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Attribution BBC News. You might have missed. This week in sport. Attribution Sport Africa. Attribution Basketball. Little Red Riding Hood set out immediately to go to her grandmother, who lived in another village. As she was going through the wood, she met with a wolf, who had a very great mind to eat her up, but he dared not, because of some woodcutters working nearby in the forest.
He asked her where she was going. The wolf ran as fast as he could, taking the shortest path, and the little girl took a roundabout way, entertaining herself by gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and gathering bouquets of little flowers.
He knocked at the door: tap, tap. The wolf pulled the bobbin, and the door opened, and then he immediately fell upon the good woman and ate her up in a moment, for it been more than three days since he had eaten. Little Red Riding Hood took off her clothes and got into bed. The Moral of the Story: Children, especially attractive, well bred young ladies, should never talk to strangers, for if they should do so, they may well provide dinner for a wolf.
There are also those who are charming, quiet, polite, unassuming, complacent, and sweet, who pursue young women at home and in the streets. And unfortunately, it is these gentle wolves who are the most dangerous ones of all. The story of Little red riding hood is a European folk tale originating from the 10th century.
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The book includes letters written by Helen from the age Classic Stories — Big Book for Early Grades and Kindergarten CKF - The Classic Stories Big Book from the Core Knowledge Foundation includes condensed versions of ten famous classic stories or fables, each includes beautiful illustrations, perfect for reading to kindergarten or early grade children, and suitable for early reading by early grade developing readers. They offer a brief look at a few ways of ousting the territory and claim- Bit Players ing its assets and liabilities.
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This number represents the Roughly, the districts max dice pool even with of Damnation City and equipment the bit player can the fictional city there, have in its given category. Their attack pool is are given less text than the equal to their Physical trait, sites themselves. In fact, regardless of how terrible or grabbing the sites from that fantastic their baseball bat or book starting on page hunting rifle happens to be. Speed equal to the Physical Subjects p. If you want to roughly convert Note that non-physical enti- territories into districts or ties spirits, ghosts, demons, vice versa, you can assume that etc.
The City Park Controlled By: Ashwood Abbey werewolf packs called the park home, prowling the dark for- Examples: Central Park, New York City; Fairmount ests and cracked asphalt, encouraging the criminal element to Park, Philadelphia; Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; Hyde remain because the park was apparently home to some kind of Park, London sacred whatever, some spiritual crossroads significant only to To many, its an urban oasis: nearly square miles the mad Lupines see The Gallows, p.
Having the rot- of parkland smack dab in the middle of the bustling, often ten filth of humanity there apparently worked like having a filthy metropolis. Trees line the paved roadways and walk- human shield: they represented a barrier that kept most of the ways. Fountains put on an elaborate show. Duck-boats waddle citys populace out of the park and away from the werewolves. Walk to the cen- Under the aegis of the Conservancy, the Abbey was able to ter of the park, and the city cant even be seen; its all just come inlegallyand clean house.
They were able to turn trees and sky and dappled light drizzled through deep shadow. Its a At night, the park changes. The Abbey controls every- haven of admittedly fake nature, a place were people come thing: the fountains, the lights, the gates. They turn off the to jog, bike, eat ice cream, paint, hold hands, and play with lights, leaving on only the ones they need.
When the sun their kids. For what purpose? Junkies gathered under Sometimes, they hunt. The werewolves that once bridges, peddling their poisons as the sun fell. The homeless claimed the park made for spectacular victims: once the Ab- slept on park benches, gathering around barrel fires.
Cryp- bey controlled the environment, it became a prison for the tic graffiti tags marked the walkways and the architecture. The cops stayed away; it was a cancer, but it was contained, Yes, some hunters diedmostly, members of the private secu- keeping the muggers and rapists and sin-peddlers to one easy rity force that comprised the Abbeys on-the-ground members square.
But armed with silver bullets and ship of the park from the city. The group, whose members with time and the environment on their side, the cleansing remain anonymous, signed a five-year contract with the city only took a few nights. A handful of the Lupines escaped, and to assume management of the parks land. The cash infusion a few were taken captive and used in later huntslike the was fastwork began on cleaning up the park before the ink ones that go on Friday nights.
