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CREDITS SPECIAL THANKS TO Author: Ivan “Manbat” Abilio To my father for being the best; to KO, Renata and Editor: Ivan “Manbat” Abilio Thales for playing with me for so long. Artists: All art in this book is under Public Domain. Also thanks to the Athenaeum website (https://www. the-athenaeum.org/) for offering so many beautiful pieces of art. ART Cover: “Triumph with child in the triumphator’s chariot” by Francis William Topham (1838) Introduction Artwork: “Portrait of the poet Jan Lechoń” by Roman Kramsztyk (1920+), pg. 04 Chapter 1 Artwork: “: Ruins of the Forum, Looking towards the Capitol” by Canaletto (1742), pg. 06 “Spring” by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1894), pg. 11 Chapter 2 Artwork: “Ontwerp voor een plafond met het huwelijk van en ” by Petrus Norbertus van Reysschoot (1748), pg. 20 Chapter 3 Artwork: “The Triumph of Caesar: Soldiers Carrying Trophies” by Workshop of andrea Mantegna/Attributed to Zoan andrea (1485-1490), pg. 30

This game requires the Scion 2e: Origin and Scion 2e: Hero corebooks, as well as the Mysteries of the World - The Scion Companion book and the Titanomachy suplements. This product was created under license. STORYPATH SYSTEM, STORYPATH NEXUS COMMUNITY CONTENT PROGRAM, and all related game line terms and logos are trademarks of Onyx Path Publishing. All setting material, art, and trade dress are the property of Onyx Path Publishing. www.theonyxpath.com This work contains material that is copyright Onyx Path Publishing. Such material is used with permission under the Community Content Agreement for Storypath Nexus Community Content Program. All other original material in this work is copyright 2021 by Ivan Contini Abilio and Gabriel Contini Abilio and published under the Community Content Agreement for Storypath Nexus Community Content Program Sample© 2021 Onyx Path Publishing. All rights reserved. References to other copyrightedfile material in no way constitute a challenge to the respective copyright holders of that material. “Scion” and all characters, names, places, and text herein are copyrighted by Onyx Path Publishing. Keep up to date with Onyx Path Publishing at theonyxpath.com.

credits 01 Contents CHAPTER TWO: AMONG DIVUS Credits 01 AND DIVAS 20 ART 01 SPECIAL THANKS TO 01 THE GODS OF ROME 21 OLD GODS, NEW WAYS 21 INTRODUCTION 04 EXTENDED FAMILY 21 How To Use This Book 05 , the Goddess of Valor and Conquest 21 Wait, who is this god again? 05 CLOACINA, the Goddess of Purity and Filth 22 CYBELE, the Great Mother 22 CHAPTER ONE: THE REMANTS OF DIVUS , the First Citizen of Rome 23 THE EMPIRE 06 DIVUS JULIUS, the First Caesar 23 , the Horned God of the Wilds 24 PEOPLE TOGETHER 07 HERCULES, the God of Heroes and Strength 24 ASSOCIATIONS 07 INDIGES, the First Hero of Rome 25 The Arete Congregations 07 , the Goddess of Thieves and Crime 25 The Mythical Gastronomical Society 07 , the Founder of Rome 26 The Naturalis Historiae Societas 08 NOVUS TITANUS 27 The New Patricians 08 , the Sky 27 BUSINESS 09 , the Fortune 27 Mithridates Pharmaceutical Ltd. 09 MONETA, the Remembering 27 The Fox Guild 10 , the Devourer 28 The Mare Nostrum Boat & Ship Company 10 , the Invincible 28 Ultima Bellum 11 THEMIS, the Divine Order 29 RELIGIOUS GROUPS 12 TELLUS MATTER, the Mother Earth 29 The Anti-Hornyed Web-community 12 The Cult of 13 CHAPTER THREE: THINGINUS ET The Buglers 13 STUFFORUUM 30 The Vestal Virgins 14 SUPERNATURAL GROUPS 14 BIRTHRIGHTS 31 Ambrosius Latronius and his Monster Crew 14 CREATURES 31 The Eternal Legion 15 Horses (••- ••••) 31 The Monstrous Coliseum 16 Big Felines (•••) 31 The Nymphs League 16 War-Elephant (•••-••••) 31 INCOGNITA 17 Griffin, Gryphon (••••) 31 SampleArcadia, the Eternal Summer Land 17 FOLLOWERS file32 The Garden of Hesperides 17 Bannerman (••) 32 The Sewers of Cloacina 18 Mythographer (•••) 32 The Tree with the Golden Bough 18 Praetorian Guard (••••) 32 The Triumphal Arches and the Victory Columns 18 GUIDES 32

