Choruses

For Sirens, the Deluge isn’t a single tidal wave of water that destroys all continents, it’s each and
every event that could potentially end the world as we know it. To this end, some Sirens look for
major events to cling to and try to manipulate, mainly for the sake of stopping the outcome that
would lead to the Deluge as they see it.

Sadly however, most Sirens do not have a unified take on what causes the Deluge or what
prevents it. For example, some Sirens view it as happening because of the fluctuation of power in
politics, specific party agendas leading in actions against or toward the Deluge. Or some Sirens
believe that Education, whether it’s abundance or absence, is one of the reasons for the Deluge
and seek to either stamp it out or help it flourish. No matter the case, some Sirens latch to
specific lines of events connected to concepts that flourish in the mortal world, and these Sirens
group together in what is called a “Chorus”.

Choruses serve as the “Z-Splat” for Sirens, and their purpose tends to be twofold. First, a Chorus
serves as both a support and activist group that care for a specific set of events or phenomena
that Currents do not cover themselves or are not dedicated fully towards. It should be noted that
“Support of” covers merely caring for the concept, and that Sirens within it can be for the
concept or against its existence. It’s common for a Chorus to arise from a Current, but it’s not a
requirement to belong to a Current in order to join a Chorus. Second, a Chorus holds the means
to allow a Siren to refine her powers and Akashic Record in a way she cannot do without a
Chorus. Membership in a Chorus can vary, its active members ebb and flow, from any Waters or
Currents.

Choruses have three tiers of benefits known as Arias. Instead of spending Pneuma on a Verse,
the benefits of an Aria are always available for the member of the Chorus, provided prerequisite
circumstances are in effect. Arias are known to last a lunar month or Cycle, roughly 28.5 or
rounded to 30 days. Consider the Siren’s membership in a Chorus like a subscription, only in
place of correspondence the Siren’s Arias are checked, diminished, or reactivated each Cycle.

Sirens are creatures of action. Action without purpose has little hope to forewarn and prevent an
oncoming Deluge. In the same fashion how many Arias the Siren gains from her Chorus depends
on how much effort she puts into the obligations of the Chorus. Working its field, meeting and
helping other Chorus members, and dedicating herself to specific causes is what increases he
boons from the Chorus. As niche as Choruses can be, they still have awareness of sister groups
in Siren society. The limited numbers that Surface also factors into Chorus population, as large
Choruses are often formed from members borrowed from other Choruses. This ever shifting
membership is not discouraged. Some Sirens find it advantageous to stay subscribed to the
causes that interest them, dedicating themselves to whatever issue needs the most attention as the
need arises.

Mechanics
Each Aria has its own category, a pattern common to all Choruses: The Passive Aria, the Active
Aria, and the Invested Aria. This is an increasing scale of how dedicated a Siren is to any of her
Choruses.
● The Passive Aria is always available to the Siren when she remains a member of that
Chorus. (As in meeting its prerequisites)
● A Siren can only receive the benefit of a single Active Aria each Cycle. When the Cycle
expires the Siren can freely renew the same Active Aria or if she is also a member of
another Chorus, switch to that Active Aria freely for a new Cycle. Changing an Active
Aria mid-Cycle, however, requires the minimum Invested cost of Pneuma.
● The Invested Aria is achieved by a Siren who has dedicated her all to the aims of her
Chorus. She must have the other two Arias of the Chorus active and pay up a steep price
of Pneuma into the Song itself. The benefits of the Invested Aria last the entire Cycle
before the Siren must again pay Pneuma to use them for another Cycle. Many Invested
Arias have modular effects for repeated Pneuma costs, the balance of which must be paid
before the Siren begins the Cycle.

Note that the tier of the Siren’s dedication (how many Arias she is empowered by) is not a
correlation of leadership in the Chorus. A true Chorus, in the theatrical sense of the term, is the
supporting cast in the background that works to meet the needs of the group. An individual
performer may take point (a Siren with an Invested Aria) in the narrative of the Chorus, her
fellow members rallying behind her, before she steps back into line (becoming Active or
Passive). Even if the Choruses aims are critical ones, most Sirens are instinctively aware the
dangers of staying too Invested to the cause. Sirens at that level of dedication to a Chorus have
undone themselves through their own efforts.

Strain
Sometimes, a Siren sees her Chorus as the only means to enact great change. A Siren seeking the
Invested Aria of her Chorus, but finding herself short of Pneuma costs has a deadly way of
meeting this deficit. By taking a level of resistant Lethal damage, she automatically expels her
own internal connection to the Song in the form of extra Lucidity points of Pneuma. This
Pneuma can only be used for paying the costs of an Invested Aria (including changing an Active
Aria mid-Cycle). Any excess Pneuma is lost.