The Conservancy petitioned the police to get Every Friday, the Abbey brings in another monster from better coverage, but failed. So they instituted their own secu- some other corner of the city. They let them loose in the park, rity force, able to do so because the primary funding for res- and then its members hunt.
Sometimes, the Abbey invites toration and beautification came from private donors and not hunters from other organizations if theyre into it like an or- taxpayer funds. The effects were not immediate, but certainly ganized pheasant hunt. Sometimes, they use this to induct swift. Within the first year, the Childrens Playtime Theater new members the head of the local banking conglomerate was back up and running it had burned down in a fire in found it a perfect thrill, indeed.
They use it as a training faded from view, exorcised from the park. Abbey boretum basement, burning effigies, dressing in bizarre cos- hunters lived nearby in the elegant, opulent neighborhoods tumes. The park is the Abbeys social stomping ground as all mini-mansions, neo-condos and old world townhomes , much as it is hunting territory: where else to put on their and were disgusted by the cesspool that sat only a few blocks grand guignol soirees?
Never mind that it was home to the criminal element General Modifiers: During the day, Perception rolls are it was home to the supernatural element, too. Control Conditions: Claiming the park as territory is no Liabilities: To control the park means to pay up. The easy feat. Its not just that the Abbey controls it; they control Conservancy handles operations of the park through private it through a proxy organization that has a legal contract with donors.
Annual park operations are expensive; assume that if city government. The good news is, the contract is up this the characters do not possess or cannot raise the equivalency yearthe bad news is, unless something can be done in the of 10 dots of the Resources Merit, then parts of the park are next several months to severely weaken perceptions regarding sure to fall to disrepair. In addition, the Conservancy used the Conservancy i.
By keeping the park in tip-top a hefty bribe, tourists stop visiting , the contract renewal is a shape and by filtering money into the hands of politicians and shoe-in.
Going up against them financially will be tough: the other lawmakers, they are able to act without scrutiny. If char- Abbey hunters are wealthy individuals, able to combine their acters cannot manifest the proper bribes, the police or city resources into a hefty pool. Violence remains an option, but agents may come snooping.
They away from the parkor to make a deal with the monsters wont push their luck, though; defeat once is enough to assure werewolves in particular to help on any attack. Of course, them that the park remains in a competent grip. In addition, soliciting help from the werewolves means turning the park the hunters will have made enemies with the Ashwood Ab- over to them as territory. See Vilsicks office see below , which means they can access the parks character web, p.
The park is easily defended from exterior forces most gates and walls Locations are at least Size 5 with Durability 3. In addition, the private Central Control Office security force is up for grabs: they know theyre low on the to- The park has an underground central control office, tem pole, and will help out whoever controls the park.
Final- which is basically a room with a control panel hooked up to. The Abbeys soirees are not all outdoorsespecially park the Conservancy is happy to have people know theyre during winter, they often move their debauched gatherings to being watched. The room can hold about ten people, though the pristine indoors of the Orchid Arboretum. The room is locked The Decimus Arch is a large triumphal arch designed by Lockpicking roll requires 12 successes and the door is tough London architect Decimus Burton as a gift to the city back Size 5, Durability 3.
Given only one entrance, its both a in the mid 19th-century. The stone arch is peaked by a pair very defensible room and a deadly trap. On the inside of the arch, The Gallows however, are a series of small inscriptions written in a lan- The Gallows is exactly as the name suggestsits where guage that nobody has ever accurately identified. Hunters the city used to hang its criminals about years ago.
Now, its may find that some witches and werewolves speak their own a playground for children where no child will play. The play- blasphemous tongues, and may be able to translate. However, the area does The Nests serve as a nocturnal playground for a host of specters, Those Contrary to its somewhat sinister-sounding name, the Nests Who Were Hanged. These specters murmur and wail, and giv- are just that: bird nests.
Well, hawk nests, actuallythe park en that the Abbey hunters really only recognize how to deal has been home to countless generations of red-tailed hawks, with physical threats and not ephemeral ones, they leave the birds that some Abbey hunters including Duncan Vilsick use ghosts be as kind of a curiosity or as part of an initiation for on the Vigil, subscribing to ancient traditions of falconry.
