MIGUEL: Gehenna



Got hold of the book 'Gehenna' a couple of weeks ago and have been reading it on and off. For those who are not in the know, Gehenna is supposed to be White-wolf's last book on the Vampire: the Masquarade series. It talks about teh last few daws of the Kindred in the world of darkness.



Basically, the book is made up of four possible endings that the Storyteller can use depending on the type of campaign that they have been using for the last couple of years. The first ending is that Gehenna happens as a test to check on whether the Kindred has learned enough on what 'humanity' really is and on whether he should be granted a second chance. Out of the four endings this is probably the most emotional and role-playing heavy. Something my old coterie would never even dream of using.



The next ending assumes that Gehenna happens when Lilith (Adam's first wife) takes her revenge on Cain. In this ending, the characters become pawns of the first mother. It is up to the characters to break free of her control and possibly help her or cain. I think this one was used to close the Lilith series of White-wolf.



The third ending assumes that the masquarade has been breached (by the characters, no less). Chaos ensues and the Kindred non only have to fight amongst themselves and the now risen Antedeluvians, but also have to deal with the mortal world as the latter tries to understand the world of darkness (or destroy it if they do fail to understand it).



The last ending is that where the Antedeluvians do wake up and try to reach their goal of true immortality. I haven't really finished this part yet, but I think this is the one that White-wolf has used for their fiction section. I can see Cash and Rourke in this story though, coz it is here where the Tremere really have a story to tell. Maybe I'll post something about it when I'm finished with reading the book.