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Roleplaying the

Possibility Wars

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Worldbook

VOLUME I

T LE O CONTENT S

ntroduction

4

hapter

One: Axioms

and

World Laws 8

hapter

Two:

North

America 12

hapter

Three: South America Central America

and

the Caribbean 32

hapter

Four Europe 45

hapter

Five: Africa 6

hapter

Six: Asia 7

hapter

Seven: The Middle East 88

hapter

Eight: Australia

94

hapter

Nine: Religion

and

Faith 102

hapter

Ten: Magic 108

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termain

Vic othy

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The Delphi

Council Worldbook

Mr.

President :

The following

report

recounts the most re l iable information that my

operat ives

have

been able

to

compile since the creat ion

of

the Delphi

Council .

While

I have

not

been

able to reproduce a l l of the information

that has been

gathered

since

the

in ce ptio n o f th i s organization,

I

have

summarized what members

of my Selection

Committee have

deemed to

be

areas of

extraordinary

concern

and s e n s i t i v i t y . ~

This information has been selected with the

following

cr i t e r i a :

l .Regions and nations where the economic or mili tary s tatus has altered s ignif i -

cantly since the

invasion

of the

High

Lords.

While

the

s tatus of

invaded

areas

has

been

addressed

in

prior

reports,

many

o th er n atio ns have suffered astounding

losses as

a

resul t of the loss of markets for goods, the influx of goods from

these invaders, and the

readily

avai lable supply of armaments, presumably from

e i ther Egypt

The

Nile E m p i r e ~ or France

The

C y b e r p a p a c y ~ .

While we have expressed our

concern

to the Japanese

government,

especially

Ryuchi Kanawa O of

the

Kanawa

Corporat ion, regard ing the

seemingly

f ree avai l -

abi l i ty

of Japanese-manufactured weapons throughout many unstable regions of

E a ~ t h ,

the

Japanese

have

quickly

produced

proof

that

a l l

weapons

sales

have

been

conducted in

accordance

with

accepted in ternat ional

law

obviously, there are

some

well developed smuggling rings in areas such as Africa

and

Asia.

The

loss

of huge

market

shares

in

both the United States and

the

United Kingdom

has g rea tl y dest ab i li zed

many

nations

that

were dependent upon

th i s

t rade for

economic survival .

2. Many

areas

of the

world are in

th e throe s

of reform, ei ther

by choice

or by

military

force.

Of

part icular concern

is

th e

whole of

southern Africa,

which

has been

greatly affected by the protracted civi l

war in

South Africa.

These areas are

of

concern s imply because of

thei r

potential

economic

value

should the United States be

able to

implement governing bodies that are sympathetic to our objectives.

3.

Regions

and

nations

which

may

be

of

grea t

economic

or

mili tary

value

e i ther

in the

immediate

future, or as part of long-term objectives. Simply put, the

current s i tuat ion will

allow

the United

S tates to

gain s igni f icant economic pull

over the European Economic Community and various member

nations.

Of course, a l l

plans

are dependent upon

our

victory

over

the

invading forces

of the Edeinos Saar

Baruk Kaah but many of the most uns ta bl e a re as also

offer

some of the r ichest raw

materials for weapons

and

other valuable

goods.

I t

is

v i ta l ly

important

that

the

United

States establ ish

influence in

these

regions now

while other nations are unable

to

respond

to

these concerns.

4. Despite the

overWhelming

success

domestically of

the Storm Knigh t Registra

tion

Act,

many of these

well- intent ioned

but woe fu lly undisciplined

individuals

have

continual ly disregarded US obje ctiv es in the i r ac t iv i t i e s

They

are just as

l ikely

to

harm

nat ional ob je ct ive s

as

aid in

the i r

accomplishment.

The

tracking

of

the i r

act iv i t ies both domestically and

in ternat ional ly ,

is

relevant

to

the success of national

object ives . The

Delph i Counc il a ls o s tr ongly

urges the utmost

effor t

in controll ing the ac t iv i t i e s

of

these individuals

in

order to insure

that the national in teres t

i s served.

5.

regional direc tors

have

pinpointed

many areas

that are

~ i d e a l invasion

l o c t i o n s ~

in that

they possess several

qua l i t ies in

common

with

invaded

regions

high

population,

tremendous economic

potent ia l and/or a

high

degree

of s t ra tegic

worth. These

areas

should be safeguarded in order to ensure thei r continued

de

fense. The

~ h i g h r isk areas

of

note are the

Indian subcontinent,

the

Soviet

Union, sou th ern Afr ica and the southern

United

States .



Introductk

6.

Many regions of

the planet

have

cab 1 h exhibi ted miraculous d

. e p enomena. While i t

i s

assumed an

seemingly ~ n e x p l i

g ~ v e n suff ic ien t t d tha t

a l l

of

these

c t ~ v ~ t i e s can be expla;ned

h h s u

y for

now they are merely ..

w e t

e r

exaggerated or not are worth not ing. events or regions

who

qual i t i es

I f

information

on

any

given subject matter

i

s t a f f i s on ca l l for more de ta i l d s

not

complete to your needs

f e

research a t your

my

o r m a t ~ o n

i s

of

S up er io r v al

request .

I

believe

that th is

ue

compared

to what i s ·1 b

~ g e n c e organizat ions simply

due

to the s .

a v ~ ~

a Ie to a l l

other i n t e l -

lega l ly

empowered

to act . ecrecy

w ~ t h

w h ~ c h

our

o pe ra ti ve s a re

Sincerely

?

Ellen Connors

Delphi Council

Director

e ~ i o n l Information

Directors:

n ~ t e d

States

-

Steven

Mack

North America Central America

S th Caribbean - Maria

Kastel la

au

America

- Alberto

Trapper

Europe - Alex Martin

Middle East - Roman Peran

Asia - Devin Chen

Austra l ia

- Paul McCormick

Africa

-

Edward

Doe

his

Supplement

.. .

When the High Lords realms

dropped to Earth, the planet was

p lu nge d in to chaos. What has

happened within the realms has

been well detailed in the various

sourcebooks

that

have been pro

duced for

Torg

But, what about

the rest of the planet?

The

Delphi ouncil Worldbook

Vol

l m

is

a summary of the

best, most reliable information

that Delphi Council operatives

have been able to collect in t he

first

two

years of the so-called

POSSibilityWars. This report, pre

sented to PresidentQuartermain,

is an attempt to succinctly and

accurately present a recounting

of the repercussions of the High

Lords invasion. While not all of

the information is complete,

and

some of it may be inaccurate, it

is

what t he Delphi Cou nc il s o p

eratives could do under circum

stances that are difficult at best.

This report is theprime

>curce

of information used by the Presi

dent when considering both do

mestic and international rela

tions. Manyportionsof this book

are written from

thepointof

view

of

the various agents in the field.

This

sourcebook provides

valuable information for adven·

t uri ng in a whol e new realm in

Torg campaigns Core Earth.

provides a reality that is famil

iar, but disturbingly different in

many ways. Naturally, the in

formation in this book only

scratches the surface of what

is

happening in Core Earth after

all, the world is a big place),

but

its intended purpose is to pro

v id e v al uab le i nfo rm at ion to

player

and

gamemaster

alike,

and

to

inspiredevelopmentand

play within this most fascinat

ing area.

Note: All the information in

this book is of a

fictional

nature.

While real countries and real or

ganizations are referred to they

are the authors

fictional

interpre-

tation of reality. histext shouJd

in no way

be

construed as fac·

lual.

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: The Delphi Council Worldbook

Chapter One

x oms

and

orld aws

ll

he axioms of Co e Earth

arenot newtomostof us.

We live in a world com

paratively rich in tech

nology, and fairly so-

cially advanced. Magic is

uncommon

in our world, though

t

does not have

tobe,

and

spiritually

we

havea certain

amount

of

strength. This is the world

we know. The axioms listed here re

flect the world that

we

know, as well

as

giving the gamemaster a few ways

to enhance the feel of Core Earth.

As with all cosms,Core Earth has a

series of World laws that help to de

fine its reality. The world laws pre

sented here help to give feeling to the

reality of Core Earth. The laws also

indicate

why

it has been so hard for

the Possibility Raiders to defeat the

Earth.

agical

Axiom: 7

Core Earth is relatively poor in

magic. Divif afioll

is

the only magical

skill that works with any regularity,

and cOlljuratio is

not possible.

pportalio l

magic is possible, but it

is

not that powerful.Alterntioll magiccan

occur,

but

the effectsare minor, short

lived, erratic, and take a long time to

cast.

Magic takes many years to learn in

Core

Earth, and the effects will nearly

alwaysbe minor. However,using am-

jumtion substitution (see Chapter Ten,

HMagic )and

thereawakeningof

p0s

sibility energy, Core Earth magicians

are becominga more potent, incred

ibly small, force.

Core Earth magicians

have

to deal

with high Difficulty and Backlash

all non-eontradictoryspells from other

cosms used in

Core

Earth

or

by

Core

Earth characters havea to

bot

I

num

bers. These increases reflect the resi

tance the low axiom level puts u

against the casting of the spell. Sin

the spell was, presumably, create

using ei ther the

colljuration

skill

some other method foreign to Co

Earth reality

,and

has that processbu

into the spell, the spell cannot

work

wefl in Core Earth as it did in its orig

nal cosmo The modifiers allow the

low axiom spells to be cast

witho

contr dictiotl in Core Earth.

ocial

Axiom: 21

The oci l axiom of Core Earth a

lows for the existence of democrat

na

tions, inwhichdifferentgroups fig

for political dominance.

The

begi

nings of supranational organizatio

are seen, such

as

the United atio

and mulli·nationalcorporations.Asi

from these organizations, Core Ear

hasa multitudeof privateand gover

mental organizations which

are

figh

ing the invaders. Several of the mo

powerful of these organizations ha

been listed

in

this sourcebook,but the

are still many more that are not

potent. The Social axiom allows f

this, but does not yet allow for the

complete cooperation. At this poin

each of these groups beHeve that th

and

theyalone know howbest towag

this war. They see other

groups

standing in the way, or think that t

other groups have

been infiltrated

corrupted by the invaders. Temp

rary or evensemi-permanentallianc

are possible,

but

there will be no

tru

long-tenn cooperation until a stron

leadership arises to bind these

grou

together (and thereby increase the

dal

axiom

of

Core

Earth). The

oci

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iom, along with the

Techllological

d piritual

axioms, allows for the

of

psionics.

piritual

Axiom: 9

CoreEarth

is

about average in terms

pirituality There is a definite di

ine agency, the form

of

which de

theworshipper. At this level,

rect intervention of

the

divine is

ssible, but not necessarily at the re

of the faithful,

and any

form of

tervention is a definite sign of the

e. This

meansthat at

times,char

may be the point of attention of

e divine

being.

At

any

given point

in

time, a char

ter may become the object

of

divine

tervention - but there is truly no

by which this intervention

orks. A character

with

a high

faitll

kill seems to have no betterchance of

ing aided in time of crisis than one

no faitlr at all. Characters with

ghfaitlr,however, recognizethesigns

divine intervention far easier than

who do not possess this skill.

Miracles

are

possible inCore Earth,

ut there is not enough spiritual en

gy in the cosm for everyone to learn

focus skill.

is still very hard to

arn the foclls skill in Core Earth,

and

usually takes a lifetime

of

devotion

be able to caU upon miracles. Only

e Earth characters who start with

or focus as their tag skill can begin

e game with the

focus

skill. Core

characterswho wish tolearn the

skill after play begins

must

have

unshakable faith at least five adds

faitM

to learn the skill.

Foclls is

also

thing that cannot be taught, so it

ays costs 10 Possibilities to learn

first add.

Since the invasion, it has become

vious that there

are

benefits associ·

with being oneof the faithul.

The

act that a Core Earth priest can heal

ith a touch or ward enemies with

y

consistency was something not

monly accepted before.

Now

it

become more prevalent.

is theo

zed that the attack of the Possibility

somehow allowed those with

e

faith

skill togainfocus

and

fight the

vaders. That

is perhaps

the most

ificant benefitCore Earthhas seen.

Note: Due to the reawakening

of

spiritual

energy

inCore Earth, charac

ters who have the

focus

skill should

not have access or

even knowledge

00

all themiraclesavailable to them. A

character with the foclls skill can /lever

have

more

miracles at his disposal

than

he has

faitlr adds and

he usually

has less.

Technological

Axiom:

23

One level below that ofNippon, the

TecJ1/lological

axiom allowsCoreEarth

to have a

wide

range of

equipment

and

weaponry. Portable radar, infra

red detection equipment stealth

technology, and organ transplants are

all possible. Primitive lasersexist,and

there is

some

microtechnology. The

Teclr

axiom

of

Core Earth has a good

chance improving due to the war. Re-

search teams across the world have

been working to unlock the secrets of

the

advanced

technology of France

and Japan. Each success brings Core

Earth closer to a higher Tech axiom.

On the cutting

edge

is nanotech

nology, virtual reality,

and energy

weapons. Some places in Core Earth

have actually raised their axiom level

to

Tech 24,

but, because

of

the war, the

spreading of this knowledge hasbeen

so slow as to be almost non-existent.

Over

98

percent of Core Earth still

exists under the

Tech 23

axiom level.

World Laws

Core Earth is rich in Possibilities,

and

the people are likewise very Pos

sibility rich. Because of this, the world

la

wsha

undergone

changebetween

the invasion and the present Near

Now.

Law of Prodigy

Some people in Core Earth are born

withgreaterabilities thanothers. There

is

a small percentage of humankind

that seem to have innate talents, or

who can figure out even the most dif·

ficult problems in certain areas with

minimal effort. These

are

the people

that have been influenced by the Law

of

Prodigy.

Chapter

Any Core Earth character, prio

thestart ofadventuring, can purch

a

prodigy package

for three Possibilit

but only one can be purchased. Th

is

no adventure cost assigned to

prodigy package.

A character

who

buys a prod

package has her tag skill increased

3

before

adventuring

begins. T

means that the Prodigy starts the

ga

with a tag skill ofsix

adds

rather t

three.

Ordscan also

be

Prodigies, thou

this

is

very rare. An

Ord

character

become a Prodigy in

one

of twowa

either she can sacrifice six beginn

skill points tobuy the package inst

of the normal three skill points le

ing her with only seven skill poin

becauseOrdsonlystart with

13

or

can take a

severe

physical

or

men

handicap. Thisincludesblindness,l

of a limb, or even a severe me

handicap. These options are not n

mally open to Storm Knight cha

ters, though it

is

certainly possible

an Ord Prodigy could, at some po

transcend.

The Law of Hope

CoreEartherstend tobea tenaci

lot, holding

on

to their world, t

lives,

and

their reality with

grea

rocity. Their will to fight, and not

lose hope

and

give in, helps them

replenish the Possibilities of the Ea

As long as Core Earthers have ho

they can succeed and overcome

versity, for the loss of

hope

can ha

devastating effect.

This world law has already co

into play. When the mass disconn

tion transformation numbers w

originally

computed

see the Tra

formation Table on page 86

of

Torg

Rlifebook

it

was realized th

wasmuch moredifficult for Core E

characters to

be

forcibly transform

than people of other realities. W

using this table to determine m

transformation for characters f

other

realms, decrease all the d

culty numbers by

one

step for

ample, a Core Earth Ord who disc

nects in

an

alien pure zone need

roll a 105 in the first second to tr

form to the alien reality. the cha

terwas, instead, fromAysle, he

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need

to roll a 90. After a month,

Core

Earther

needs an 18.Another

froma different realmwould

ed a 12).

But there

is another

aspect

of

the

aw of Hope that has only recently

discovered. Perhaps it isbecause

e

people

of

Core

Earth

have

only

begun

to

win

back territory from

e

High

Lords. Whateverthecause, it

s beenrevealed that a partycontain

ng a Core Earth Storm Knight, once

Dramatic

scene, can sftU

initiJJtive

had

the

card in his pool. But, no

ter how many Core Earth Knights

e

in

the

party, initiative

can

only

be

once

per Dramatic Scene.

Example: Cory

is f Core Enrtll

jOllr-

/lfllistlStorm Kllight.

Fred is

f

tional Guardsf1lall/Storm Knight.

Theyare involvedina

DrnmaticSt:l Ile

ill the Livillg Land, and the

game1tlaster

flips the i itiJJtive

cord

- V:Up,

Setback

th y

don t

liM

that

at

all.

Cory

decides

to use the

lPwof Hope

to flip another

card.

She

makes a contradiction check and

doesn t rolf a

one,SO

the Lawof

Hope

works.

Tlte

gamemaster flips the

cards

agnin - V: Flurry, H: -

tlley

do like that

either, but,

because

Cory already

llsed

the Law of

Hope

this Dramatic St ePle Fred

call t

do

Imything about it

Asnoted in

the

example,

the

Lawof

is a contradiction

anywhere bu t

Core

Earth. In

an

alien

pure

zone,

e character must pu t

up

a rea lity

up

before

invoking

the Law

of

The Law

of

Glory

Again,

because

of the

unprec

victories achieved by Core

Storm Knights and their allies,

World Law of

Core

Earth has

itseU. This

law

deals with the

of

story

seeds. A

Core

Earth

who

plants a story seed,

or

1

who is involved in the planting of the

seed,

addsan

additional +2 to the

ptr-

suasion

altempt

necessary during

the

planting.

Local Axiom Shifts

Belief

can

be a

powerful

tool,

espe

cially when a

large group of people

believe in the same tmng. When a

sufficiently large

group of people

1Je

Iieve

in

the same reality, a local axiom

shift

can

occur- bu t this is not as easy

as it

sounds. The

people within

the

area must

be

focusing

on the

same

reality,

and

must bel ieve with their

entire being

of

its truth.

For example, a

group

of scientists

are working on

a

new

prototype

weapon

while in

Core

Earth. All

the

people

on the

research

team

believe

that their

team

is composed of the best

and

the

brightest

minds in the

world.

Theyknowthattheyaregoingtomake

a breakthrough

on

this work. If there

are enough people believing in this

reality, then the Technological axiom

level

in

the region is increased

by

+1.

This change is very localized. The

area affected usually

starts

out with a

radius value (in meters)

equal

to the

value of the number of people

though thisis variable.

Then,

ifcontin

ued

practice

of

this

advanced

axiom

continues, it gradually spreads out.

Asstated

in the

Torg Rulebook,axiom

shifts

occur

usually over decades or

cen tu ri es . However , cer ta in major

events

- like

the

Industrial Revolu

tion or the Renaissance - can cause

theseshiftstooccurrapidly. Right now,

there isno real mechanic or formula

that can adequately descr ibe these

shifts . Basically, it takes a

group of

vny intense people, a lot of energy,

and

more than a little luck.