As this damage is resistant to supernatural forms of healing, it's not unheard for a Siren to kill
herself in one final performance to enact a great change in the Song. At this point her fellow
Sirens in the Chorus are more than just members. They’re the first line of defense from having
one of their own kill herself for the cause.

Designing a Chorus
Beyond the example Choruses presented to you, Storytellers and players are encouraged to create
their own Choruses if it would better fit the needs of your Chronicle. To do so, follow a few
simple steps.

Step One: Chorus Concept

Think about what form your Chorus takes. What to they do? What are their goals? What niche or
issue do they address? Keep this concept in mind as you go throughout the rest of the Chorus
making steps, coming back and refining your Chorus as needed.

Step Two: Set Prerequisites

While Chorus members wish that they could recruit all to their cause, it is far better to have a
Siren who knows what she is doing. Potential recruiters look for key things in future Chorus
members, represented as required traits and ratings on the character’s sheet.

Prerequisites fall along various criteria. Some Choruses expect a Skill rating at three dots or
higher. Some expect a high rating of an Attribute or a Conclusion. Some may require all
members to know a certain Opus. Much more rarely, only Sirens of a certain Akashic Record are
allowed to join, such as Akashic Record three. Even less than obvious ratings might be required
for rather unorthodox Choruses.

Refrain from becoming too specific in the prerequisites for your Chorus. Remember, a Siren that
meets these prerequisites receives the Passive Aria for free. At most, requirements of two
different ratings and an Opus is as stringent of calibre a Chorus would need for new members.

Step Three: Determine Arias

With the concept and prerequisites in mind, getting to the core of the Chorus means determining
the Arias the Siren receives. Remember the Passive Aria is an indefinite boon for all members,
the Active Aria for those dedicated to the Chorus for this Cycle, and the Invested Aria has
increased potential for increased Pneuma price.
Arias are supernatural benefits, however subtle or obvious. Arias are permanently in effect when
available, allowing the Siren to perform feats she would otherwise not be capable. Note it is the
capacity for the Siren to work her Arias, rather than the consequence of her Aria effects, that are
bound by her tier of dedication each Cycle.

For each tier of Aira, consider the following:

Passive Arias provide a free benefit such as a few Merit dots used unusual ways or the effects of
a 1-2 dot Conclusion. Basic, simple but minimal, a taste of what’s to come.

Activate Arias provide more potent benefits. It may be one or two interconnected talents or
privileges or as if a 3-4 dot Conclusion. Some worthy output for the Siren’s input each Cycle.

Invested Arias are extreme, epic, vast and potentially game breaking. Some provide new
subsystems for the Siren to use or go beyond 5 dots of a theoretical matching Conclusion.
Invested Arias can be expanded or further tiered by their Pneuma costs each cycle, which must
be paid in however many sums by the start of the Cycle where the Siren receives the Aria.
Typical spreads of Pneuma costs are 15 per Investment (15/30/45) or even stronger Arias sport
20 Pneuma per Investment (20/40/60).

Step Four: Create Backstory

The final step of the Chorus creation process ties it all together. By this point you should have an
idea of a name (or any alternate names) for the Chorus, any monikers or lingo its members have.
What’s the history of the Chorus? The common attitudes of its members? Any symbology, color
schemes or style of music that represents the Chorus? A paragraph or two can go a long way in
bringing the organization of the Chorus to life.

By finalizing the themes and aims of the Chorus you’ll also find parallels amongst the Waters
and Currents. This can help with populating any NPCs in the Chorus. The majority of Choruses
don’t restrict themselves to only have members of a certain Water or Current, although there may
be exceptions.

Sidebar: Choruses and Crossover?

Readers familiar with other game lines within the Chronicles of Darkness may find that some
Choruses printed here may harken to the themes of another game. It is not intended that
Choruses are built with Crossover in mind. Should you be running a Crossover game involving
Siren the Choruses can be great way to bridge special systems, factions, and allow Sirens to
emulate the innate powers of other supernatural characters.
Rather than dictate here how each Chorus factors into any given Crossover, the inclusion of
another game line in your Chronicle can be fantastic inspiration for one or several Choruses for
the Storyteller and players to design.

The Chorus of [Template]

Insert quote here
AKA:
Nicknames:
Insert starting paragraph describing this chorus, it’s history, what concept it supports
The *insert nickname here* and Requirements:
Insert descriptions of members or people likely to join the chorus as well as prerequisites.

