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APRIL 20, 2016

POINTYMAN2000

[Let’s Study Beast: the Primordial] Part 2a:

Families & Hungers

As with the usual format of Chronicles of Darkness, character types are grouped according to
a Type and a Philosophy / Political faction. In Beast, these are sorted into Families and
Hungers.

FAMILIES

There are five different Families in Beast, each one centered on an iconic primordial fear.
These are:

Anakim – Nightmares of Hopelessness

Eshmaki – Nightmares of Darkness
Makara – Nightmares of the Depths
Namtaru – Nightmares of Revulsion
Ugallu – Nightmares of Exposure

Each of these types often have an associated monster iconic to it. The Anakim, for example are
associated with Giants due to their ability to make their victims feel hopeless against such a
titanic or supremely powerful adversary.

HUNGERS
If the Families tell you what a Beast is, then Hungers inform you of what they do.

Tyrants – Hunger for Power

Collectors – Hunger for the Hoard
Predators – Hunger for Prey
Nemeses – Hunger for Punishment
Ravagers – Hunger for Ruin

Each of these gets a two-page treatment in the book, and we’ll be going over each of these in
turn starting with the Anakim in our next entry in this series.

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