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Baali for where the world has gone, but it began its slow
march to death long before we drank our first drop of blood.
Gehenna is only one theory on how the world
will end. The Antediluvians haven’t been very
active in these modern nights, at least as far
as I’ve seen. Demons, on the other hand,
are constantly reaching out and looking
for a way to cross over into this world. For
every demon a Baali summons forth
with so-called “evil” blood rituals,
there are another two who slip in
through the cracks created from
a world on the verge of collapse.
Character and Traits
Concepts
Entrepreneur
You’ve always been a people person.
When it came to grade school, you
were always picked first and never
disparaged any opportunity to get
up in front of the class and give
a speech. After graduation, you
were on the fast tra ck to success,
always the talk of the town. And
then, you were chosen by the
Baali to become their face to
the masses.
With that in mind, could
you blame the Baali for wanting
something out of this whole
thing? If the end is nigh, why
not make your final days a
conflagration of fire and
blood and death and power?
All Baali know this, and
profiting from whatever you
can take from the world in
the meantime is a foundation
upon which the bloodline is
built. Every demon we let
into this world hastens the
clock toward the ultimate
midnight where the Earth
splits in two. And some of the
other vampires are starting to
catch onto the truth.
This is why some are so
intent on hunting and killing
us. Kindred fear the inevitable,
and especially hate what they
cannot control. They cling to
their existence in a way that might
convince you they weren’t half-
dead. The Baali, however, have
reconciled with the destruction that
is to come. No one will make it out
alive, so why even try? Why not bring
the end about sooner — and on our
own terms?
In short: We’re here to bring
death to everyone. Before you die,
though, would you like to join us?
It’s not as public as you’d like
it to be, but you still get to speak
to crowds of people looking for
direction in their lives. And
you’re here to give it to them
with a “You can do it” or a “You
know you’re better than that!”
From the masses, you pick one
of two lucky people per month to
join your own coven or help them
make their own, with you as their
mentor. They make sacrifices to you
for your mentorship, and you in turn
give them the encouragement to keep
on doing so. Not everyone is cracked up
to be a Baali, and the weak get fed to
the strong (sometimes quite literally),
but it makes you lots of money, and
all the blood you can drink isn’t bad.
All and all, it’s one of the best pyramid
schemes.
Demon Magnet
Not only are you a demon whisperer
like other Baali, you seem to always become
caught in the machinations of some demonic
plot. This can be a good thing or a very bad
thing. Sometimes the demon needs your help
specifically to become free, luring you to secret
locations and communicating the instructions
to set them loose on the world through cracked
mirrors and whispered messages. The
subtlety they display can be sobering, and
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