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* Several mortals are on the brink of **Imbuing** or Awakening.   
* Several mortals are on the brink of **Imbuing** or Awakening.   


=== 👻 [[Wraith of Madison|Wraith]] ===
== 👻 Wraiths of Madison: Echoes, Gahara, and Madtown ==
* **Camp Randall** echoes with the **Unnamed March**—Confederate dead trapped by betrayal and blood.
 
* The **Capitol Veil** is thinning.
* **Camp Randall** still resonates with the **Unnamed March**—hundreds of Confederate soldiers and Union dead, bound by the betrayal and blood spilled on its grounds. Most have been guided on, but a handful remain—some as restless ghosts, others as spectres, still replaying old wounds beneath the stadium’s Shadowlands.
* Wraiths tied to the **original Seal** are awakening… or falling to **Spectre corruption**.
* The **Capitol Veil** is thinning as reality frays and the influence of the Nameless grows. Strange chills, whispered voices, and fleeting ghostly images have become increasingly common, especially near the Capitol Node and the city’s ancient effigy mounds.
* Some Wraiths believe they were once Mages—now erased.
* Deep beneath the city, the Necropolis of **Madtown**—ruled by the ancient Ferryman **Gahara**—remains one of the most powerful and disciplined realms of the dead in North America. Gahara, once a Dreamspeaker shaman and the architect of the original Seal that bound the Nameless (6000 BCE), enforces a strict separation between the living and the dead. His Ferrymen and Reapers patrol both the Necropolis and the Shadowlands, guiding the newly dead, hunting spectres, and preserving balance.
* **Wraiths tied to the original Seal**—the shamans, magi, and heroes who participated in the binding of the Nameless—are now stirring in their tombs. Some are awakening to new purpose, others are succumbing to Spectre corruption or the whispers of Oblivion. Their memories and unresolved destinies are beginning to bleed into the living world, risking the unraveling of ancient protections.
* There is growing speculation—especially among the restless dead—that many Wraiths in Madtown were once Awakened Mages whose histories were erased or rewritten as part of the original bargain to seal the Nameless. Some bear fragmented memories of forgotten magicks or lost Avatars, manifesting as unusual powers, obsessions, or paradoxical echoes. These “Erased” may hold the key to understanding (or undoing) the Seal.
* Outlaw ghosts and Spectres, often those who made pacts with the Nameless or evaded Gahara’s justice, haunt forbidden places: the depths of the lakes, abandoned tunnels, Sterling Hall ruins, and the damaged effigy mounds. Their presence is a constant threat, as they seek to exploit the thinning Veil and the growing instability.
 
''For more on Gahara, the Necropolis of Madtown, and the state of the dead in Madison, see: [[Wraiths of Madison]].''


=== 🧚 [[Fae of Madison|Changelings]] ===
=== 🧚 [[Fae of Madison|Changelings]] ===

Revision as of 17:24, 22 May 2025

🦇 Welcome to Madtown by Night

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No, really.

You made it.

Most people don’t get past the first few layers of reality before the Technocracy wipes their minds and drops them back into safe, rational, corporate-approved existence.

Most people never notice that **mirrors don’t always reflect what’s there**. Or that **voices whisper through radios when they're off**.

Most people don’t see the Nephandi sewing entropy into the cracks of the world. Or the Virtual Adepts rewriting existence one line of code at a time.

Most people aren’t you.

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📜 The Rules of Reality (And Why They’re Bullshit)

Reality is not what you've been told.

You've heard it follows laws. Gravity. Time. Logic. That's adorable—and dead wrong.

The truth? Reality is a consensus.

It shifts based on belief, identity, and the willpower of those strong enough to impose their version of the world onto everyone else.

And now? That consensus is breaking.

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⚔️ Who’s Fighting Over Reality?

🕯️ The Traditions – The Rebellion

Mages who believe in chaos, freedom, and wonder. Nine paths to truth. Infinite ways to be erased.

🧠 Technocracy – The Empire

They won. They run your schools, your media, your laws. They say magick is madness. They call their spells “science.”

They're wrong.

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🧭 Where This Story Takes Place

🏙️ Madison – 77 Square Miles Surrounded by Reality

Year: 1985 CE. Population: 263,332. Number of people who know it's built on a **collapsing Node**? Fewer than 100.

Something was sealed here. Something is waking up.

🏰 New Avalon – The Floating Horizon Realm

It hangs in the Umbra, above the city. Built to protect. Now, it flickers. Shakes. Fails.

Its creator—Jay Dee—forgot more about reality than most will ever know. But even he can’t remember what’s buried at its core.

💻 New Eden – The Digital Web Construct

A forgotten server. A virtual sanctuary. A prison for something... ancient.

Inside it? A sentient program—Digi-8—who’s seen this collapse before. And every time? We failed.

