The Jail of Night:
Metropolis by Night

by Paul Beakley

        The World of Darkness is a lie.
        Humanity is trapped by its own senses. We see only that which
does not challenge our beliefs.  While this self-inflicted illusion has
helped hide the existence of beings like Vampires and Werewolves
for millennia, its effect is much broader.  Beyond this illusion is a
multifaceted reality inhabited by beings more powerful and
dangerous than we can comprehend.
        But the Illusion is collapsing.
        The powerful Kindred are losing control of their crumbling
cities to malevolent beings both utterly alien and disturbingly
familiar.  The Garou and other shapeshifters are renegades in their
own wilderness, all too aware of the hidden truth and what it holds. 
Wraiths face an afterlife ruled by power-mad Death Angels bent on
invading the skinlands.  The Mages know more of the truth, but
they're not telling anyone for fear of their souls.
        This is the first of a four-part series outlining the Jail of Night,
an alternate World of Darkness set in the cosmology of Kult.  Kult
is a rich and disturbing world in its own right, and readers are
encouraged to purchase and explore the original rules for more
detailed information.
        Storytelling in the Jail of Night is different from the World of
Darkness in several important ways. To be sure, the city is home to
new denizens dark and dangerous crawling the streets.  Most
importantly, though, the underlying cosmology of the Jail of Night
provides new insights into the motivations and methods of the
Camarilla, Pentex, the Technocracy and other supernatural
conspiracies.  These world-spanning organizations are, after all,
mere subplots in the grand schemes of the Archons, Death Angels,
and their servants within the Jail.

A Quick Tour of the City

        In the Jail of Night, the Illusion that protects us from the
hidden, underlying reality of our origin is collapsing.  This
underlying reality, Metropolis, is the origin of humanity. 
Metropolis is an infinitely large city that exists outside time and
space.  Every city that has ever been built or will be built in our
world is an aspect of the primordial city.  When humanity lived in
Metropolis, we enjoyed divinity.  It was the mythical Eden.
        But our race was evicted from Eden by its creator, the
Demiurge.  This god-like being, assisted by its ten Archons, forged
the Illusion to hide the existence of Metropolis from the evictees.  In
addition to actual sensory editing, the Demiurge made the Illusion
far more insidious: sin, social and sexual taboos, fear of death.
        Nobody knows why the Demiurge cast out humanity.  Perhaps
the Demiurge felt threatened by the growing power of Its peers. 
Perhaps Metropolis was corrupted by invaders from alien realities. 
Perhaps it was time for the decadent Metropolitans to grow up.
        The Demiurge made its Archons responsible for maintaining
the Illusion.  The Archons ruled different aspects of reality, and
correspond to the positions of the Sephiroth, the Kabbalistic Tree of
Life (see part III: Ascension is a Lie for more information on the
cosmology of the Jail of Night).  Locked in the Illusion with
humanity are the Archons' lictors, our jailers.  The lictors have been
here since the beginning, manipulating civilization and keeping the
Illusion intact.  But they are also unwilling prisoners in the Illusion,
and inflict their ancient frustrations on our race.
        Now, millennia later, the Demiurge's illusion is collapsing. 
Parallel to the Industrial Revolution and the expansion of the
Technocracy, the Demiurge and its citadel vanished from
Metropolis (the cause and effect relationship of the Age of Reason
and the disappearance of the Demiurge is one of the most hotly
contested subjects among scholarly Mages).  Where its citadel in
Metropolis once stood, there is now a bottomless Abyss several
miles across.
        The ten Archons -- demigods in their own right -- immediately
struggled to fill the power vacuum.  They waged a great war in
Metropolis, resulting in the disappearance of four of the Archons
and expanded power for the rest.
        Some of the Archons' lictors are also rebelling against their
ancient masters, operating independently within the Illusion to build
their own empires or help destroy the Illusion and escape with
humanity back to their homeland.
        On the surface, the cities of the Jail of Night are not much
different than those of the World of Darkness.  There is still
corruption in the halls of power, the evening fog still covers
unspeakable acts, secret wars are still waged on the city streets after
hours.
        But there is also an underlying malevolence to the city. 
Power-hungry mortals have access to more magical knowledge,
gladly trading their souls to cloaked strangers for snippets of
demonic spells, or for ancient artifacts that open gateways to
Metropolis.  Subhuman creatures scuttle in the shadows, peering
out of steam grates or boarded-up warehouse windows.  Mysterious
strangers seem to know too much and harbor nothing but malice
toward humanity.  The disenfranchised worship forgotten gods in
the sewers and band together to protect themselves from the Reality
they have seen.

