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 L EG A C Y:

NIGHTWALKER
S E C O N D E D I T I O N

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 L E G A C Y :

NIGHTWALKER
S E C O N D E D I T I O N
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.
— ~William Butler Yeats, “The Stolen Child”

Mages on the Acanthus path draw their power from the Realm
of Arcadia. As such, they take on many qualities associated with
fey creatures such as odd, unpredictable behavior, wanderlust,
and a certain immaturity. These traits are drawn from the fey of
the Seelie court, who celebrate Summer, life, joy, and creativity.
For most Acanthus mages, this is a perfect fit. The Nightwalkers,
however, feel the pull of a darker path.
Mages of this Legacy feel a kinship with the darker spirits of
the fey realms. Unseelie faeries, the celebration of Winter, and a
certain peace with death, dying and decay mark the mages who
join the Nightwalkers. These mages embrace the underbelly of
Arcadia, looking to the Unseelie courts for inspiration and draw-
ing upon decay and entropy to guide their quests and journeys.
Like most Acanthus, the Nightwalkers are very social. Howev-
er, instead of hanging around the fringes of a large crowd, Dark-
lings form small cliques of like-minded friends who become the
core of the Nightwalker’s day-to-day life. It is practically unheard
of to encounter a Nightwalker alone, and it is believed that most
of these mages are secretly terrified of solitude.
Despite appearances to the contrary, the Nightwalkers feel a
deep responsibility as a result of their connection to Arcadia.
Like the fey of legend, the Nightwalkers see themselves as
teachers and helpers to humanity. If a Nightwalker encounters
someone who they feel (or whom Fate and Time dictate) needs
to learn a lesson, the Nightwalker will bring ever mystical and
mundane resource at their disposal to bear, playing the twin
roles of teacher and agent of karma. This is achieved through
morbid pranks, curses, and social pressure.
Most of the time a Nightwalker takes a small action against
a target. Just enough to get their attention and make them
question their behavior. In some cases, when a potential target
is a complete dick, totally in need of a comprehensive attitude
adjustment from the ground up, a Nightwalker can spend
months, even years, making a particular subject’s life a living hell.
Parent Path: Acanthus
Nickname: Darklings
Appearance: Nightwalkers tend to embrace bleakness,
darkness, and wintry themes in their fashion choices. Black,
gray and deep hues of purple and red are common choices for
clothing. Some Nightwalkers toss in the occasional splash of
bright color in their accessories, and a rare few fully embrace
the pastel goth look.
Physically, Nightwalkers do not diverge much from what one
expects to see among the Acanthus. Most Nightwalkers are at-
tractive, look younger than they are, and have smooth features
and skin. As a Nightwalker advances along their path and gains
Attainments the weight of their relationship with the darkness
begins to show on their faces. They develop crow’s feet, scowl
marks, and frown lines over time, which can make them look
angry or frustrated even at their happiest.
Upon gaining this Legacy, the Nightwalker’s Nimbus takes on
a darker, more somber tone. Light associated with their magic is
dull and dim. Music or sound that accompanies a spell is omi-
nous. Fog or mist generated by the nimbus is thick. Furthermore,
the Nightwalker’s eyes cloud over with inky blackness whenever
casting, which leads many Nightwalkers to wear sunglasses as a
means of hiding this quirk from Sleepers.
 Background: Nightwalkers come from the same stock one
might expect of an Acanthus Awakening. Young and inexperi-
enced folks, those who have undergone a radical life change or
new beginning, and those who get by in life through trickery,
subterfuge, or blind luck. However, a Nightwalker’s past tends to
be colored with a bit of tragedy and loss. While many Acanthus
can be compared to a bright and mercurial fey light, Nightwalk-
ers are more like the shadow cast by that light. Not necessarily
a dark reflection as much as the darkness that fills in the areas
the fey brightness of the Acanthus cannot or will not reach.
Organization: The Darklings tend to be incredibly cliquish,
though they do not necessarily enter cliques with one another.
Nightwalkers have been known to forge friendships with vam-
pires, werewolves, strange animated golems, and all manner of
other night-folk, in addition to sleepers and other Nightwalkers.
Regardless of the composition of their clique, Nightwalkers are
rabidly loyal to their clique when faced with outside threats,
rivals, or challenges. In calm times, Nightwalkers can get under
the skin of their closest allies due to their penchant for snark,
gallows humor, and morbid pranks, but woe be to the outsider
who offends a member of a Nightwalker’s clique.
Initiation: Gnosis 2, Fate 2, Intimidation 1
Oblations: Dressing up for a night of clubbing including hair,
makeup and accessories; dancing in a packed nightclub; dancing
in a graveyard at night; performing poetry or music in front of
or with their clique; performing a prank that embarrasses or
harms the target.
Yantra: Partying the night away (+1, +2 if they physically ex-
haust themselves for the next day); making faces at the subject
of the spell (+1); glamming up with makeup and accessories (+1,
+2 if flaunting magical items); casting in a club or graveyard
(+1); verbally assaulting the subject (+1, +2 if it causes a Negative
Condition for the Nightwalker or subject)
Ruling Arcana: Fate
Optional Arcana: Death

