The Seven are a very ancient belief, and probably one of the inspirations for the Seven Deadly Sins. The following is from an Assyrian stone tablet. While this is obviously more about Spirits than Ghosts (as players of the World of Darkness would define them), I’m still using it for the novel Seven Skulls for Catherine, as though they are denizens of the Underworld.

R.C. Thompson, translator [The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia, London 1903].[1]

Raging storms, evil gods are they
Ruthless demons, who in heaven’s vault were created, are they,
Workers of evil are they,
They lift up the head to evil, every day to evil
Destruction to work.
Of these seven the first is the South wind…

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I’ve been doing some research for my next novel, Seven Skulls for Cathrine. and came across this posting on the witch Cutty Sark on the DapperCadaver.com blog site.

Cutty Sark became a popular motif for the Fgureheads of Ships

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This is the start of an Origin story for the Geist, the ghost in the shell of the Sin-Eaters.

I was waiting for White Wolf to get back to me, but something became clear as I continued to work on this, and the other areas I’ve read in the World of Darkness… absolute origin stories are not that great for Storylines. Once they are known, limitations are … set in stone… and who wants that? So, this is only a ‘possible’ origin story, one which I will continue to work on and develop into a real ‘ready-for-game’ source.

Gais of the Geist

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These guys still rock, and they keep getting better. This is seriously gorgeous as well.

The artist calls this “Gentle Touch of Death” … it is probably the best Geist theme in an image that I’ve seen so far. If you have seen similar or.. better? I sure would like the link.

Gentle touch of Death - Loving your Geist

Love your Geist, and she will… well.. she’s a geist so let’s not push it too far.. seriously.