Getting to Metropolis

The Borderlands

        Between the Illusion of humanity's cities and the reality of
Metropolis are the Borderlands.  These are the realms inhabited by
the disenfranchised, the insane, criminals, mad geniuses and
supernatural outcasts.  These are also the realms of the Kindred.
        Wherever the Illusion has begun to crumble -- in any city's
slums, abandoned industrial complexes, crack houses, condemned
warehouse districts-- you will find the Borderlands.  Any strong
emotional or psychic charge can create a Borderland as well (see
sidebar: Passion Lore).  Crime scenes, torture chambers, death
camps, prisons and battlefields all can shock the sleeping psyche
into seeing the reality of Metropolis.
        The energies present where the Illusion and Metropolis interact
warp the bodies and minds of those who stay within them too long. 
Humans exposed to the Borderland eventually become Borderliners. 
Physically, the flesh of a Borderliner is dry, grey and mottled.  Their
eyes become large and red, with expanded pupils that allow them to
take in even minimal light.  Their fingernails become hard and
black like claws.
        These Borderliners often go unnoticed.  After all, how often do
we carefully study our cities' vagrants, drunks, drug addicts and
whores?  This is similar to a Mage's Arcane or -- as a more focused
application -- the Kindreds' powers of obfuscation.  These
disenfranchised people tend to gather, both for safety and to comfort
one another in the reality they have seen beyond this Illusion.  And
wherever these Borderliners gather, the ghettoes get worse and the
Illusion continues to crumble.
        Borderliners are prevalent where the Kindred feed most often. 
The blood of a Borderliner, though, is corrupted and provides no
nourishment.  Sometimes-- to the horror of the Kindred -- it appears
to pass on the curse of the Nosferatu.
        The Illusion is also laid bare wherever lictors keep their
gateways back to their Archon masters.  Lictors usually use
corporate headquarters, military bases, mansions and penthouses as
their headquarters, but this is not always the case.  These places
exist simultaneously in our world and Metropolis.
        A special Borderland present in most cities is the Labyrinth. 
This is the underground network of sewers, subways, service
corridors and forgotten bomb shelters.  In the fetid underworld of
the city, manmade passages eventually merge with corridors of
steel, concrete and mud that were never created with human hands. 
Travel deeply enough, and every passage merges with the Undercity
of Metropolis.
        Like the Borderlands aboveground, humans often gather in the
Labyrinth closest to the surface.  Vagrants, packs of abandoned
children and junkies all hide underground.  Those that become lost
in the Labyrinth eventually become Children of the Underground,
another kind of Borderliner. Their eyes deteriorate and they can only
see darkness and light, while their smell and touch sensitivity
compensates for this loss.  Their hands and feet change so they can
run on all fours, sometimes using steel claws to reinforce their nails.
        Zeloths also live close to the surface of the Labyrinth.  These
feral, skinless humanoids hunt and eat unwary humans that wander
too close to Metropolis or openings into the Labyrinth.  When they
find their prey, they communicate to one another with a complex
system of rattles and clanks.  When the prey is least expecting it, the
Zeloths suddenly pour forth from steam grates and storm drains to
yank the prey underground.
        The true kings of the Labyrinth are the Kindred of Clan
Nosferatu.  These foul creatures have spent centuries making peace
with the subcultures that have also made the Labyrinth their home. 
As the Ventrue have their mortal servants aboveground, the
Nosferatu have their Borderliners and Children of the Underground
to serve them.
        There are rumors -- substantiated only by the Nosferatu, or
humans who have ventured too deep into the Labyrinth -- of
massive, wet hatching chambers filled with the eggs and larvae of
Razides (see Part IV: Necropolis: Metropolis), and of horribly
twisted and mutated subhumans called Psilosites that wrap
themselves with iron exoskeletons and hunt for more humans to
convert to Psilosites.
        These Borderlands are present in every city.  In most cities, the
Borderlands are also expanding.  The Illusion has begun to collapse
entirely.  When it finally does, our world will be destroyed.

