Updated: 13 December 1998

THE CONAN SYNDROME

                    I would like to say a word to those who are reading this HTML sourcebook with that kind of idea in mind: What? Set a good Vampire? What's this crap about multi-bloodline Clan? And what's this Ouro-Sen ridiculous concept? And Horus is evil? the Children of Osiris allied with the Childer of Set? Etc. etc. etc..

• WoD's Set and his Serpent-like Discipline was more inspired by Conan the Barbarian's concept of Set than from the original Egyptian Set.
• Egypt was one of the greatest known civilization of our history.
• Typhon was the name of Apep (in greek: Apophis), the Serpent of the Egyptian mythology, and Set was said to fight Apep (defending Ra himself). In truth, Osiris' priests succeeded in ''corrupting'' Set's image (who had been linked to the God Baal which supported the Hyksos invasion around ~1700 BC) in the New Kingdom (1500 BC), and were successful in the Lower Kingdom (that is after 1000 BC).
• The Bible testimony about Egypt was flawed (I won't bother to explain why: Monotheist Religions already proved more than enough they had a quite relative concept of historical events: The ''Plagues of Egypt'' idea is laughable as it would have destroyed this civilization... And at this time, it is said that Ramses II was ruling Egypt: The Greatest King of the Egyptian History whose descendant would invade Israel...)
• It is impossible for a Bloodline of corrupters to be so inapt it took them more than two thousand years to corrupt a civilization whose power was within the Administration. (Few things can be more easily corrupted than the administration)
• It is impossible for mummies to be of any opposition to 4th or 5th (not even talking about the Antediluvian) Generation Kindred in any other way than guerrilla: While Mummies are immortal, their power is lesser, and they are dead most of the time, while the Kindred are still active (The Kindred numbers increase more easily, etc.)
• Etc. etc. etc..

In truth, there was so many reasons that they couldn't be written in this file because it wasn't interesting anymore. So to understand this Chronicle, you must forget anything told by biased sources (i.e.: The Bible, Conan's books, etc.). If I had the courage to remove all the crap WW (White Wolf Game Studio) creators wrote about Egypt (And I have great respect for WW creators, but they really failed when talking about the Setites), I would refuse it and create a chronicle based about Osiris and Set, two Antediluvians or Methuselah, and their respective Bloodline, etc..

But I can't: Because I want this Chronicle compatible with WW's sourcebooks, I have to find the imperfections in those sources, and uses them to make my point. And sometimes, I must even contradict those sources. This is very difficult, because I have to update my knowledge for every new bit of information WW uses.

Anyway, this is my vision of a great Land with enlightened people, with powerful magicks and full of mystery. In one word, Egypt. I am building this Chronicle, so these pages are bound to change a lot. The Synopsis will help me keep in the line, will remind me of the important moments of Ancient Egyptian's history.

Now, imagine: A large valley with blue waters, whose banks are filled with Papyrus. You're near Memphis, one of the greatest cities of the Two Lands. The city with one hundred white portals. The Balance of Egypt. Boats of Papyrus slowly advance with their precious cargo, as people slowly stop their work, as Ra, red as blood, starts again his voyage into the underworld, and as the Gods of Egypt, tended by their faithfull followers, slowly wake from their daily Torpor...

Raoul ''Violence'' Borges
paercebal@hotmail.com

Return to Index

© 1998 White Wolf, Inc. All rights reserved. © 1998 Black Widow Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.