The Gallows apparently represent the sacred place the previous Lupine residents were worshiping or guard- Bit Players ing or whatever it is they do with such locations. Its mostly indoors, and a good portion force, and operates a team of about a dozen men and women, of it is given over to hothouse flowers rare orchids, in par- with half that on park grounds at any given time.
Carlos is a. Story Hooks Wars brewing. The werewolves across the city have decided enough is enough. In the shadows, they mass: too many yellow eyes in the darkness for the Abbey to handle. The lycanthropes will bring hell with them: blasphemous spirits, unheard-of Dread Powers and hungry claws and teeth. Worse, they plan on making the attack in the middle of the day, when the park is full of innocents and chaos can take hold.
A monster comes to them. Doesnt matter who or what it is demon, witch, psychic, Lupine. What matters is hes battered and tortured, with one eye missing and a few fingers gone. Maybe theyll grow back, but maybe the wounds were cauterized and sealed.
The monsters a nobody, but hes got connections, and he tells the characters, If you help me, I can help you. Youll get an in with my people.
Help me have my revenge on these sick fucks. For example, if hes a werewolf, the hunters gain that Rapport with the local werewolves. The characters receive a hand-written and couriered invitation to a party tonight at the Arboretum. If they go, they find that the Abbey has invited a number of the citys huntersmany of whom have never before been in contact with one another. At first, it goes pretty well, but then the truth comes out: This is a witch- hunt. Vilsick knows that some hunters have been helping the mon- sters, and this partys meant to root them outand make them the Most Dangerous Game for the evening.
Maybe its the characters. Maybe its their friends. Maybe its somebody theyve never met. Can they stand by and let this happen? Other hunters certainly will. However, despite his never-increas- nity to help bring the Conservancy down. Show him respect and pay him some Mental 6, Physical 6, Social 3 money, and hell sell out the Abbey in a heartbeat. They treat John the Jogger is a serial killer who takes a single victim him okay, but he can smell the disdain on them like the cheap from the park every year on the Autumnal Equinox, slashing her cologne he hoses himself down with every morning.
Myrna Jackson, Werewolf Relative His killings once a year for over a decade were always public Mental 4, Physical 3, Social 5 knowledge, until the Conservancy stepped in. They have John Myrnas not a monster, but shes family to one. Shes nowjust a lowly, pudgy guy in a gray tracksuitand they use kin to the werewolves that used to run wild in the city park, him.
When the hunt is on, they let him hunt, tooand they but the Abbey never sniffed out the connection when they even have a special hunt on the Autumnal Equinox where cleaned house of the Lupines and their ilk.
She used to work they release a female monster into the park lands, letting John for the Arboretum, but now is the assistant manager of the lead the hunt. That helps keep John from killing innocents Childrens Playtime Theater. Her alliance is solely to the few and if he does kill an innocent, they cover it up.
This is a secret. Wave the of the lower-ranking members within the compact. Itll run. They always run when fire enters play. Its not a lie; Duncan really is charitable. Quotes: It gets easier.
It gets better, too. Its like eating as- It makes him feel great. Part of that is, admittedly, because it paragus or broccoli when youre a child: over time, you acquire the earns him such positive attention: people love him for all he taste as your tongue matures.
But hes convinced himself that its something more. Theres nothing better in this life than to give, give, give. Im a Something spiritual. I have been lucky in this life, and so it Vice: Lust. One might argue that Duncans charitable is of paramount importance to give somethingeverythingback.
He wouldnt argue that, but everybody else would. John Dennison Dennison knows that Vilsick is friendlier to the bloodsucking fiends of their nocturnal society. Duncan Vilsick 5 5. Truth is, his fathera wealthy commercial real estate baronhad a predilection for damaged goods. He liked hav- Morality Sin ing dalliances with prostitutes that were scraping the bottom 10 Selfish thoughts of the barrel in terms of mental and physical health. Vilsicks mother had him, then tried to con the real estate baron into 9 Minor selfish act giving her a big payday.
It didnt work out so well: The elder 8 Injury to another Vilsick had the whore killed, then raised Duncan himself. Of course, 5 Intentional mass he did take on his fathers lustful peccadilloes, no matter how property damage much he derided his fathers crass, ill-concealed lifestyle. In fact, he found what they did repulsive, but it was the only way to be accepted into the social circles he so 1 Fail to make a admired.
