What’s New Archive 2018
- At January 01, 2019
- By Great Quail
- In Quarterdeck
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What’s New? Archive 2018
2018 December 22
The core members of the Byzantium Coven are now complete with the addition of their oracle, Kaúxuma Núpika. A transgendered Kootenai prophet from 1790, this unusual Cainite interprets the future using erotomancy and diablerie. A brand-new character for New York By Night, “Xuma” is the most detailed character profile on the site so far, and was inspired by an actual historical figure.
2018 October 6
The Byzantium Coven’s “Lupanaria” section is now complete with the addition of Viriconium, an erotic carnival built in the remains of an abandoned subway station.
2018 October 5
Three more additions to the Byzantium Coven’s Lupanaria—The Hellfire Club, a BDSM dungeon in the Meatpacking District; the Empusa Theatre, an avant-garde opera house known for outré productions, and the Satrina, a literal pleasure yacht that hosts the Sabbat’s floating bacchanalias.
2018 September 29
Two large additions have been made to the Lupanaria of Byzantium. The “exclusive” gentleman’s club Zoara Bela is the most public face of the Daeva’s coven, while Siddim is the most wicked den of depravity operated by the Sabbat, offering everything from suicide-by-vampire to a a vozhd bordello. Both of these links—and presumably, the places themselves—are NSFW.
2018 September 14
The Hippodrome and Cabaret Tannhäuser have been added to the Lupanaria of Byzantium. The former is a gay sex club; the latter is a burlesque cabaret where the Masquerade is pushed to its breaking point.
2018 September 4
The Lupanaria of Byzantium have been moved to their own section. This page details the many dens of iniquity operated by the Sabbat’s Byzantium Coven, and starts with Club Byzantium itself, the coven’s haven. Being links to Daeva establishments, they are NSFW; and possibly NS2W.
2018 September 3
The Byzantium Coven page has been expanded, with the profiles reorganized into coteries.
2018 September 2
Shipwreck Library has joined Patreon! So if you really enjoy my materials, consider becoming a patron and supporting Shipwreck Library. You can also read more on the revised Support page. Thanks!
2018 September 1
The Byzantium Coven gains its penultimate vampiric profile with Harry Clarke. Once a famous Irish illustrator and stained glass artist, Harry Clarke is now cursed to wander Byzantium in a daze, trapped in a perpetual Celtic twilight. After all, I’ve been stealing his artwork left and right, it’s the least I can do!
2018 September 1
The Byzantium Coven gains another member—Loviatar, an edgy burlesque dancer who adopts the personae of space babes, dark goddesses, and misunderstood monsters. But what started as a Star Trek fetish may be rapidly evolving into a supernatural case of multiple personality disorder. Plus—Blibdoolpoolp!
2018 August 22
The Byzantium Coven continues to expand with another NSFW post—Sister Elsie Toshiro, a Malkavian dominatrix who can absorb the memories, personality traits, and physical characteristics of her lovers and victims.
2018 August 21
The Byzantium Coven is undergoing expansion! There are now individual and expanded profiles on Ingo Wallrafen, Mistress Naamah, London Rain, The Lüdérc Sisters, Calista Joyce, Shakchunni, Roger & Kitty Plant, Faye White, and El Murciélago.
2018 August 16
You like vampires and sex, right? Of course you do! The revision of New York By Night continues with the Byzantium Coven, the pack in charge of the Sabbat’s vast network of sex clubs, brothels, opium dens, and meat markets.
2018 July 25
The Sabbat’s sprawling nightclub is built in the remains of an old church, and features everything from a disassembled helicopter to an underground café designed by H.R. Giger! Come visit Sarnath, the Church of Starry Wisdom for its Lovecraftian décor, but stay for the Saturnalia! (Or because you found yourself hanging upside-down in the Catacombs.)
2018 July 24
Feeling the need to “flavor” a blood doll with some illicit substances cheerfully served up as Lovecraftian concoctions? Then Sarnath’s Black Light Coffee Menu is for you!
