Anunnaku

(• • • Entropy, • • • Prime, • • • Spirit)                                                           Dead Magic  54
The abundance of Paradox, Quintessence or Tass along with the actual Patterns of the heavens reveal the fates of the Awakened in the broadest sense of the term: mages, vampires, demons or anything else that haunts the World of Darkness. The Bau of Babylon read the Patterns of the stars nightly to learn the fates of the city's demon summoners. Although this sequence of the Enuma Anu Enlil is disseminating slowly, and mostly among the Hermetics, this Effect has proven critical in several recent Tradition victories over the Nephandi. The will of the Void reveals itself in the stars; a successful reading exposes the quality, if not the specifics, of Nephandic activity to come. Because the stars are different from every viewpoint (a phenomenon known as "parallax"), an accomplished astrologer can determine the future of local events involving the Nephandi.

System: This divination is specifically useful in foreseeing the fates of supernatural beings. With a few successes, a mage might gather a sense of vague foreboding. Multiple successes could indicate an illuminating insight into the warped plans of some potent malefic entity: an ancient vampire, Earth-bound demon or a Nephandus and its colleagues. As with all such divinations, the results are not wholly detailed or accurate, but can provide a picture of things to come: Whether an enemy plans to attack, retreat or hide; whether a specific type of supernatural influence is involved; whether the mage's current actions will lead toward victory or defeat. This divination can also be used to observe the ebb and flow of Paradox, Quintessence, Entropy and so on, and reveal the significance of such fluctuations.