Other Paths to Metropolis

        There is more than one way to reach Metropolis.  Before the
disappearance of the Demiurge, the most common methods were
drugs, medical experiments and magical artifacts.
        Many magical artifacts still exist in private collections,
museums or antique stores.  Enchanted lenses and looking-glasses
allow users to see reality as it truly is (but don't transport them to
Metropolis per se).Statuettes and paintings can allow the depicted
figure or location to enter the Illusion.  Mirrors and puzzles often
create openings directly into Metropolis.
        Medical experiments and drugs have also been effective in
breaking down illusions.  Patients receiving electric-shock therapy
in mental hospitals often capture glimpses of the truth.  Stimulation
of "unused" portions of the brain can have the same effect, as can
sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic drugs like LSD.  The
"insane" -- like the Malkavians -- often have the clearest look into
the truth.

Metropolis: One Facet of the Truth

        Wherever the Illusion collapses entirely, we find ourselves in
the reality of Metropolis.
        Every city that exists or has ever existed in our world is a part
of Metropolis.  Beyond the illusion, one might wander from Times
Square to ancient Rome and never find a way back.  Traveling deep
into Metropolis often involves traveling through time.
        After humanity was evicted, much of Metropolis was left in
ruins.  These Ruins are inhabited by thieves and killers, animals of
prey and scavengers.  Even after tens of thousands of years,
treasures can still be found among the abandoned palaces and vast
industrial complexes that are rusting away.  Generations of looters
have made a living from what they have found in the abandoned
buildings.  The Borderlands that exist within the growing urban
blight of the Kindreds' cities usually lead to the Ruins.
        Some areas of Metropolis are actively inhabited by humans. 
These areas have been "renovated," so to speak, and often are
indistinguishable from city streets in our own world.  In fact, many
of our city streets do pass through the Living City, especially exotic
or dangerous areas: middle-eastern bazaars, slums, perhaps even
the streets of New Orleans during Mardi Gras, when the citizens of
Metropolis mingle with us unnoticed.  Most of the inhabitants of
the Living City are looters, crazy or lost humans, and the Azghouls.
        The most common beings in Metropolis are the Azghouls. 
These creatures were once our servants in Metropolis but were left
behind when we were exiled.  They sometimes cross into our world
and drag people -- their old masters -- back to Metropolis, where
they are subjected to torture and humiliation for ancient
transgressions.  When uncontrolled, Azghouls look like
black-skinned humanoids dressed in grey steel armor and black
glass faceplates.  When controlled by their True Names (there are
about 1,000 names divided among all the Azghouls), they appear as
ordinary, attractive humans.  These are highly prized servants of the
Tremere, hermetic mages and other occultists.
        At the heart of Metropolis is the fabled First City of vampiric
lore.  After humanity was cast out of Eden, the Second City was our
attempt to recreate our homeland within the Illusion.  This threat to
the jail caused the lictors to destroy the Second City.
        The original First City now stands in ruins at the heart of
Metropolis.  This is where the citadels of the Archons stand,
dominating the skyline.  These massive, gothic towers are seven
miles across at the base and tens of miles high.  Within the Citadels
wander Azghouls, Black Spiral Dancers, the Children of the
Underworld, lictors and other Metropolitan creatures.  It is believed
that the Citadels hold secrets to controlling the Illusion and True
Reality; and portals to the Citadels are highly prized discoveries for
Mages.
        At the center of the First City is the Abyss, a bottomless pit
that is miles across at the mouth.  This was once the Demiurge's
Citadel.  With its disappearance, Its entire palace vanished with it.
        There are many other areas within Metropolis.  There is a vast
industrialized area known as the Machine City, untouched palaces
of decadence called the Mirror Halls, the horrific Hunting Grounds
(where Black Spiral Dancers and Fomori track and kill their prey),
the mysterious Metropolis Maze, and the City of the Dead, haunted
by Wraiths who are lost between the Inferno and our world.  All
these areas will be covered in subsequent parts of the Jail of Night.