Passive Aria:
Active Aria:
Invested Aria:

The Chorus of the Black Huntsmen

“Now now, don't fret about our deal. It was clearly spelt out, and you put your name on the
dotted line. Maybe next time you'll actually look over the fine print and know that I always get
my due.”
Aka: The Chorus of Strangers, The Chorus of Old Scratch
Nicknames: Samiels, Dealers, Strangers, Freeshooters

Throughout history, there have been many stories of people who have made deals with the
supernatural for various boons. Sometimes it's to extend lives, sometimes it's to make a simple
fortune, sometimes it's to win their beloved's heart. But in all cases, there's always a price, almost
always equal to the boon gained. The Sirens have taken note of these events, forging a Chorus
based on the simple support of the concept of equivalent exchange: gaining one thing and
something of equal value must be lost.

The Order of the Black Huntsmen are therefore happy to play the role as a mysterious benefactor
that treats their targets to whatever their hearts desire, until the day comes that they eventually
take something of equal value away. Sometimes it helps against the Deluge, but those within this
Chorus can sometimes care less and focus more on the present.

The Huntsmen and Requirements: The Huntsmen, or HuntressesHuntswomen, are usually made
up from the ranks of the Vaporia or Polaria Waters, given the former’s knowledge of choice and
consequence and the latter's knowledge that eventually everything must end. The Currents of
Buoyancy and Cocytus are also enamored with this Chorus, as the Winding Current is usually
good enough to carry out manipulations to grant boons and take them away, and Cocytus either
has things of great power to offer to potential "signatories" or are willing to dig up dirty secrets
to show the world of their target as their due.

In order to join the Order, the Siren must display her ability to manipulate others and get them
willing to sign for what they dream of. Their Persuasion Skill must be at 3 or above.

Passive: Grace of a Fallen One

When dealing with mortals, most Samiels know that their deviousness is best put to the side in
favor of grace and dignity. First impressions do mean alot to them, and they do try to keep them
up. When using Social Maneuvering upon a target, the Samiel may add her Persuasion to her
current Impression Level to determine the Impression she leaves upon those who talk to her. To
the people around her who feel this effect, they seem to always note meeting a kindly stranger
who they just seem to get along with.

Active: Charm of the Devil

There’s just something about the Devil that makes people seem so eager, so at peace bargaining
their lives away to them. Is it because they think they can outlast the price? Is it because he
seems like he can do no wrong? Whatever the case is, people are more likely to open up to a
Samiel in just the same way. When Social Maneuvering on a target, once per scene the Samiel
may inflict the Suggestible Condition. For the rest of the Scene, the Samiel lowers the amount of
Doors she must open by her Persuasion.

If the Siren cannot open the rest of the doors by the end of the Scene, she is free to use this
benefit on the target anytime afterwards. If the Siren tries to use this benefit upon a target with
less Doors remaining than her Persuasion, the Target is automatically lowered to one Door.

Invested: The Faustian Bargain

15 Pneuma per person (20 Pneuma per small group)
Once the Samiel has managed to get close to the mortal, enough to make a deal they will act on,
the Samiel can at any time enforce the deal as supernatural and encoding it in the Song. The deal
entails that the mortal is entitled to receive a number of boons equal to the Siren's Persuasion.
They may choose whether the boon is small (like using a Conclusion 1-2 Verse for a Mortal's
devices, granting social merits), medium (using a Conclusion 3 Verse for a mortal, the mortal
desires physical/mental merits or skill dots) or even large (Using a Conclusion 4-5 Verse for a
mortal, the mortal desires Resources 3 and above or dots in Attributes). The number of beginning
boons granted are small boons, but a mortal can give up two small boons to gain a medium boon,
or three small boons to get one large boon, or vice versa. Within the time agreed upon to grant
the boons, the Huntsman must deliver upon them whenever the mortal calls upon them.

Like all bargains, there is a Catch: The Samiel may choose to ask the same number of boons
from the mortal, which can be repaid at any time the Samiel declares it should be repaid. The
same system of boons (small, medium and large) applies for the Samiel. How the boons are paid
can depend on the Siren, some Sirens grant the mortal boons first and then wait before calling in
their favors. Some wait for the mortal to grant them boons before they act on their part.