Certain

areas

of

Earth

have under

gone local shifts. Haiti, for example,

has its

Spirit and

its

Magic

axiom

boosted.Tibet

hasa

higher

Spirit

axiom

than the rest

of

the world,

and

parts o

the

United

States

actually have

thei

Tech increased.

Some

of these shift

are relatively recentdevelopments, bu

othersarecenturies-old.1t

is

rumored

for example, that the Haiti shift isactu

aUya

holdout

area-thatCoreEart

once had

higher Spirit and

Magic axi

oms

than

it

does

now,

and

Haiti is

on

of

the last

areas

to remember them

Now, with

the population

of

Cor

Earth obviously

thinking

about axi

oms and reality, it

would

not

be sur

prising tosee more areas shift axioms

How to Handle Shifts

This, of course, can bea

nightmare

t

keep track of fo r any norma

gamemaster. We recommend that yo

don t.

Use

the

local shift

only

when

it

vitally

important

to your

adventure

or when it is part of a published

.se

ting. That way ,

you don t

have to

much to remember.

Also, just because

an

area seem

like it

should

have a shift, either

up o

down, doesn t

mean t

does. Deep i

the jungles of Brazil, there is virtuall

no

tech,

bu t

that

doesn t

mean the

Tec

axiom is lower - in fact, it is p robabl

the same as anywhere else in Cor

Earth. Conversely, maybe you

Krughts

go

to a

Core

Earth

cathedra

that

has

been

around

for centuries

Just because

t

a

prominent

featur

in

the

land doesn t

mean

it has to

hav

a

higher

Spirit

axiom

than the rest

o

Core

Earth.

Local axiom shifts arc very rare

especially

in

places

where peopl

aren t

actively

striving to

change

th

axioms. InHaiti, theaxiomsareshifte

because theygot that wayand

nobod

tried

to change them. It's

thesamcwit

other areas. Local

axiom

shifts are

a

least

a

hundred

times

more

rare

tha

hardpoints,

and

not aU arc as long

lived.



haplerO



Chapter

Two

orth merica

The

iHlphi

Council Worldbook

••

12

orth meric h s been

devastated

by the inva-

sion

of t he L iving L and,

but it is still better o

than many other

regions

oftheworld-thegovemmentsofthe

UnitedStates,Canadaand Mexico, for

all

of

their economic woes, are stable

and able t o

maintain

c ontrol in des

perate times. Moreover, recent victo

ries in Canada and California against

theforcesofBarok

Kaah have renewed

hope for

the

peopleof thiscontinent

they are

theonl

yoneswhohave proven

t ha t the

High

Lords can be delayed,

even defeated,

although

it isclear that

ultimate

victory lies far into the future.

If at all.

The

United

States

With

half of the world s

largest

economy now dormant, the invasion

of the United States has had a devas

tating effecton most

of the

world.The

U.5., formerly responsible forover five

and

a half trillion dollars

of

economic

activity, has shrunk to about half

of

its

potential.

Domestic

car

production ha s

dropped. to less than 50,000 vehicles

pe r month

(about 1/1Oth of

the

prior

production , primarily from jointjapa

nese/American ventures

in

Califor

nia, and

the

new

modem

aU-Ameri

c an facility in T en ne ss ee . Steel p ro

duction hasalsobeen

diminishedwith

the

loss

of

western

Pennsylvania

and

the Great Lakes states.

course, not aU

of the

economic

news is bad. Silicon Valley is intact,

so

what

remains of the

national business

community

can

function at peak effi

ciency given the circumstances.

Many

new

technological innovations

are

coming from th e Sacramento region

lor so the

inventors

would

believe

the

truth is

the Nippon

T ec h m ixed

zone in Sacramento is enabling inven

tors and engineers

to make the leap

to

Tech

24

although

many of

the

ucts are not a s rel ia bl e in the field as

they

were

in development laborato

ries. The

breadbasket of

the

Midwest

remains

largely intact,

so grains

and

meats are availablein sufficient

quan

tity. Texas, and Houston

in

particular,

have gone through

a major boom, as

the oil industry has recovered, largely

due to increased

consumption by the

military.

Themilitary

complex, as well

as

high

tech

computer

industries,

in

Massachusetts

and

California, remain

strong

as

more and more experimen

tal hardware is being developed to

fight

bo th the

L iving L and and the

Tharkold invasion in Los Angeles.

Many of the

factories

have been

con

verted

to military

production, includ·

ing arms and heavy vehicles. Finally,

perhaps

the

only good

thing about the

nature of the invasion isthat the popu·

lation

has

been reduced

at

about the

same rate

as

the availability of re

sources

-

much

of

the country

has

been removed

from

the

economy,

but

what

remains

has

adapted

to the

situation, and for

thosewho remain

in

Earth s

reality, life goes on.

The Storm Knight

Registration

Act

Another

controversial piece

of

leg·

jslation that has been passed by the

government

in

Houston

is

the

Storm

Knight Registration Act.

The act

re

quires

all Storm Knights to register in

their home slate, and requires them to

respond

to governmental requests for

aid.

The program

is

administered by

the DelphiCouncilAnyknownStorm

Knightw

ho

refuses to registerbecomes

a fugitive in theeyesof the government

and issubject to finesin the thousandsof

dollarsan d lifeimprisonment{oratleast

until theKnightagreestocooperatewith

the government .



ChaplerTw

Mr. P r e s i d e n t :

The domestiC s i t u a t i o n i n

t h e

United S t a t e s of America c o n t i n u e s

t o

be one

o f

d i s t r e s s

and anger . The American people a r e

deeply t r o u b l e d

t h a t

t h e war seem s

t o h av e g ro und

t o a s t a n d s t i l l and

they

a r e d i r e c t i n g

t h e i r

anger s q u a r e l y a t the e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s

i n Houston. The

people

f e l t t h a t

th e

~ m i r l e · a t

Sacramento

was a good s t a r t but

t h a t

was n e a r l y a year ago.

In

t h e

i n t e r v e n i n g

months, t h e a s s a u l t s a g a i n s t th e Living

Land

have e f f e c t i v e l y ground

t o a h a l t with a g i t a t o r s from th e Common Ground

A s s o c i a t i o n and

p u b l i c

J a k a t t s c r e a t i n g

a g i t a t i o n

and doubt about t h e v a l i d i t y of our

war e f f o r t s .

Your a c t i o n s t o

suspend

upcoming e l e c t i o n s while a

wise

e f f o r t have n ot e nd ea re d

you t o t h e average

American,

d e s p i t e th e impassioned speeches you have

made

e x p l a i n i n g

t h e

r a t i o n a l e

f o r t h i s b i l l . I t i s b e l i e v e d

t h a t

the Supreme

Court w i l l be

forced t o

o v er tu rn t he measure

simply due t o

p u b li c p re s su r e al though t h e lo ng er th e

Cour t waits

t o render

t h e i r d e c i s i o n t h e l e s s t ime your

opponents w i l l have

to

mount

an e l e c t i o n

campaign.

This

i s s u e

i s

impor tant t o

perhaps the e n t i r e

Congress ,

because it i s b e l i e v e d

t h a t

a

massive

~ v o t e r backlash

w i l l

s t r i k e out

a t

the Congre ss. T his

w i l l

open t h e

door fo r incompetents , inexper ienced i d e a l i s t s r a b i d

and

i n t o l e r a n t l i b e r a l s

and

~ r e f o r m e

f a s c i s t s .

Economically,

t he c on ti nu in g

d r a i n

o f r es ou rc es

due

t o

t h e

war

has

had

i t s

negat ive

e f f e c t s

but p eople have

adapted

t o th e c on dit io ns :

food i s a

littl

more expensive,

t h e

ro ad s h av e l e s s funding

fo r r e p a i r

i n f l a t i o n i s a

littl h i g h e r .

The

h a r d e s t h i t

demographic groups a r e

t h e

poor and those who have not

gone

beyond

high

s c h o o l .

F o r t u n a t e l y they

d o n t

vote

and

they

d o n t have any

p o l i t i c a l

p u l l so

they

d o n t

count .

With

t h e

l i m i t e d economy, many

o f t h es e people

have gone i n t o

th e armed

s e r v i c e s

r a t h e r

than

be c a s t

out

i n t o

t h e s t r e e t s .

The

i n c r e d i b l e

Japanese

investment

in C a l i f o r n i a

has helped t h a t region g e t back

on i t s f e e t a l though

t h e

invas ion

o f

Los Angeles

by

th e

Tha rkol du has come a s a

blow

t o many

in

t h a t s t a t e .

N a t u r a l l y t h i s

l a t e s t invas ion

has

l e n t

credence

t o your argument

t o suspend e l e c t i o n s -

a f t e r

a l l Ty Gardner,

th e

prime c on te nd er f or

th e

pres idency,

has been

very q u i e t regarding

how

he would

have

handled t h e i n va sio n.

O v e r a l l

what

remains

of

t he n atio n

i s coping,

and

it

5

coping

b e t t e r

than

many

o t h e r

r eg ions

o f

th e

world t h a t haven

t been invaded. I f you can convince th e American media

and

t h e people

t h a t

you

a r e

doing w h a t s b e s t for t h e country,

and produce

some minor

v i c t o r i e s

t o s u b s t a n t i a t e t h a t

cla im,

you could cement

your p o s i t i o n

and

your

p o p u l a r i t y .

S i n c e r e l y

S Q.v. .

\ t-

..

Steven Mack, Regional Informat ion D i r e c t o r United S t a t e s

The wording of the legislation re

. o

Storm Knights not as people.

t a rare and valuable national

re

urce. to be used

at

the discretion of

e national government. Storm

sarerequired tokeep t Delphi

fully informed

of

any travel

U

boundaries.

and must

se

travel permits and approved

for internationaltravel. Storm

are

n:<Iuired to respond to

elphI CounCil requests for aid by

n:porting to the nearest Storm Knight

Officewithin six hours.

or

present

eVIdence that they were unable to

re

sJ C?nd

tothe

s u : m m ~ n s

~ r m a l l y only

a Itfe threaterung sItuation is consid

ered adequate cause .

Despite all

of

the fearsome sound

ing wording

of the legislation Storm

~ g h t s

are seldom called uPon for

action. The act

is

a convenient way of

k ~ p i n g track of these powerful indi

Vlduals.and Knightsarenormallyused

only for forays into the LivingLand

critical

i m ~ r t ~ n c e :

aturally, the pa

for these.mISSIOns quite good, bo

monetanly and in perks and speci

benefits.

always, there are many Stor

Knights who have chafed at th

thought ofbeingat the beckandcall

the U.s. govemment. Many of the

have decided to go renegade rath

than go along with the act. The

Knights are hiding with relative

13



Mr. President,

As per your request, our analysis of your national popularity reveal

your

position tobe vulnerable to populist individualsquick tocriticize,

bu

without a substantial solution to the invasion problem.

Your reputa tion as a

war

hawk has been plied by Congressiona

opponents ever since your ascension to the posi tion of the Presidency

Unfortunately, you have the dubious distinction of following a very

popular but

highly ineffectual president.

The necessity of implementing unpopular policies has alienated

man

segments

of

the populat ion - the extreme liberal left,

who

will

squaw

about anything at thedropofa hat, hasbeen creating tiemendous problem

through

their criticism

of

the Delphi Council s policies and authority.

Your approval rate has dropped by nearly 30 points in the souther

states, primarily due to a marked increasein regionalism.Californiansgiv

you almost no credit for the retaking ofSacramento,although I believe tha

most of this is due to that slate s opposition to your political affiliations.

That leaves strong

support

for you only in Texas and the Midwest.

Ouranalysis indicates that ifa presidentialelectionwere held within th

next week, Ty

Gardner

would defeat you by

an

overwhelming margin i

the South, and would eke out a victory in California. The Midwest woul

be

yours. Unfortunately, the occupied states electoral votes

would be

cas

by current legislativemembers,meaning that these voteswould

beenoug

to send Gardner decisively over the top.

- The President s Council on Issue Analysi

org: The Delphi Council World book

Mr. President:

The current domestic situa·

tionisdesperate nomatterwhich

way you look at it Loss of terri·

tory, the degenerative economy,

thousands

of

casualties,

an

ap

parent lack of progress in the

war

effort

and

growing

discon

tent amongst citizensisseriously

hampering nat ional effor ts to

fight the war.

Historically, shifts in

govern·

mental power during

such peri·

ods

of transition and change are

dangerous to the nation as a

whole.

Our

forefathers, during

both the Civil War and World

War

II

understood that a politi

cal campaign in the midst of

an

ongoing effort

would

be detri

mental

tothe

functioning

of gov·

ernment, but would also force

legislators to pull theirattentions

away from pressing issues in fa·

vor of re--election efforts. Obvi·

ously, the United States is in the

most vulnerable position it has

faced since the Civil War. The

country cannot afford to engage

in a political campaign at this

time. is

ou r

recommendation

that elections be suspended for

the duration

of

the war.

- Presidential Committee

on

National Stability

or

civil rights organizations

Association.

e best way to avoid the hassle is to

ep a low profile, but this works

di ·

eetly against the ideal of spreading

ories of glory to reclaim occupied

and so the most popular and

Stann

Knights are most

ely to be forced

togo

along with the

Foreign

Knights and the

Act

There was much debate

as

to how

orm Knights from other countries

be handled. by the Registration

ct. Somelawmakersargued that,sim·

ly by enter ing the count ry , the

were

putting

themselves un-

de r the jurisdiction of the U.s. govern

ment and must therefore register.

Currently, though, official policy

regards foreign Storm Knights as any

other foreigners- Knights must have

passports

and

visas, and they must

apply for cit izenship if they wish it

Until then, they are not distinguished

-

at

least by identification - from

other foreigners.

However, ifa foreign Storm Knight

(or stormer, for that mailer) begins to

make herself known in the conti·

nental U S Delphi representatives will

undoubtedly seek her out and en

courage

her

to voluntarily register

as

a Knight. Again, they will be offered

the same

benefits

as other Storm

Knights in the U S

This subt le shift in policy comes

mainly from pressure by the Kanawa

Corporation, a

staunch

supporter (at

least visibly)

of

the Delphi Council.

Basically, Kanawa did not want to be

forced legally to register its

stormer

operatives,

so

it arranged for this

liberal policy to be adopted.

The

Domestic

Order

Act

The DomesticOrder Act

is

perh

themost visible symbol of thechang

attitudes of the country. After sev

months of debate and public outr

the Act was passed dUJinga lateFe

ary vote inHouston. In fact, theAct

passed lessthanoneweekafterThark

landed in

Los

Angeles. The legisla

suspendsCongressional and Presid

tial elections on the grounds that

exchangeofpower inthese trying ti

would

be

detrimental to the nati

interest,andpossiblyweakentheUn

States to such an extent that the inv

ing forces of the Living Land

Tharkold may be able to comple

defeat our nation.

Theactsuspends

the elections u

six months after the removal of

invading forces from the territor

the United States. While theCong

realized that thenational protestwo

be incredible, most of the mem

who

voted for the proposal hone

believe that America cannot sus



extended political campaign with

risk to the nat ion.

The

final deci

on the Act is pending before the

Court,

but

it

is known

that

Attorney General, under the close

pervisionof PresidentQuartermain,

trying to drag the case

out

as long as

sible to keep rival campaigns at a

The February Surprise

The

first serious talk of suspending

s floated round Houstonin

the

and it

was suspected right from the

that President Quartermain had

in

aU of

his political debts to get

e ball rolling

on

this measure.

Quartermain

couldn t

getblind ~

from his polit ical allies (simply

e they knew

that

theirconstitu·

wouldn t

stand

for the measure),

t many of Quartermain s biggest

enemies

saw logic in his argu

- the U.s. could afford a

of

leadership at this time,

d despite

the less tolerant aspects

of

administration, he had

least helped

win

back Sacramento,

d there

were signsofprogress in the

And,

of course, no onewanted to

the blame for the

war

if things

turn around soon enough.

After

months of debate and

com

the

legislation

was

stalled in

ate. That was until

the

demons

upon

Los

Angeles. After

tragedy

befell California, enough

the Senator s were swayed

to

side

to

push

the legis

tion through.

Of

course, the ques

remains in the liberal press, Did

know

the

Tharkoldu

coming? Did he let them

land

he knew he would be able to

his legislation through? Did he

l ives for polit ical insurance?

o

conclusive

evidence

has been pro

to

support

this

argument, and

a resul t

the mainstream

media has

the question .. .

o far.

The Borderlands

The

area

known

as the HBorder·

consisting

of

the territory on

e edge of the Western Uving Land,

s been pushed back as the primitive

reality has expanded over the Rocky

Mountainsand

into the great plains

of

the United States. The towns in this

region are ruled by a kind of new

frontier mentality,

but

the kind

of

lawlessness that was seen in theearly

days

of the

war is no

longer tolerated

everywhere.Many towns have formed

their own militias to supplement any

military forces that may

be

garrisoned

in

the

region, and

the

mixture of the

two

groups

has been able to contro l

the situation. The towns are normally

the first stop for refugees from in·

vaded

lands, so the populations

are

very fluid. Inmanycases,Spartancom-

manders

take control if the re isn t a

military strategist available to coordi

nate

the civil defense plans.

The

Media

The mass

media

is still how Ameri

cans get most

of

their information.

Unfortunately, most

of

the media

sources can no longer

be

trusted to

report the truth, free

of

governmental

influence.

The

three

major television networks

Chaptl rT

have all relocated their news ope

t ions to Houston, while the enterta

ment divisions have moved to

lando. Most of them

maintain

la

news bureaus

in

important

cities s

in Core Earth. The Cable News N

work

(CNN) remains

one of

the mo

watched

news

sources in the nati

and has

used

its extensive network

a ffi lia testationsto getspectacu

la

rfo

age

of

breaking stories.

Themajor

news

magazines

are

a

operating from their offices in Ho

ton

and

Atlanta, while the

tlanta

stit aioll

and Houston

ispatch ha

become the newspapers of note no

that the

New York Times

has virtua

ceased publication.

An

interesting development is

increasing investment of the Kana

Corporation

in

American med

sources.

TheJapanesestarted

the

bu

ingspreebypurchasingseveral flo

dering

movie

and

television studi

but by now Kanawa has purchase

controlling interest in the largestda

papers or

started a rival

paper

in S

ramento, San Francisco, San Die

Los

Angeles, Phoenix, Houston

a

Dallas.



rg: The Delphi Council Worldbook

The mysterious Awona

Corpora

blishedNTN,

NetworkTele

ionNews, a rival

network

that has

over

where

the now

defunct

network

left off.

