wilderness scouts and tourist guides.
Each is an opener Associated Powers: Epic Manipulation, Epic Strength,
of doors, a great people-person, capable of making
introductions and connecting people with diverse
interests to common goals. As tricksters and practical
jokers, these Scions play great con games, parting fools
from their money on a regular basis.
Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Epic Wits, Cheval,
Prophecy, Psychopomp, Sun
O Abilities: Command, Empathy, Integrity, Larceny,
Occult, Politics
N Rivals: Kalfu; Frigg, Hachiman, Hermes, Huitzilopochtli,
E Sobek
— royalty. He resists oppression on behalf of his people, and
P he fights the good fight everywhere. Dressed in red and
A OGOUN
N AKA: GU, OGUN, OGUM, ST. GEORGE, ST.
JAMES, ST. SEBASTIAN
T Description: Lord of power, authority and triumph,
H Ogoun is a spirit of iron—iron spines in battle, iron in
E weapons and fearlessness in personal action. Dark eyed
O and dark skinned, he likes the contrast of a sharp white
N military uniform and red sash with his curly headed
visage. He often makes use of the Catholic identity of
St. James the Greater and always carries an iron knife,
sword or machete. He’s a smoker and a rum drinker, but
he’s always the pirate hunter and never the pirate.
In modern times, Ogoun takes on paramilitary and
military roles more often than not. He’s always an officer,
never an enlisted man, although his records always show
he advanced through the ranks. Ogoun always gets his
position through merit, never through connections. He’s
a craftsman in metal, particularly iron—motor vehicles
and weapons alike obey his commands. He’s also been
a high-steel worker and a shipbuilder. People remember
him as plain dealing and direct in his speech.
Ogoun’s Scions are similarly inclined. They are
forceful personalities, artists and responsible patriots.
Loyal to their father, they have worked as fireworks and
demolitions experts, aggressive businessmen, dictators’
henchmen and jungle-hidden freedom fighters. No one
calls them cowards and lives.
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Cheval, Fire, War
Abilities: Art, Craft, Fortitude, Melee, Politics,
Presence
Rivals: Baron Samedi; Athena, Heimdall, Isis, Izanagi,
Xipe Totec
SHANGO
AKA: XANGÔ, C5 HANGÓ
Description: Shango, lord of thunder and priest-
king of the Loa, is the God of initiation and justice and
white, he hunts liars and thieves with a stone axe made
by his friend and colleague Ogoun. Legends say he had
three wives and produced sons by each of them. Some,
his legitimate children, became kings and community
leaders. Others became great priests, pastors and spiritual
advisors. His remaining children lived as bandits who
preserved the moral order by robbing the rich and giving
to the poor. So it is with Shango’s Scions.
In modern times, the thunder God marched with
Dr. Martin Luther King and with Gandhi; he was also a
member of the Black Panthers and a bodyguard to Malcolm
X. He’s been a vigilante, a prizefighter, a lionized athlete and
a black judge in a white town. Unlike many Gods, Shango
sees no problem with inserting himself into the great events
of the mortal World. The lives and rights of mortals are his
principal concern—how could he not help them?
Increasingly, though, the demands of Fate require
that he leave these tasks to his Scions. He never raises up
just one Scion, though, he makes sure there are always
three in the World: a leader, an advisor and a bandit. In
this way, the World is balanced, and Shango continues
to look out for the interests of his community.
Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Epic Strength,
Cheval, Justice, Prophecy, Sky
Abilities: Art, Command, Fortitude, Integrity, Melee,
Presence
Rivals: Kalfu; Raiden, Sobek, Tezcatlipoca, Tyr, Zeus