Over time, though, its as he tells all the new hunt- monster suffer ers: it gets easier, it gets better. Then it gets fun. Its your life. He calls. He wants to go out. He wants to take you to not a lie. Its not a false front. You like people. And thats why dinner, share the wealth, get drunk on champagne, enjoy all its so disappointing when people upset you, because you held the pleasures life has to offer.
Negative Rapport means one of such high hopes for them at the outset. Even the monsters two things. If its a low negative 1, 2 , he just ignores you. They deserve it because of Youre a buzzing fly; an annoyance.
Worse than that 3 to what youre going to do to them. Profession: Socialite. Theyre not businessmen. Theyre most- Wall Street, New York City ly academics, occult scholars, strange old sages with madness Its the hub of the citythe nexus of avenues and traffic in their eyes.
So, why do they care about this district? These and trains and people, all coming together to form the beat- old and powerful witches claim that five of the skyscrapers ing, bleeding, bleating heart of the metropolis.
Its likely the within this territory are shadowy earthly representations of highest point in the city; skyscrapers sit together, forming a something called the five Watchtowers. They believe these deep canyon out of the busy, smog-choked avenues. Its ev- towers are sacred, and key to well, something. The end of erything: bank buildings, pharmaceutical buildings, city hall, the world? The dawn of a new age? The return of some lost hot dog carts, lines of taxis, expensive hotelsyou name it, and idealized civilization?
Nobody can really say exactly what its here in this central business district. The Consilium is represented by Hierarch Desidera- how ignorant the masses are of the shadow war that goes on tum pp. More information on the watchtowers can just outside their door.
This territory remains hotly contest- be found in the sidebar, on p. A covert struggle exists in the to overt violence. The witches kidnap a prominent blood- highest echelons of the glass-and-steel towers, and it carries slave and break his mind, implanting in it a mote of magic to street level and into the sewers beneath.
Ancient secrets that records all he sees and hears, and replays it back for the are traded for power. Artifacts from antiquity are exploited to Hierarch. But the vampires discover the truth, and instead damage enemies. Adversaries are tricked, betrayed, abused, summon a venerable old blood-witch from a different city, murderedbodies float down sewer tunnels, blood is mopped and have her channel a wretched curse through the blood- up from the floors of executive bathrooms, maddening ciphers slavelike a bullet fired back through the gun, it damages are buried in Powerpoint presentations.
Three main forces the Hierarch and puts her in medical care for weeks. Cheiron, currently vie for supremacy in this one territory, though oth- of course, exploits the situationif they can have an insider ers sometimes join the fray. Cheiron has a cluster steal a draught of her potent blood, potentially isolating some of Big Pharma buildings only a block from the biggest sub- of the magic contained within the vial of red.
Its a constant way station in the city. All the big names are here: Weide, push-and-pull, a clandestine game of one-upmanship that Jones-Klein-Beauchamp, Barthes. Drug advertising has hit an continues month after month. Like a chess game, each par- almost absurd level of penetration in the center of the city. Sometimes, two will form an alliance against the er, because frankly, the casualties often end up on Cheirons third, but betrayal is inevitableand the cycle spins anew.
But here in their backyard it disrupts General Modifiers: Something about this area the lights, things. And nothing, nothing can be allowed to disrupt busi- the man-made materials, the great herds of unaware people ness. In this city, Cheiron is represented by Miranda Barthes moving about creates a very high manifestation modifier for pp.
Also, the area is given over to some The second group vying for control is the First Estate Social modifiers: the crowd keeps its head down, for the most also mentioned under the Nightlife Circuit, which is a part, shuttling from one corner to the next with minimal in- territory that likely borders this onesee pp. Its a teraction, which incurs a 3 to Persuasion and Socialize rolls. To these vam- minds here seem more pliable and people will give in to pres- pires, blood and money are basically the samethe blood that sure just to be allowed to escape and live another day.
Finally, flows through a humans arteries is like the money that churns Drive rolls suffer a full 5 penalty here: too many people, too through a citys veins. They want a taste of all of it. Blood and much traffic, confusing lane changes and kamikaze cabs add money together make for unearthly power.