This agreement is binding, supernaturally so. If a Samiel or Mortal doesn’t pay up on the boons
they’re supposed to grant within the timeframe decided upon bargaining, then they suffer a
penalty that affects all rolls, including Breaking Point and Dissonance rolls, equal to the number
of unpaid boons they were supposed to grant. The penalty doesn’t apply if they’re trying to carry
out the boon. For the unpaid party, the penalty acts as a bonus instead towards all rolls to enforce
the bargain, which can also aid supernatural powers such as Traces to seek out the mortal or his
loved ones, or Verses to force cooperation.

Nothing can break this bargain, not even the depredations of the creatures of fate, agents of the
clockwork machine nor even mages of the lunargent thorn. Outside of repaying the bargain, there
is usually only one escape clause: Death. Death allows both parties to escape the penalties and
bonuses enforced by the bargain. Of course, if the subject tries becoming undead in some
manner, this usually doesn’t save them from the pissed off fish monster seeking to kill them for
good. They are known as the “Huntsmen” for a reason.

The Chorus of Gloriana’s Satirists

“Of course they’re not laughing at you. They’re laughing at that gaudy cliche that you and about
every other politician has fallen into: career corruption. Did that constructive criticism I give
help?”
AKA: The Chorus of Court Jesters, The Chorus of Political Discussion
Nicknames: Buffoons, Comedians, Critics, *insert name, most likely used as derogatory that
depends on the political affiliation of the person*

One of the major constants within human society is usually the factor that there will be those in
power, those at the top who rule over those below them, who can shape the world not with a
snippet of song but with the wave of cash and pulling strings. The ones who the rest of human
society look up to, whether out of admiration, envy or disdain. The ones up so high that it seems
like their individual sins don’t even matter compared to the common man.
The main concerns of the Sirens in this Chorus usually lie within politics, their leaders, their
workings, how people rise to power, how they use that power, or even wherever the power lies.
They seek to change politics, those in power, the system, what have you into an ideal form that
will, if not help against the deluge, then at least not cause any impact to further the Deluge from
happening. As they do, they’re often described as critics or comedians on politics, pointing out
the laughable flaws in the structures or pointing out the consequences of politicians actions.

The Critics and Requirements: The Critics are almost wholly made up of Sirens of Freshwater
and Vaporia. Freshwater is tied intimately to the structures of civilization and humanity, making
them an optimal fit for the self-governance that politics ultimately serves as. On the other hand,
Vaporia offers the views within and without politics, the curiosity that has them look through the
odd angle that shows the truth behind governmental actions. The Currents of Harmony and Lethe
are the most well known to enter this Chorus, the former to stop the Deluge through acts of
governance and the latter to shape the government to humanity’s common will...and the Flensers
should it fit them.

It should be noted that, despite recognizing a need for change in politics, the Sirens within this
Current all have differing ideas on what needs to be changed in politics to even begin to see
where to go. And as it should be obviously visible by now, this Current requires at least Politics
3 and above before a Siren can become a Critic.

Passive Aria: The Path of Least Resistance

The way through political bureaucracy tends to be riddled with obstacles and take a very long
time to get even a simple answer or form finished. In some ways, the Critics find it easier to just
Trace their way through it. The Siren may add her Politics dots to any Trace rolls involving
bureaucracy or politics as the focus of her events.

Active Aria: Will of the Common People

Though the leaders of society may hold sway through authority, cash, the love of their people or
the like, the Critics claim that their power only lies so long as the people they rule over do not
shake their stable foundation of power. That no matter how much a ruler wishes to change
things, they need the approval or disapproval of the people they rule over to do anything. Critics
back this claim through this power, which can sway the opinions of the masses for and against
policies. The Critic may select an organization and inflict the People’s Will Condition upon it.
The Condition grants them a temporary Aspiration that the Critic declares and which resolves
when it is fulfilled by the organization. When it is fulfilled, everyone who was affected by the
Aria gains a Beat.

If the Siren has the Invested Aria, she may designate entire cities if she so decided. Maintaining
this sway is an Investment of 15 Pneuma per city.
Drawback: If the Aspiration is failed, then everyone affected by the Aspiration takes the Shaken
Condition instead.

Invested Aria: Sweet Nothings Will Get You Anywhere

15 Pneuma
One thing is clear about politicians: they gain leeway into places and events that most other
people cannot get away with or have the same privilege. Some Critics envy this ability, saying
that nobody should have it while others say they deserve the privilege. At any time, once a
Session, the Siren may exchange her Politics dots and Social Merits into other Social Merits
regarding political or business dealings for the rest of the scene.

Drawback: Claiming authority within another organization may be noticed by the original
organization, and if the Critic’s original organization takes notice of her making noticeable or
news worthy actions, they may take it as a sign of betrayal. Besides, the organization the Critic
claims authority in might not take kindly to someone outside meddling in their affairs. If the
Critic abuses her authority or becomes under notice of her original organization (without prior
notice) or the one she moved to, the Critic takes the Notoriety Condition [GMC 183].

