This Ethereal Song originated with Dionysus, Greek god of wine and occasional drinking partner of Haagenti: thus, Servitors of Gluttony also have access to it. There probably are Corporeal or Celestial versions, but nobody who knows the Song has ever shown the inclination to do the long, boring research needed to find them.

This Song breaks down all inhibitions: not just mild ones like "don't tell someone that you like him because you're shy", but the serious ones like "don't kill that person over there just because he said something rude to you". While under its effect, the target has a -4 to Will, and has the attention span of a mayfly. The only thing that remains important is the pursuit of pleasure - any pleasure at all (including the darker ones that humans don't like to talk about). Once a human snaps out of it, she must immediately roll versus Will: a failure means that the human feels no guilt about the episode at all, and will wish to experience it again. If the target hurt someone, this roll is at +2; if she had actually killed, the roll is at +4.

Celestials are immune to this Song, with the exceptions of: Kyriotates and Shedim; anyone using the Song of Possession; or a Servitor of the Game actively using the Humanity Attunement. Those possessing a host under the influence of this Song must roll against Will -4 themselves or else fully enjoy the experience. Whether or not a celestial should roll to feel guilt later is up to the GM and the Brightness of the campaign.

Duration of the Song is the CD in hours. An especially nasty problem with this Song is that groups of people under the influence of Bedlam will feed off each other's madness. If a group of three or more humans have been targeted with this Song, use the highest CD to determine duration for the entire group.

Bonus: ethereals serving Dionysus, Gluttony, Shedim

Essence Cost: 3 per person: 1 to maintain. The performer may not maintain the Song, but the targets may, if they fail a Will Roll (which will be at -4).

Degree of Disturbance: 3.

This drug is just starting to hit the street. It gives a nice, mellow high, has no real side effects, and users don't crash afterwards. It’s not precisely a hallucinogenic and not precisely a depressant: users report a feeling of freedom, a lightening of mental burdens, the shedding of inhibitions and a certain interest in earthly pleasures. It's also dirt cheap, and very addictive. Servitors of Lust and Drugs have already begun to use it in their work. Maenad comes in little purple-red pills: the favored method of consumption is to mix it with wine (oddly enough, alcohol seems to add no side effects: in fact, it's said that mixing alcohol and Maenad will prevent a hangover).

The problem is that it's more than a cool street drug: it's the primer for Maenad-2. Maenad-2 is an alchemical concoction (incorporating the above Song) created by one of Gluttony's Soldier-Sorcerers. Haagenti and Dionysus plan to release the second drug when the first has reached saturation point in the streets. This will be bad, as anyone with Maenad in his or her bloodstream that encounters someone high on Maenad-2 will have to make an immediate Will roll or act as if the Song of Bedlam had just been performed on him or her. Haagenti plans to use the chaos to fuel his Word (and maybe prune back the Words of certain of his enemies): Dionysus simply wants to feel the old frenzied insanity of the mob again. The fact that this scenario will end with rioting in the streets and a lot of attention is either irrelevant, or even an added bonus.