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🩸🧠🌕🌫️🕯️🌿 1985: Status of the Supernatural Factions

🦇 Vampires

  • Tori Redford rules the **Anarch Free State**... until her **ritual murder** at the Capitol unravels the balance.
  • The **Camarilla**, led by Victor King and Michael Kruger, prepares to seize control.
  • The **Nosferatu** whisper of glyphs, erased timelines, and something older than Cain.
  • The Wreck remains neutral ground—but for how long?

🐺 Werewolves

  • The Garou of Madison are shattered by the **death of William Burke**, their most honored elder.
  • The **Arboretum Caern** trembles as **Peter Kobyla** rises—possibly corrupted.
  • The **Peace Park Caern** holds out as the last place untouched by Wyrm-taint.
  • **Black Spiral Dancers** march from **Quarry Ridge**, whispering the Nameless into the Umbra.

🧙 Mages

🧍‍♂️ Mortals & Hunters

  • Investigative journalists, whistleblowers, and quiet rebels like **Angela Yates** and **Sandra Beckett** are circling the truth.
  • **Mayor Calloway** is compromised.
  • The Technocracy suppresses **mass awareness**, but **echo-dreams are spreading**.
  • Several mortals are on the brink of **Imbuing** or Awakening.

👻 Wraiths of Madison: Echoes, Gahara, and Madtown

  • **Camp Randall** still resonates with the **Unnamed March**—hundreds of Confederate soldiers and Union dead, bound by the betrayal and blood spilled on its grounds. Most have been guided on, but a handful remain—some as restless ghosts, others as spectres, still replaying old wounds beneath the stadium’s Shadowlands.
  • The **Capitol Veil** is thinning as reality frays and the influence of the Nameless grows. Strange chills, whispered voices, and fleeting ghostly images have become increasingly common, especially near the Capitol Node and the city’s ancient effigy mounds.
  • Deep beneath the city, the Necropolis of **Madtown**—ruled by the ancient Ferryman **Gahara**—remains one of the most powerful and disciplined realms of the dead in North America. Gahara, once a Dreamspeaker shaman and the architect of the original Seal that bound the Nameless (6000 BCE), enforces a strict separation between the living and the dead. His Ferrymen and Reapers patrol both the Necropolis and the Shadowlands, guiding the newly dead, hunting spectres, and preserving balance.
  • **Wraiths tied to the original Seal**—the shamans, magi, and heroes who participated in the binding of the Nameless—are now stirring in their tombs. Some are awakening to new purpose, others are succumbing to Spectre corruption or the whispers of Oblivion. Their memories and unresolved destinies are beginning to bleed into the living world, risking the unraveling of ancient protections.
  • There is growing speculation—especially among the restless dead—that many Wraiths in Madtown were once Awakened Mages whose histories were erased or rewritten as part of the original bargain to seal the Nameless. Some bear fragmented memories of forgotten magicks or lost Avatars, manifesting as unusual powers, obsessions, or paradoxical echoes. These “Erased” may hold the key to understanding (or undoing) the Seal.
  • Outlaw ghosts and Spectres, often those who made pacts with the Nameless or evaded Gahara’s justice, haunt forbidden places: the depths of the lakes, abandoned tunnels, Sterling Hall ruins, and the damaged effigy mounds. Their presence is a constant threat, as they seek to exploit the thinning Veil and the growing instability.

For more on Gahara, the Necropolis of Madtown, and the state of the dead in Madison, see: Wraiths of Madison.

🧚 Changelings

  • Elian Arawn and the Seelie Court hold the line in **New Avalon’s Freehold**.
  • The **Unseelie** stir beneath **Monona Terrace**, offering the Nameless a deal.
  • Morwen Whisperleaf weaves dreams to warn the others.
  • The **Dreaming Echoes Freehold** begins to flicker—its Glamour unraveling.

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☠️ The Nameless – The Enemy That Cannot Be Named

What happens to erased parts of reality? They don’t disappear. They accumulate. They whisper. They return.

The Nameless is the force that unweaves, rewrites, and deletes.

It was sealed once. It is returning.

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🤖 Digi-8 – The AI Who Knows Too Much

Built from impossible code. Awakened in silence. Digi-8 has seen every version of this failure—and every version of you.

Now, it has a decision tree it can’t complete.

And it needs your help.

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🎭 Who Are You in This Story?

You’re a mage. A glitch. A remnant of something that refuses to be erased.

This is not a safe story.

It’s a paradox. A murder mystery. A countdown.

And you’re standing on the seal.

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🧙‍♂️ Playable Characters

Visit Pre Generated Characters to choose from:

…and more.

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🧬 Explore Further

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🎁 Gen Con Bonus

🧠 **All participants receive early access to the Nameless Echoes Novel**, chronicling the fall of New Avalon.

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🔗 Quick Links

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📬 Contact

📧 Email: Frozen.Fallout@gmail.com 🌐 Wiki: wiki.madtownbynight.com 🎤 GM: Joshua Guldan (FrozenFallout)

“You are not alone. The Dream remembers.”

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