Hunters have been within the annals of World of Darkness chronicles since the birth of Vampire the Masquerade in the early 90s. There mortals have often been scoffed at and feared at the same moment. This November heralds the end to the Year of the Reckoning product line and the beginning of a new face in the night.
White Wolf has stated this will not be a Hunter’s Hunted revamping. Something more than that lies within the hardback cover of the new Hunter the Reckoning. As to what is, is anybody’s guess. Working from clues added into this year’s YotR product line, I’ve formulated my own theory on exactly what the Hunters really are.
Guide to the Technocracy spoke briefly of mortals claiming they were possessed by angels that manifested supernatural abilities. Rage Across the Heavens speaks of a new prophecy; the Children of the Wyrm, "marriages of light and darkness." And finally, in October The Ends of an Empire, the destruction of the Shadowlands and the end of the Wraith storyline.
So, you’re reading this and wondering where is the author going with this. Where do these clues point me to?
They direct me to believe that HtR will be a transcendence of Wraith to a new ground. The surviving wraiths of the spirital nuking will have to find new "homes." Special mortals will provide host to them as both residences and tools for enacting their war upon the supernatural community of the WoD. Combined, the host and wraith will present a most dangerous force to deal with.
Reckoning is revenge, and revenge is what I believe the dead shall have.