The Chorus of Turandot

“Remember when you they said ‘until death do you part’ and you said ‘I do’? You willingly
violated that oath, and I’m here to uphold it.”
AKA: The Chorus of Relationships
Nicknames: Matchmakers, Shippers, Homewreckers

There’s just something about the nature of love that compels people to break their boundaries, to
change their very nature for the one they love and that not even distance can sever the bond
between two. This love need not be romantic, though it is usually stereotyped as such. Platonic,
Familial and Unconditional are types of love too. And out of any other being on earth, who feels
the flow of love better than Sirens?

The Sirens who claim to be of the Chorus of Turandot claim that something powerful is born
from the connection between people, that new worlds and perspectives and even lives can be
born from it. The Matchmakers believe if they can inspire love between people, societies and
nations, then they believe the people would be compelled and strong enough to stop the Deluge
entirely…

At least, that’s what they claim.

The Matchmakers and Requirements: The Matchmakers are often stereotyped to be from
Tropicana for obvious reasons, but in truth this Chorus has Sirens of all Waters within it, due to
the recognized tie between Sirens and the very concept of love. Out of the Currents, the Currents
of Buoyancy, Harmony and Healing have the most status within, and perhaps a few members of
Phlegethon keeping their abusive relationships a secret.

Members of this Chorus often have an obsession on love or on the nature of love itself. The
stereotypical idea one gets is that they sing of love at each moment they get, trying to get ideal
people together, and for the most part this is true. Some Sirens do go to them to help them find a
source of a Relationship. However, this stereotype has a darker half, made up with
Homewreckers who instead of bringing people together, they destroy relationships in their wake.
Some of these relationships were already breaking apart, or they were damaging ones that
shouldn’t be allowed to continue. But accusations arise that a few Homewreckers have an utterly
fanatical definition of love, that certain types shouldn’t be allowed to exist and make it their duty
to exterminating it.

Regardless of whoever joins the Chorus, one thing's for certain. They must have an Empathy
rating of 3 and above.

Passive Aria: The Unbreakable Red String of Fate

The Matchmakers know that a strong relationship must be able to span the test of time, and have
an easier time grounding their own relationships as a result. The Matchmaker may divide and
distribute her Empathy dots to her Relationship dots, even across multiple Relationships, for the
purpose of increasing the Relationship’s merit rating by the number of further dots invested.

Active Aria: Gaze of True Love

One often played tragedy of the world is how often feelings go unrequited, how we love
someone who ignores us and we ignore someone who loves us. The Matchmakers are usually
capable manipulators to get people together or to break feelings apart, but it’s always best to
check what those exact feelings are and if they’re mutual.

The Matchmaker may simply lay a hand on her target and ask questions relating to the subject’s
relationships, which can target the following and that the ST is expected to answer to the best of
his ability. The Matchmaker may only ever ask a number of questions equal to her Empathy
rating and dealing with the following concepts:
● The description of someone the subject loves.
● The nature of that love: familial, romantic, unconditional and/or platonic and whether the
sentiments are similar and different.
● The Amour rating the subject has towards a person, place or thing the Siren names.
 ● The Merit dot rating that describes a connection between the subject and other human
beings: i.e. what Social Merits the subject has or could be counted as towards other
human beings (Allies, Contacts, Mentor, Retainer, Mystery Cult Initiation, Staff,
Relationship and True Friend merits).
● Any Kinks or Comforts within a relationship or equivalent.

Invested Aria: Love Conquers All

15 Pneuma
If love conquers all, then perfect love perfectly conquers all. At this level, the Matchmakers and
Homewreckers can truly live up to their name, creating relationships where there is none or
breaking them apart. The Siren may at any point choose two people in her line of sight and
divide her Empathy dots to grant them the Relationship merit or a Social Merit that represents a
connection between them (Allies, Contacts, Mentor, Retainer, Staff and True Friend is
applicable) at an equivalent number of dots for a scene. The Siren may inversely use the same
dots to deny a person the use of the same merits above, to which they remain suppressed for a
scene. If a person’s Relationship or merit dots are destroyed, then Sanctity of Merits applies.

A Matchmaker may also edit already existing Relationships, as well. She may use her unspent
Empathy dots to add or subtract Kinks and Comforts at a rate of 1:1. A Matchmaker may take
out all the Kinks from a Relationship or a Homewrecker may deprive a relationship of it’s
Comforts in this fashion.