Here, the First Es- up to a stop-and-go motorized nightmare. The Five Watchtowers The Hierarch thinks these five buildings are of cosmic significance: The Charlie Green Tower: Home to one of the biggest mortgage companies in America and one thats currently picketed daily thanks to predatory lending practices , the Charlie Green Tower is one of the tallest skyscrapers in the city, and the way the sun hits both sides of it morning, then afternoon gives it a shimmering, golden glow.
Desideratum calls this the Golden Key. Church of the Ascension: Its the citys oldest church, a stoic, Catholic affair formed of dark stone and looking quite out-of- place amidst the steel, glass and light.
Two years back, though, a terrible fire consumed the inside of the church, leaving it mostly a stone huskand it remains unoccupied to this day.
Nobody knows why the Church hasnt sought to do something with the empty building. The Hierarch calls this the Stone Book. The JKB Building: Home to the United States corporate branch of Jones-Klein-Beauchamp, this towering pillar of black glass and metal is where some of the companys biggest successes have been born, specifically in the areas of mental health drugs antidepressants, antipsychotics. The Hierarch calls this the Iron Gauntlet.
The Museum of History: An outdated four-floor display of science and history throughout the agesold animatronic cavemen, dinosaur skeletons, scale models of various battles and the like. The real prize is the archive beneath the museum, home to a wealth of priceless artifacts and Relics, shepherded by a trio of Aegis Kai Doru hunters, all workers at the museum.
The witches call this musty, dusty outmoded building the Lead Coin. Radio The Radio 34 building was once used explicitly for ra- dio broadcasts, but thats no longer: these days, its all televi- sion, all the time.
Its owned by a single network, but that net- work owns about a dozen smaller networks all cable , and every one of them films out of this building. One of the most popular shows going right now is actually a childrens program called the Realm of Enchantmentit attracts a crowd daily who can watch the filming of the show at the ground floor from outside.
Hierarch De- sideratum calls this building the Thorn. Control Conditions: This is easily one of the trickiest Cheiron is really the most difficult group to ousttheyre territories to controlany attempts to seize it outright will a multinational medical conglomerate with numerous build- be met with opposition from three sides.
That being said, one ings in the district. The characters cant rid the area of these could theoretically maneuver those sides against one anoth- buildings, nor can they somehow evict all of Cheiron. They eryes, theyre already against one another, but at present can, however, diminish the resources of the Field Projects their shadow war is slow and subtle.
However, the waters on Division, the hunter part of the company keep in mind, a slow boil and could be stirred to boil over, perhaps remov- most of TCG has no idea that hunters work amongst its ranks ing one or even two factions from the competition. Its also or where their anti-aging creams and prosthetic limbs come possible to back one of the current horses in the race and from , which helps the cell lock down the domain. And if the then, after dominating the playing field, eliminating the ally.
The cell might be the ficult to claim, the rewards are great for doing so. While no unbalancing factor that keeps the scales tipped and changes Social Merits come part and parcel with this territory, all of the dynamics of this shadow war. In addition, something about being in a big humming room full of lie-detection equipment. These the center of the city orients one to the rest of the metropolis; sub-levels are where one finds the surgical stations, the equip- each character gains the Direction Sense Merit for free.
The easiest solution is, of course, lar customers that run the gamut from big-dog CEOs to the cutting up this territory into smaller onesthis building, pretzel cart vendors that work the corners. This is reportedly that building, the city square, city hall, and so forth. In ad- one of the locations where the three matriarchs of the city dition, destabilizing this area too much can genuinely desta- see Story Hooks, p.
The purposes of bilize the citya lot of money travels through this district, these meetings are uncertain, and the story differs depending and a lot of people count on that money. If the herd gets on who one talks toone might suggest that theyre honor- spooked, the money drops. When the money in this district able war-room meetings between competing generals, while drops, its like a heart that cant get enough bloodlimbs another might offer a more conspiratorial bent, claiming that start to wither.
The economy is already unstable; any pre- theyre clearly trying to push the district into constant con- cipitous drop can put people out of work, which can raise flict for some kind of gain. Try the pastrami and the home- crime and decay, which only creates a more tantalizing envi- made pickles, too. This territory is a prime example of how the hunterseven a single cell or organizationcan Bit Players truly help or harm an entire city. In public, theyre a smiling, The Barthes Building loving family.
