Talon Comics & Games

The Year of the Scarab

Immortality has a price higher than most are willing to pay. To walk for unending centuries, one must sacrifice one's very soul. But is there a path that leads to life eternal rather than damnation? Are the denizens of the World of Darkness worthy to walk it and can they pay the price?
For centuries, their number has been few. While a power faction, they have not plied the influence or wreaked the havoc that other creatures have. But with the destruction of Amenti, the Egyptian City of the Dead, all that is about to change. What consequences will the new breed of mummies have on the World of Darkness? And how will the reigning supernatural creatures deal with these beings and a changed Middle East?

They stalk in the shadows, moving gracefully and unseen among their prey. They are the blood-drinking fiends of whispered legends — Kindred, Cainites, the Damned. Above all, they are vampires. Their eternal struggle, waged since the nights of Jericho and Babylon, plays itself out among the skyscrapers and nightclubs of the modern world. But the vampires’ grand Masquerade is imperiled, and the night of Gehenna draws ever closer.

Werewolf: The Apocalypse is about anger over the loss of what the shapeshifting Garou hold dearest: Gaia, the Earth itself. Corruption from without and within has caused the destruction not only of the Garou's environment, but also of their families, friends and culture, which extends in an unbroken line to the very dawn of life. No matter how righteously the Garou hold themselves, no matter how they prey on their destroyers, the corruption spreads.
Now the time for reconciliation is past. The grave insult against Gaia can only end in only one way: blood, betrayal... and rage.

Reality is a lie invented by a technocratic enemy who has written history to its liking. The truth is magic - the universe can be crafted with a simple working of your will. Mages have taught this truth throughout the ages, but the proponents of technology have crushed the mystic masters. Join the last stand in the war for reality.
Mage: The Ascension places you in the midst of supernatural intrigues and inner struggles. The more secrets you learn, the more important your wisdom and power become. Mage drags spirituality and metaphysics screaming through the streets of a postmodern nightmare.

For centuries, supernatural powers have reigned, warring among themselves, culling the human herds and lashing out from the shadows. The creatures of the night have held court since before the dawn of history. Nothing lasts forever.
From the throng of humanity, individuals emerge who know the truth. They know monsters exist. Enough is enough! The forces of darkness must pay their due. The time of retribution is at hand.

The gates to Arcadia, the original paradise, are closed. Only the world of humanity remains. Without any awareness of our true nature, humankind crushes us beneath its banal heel. Joy and laughter are gone; only the Dreaming remains.
We are changelings, the forgotten ones, neither fully fae nor wholly mortal. The last of our kind on Earth, we have built ourselves an invisible kingdom. We are everywhere, yet you have never seen us. We hide, not behind some fragile Masquerade, but in plain sight with the power of our Glamour. We exist within a real world of make-believe where "imaginary" things can kill and "pretend" monsters are real.

It is the Second Age of Man, the age before the world turned. The Empire of the Dragon-Blooded - an invincible colossus - stands astride the ruins of the First Age. For millennia, the Scarlet Empress held the world in her steel grip. But the empress is no more, and the Realm spirals towards chaos and civil war. Its enemies descend - demon princes, deathlords, skin-changing barbarians and the twisted and inscrutable Fair Folk hammer at the gates. In this time of darkness are reborn the Solar Exalted, heroes of legend once slain by the Dragon-Blooded. Will these living legends herald the return of the Golden Age... or the end of Creation?