The Chorus of Medical Practices

“You know how ‘potion’ and ‘poison’ are the same word just one letter off? That was intentional
by their creators.”
AKA: The Chorus of Dealers, The Chorus of Medical Pursuits
Nicknames: Dealers, Prosecutors, “The Wo/Man”, Doctors

The funny thing about humanity is how often they deem what is acceptable and what is not.
What’s also funny is how often one thing that was once legal can become illegal. One of the
many things that have suffered from these instances is the various amounts of medical practices
and drugs throughout the ages that have withstood legalization and criminalization often around
the same time, as well as the medical practices that lead to their creation.

Going along with this, the Doctors are invested for the progression of medicine and making use
of the fruits of its labors, be it for the needs of survival or the uses of recreation. Like most other
Choruses, this one is often split between elder Sirens who believe that drugs and their uses
shouldn’t be tampered with and an ever growing, often more youthful, crowd of Sirens who
think it to be best to legalize substances. The elder Sirens argue that drugs cause health problems
and lead people to the equivalent of “sticking their heads in the ground and not fixing their own
problems” as well as the obvious “tampering in god’s domain” that the Flensers often cross,
whereas younger Sirens believe that medicinal practices are wholly beneficial for humanity, that
the drug wars are basically an extended prohibition and more money would be made for
humanity’s benefit if it were all just legalized.

The Peddlers and Requirement: The types who join the Chorus are usually the Sirens of
Vaporia, mainly because taking medicine is almost always simply a choice for the person taking
it, or of the Currents of Healing or Lethe. Healing because it helps their cause, and Lethe are
obvious vanguards for the production of medicine for the good of humanity.

Members are usually split between the older, more cynical crowd and the younger more
idealistic one. It’s the elder crowd that earned the nickname “Prosecutors” for the Chorus,
questioning whether or not medicine follows the code of ethics (from the Hippocratic Oath to
one they’ve made up from chicken scratch) and punishing “violators” of that supposed oath.
Meanwhile, the younger, more idealistic crowd often follows the banner of legalizing drugs
rather than messing with medical stuff as a whole, but given time most of them tend to pick up
on the other fields of medicine and then pursue advances within it. They’re also the reason the
Chorus can go by the nickname of Peddlers, more than a few have ties in underworld trade.

It should be obvious that this Chorus requires Medicine as it’s skill, for both drug application as
well as advances in medicine.

Passive Aria: First, Do No Harm

Most of the advances in medicine came from the heels of horrid plagues or wars, not caused by
the very practitioners of the art. The very act of causing pain upon their patients is an anathema,
and the Dealers take the part very seriously as a result. The Doctor may add their Medicine dots
onto any roll that deals with medicine or practices dealing with medicine as a bonus.

Active Aria: There Is An Art To Medicine

As well as science, and and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the
surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug. The Dealer simply needs to examine a medical testing or
type of sickness running it’s course, or a substance which can appear to be drugs. For each dot in
Medicine, the Siren may ask one question from this list and the Storyteller must answer to the
best of their abilities. This Aria may only be used once per scene.

● What is the composition of the sickness, drugs, or the utensils/techniques being used in
the operation being done?
● What is the effects of the sickness, drugs, or the operation?
● What is the name of the sickness, drugs, or operation/techniques being used?
 ● What is the intended purpose, original or otherwise, of what the Siren is witnessing?

As a note, this Aria can detect the difference between marijuana and crushed up oregano.

Invested Aria:

The Chorus of the Parading Band

AKA: The Big Band, the Music Meisters, the College of Bards
Nicknames: Musicians, The Orchestra, Band Geeks

The Song takes many forms. While the majority of Sirens prefer to sing their Verses or tap a
rhythm if they are denied their voice, it's easy to forget that the Song can convey through any
medium of music. Sirens of this Chorus delight in learning instruments and performing in
groups. They are, in some ways, the music industry of the Siren society. Although don't let their
endless revisions, practice and jam sessions fool you. These Sirens are as serious about warning
the world about the coming Deluge as much as any other. They find music performed on
instruments, blending and redefining genres into new styles and having a full assembly of
players to be one of the better ways to influence the world. Humanity is a species of romance and
passion, and the Sirens of this chorus will learn whatever instrument from distant cultures to help
adapt the flow of the Song for a new audience.

No means of producing music is off limits. Everything from marching big brass, hand carved
acoustic, the latest electronica remixes, raving metal and opera strings are only the tip of the
hodgepodge of styles mixed together in this Chorus.

