An excellent storybook on immortal souls, memory, and eternal middle management. The different tiers of the cults allow for games at various power levels. Every paragraph was bursting with story hooks. A superb read, and improvement upon 1e. Highly recommend, with gorgeous grayscale art.

This book/pdf was awesome, and I felt better equipped to convey the TONE of Requiem, particularly 2nd edition. Enjoyed the exploration of the themes, I have used this as a reference guide when prepping scenes.

I didn't really feel like I got much out of this supplement. The reasons given for why a vampire would sire someone felt pretty obvious, and very removed from night to night vampiric politics. Embrace "for the lulz", boredom, and solitude felt like 3 of the same reason, for instance. I also have a hard time imagining the vampire that has a spare boon lying around to just Embrace with on a whim, but hey, Camarilla Elder without any enemies I guess? I was hoping for more explanation of when to ghoul vs when to sire, but that dichotomy, while hinted at, didn't get any line space.

The three mortals presented felt kinda bland, but they only get a page each so that isn't too bad. It got better for me when contrasting how the same person getting sired by three different vampires for different reasons would turn out. That said, I felt the level of detail presented was below that I'd get from a company book.

Wasn't really helpful for me, but for >$5, give it a read and you might have a different opinion.

This book is a MUST HAVE for Werewolf fans. In between reams of story hooks, it fleshes out the setting, filling in gaps in the lore with antagonists that hold up a dark mirror to what your players' characters could have been.

What other shards are out there? Why is a mortal making a deal with spirits bad? What happens when a werewolf shirks the protection of one of the tribes? This book has answers for all of these, but importantly, they are delivered as session seeds that you can pick up easily and use at your table. My only complaint is that the cover art seems somewhat goofy to me, but the art inside the book is beautiful.

Cannot recommend this book enough, I went back and ordered a physical copy I liked the pdf so much. Together with Predators from 1e, this is a Need To Purchase for any Werewolf ST, and a strong recommend for any player.