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RefinementsPrometheans often pledge themselves to a regimen of alchemical study: the Magnum Opus, the Great Work, the purpose of which is to attain the New Dawn, also called the Aurora — the soul. The Promethean's base matter — his body and mind, associated with the metal lead — has already undergone the stages of putrefaction, dismemberment and resurrection, but he has not yet attained the Dawn. He wanders through Saturnine Night, beset by horrors… some of his own making. Until he is perfected, all his Works shall be imperfect.For this reason, a particular course of the Great Work is called a Refinement, for it seeks to make complete an incomplete Creation.Aurum: The Refinement of Gold (Mortality) — Prometheans who practice this Refinement seek to pass as human and to understand the human condition, and thus the soul. Some do so to become as their Lineage’s demiurge creator, others to transcend the pitiful lot of that creator.
Refinement: A Great Work. One of many known practices adopted by Prometheans as a means of mastering the Inner Fire, lest it master them instead.Aurum: The Refinement of Gold, or Mortality. Practitioners are called Mimics or Adamists.
Galatea - MusesBeauty, as they keep telling you, is only skin deep. It's arguable as to whether that is always true, but as far as the descendants of the Galatea of myth are concerned, it holds some degree of truth. They're all beautiful. Every last one of them is an Adonis or an Aphrodite. Yet, this beauty isn't enough to keep away the Disquiet that plagues the Prometheans. It isn't enough to hide the constant crackle of the Azoth under their skin. The Azoth repels, just as their luminous beauty attracts. It's no wonder that the most common reaction to the Muses is confusion and ambivalence.Like their Progenitor, the Galateids were made to be loved and to love, in every sense of the word. The need for human society drives many of them. Beauty, however, doesn't necessarily predicate social graces. Many Muses find that they are unable to communicate with the humans to whom they would be so close. They make attachments easily, but they can't express how they feel.
Muse: See Galatea.Galatea: A Promethean Lineage. Beautiful creatures made from the most perfect body parts from one or more corpses, Galateids are enlivened by the Breath of Life and animated with an excess of sanguine humour. Their Progenitor was Galatea, the woman created by Pygmalion.