The Musicians and Requirement

Freshwater and Tropicana tend to be the most popular Waters in this Chorus, then Vaporia and
about equal amounts of the reminder. The Currents of Buoyancy, Harmony and Healing tend to
stick out the most as well. Members of the Current of Wisdom are likely to become scholars of
handcrafted musical libraries. Conflict isn't unheard of, as Sirens can weaponize their music as
well, although most of that Current stick to more straightforward approaches.

A Chorus that gives the Song a medium to be heard through requires the Expression skill at 3
dots.

Passive Aria: Symphonic Mastery

Each member of the Parading Band masters a particular instrument. Take a Specialty in
Expression pertaining to this musical instrument or medium of performance. The Specialty in
question also receives the benefits of the Area of Expertise and Interdisciplinary Merits for free.
Active Aria: I Am My Instrument
The Siren is never without her instrument. A treasured instrument becomes associated with her
Diluvian form and it can also be drawn to her human form much like applying one of her
Alterations. It takes an instant action to retrieve it from anywhere it has been lost or taken.

The band that performs together creates of symphony of music with increased effects. Members
of the Chorus can perform together to weave their Verses together in dynamic ways. This
requires the Chorus to use the same Introduction and at least one Opus, although individual
Conclusions provided by each member. Furthermore, the band gets an automatic success (that
doesn't count for an exceptional success) for each added instrument to apply towards any
particular Verse. The same automatic successes may also be used for a shared Trace.

Invested Aria: Strike Up The Band

15 Pneuma
The Siren must compose, arrange or remix a new piece of music with her instrument. By
sending her Investment into the Song she creates an imprint of the music she has just created.
The Siren selects one of her Conclusions. That Conclusion is tied to the piece. When the Siren
performs her piece she may activate any of her Verses with that Conclusion for free. Rather, her
Invested Pneuma becomes a deposit that can be spent back to activate the Conclusion, in place of
the Siren's current stores of Pneuma. Obviously, when the Siren uses the last of her allotted
Invested Pneuma she is no longer able to use the Invested Aria until she writes a new piece and
again seals the notation with the Invested price.

She may compose additional music, and thus have separate banks of Pneuma for other known
Conclusions, for 15 Pneuma apiece.

The Chorus of the Chthonic Mourners

AKA: The Avernian Avengers, Psychopomps of the Dead Rivers, the Underworld Sluagh
Nicknames: Chthonian Daughters, Chthonian Sons, Ferrymen, Spelunkers, Corpse Fishes

The Deluge marks the death of the world. Sirens of this Chorus, in place of looking towards the
future Cataclysm to destroy an entire planet, track down other incursions of death. And they have
found their answers in the 'final' resting place of ghosts, the land of the dead in a great
Underworld from which the traces of lost souls and past epidemics can be discovered. Even more
distant in this autochthonous depths, perhaps the record of past cataclysms can be found. Maybe
the knowledge of what sweet relief death may bring, as the great dooming change that will
ravage the world at the Deluge.
Those that spend any time past the dark crevices and hell tunnels throughout the planet, down
into that dead domain, find the Underworld to be fragmented by rivers. Rivers not always of
water, rivers that include bone dust or congealed blood or lifeless seeds amongst other variations
on death and decay. Each soon reaching an ocean of fragments, the edge of the dead realms
where nothing that has passed beyond comes back. Sirens adapt to any body of water and the
dead rivers of the Underworld are no exception, as Sirens study these rivers and the dead
denizens that line their banks.

The Ferrymen and Requirements: It goes without saying that Polaria boasts quite the
representation of members, Death being their favored Opus after all. Discordia and Freshwater
follow next, with fewer numbers of the rest. As for Currents: Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe,
Phlegethon, Styx. Did you know that these are also iconic rivers amongst the multitude that
crisscross the Underworld? It is quite odd to consider that this Chorus is perhaps the one
mutually trusting sorority of the Abyssal Currents. Only Oceanus lacks a signature river,
although the agents of Echidna may lay claim to the boundless dead sea beyond. However the
reasons for seeking out the realm of the dead are varied, as this very Chorus can be wrought with
numerous strifes. Amongst the Celestial Currents you may find Conflict and Wisdom, perhaps
Buoyancy, more readily than any others.

For Sirens who deal in the rivers of the Underworld, they must know a very good deal of occult
to enter the ghostly realm, learn their way about the place and even know of the Old Laws and
Dead Dominions that dot the place, even if it doesn’t fall under the jurisdiction of the Rivers.
This requires Occult at 3 and Politics at 3.