The Jailers

        One of the most important factor that makes the Jail of Night
different from the World of Darkness is the presence of the Lictors. 
Stripped of their illusory appearance, lictors are fat, pale giants with
beady eyes and razor-sharp little teeth.  In our reality, these
creatures are attractive, charismatic and successful.  They are the
beautiful people, the leaders, and successful yuppie scum at the
heads of most corporations.  Unlike the Kindred, the lictors are free
to move about within society, day or night.
        The only thing keeping the lictors from displacing the Kindred
entirely is the fact that they have no free will.  Each lictor is bound
to serve an Archon as their representative within the Illusion.  If
they are loyal, their Archon will define their scope of work.  For
example, a lictor serving Netzach might devote its time to inciting
violence and competition, whether on the battlefield or the
boardroom.
        However, lictors are unwilling prisoners with us.  They have
spent millennia at their tasks, and many have come to take out their
frustrations on the blind and stupid humans.  Also, with the recent
power struggle and disappearance of several of the Archons, many
lictors are now operating independent of their masters.
        When the Demiurge vanished, Its Angels fell into our Illusion
from their paradise.  The Seraphim that survived the journey are
now caught in our world, appearing as filthy and confused vagrants
(which they are, in a sense) that can be easily manipulated.  Some
lictors capture and retrain Seraphim for their own private armies.
        Even the domesticated animals of our world serve the jailers. 
These True Animals -- the rats in the sewers, the birds in the park --
watch us and report to the lictors (see part II: The Apocalypse is
Over, for more information on animals and nature in the Jail of
Night).

Vampires in the Jail of Night: Deposed Rulers of Metropolis

        Before the Demiurge cast humanity into the Illusion, the
Kindred were the aristocracy of Metropolis.  As the millennia
passed, their rule became increasingly cruel and decadent.  When
they were cast out with the rest of humanity -- as the whispered
legends go -- they were cursed by the Demiurge in a pique of rage. 
The royal families of Metropolis became the Clans of Kindred
within the Illusion, tied throughout eternity to their family heritage
as an undying reminder of their unjust rule.
        Some of the families -- Ventrue and Toreador -- adapted well
to the new world and quickly regained rule over their subjects. 
Others did not fare so well here, and either escaped into the
wilderness (like the Gangrel),escaped into madness (like the
Malkavians) or escaped into the underside of the cities (like to
Nosferatu).  The Brujah never recovered the respect they enjoyed in
Metropolis, and still plot their return to power.
        The Tremere are largely pawns of the lictors.  As civilization
grew in the western world and the study of occult secrets came into
fashion, there were many self-styled wizards and scholars who
gladly traded their souls for the secrets of the lictors' Lore Magic
(see sidebar).  In the Jail of Night, there's a good chance that any
given Tremere is, in fact, a lictor.  The lictors continue to create
more and different bloodlines to do their bidding.
        When the Demiurge cast out the royal families, It decided that
their blood would keep the family elders alive for eternity.  Each
family line carries a different "code" so their sins can be dealt with
individually when the Demiurge passes final judgement for their
transgressions.
        Even in exile, the Kindred retain many privileges of station. 
All Kindred are faster, stronger, smarter than their Sleeper minions. 
The family bloodlines also carry shadows of the powers they
wielded in Metropolis: powers of domination, charisma and mass
control.  The blood also carries with it the ability to create more
family members and servants who will blindly obey their masters.
        The Caine myth is, of course, a lie created by the Archons to
obfuscate the true origins of the Kindred.  However, the Archons
realize the Kindred's immortality, combined with their infernal drive
to recreate Metropolis and eventually tear down the Illusion, is a
very real danger to the Illusion. It is not known why the Archons
cannot destroy the Kindred entirely.
        The elder Kindred are beginning to see the truth behind their
cities.  They also realize that whatever lies behind the Illusion is
becoming more prevalent with the growth and corruption of the
cities.