2018 July 20
Former singer of the seminal rock band Baphomet, Rose Mary Lynch has been added to the Crow Magnum MC. Serving the coven as oracle, “The Widow Lynch” believes she is destined to be the mother of the Cainite antichrist.
2018 July 12
The Crow Magnum MC and the N.O.X. Coven been added to the Gotham Sabbat section of New York By Night. Because what’s cooler than undead Satanists terrorizing the Bronx astride their Harley-Davidsons?
2018 July 11
The Sarnath Coven has been added to the Gotham Sabbat section of New York By Night. The most important coven in New York, Sarnath is a Sabbat nightclub that occupies an abandoned church, and carries a distinct “decadent Lovecraft” theme.
2018 July 09
The Gotham Sabbat section has been divided into covens, each with its own page. The Sabbat Leadership, Green-Wood Coven, Smugglers Pack, and Coven of the Alabaster Madonna sections have been completed, each expanded and revised for your fin-de-siècle gaming pleasure.
2018 June 29
I spent the last week going through the site and fixing typos, inconsistencies, and adding PDFs. New PDFs include: Deadlands Organizations – Black Ghost Nation Societies, Sabbat Hierarchy, Gotham Sabbat, Prince Radu Ionescu, Wissengeist, Toreador – Cathedral Coterie, Brief History of Clan Toreador, NYBN Camarilla, Deadlands Bestiary – Wínyan Núpa, Deadlands Characters – Sorceress Wínyan Núpa, Deadlands Grimoire – Walk the Ghost Roads, Deadlands Relic – Cannibal Cutlery, Deadlands Relic – Book of Faces, and No Hay Banda – Analysis of “Mulholland Drive”. My next projects are to add new images to some of the older pages, then to break up the Sabbat section into multiple pages.
2018 June 28
A downloadable PDF Version of the Breech-loading Pistols section has been added to the Deadlands Armory. Twenty-three illustrated pages of “new-fangled” nineteenth-century pistols, including several fictional ones designed specifically for a fantasy/Weird West campaign.
2018 June 27
A downloadable PDF Version of the Bolt-action Rifles section has been added to the Deadlands Armory. Twenty pages of exotic (for the nineteenth century, at least!) rifles from the Prussian Zündnadelgewehr to the fictional Nauvoo Prophet.
2018 June 26
A downloadable PDF version of the Breech-loading Rifles section has been added to the Deadlands Armory. Lavishly illustrated, this 57-page document features everything from the Revolutionary-era Ferguson rifle to custom Sharps buffalo guns.
2018 May 30
The dagger nearly used by Abraham to slay Isaac, the Knife of the Aqedah has the power to invoke visions, banish abominations, and bind angels. Intended for all supernatural campaigns, including Vampire, Call of Cthulhu, and Deadlands.
2018 April 9
New York by Night’s “Nosferatu” page has been expanded by the addition of their clan leader, Radu Ionescu, the Pale King.
2018 March 30
The new “Deadlands Characters” section opens up with the ancient sorceress Wínyan Núpa, who claims to be the source of the Aztec legend of Tlazolteotl.
2018 March 30
Two new additions to the Deadlands Reliquary: a set of Cannibal Cutlery, and Wínyan Núpa’s Book of Faces.
2018 March 29
The Wínyan Núpa, the two-faced cannibal ogress of Sioux legend, has been added to the Deadlands Bestiary. This page details the abominations named “wínyan núpa,” not the actual sorceress of the same name who spawned them.
2018 March 29
PDF and banner image added to the Kunenhráyenhnenh page.
2018 January 15
The Kunenhráyenhnenh, or Flying Head of Iroquois legend, has been added to the Deadlands Bestiary.
2018 January 3
Just a note—I took two months off to get some “actual job” work done over the holidays, but I plan to add a significant amount of material to Shipwreck Library in 2018! Old stuff will be restored to “New York by Night” in time for the Vampire: Masquerade reboot, new stuff will be added to Deadlands 1876, and my Call of Cthulhu pages will be expanded. Happy New Year!