U

is important to note that,

for

the

time in decades, themedia actually

threatenedby thecurrentadminis

The ease

with

which Quar

nnain pushed through

the

Stonn

Registration

Act and the Do

rderAct, despite thenetworks

a

concerted effort to show the

rst possible repercussions of such

esoflegislation,hasconvinced them

theycou

Id

bedrivenout ofbusiness

Quartermain wanted to do some

ing about them. As a result. they

e been muchmore reluctant to

criti-

zepresidentialand congressional poli

es, and in many ways, Quartermain

s gotlen the compliant press he so

rately wantedwithoutexpending

h energy to do so.

Regionalism

Southem

regionalism

is

yet one

problemforQuartermain tocon

d with.Theessenceof the conflictis

mple - the

southern

states feel

that

is doing a lousy job of

thewar, and they trunk

that

y should

form a regional

govem

nt for economic and military pur

The movement

started slowly,

t with

vocal organizations like the

egacy of the Confederacy backing

secessionist movement, it quickly

on amongst politicians and the

citizen.

The Georgia, Alabama,

North

and

Carolina andTennessee legisla

s have officially

adopted

resolu

ns calling for the formation of a

govemment,

while

Missis-

ppi, Florida, Louisiana, Kentucky

d

Virginia have

sent

delegates

to

t lanta to discuss the matter. While

meetings

have goneon

for several

there has been

no

official an

ncement. Additionally, Georgia

d Alabama have passed legislation

thholding all federal

tax revenues

PresidentQuartermain has drafted

to send troops

to

occupy the

ate capital if the state governments

back

down

and rescind the laws.

The problems posed by the

pos-

siblesplintering ofthe nation areenor

mous-the

loss ofeconomic

and

mili

tary might would be enormous.

Quartermain

is also worried

about

how thiswill lookin thehistory books

- Quartermain,

th e

president

that

stood

by and watched while thecoun

try fell apart .

He

has sent several

undercover Delphi Council agents

to

keep

track of the negotiations

and

throw up

stumbling

blockswhenever

possible.

George

Young,

resi ent -

l egacy o f t he Confederacy

DEXTERITY

7

Beast riding

8,

fjrecombat 11, pres

tidigitation 8

STRENGTH 6

TOUGHNESS 6

PERCEPTION 11

Evidence analysis 13,

find

14,

scholar politics) 15, trick 14

MIND 10

Science political logistics) 14, lest

12, willpower 12

H RISM

Charm 15. persuasion 15, taunt 16

SPIRIT

7

Faith Baptist> 9, intimidation 12,

reality 10

Possibilities: 8

Description:

George Young has

risen to the forefront of the secession

ist

movement with

the foundation

of

Legacy of the Confederacy,and while

he publicly

supports

the Confederacy

as

a political and economic union, he

is also power mad and a potentially

very

dangerous

character. Most resi

dents of the Southern states regard

him for his

t rue nature and hope

he

will never get into a position of real

power,

but

his rhetoric plays directly

to the fears of those outside of the

South, which onlyencouragesthe dis

trust and fearoverwhat is happening.

legacy

of the Confederacy Agent

DEXTERJTY9

Fire combat 12, prestidigitation 11,

stealth

11

STRENGTH

7

TOUGHNESS 8

PERCEPTION 9

Evidence analysis 10, find 11, first

aid 10,Iand vehicles

11

scholar

his-

tory)

11

scholar politics) 10, track

ing

11, trick 12

MINDS

Science surveillance)

10

test9, wil

power

9

CHARISMA 8

Charm

10, persuasion 10, taunt 1

SPIRIT

8

Intimidation 10

Possibility

Potential: some

(45)

Equipment: wire lapping

device

9mm Beretta (damage value 15)

Description:Agents for the Legac

of the Confederacy believe that th

key to success is to blend into th

woodwork and

pump

your contac

for infonnation. Most of those wh

work for this subversiveorganizatio

are silent about their affiliations, an

are slowly gathering information t

help the secessionist

movement

along

Tornado Alley

The

two

opposed storm fronts o

the Living Land and

uebec

Liber

have created an area of ew Yor

state and

Ontario

ca1led Tomad

Alley.

This

area was initially take

by Baruk Kaah,

but S tonn

Knigh

quickly reclaimed theareawithinday

However,

with

the storm front onl

miles away, the area was subjected

constant stonn conditions, resultin

in flooding throughout the river va

ley region. Most of the residents of th

area evacuated

toeitherNew

Englan

or camps in

northem uebec

However, th e arriv al of

th

Cyberpapacy in

uebec

further di

rupted theweatherpattemsof

theare

tormenting the few remaining res

dents

of the region.

The

storm fron

towns of Malone, Massena

an

Potsdam, NYareall

ghost

towns,

wi

only a few hundred residents remai

ing. Agriculture, the staple of the r

gion, has suffered from toomuch ra

this coming on the heels of sever

seasons of

draught),

and

food has

bebrought in from

QuebecortheCap

tal District Albany region). Sever

groups

of StormKnights are

known

operate from thesetowns,

making

re

cue

runs

into the Living Land are

often they simply boat up the S

Lawrence into the

Thousand

Islan

region). Tomado Alley is an area

th

will probably fall to the invaders

soo

enough,

but for now the fortitude

the Storm Knights is helping the r

gion resist theeffortsoftheHigh Lord

.

16



The Military

The

u.s.

military

remainsoneofthe

n the world

despite

the loss

f several key bases in

the

initial inva

Current

military strength has

to

about one and

a half mil

onfull timeservicepersonnel

700, XX

JOO, XX navy.

400,000 ai r

force

d

lOO O IO

marines), with nearly all

the half

million

Army National

ard and the 100,000 Air a lional

alsocalled up intoservice. Most

ong the borders of the Living Land

or

in

border

cities

to

help

the relief effort

and

main

order.

t

is believed that the

draft

ill be

reinstated

y the end

of the

the war continues to drag on.

The military is about the only por

of

the government

to

have

stable

In the first year of the war,

Quartermain poured

400

llion into the

war

effort

up

nearly

00 billion from the

previous

year),

mos t half of which

went

into mili·

ry research. Other programs,

such

national highway funding. educa-

on funding.

and

support

programs

the

disadvantaged and

the poor

thebiggest loser.;

n

the military

The Nuclear Question

At the time of the invasion, the U.S.

15,OOOdomesticallystationed

warheads. One

of the biggest

cerns dUring the initial invasion

s what the edeinos would do with

e nuclear warheads that were left

hind. As of December of Invasion

One,

independent

counts by the

Forces

and

the Delphi Council

uld only account for

about

12,000

meaning

that over 3,000

in

the

Living

land,

waiting to

ediscovered. While they

are gener·

inertwithin the Living land, they

function normally if brought

to Core Earth reality, a matter

ich has been ofno small concern to

government. For this reason, the

to the Living

land

is watched

ely for travellers, especially

of

for·

Though noonecouJdsneak

nuke out in their long overcoat, it is

blethat certain organizations

and

igh Lords might mount expeditions

into the Living land to get one .. . or

more.

Mixed Forces

Canadian

and

American forcescon

tinue to cooperate on certain military

ventures along the

border

in theWest·

em

Living

land.

The exchange

of

in·

formation

on thestatusof the war has

beenmostbeneficial to both sides,and

effectively stopped the expansion of

Chapter T

the Living land into the province

Alberta. While theDelphiCouncils

refuses to divulge all of the kno

edge it has learned from mil itary

search, the ;oint cooperative effo

have been looked

upon

quHe fav

ably

by

citizens

and

the governme

of both nations.

One of the combined forces gro

is

the

newly-resurrected [)evil s

gade. Unlike the first such

group

this name, this time both the Cana

ansand

theAmericanssent crackco

~ _ 1 _

17



Th e Delphi Council

Worldbook

to

th e

team. Th e

group

spe

in

quick,surgicalstrikeswithin

e Uving

Land,

mainly designed

to

th e

confidence

an d morale

Baruk Kaah s forces.

Devil s Brigade

DEXTERITY 10

Firecombat

14,

heavy weapons

13,

melee weapons 12, missile

weap

on s

12, stealth

11

STRENGTH

9

TOUGHNESS

9

PERCEPTION

10

Evidence analysis 11, find 1L first

ai d

12,Iand vehicles 1LscholadLiv·

in g Land) 11, tracking 11, trick 12

MINDS

Science(weapon repair) 10,survival

to, test 10, willpower

11

CHARISMA

8

Taunt 10

SPIRIT

10

Intimidation

12

Possibility

Potential:

some

(25)

Equi pment: M16AssaultRif1e(dam-

10,

range3-40/2501

or

1 in 6 have the M 9 SAW

mage value

23,

ammo 24, range 3

bayonet (damagevalue

3/17orSTR+4/19wilenaffixed to

e

M

16),

H

K

4

(damagevalue15, anuno

range 3-10/25/40), survival kit, first

d kit

l

in 6 have a

fu

med.kit),

K·

ns, Kevlar/Ceramic armor +7/22

this is

usually only worn when the

are operating

in a Mixed Zone,

Earth,

or within

a few miles

of

e

stelae

boundaries

Description:

Devil s Brigade

mem

ar e special

operatives

selected

th e C an ad ia n a nd American

forces both because they

ca n

t

th e

job done,

an d

because they

don t fit in with

other

units. While

t exactly troublemakers,

th e

DBs

independent

sorts,

used to

doing

their ow n

way. Becauseof this,

hey tend to

stay

mainly

on

the

Cana

side of

the

border

-

when

they

missions, they

decide

h ow t he ob

tives will

be

accomplished.

As a ruJe, DBs dislike

Spartans

an d

less than terrific relations with

members of b ot h t he

American

d

Canadian armed forces.

Back to Basics

Faced with the mind-numbing

ality of the

Uving

Land,

theArmy has

ha d no

choice

bu t

to concentrate

on

small tactics training. Taking advan

tage o f s w am p

terrain military bases

insouthem

Louisiana,

th e

troops have

been

taught ho w

to

work in groups

of

a

dozen

or

fewer men,

and the Army

generals

have

adopted

th e

controver

sial technique

of

viewing th e

United

States as a giant clan of families

rema rkably, troops

wh o

have ventured

into the liVing Landand returned

have

reported

being

able

to

keep

a clearer

mind when using the mental

training

techniques they

were taught.

Training

continues

to concentrate

on us e of th e

M·16and

other

firearms,

bu t troops

ar e being e qu ip pe d w it h

steel

spear heads

a

nd arrow

heads,

an d

being

trained in

hand-ta-hand

combat

- currently, such

units

as

th e

Devil s

Brigade

a re t he most advanced

in

this

t ra in in g. w hi le o th ers a re playing

catch-up.

Extensive

an d

secret

s t ud y o f

cap

tured edeinos warriors

ha s revealed

several weaknesses

inclose c o m b a t

for one, they all seem to

us e

their tails

forbalancewhen performing

intricate

acrobatics. f a

trooper

can somehow

disable

th e

ta

iI

a

nd on e

leg, the

edeinos

is virtually helpless because it is

so

disoriented (an

edeinos who

ha s lost

he r tail

has

a +5 added to t he O N of all

Derterity·based

actionsit

performs

for

the

next 24-hours.

Then, every

time

the

edeinos

makes

a successful heal

ing roll of 8

or

higher, it reduces

th e

plus

to the

ON by

one.

So,

an

edeinos

wh o

makes five successive healing

rolls recovers his full

Derterity in

five

days).

Th e

Ai r

Force ha s also adopted a

technique first

used in th e battle

for

Sacramento.

Using th e analogy that

a

penny

dropped

from the topof a sky

scraper

at ground

level

has

enough

velocityto

go

straight

through

vehicles

among otherthings), th e

strategy has

quickly been adopted by th e

military.

Pianes simply fly

above th e

level

of th e

Living Land s reality (15 kilometers),

an d drop

cargos

of crushed

rock. By

the t ime

th e

rock reaches

the ground,

it

ha s

picked upenough velocity to kill

just

about anything damage value

15

pe r

pebble

due

to

th e sheer

velocity).

Du e tothe

heights involved,

th e

bom

in g

method

i sn t e nt ir el y a cc ur a

(troops

ar e

kept

at

least five kilom

ters from all

bombing s ig ht s w he

everpossible),and

becauseofthe

rap

decay of

th e

Living Land

it

has be

impossible to get an entirely

accura

b od y c ou nt from th e attacks,

b

edeinos

tribes

on

t he b or de r

regio

areencountered less infrequentlytha

before.

It

isexpected

that

this combinatio

of long-distance

bombing

an d prim

tivetactics, in combination

with

Stor

Knight leaders, will allow

th e

retakin

of several

occupied areas

within a fe

months.

The

Lost Economy

One

of

th e

consequences of the

su

de n

loss of

Ne w

York

City wa s

t

near

destruction

of th e

U.s. econom

system. Billionsofdollarsdisappear

into the mists, as stock

holders an

e ve n e ntire

executive boards of Fo

tune

500

compani es w ere

lost. n

emergency

legislation

prevente d t

entire

economy

from disintegrating

The legislation

has

nationalized an

funds

or

companies that could not

legitimately claimed. Surviving mem

bers of Boards of Directors were giv

complete control, or, lacking that,

R

gional Directors were empowered

convenea ne w Board ofDirectors.Ve

few companies were nationalized,

an

those that were

were

1eased

H

to oth

companies until the rightful controlle

of the company were discovered.

f

t

company owners

don t

claim the com

pany within six

months

of the concl

sion of the war, the

company will

th

be pu t up

to

open

auction.

The handling of

personal

fortun

was m uch mor e

dirficuJt.

Immedia

relatives

were

given

temporary

co

trol of stocks, bondsa nd othe r sourc

of income,

or barring

that, the

govem

ment

seized control of

th e

funds. Wh

this

ha s disallowed

th e

transfer

stocks, it

ha s provided enough

stab

ity to

allow major companies

to rec

perate from th e losses that they su

fered

during

the invasion

insuran

companies didn t have

to

compensa

for losses because

th e

invasion

w

officially declared

an

Act of God )

Themajor U.s. stock

exchange

is

8 .



although

the blossoming

a Stock Exchangealso has much

fluence. Because of the volatiJe na

of theworld,both stockexchanges

to round-the-clock trading,

it is known that Congress is

to

suspend

trading until

economy

is more stable.

Future

Economics

Future prospects for the

U S

are

onableatbest. A

number

ofvari

areat

stake: if the southern states

e serious about their intent toestab-

an independent nation, the rest of

e

country will lack the economic

scle to take the war to the edeinos,

d

the

U.s. will be forced into a de

sive posture.

Currently

t

appears

that

the

efforts are stalled - this

persists, the U.S.

should be

ble to rally and regain much terri

Another very

important

factor is

tremendous Japanese investment

California. In many

ways

this

ispropping up the wholestate,

d

lending economic strength to the

st of the country - Japan could con

vably destabilize the country by

reatening to pull out, and the gov

nment knows this. This makes the

dependent on the goodwill of

for the time being.

Despite the gloomy side

of

the eco

ic analysis, the fact is that the re

ining U.s. territory is capable

of

ueingmost ofits necessary goods.

th strict oil conservation, the U.s.

go on independently although

standard

of living

would

decline

the domestic infrastructure was

lt back

up

to full strength.

Chapter

Tw

The National

Government

With the exception of the Delphi

the

structure

of the

national

remains essentially the

The

Congress is still technically

ponsible for making the laws, but

truthofthematteris thatthe Delphi

ncil has enough influence among

to control

what

types of

islation is passed.

President

Dennis Quartermain

DEXTERITY 7

Beast riding horses) 8 fire combat

10,

swimming

8

STRENGTH 7

TOUGHNESS

7

PERCEPTION 9

Evidenceanalysis

10

scholar poli

tics) 14, scholar military protocol)

15, trick 12

MINDS

Science political) 14, science mili

tary) 13, willpower 12

CHARISMA

10

Charm 12, persuasion 14 taunt 1

SPIRIT 9

Faith Presbyterian) 10 intimid

tion 16 reality 16

Possibilities: 21

Description: Dennis Quartermai

when first selected as the Secretary

Defense, never thought that he wou

end

up

becoming President

of

th

United States. His aims were hone

hewanted

to protect thecountry h

loved to the best of his capacity. H

fought for increased military fundin

and

constantly

reminded

Dougl

19



Th e D e lp h i Cou.ndl Worldbook

of the threat from the Soviet

Howev er , th e time he spent in

gtonchanged

his

pointofview.

by constant arguments with

binet members, an d frustrated at

ngress inability to see the danger

by theSoviets, as well asMiddle

stern countries, he realized that he

s

the only on e in the entire govern

who

knew what had to be done

only himself and Ellen Connors.

he turmoil which nearly destroyed

nation cast him into the limelight.

was disturbed by the

ady slide into anarchy that the

U S

emed headed for, an d he realized

he w as the only individual in the

inet capable of leading the United

tates in this military crisis. Shortly

ter being selected for the office of

serving

under

nathan Wells, he

wa s

responsible

r the removal ofWells and his place

nt in the Oval Office.

Now that he has had a taste of

an d become convinced of his

n infallibility, he will do anything

h:>ld power. He believes that the

phiCouncil will beable todo what·

isnecessaryto keephim in power.

President Timothy Adamsll

DEXTERItY.

Fire combat

9

STRENGTH 7

TOUGHNESS.

PERCEPTION 9

Scholar

business)

13, scholar

(stocks) 14 trick 10

MIND7

Willpower 9

CHARISMA 9

Charm

10, persuasion

10

taunt 10

SPIRIT 8

Intimidation 9, reality

12

Possibilities: 6

Description:

T im ot hy A da ms

mes from a strong business back

and made his fortune with a

llStreet investment firm. His natu

aptitude for business enabled him

make many contacts throughout

and when

Kent

wa s

Adams

was the nearly unani

us choice for Secretary of Com

No w that he has been vaulted

o the position of Vice-President, he

s

become a vocal

p ro po ne nt o f

policies.

Ty Gardner, on e of the most influ

ential senators in Houston, ha s be

comea folk herobecauseof his efforts

to

stop

themostoppressive legislation

that

h s een

broughtbeforetheUnited

States Congress.

Senator

Ty

Gardner

DEXTERlTY7

Fire combat 8 maneuver 9

STRENGTH.

Climbing

10

TOUGHNESS.

