Jade and Dark Arcanoi Markings

by
Geoffrey Grabowski (Jade) & J. Tuomas Harviainen (Dark)
Jade
When I was writing that segment in Doomslayers, I asked Rich Dansky what the
practice marks of the Jade Arcanoi were, and was told they weren't canonically set down
anywhere. I assumed that they would have marks similar in appearance to the arts of the
Stygian dead.
I've recently been using Jade Arcanoi extensively in the Flatbush and Stockton Posse
KotE game. While not canonical, I've compiled a full set. In the absence of canonical
markings and a strong personal determination to make up markings of your own, these
will probably fit the bill rather neatly.
* Way of the Scholar: Wraiths who know the way of the scholar carry themselves with
the unmistakable dignity of the sage. Wraiths who follow the Way of the Scholar often
shape their corporal fingernails to tremendous length or otherwise render their hands
unsuitable for hard labor to show their elevated status.
* Way of the Artisan: The Artisan's fingers are long and thin, trained to the very
precise, almost insectile motions required to shape jade.
* Way of the Merchant: Aside from the eerie greenish glow emitted when the Arcanos
is in use, the art leaves its mark on the Merchant in other ways. Merchants smell faintly
of incense and burnt prayers, and most seem deceptively outgoing, always brimming
with good cheer or some other positive emotion.
* Way of the Farmer: To cow and harvest the kuei, the farmer must themselves
awaken the bestial characteristics within them. Farmers radiate a slight but unmistakable
aura of menace, and their death's visage often has small tusks, kettle-black skin, burning
red eyes or other vestigial demonic attributes.
* Way of the Soul: Its intensely private nature makes Way of the Soul difficult to
detect. Nevertheless, the canny observer may notice that the eyes of the wraith who has
mastered this Arcanos glitter with supernal determination.
* Chains of the Emperor: It may not even be possible to learn this Arcanos without
enjoying the Guard's unusual spiritual condition. Nevertheless, if it were, it would tend
to make the user's physical appearance resemble that of one of the Guard - surely a death
sentence in the Yellow Springs.

Dark Arcanoi
* Contaminate: A habit of immediately repeating sentences in a hushed voice, with
slightly different words and often a somewhat less-pleasant meaning.
* Corruption: The wraith gains subtle manners from the consort that look slightly out
of place on him.
* Hive-mind: Tumorous growths on the wraith's head.
* Larceny: Corpus begins to resemble a jigsaw puzzle (from bits and pieces stolen from
other creatures and kept from Oblivion)
* Maleficence: A foul-smelling vapor that sometimes rises from the wraith's Corpus
(usually from the mouth, like breath on a cold day)
* Shroud-Rending: Cancerous tissue around sensory organs, especially eyes.
* Tempest-Weaving: Small cuts and scars on hands from pulling sharp things and
thoughts out of the soul-storm.
* Tempestos: Scratch marks on the Corpus (similar to those made by sand or ice blown
by high winds.