02 TITANUS (•••) 32 Ancile (••••) 36 Lar (•••) 32 Caesar’s Die (••••) 36 The Ghost of Marsyas (••••) 33 Motorcycle of Sol Invictus (••••) 36 RELICS 33 Tethis Optima (••••) 37 Graces Clothing (•) 33 The Medusa Headdress (••••) 37 Fama’s Radio (•) 33 Indigitamenta (•••••) 37 Ammunition Belt of (••) 34 Maximus Lorica VI (•••••) 38 Caesar’s Sword (••) 34 LEFTOVERS AND MORE 39 Herculean Beard (••) 34 GODS 39 The Golden Bough (••) 34 Eros, God of Love and Passion 39 Cornucopia (•••) 35 GROUPS 39 Marble Soldiers (•••) 35 Legal Eye Advocacy 39 S.A.N.D.A.L App (•••) 35 The Forum Venalium and the Forum Profundum 40 Sword of Justice (•••) 35 The Hellenic Peace Agreement 41 Velificatio (•••) 36

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04 TITANUS “Rome, Rome, thou art no more As thou hast been! On thy seven hills of yore Thou sat’st a queen.” — Felicia Hemans ll paths lead to Rome, say the old saying. And it was true, Athrough all Mediterranean and Europe hundreds of roads AGAIN? would form a web of pathways that lead in the end back to Multiple names for gods is not something exclusive of Rome, the heart of the Roman Civilization. There, kings fell, the Theoi, but the Theoi have a unique distinction: many of senators ruled, emperors rise and the Theoi reshaped Europe. their god will have a clear Roman and Greek name. Except This book is a non-official supplement for Scion 2ed, for the most purist of Greek worshipers or the proudest and presupposes access to the corebooks of the system, of the Roman worshipers, both names are accepted by all Scion: Origin and Scion: Hero. While the highest degree centers of worship, even if each will give preference to one of attention has been applied and the most care was taken versus another. to guarantee historical authenticity, this book should not But for those who are not used to the Theoi pantheon, be considered a research source for any subject, historical, this can create some confusion, especially when reading geographical, or mythological. this book, which will refer to the gods of the Theoi by their First off, this is not a setting book for . Roman names. While any new god presented will have their Although this idea would be very cool, this book is focused Greek name mentioned in the Aliases, the gods already pre- not on the development of the Roman culture or the Roman sented in the core books, as well as many specific names of state, but how this would affect the present-day World of some entities, will be presented only in their Roman name. Scion. While much need to be explained from their specific To help in case anyone who gets lost with the Roman names, worldview, all presented here is presented from someone in we present here a list of a few beings in this book with their the present, unless directly contradict. Greek names. Much of what is here relies on the interpretation of ROMAN GREEK history and , and anybody and everybody is free to Bacchus Dionysius disagree or to ignore what is here if they so prefer. We also Demeter strongly recommend you to research on your own if you have doubts. And most of all, we hope you enjoy the book. Artemis Discordia Nemesis HOW TO USE THIS BOOK Fama Pheme This book is divided into 3 different chapters, clearly Gratia Charis (Graces) focused on different aspects of the Theoi World: Hercules Herakles Chapter 1, The Remnants of an Empire, deals with dif- ferent groups, places, and structures that exist in the World Juno Hera of the Scion thanks to the influence of the Roman Empire or Jupiter Zeus the Theoi. This includes businesses, organizations, cults as Ares well as different kinds of Terra Incognita. Hermes Chapter 2, Among Divus and Divas, deals with some of the gods and goddesses of Rome as well as the Titans, Athena two groups in which the line of separation sometimes can be blurred. , Pluton Hades Chapter 3, Thingnius et Stufforum, deals with the Persephone Birthrights that a Scion that call from the Roman tradition Saturn Cronos could have. Tellus, Terra Gaia Additionally, this book uses the abreviations of Enhancement, Complication, and Difficulty (e, c, and d, respectively).Sample So a +2 of each would look like +2e, +2c, and Hestiafile +2d, respectively. Hephaestus WAIT, WHO IS THIS GOD P.S.: On the update for the v2, this material has been update to consider the Companion and Titanomachy suplements. All changes are listed on the Appendix.

Introduction 05 CHAPTER ONE THESample REMANTS fileOF THE EMPIRE 06 TITANUS

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