Scion

Scion of Horus
Friday February 9th, 2007 Teaser Preview for Scion: Hero
Posted: 2007-02-09

Scion: Hero, the first book of our newest game series, releases this April. Over the coming weeks, White Wolf will be posting teasers which give insight into the new game. Stay tuned to the website every weekday for more Scion news!

Tuesday, we began our look at the Pantheons developed for SCION, starting with the Egyptian Pesedjet. Today we continue with the Egyptian pantheon. Here's a look at one of the Scions of the Pesedjet Pantheon

Horace Farrow, Scion of Horus

Horace Farrow grew on a farm in the small town of Thebes, deep in the Little Egypt area of Illinois. His father, Cyrus, was a hardworking man who instilled in him a strong work ethic, an infallible moral compass and a love of the outdoors. Likewise, his mother, Isola, was a quiet, kind-hearted woman who instilled in him a respect for life and a contemplative character. Unfortunately, Horace also had an uncle—a bad seed named Seth.

When Horace was only 14, Seth showed up one night with a gang of toughs. He explained that there'd been a "misunderstanding" with the police and that he needed a place to hide out until the heat died down. Cyrus, however, didn't want to put his family in danger because of Seth. The altercation that followed saw Horace's parents gunned down by Seth.

After completing his bloody work, Seth looked up, .45 pistol in hand, to see Horace pointing Cyrus's shotgun at him, vengeance in his eyes. The two fired simultaneously. Seth was hit in the groin; Horace in the left eye.

Darkness followed, and lasted a long time. Then, a light appeared, and from that light issued a voice, telling Horace it was not his time to die. There was work to be done; the vengeance of two fathers to be visited. The voice was that of Horus—his true father. Horus told his son he'd come to Isola in the shape of Cyrus to sire a son, born to be the God's agent on earth. Seth had likewise been sired by the God Set to sow chaos and tragedy. It was Horace's job to stop him and others like him. Vowing revenge, Horace agreed to do as his father asked.

Image: Horace Farrow is a tall, slim man who dresses in jeans and buttondown shirts, with cowboy boots, a cowboy hat and a duster. Though he usually wears a patch, the socket of his missing eye is fitted with a white marble sphere inlaid with the Eye of Horus. On his hatband is a relic known as the Falcon Amulet. When expecting trouble of the supernatural variety, Horace wields a khopesh, the Fang of Apep, seemingly carved from solid ivory and accented in gold, and he's always armed with a .45—the same one that killed his father. Horace often tools around on an Indian Chief motorcycle, wearing aviator goggles and gloves when he does so.

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