Anarchs Flavor Text


Starter only cards:


Aid from Bats
Hanging upside down like rows of disgusting old rags
And grinning in their sleep, Bats!
D. H. Lawrence, "Bat"


Amaranth
Thou shalt not slay thy sire and
drink his heart's blood.
The Book of Nod


Ambush
We will strike from the shadows when the
time is right, and all will fall before us.
Cameron, Lasombra


Anarch Revolt
The Ventrue are working with us on this? Those
anarchs must be more annoying than I thought.
Brujah, Rome 2002 Winter Storyline


Anarch Troublemaker
I am the accuser and avenger of blood...
William Blake, "The Ghost of Abel"


Anarchist Uprising
We are all brothers of oppression, and
today, brothers of oppression are identified
with each other all over the world.
Malcolm X


Army of Rats
We could endure their constant obstructions
for only so long. The rats were the last straw.
Ventrue Antitribu, Dublin
2002 Winter Storyline


Bewitching Oration
...things have changed. I won't concur
and won't betray my sorrow save
I'll always dress in black and rave.
Christine de Pisan, "Untitled"


Boxed In
Nay, he is even more prisoner than the slave
of the galley, than the madman in his cell.
Bram Stoker, Dracula


Bribes
If you cannot raise yourself to victory,
help a strong ally secure victory so you
can seal a position of honor.
Lasombra, Minneapolis 2002 Winter Storyline


Canine Horde
Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war.
Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, act III, scene I


Cats' Guidance
Your cat, now, linked to learning and to love,
Exhibits a taste for silences and gloom --
Would make a splendid messenger of doom
If his fierce pride would condescend to serve.
Baudelaire, "Cats"


Dread Gaze
And close your eyes with holy dread.
Coleridge, "Kubla Khan"


Enchant Kindred
I saw pale kings, and princes too,
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
They cried, "La belle dame sans merci
Thee hath in thrall!"
Keats, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci"


Enhanced Senses
Perhaps to our senses things offer
only their rejections. Perfume is
what the flowers throw away.
Paul Valery


Haven Uncovered
Come burrow through my ruins, shed not a tear.
Baudelaire, "The Gladly Dead"


Majesty
All these will I give You, if You
fall down and worship me.
Matthew 4:9 (NASB)


Peace Treaty
Is there peace between us, or
is this just a pause to reload?
Brujah, Los Angeles 2002 Winter Storyline


Precognition
"It's a poor sort of memory that only works
backwards," remarked the Queen.
Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass


Pursuit
What mad pursuit?
What struggle to escape?
John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn"


Pushing the Limit
These are our realms, no limits to their sway.
Lord Byron, "The Corsair"


Restoration
Drive my dead thoughts over the universe
Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth!
Percy Bysshe Shelly, "Ode to the West Wind"


Sacrament of Carnage
The spiritual value of a sacrament is like
light -- although it passes among the 
impure, it is not polluted.
Saint Augustine, Works, vol. 3


Skin of Night
I ask of Thee, beloved Night --
Swift be thine approaching flight.
Percy Bysshe Shelley, "To Night"


Skin of Rock
Crushers of helpless misery,
Crushing down Justice, honoring Wrong:
If that be feeble, this be strong.
Emily Bronte, "Last Lines"


Skin of Steel
...no sword on earth,
not the truest steel, could touch their assailant;
for by a spell he had dispossessed all
blades of their bite on him.
8th c. epic poem, Beowulf


Spirit's Touch
We are eternal; and to us, the past
Is, as the future, present.
Lord Byron, Manifred, act I, scene I


Undead Persistence
The cry is still, "They come!"
Shakespeare, Macbeth, act V, scene 5


Undead Strength
Dead flesh isn't always subject to 
the mortal laws of physics.
Dodd, Brujah antitribu


Ventrue Headquarters
The Ventrue clan is organized much like
a multinational corporation. Each major city
has a meeting place where Ventrue may
seek allegiance and obtain information.