The Camarilla

        The Camarilla is one of the Archons' great achievements.  By
fomenting internal conflict, intrigue and desperation, the very
existence of the Kindred is hidden and the Illusion is maintained.
        At the heart of the Camarilla are the lictors of various Archons,
mostly Kether (the right hand of the Demiurge), Netzach (the victor,
sustaining a meaningless Jyhad across the aeons) and Binah (the
Black Madonna, promoting organization and family loyalty).  To
other vampires, these lictors appear as ancient Kindred.  Perhaps
they even were -- once -- but have since been twisted by the
Archons.
        Besides maintaining the Illusion against discovery of the
Kindred, there is another agenda within the Camarilla.  Throughout
history, vampires have been responsible for the creation of many of
the world's great cities.  While later generations of Kindred have
come to believe this was to harvest the kine more efficiently, the
elders know that every city they build or instigate is another dent in
the Illusion.  Thus, the Camarilla's short-term agenda is to maintain
the Illusion and protect its existence in this reality.  But its
long-term goal is to slowly chisel away at the greater reality by
creating -- and eventually corrupting -- metropolitan centers.
        It is not known if this is a deliberate plan of rebellious Lictors
at the Camarilla's highest ranks, or an inevitable extension of the
talents that made the Kindred so well suited to rule in Metropolis.

The Sabbat

        This sect of vampires plans on returning to Metropolis in its
own way: by force.  They make no effort to maintain the Illusion. 
To the Sabbat, the concept of Humanity is another lie to control
them in this world.  They leave behind this affectation of
"civilization," choosing instead to follow their Paths: systems of
belief created to help break down the Illusion for themselves. 
Sabbat Kindred, however, have forgotten they are in exile because
of their sin and decadence in Metropolis.  While they gain greater
access to Metropolis, they merely delay their final judgement by the
Demiurge.

The Inconnu

        These Kindred have discovered the truth of Golconda: it is an
escape from the Demiurge's curse.  Once Golconda is achieved, they
slip from view of the Archons and are free to move about within the
Illusion.  Some Inconnu seek paths back to Metropolis so they can
return to their crumbling Eden.
        It is believed the rite of Golconda requires that a Kindred
present herself to the Demiurge Itself for judgement.  According to
some texts, the subject must recite a liturgy of sins for which she
must claim complete guilt and responsibility.  These sins are
different for each family line.
        With the disappearance of the Demiurge, however, Golconda
would seem impossible to achieve.  Many Inconnu have journeyed
into the Abyss in search of the Demiurge so their rite of Golconda
can be completed.  None have returned.

Clans

        Brujah: This clan proudly maintains independence from the
lictors at the heart of the Camarilla.  Or so they think.  Malkuth has
involved her incarnates and lictors in the affairs of the Brujah for
centuries.  The Brujah are some of the Archon's most important foot
soldiers in her rebellion against her more powerful siblings.  The
Brujah elders have the freshest memories of the anger of the
Demiurge, and willingly battle Its creations whenever they can.
        Gangrel: These vampires often travel outside the city and the
underlying reality of Metropolis, traveling instead in the
Gaia-realms that exist where the city is not (see Part 2: The
Apocalypse is Over).  They are the true rebels, and find they get
along better in this reality than they ever did in Metropolis.
        Malkavian: Their madness affords -- or curses -- members of
this clan with an unfettered vision directly into Metropolis.  In fact,
most Malkavian"insanities" are simply responses to the untold
horrors they see beyond the Illusion.  Malkavians are very likely to
wander into Metropolis, unable to discern the barriers between their
own city and the primal city.  Malkavians are also closely
associated with the Realm of Madness (see Part 3: Ascension is a
Lie), attracting creatures borne of madness that taunt them
throughout eternity.
        Nosferatu: Because they lurk in the underbelly of the city -- the
slums, sewers and collapsing industrial centers -- they live where
the Illusion is thinnest.  Nosferatu often stumble into Metropolis,
using forgotten subway tunnels and buried networks of basements
to reach the Underground.  Older and wiser Nosferatu track these
passages carefully and treat Metropolis as are source.  When
possible, Nosferatu also strike alliances with beings beyond the
Illusion, trading protection and secrecy of their existence for
information.  Younger Nosferatu often don't survive their first foray
into the ancient city.
        Toreador: these Kindred often receive the favor of the Archon
Tiphareth(see part 3: Ascension is a Lie).  In return for untold
beauty and art from Metropolis, elder Toreador and their minions do
the mysterious bidding of their Archon master.  Toreadors often
learn Passion Lore (see sidebar) to help them explore the realm of
experiences with willing (and unwilling)subjects.  Toreador often
seek out the artifacts that open portals to Metropolis, where untold
pleasures await them in the Mirror Halls.
        Tremere: The warlocks are often employed by the Archons (or,
more frequently, by the Death Angels) to do their bidding.  In
return, they receive the secrets of the Lores (these will be covered
throughout thesaurus) as well as traditional Thaumaturgy paths. 
The Tremere are powerful and important pawns.
        However, some Archons give special favor to the Tremere. 
Malkuth, especially, cultivates promising young warlocks in the
hope that someday they will assist in the destruction of the Illusion. 
The death angel Togarini, in his role as protector of death mages
(see Part IV: Necropolis: Metropolis) also protects the Tremere
from harm by other death angels or archons.
        Ventrue:  Lictors and incarnates often use Ventrue kindred as
willing pawns within the Illusion, trading token power for their
service.  Ventrue who are deeply enmeshed in the machinations of
the lictors often have large cadres of azghouls and other
Metropolitan servants at their disposal.
        When ambitious Ventrue discover the reality beyond the Lie,
they often seek the services of Borderliners and some Kindred --
Malkavians and Nosferatu, especially -- to reach Metropolis.

