Death, their mood Respect and Contemplation.

Contents 1 The Moros 2 Moros Legacies 3 The Moros Outlook 3.1 Orders 3.1.1 Adamantine Arrow 3.1.2 Free Council 3.1.3 Guardians of the Veil 3.1.4 Mysterium 3.1.5 Silver Ladder 3.2 Other Paths 3.2.1 Acanthus 3.2.2 Mastigos 3.2.3 Obrimos 3.2.4 Thyrsus 3.3 Other Creatures 3.3.1 Sleepers 3.3.2 Vampires 3.3.3 Werewolves 3.3.4 Geist

The MorosEdit

The first thing being a Moros teaches you is there is no good or evil in death. In this universe a good man will die as soon as a wicked man. It rains upon the head of a wicked man, the same as a good man. Death is the great leveller, as the song says 'You may be a king or just a street sweeper, sooner or later you'll dance with the Reaper.' The Moros specialise in the Arcana of Death and Matter, and suffer penalties when trying to learn the Arcanum of Spirit.

Moros LegaciesEdit

• Bokor – These mages are unusual amongst the Moros in that, unlike most members of their path, they see death not a serene, calm experience, but as a violent and painful process. The see the bodies of the dead as being mere shells, and so have no qualms about using them as servants or soldiers. Interesting to note is that their ethics are tightened when it comes to dabbling in souls; the Bokor philosophy does not allow that to imprison or sever souls, though they can be used to create revenants.
• Forge Master – Awakened artisans and craftsmen beyond parallel, the Forge Masters are the supreme alchemists, item crafters and Imbuers of the Awakened world. Even the mundane items they make are of exceptional quality and the greatest among them can use their own souls as forges to conjure items from thin air.
• Stone Scribe – The Stone Scribes are a Legacy devoted to finding and recording the Final Names of the dead and the dying, in the hope that someday they will be able to work backwards from all the names of power they have collected to reconstruct the names of dead Atlantean archmages and conjure up their shades, seeking genuine Atlantean magic from these ghosts.
• Tamer of Stone – This Elemental Legacy specialises in the element of Earth. The Tamers of Stone are builders, masons, and architects, who lay out Supernal symmetry in their designs and who remain steadfastly on the ground with the common people, despite their Awakened condition.
• Thread Cutter – The Thread Cutters are the self-appointed guardians of destiny. They read the fates of others, and groom or destroy them in accordance with what they find to be their subject's proper role in the tapestry of fate. They serve beings embodying fate, which they call the Three, who weave a person's thread of fate, measure it to the appropriate length, and sever it once it has reached its end.
• Uncrowned King – The Uncrowned Kings are alchemists, though their studies transcend the vulgar work of other Awakened alchemists. Theirs is alchemy of the soul, designed to refine the purest essence of the soul out of the dross of sorrow and pain.
• Votary of the Ordained – The Votaries of the Ordained are mages who devote everything they are to protecting an important item, person or place from supernatural interference, although their stewardship over each item only lasts until that item has fulfilled its worldly significance.
• Wraith of Epochs – The Wraiths are mages who reject the modern world and eschew its technologies as distractions from the power and true ways of the Supernal and the Awakened. They have incredible power to look into and draw upon the past but lose their ability to wield the tools of the present to best effect.

• Cultist of Doomsday Clock (left-handed) –
• Tremere Lich (left-handed) – The Tremere Liches are mages who have been infected with the power of a presumed-extinct bloodline of vampires called the Tremere. They are gifted with immortality, but only as long as they consume the souls of mortals to sustain it.

The Moros OutlookEdit

Below are presented common views, stereotypes, and prejudices held by the Moros. An individual Necromancer may disagree with some or even all of these descriptions; as Paths are hardly united fronts, the individual outlooks of those who walk them vary greatly. As a whole, however, the following descriptions sum up what the perceived majority of Moros believe about the world, and what the world believes about them.

OrdersEdit

Adamantine ArrowEdit

Free CouncilEdit

Guardians of the VeilEdit

MysteriumEdit

Silver LadderEdit

Other PathsEdit

AcanthusEdit

MastigosEdit

ObrimosEdit

ThyrsusEdit

Other CreaturesEdit

SleepersEdit

VampiresEdit

WerewolvesEdit

GeistEdit

Mage: The Awakening Paths

Acanthus · Mastigos · Moros · Obrimos · Thyrsus