In private, they loathe one another. Gwendolyn For the most part, its an office buildingfairly bland, is an unabashed socialite, a woman who loves the spotlight nothing fancy, just 30 floors of nothing exciting, right? Ex- more than she loves the moneyshes a local celebrity, seen cept, this is where the Field Projects Division works its grim at only the hottest clubs in the Nightlife Circuit pp. The sub-levels of the build- and always showing up in the gossip columns of the city paper.
She has the. The kids a and uses her socialite cachet to get in good with some particu- genius, and can wax poetic and philosophically about magic larly high-end monsters. Its very rare that Gwen actually does and the occult for hoursits the only time he doesnt stam- the hunting herselffor the most part, shes recon, a spy for mer. These days, hes the everpresent attach to Hierarch De- Cheiron. She gets in, dopes them up, learns what she can and sideratum, often fading into the background until needed.
The pro-Cheiron activities are about all Gwen has Nasir Shirazi, Hot Dog Vendor in common with her mother, and when they talk the Vigil, Mental 4, Physical 4, Social 6 theyre both on-target and truly civil. Shirazi is an Iranian who runs the most popular hot dog Gray Gould, First Estate Lieutenant cart in the districtits dead-smack in the middle of ev- Mental 7, Physical 5, Social 5 erything, in the middle of glowing billboards and towering Grays a vampire, operating as Sarah Havershams sec- buildings and a massive five-point intersection.
Hes fast, hes ond-in-command. His appearance is far from normal. His skin cheap and his food doesnt taste like rat hairin fact, his cart is flawless alabaster and his body is too long and too lithe. It gleams. Shirazi is well His joints seem to swing both ways, calling to mind the limbs placed to see many things, and he is very, very perceptive.
He is alien-looking, graceful but disturbing. Though he doesnt always know to put two and two together, He can mask it for a time, looking more or less human, but he still picks up on everything that passes by. Gray plays at being Sarahs big- Jennifer Bird, Relic Guardian gest proponent, her truest confidant in a society full of heart- Mental 5, Social 4, Physical 7 stabbing leeches, but its a carefully orchestrated lie.
Right Jennifers a huntershes actually one of the three Ae- now, Grays content to be the power behind the throne, but gis Kai Doru hunters that work for the Museum of History, one day soon hes going to make a play for her positionhe guarding the secret cache of Relics that the museum con- doesnt plan on destroying her if he can help it, but hell re- tains. While the other two hunters curator Paul Adriano sign himself to acceptable losses. Shes stocky, with a square in his early 20s who went through a pretty rough childhood jaw, and has a way with a baton and a Taser.
She plays at. Story Hooks The fact that the biggest players in this district are three women seems to put to rest the theory that big business is a mans game. Heres a curious conspiracy theory, though, that someone puts the cell up to investigating: whispers have suggested that these three women sometimes meet, always late at night, often in secret.
Nobody knows why, but the rumor is that theyre engineering this conflict to gain some kind of advantage. Does conflict create benefit?
Does Cheiron happily use the remains of the soldiers lost in this war? The cell finds another cell dead: these hunters were Ascending Ones, devoted to the art of sulha, the negotiation. They were clearly trying to broker a deal between the three warring factions, but failed. It seems that one of the groups had them executedbut what if thats not true?
Evidence turns up that the cell had some success in brokering a deal, and that the three sides were close to agreement. Who shattered the peace? It leaks out that someone has discovered something of profound power here in the territorysome feature of the architecture or landscape that cannot be removed.
Whoever controls it has a big bid toward domination. That means the three factions are no longer the only ones waging a secret war on this territorythe Loyalists of Thule want to study it, the Aegis Kai Doru wants to claim it, the Lupines think its some kind of sacred whatsit, the change- lings fear it and want to destroy it, and a human cult springs up around it.
The secret war threatens to be not-so-secret. Innocent lives are sure to be lost in far greater numbers. Can the cell do anything? Do they want the object, too? If Miranda werent so focused on the pow- artifactssometimes, shes able to stump or surprise her two er associated with money, her Vice would be Pridebut its academic cohorts. The Shield and Spear trio a cell that oper- money first, money always. She most certainly needs it. Quotes: You think Im a feeble old woman, dont you?
