![]() The Prey: The Prey are the Eaten and the Drowned, and the victims of the Elements.They have an affinity for the powers of the Cold Wind and Stillness. Their patron is the Black Horseman, and they attract hungry and needy geists. The Silent: The Silent are called the Starving Ones, and the victims of Neglect, and they die from deprivation, such as suffocation, starvation, and heartbreak.The Torn often attract angry and vengeful Geists, and they have an affinity for Stigmata and Passion powers. Their patron is the Red Horseman, and they are those who are killed by murder or violent means, such as stabbing, shooting, or particularly traumatic and damaging deaths. The Torn: The Torn are called the Bleeding Ones, and the victims of Malice, and they are those who die from violence.For example, someone who drowns could be either one of the Prey, who are killed by nature, or one of the Silent, who die from deprivation (a lack of oxygen), or even one of the Torn, if they are held under water. Thresholds can be somewhat fluid, depending on what aspect of death the Sin Eater-to-be focused on at the moment of death. ![]() In all instances, Sin Eaters are forced to deal with the dead, whether through altruism, greed, or just the plain fact that the dead will not leave them alone.Įvery Sin Eater has a Threshold, relating to the way in which they died. Upon this return to life, the Bound discover that they can see and interact with the restless shades of the dead, and must choose what to do with their second chance at life. In exchange for being returned to life, Sin Eaters allow the Geist to accompany them, effectively merging into each other in a symbiotic relation with the "human" in control. Upon the first death, every Sin Eater is approached by a Geist, an embodiment of an aspect or personification of death. Unlike vampires, however, Sin Eaters (also called the Bound) are not undead, but rather living beings bound to fundamental forces of death. Players portray Sin Eaters who have died and returned to the world of the living. Instead they have become an embodiment of the ideas and imagery of their own deaths. In the setting, a Geist is a spirit bound to a once-dead human resulting in a Sin-Eater.Ī Geist is a kind of spirit that was once a ghost but has given up their mortal identity. Geist: The Sin-Eaters is a tabletop roleplaying game and setting for White Wolf Game Studio's World of Darkness line released in August 2009.
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