First Attainment: Lesson Plan

Prerequisites: Initiation
When the Nightwalker takes the time to study a subject
(about a scene) or immediately after having a significant
interaction that brings the subject to the Darkling’s atten-
tion, they may look for a clear omen to bring the subject
‘in line’ to a stated goal, like bringing them humility or
securing their independence. This Attainment emulates
the Fate 1 spell “Serendipity” (Mage, p. 135). It assigns
Reach for the +1 Reach effect for substituting a number
of rolls equal to the Darkling’s dots in Fate, but allows for
Instant Casting Time if Fate delivered the subject into the
Nightwalker’s path.
Optional: Death 1
If the Nightwalker has a significant interaction with the
subject, they can also assess the subject’s soul reflexive-
ly as the interaction ends. The Darkling may determine a
number of soul marks upon the subject equal to their dots
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Withstood by subjects with a supernatural template. Mere
mortals are like an open book to a Darkling. This emulates
the Death 1 spell “Soul Marks” (Mage, p.128).
Second Attainment: Fuck Off
Prerequisites: Gnosis 3, Fate 2, Intimidation 2
The Darkling instantly inflicts the subject with a particular
Hex that is in tune with the Darkling’s Nimbus, in addi-
tion to the Spooked Condition. Work with your Storyteller
to determine a mix of dice penalties or Tilts that fit your
Nightwalker’s Nimbus (Mage, p. 134). The Potency of
this Hex is equal to the Nightwalker’s dots in the Fate
Arcana and lasts until the subject meets a condition, as
with Conditional Duration, so that an improbable condi-
tion will last for an hour, an infrequent condition lasts for a
day, and a common condition will last for a week (Mage,
p.192). This can be targeted at 2 subjects with Fate 3,
and 3 subjects at Fate 5.
Optional: Death 2
The withering gaze of the Nightwalker can also be direct-
ed at objects, often rendering them unusable. With this
attainment, the Darkling lowers the Durability of an object
by the higher of their dots in either Death or Fate. This
happens over the course of a scene, or instantly if the ob-
ject is being interacted with by someone under the effects
of the Nightwalker’s Fuck Off Attainment. This Attainment
can be applied again and again until the object takes on
the Durability of paper, rendering it nearly useless as the
Death 2 spell “Decay” (Mage, p.129).
Third Attainment: Swear To Me
Prerequisites: Gnosis 4, Fate 3, Intimidation 3
The Nightwalker can enforce oaths upon others, emulat-
ing the Fate 3 spell “Sworn Oaths” spell (Mage, p. 137.)
This Attainment does not give the mage the ability to force
anyone to swear an oath against their will. The Darkling
usually convinces people to acquiesce to an oath through
relentless pranking, torture, and verbal abuse. So long as
the subject adheres to the oath, they receive a boon in
accordance with the Nightwalker’s designs. Should the
oath be broken, the subject suffers the hex they agreed
to for the duration of the spell. The spell’s duration can be
further extended by giving the subject a condition under
which the oath will end, at the cost of 1 Mana, and ex-
tending the duration in accordance with the Conditional
Duration attainment.
Fourth Attainment: See What
Happens When You’re an
Asshole?
Prerequisites: Gnosis 6, Fate 4, Intimidation 4
With the touch of their hand, the Nightwalker can level a
curse upon an object. Anyone who uses the item finds that
it twists in their hands, refusing to be used properly, turning
it into a liability. This Attainment emulates the Fate 3 spell
“Monkey’s Paw” (Mage, p. 137). The object needs only
to be touched once, and it will reduce the equipment’s
dice bonus by the Nightwalker’s Fate dots, which may
become a penalty if moved below zero. This effect lasts
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 until the subject meets a condition, as with Conditional
Duration, so that an improbable condition will last for an
hour, an infrequent condition lasts for a day, and a com-
mon condition will last for a week.
Optional: Death 4
To increase the vexation of a subject, the Darkling can
call upon a Rank 2 ghost to haunt the subject. This takes
a scene of preparation, during which the Darkling can
decide what kind of ghost would be appropriate for this
specific haunting, after which the ghost can be given the
task of haunting the subject. The ghost may drain and tor-
ment the subject, but will not bring lasting harm to them,
and will treat the subject as their Anchor for the duration
of the spell. The method of haunting is in accordance with
the specific ghost and Darklings usually collect a list of
ghosts they’ve met that might be appropriate tutors to be
prepared for any eventuality.

Fifth Attainment: The Side-Eye

Prerequisites: Gnosis 8, Fate 5, Intimidation 5
When a subject has failed to learn their lessons, the
Nightwalker may level one last lesson upon them. This
works as the Fate 5 spell “Pariah” (Mage, p. 139.), turn-
ing the world against the subject. This requires an hour
of concentration as the Nightwalker visualizes the lessons
the subject must learn at all costs and then must lay their
hands on the subject. Thereafter, the subject suffers all that
the world can throw at them as society ignores them or
actively seeks their harm. This lasts for up to a year, though
a merciful Nightwalker may spend a Mana to provide a
condition upon which the subject can return to the world
and the curse ends. Because this is to be a lesson, the
Nightwalker can specify the sensitivity of the curse, as per
the +1 Reach effect, and that no benefit can be given to
any attempt on the subject’s life.
Optional: Death 5
When even the final lesson has failed to bring about en-
lightenment and peace to the subject, the Nightwalker can
attempt to remove the subject from the face of the world.
This requires the Nightwalker to personally step close to
the subject and look into their eyes. This does not always
work, at a Potency of 5 and is Withstood by the subject’s
Composure. If the spell succeeds, the subject dies on the
spot of no obvious cause of death, they simply stopped
living upon catching the baleful gaze of the Nightwalker
one last time.

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