Hell's zodiac, Because 13 ghosts had potential Options

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The movie Thirteen Ghosts sucked, both of them. But they both had promise and would actually be good if certain elements from each were slapped together in a certain way.


Known as alternatly as The Devil's Tarot or the Avatars of Sin, Hell's Zodiac is a collection of thirteen earthbound specters.

In life, each of these ghosts was consumed by a particular sin so much so that they became the sin and it became them. In death, they are their sin personified. Each of the 13 is an avatar of a particular human vice.

There are never any more then 13 members of the Devil's Tarot, one for each sin represented. If an Avatar is destroyed its position will remain vacant untill another suitably damned soul takes its place.

Each of the Avatars suffers from Essence Loss and each is driven to stalk and destroy mortals who have commited their particular sin. When they do so, they take the essence of their victim.

Avatars of Sin are chained to the world not be a physical object but by a concept. As such, they cannot be bound and they can only be destroyed by a magician who is or once was similarly consumed by the Avatar's sin.

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Wrath - The Crusher

The Crusher is the current Avatar of Wrath. Like all Wraths before him and all who will come after, The Crusher is driven be an all consuming rage that can never be calmed.

During the middle ages he was an abusive blacksmith renouned for his ability to get into the most pointless barroom brawls. When he caught his wife having sex with another man he bludgeoned her lover to death but was so blind with rage that he didn't notice his wife stabbing him in the back while he crushed the dead man's bones into dust.

The Crusher appears to be a troll-sized human wielding a giant hammer with hollow eyes that burn bright red with rage. He cannot comuincate and he cannot be reasoned with. He simply Crushes everything in his path as he hunts those who have commited the sin of Wrath.

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Violence - The Jackal

The sin of wrath is a sin of incontinence. It is about losing control of one's emotions.
The sin of violence, on the other hand, is all about control. Those guilty of violence are cold and calculating. They are in control and they control their victims. Conquers and assasins often fall into this sin.

During the latter half of 20th century, The Jackal was a expert assassin and an expert of disguise. His entire life revolved around killing or preparing for a kill. As a result, he was a perfect canidate to assume the position of Violence.

In death, the Jackel appears to be a deformed clawed human who's head is stuck in an iron cage. He is a calculating but ruthless killer who stalks other cold blooded killers with extreme efficiency.

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Lust - The Scarred Lover

Like Wrath, Lust is a sin of incontinence. Those who are lustful cannot control their sexual desires and they give their love too freely.

The Withered Lover lived a double life. She was a suburban housewife on the nights, evenings, and weekends. During the day while her husband was working she was a very expensive prostitute. She didn't need the money. She put it in a savings account and never touched it. She did the job because he loved the sex. She was addicted random sex with random strangers. The money was just icing on the cake.

One day, as she was driving home, a truck cut her off in trafic and she lost control. Having neglected to wear her seatbelt, she flew face-first through the windshield.

The Scarred appears to be the single most beautiful and sexually desireable person the onlooker has ever seen. Two different people can look at her at the exact same time and see two completely different beings. Her gender, race, metatype, and other features are entirely determined by the desires of onlookers and are not fixed untill she is ready for the kill.

When she kisses her intended victim the fist thing the lustful metahuman notices is a cutting sensation as shards of broken glass scratch his or her face. This, Lust pulls back revealing her true self, horribly scarred with huge shards of razor-sharp glass imbeded in her face. She then uses this shards to eviscerate her lover.

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