Mortal

"The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying."

- Thomas Browne

Mortals are those beings existing primarily in the world which do not have immortality. This is, theoretically, the majority of the human population. Mortals can become immortals by performing certain occult rites, as long as they do so successfully. Typically, mortals can be killed, seduced, or driven to insanity.

Most mortals are ignorant of the Mansus and the Hours, an ignorance which is generally encouraged by polite society and even enforced by law. Those mortals who develop an interest in the invisible arts can become Know with the proper research and effort, provided they survive the endeavor and do not attract undue attention, and from there discard their mortality and ascend to higher strata. Ambitious occultists occasionally recruit like-minded individuals and establish a cult.