Saturnine Night (book)

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Written by:	Joseph D. Carriker, Jr., Jess Hartley, Wood Ingham, Chuck Wendig
World of Darkness created by:	Mark Rein•Hagen
Developer:	Matthew McFarland
Editor:	Scribendi.com
Art Direction:	Mike Chaney
Design:	Mike Chaney
Interior Art:	Vatche Malvalian, Gavin Hargest, James Stowe, Ken Meyer, Jr., Brian LeBlanc, Rich Thomas, Ed Bourelle, Mike Chaney
Front Cover Art:	Carlos Samuel Arraya
Publisher:	White Wolf Publishing, Inc.
Imprint:	White Wolf Game Studio
Published:	March 21, 2007
Pages:	151
Year:	2007 (nWOD)
Publication #:	WW60301
Reference #:	ISBN 1-58846-609-9
Price:	$26.99 US

Saturnine Night is the fifth and final book released for the World of Darkness' Promethean: The Created line. The book's main themes include bringing strong science fiction elements into storylines through new types of Prometheans and a new Lineage, as well as tips on creating new Lineages and creating short and long-term Promethean chronicles. It ends with the final chapter in the Water of Life chronicle.

Contents 1 Summary 1.1 Prologue: Fragments From the Revelation of John 1.2 Introduction 1.3 Chapter One: Demiurges in the Modern Age 1.4 Chapter Two: Flesh and Metal 1.5 Chapter Three: The Destroyer of Worlds 1.6 Chapter Four: Storytelling 2 Background Information 3 Memorable Quotes 4 Characters 5 References

[edit] Summary

From the White Wolf catalog:

"Good Book says the world's caught in a long dark night, waiting for a brand new dawn to come and sweep all that darkness away.

Don't know if that'll ever happen, but I do know this: there's folks set on making things darker.

They're looking for ways to break the laws the Good Lord set for all of nature's ways.

I've seen it happen, and the night's getting longer and darker.

Sometimes I think I mightn't ever see the sun come up."

--John Ash, Tammuz

[edit] Prologue: Fragments From the Revelation of John

Fiction. John Ash recounts his meeting with the Skin Girl, possibly to Mr. Verney. (Later parts of this story are revealed in the pre-chapter fiction.)

[edit] Introduction

[edit] Chapter One: Demiurges in the Modern Age

An examination of how new Lineages may be spawned by Demiurges in the modern age, not just by Prometheans themselves, but by humans, the Redeemed or even other supernatural creatures like vampires, werewolves and mages. It also provides more details of the production of human and hybrid Clones, creatures created through a fusion of biotechnology and Promethean alchemy.

[edit] Chapter Two: Flesh and Metal

Introduces the Unfleshed, Promethean-like beings born of the Divine Fire but fashioned from metal and plastic rather than human corpses.

[edit] Chapter Three: The Destroyer of Worlds

Details the Zeka, the rare, mysterious and deadly sixth nuclear Lineage of Promethean. Also provides information on using radiation as a force in the World of Darkness.

[edit] Chapter Four: Storytelling

The final chapter in the Water of Life, "These Mortal Engines" which takes place in Detroit.

[edit] Background Information

• Most of the fiction in this book is based around John Ash.

[edit] Memorable Quotes

[edit] Characters

• John Ash - Tammuz seeking the truth about his condition, even at risk of his existance.

• Skin Girl - Zeka Signature character who works with John Ash and against her creator.
• Tsar Bomba - Zeka who is considered the closest thing to a known Progenitor the Lineage has; creator of Skin Girl.
• Windscale - Zeka who does not follow the path of the Centimani.
• Oleg Wormwood - Zeka who hopes to destroy the world through nuclear power.

[edit] References

Carcinoma, Irradiation, Unfleshed, Zeka

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