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= The Five Dark Houses of the Underworld =
 
= The Five Dark Houses of the Underworld =
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Also known as the Five Houses of Fallen Stars, these constellations govern the same abilities as their reflections in Creation. The children of Ouranos of the Thousand And One Eyes are the keepers of the five Dark Houses. Ouranos created his five dread sons after being betrayed by his daughters, the Five Maidens. After his death in the Primordial War, Ouranos became a Malfean and his sons became the guardians of the Stars of the Underworld. More than demons, less than Malfeans, they are the only true Dead Gods. Through their stars and the Calendar of Setesh do the Dead read the future of the Underworld.
 
Also known as the Five Houses of Fallen Stars, these constellations govern the same abilities as their reflections in Creation. The children of Ouranos of the Thousand And One Eyes are the keepers of the five Dark Houses. Ouranos created his five dread sons after being betrayed by his daughters, the Five Maidens. After his death in the Primordial War, Ouranos became a Malfean and his sons became the guardians of the Stars of the Underworld. More than demons, less than Malfeans, they are the only true Dead Gods. Through their stars and the Calendar of Setesh do the Dead read the future of the Underworld.
  
=== The Five Houses ===
 
  
[[/Souls|The House of Souls]]
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'''''The Broken Barge of Souls''''' is the first of the Dark Houses, ruled by [[Charon]]. The Wound, the Vulture, the Barge, the Bone, and the Storm fall into the realm of this House, representing the endurance required by the harrowing journey to the Underworld and the trip itself. The Broken Barge's color is <b>brown</b>
  
[[/Shadow|The House of Shadow]]
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'''''The Sinister Theatre of Shadows''''' is the third of the Five Houses, [[Hecate|Hecate's]] <b>House of Darkness</b>. The constellations of the Splinter, the Mirror, the Dagger, the Obelisk and the Claw fall into the House of Darkness. The Sinister Theatre's color is <b>black</b>
  
[[/Madness|The House of Madness]]
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'''''The Forgotten Prison of Insanity''''' is the second of the Dark Houses, ruled by [[Deimos]]. The constellations of the Spider, the Shadow, the Rune, the Mourner and the Betrayer are in the House of Madness. The stars of Madness represent the powers of subtle violence and treachery as well as mental instability and uncertainty. The color of the Forgotton Prison is <b>orange</b>
  
[[/Mystery|The House of Mystery]]
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'''''The Sunken Temple of Unknowns''''' is ruled by [[Neptune]]. The <b>House of Mystery</b>, often associated with the seas and rivers of the Underworld, contains the constellations of the Owl, the Lock, the Ruin, the Temple and the Ghost. The Sunken Temple's color is <b>grey</b>.
  
[[/Decay|The House of Decay]]
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'''''The Unchanging Charnel House''''' is also called the <b>House of Death</b>. [[Pluto]] rules the constellations of the Hanged Man, the Eye, the Victim and the Skull. The color of the Unchanging Charnel House is <b>white</b>.
 
 
The first of the Five Houses is the <b>House of Souls</b>, ruled by <b>Charon</b>. Ruler of the transition to death and the passage of things into the Void, Charon is feared and loved by the Ghosts of the Underworld. He is portrayed as a tall, hunched skeleton wrapped in a grey cowl and is generally guiding a barge.
 
 
 
The second House is <b>Hecate's</b> <b>House of Shadow</b>. Master of darkness and things half-seen, Hecate presides over murder, curses and other such wickedness. He is a thin, sinister man with a large spider on his shoulder.
 
 
 
<b>Deimos</b> rules the <b>House of Madness</b>, third of the Five Houses. A tall, handsome man with no eyes and a shattered mirror, Deimos rules over nightmares, insanity and chaos. All things outside Fate are at least partially within his domain.
 
 
 
Aged and muscular, carrying a three-pronged trident, <b>Posiedon</b> rules the fourth House, the <b>House of Mystery</b>, often associated with the seas and rivers of the Underworld. All things lost to the dead, the secrets and treasures of ages past, are his.
 
 
 
Closest reflection of the Celestials is the <b>House of Death</b>, last of the Five, and its ruler <b>Hades</b>. Feared by any mortal who knows of him, he is the eldest of Ouranos's sons, twin to Saturn. He rules over the process of death as his sister rules over the moment of life's ending. Slow illness, gradual decay and the Shadowlands are his items and places of power.
 