PERCEPTION 9

Evidence analysis 9, scholar (fund·

raising) 12 scholar (politics) 13

MIND 8

Science (political) 11 willpower 14

CHARISMA 11

Charm

14

persuasion 16 taunt 12

SPIRIT •

Intimidation 12 reality

15

Possibilities: 3

Description: Ty Gardner (D-Ne

braska)hascontinuallyrun ona

popu

listplatform.Hefeels thatQuartermain

has done a horrible job

running

the

country, and that President Kent

would neverhavesupported Quarter

main s move to the Presidency. His

rallyingcry, Whosehome willbe next,

an d how longwill it takeQuartermain

to do something about t has be

come a well-known slogan. Gardner

isn t a particularly talented politician,

although he is honest

an d fights for

what he believes in. He is very charis

matic, and has been known to chase

skirts with a ferocity that is almost

unbelievable. He doesn t completely

change an opinion because of the in

fluence

of

pressure groups, although

he has been known to soften a point

of view if he receives substantial con

tributions.

Houston

H ou sto n h as become a modern

boom town

due

to the increase in oil

prices and the relocation of the na

tional government here. The city has

been struggling for years to come out

of the recession inspired by rock·bot

tom oil prices in the mid-1980 s (the

Sight of vacant

office buildings was

unforgettable toTexans), and with the

recession came a skyrocketing crime

rate,as weUas lingeringpoverty.While

the government has injected millio

into the city s economy, an d there a

many new

jobs

to be had

in

the cit

the

rottom

line is that crime is still

problem an d there still aren t enoug

jobs

as far as most people in Nor

America are concerned.

The crime problem came to a hea

whenRep.TommyKeiser (R·ME)w

attacked and stabbed by a mugge

The response was predictably milit

ristic, and a kind of martial law is

effect in the city - only authorize

government officialsar e allowed to

ou t

after

11

PM in downtown area

an d foot patrols by police, local mi

tia and army officials) have been a

signed to wealthier residential neig

borhoods.

There are several important loc

tions for downtown

Houston.

1. Delphi Council Headquarter

Located in Walter Tower, the Delp

Council s offices take up the enti

building. Fromhere, reports from fie

agents in the Living Land and aroun

the world are analyzed an d filed. T

DelphiCouncil meets in an x p n s i

conference room five floor belo

ground level.

Members of the Inner Circle ha

theirofficesonthe45-49th floors. Ell

Connorshas theentire50th floorat h

disposal. There are

tw o dozen guar

on each of these floors, as well as

security c rd system to prevent una

thorized access.

Security is tight, with five arm

guards

in the lobby

at

all times, and

least five on all floors (especially se

sitive floors, such as those with com

puter records, would have at least

o

dozen guards

on duty). Each elevat

has an armed

guard.

Security is controlled from the25

floor. With the combination of t

guards

walkie talkies and the sec

rity cameras installed on all floors an

in elevators, it s almost impossible f

persons to move

around

unnotice

The elevators inthe lobby goto thec

garage, as well as every floor of t

building. However, the conferen

room can only e reached by an e

press elevator that runs only betwe

the 25th floor and the subterrane

conference area. This below groun

area also servesas

an

emergency sh

ter in case of nuclear attack.

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Chapter

T

Mr

President:

The

Living Land

invasion

has

proven

damaging

to

our nei ghbo r

to

the north, but

the

Canadian people

have come to

grips with

the

real i ty

of the present

predicament, and

the

war goes

on. The

people

a re t ro ub le d, but not defeated and def in i te ly not

without

hope. On th e o th er

side

of the scale , the

people

of

Mexico

were able to

avoid

invasion,

yet the in f lux of refugees from the United Sta tes has exacerbated problems with

overcrowding,

unemployment,

poverty,

crime,

and

shortages of

food.

The Canadian

government

has mobilized the pe op le o f

tha t

proud nation, with

mil i ta ry

forces

doing a

r emarkable job o f holding

t e r r i to ry

on the Ontario

and

Bri t ish Columbian

f ronts . The government

has ut i l i zed

many Storm

Knights for

various

missions

into the

occupied

realms, and the information

they

have gathered

has

been of immense help. In

fact , my sources ind icate tha t the tak in g of the Northern

Lands

is jus t the s ta r t -

a major

e f fo r t

to retake Vancouver , and gain c lear passage to

vi t a l

Paci f ic por t towns,

may be soon

enacted.

With

coordination from U.S.

forces,

the r ec la im ing o f washington

s ta te may

be

a d is ti n ct p o ss ib ili ty .

Of course, not

everything

has

come

easy

to

the Canadians. For one thing, the

t rad i t iona l animosity

of the

English-speaking

Canadians in

the eas tern provinces

and

the French Canad ians

in

Quebec

has

reached a new height in tens ion . The

breakdown

of

several

conferences

to

smooth

over

the

s i tua t ion

i s

indica t ive

of the

problem,

and

with the government now

in

Regina, ins tead of nearby Ottawa, the French Canadians fee l

a t

l iber ty to act

as they please.

The Quebec

National

Anthem

is

now the

only

one played

a t

social

ac t iv i t ies ,

non-Francophones are openly discriminated agains t , and there

is an obvious indifference to the pol ic ies origina t ing in

Regina.

Most of Quebec s

representa t ives refuse to come

to nat iona l

l eg i s l a t ive

sess ions , and i t

is known tna t

Quebec has i t s

own

embassy in

Avignon. The

feeling of Quebec

pour les Quebecois

and

the desi re

for Quebec Liberte (Quebec as

an

independent nation) has

nearly

overwhelmed

the

people

of the province.

Quebec i s

independent in act ion , ident i ty and thought, and i f

you

asked the

average

Canadian on the

s t ree t ,

he

would say,

Let them go. They ve

been

a

pain

the ass

for

years .

Of

course,

our

knowledge

tha t

the

Cyberpapacy

h as b rought

a

bridge

down

near Quebec

City

is of major concern to

both

of our governments, although we cannot

go public

with

th i s

pronouncement

unt i l we can do something about

i t .

Mexico has

benef i t ted

only s l ight ly

from the free trade

agreement

tha t

has

just been

signed. The thousands of refugees who have f led into th i s already t roubled

country

have been

more

than enough to offse t the economic benef i t of higher

o i l

pr ices and

increased investment from th e no rth.

The country s t ruggles under the socia l costs of i t s increased

populat ion,

while s t i l l

t ry ing

to

payo f f enough of i t s debt so

tha t

a

foreign

company doesn t come in

and

buy

o ff

the natura l

resources

Mexico real izes

tha t i t

must s trengthen i t s economic

posi t ion so tha t i t doesn t have to beg

for

investment

and

be

a t

a

severe d isadvantage

when

negotiations for

the contracts are underway. The future prospects

for

th i s

country

remain

about

what

they

were

b efo re th e

war, which is

a t

l eas t

hopeful in

l igh t

of

how

much of the world

has reacted.

The government, though corrupt (what else

is

new in

th i s

country?) ,

i s

stable ,

and th e

people

support i t because

they

know t s preferab le

to anarchy. Once some of the refugees begin returning

to

America, the economy should

be

in much bet t e r shape as long as o il

prices

remain where they are now

Sincerely,

onnie Consuela, Reg iona l Information Director, North America



The

Delphi Council

Worldbook

Council Guards

DEXTERITY

9

Fire

combat 12,

dodge

It , melee

combat It ,

unarmed

combat 12

STRENGTHS

TOUGHNESS. (13)

PERCEPTION 9

Evidence analysis 12, f ind 11, f irst

aid

10,

languages

(French)

10,

lan

guages (Spanish) 12, trick 12

MIND.

Test

11

CHARISMA

7

Taunt 11

SPIRIT 7

Intimidation

10

Possibility

Potential: some 45

Equipment: MI6 Assault

Rine

value 20,

ammo

10,

range

3-

50/400), billy club

STR

+3/19),

Badge, walkie

talkie,

bullet

proof

t (TOU

+

5/18).

Council Director

Connors

DEXTERITY

9

Dodge

10, fire

comb.,t 14, stealth

10

STRENGTH.

TOUGHNESS 7

PERCEPTION 9

Evidence analysis IS,scholar(poli

tics)12,scholar(subvcrsion)15, trick

MI

Test

16,

willpower

17

CHARISMA

10

Charm

16,

persuasion 15 taunt

18

SPIRIT 10

Intimidation

17, reality 18

Possibilities:

15

oesc:ription: Ellen Connors

was

a

SenatoronCapital il l formany

and

was the cold,

cunning and

person who

was just r ight to

un the

Delphi

Council

once

it was

She has contacts every

and

most

people with any

of

power

owe

her

favors.

As

n example,

she

was able

to

call upon

r friends in the

military to discredit

and Coyote when they

testified

Connors was

responsible

for

Dou

Kent s murder.

Though no t

physically

impressive,

is devilishly

persuasive and

intelligent.

Of

all the

gov

officials in Houston,

sh e

is by

r the wors t to make

an enemy

of.

2.

Central

Intelligence Agency

Headquar ters: The

22

he

Delphi Council

The

DelphiCoundJ

isanexdu

sive think-tankcreated

by

the late

President

Wells,

and

answerable

only

to

the President

himself.

Funding comes f rom a

variety

of

miscellaneous headings, which

individua lIydon td raw the

atten

tion

of a suspiciousCongress, but

total over three billion

dollars

per

year

for

operations

and research.

The

Delphi

CoundJ is

officially

charged

with

reporting

to

th e

President

on

matters

of

vital na

tional interest,

with

specific re-

gard tothe

PossibilityWar.;:,and is

authorized to make l aws to pre-

serve the nation s

security.

TheDelphiCouncil isofficially

a think-tank that is supposed to

advise the

president

on

the reali-

ties of the

war

situation.

Within

thebounds

of

natiol k11 security,

the Delphi Council

has great

lati-

tude

to

create

legislation.

If Con

gressdisagrees with a law, it

may

take the law

directly

to the

50-

premeCourt,buttheDelphiCoun-

cil

members have

been

crafty

enough

to write

an

overwhelm

ing

numbe r o f

different

regula-

tionswhichtogethergivethecoun

cilgreatauthority-Congresscan

only disassemble theacts oneat a

time. The Delphi Council is

unof

ficially authorized to circumvent

the

illegal processand implement

whatever

procedures

it feels are

necessary regardless of legality.

TheDelphi

Council ad

vises the

Presidentonadaily

basisand also

issues

an annual

report

summa-

rizingthe

world-wide

activities

of

the

High

lords,

as

weU

as

the

actions

of

other nations.

TheDelphiCouncil isadminis

tered by Ellen Connors, a former

Senator who was appointed

by

President

Quartermain. The In-

nerCircle

of theCouncil

is

respon

sible for providing

expert

opin

ions on

the

matters of

national

importance,

and

the

defense

con

glomerate, the armed forces

and

educational institutionsare repre-

sented

on

the InnerCircle.

The

Delphi

Council s General

Committeeisactuallysmallerthan

the Inner Circle. Each member

is

responsible

for the smooth ad

ministration of some facet

of

the

Coundl,and

includes

the

Regional

Information Directors.

The

next

layer of

theCouncil is

the AdministrativeCouncil.

In-

dividuals within this moderate

level

of

the

Council

are

respon

sibJeforcataloguinganddetailing

,he reports filed

by

the

Delphi

Council field agents, as well as

monitor media outlets

for favor-

able media reporting.

The

lowest level

of Delphi

Council operations

are

the vari-

ous field agents, domestic agents

and

Spartans.

Domesticfield

agentsare

based

in

majordtiesand

are

responsible

for the

coordination of

Spartan

and

Storm Knight activities.

Most

of

the domestic field agents are

open about their affiliations (and

most law enforcement officials

know

enough

to give

Delphi

Council agents

whatever they

want), although there

are

also

many

undercover

agents

to

watch

for suspicious activities and c0

vertly monitor foreigners

(and

other

agents).

Spartans

are

the

armed muscle

of

the Delphi CoundJ,

and

are

responsible for maintaining

order

in

border

regions (near theUving

land),

as well

as

military activi-

ties within the

boundaries

of the

invaded

territory.

Spartans

are

trained at O and various mili-

tary fadJities,

but

are directly un-

der thecontrolof theDelphiCoun

cil.

The Delphi Council has also

been

given

authorization

todirect

the activities

of

the

FBI and

CIA,

although these

two organizations

are making great efforts to

sub

vert

the directives they aregiven.



headquarters is a

very

modest,

t

spy-proof,

five-story

building in

e

heart of Houston.

The

agency has

a great dea l of suspicion

the Delphi Counci l,

and

expends

a great dea l of fund

g observing the activities of Delphi

Inner Circle members. The

A isalso suspicious of the japanese,

d

it

is

rumored (among

Storm

that

the upper

echelons

of

areaware

ofthe true

nature

of

Kanawa Corporation.

3. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Headquarters:

The

has

been

largely under the

indirect

of

the Delphi

Council

under

Quartermain s administra

I agents are still

responsible

investigations of organized

crime

corrupt government

officials, bu t

have also been directed

to

inves

which may

other

realm

activities. FBI

in fact, warned the

Delphi

unci l of

th e impending

Tharkold

sion of Los Angeles four

days be-

re it

happened.

The

FBI

is legally

to turn

over

all of its files to

e Delphi

Council,

but FBI Director

ll Williamsis highlysuspicious

Ellen Connors (especially consider

g that she did nothing about th e

invasion),and sohasdirected

s

agents to keep

a

close eye

on

nors, her uncomfortably cozy af

with the japanese,

and

her

lings with Quartermain.

hall Will iams

DEXTERITYS

Dodge 11, fire combat 13,lock pick

ing 10, melee weapons 10, presti

digitation

11,

stealth

14

STRENGTHS

TOUGHNESS 9

PERCEPTION 11

Air

vehicles 12,

evidence

analysis

15, find 14, first aid 13, land vehicles

12 scholar (intelligenceopera tions)

19, tracking 14, trick 16, water ve

hicles

12

MIND 10

Science (surveillance devices) 16,

survival 15, test 14, willpower 15

CHARISMA

9

Charm

11, persuasion 10,

taunt

12

SPIRIT S

Faith (Methodist) 9, intimidation

11, reality 14

Possibilities:

10

Description:

Marshall

isa man

who

worked

his

way up

from

the

field to

th e

director of

the

FBI. In

his

mid

fifties,

Marshall

has been

around

long

enough

to

know

when there s some

thing

that s

being

hidden, and he

knows the Delphi

Council

has some-

thing

big th ey re hiding. Directly

against orders

from

the

president, he

has

ordered his best

agents

to

begin

a

quiet

investigation

of Delphi Council

activities.

He

has

also

offered

some

Storm Knights amnesty regarding the

Storm Knights Registration Act pro

vided. they help with the investiga

tion. His efforts

so

far have produced

nothing

conclusive, bu t he

remains

undaunted.

4.Crocket Hall, U.S. House of Rep

resentatives: (formore information,see

page 52 of

Tile

Cassandm Files

5. RepublicHouse,President sResi

dence

6.

Tannerston Hall, U.S. Senate

7.

The Justice Building, U.S.

Su

preme

Court

8.

Joint Chiefs

of

Staff

9.

Smithsonian Institue,

Houston

Branch

10.Possibility InvasionWarMemo

rial

11.

Department of the Treasury

12. Department of Crisis Manage-

ment

13. Department of

Commerce

14. Department of

Defense

15 . Environmental

Protection

Agency

16.

Common Ground

Association

Headquarters: (Fora

mapofthis build

ing, see page 51 of

Tile

Cassandra

iles

This bui ld ing has

been

bombed. by

opponents of the CGA at least five

times

in the pas t six

months,

but the

CGA Board of Directors always

re -

turns and rebuilds.TheCGA

has been

forced to put up bulletproof glass,

as

well

as

reinforced

and

armored. walls,

and

they have placed a metal detector

at the entrance

to

stop smuggled fire

a rms and bombs.

Unfortunately

for

the CGA, the police department of

Houston has

been

extremely

hesitant

to investigate

th e

bombings, all of

ChapterTw

which have been

deemed inconcl

sive

evidence

regard ingperpetrators

However,

the

city of

Houston wo

allowCGA

to arm its

guards,

nor ta

any other more elaborate secur i

measures.Themessage isde r W

don t

want you:

17 . CyberF rance Consul at

Cyberpapal Nuncio: The

agents

jean Malraux have conducted seve

espionage

operations

from here, t

most

famous of which

was the

kidna

ping of a NASA scientist. Malrau

diplomats have

accomplished lit

since their arrival in Houston, but th

have

beenable togather infonnation

U.s. intelligence activities in Europ

There is a

general

feeling of hostil

toward

Americans within

the boun

of

the consulate.

18. Ayslish Embassy:

The

Aysli

embassy

is

under theaxiomsof

Aysli

reality due to a seriesof talismans th

are kept on the embassy grounds. T

quirks of magic have attracted ma

disenchanted Core Earthers, an

relations between

Quartermain a

Ardinay s

supportersare

quite

stron

19.

Nile

Embassy: Mobius dip

mats

are

transferred in

and out

of

t

country

so

quickly t ha t

few

Houston s government officials

get

know these people on a first nam

basis. Although it was rumored. th

the

Nile

would offer an alliance

to

t

UnitedStates, relationscooled

qu

ick

If

the

U.S.

ever

found

ou t

about M

bius early support of Baruk Kaah, t

Nile delegation would becertain to

thrown out of the

country.

20. Kanawa Corporation Offic

The

Kanawa Corporation offices a

the

center of

the efforts by

Kanawa

ge t

favorable

trade

deals.

While t

Kanawa

Corporation is publicly qu

about

its activities, the behind-th

scenes

deals with Congressmen, go

ernment officials and businessm

from other companies help secure

vorable trade conditions for 332

main

company.

21.

Japanese Embassy (Kana

controlled)

22. General Automatons Hea

quarters

23.

Consolidated Defense Indu

tries

Headquarters

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4

Magikallndustries U.S. Head

arters: This London-based corpo

ation employs spell casters to pu t

le enchantments upon common

ds. The

U S

division has naturally

enchantments

with a

gic axiom of 7 or lower, and while

ost of the enchantments are truly

seful. the novelty of the goods has

een able to get U.s. sales

up

to

50

lion dollars in the final halfof 1991.

25.

Th e

Houston CI rollicle: The

paperof record in the Houston

ea, theChronicle has beenhit hard by

e cutthroat competitionof the Advo-

an d has also been handicapped

a sudden inability toget stories first

rompted by the activities of the

Ad-

6 The Houston dvocate The

ston Advocate

is a Kanawa-owned

startedoffwithabang

t

broke a police brutality scandal.

e

paper

has since been an advocate

Quartermain s strong-arm tactics

d oppressivelegislation in the name

ving the nation. The paper

lyavoidsdealing withaspectssuch

international trade, and makes ev

ry effort to paint all

edeinos an d

katts as enemiesto theUnitedStates.

