A dark urban tabletop role-playing game
The war never died. It just slipped into the shadows.
Now you can see what hides there.
01 / The hidden war
Angels fall. Devils whisper.
Demons wait, hungry.
You are one of the Marked: a person who has seen beneath the surface of the modern world. Together, you investigate supernatural intrusions, confront the beings that profit from them, and decide what you are willing to sacrifice.
Heaven, Hell, and Earth press against the same wounded creation. Their war moves through cathedrals and alleys, broken homes, and the institutions people still trust.
Explore the hidden war02 / The life you bring with you
Your work, your instincts, your past. Ten archetypes give you a place to begin. What you become is shaped by the choices you make together.
Follow the story they buried
You find witnesses, question convenient explanations, and preserve evidence others want destroyed. Uncovering the truth is only the beginning. You still have to decide whom to tell.
Reporter · documentarian · podcaster · investigator
Your first Marked Ability
Gain favour when you question someone to uncover a specific piece of information.
Key attributes Wisdom & Charisma
Keep someone alive to see dawn
You recognize suffering and act when a life depends on your judgment. Beyond the Veil, a familiar symptom can hide an unfamiliar cause. Your care buys the group time to understand it.
Paramedic · nurse · physician · caregiver
Your first Marked Ability
Identify the true nature of an affliction, including signs of possession or corruption, and gain favour on the next Medicine roll to treat it.
Key attributes Intelligence & Wisdom
Call upon what answers
Through faith, ritual, or a carefully learned discipline, you approach the forces beneath ordinary life. You recognize their presence, protect others from spiritual danger, and invoke powers through the Veil.
Clergy · medium · ritualist · keeper of ancestral rites
Your first Marked Ability
Begin with three power paths and three Whispered powers. Your beliefs shape how those powers take form.
Key attributes Attunement & Wisdom
Hold it together a little longer
You know how things are built, how they fail, and what can still be made useful. In a broken place, your hands can restore the lights, force an escape route, or get everyone home.
Mechanic · electrician · carpenter · maintenance worker
Your first Marked Ability
Restore a broken tool, vehicle, or system for one scene, encounter, or meaningful use. A lasting repair can wait until you survive.
Key attributes Intelligence & Constitution
Your background opens the first door. It does not decide your path.
Explore all ten archetypes03 / What keeps you human
A failed roll can be pushed for another chance—unless you rolled a Stain. Accept a condition, and carry the strain into what comes next.
Your Tether is a small object tied to memory, love, faith, or loss. Once per session, it helps you recover an additional condition during a stretch rest.
Mercy for monsters. A guilty conscience. An oath you cannot break. Playing your weakness creates difficult choices and earns an extra advancement mark.
04 / Glimpses of the unseen
Some things hunt you. Some need you. Some believe they have every right to decide your fate.
A stolen identity
Your family no longer recognizes you. Something else is carrying your photographs.
A stranger follows you home. Its face changes whenever you look away. The voice it borrows is becoming familiar.
A grief that follows
The owl outside your window keeps repeating a familiar name.
A broken word beneath every hoot. Family photographs disappearing from the house. Something in the trees wants to come home.
A merciless decree
Four wings. A burning sword. A command that leaves no room for mercy.
Heaven has sent a guardian to enforce its will. Its protection extends only as far as the purpose it was given.
Knowing what it looks like is only the beginning.
Meet more enemies05 / Bring your people
Gather your group. Give your characters a reason to trust each other.
Then follow the first sign that something is wrong.
A rules introduction and a printable, two-page character sheet.