My Miranda was never favored to be the one shepherding body may appear frail to you, but I assure you, my heart is that of her company to dominance of the prosthetic limb market a young man. One must be ruthless. Sacrifice the pawns and ing to the Barthes family.
Miranda had two older brothers, knights to take the kingbut never sacrifice the queen. Shes the both plainly more qualified by evidence of their Y-chromo- one with the true power. Or so she thought. Her brother Everything is a commodity. Nolan turned out to be an epic fuck-up, losing himself in Faction: Barthes Prosthetics, The Cheiron Group Hunters drugs, fast cars and loose women.
He crashed his Lamborghini Virtue: Prudence. Slow and steady wins the race. Miura into a drain embankment one night and put himself. He died three years later without ever regaining Description: Shes 71 and has a faint tremble to herits consciousness. Her brother Nestor was a bully and a cad, but not Parkinsons, its simply that she doesnt eat enough. But had a keen business sense and wouldve taken controlling in- shes got a handshake grip like a crushing vice, and a steady terest of the company before too long.
Unfortunately, Nestor gaze that never wavers. No matter the hour, Miranda is well- was shot in the back of the head and dumped in the bay. They dressed, with shoulder-length silver hair and sleek outfit to found his body, but never the gun.
Miranda still has ita match the occasion. She still takes loversyoung bucks, up- cold souvenir of the one time she got her hands dirty instead and-comers, competitorsand she attributes her smooth skin of paying someone else to do the job for her. She was the only one set to take controlling interest Storytelling Hints: Miranda is dangerously over-confi- when her father became wheelchair bound retired was his dent and reckless in her certainty.
She brooks no dissension word for it , and now shes at the top of the corporate food chain. Victoria Weyland Weyland appreciates the occa- sional donations Miranda offers equipment, hunters, money. Anton Alexander Desideratum Anton doesnt know who or The witch hates her. Thinks what Miranda really is, but she Miranda is the epitome of donates to the Better Way whats wrong with humanity.
Thaumatechnology Endowment: Biliary Tree of the Cynocephali This entire bile system canals, ducts, liver replaces the hunters own biliary tree. While Cheiron would have one believe that such a system can be taken only from the notorious and extinct dog-headed cynocephali, it actually works the same if surgically extracted from any therianthrope werewolf, werecat and the like.
Particularly dark rumors suggest that such a system can be extracted from powerful Ascending Ones as well, but surely thats just rumor. Benefit: A character with this implant parses toxins alarmingly well. Assume that any toxin that enters the hunters body is considered to have a Toxicity of 5 which renders most poisons inert.
In addition, the livers ability to create new tissue helps weaken some diseases, as well. Special: Any time this Endowment must process a new toxin or disease, the hunters flesh shows prominent jaundice for the next 12 hours. In addition, unless the hunter takes a twice-daily pill which Cheiron does not provide under their medical plan, and it necessitates Resources to purchase , then the character takes a point of lethal damage upon waking due to the intense upsurge of searing bile that blasts up the hunters esophagus.
If I dont see a smile on your face, market dominance and territorial claim. Her power is abso- Ill kick a stake in your heart and put a grenade in your mouth. In the darkest hours of the night, shes Miranda easilyreally, shes quite in awe of those who actu- pretty confident itll all pull through and in her favor. She loves Vice: Lust. Vampires are sometimes said creatures trapped the agents of the Field Projects Division and may try to take in a kind of stasis, and this is true for Sarah: she will forever be one of them, or any hunter, as a lover.
Positive Rapport with clawing past her puritanical oppression. Slight her, spurn Colony. In fact, puritanical is a word that would probably her or say the wrong thing, though, and the Rapport goes burn her lips if she spoke it. Its not something she talks about. Miranda will then use her money to ruin her new She also doesnt really talk about how she was seduced by the enemiesbuying out their jobs, their homes, whatever she dark Devil in the woods, or how she was dragged into this can do to spend cash and make their lives difficult.
She doesnt consider those her proudest nights, though sometimes she still dreams of them.
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