7 NBC NewslHeadquarters

8

ABC

NewslHeadquarters

9

CBS NewslHeadquarters

30.

NTN News/Headquarters

31. Freedom Hotel: This luxury

tel is the establishmentof choice for

iting businessmen and dignitaries.

sohasa busynightlifewhichshows

ff the American culture mixing with

e varied an d unique cultures from

ll over the world.

Los Angeles

os Angeles truly has become the

City of Demons. The city is caught

een threedifferent

realities-

the

techno-demons the

llions of yen into the economy) and

eEartherscaughtin themiddle.

Spartan operatives have been in

erted into the highest levels of the

nawa administration, and contacts

ave been made with members of the

ace. Thegovernment, at the prompt-

ing of the Kanawa Corporation,

ha s

encouraged residents to stand and

fight for the city.

For

more information

on os Angeles, see theTIwrkold source

book and the Los Angeles itybook

Sacramento

Sacramento haspubliclybeen called

a miracle and tribute to American

ingenuity. Of course, no one outside

of the Kanawa Corporation and the

Delphi Council realizes that the vic-

tory was caused by the Japanese. T

U S government hasencouraged Jap

nese investment s imply because

d oe sn t k no w that 3327 brought

maelstrom bridge down into the ar

The High Lord is walking a very fi

line to keep his secret quiet, an d h

been

forced to

use the Yakuza a

hired. agents

toeliminateanyone

w

threatens to expose his secret, inclu

ing Delphi Council and FBI agents

Still, most stormers an d Sto

Knights operating for any length

time in the area become suspicious

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25



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the nature of the miracle zone, an d

blind is s ta rt ing to crumble.

What he will do to preserve his secret

is

unknown at this time, but he will

do

something.

Orlando

The resort city

of

Orlando, Florida

has now replaced Hollywood as the

ter ta inment capital of the United

ates. Most of the major special ef

fects houses, as well as all of the

stu-

os, have moved their headquarters

to the rapidly

growing

city.

Thecity has also become a centerof

development as a result of

the amazing ne w special effects that

are being pioneered for movies - it

s that thesedaysanyonecan

doa

great-lookingcomputerized

dinosaur

r Orrorshan creature. Of course, Or

lando, Miami,

Houston a nd Los

An

geles

ar e about

the only cities in the

U.S. where visitors from the other

realms don t draw a crowd - people

from other realms have come here

looking forwork as actors, writersand

enter1aioers,

or

viewOrlandoasa place

to get acclimated to the social struc

ture of the United States before de

parting for other cities in search of

work

an d

wealth.

Because of the

innux

of wealthy

celebrities,land valueshavegone from

outrageous to astronomical. Many

of

the city s poorer residents have been

forced into

cheaper

suburbs, creating

a

tremendous

drain on the already

dwindling

water

table.WhileOrlando

remains a fairly S fe

an d

very deal

city, there has been a

steady

increase

in

crime

in th e neighboring cities.

onetheless, it is still a magic city

that draws dreamersand starlets from

all over the country.

NASA

With the POSSibility Wars raging,

ASA sspace night

program

hasbeen

stalled.Whilestilloperating(and mak

ing some progress), NASA s funding

an d operations have been cu t signifi

cantly. Many of the employees, espe

cially the

computer

engineers, have

goneinto the entertainment field. StilJ,

26

adie-hardgroupofscientistsstillplug

away at their work.

The leader

of

these die-hards

is

a

y ou ng m an named Michael Vaccaro.

Originaily from upsta tePennsyl

va

nia,

Michael has devoted himself to his

work, trying to forget the wars that

rage beyond the borders of his com

puter

lab. While not the most well

known of the scientists remaining at

NASA, he is the inspiration of the

group - in fact, there have been sev

eral attempts to either hi re a way or

eliminate

Vaccaro by

ippon,

Cyberpapat and Nile agents. far,

he has either been too lucky

or

too

persistent tobedeterred fromhiswork.

Michael Vaccaro, Computer

Engineer

OEXTERITY8

Dodge

9,

fire combat

10,

lock pick

ing

9,

melee weapons

10,

missile

weapons

9,

running 10, stealth 10

STRENGTH.

TOUGHNESS.

PERCEPTION 12

D iv in at io n m ag ic 13, evidence

analysis 15, find 13, first aid 13, land

vehicles 13,scholar (computers) 17,

scholar (astronomy) 15, space ve

hides 13

MIND 13

Science computers) 18, science

(physics)15,survivaI14,wiUpower

16

CHARISMA 8

SPIRIT

to

Faith (confidence) 14, intimidation

(16), reality 17

Possibilities: 15

Description: Vaccaro looks very

much the average man.

He

is about

6 0 , weighing somewherearound 210

lbs. However, he is remarkable when

working

or

helping others. He is able

to take the best in his associates

an d

bring

to the surface.

far, he has used this ability with

great effectiveness,

by

helping to keep

the NASA

program

together. Also, he

secretly assistsolherStonn Knights in

their fights against the High Lords.

He

is very secretive in his assistance, bu t

he often trades knowledgewith those

Knights he is able to meet

an d

be-

friend.

Miami

Miami has become

a

rowdy tra

city

because

of the increased popu

tion of southern Florida,

an d

becau

of the drug gangs that continue

dominate the crime scene in the cit

The population o f t he city proper h

swaDen to nearly

double

its pre-inv

sion size, an d Dade County has one

the quickest

growing

populations

the nation.

The Port of Miami is a bustling r

gion

of

the city, where inhabitants

every realm ply their goods for sale

U.s. merchants. Gleaming skyscra

ers have gone

up

in the area at

reco

speed, while thedocks have been ra

idly expanding to account for the i

creased ship trade. Ships from Ays

theNile Empireand

theCyberpapa

are docked alongside

Core

Earth v

hides, all t ee mi ng w it h go od s f

wealthyAmericanconsumersand co

porations.

The

Street

Tuffs

Miami has beena city to m by rac

violence

over

the past severalyears,

incoming C ub an a nd o th er Hispan

refugees an d blacks have continua

dashed over a variety of issues. T

most violent an d vocal Miami stre

gang

to emerge in recent months a

theStreetTuffs, a predominantly bla

gang that has

dominated much

of t

wealthier down town area (most

their activities take place at night

an

involve hassling lone individuals).

Typical Street Tuff

DEXTERITY 9

Dodge 12, fire combat 10, mel

weapons

running 10, unarm

combat

10

STRE GTH8

TOUGHNESS

10

PERCEPTION 8

Language

9,

trick 10

MINDS

Streetwise 12

CHARISMA 8

Persuasion 10, taunt 11

SPIRIT8

Intimidation 12

Possibility Potential: some 55

Equipment: AK-47 (damage val

21, ammo 10, range 3-40/150/4(



Chaptl r Tw

Key

1.

Port of Miami

2 Soto Investments

Headquarters

3

ToronagaChemicals

Headquarters

4. Delphi Council

Field Office

5

Nile Trade Council

6

Aysle TradeCenter

7 French Trade

Ministry

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BISCAYNE BAY

knife (damage value STR +4/18)

Description: The Street Tuffs are,

forthemostpart, local muscle. Mostof

them are just kidswhoare responding

to their

environment-by

killing, loot

ing, and stealing. However, some of

the older members have been known

to engage in mercenary jobs, either

beingpitted against rival gangs

or

tar

gets chosen by whoever has the best

offer. The Tuffs are aggressive and

arrogant, but they aren t soldiers. f

they meet substantial resistance, they

will fold

or

run

- though

surrender

is

becoming less and less of an option.

Atlanta

The capital of Georgia has become

the center of the Southern Secession

ist movement . In recent years, At

lanta has become a center of commu

nication, transportation and technol

ogy, and many companies that Oed

overpriced Silicon Valley relocated in

Georgia. Georgia is a major producer

of paper goods, transportation equip

ment,agricultural productsand chemi

cals, and has a tremendousamount of

economic might in the region.

ThepeopleofAtlanta feel that Presi

dent

Quartermain

is an

ineffectual

buffoon

who

is totally incapable of

saving theUnitedStates; there is strong

sentiment that theSouth should form

a more regional government for mu

tual defense. Cyberpapal companies

have quiet ly invested in this region

and are making handsome profits

through the introductionofminor tech

nological advances; they are also en

couraging secessionist feelings in

an

effort to curry favor

with

the local

government. They are

toningdown

the ir Catholicism, however, as the

majority of those involved in the se ·

cessionist movement are not friendly

with any kind of papist.

Philadelphia

Philadelphia

continues

to

hol

against against the Living Land, b

much of the

populat ion has

bee

evacuated to reasonably secure Co

Earth territory. Mayor Tim Adleson

militia has been severely strained

cause the 157th Infantry Division h

been moved out of Philadelphia. Th

Storm Knights in the region continu

to provide supplies for the city, whic

hasdwindled toa

populationofa

litt

under one

million.

Detroit

The

Delphi Council s quiet effor

to shut down Detroit have ceased b

causetheCouncil realizes that thecit

in and of itself,won t hamper the w

effort. Many of the

war

vehicles pr

duced

in the city go directly into se

vice for the 40th Infantry and 63

Artillery Divisions.

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Hawaii

Th e

island

state

of Hawaii isstill far

from

th e

worries of

th e

con-

ntal United States and ha s become

independent

in spirit.

e-

of the island s

convenient loca-

it

remains a

stop

over for flights

d ships

from all over the Pacific

m leading to a mixture of realms

d

cultures. prime interest toStorm

isth e mysteriousGuildmaster

o

is

recruiting them for missionsall

e r t he

world.

Unknown to the U.s. government

primarily

theGuildmaster sdoing

at has kept Hawaii an American

te. She feels that he r organization

d

Hawaii in general will function

under th e nominal protection of

e American government. So far sh e

s proven very cooperative in rela·

w it h t he U S.

an d

she intends to

their working relationship

as long as they don t endanger her

See

th e

Jllfill verse

Update Volume

for more informalion

on

the Guild-

master

an d

he r

organization.

Canada

Canada has regained its equilib .

rium af ter the chaos that developed

when the national government in Ct ·

tawa was overrun by the liVing Land.

Now

t he n at io na l government is

firmly re·established in

Regina

Saskatchewan

an d

th e war effort has

een fairly successful.

Th e

national

spirit is good Canadians

know

th e

fight will

be

long an d bitter bu t they

didn t start

th e

wa r

with the over·

whelmingarrogance of the Americans

an d

no w

that they have

w on so me

decisive battles the

country

is confi·

dent

that

it will ult imately

win the

war.

Canada s

greatest

source

of trouble

is

th e

militant

segment of th e

French

C a na d ia n p o pu la t io n in

Quebec

which has assumed controlof the prov·

ince as soon as th e

Cyberpapacy

dropped the maelstrom b ri dg e i n

uebec

City.

Canada s mi li ta ry ma chin e ha

come up to full speed as most of th

automobile manufacturing plants i

th e center of th e country remained

Core Earth hands. They

have

bee

converted to the produc tion of mil

tary vehicles which ar e seeing actio

in British Columbia Ontario

and o

th e American fronts in theGreat Lake

states. Many Canadian factories hav

been converted to weapons manufa

turing

an d

many arms are purchase

from Hachiman Arms.

Canada has been able to a vo id t h

rampant crime problemsof th e Unite

States due to much stricter gu n contro

laws. Th e proliferation of heavy mil

tary weapons hasenabledcriminalst

get their hands on powerful weapon

but the

Ca na dian people ar e

dete

mined not tolosecontrolof theirstree

to

th e

drug smugglers an d a

prim

emphasis of law enforcement is th

confiscation of illegal weapons.

Likewise themilitarizationof

muc



of

the Canada-U.s.

border has

sty·

mied

another source

of trouble for

th e

Canadians: the drug

trade. While still

in existence, it

ha s

becoming

much

harder

for

drugs

to

m ak e t he ir

wa y

over

th e

Canadian borderand

inlothe

h an ds o f

the wai ting populace. As a

resuH,

many former

users

have either

fled

south to

be nearer

theirsupply, or

have

kicked

th e

habit.

Montreal

Montreal is no

longer

a bustling.

bilingual

metropolis, bu t an aban

doned,

decaying city.

Th e

city was

carefully, bu t

promptly, evacuated

as

soon as

t he s to rm

fronts

approached

within

tw o

hours

driveof

th e

city lim·

its.Mostof

th e

people

were

directed to

refugee camps further

up

th e St.

lawrence

river, leaving

behind one of

th e

most

historic cities

on th e

conti·

nent.

T he c ur re nt p op ul at io n

num·

bersonly

in

the thousands,

and,

while

th e

Canadian

army makes

regular

patrols of

th e

city to

prevent

looting

and random

destruction

the

presumI>

tionbeing

that therewill besomething

left when

th e

war

is

over),

th e

city is in

a sorry state.

Toronto

On e

of

th e

fastest

growing

cities in

North

America

is no w

in

th e

territory

of

th e

edeinos,

b ut t he

resislancecom

munities haven t given up thestruggle.

It is believed that

an amusement park

just

o ut si de t he

city, Lakeside Park,

has become a

hard

point of

Earth s re-

alily. It is not

known

exactly

w hy t he

area

ha s resisted

th e

invaders, but

th e

focus of

the zone appears

be

a

huge

ferris wheel called

simply The

Big

Wheel.

The leader

of Ihe

community

is

only

known

to authorities as

1 he

Magician,H an d seems to

have

a fond·

ness

for

simple

sleight-of-hand

trioo

and

classic art.

Th e Magician

DEXTERITY 10

Prestidigitation 15

STRENGTHS

TOUGHNESS 9

PERCEPTION 11

Divinationmagic16, find 14 scholar

(magic lore) 15, scholar (storytel·

ling) 15, tracking 13, Irick 18

MIND 13

Apportation

magic 18 artist (mu

sic) 16,artist (painting) 15 survival

16 test 18,

willpower

21

CHARISMA

14

Charm 18,

persuasion 19

taunt 20

SPIRIT 11

Intimidation 21, reality 15

Possibilities: 14

Arcane

knowledges an d spells:air

4 mda1 3, i a imate 3, folk 3 -

he

currenlly

possesses a

wide range

of

low-axiom spells similar to those in

th e

ysl sourcebook an d

th e

Torg

Worldbook

bu t

at

lower

effect values

Equipment:Guitar, notebook, flow

ers, juggling balls, cape, folding to p

hat, cane

damage value

STR +2/10),

white

gloves (several pairs), bullhorn

Description:

Th e

Magician is

a

kindly

old

ma n who

most resembles

th e

huckster/wizard from Tile Wiznrd

olOz.This is intentional.Th e Magician

h el ps k eep

morale high

an d

will,

on

occasion, help Knights in

mo re s ub

stantial ways. But

he

is basically

an

Chapter

entertainer

(and storyteller),

and

likes to

keep

to that.

Regina

Regina

is

a city instilled wi th

triotism

and

a

determination

th e

war. Most o f t h e

government

o

cials here

were

appointed

because

t

predecessors

were

kiUed in theslau

terat

Oltawa,and they

aredetermi

to prevent

th e

invasion from tak

an y more

innocenllives.

Regin.. l

hasmadea remarkable

tra

formation

in

the past year, becom

agricultural, industrial,communica

and sciencecenter.Manyof the refug

who managed to escape from Toro

havesettled here, and thebest andbri

est individuals from the other

m

central cities ofCalgary, Edmonton

Winnipeg have

al l

rome

Regin

pool resources and knowledge.

Od

enough,

Regina is

wherepeoplearem

likely to encounter residents from

other

realms simply because the ci

going through such great expans

an d

so

much

wealth and

POWC1

been

entrusted to its residents.

S

j

.

-

, .

: :

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Quebec

Liberte

The failed Meech Lake Accords,

in

spite

of

the invasion,

enough to

send the militant fac

of

French-speaking Quebec intoa

utionary frenzy. The extremists

that

the

Canadian

government

going

to let

Quebec

fall

without

a

ght. While legislation to

secede was

blocked several times, legis

banning

the use of

English in

media

or government or other

communications was

finally

after years of being stalled in

e

provincial legislature. Anti-Anglo

is fierce in a

small

but vocal

of the people

-

the average

of Quebec citizen definitely

ts to

preserve

French

culture, but

t

give

up the benefits of Canadian

tary forres.

To them, now

is

not

e time to

give

up aid unless

there

is

else to

take up the vacuum.

Of

c ou rs e, t ha t a id

has

come, qui

and without fanfare, and if the

ople knew

the source,

they would

beworried.JeanMalrauxhad

supplying French Quebec with

nancial aid and technical assistance

ofthe war, but

recently

made his final move, drop

ing an invisible

maelstrom

bridge

Quebec City. While the technol

y

has certainly been advantageous,

proclamations

the

Catholic Bishops in

the province

rry the common p<,rishioners, who

e used

to a

wilder

lifestyle

than

is

by current dictates. They

feel

threatened by

the increased

of PQ officers who are

pay

g c lo se

attention

to the actions

of

-

th e

morality o f

the

is not welcome, even if his

d is.

Claude

DEXTERITY 11

Dodge

14,

energy weapons

13,

fire

combat 13,

stealth

12

STRENGTH 9

TOUGHNESS

12 19 with

armor)

30

PERCEPTION 13

Cyberdec.k operation 20, evidence

analysis 19 find 16 language 14

scholar

religion) 16, trick 17

MIND

Test 14, willpower 14

CHARISMA

13

Charm 17, persuasion 18

SPIRIT

17

13

without

l ssing

v w

Faith

21 17),

focus 20

6 ,

intimi

dation 20(6), reality 20 16)

Possibilities:

27

Equipment: All of Rousseau s

cybergear

is d is gU is ed t o appear as

normal

flesh) - IRCOM Custom Vee

Cyberdeck response

+2,steaJth

3 pro

cessor power 4 storage 5 l God-

Beam damage value 26), Cyberware:

euraCaI,

EpiphaNeur, interdermal

plale(headandbody; TOU +7/19),Fro

CamEye. CSI

LEOs. FFO

ightView,

Avro PR II.V damage value 19), slicers

STR+2/11);

cyber

value

17

The Maritime Provinces

The Maritime provinces of

New

Foundland, Prince Edward Island,

Nova Scotia and

New

Brunswick are

extremelynervous

about

the

prospect

of an independent

Quebec,

simply

because they

fear it will be very

easy

for a distant national government

to

forget their needs. Already

these

four

provinces are far fr om the center

of

attention because the

war

zone has

effect ive ly c ut t he n at io n in half re.-

gardless of the status of

Quebec. Cur·

rently

the provinces are producing

goods

for

the

war effort and sending

s ol di er s t o fight in t he w ar ,

bu t

at this

point,

they haven t

become directly

involved

in the war.

