My Nephilim Occult RPing Blog

The Primes are an option for Nephilim PCs introduced in the third edition Le Codex des Nephilim . They're members of The Star who have developed their own Occult Technique to cultivate Prime Essence and use it for unique magical applications. In was revealed in the French metaplot that all Nephilim were descended from aliens known as the Voors ( who I previously discussed ), and the Primes believed that the way to become Voors again and ride the cosmic wind to the stars was by cultivating Prime Essence. The Primes are contrasted against the  allochtones , another faction within The Star who believe that they must build a physical spacecraft in order to travel the stars. Prime Essence is pure cosmic energy, unfiltered by any celestial bodies. Within the cosmology given, the universe is suffused with Prime Essence. The Sun refracts it into Solar Ethers, which are then refracted again by the planets into the Planetary Ethers, and meet at the Earth's core where they become the Rays...

The voors are an alien race from the Radix Tetrad by A. A. Attanasio. Their name apparently comes from “ voorish ”. Here’s a review I found  here , which quotes mentions of voors, Iz, and kha! These aliens were an inspiration for the French writers, who incorporated them into the background. The Voors were alien “seeds” carried to Earth by the cosmic wind “Iz”, where they mixed with the magic fields and germinated into the Kaïm. They play a key role in The Star’s arcane quest for the Stellar Ones. According to rules given in Codex des Nephilim , some Star Initiates have cultivated “prime essence” within themselves that they speculate emulates the original composition of the Voors. In the French, every Nephilim and ex-Nephilim Selenim was originally a Kaïm who was cast down by Orichalka. Although it’s not clearly spelled out, the Ar-Kaïm and natural Selenim are implied to be native to Earth rather than children of the Voors. Could this be integrated into the US version? Shoul...