Antecedents

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Atlantis: 350,000,000 years ago

At the cross roads of 1,000 dimensions a place of great beauty and sophistication is about to descend into turmoil as old forces and new align themselves into powerful cabals to either destroy or protect the promise of life on Earth.

The conclusion of the 20,000 year war with the Dor-manis demon race is finally coming to pass. The Dor-manis demon rulers are on their way to Atlantis to formally surrender to the Great Chamberlain, the wise and powerful ruler of the Atlantian Confederation, bringing with them the Occult throne � the symbol of Dor-manis power within the Dimension of Spite.

Preparations for the ceremony have been long and complex and visitors from far and wide have come to witness the spectacle.

At a Tea house in the salubrious Wang district a seemingly accidental gathering of disparate races takes place. To casual observers nothing untoward is going on, just a busy tea house filled with polite patrons, all intent on their own conversations. However, those wise in the ways of Bloodline Tracing might notice a worrying convergence. Amongst those tasting the quality teas and cakes of the fine establishment are six children of Kamanatoa, that which forged the Occult throne.

Rare indeed would be the Bloodliner who could recognise Kamanatoa�s descendants, for the Kamanatoa Legacy is a Bloodline long thought expunged from sentient awareness, after all the Dor-manis demons were thorough in their rise to power and their reign would have been short indeed if there was any overt strength left in the Legacy. No, this gathering represents a careful scattering and nurturing of Kamanatoa�s seed across vast stretches of time and space, but to what end?

It is sometimes said that the rulers of the Dor-manis Bloodline were only ever able to access a fraction of the possible gifts the Occult throne could endow � a frightening thought given the tally of crimes and atrocities the fell Dor-manis have committed over the endless eons. But their mastery of magic, their considerable physical might and what benefits they had extracted from the throne were no protection against The Great Chamberlain�s greatest weapon: the System Bomb.

Peace, and the forfeiture of the Occult throne, or annihilation were the only options left to the Dor-manis once the System Bombs started to tear apart their home worlds and brood pens.

But no such wise Bloodline Tracer was present at the tea house that day and so the silent conversation amongst the reunited siblings was not overheard.

What import was there for Atlantis in this gathering? From the mighty Great Chamberlain in his Ziggurat of power to the residents of the small orphanage near the tea house, would life ever be the same again?

San Francisco: 2027

The Age of Aquarius has well and truly blossomed, in part due to the changes to humanity�s cult-ural psyche that began in the late 1960s, resulting in a near world-wide acceptance of the spirit realm.

For those who have accepted the truth of the spiritual, their lives are assisted by their glorious ancestors, and only occasionally hindered by their diabolical ones, and a whole series of complicated rituals, designed to appease both the former and the latter, have become part of everyday life.

Far from completely transforming society into a pastoral hippy paradise, the Aquarian cult-ural mindset has merged with the ethos of the early 21st century, with opportunities for wealth creation abounding.

One such enterprise thriving in the current climate is Antecedents P.I., a spiritual and occult private investigation firm specialising in solving the hauntings, and sometimes worse, inflicted on the living by the diabolicals. Special knowledge is needed to track and then dissolve the diabolicals, those unhappy spirits that for a variety of reasons refuse to lend their energy to the living. Antecedents principle, Dr Butler, has recently taken on a number of promising new agents to cater for the busy workload that shows no sign of slowing down any time soon.

The near limitless energy that flows from the glorious spiritual realm into the homes of the grateful now powers the modern world, ensuring that even on a modest budget, a life of comfort can be afforded, however the Fundis choose not to participate in this new era of wealth and luxury.

Within every country of the world there persist pockets of Fundis, those recalcitrant, often now ghettoed, communities who deny the whispered voices of the Heralds of Aquarius. The Fundi�s dedication to the monotheisms of the past compels them to secede from the benefits of the Aquarian age. Instead, they persist under the rules of the last age where one person�s gain can come only at the detriment of someone else.

In recent years Fundi agitation has grown. Anger at the shape of modern society, and its blatant contradiction of the past dogmas that were so pervasive in human societies for over 4,000 years, has given rise to dangerous martyrs, religious insurgency and counter-cultural revolutionary forces.

But perhaps the Fundis are wise to reject the spirits of Aquarius. What gives the dead the right to demand anything from the living � has not their time passed? And what power has given animation to the countless occult horrors that creep within the collective consciousness of peoples from all over the world. But most importantly, if one buys in to the patently manifest myths of Aquarius, then one cannot but do the same for the next age: the age of Kali.

If what is said of the age of Kali is true then all the world may come to rue the day Aquarius took hold of the modern world, unless of course Aquarius herself is capable of holding back Kali � perhaps with a little bit of help from Dr Butler and the team of Antecedents P.I.