Mexico

Mexico s biggest

problem

lies to

the

north

of the border. Fo r y ea rs ,

thousands

of people

illegally

immi·

grated to the United States seeking

jobs and a

better

life.

However, once

the i nv as io n h it, m os t of the former

Mexican nationalsrealized that Mexico

wouldn t be such a bad p lac e t o li

after aU and thousands of Americ

n at io nal s, f ro m C al if or ni a t o Texa

also looked to Mexicoas a good pla

to escape

the

grim realities

of the

w

the rest of the world had been thru

into.

Mexico sonlysaving gracehasbe

the modest

increase in oil pr ices r

sulting from increased consumptio

However, Mexico is still

plagued b

overcrowding, unemployment, po

erty, international debt and stagge

ing social problems that have

only

exacerbated

by the

invasion.

These problems have

kept

Mexi

f ro m b ec om in g a

prime

target

of

i

vaders from other realms,

but

no

with

so much

High

Lord

against Hi

Lord fighting. it is likely that the lar

population base

will attract attentio

The

Kanawa

Corporation

is

current

takingadvantage ofsome ofthe che

labor, and the

Akashans

are taking

interest in the pollution causedby th

neighbors to the north.

The

Refugee

Problem

Nearly

four million

people ha

fled the United States, overwhelmi

the infrastructure

for

the

northe

Mexican states of Chihuahua, B

CaWornia Sur,

Baja

Cal ifornia o r

Sonora, Coahuila, uevo Le6m an

TamauJipas. This area is dominat

by

deserts, steppes and fairly arid fo

ests, creating a tremendous drain

available water

supplies

for agrie

ture and other vital indust rie

Mexico s agricultural situation

w

already desperate enough to requ

importing tonsof

food every year,

b

the refugees made the situation a tr

crisis.

The United States, acknowledgi

the

crisis that is indirectly its fault,

h

sent shipments of food, water a

medicine,

but the

refugees

have

intention of

returning to the U.s. un

their homes are

saf e fr om i nv as io

Huge refugee camps have been set

in the

border

regions, but

due

t o l

security, many of the refugees ha



and headed straight for Mexico

and the more habitable southern

of the country.They havemet

refugees from the Akashan

in·

and the Comaghaz plague-

fact, that latter difficulty could be

serious problem in the refugee

very soon.

Teotihuacan

This ancient city was briefly dosed

ast year after a series of inexplicable

ents . Reports from Storm Knight

roups indicate

that

a new

threat

to

he Earth was prevented from estab-

ishing a realm. The city, which for a

brief period had been described as

restored to its former glory,remainsin

ruins.

Now

that the site has been re

pened huge crowds have

thronged

to the sight both for its historical

im·

pact

and due

to the rumors that

bounded

after the dosing. Due tothe

iversityof theoriesandsilenceofboth

the Mexican and American govern·

ments, the city has taken on a mys -

tique

not unlike

that

of Stonehenge

and

Mount Shasta in Ca lifornia.

Thanks to the

gUidance

of Storm

Knights, we believe that all artifacts

of

a potentially dangerous nature were

found and destroyed.

Mexico City

MexicoCity, North America s larg.

est city, now

stands

at a population of

20 million, making it one of the most

polluted, overcrowded and poverty

st ricken cities in the world. Making

the situation

ever

more desperate

is

the prospect that a devastating earth·

quake,suchas happened

n

1985,could

strike at any time.

Mexico City is responsible for half

of

Mexico s industrial capacity,

and

is

one of the few placesin the country to

offer reasonably paying jobs. n o r ~

tunately the city has

been

over·

whelmed by people looking for

jobs,

so thecity is truly taken to its limitsby

the crush of peoplethat jam the Valley

of Mexico.

Currently,

many desperate

people

inhabit Mexico City,

and

if a wily

High

Lord

were to provide motiva·

tion, food, and armament the poputa·

tion could wiUinglygive up their alle

giance to

Core

Earth for food

and

shel-

Chapter Tw

ter.

Stonn

Knights operating in th

area arewe))acquainted with this p S

Sibility, but

are unable

to

counter

it.

is hoped that th e

threat

of th

Comaghazwill actually help keep th

MexicoCitypeople from goingover

to one

of

the invaders at the first

portunity.

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The Delphi Council World book

Chapter

Three

South America,

Central merica

and

the

Caribbean

outhAme<;ca'svast m;n-

eral and agricultural re-

sources,

but

lack of ex

tensive industrial facili

ties, has allowed for ex-

plosive,

but

seemingly uncontrolled

growth in the past few decades. The

result has been vast riches for some

individuals,

but

asa whole, poverty is

a tradition in this region. Argentina,

Venezuela and Brazil have had run

away inflation for years

in

1989,

Brazil's inflationratewasover 1700 ),

with this region contributing several

of the largest debtor nations in the

world - most of these nations have

been dependent upon constant refi

nancing to avoid defaulting

on

inter

national loans.

The arrival of the Akashans thrust

thecontinent intochaos. Peru, Bolivia.

Chile and Argentina were especially

hard hit, as economies and social

norms were cast aside in the rush to

embrace and control the mysterious

bie-technology. Still, thereare some

who believe that, if the Comaghaz vi

rus can be contained or destroyed

which doesn't look very hopeful at

present - thearrival oftheAkashans

may actually benefit this area of the

world.

amemaster Note

For more information on

South America and the reper

cussions of the Akashan land

ings, please

see the

p ce ods

sourcebook.

rgentina-

Behind

the Lines

President Pedro Rios,

of

the popu

lar Peron Party, faces an unenviabl

task. He rulesthe world's third larges

debtornation, and must copewith th

Akashan landing. They have sent

plague upon this nation - th

Comaghaz have infected many thou

sands throughout thecountry, and n

city,

no

town has been

free

of th

dreaded disease. Testing s prove

futile, the disease irreversible.

Rios has pulled back his trustwor

thy forces, but has had great difficult

purchasing weapons. Theonly stron

defense isaround the Federal Distric

surrounding BuenosAires.Comagha

infected individuals have continuall

made their way into the secured re

gions, with thesecreatures, for that

what these people seem to become

acting with (rightening cunning.

Mendoza

This city, located at the base of

major trade route through the Ande

Mountains,marks theedgeofadeser

Located right in the middle of th

Akashan landing sight, Mendoza ha

become

a

major stronghold fo

Akashan forces determined to elim

nate the Comaghaz, and they hav

apparently established good relation

with rogue Stonn Knights who hav

made

their way to the city.

Whilethe local citygovemment sti

maintains power, it has actively cult

vated thehelpand adviceoftheStorm

_.

32



and Akashans, primarily the

engineer Therium. The city's

of

over one

million

must

upon much

of

the surrounding

for its food, and at this time

is devoting

most

of his time

developing more efficient crops in

of weapons development.

Due

to the assistance of the Aka·

the

city leaders

have

built

an

Comaghaz

treatment

avoiding the harsh treatment

victims receive in other portions

the country.

With theassistanceof theAkashans,

eMendozans havebeen able tocare

lly regulate access to the city, and

vent an outbreak of the Comaghaz

reaching the city.

City Defenses

With

the

help

of

the Akashans, a

all four meters tall has been built

the

entire

city. All roads

have

re-routed to the city gates on the

st wall, and due to the strict

new

urity procedures, it takes a full

day

get

permission

to enter the city. In

allaircraftmustactuallyland

an

airfield ten miles

away

from the

where passengers and cargo are

ed, examined,

and shipped in.

is has

proven

inconvenient but ef

ctive - so far.

All visitorsmust proceed tothe huge

lot

just outside the city gates.

one-hour shifts, peopleare allowed

enter

the lot, park,

and enter

the

research lab. On alternate

s, thosewho

have

beencleared

by

e lab are allowed to return to their

and enter

the

city. Those

who

the tests are placed in suspended

imation within the lab. o far, this

s

been

a one-way trip.

The guard towers are nearly three

tall,

and manned by

well

ppedAkashanand human troops.

the towers, they regulate the

ooth and orderly operation

of the

detection process. At any

n time, thereareaIsoseveral dozen

patrolling the parking lot,mak

g sure that no one hides and avoids

detection process. All troops who

y come into physical contact with

individuals are

with sealed suits, and are

orders

to shoot

any

individual

who tries to make physical contact

with them.

Mendoza

Guards

DEXTERITY

Dodge 12,

energy weapons 12, fire

combat 12, melee

weapons

STRENGTH

TOUGHNEss

PER EPTION

9

Evidence analysis

12,

find 10, first

aid

MIN

Willpower 13

CHARISMA

8

SPIRIT 9

Intimidation 14

Possibility Potential: some (35)

Equipment:

Protective

suit

(TOU+10 versus airborne or chemical

attacks> equipped with one k l o m ~ t r

range

radiocom (if character receives

a leavywQund

the

suit has been punc

tured and the wearer may be infected

as norma ), Kevlar ceramic under

armor (TOU+7/15),

energy

blaster

with 2 electronicSight

damage

value

30, ammo 40, 3-100/300/500)

Description: Sealed in the brilliant

blue, face-hiding bio-safesuits, these

Chapter Th

troops inspire fearand obedience. Th

are under strict orders to defend th

cityfromComaghaz infection throu

forced testing of anyone entering

city,

and are

authorized

to kill

anyo

who

refuses to comply. Most arewe

balanced and efficient without be

ruthless, but a very few see their po

tion as a

means

for personal gain.

1.ComaghazResearch LabAll v

tors are required to submit to a co

plete bat tery of tests in this lab.

completestatistics,see the Comagh

Research Lab description.

2

City

Government

Center

T

human government, Storm Knig

and

Akashan representatives plan

defense and

continued support

of

city from this building.

3 Akashan BuildingAll Akash

in the city reside in this organic

bui

ing, which looks more like a hu

cubical tree than a building. Stand

at over 50meters tall, it towers over

oftheotherbuildings in theouterw

area.

4 Marketplace Certainly the m

interesting

portion

of the city, here

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Mendoza

GUARD

roWERS

/

_<_I

GATES

GATES

•

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•

•

The Akashan Problem

The Akashans appear,

at

first glance, to be potentially valuable allies.

However, in the opinion of myself

and

many of my field agents, they

represent a threat to U S interests, primarily through their affinity for the

Living Land. Whenever the issue is brought

up

to their leaders, they seem

to be able only to laugh and smile in their condescending way, and blather

onabout how theedeinos at leastrespecttheirenvironment.Ofcourse, they

do

admit that their actions are regrettable and typical of a less advanced

race. They alsoromment upon the misguided leaderof theedeinos, the

notorious BaNk Kaah.

Obviously, this patronizing attitude is a danger to the United States.

However, we cannot challenge the Akashans one-on-one because of their

superior te(:hnology.

It

is

my

recommendation that we attempt to foment

distrust

and

fear of the Akashans, while making every effort to control

domestic presentation of the Akashans position on the edeinos. We can

hardlyafford toallow the LivingLand residents tobeportrayedas merely

misunderstood. Alternatively,

wemaywish tocultivatebetterdiplomatic

relations with the Akashans, perhaps even to arrange formal trade

and

te(:hnology if we can manipulate the situation to

our

advantage.

Awaiting your directives,

Ellen Connors

Akashans and Mendozans are

l r n

ing much about each other through

the

shared marketplace

area.

The

Akashans will only sell a few non

military biote(:h items,

and

the major

ity of the area is dominated by pro

duce and

meat salesmen.

Comaghaz Research Lab

Therium s research into the natur

of the Comaghaz virus hasn t led to

any startling breakthroughs, but he

has developed a stopgap measure

that slows the progress of the disease

Through a combination of bio-neura

chemicalsand extremely low

tempera

tures,Theriumhasplacedseveralhun

dred victims into suspended a n i m a

tion, and, to date, none of his subject

have passed from FirstStage into

ond

Stage. He has intentionally tried

to synthesize the effects of the psioni

power suspen nim tion in order to

make it available to n o n ~ p s i o n i c s

Guards in sealed suitscan be found

throughout the research lab,directing

the movement of visitors.

4



1. Entrance Every individual walk-

through this area is

scanned by

sensors

that

detect minute

r iances in

body

temperature and

2

Scanner Analysis The Akashan

c to rs in this room carefully study

infonnation gathered by

the

scan-

rs. Any

individual

with unusual

are

given

more careful

scn ·

y. A lo picking total of

16

applied

an electronic lockpick

set

is nec-

r y to force

the

way through

the

, which has a o u g h ~ of 18.

3. Testing Lab One at a time, indi-

are sent into

the

testing labs,

Akashan doctors in sealed suits

ract a

minute

amount of

blood for

The initial testing takes ap-

15 minutes; blood

are

t ak en t o

the

analysis lab

7

for complete testing

and

4

Waiting Rooms After initial test·

h individual is

given

a waiting

equipped

with

a bed and ba th ·

room

and some magazines. While the

complete tests arc completed over a

period

of

one

day, the individual

must

stay i n his in di vid ua l waitin g room

eachsquareon the map represents a

complex

of 200

waiting rooms). Each

of these

rooms

has a specially coded

door

which

requiresa lo picking total

of 17 to get through, and the door has

a

o u g h n ~

of

15.

5 Final Assembly Area Aftersome-

one has been authorized to enter the

dty,large groupsof

these individuals

are sent to wait in this ro om before

leaving.

6

AdministrativeOfficesThevari-

ousadministratorsand

head

research-

ers for

the

lab

are

based in t he se of-

fices. A lo picking total of 16 is neces-

sary

to break

into these offices.

7.

Analysi.s Lab

n

these labs,

the

complete tests on each

individual

are

completed, through a ser ies of com-

puter and biotech scans. Due to the

exhaustive level of testing and the in·

credible equipment at their disposal,

Chapter Thr

the scientists get thr ee dif ferent a

tempts to find the Comaghaz viru

w it h e ac h roll g et ti ng a +10 bonus;

any single test comes up positive, th

individual is considered infected an

f ut ur e tes tin g is done a ft er t he i nd

vidual

has

been

placed in

suspende

animation.

8.Suspended AnimationCompl

Any individual

infected with

th

Comaghaz virus is placed in the com

plex, which s lowly reduces th

patient s temperature

and

brain fun

tion,thereby

impeding theprogress

the disease.

It

is believed that this pr

cess will sustain victims until a cure

found. When a per son is put under

samples of blood and other fluids an

tissues aretouted from thebody int

secure testing area.

Therium

DEXTERITY 12

Biotech weapons

18, dodge 15, e

ergy weapons 15, maneuver 1

stealth

14

STRENGTH 11

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Torg;

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Delphi Council Worldbook

Personal Diaryl 11 November

My activities as a

Delphi

Cou cil agent

have

take me many places. 1thought 1

was

prepared for anything after

my

three month

tour

in the

jungleso{Pe,msyluania.1

thought the WOrst was when we had to kill

that

entire resistance

village

to

prroent

the spread

of

the plague of the

lizards.

However,

my activities in

Bue,lOs

Aires

brought me to the scene

ofyet

another war front. From

my

hotel room

overlooking the

Atlantic,1could see

dozens

ofships

coming

i to

port,

their night runninglightsgleamingoff

the

water.

Distaut

tilaugil, was

tile

uud ofbattle tile ComaglulZ forces were

mOViug

iuto tile dowutowu reg;ou of tile city,

leveling and infecting whatever m,d whoever they

could.

Soon

there

was a k ock at

the

door. I opened it to see five h mans, or more

appropriately, Akashans.

They held

daugero/ls-looking

energy

weapons that I'd

seen shred a

mau. Now was

not tlte time to

argue the point.

1obeyed

them, and they

forced me i too eo

the

neighborhoods still in

cOlltention.

Amidst

flaring blasts

of

energy

and explosiolls that rocked the

ground beneath

me,

1

was take to

a IIewly built

subterranean cavern.

was thell

that

I saw the most

shocking

Sight

since my arrival in South

America.

A huge

i sectoid/crustacean_

like

creature

approached me. I am Desi-dragct, of

the LorOOtt.

I

have

use

for you

a d your

friends, American. YOllr

gove ,ment doesn't trust

the Aknshan rulers and

rightly

so. They would enslave yourselves

as

they have done to

my

people.

Some Akasha1Jshaveeven

seen

thehorror

of

these

actions,

like

my

men

here,

and joined with

liS

But, byal'ying

with my fellow LorOOtt and our

secret

allies, we can cleanse this

world

of invaders. li ineed is your word.

Naturally, 1attemptedto

manipUlate

thesitllation to my

advantage.

While 1only

promised

Desi-dragct

that

1

would

take his plaus into cOllsideratio .1

was

able to learn

that the

Akashans

face

mounting

pressure

from

the various

client

races they dominate. They are

1I0t

as

enlighte ed

as they have led us to

believe, or

are

they

to

trusted.

-

Brack Guiterrez

TOUGHNESS 12

PERCEPTION

13

Evidence analysis 19 fin? first

aid 23 language

17

PSIOniC ma

nipulation 18

MIN 3

Medicine 24, psionic resistance 17

science (biotech)

22

science (chem

istry) 20 test 20

CHARISMA 11

Charm

16,

persuasion

17, tauot19

SPIRIT 12

Faith aka 13 intimidation

16

real

ity 15

Possibilities: 13

Alignment:

Aka

.

Psionic Powers: i n ~ l ~ coII.tau. -

mnd n crKY routing, telekmes,s): PSlomc

Defense (psychic aid, t e ~ 1 M J t h ~ repul

sion),

PsychicSenses (furslg ,t ,liftSt'1Ise.

psychic injrnvision), Aka (mmd stal,psy

chic

willpower)

Equipment: Kinetic annor (armor

value TQU +10/30 aminatral, dalen,

kilith,calaki (damagevalueSTR+8,

18

per round),graviticray d ~ value

30), skimmer, b i o t e c ~ r e p ~ m ~ t

Description:

Thenum

a

fOS1:Ie

biotech engineer who has made

him-

selfavailable tothe leadersofMendoza.

He feels that his expertise will be very

helpful to the people

of

Earth, and

feels a greatdealofguilt

tha.t

people

were

responsible for brmgm&

Comaghaz to Earth - so strong

guilt that he d e c i d ~ 10

~

volved in the war agamst

hiS

Aka phi

losophy. He has established a bi.otech

labin theaty and helped eqUipped

the local militia WIth the advanced

weapons. .

ed

Personally,Therium isanamma

and

brilliant individual when deahng

with science -

and

nearly as over

powering personally.