Zoo Hunting Grounds
They only kill to protect their hunting grounds.
Eddie Holt, Wolfen



Rare cards:


Anarch Railroad
The Freedom Train will get you back east, at least
as far as Staten Island. If you want to cross the 
bridge when you get there, you'll probably be on 
your own.
Almiro Suarez, Tremere Anarch


Banshee Ironwail
For punishment, the Bean-Sidhe was artbound
to the blade itself, and it has howled in its
twice-damned existence ever since.
Michah Naught, Seelie sluagh grump


Carnivale
Most of the material in the costume was in the
mask. Feathers make strong armor in that crowd.
Danielle Beach, Toreador


Drum of Xipe Totec
He leaps, each leap drawing more celerity from
the power of the drum. He flies along the walls, he
twists, he turns, he is a whirlwind, a tempest.
Nezahualcoyotl, Aztec poet


Ecoterrorists
...today you can murder ladn for private profit.
You can leave the corpse for all to see,
and nobody calls the cops.
Paul Brooks, The Pursuit of Wilderness


Magazine
A little unusual ammo can make all the
difference when fighting Donal.
Brujah, Castro Valley 2002 Fall Storyline


Sunset Strip, Hollywood
They had no fear of the dark, for here the sun
shone so brightly that it lit up their hearts at night.
Salvador Garcia, Brujah anarch



Common cards:


Blow Torch
Doused with fluid/Blow torch flaming
It's time to die/Roasted alive
Death... burning flesh/Corpse.. ashes left
Mortician, "Charred Corpses"


Body Bag
I ran down into the water as deep as I could
and zipped myself up in the bag with the
cinder blocks.
Eddie Gaines, Caitiff anarch


Bone Spur
It may not be decorative, but it's very functional.
Horatio, Tzimisce


Border Skirmish
The anarchs' general disregard for the 
Masquerade could ruin all of our plans.
LeQuarte, Tremere


Claws of the Dead
...the jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Lewis Carroll, "Jabberwocky"


Cooler
Get yourself a cooler, lay yourself low
Coincidental murder, with nothing to show
Aerosmith, "Same Old Song and Dance"


Dummy Corporation
Cardinal Networks guarantees client confidentiality
and customer satisfaction in all transactions.
Willa Gebenstaler, Caitiff


Earth Meld
Down into the denseness of soil and rock,
Down into the dust you have left behind.
Baudelaire, "The Unforeseen"


Emissary
But we can think new thoughts, dream of new
forms of rule. It is time to turn the tables, to
teach the old to be young again.
Salvador Garcia, Brujah anarch


Form of Mist
...and yet I am, and live, like vapours tossed.
John Claire, "I Am"


Form of the Ghost
Nobody knows where I was,
and now I am no longer there.
Gwendolyn Brooks, "Boy Breaking Glass"


Galaric's Legacy
The neonate child escaped. So intent on Galaric
were the Ventrue that they ignored the childe
until he was long gone from their grasp.
Salvador Garcia, Brujah anarch


Go Anarch
I don't belong to you or your damn prince --
I'm my own person, free and loving it.
Topaz, anarch


Highway Haven: RV
The greatest haven is motion.
Stephen Lenoir, Lasombra antitribu


Hospital Food
It's easy work. Just eyeball the donor's chart
before snacking so you don't get a sour one.
Sandra White, Caitiff anarch


Into the Fire
You're either with me or against me. You
really don't want to be against me.
Desiree Traville, Brujah antitribu


Irregular Protocol
The anarchs are a necessary force of evolution,
ensuring that only the prince who can hold his
kingdom from rebels can stay in power.
Llewellyn, Nosferatu


Life in the City
I steer clear of paying customers who
might be missed, but solos are fair game.
The black marketers think I'm doing a
little slave trade on the side.
Ingrid Galt, anarch


Molotov Cocktail
I got a dog eat dog sly smile
I got a Molotov cocktail with a match to go
I smoke my cigarettes with style
Guns N' Roses, "Nightrain"


Out of the Frying Pan
When you tire of the mask of freedom and
realize that the Traditions have served you
all along, you take the name for yourself
as well, Camarilla.
Anne Bowesley, Ventrue Prince
(Queen) of London


Rant!
We are those who do not let others lead for us; we
do not let others go where we will not lead ourselves.
Salvador Garcia, Brujah anarch


Sowing Dissension
Hey, the anarchs rule! They are way cool, and
they are gonna rock this city down! I'm joinin'
tomorrow man! You wanna come?
Todd, Caitiff