Passive Aria: I See Dead People

The Siren becomes attuned to the state of the dead. She adds her Stability to any roll to notice,
identify or decipher a ghost or other deathly phenomena, which she can see out of Twilight if
successful.

Active Aria: Entering the Lifeless Depths

Once she knows of a passageway to the Underworld (called an Avernian Gate) she may cross
over to it from up to Akashic Record miles away using the same process used for entering the
Celestial Ocean. From there she must survive the depths and may seek out the dead souls of
others. The Siren may treat a Ghost as a Survivor for the purposes of drawing Pneuma, instead
targeting the living that remember that Ghost.

Invested Aria: Embodiment of the Lower Rivers

15 Pneuma per River
The Siren attunes herself to one of the rivers in the Underworld, learning all of its properties.
When entering the Underworld she may travel anywhere along her patron river in an instant,
both for navigating the infernal depths and to use the Underworld as a conduit between areas that
resonate with the river's themes of death. Additionally, the Siren selects one skill as receiving the
benefits of her patron river. That skill has the rote quality. However, the Siren effectively stains
herself as a member of the dead rather than the living. She takes an extra point of damage from
Ghosts or necrotic energies and any healing she receives, mundane or magical, heals one less
point of the worst damage that what it could have.

The Chorus of Cosmonauts

“Why would we limit ourselves with the unexplored pieces of Earth when we can explore the
unlimited regions beyond the sky?”
AKA: Riders of the Etheric Waves, Travelers of the Spacial Oceans
Nicknames: Aliens, Astronauts, Lunar Bounders, Orbiters

Survivors of the Deluge are few and far between, compared to the population of earth from pre-
diluvian times. For some Sirens, with the knowledge that the death of an entire planet is coming
they look to the stars. When one door closes surely another must open? Or in this instance,
replace doors with planets. Those that study space theorize that further exploration and the
possible colonization of other planets is possible. If little more than a distant fantasy outpacing
current technology.

No time like the present...

Cosmonauts seek to guide humanity along mankind's next wayward leap. Some see the moon or
Mars as likely candidates for future Civilizations, while others prefer such heavenly bodies to
remain domains where Nature may change course drastically unbothered by human lives. Still
others say that man will need to journey farther, the great Cataclysm could spell the end for our
solar system as well as earth, with the next planet capable of sustaining life is an untold eons of
lightyears away. And journeying space is a lonely trip.

Yet still other Sirens of this Chorus, more mindful of immediate needs, may deduce that it's a
failure of space travel or some wayward debris that could spell doom for planet Earth. The upper
limits of the atmosphere are as much a border to safeguard. Didn't an asteroid exterminate all the
dinosaurs?

The Aliens and Requirement:

As the Waters are both a terrestrial and Celestial bridging of environs and cataclysms the
outwards vastness of space suggests few correlations. With Vaporia and Freshwater as a possible
uptick in representations any Water is otherwise valid for joining this Chorus.
As a Chorus who is dedicated to the survival of humanity past the boundaries of the Earth and
the means of exploring endless space, the Chorus has Survival 3 and Science 3 as it’s
requirement.

Passive Aria: Breathing Apparatus Optional

When exposed to an airless, vacuum environment the Siren does not need to breathe and is
immune to the dangers such a void presents. She can eliminate her need to breathe in any
environment by drastically altering her physiology, although this requires a point of Aggravated
damage that cannot be healed or degraded, or the Siren will need to breathe once again.

Active Aria: Lunar Rabbit’s Technique

The Siren is able to control her own personal gravity. She may move up to twice her speed in any
direction in reference to the gravity of another structure. Or she may dedicate herself to a
plummet, a controlled orbit set by Dexterity + Science which sets her on an ever falling path
until she makes another roll to slow her descent.

Invested Aria: Lightspeed

20 Pneuma per biome immunity or parsec of travel
Paying immense stores of Pneuma the Siren furthers the relativistic speed of her orbit, allowing
her to circumnavigate the globe or head out towards local bodies within a short timeframe. Many
cosmonauts warn of Sirens unable to control these extremes speeds that meet fatal ends to their
orbits. Additionally, the Siren prepares her body further towards the hazardous on other planets.
When Invested she defines the hazard of a planet, be it one in our solar system or another. She is
immune to all Environmental Tilts and sources of damage fitting the biome of the selected
planet.

Support of Police/Navy/Army - Einherjar of the War Path (Weaponry)

Support of Schooling/College - The Chorus of the Higher Arts (Academics)
Support of Ecology - The New World Tribe (Survival)
Support of Scientific Development - (Science)