If

he chose, he

Id

becomea great leaderin thewar

an aUyoftheStorm n i g ~ t s How

ever, his primary concern will always

be the Comaghaz plague.

Economics

Argentina has much

e c o n o ~ i c

tential, with a strong foundat ion.m

agricultural productsand ample

mm

eral wealth. However, theproblemso

the invasion have forced Ihe g o ~ c r n

ment to abandon much of its m m l ~ g

efforts. Agriculture has taken a m ~ r

blow because the government hasn

been able to establish a sure m e ~ s o

monitoring food being brought mto

the cities.

Currently U.S. dollars French

francs and Japanese Yen are prefer

able to Argentine

australs

because

o

current economic conditions.

Brazil

Brazil's exploitation destruc

tion of the rain forests conhnueson a

full speed, despite the d e ~ e l o p m e n t

n

the

rest

of the

continent.

Th

o .

k

economyofthecountryrematnswea

inflation continues on at over 100

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; ~

6



Chaptet Thr

d price controls haven t succeeded

providing basic resources to the

ry poor (these efforts have been

bygreedy industrialists).

razil is a nation of economic con

asts, with a huge poverty-stricken

and a very small, but vis

and

incredibly wealthy

upper

Since the inception of the war, the

razilians have felt besieged by the

of the High Lords. The most

entchallengetoBrazil hasbeen

om theAntipopeJean Malraux, who

thought that his faith would

power fu l

enough

to sway the

sses. After the initial efforts were

buffed, the formation of thePeace of

organization helpedMalrauxgain

influence.

Peace

of

God

Malraux s initiaIopeneffortstogain

nverts to his faith found only fail

but with time his priests in the

untry hit upon a very successful

of

theAkashans.

io de Janeiro

The

fol lowing report

was

filed several months ago by an

agent

posing

as a rich aristocrat.

Her

experiences lead us to be

lieve that Brazil isnot far from a

complete takeover by the forces

of Malraux .. .

Rio

is no longer just an exotic

city

for the jet set; with the ar

rival

of

the

Bible Blasters

(Cyberpapal agents), things are

gett ing very tense. Because of

the cyber agents secrecy, it

is

impossible

to

distinguish

be

tween legitimate Roman Catho

lic clergy and those of Malraux.

My experiences dUringcami

val make me conclude that the

s ituation in the city

is

precari

ous.Thecamivalwaswilderthan

ever, but further investigation

by my contacts leads me to be-

lieve that the cyber agents actu

ally kidnapped scores of people

and

inserted a

typeof

mind-con

trol

technology

called

faith

chips.

The recent arrival of the rov

ing Free People of Brazil patrols

has made the streets much safer,

but intoleranceofnon-Brazi

lia

ns

seems to

be

on the rise.

I have included a list of several

locations that I haven t had time to

investigate,

but

they

do

merit closer

inspection:

1.

The

Free People

of

Brazil

headquarters.I veseen toomany

slick operations not to be able to

spotonea mileaway. Theseguys

are based in the heart ofRio and

if

we re

ever going to trace their

chainofcommand,someonewill

have to get on the inside.

2 Doc s Biotech Shop. This

could be a sick joke; supposedly

this t inkerer-type happened

across a huge cache of biotech

equipment

in the jungle.

If

there

is such a place, he must have

some more elaborate contacts,

and supposedly agents from all

over the planet, including sev

eral

Core

Earth corporations,

have been paying top dollar for

samplesofadvanced technology.

This kind of operation

is

most

likely going to be located in the

rundown warehouse neighbor

hoods. Most of the powerful

biotech has been damaged by its

presence in an alien reality,

and

other stuff is just plain useless.

3

Cyberpapal satellite link.

If Malraux is going to be able to

keep any control over hisagents,

he must

havea

satelliteuplink to

hiscomT1)unication net. Thereare

five

or

six different stories about

where these agents are based,

but no hard proof.



rg: The IRlphi Council Worldbook

Mr.

P r e s i d e n t :

South America has

been

completely r e o r i e n t e d

du e

to th e

r r i v l

o f th e

Akashans,

whose s u p e r i o r technology an d reputed advanced mental p ow er s h av e

given

them a

decided

edge

in t h e i r dealings with South American

n a t i o n s .

The c t i v i t i e s o f th e seemingly

benevolent

b e in g s

has

g r e a t l y undermined th e economic

s t b i l i t y t h t t h i s p o rtio n o f th e w or ld h as

been

s t r u g g l i n g to achieve for

many

years .

The

Akashans

are

a l s o

known to

be

sympathetic

to th e a c tio n s o f

th e edeinos within

th e Living

Land.

These two

f a c t o r s

lead me

to

s t r o n g l y recommend

t h t

we

c on s id e r t he Akashans

a

t h r e t

to th e i n t e r e s t s o f th e United

S t a t e s.

S in c e the f i r s t la n d in g o f th e l i e n s in

November, I have

s ent s e v e r a l groups o f

agents, p r i m a r i l y r e g i s t e r e d Storm Knights,

to

th e re g io n to

i n v e st i g a t e

th e events

in South

America. Preliminary

r e p o r t s , a lt ho ug h s ke tc hy , i n d i c a t e t h a t th e Akashans

r e n t as

in c on tro l

o f

th e

region as they

have

le d E a r t h s u t h o r i t i e s

to

b e l i e v e .

I

u rg e e xt re me caution in th e r eg io n,

an d

cannot

recommend s t r o n g l y

enough t h a t

a f u l l

t r a v e l

embargo b e levied upon n a t i o n s

which

are cooperating

with

th e

Akashans.

Sincerely,

lb e rto Trapper

Regional In fo rma tio n

D i r e c t o r ,

South America

PeareofGod,a secretCyberFranre

ont organization, has beenespecially

ccessful with recruiting, and preach·

preparednessfor thecomingbattles

th the Akashans. Claiming that the

shans intend to rob Brazil

of

all of

s wealth

an d

dominate the

prople

d that they have turned far from the

of

God. the organization has

owly earned innuence among the

an d politically powerful.

Many Peace of God priests, under

guiseof traditional Roman Catho

priests, venture to the rural vii·

es, slowly converting the masses,

ile also forcefully outfitting local

iests with faith chips in

order to get

ir unswerving loyalty.

o f G od Priest

OEXTERITY8

Dodge 12. energy weapons 12, fire

combat 12, long jumping 13, melee

weapons 12, running 12, stealth 12,

unarmed combat 12

STRENGTH 9

TOUGHNESS 9 14)

PERCEPTION

11

Cyberdeck operations

14,

find

12,

scholar Avignon Doctrine)

11,

trick

12

MIND 1

Science computers)12,survivaI12,

test 12, willpower

13

CHARISMA 9

Charm

12,

persuasion

13,

taunt

11

SPIRIT 8

Faith Cybercatholicism)

14,

focus

15 17 with crucifix), intimidation

14

Possibility Potential: some 40)

Equipment: HallowMesh armor

value

5/25 ,

God Meeter damage

value 20), p ow er d ag ge r d am ag e

valueSTR+5/19), Cyberware: Neura·

Cal, EpiphaNeur, BelleView

2Q.20,CSI

LEOs, CyberHam

Receiver,

TSE

LeMotion, Throat Mike, Homer,

OATAS Boomer, MB Charger, Chip

Holder

3;

cyber value

21

Description:Chosen fromthe ranks

of

ordinary fanatically-loyal cyber

priests and nuns, these representatives

of

Avignon havebeengivenadvanced

training in survival, as well as how to

approach and convert the poor an d

uneducated masses of rural poverty

stricken South Americans. Nearly all

Cyberpriests in foreign areas have ac

cess to the Host, a kind of talisman

that temporarily allows them tocreate

a reality bubble even

if

they are nol

possibility-rated. Since most of thei

embassies have more permanen

talismans,

theycangothere

when they

disconnect an d be relatively safe.

Free People of Brazil

The Free People of Brazil is a civi

prideorganizationvergingon thepara

military. Organized around loca

neighborhoods, the individual mem

bersarecharged withpatrolling neigh

borhoods, stopping petty crimes an d

looking

ou t

for signs

of

Akashan

o

Comaghaz infiltration. Unfortunatel

for Brazil, the Kanawa Corporation

has managed to get its fingers very

deeply into this particular pie

by

get

ting control of several of the most in

nuentialleaders.Kanawahastwomain

objectives with the FPB: one, wres

innuenceawayfrom theCyberpapacy

and,

hoIo,

getaccess toAkashan technol

ogy. Because the Brazilian peopleare

s

resolute that theAkashansare not tob

husted,theFPBmembershavehadvery

little trouble getting their hands on an

advanced equipment.

The FPB has also been assisted b

money from the South American De

,..

38

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h a p l e r h ~

velopment Trust, also a Kanawa front

corporation.

Recently, the

FPB/Kanawa

agents

have

come

across the so-called

drug

substitute (now nicknamed OS-Pow

by the drug crowd) that theAkashans

developed to

replacedrugaddictions.

Despite the fact that thedrug is physi·

callynon·addictive,the

S

has found

that the drug is

psy hologi lly

addic

tive:

thereare

literallyscores of

fonner

addicts who now do nothing but take

the drug to the exclusion of eating.

sleepingoranyotheractivity.Through

wide

distribution

of

OS-Pow, the

frS

has built up a virtual anny of plea

sure

addicts.

The

Kanawa represen

tatives

are currently shipping

a large

quantity of the drug to Japan to see if

the

product

can

be

mass

produced

in

Core

Earth or ippon Tech reality,

with plans to market the pleasure

causing drug around the world.

Pleasure Addict

DEXTERITY 7

Dodge9,fire combat 9, meleeweap-

ons 10, stealth 8

STRENGTHS

TOUGHNESSS

PERCEPTION 6

Find

8

tracking

7

trick 9

MIND7

Willpower 8

CHARISMA 6

Taunt

9

SPIRIT

7

Possibility Potential:

some

60

Equipment:

Knife (damage value

STR+3/18); squad leaders

often

have AK-47 s (damage value

21

Description: Totally dedicated to

the cause of protecting Brazil from

outside

threats

and

without remorse,

these

individuals

can

be

encountered

in any urban area of Brazil. They are

often abusive

and

dangerous. Due to

the incredible poverty of the nation,

they will steal any

objects of worth,

and cripple

anyone

who tries to stand

in their way. While OS-Pow

suppos

edly has no hannful

physical

side

ef

fects, it has one major psychological

one: those who enjoy taking it allow

their mental skills

and other

abilities

toatrophy.Theyarelazyand hedonis

tic beyond all else.

Chile

Chile s capital of Santiago contin

ues to

be

the seen of much activity,

as

the South American Development

Trust, with strong ties to theJapanese

KanawaCorporation,has financed the

construction a large,modern business

district just a few blocks from the capi

tal.Theburgeoningeconomy,centered

on

precious metal exports , has pro

vided wealth

and

security to a nation

that has

been

plagued by militarydic·

tatorships for many years.

It is known that the Chilean mili

taryis

planninganotherroup

but rep

resentativesoftheJapanesehave

been

able to convince the rebellious mili

tary officers to delay their plans (per

haps it was the first five or six ship

mentsof

ultra-modem weapons

from

Japan).

The arms

market in the nation

is growing by leaps

and

bounds, and

9



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e black market has been responsible

introducing weapons that have

action throughout thehemisphere

weapons captured in icara

a were traced back to Santiago).

While this

country

hasn t been of

or concern in

the

past,

the

fact that

h s become

the

weapon smuggling

annel of choice causes great con

rn. Ultimately,

discrete, or

even

, intervention may be necessary.

One possible wrench

that

could be

in the Kanawa agents gears,

is the fact that several of the

mines

have proved to

have

re value thaJl

minerals

secreted

them. Several operations have

on Those

Who Wait Aka

n research stations, biotech storage

(with incredibly old proto

other

Akashan

Kanawa

has

taken a

great

erest in these extremely dangerous

and the

Akashans

have begun

tacting Storm Knights

and

send

g

ou t Monitors to secure these areas

they are discovered. 0 one, not

en Rotan Ulka, has any idea what

ght turn up.

Colombia

While

the Colombian

government

s been able to rid itself of a small

the heavily-anned

and

well

drug cartels, the most

pow

and

dangerous organizations

hidden in the troubled nation.

e

cartels still rely

upon

terrorism

d aSS<lssination to rule the country.

However, after the Akashans

the government actively

ou t psyops to hunt down

production factories.

The

psyops

ams have been able to Rush

more

of

e

drug dealers

ou t

of

the

jungle

and

hiding abroad.

A few Akashanscientists havemade

profits for many pharma

companies

by drawing upon

wealth of natural resources in the

rain forests.

Due to the current

distress

in

a, Colombia

has

also become a

ime trade route. With the Panama

closed indefinitely, the new

Highway,

running

Cartagena

to Puerto ellVO, is

onsible for the passage of three-

4

quartersof

the

trade

the formerly went

through

the

canal.

The Hunters

This psyops teamwasoneof the lUst

organized by the Colombian govern

ment. The team has had a remarkably

successful record

and

has shut

down

three different manufacturing plants

with only two team fatalities

and

a few

dozen collateral casualties.

Dragnor; Psyops Team

Leader

DEXTERITY

10

Biotech

weapons 15

dodge

14

en

ergy weapons

13, maneuver

12,

melee weapons 13, stealth 13, un

armed

combat 11

STRENGTH 10

TOUGHNESS 9

PERCEPTION 10

Evidence analysis

13,

find

12,

psionic manipulation 16,

space

ve

hicles

12,

trick

12

MIND9

Psionic resistance 15, test 11

CHARISMA 9

Persuasion 12, taunt

10

SPIRIT 9

Intimidation 12

Possibilities:

21

Alignment: Coor

Psionic

Powers: Kinesis

contain-

ment, e tTgy

routing);

Psionic Defense

general resistance group), general resis-

tallce self), psychic aid, psychic screen),

Telepathy

cloud mind

m n

meld send

tlroughls), Coar t go

strike mind probt

psychic attack)

Equipment: Kinetic

armor

(armor

va.lue TOU+I0/19), tentacle sword

(damage value STR+6/16, see

page

1 1 of the

pace

Gods sourcebook),

starshredder (damage value STR+4/

14/23, see note

on

page 103 of the

Spau

ods sourcebook), pulse

cannon

(damage value

3>

gutadatl

OEX+2/

STR+2), volent rope, transtech bio

tech), vitamin/mineral

packs

5

Background: Dragnorfounded the

Hunters

after learning of the terrorist

actions of

the

Colombian drug lords.

A rogue Monitor, he left the forces,

disgusted with the fact that his people

have

spread

the

Comaghaz to an

aJ·

ready troubled planet. He feels that

he can contribute to the defeat of the

drug lords,

he

will certain ly aid

n

eradicating the High Lords.

Frederico Sanchez, Core Earth

Mercenary

DEXTERITY

9

Beast

riding

la , dodge

13

fire

com·

bat 14, maneuver 12, melee weap

ons 12, missile

weapons

11, run

ning

12, stealth 12,

swimming

10,

unarmed combat 10

STRENGTH

9

TOUGHNESS

8

PERCEPTION

7

Find 8, first aid 9, land vehicles 9,

trick 11

MIND7

Survival 9

CHARISMA 8

Charm

9,

persuasion

12,

taunt 12

SPIRIT 6

Possibilities: 2

Equipment: M60 (damage

value

23), AK-47

(damage

value 21),

two

knives (damage value STR+3/19),

infra·red sight +2 to hit

n

darkness)

Background: Sanchez was a well

known

Colombian mercenary, often

believed to work for

the

same

drug

lords he isfighting now.Quite

simpl

t

the

huge rewards

offered by the gov

ernment were too luscious

10

tum

down,

and his strategic knowledge

has

proven

invaluable to his

Akashan

employer. He is

Iall,

thin, and hand

some, bu t his heart is as cold as the

deep of

space,

and

given sufficient

cause

money),

would

hire

on

for

any·

one else.

Typical

Hunter(eitherCore Earth

or Client Race)

DEXTERITY9

Dodge 12, fire combat 12, melee

weapons 11,

unarmed

combat 10

STRENGTH 8

TOUGHNESS 10

PERCEPTION 8

Find 1O,fir.;taid1 tlanguage(Span·

ish) 10, tracking 9, trick 11

MIND8

CHARISMA

6

SPIRIT 6

Possibilities: none

Equipment: AK-47(damagevalue

21 , knife (damage value STR+3/19),

chameleon suit +3 to stealth), volent

mpe

Description: Most of the Hunters

have

come

from the ranks of the m l -

tary or mercenary organizations. The

current

three meres being used areall

American mercenaries who

saw

ac ·



Chapter Th

on in Nicaragua in the mid-1980 s.

hey are

trustworthy

as

long as there

a

pay

check involved. A very (ew

nt Racemembers have signed on,

ing little (or the Akashan philoso

but

eager to make as much

as

ey can of their exile.

Trans-Colombian

Highway

The recently completed Trans-Co

Highway

runs

from

through the heart of the

des Mountains

and

Medellin, to

he newly built port city of Puerto

the PacificOcean.The route

s built partial ly of existing high

bu t

several months

of

construc

ion in the heart of

dangerous

jungles

mountain

passeswere required to

e portions

of

the road.

Convoysof trucks, sometimes num

ring in the

hundreds

stream from

e cities across the

mountains and

to

the shores awaiting on the

other

side.

With the

dangers

of

the cross country

trek,

many

companies hire scores of

mercenaries to

guard

theirtrucksfrom

drug lord minions

and

overambitious

bandits (although they normally at

tack only small convoys of less than a

dozen vehicles). TheColombian gov

ernment has established a series of 32

military checkpoints in an effort to

keep the trade route safe.

Other

Countries

The following capsulereports sum·

marize the situation in the remaining

South American countries.

Ecuador - Relatively steady in light

ofrecentevents. Relationsopened with

Akashans,

but

situation isverycasual.

No th reats known or suspected.

Economy based on agriculture (ba

nanas, coffee, cacao, rice, and sugar),

and

oil.

Paraguay Economic woescontinue,

General

Andres Rodriguez fac

much

domestic

turmoil.

Officia

Roman-eatholiccountry,strong]es

influences, susceptible to Cyberpa

influences due

to

disconte

Akashan-related incidents report

inWesternborder towns.SouthAm

can Development Trust has offe

economic aid in exchange for fut

land rights; government has refus

Potential trouble spot.

Uruguay - Situation relatively

changed; economy continues to

weak but improving.

