The sixteen plates of the hardbound collection are as follows:
1. A manaline running through the forests of the Salish-Shidhe
2. A stone henge at high noon on a summer day
3. A mass grave in the Yucatan
4. The Veil of Tír na nÓg, across the Irish Sea
5. The Great Wall of China, an aerial view
6. The Cermak Blast Crater, from above
7. The background count at a small Catholic shrine in Sicily
8. A patch of Mist in Brittany
9. An erupting volcano in the Phillipines
10. An astral eruption in Auvergne
11. A stark Antarctica landscape, the aurora austrailis barely visible
12. A vein of orichalcum in an Azanian diamond mine
13. A dragon line running along a street in Hong Kong
14. A full Earth rising, seen from orbit
15. An astral starscape, with a waxing moon in the center
16. The Amazonian Rainforest
(17.) Yngvi Bellingham included his own astral portrait as a final "bonus" leaf, it required him to sit completely still for over six hours as the photograph developed.
The Astral Slideshow ProjectA bold initiative supported by enthusiasts worldwide, the ASP is a volunteer project dedicated to accumulating the definitive library of astral photographs. Users are rated by the quality and quantity of their additions, while non-users may access the project's archives for 50
. "Collectors" have taken to printing out photographs in high-quality heavy-stock e-paper trading cards. These cards display holographic representations of the astral photographs, but by touching a corner the image is replaced with a standard entry describing the subject of the photograph. The collections are divided into categories such as spells, spirits and faeries; typical prices for a complete collection are 3,000
Dr. Bob's Guide to Getting a Magical Healer Certificate: 2064 editionDoctor Roberta Camerone is the author of this study supplement, designed to assist magicians in preparing for the tests prequisite to obtaining a certificate to practice magical healing in the UCAS. The 2064 edition includes astral photographs of common diseases, poisonings, injuries and other maladies, along with quick reference guide.
Goodensnake's MadnessThomas Goodensnake was a half-blood Pueblo and an artist adept. He was often given to drug-induced vision quests as a medium for his diviniations, disapearing into the desert for days at a time to purge his system, down a few buds of peyote and beat on his hand-made drum.
On one of these quests, Goodensnake was bit by a rattlesnake. Some say the venom entered his soul, because Goodensnake came back mad with knowledge and sick with ambition. He created a portfolio that made sensitives scream to touch it, and powerful magicians pale and sicken to view its contents. Copies have been circulated among the jaded mundanes who enjoy the emotions it presents, although the work is banned in most countries.
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Each astral photograph is a masterpiece, surrounded by a rating 6 background count aspected against most magic, and charged with a particular negative emotion. The GM may rule that the background count produced by a particular photograph may not effect toxic shamans, corrupt magicians or twisted adepts. Evil GMs may rule that it actually aids their works.
Six of the twenty-four plates are described below:
(title)
(description)
(emotional aspect)
1. "Wuxing"
Five toxic spirits of the elements, one of each type, fighting one another.
(Transcendant Madness)
2. "Blood"
A masked Aztec priest gutting a young elf girl.
(Sadistic pleasure)
3. "Barrow"
A ghoul ork feasting on her unInfected twin's intestines.
(Hunger for Metahuman Flesh)
4. "Consumption"
A thin human child, on the verge of death by starvation, his aura wasting away. The child is astrally perceiving, and can see he is surrounded by shedim spirits.
(Physical sickness)
5. "Samedi"
A serviteuer possessed by a Petro Spirit; the Baron is posing for the photograph as it wears the sorry flesh like a new suit.
(Complete surrender of Self)
6. "Hive"
A pregnant troll woman being invested with a wasp spirit.
(Alientation from other metahumans)
File #666 - MCT Unit 13 Private LibraryThe infamous File #666 contains detailed descriptions of astral signatures, with astral photographs, for some of the world's most powerful and notorius magicians; both metahuman and otherwise. The file is said to include, although not be limited to, Wu Lung Wei, the Great Dragon Ghostwalker, an entity known as "Gestalt" observed in Aztlan, Ehran the Scribe and others...
Mitsuhama's Unit 13 maintains the file in a secret vault within their Kyoto library.