 
 
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I don't really like these, well, not the order anyhow, so I made my own. Go look at them! TheStarsShadows
 
Not that mine are better or anything but, we all have different tastes. - GoldenH
 
 
Thought for Athletics: the Kite or the Prayer Flag. - FourWillowsWeeping
 
 
I'll go with Ikeslam's "Hanged Man" idea for now. It's cool. - [[Telgar]]
 
 
Hey, can we come up with a cooler term than 'Dark Sidereal'? Like Calendrical maybe, after the Calendar of Setesh? - FourWillowsWeeping, the terminology police
 
 
<i>I love Calendrical!  Very, uh, kosher? - [[Balthasar]]</i>
 
 
Stygian?\\
 
_[[Ikselam]]
 
 
Maybe the Sidereal of the Calendar, instead? - [[haren]]
 
 
They're called Dark Sidereal Charms because they're Sidereal Charms of the Dark Houses. They're not the Calendrical houses. That's a mouthful.
 
 
An important point to remember is that there are no Dark Sidereals to learn these Charms as their natural set. These things exist as an extension of normal Sidereal Charms, but they <b>are</b> a totally new set. I guess you could say the Five Dead Gods were going to make some Exalts, but died before that. The only ones able to learn these Charms, without making a new Exalt-Type, are going to be Moonshadows, Eclipses and Sidereals familiar enough with the Underworld to realize the Charms exist. - [[Telgar]]
 
 
:Are you <i>sure</i> there are no Dark Sidereals? People who weave fate for the purpose of undoing it... that's got a nice hypocracy, almost as compelling as the one inherent to Abyssals... and besides, we know for a fact that some Sidereals have thrown in with the Deathlords, and if Sidereals can become Akuma, there isn't any good reason they can't become death-tainted. Hmmm... - [[Seraph]]
 
 
I have another version of Underworld Astrology I'm working on, and comments are greatly appreciated.  CalendarofSetesh.  -  [[Glamourweaver]]
 
 
Hrm, for deathy House of Serenity of deathy death, I think House of Obsession fits better... or something. - [[sssssz]]
 
 
The Dark Houses are not reflections, they're seperate entities. At one point the Lords lived in Yu-Shan with the Maidens and had domain over the natural processes of the other half of life. They were lesser then their sisters, but after the Underworld came into being they gained much greater power. Of course, after the War they were stuck in the Underworld with their father. But the second House isn't Deathy Serenity. It's Shadow. - [[Telgar]]
 
 
Er, oops, I guess I misintepretted/was just plain stupid. Sorry.- [[sssssz]]
 

Latest revision as of 02:05, 14 March 2011

The Five Dark Houses of the Underworld

Also known as the Five Houses of Fallen Stars, these constellations govern the same abilities as their reflections in Creation. The children of Ouranos of the Thousand And One Eyes are the keepers of the five Dark Houses. Ouranos created his five dread sons after being betrayed by his daughters, the Five Maidens. After his death in the Primordial War, Ouranos became a Malfean and his sons became the guardians of the Stars of the Underworld. More than demons, less than Malfeans, they are the only true Dead Gods. Through their stars and the Calendar of Setesh do the Dead read the future of the Underworld.


The Broken Barge of Souls is the first of the Dark Houses, ruled by Charon. The Wound, the Vulture, the Barge, the Bone, and the Storm fall into the realm of this House, representing the endurance required by the harrowing journey to the Underworld and the trip itself. The Broken Barge's color is brown

The Sinister Theatre of Shadows is the third of the Five Houses, Hecate's House of Darkness. The constellations of the Splinter, the Mirror, the Dagger, the Obelisk and the Claw fall into the House of Darkness. The Sinister Theatre's color is black

The Forgotten Prison of Insanity is the second of the Dark Houses, ruled by Deimos. The constellations of the Spider, the Shadow, the Rune, the Mourner and the Betrayer are in the House of Madness. The stars of Madness represent the powers of subtle violence and treachery as well as mental instability and uncertainty. The color of the Forgotton Prison is orange

The Sunken Temple of Unknowns is ruled by Neptune. The House of Mystery, often associated with the seas and rivers of the Underworld, contains the constellations of the Owl, the Lock, the Ruin, the Temple and the Ghost. The Sunken Temple's color is grey.

The Unchanging Charnel House is also called the House of Death. Pluto rules the constellations of the Hanged Man, the Eye, the Victim and the Skull. The color of the Unchanging Charnel House is white.

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