        Next issue: Shapeshifters, the Gaia-Realm and Forgotten Gods 

Sidebar:

Lore Magic
The Realm of Passions

        The lictors use a system of hedge magic organized around five
Lores: Passion, Madness, Dreams, Death and Time/Space.  These
magics are usually very alien, requiring tens of hours of sustained
chants, complex symbols, massive sacrifices and other nastiness. 
While Lore magic was intended to give the Lictors an edge over
their prisoners, their secrets have slowly made their way into human
occult studies.
        Anyone can learn Lore spells, but they are hard to research. 
Common practitioners of Passion Lore, for example, are Toreador
and Tremere Kindred(especially those in the service of the
Archons), Cultists of Ecstasy (or Cultists of Agony -- see part III:
Ascension is a Lie), and mortal sex magicians in the service of
lictors.  The other Lores will be covered throughout the series.
        The first realm of the series is Passion Lore.  This covers all
aspects of unfettered emotion and sexuality.  In the Jail of Night,
Passion is a very real and tangible energy, capable of summoning
creatures of passion or transporting us to Metropolis.
        The difficulty of Passion Lore magicks is graded in five levels. 
A character may learn rituals up to his knowledge level in Rituals.

Level 1

        See Through Passions -- The conjurer can detect the true
emotions that someone is feeling.  The conjurer can open gateways
to purgatories where the subject will end up (see part IV:
Necropolis: Metropolis).  Subject must be present at the ritual.
        Manipulate Passion -- The conjurer can control and alter
another person's emotions and passions.  This includes charming,
transferring or draining emotions, or domination.

Level 2

        Summon Creature of Passion -- The conjurer summons a
creature of passion.  Examples include the Darthea, a sex-obsessed
creature that possesses its victim, resulting in nymphomania or
satyriasis; the Libith, our playmates from Metropolis who now
torment sexually frustrated humans to madness or suicide; and the
Gynachides, carnivorous grayish humanoids that reproduces by
implanting a fetus into a human woman.
        Bind Creature of Passion -- The conjurer can force a creature of
passion to serve her for seven days.
        Expel Creature of Passion -- Return the above creatures to the
realms beyond Passion.
        Exorcise Creature of Passion -- Expel a creature of Passion that
is possessing a victim.

Level 3

        Mass Suggestion -- Identical to Manipulate Passion (above),
but applies to groups.
        Parthenogenesis -- The conjurer can make a woman pregnant
by magic.  The child will share the genetic traits of the mother and
the conjurer (even if the conjurer is female), and will be more
susceptible to Crossbreeding and Fetus Perversion (below).

Level 4
        Fetus Perversion -- The conjurer can alter an unborn fetus. 
Abilities can be altered, limbs can be changed or added, inner
organs can be enlarged or reduced.

Level 5

        Crossbreeding -- The conjurer can make a woman pregnant
with magical"genes" from a different animal, a demon or even a
machine.
        Create Proto-lictor -- Combined with extensive surgery and
drugs that warp the mind and body of the subject, this spell converts
a human to a lictor.  This allows the subject to hide his new form
and appear human again.  It also unbinds him from the cycle of
death.  This spell requires the hide of a true lictor be sewn into the
flesh of the subject before casting.

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