Venezuela

- Economy still based

oil exports. Class differences betw

wealthy

and

poverty stricken co

seriously

disrupt

nation if allowed

continue unrestrained. Minor eff

on ou r part could help diffuse sit

tion.Standard protocol for leftist-le

ingmovements: d isrupt, discredit,

mantle. Poor turning toRomanCat

lie church, but Cyberpapal efforts

making substantial headway. A

waiting to

boil

over.

41



The De lph i

Council Worldbook

Central merica

Central America no longerwarrants

intemationaIattentionofIhe1980's.

ile most of Ihe region's open wars

ave been settled, it is important to

that CyberFrance is showing un

ual interest in the region. With

the

power

that the Roman

tholicchurch wields in thisarena, it

seem surprising that Malraux

ould be concerned with this area,

l Ihe religious heritage is an asset.

hrough quiet manipulation by un

er-<:over agents, Malraux has been

ble to forcibly convert many mem

of the Catholic clergy, and they

taken the AntiPope's message to

people. The promiseof rapid tech

logical advancement and earthly

radise' for the faithful has found a

amount of

appeal amongst the

st poverty stricken peoplesofCen

America.

sta Rica - Forced to reactivate the

because of troubles in Panama.

Purchasingarms fromHachiman.Still

agreeable to

U S

policies (primarily to

insure constant economic aid). Pre

sumed stable and loyal.

EI

Salvador Of

onlyminorconcern.

Arena party holds power,

human

rights violations continue. Not a pri

ority matter. Still loyal to

U S

Guatemala - Several months ago

PresidentAlandrosuspended national

elections, to massive protests. Days

later his Lifeless body was

dumped

into the sewers while the army rein

stated itself into power. The military

regime has stepped up theanti-Belize

rhetoric, and with no reslraints, it is

believed that a full military campaign

may be launched by the

end

of the

year.

Recently,a huge seriesof forest fires

was sparked, eventually consuming

750 square miles of forest and killing

nearly 1

0,000

people (Ihousands more

were forced to relocate

to

safe areas

near the coast). It is believed that the

fires were sparked as a result of mili·

tarymaneuvers,but thegovernmenYs

official report labels the fires as my

terious.

Honduras Propped upin the 198

by over

1

billion in U.s. aid, Ihe

public is now broke since the U.s. h

slashed funding. As istypicalofpoo

nations, the rural areas have suffer

the most. as health care, educatio

transportation

and

communicati

have virtuallyceased. Thecapital c

of Tegucigalpa has been jammed

capacity by refugees.

Nicaragua Tenuous peace betwe

the socialist

Sandanistas

and t

American-backed Duartez gover

ment lasted a whole two weeks. Soc

programs delayed while governme

arms population. Full

evil

war see

inevitable.

Panama - Welcome toanarchy W

Noriega gone, the weak provision

government was unable

10

stop t

arrival of the Medellin

drug

carte

Panama City reduced to rubble

drug lord hired guns and rampagi

gangs. Panama Canal

dosed

due



Chapter

Thrre

Mr.

President :

Despite what many

of

you would believe,

the c o n f l i c t s of Cent ra l America

have

remained

low-key,

probably because the media i s n t

paying

at ten t ion anymore

_

i t s

tough

to

get

money

for weapons

when no

one

cares

about

you anymore.

With the disruption of

the

world economy,

especially in

the United States and

t he Sov ie t Union,

there

i s so

l i t t l e

economic and

mili tary aid

to go

around

that many

of the

embattled

fact ions

within

troubled

Central American

nat ions

have been forced to work

together

and pool

t h e i r

resources. Japanese investment has reached an a l l t i m e high, returning

handsome

p r o f i t s

to c orpora te board

rooms

in Tokyo.

The

centra l

f lashpoint in Central America continues to be Nicaragua, where the

popUlarly elected

Duartez government has r e si st e d several

major offensives

from the

openly

rebell ious

Sandanista movement.

EI Salvador and Panama have both ma in ta ined the peace

despite l e f t i s t factions

Supported by th e co nti nu in g r eg io na l

troublemaker,

Cuba. Once again, my agents have

again

found

evidence

of

ARENA

human

r ights violat ions in EI Salvador: i t i s believed

t h a t these actions

have

been perpetrated by the

military,

without

the

knowledge or

consent of President Bertrano Chichil la .

Guatemalan

President

Jose Alandro Suspended elections; mOVing on a wave

of popUlar

Support, the

mili tary

has

since

i ns ta ll ed t h e ir

own

regime.

You

may

want

to consider

t h i s

in regards to

your

own

plans.

The

Caribbean

has

remained

a

general ly

calm

area, with the

Bahamas, Jamaica, Trinidad

and Tobago, and Grenada s t i l l

quiet

and relaxed. There has been

no

marked

increase

in

violence or unusual

events

indicative of

High

Lord a c t i v i t y .

The

only major

exceptions to t h i s are

Cuba

and Haiti .

Cuba has faced d r a s t i c in ternal

changes because

i t no longer has t he bot tomles s

pockets

of the Soviet Union to prop up the failed economic s t r u c t u r e . While the

communists

s t i l l

maintain power, they have

approached our government,

SUing

for peace

and economic assistance. I

say

l e t them

s u f f e r .

Hait i , a nation in anarchy ever

since

Baby D o c ~ Duvalier was cas t out, has become

a collection

of

warlord

dominated

t e r r i t o r i e s .

The

Central

American and

Caribbean

region

a re th ankf ul ly

s tab le

(in

comparison

to

other regions) and the

region s

continued dependence upon t rade

with

the United

States

has been especially helpful to our country a t t h i s time. While

t h i s

region i s quite

favorable to us

r igh t

now,

i t wil l

be

necessary to

make sure that the

s t a t u s

quo i s

maintained.

aria Kastella

Regional Information Director, Central America and

the

Caribbean

violence;severalmajorlocksdamaged

and inoperable.

Belize

Belize is the only English-speaking

country in Central r n e r i c ~ but

is

small in territoryand population (only

about 160,000 residents). Timber and

wood products are the primary prod

ucts of thecountry. Guatemala claims

the entire nation as its own territory,

but

t hasn t taken any overtly hostile

action against Belize . .

Since the invasion, Behze has -

creased the size of its army

to

nearly

10,000, and we believe this is

due

to

thepromptingofdruglordswhohave

escaped from otherSouth andCentral

Americancountries. t isbelieved that

they are setting

up

m ~ u f t u r i n g

operations

n

the isolated

JUngles

and

are willing tobuy security. Thegov

emment

has also cracked down

on

free speech and the political opposi

tion. By applying pressure

t h r o u g ~

the media (as was so successfully utl-

Iized in Nicaragua a few years ago)

we may be able to force the Belize

govemment to remember its place.

Recently, the country was r p ~

by a brief bout of hysteria. Local resi

dents claimed to have proof of zorn

bies and at least two score ritually

mutilated bodieswerediscoveredove

the course of a few weeks. The crisi

seemed to pass quickly, and no proo

of unusual activities were uncovered

by our agents.

Belize has maintained its ties to

Great Britain, and by extension, Pella



Torg:

Tht

Dt .lphi

Council Wortdbook

Ardinay. Because

of the rather

casual

relationship,

many

Ayslish citizens

have taken up residence in Belize (it s

entirely possible that

some are

work

ing for

drug

operations).

The most notable Ayslish immi

grant

is Barhrom of Oxford, a retired

warrior. His motivations for leaving

the magK: realm

are unknown,

bu t

he

hasbecomesomewhat of a celebrity in

the taverns of Belmopan, the capital.

Barhrom

DEXTERITY

10

Beast riding 13. dodge 13, melee

weapons 15, missile weapons 13,

unarmed combat 14

STRENGTH

9

TOUGHNESS 9

PERCEPTION

7

Alteration magic

8,

first aid

9

MIND6

CHARISMA 8

Charm 9, persuasion 9, taunt 1

SPIRIT

7

Honor 8

intimidation 9

Equipment: Sword (STR +5/14),

platemail

(TOU

+5/14), .45Colt(dam

age value 16), bright red capwith gold

trim

Description:

Barhrom served for

many

years within the Corsairs as a

low-level commander

and

trade ne

gotiator. During his

4

years of

ser

vice, he travelled throughout thedisc

shaped

home world

and

jumped at

the

chance to

come

to

Earth and fo-

ment

resistance to Uthorion. With

the

return

of

the true

Pella Ardinay,

and

the realization that hewasgetting

far

too old

to

duke

it

ou t

with giants

and

such.

he decided

to retire to a

more relaxed area - Belize

seemed

to

be

a

good

place to start.

He

spends

his

days

telling wild stories of his ad

ventures, downing a few

beers, and

shows off his elven cap to anyone

who takes even a passing interest in

44

hisstories.While

he

no

longer

actively

adventures, he

has

many contacts

throughout the realm

and

cosm,

and

may be

useful to Storm Knights look

ing for allies.

While Barhom has never made

much

use of his birth magics. he does

have

oneadd

in

the

arcane

knowledge

of

m gi

and

will.

on

occasion, use a

simple grimoire spell.

Caribbean

TheCaribbean hasn t een bothered

by

muchof thestrife that hasconsumed

the

rest

of the

world.

Only

Haiti

is

the

sceneofmuchopen

warfare.The restof

the

island

nations have le rne to

make

do

withwhatisavailabie,althougheasy

immigration has led to an influx of na

tionals from invading realms and in

vaded countries.

Bahamas

- Life goes

on

for the

most

part unchanged in the English-speak

ing

Bahamas. About

the

only interac

tion

the

islands have

with the

war is

what

they read in

the newspapers,

and see on television.

Cuba-Cuba

has

pu t much

effort into

trying to thaw relationswith theUnited

States. Too little, too late. President

Quartermain

has demanded a com

prehensive

reform

strategy

before

committing

to

any

aid.

Dominican Republic

-

The

poorest

Caribbean nation

and

still in jeopardy

as it is being

overrunby

refugees from

neighboring Hait i (at last est imate,

over

two

million). A

desperate

eco

nomic situation has become worse,

with few jobs, and food and shelter

shortages. International aid has been

granted

by the United

States

and

Canada,

bu t few

other

nations have

been

able

to help.

The

military con-

trois most of

the rural a reas

of

the

country and

has

been known

to use

excessive force in order to maintain

control.

Haiti - A nation under duress (it can

hardly be

called a nation anymore).

The

few people

who have stayed on

are simply lying low, hoping to con

tinue

with

theirlives

and

not

becaught

the

middle

of a firefight. The inte

rior of

thecountry

hasdissolved into a

seriesof

nearly-feudalisticstates, with

regional warlords hiring squads of

gun-toting goons to keep control.

The

economy is in shambles,

the

people

disheartened,and worse

yet, there

are

increasing rumors that the ancient

voodoo

religion is being used to

ter·

rorize the population.

It

is

known that one of

Baby

Doc

Duvalier s

cousins, Fran,ois De

Mignaut, is

one of

the

most feared

voodoo

priests

on the

island. How

ever, it is also believed that

he

has

somehow mustered a force of nearly

2

armed guerillas, and uses

doozombies to

supplement

his f o r s ~

These rumors

are

currently uncon

firmed and regarded with skepticism.

Jamaica

-

The

tourist-driven

economy is

now

almost stagnant,

but

the

people

ar e getting

by.

The

island

nation hasspearheaded a trade union

with

other

Caribbean

nations,

and

working

as

a unit,

most

nations

are

staying afloat.

Trinidadffobago

- While the oil

sed

economy remainsstrong inthese

dangerous times, but the people are

fearful: belief in the supernatural has

always

been

an

integral

part

of this

culture,

and withthe strangeevents

in

Haiti, the

peoplearealwayssureto

be

inside, behind locked doors before

dark.



Chapter Fo

Chapter Four

urop

1 1

he eunmeation of Ge,-

many

has

been the single

most

important event in

Europe since the Inva

sionsbegan;forGermany

has now emerged

as

the

political.

e -

nomic,

and

military

leader of

Europe.

Many

free

European countries

have

thrown their

lot in

withGermany,even

though Germany is

now at war with

the Cyberpapacy

of

France.

Early

in the

lnvasion,

the govern-

ment

of

East

Germany approached

the West German government

about

the prospect

of

reunification.

The

rea

son

was two·fold. First, East

Germany

was

facing

economic ruin,

and, sec

ond,

a unified defense.

It was

felt that

a unified

German peop le could de-

fend

against

the

Invadersbetter

than a

divided

people. Soviet

intervention

was predicted,

but it

never

surfaced,

and the

reunification occurred with

few problems.

t

is theor ized thai ,

originally,

the

hardliners

of

theU5.s.R.

went

along

with

reunification

because

Germanycould

then

hecomea

buffer

state, to

be

absorbed

a t the end of the

Invasion. This was a popular fiction

spread by the liberal New Union

supporters.

Initially theWestGerman

economy

suffered as it was forced to help its

poorer relation.

But

it was soon

strengthened as

German investors

began

retooling the EastGerman fac

tories for war.

The

initial

government

was

also

uns table as

the German

people

tried to reacquaint

themselves

with

theirEast

German

brothers.There

were

clashes

of

ideology and national

ism until a young politician named

FredrickCrossappeared on the

scene.

He

reminded the people that their

sis

ter

country France had been

invaded,

and

that

Germany

itself

was

in

danger

of

being invaded.

Under him,

thegov-

emment of

Germany

was

retooled.

The existing parl iament was dis-

banded unt il d is tr ic ts could be

re-

formed, and

then new

elections we

held. Fredrick Cross

became

the fir

Prime

Minister

of the new German

At this point , U.s.

ATO

forces we

recalled.

Fredrick Cross

DEXTERITY 9

Dodge

12, firecombat 14,

unarme

combat 10

STRENGTHS

TOUGHNESS 9

PERCEPTION 10

Evidence analysis 14, find 11, lan

vehicles

t1 , language 3 schol

(politics) 14,

scholar

<realm lore)

MIND

10

Science (logistics) 17, science (po

tics)

15,

test

of

wills 13,

willpow

3

CHARISMA

Charm 21,

persuasion

16, taunt

SPIRIT

9

Reality 16,

intimidation

10

Possibilities:

17

Note: Fredrick

Cross

is a

prodig

as

defined

in

the

Axioms

and

Wor

Laws section

of

this

book.

The bon

has

been

applied

to his

h rm

skill.

Description:Cross

isa deceptive

average-lookingman.He is

about

5 9

weighing about

190

pounds.

Wh

not overly muscular, he

is in shap

Cross has

brown

eyes

and

greyi

brown

hair. Most

people

would

pro

ably describe

him

as a

shopkeeper.

And that

would

not

be

entirely i

accurate.Cross

wasbrought

u

pa sho

keeper in £ ,st

Germany, and he an

his father

managed

to actually

tum

profit in the terrible

economy of

th

nation.

It was there

that Cross

leame

the importance of management

an

making do with what you have.

However, there

is

no mistaki

Cross for a

simple shopkeeper

wh

he speaks. He

has

the ability to spe

toanymanorwomanofanyculture

background and make his

wor

heard. Cross is an orator almost wit

45



Tors:

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De lphi COllncil Wortdbook

To: President Quartermain

From: Alex Martin, European Bureau

Chief

As per

your request,

I

have

been i n c on ta ct with my agents

about

the s i t u a t i o n in

Europe.

As you

are

aware, th e

European

Community has

suffered

on e of the g r e a t e s t

losses

du e to th e

invasion. Two

realms

h av e b ee n e s ta b lis h e d within t h i s

small

geographic

region,

an d a t h i r d

realm th re a te n s expansion from th e

south across

the Mediterranean.

Before

the

war,

the n ation s o f

Europe

were

preparing

to

become a

u n ifie d

community The

community

originally

conceived may now never come into

existence,

but the

f re e c ou n tr ie s

o f Europe

have bande d

together to defend what i s l e f t o f Europe.

These c o u n trie s

have joined

together

to form a common

defense

against

the

Invaders,

s p e c i f i c a l l y the Cyberpapacy.

Your withdrawal of U.S. NATO

forces

did

leave

the region l e s s d e fe n si v el y s t ro n g , but th e

remaining European Countries have

continued the i r defense.

The

r e -u n if ic a ti o n o f

Germany

an d

t h e i r

subsequent

mobilization

has

aided

the defense effor t due to the s a l e s

of

military

equipment.

They

have

a ls o taken the in i t i t ive in the

defense

of Eu rop e b y constructing a

defensive

l i n e t o p ro te ct their country from the

forces

of th e Cyberpapacy. Because of th is

Germany has now become the rallying p oint for the r e s t of Europe.

The new

economic s tre n g th of

Europe ca n no t

be denied.

The

region suffered

g r e a t l y during

the

in i t i l

months of the invasion, bu t since t h a t time, the people o f Europe

have

gained

a new

economic

s tre n g th .

One

reason

for

th is

i s

th e

opening

of

markets around

the

world

du e

to the f a i l i n g o f

U.S.

in d u s try . Germany has become a major s u p p lie r o f arms an d other

equipment,

while

the Republic o f I re la nd has become

l ike

a

minor

s i l i c o n valley an d Hollywood

combined.

Spain an d Portugal seem

to be the only

two countries that do

not

seem to have

gained

economic s tre n g th from th e

invasions,

though

t h a t

i s p r o ba b ly b e ca u se o f the Cyberpapacy s

influence.

The dissolution of th e Soviet Block produced

yet

another major s t r a i n for Europe. There

was

evidence

about t h i s

break-up

b ef or e t he invasions began. P o l i t i c a l dissent, as seen in

Poland

during the l ter h a l f

of

th e 1980 s, gained ground before th e

in i t i l

Invasion. After

the

Invasions,

the

Soviets

seemed to look

inward

to their own

problems, an d

closed the i r

borders.

The people of Eastern Europe took th is

opportunity

to se ize

c o n tro l

of the i r

c o u n trie s .

These

new

c o u n trie s

t r ied

to

enter

the

European

Community

bu t

their

attempts

were

rebuffed.

No

country

had

the

f in a nc ia l s tr en gt h to

help them.

There was also

l i t t l e

hope o f

overseas

aid.

These countries

faced economic collapse,

an d possible

famine. Many

fled t h e i r

homelands

an d t r ied to

find

work in o th e r

c o u n trie s .

Germany

I t a l y ,

an d

Yugoslavia

were forced t o

close their borders.

Some

refugees sought asylum to the

north

in Ayslish

Scandinavia.

A ll

seemed lost

for these

countries

u n t i l foreign

i n ve st o rs a r ri v ed .

Japanese in v e s to rs were the f i rs t to a r r i v e . They began building

factories

an d

updating

already e x i s t i n g ones. The people o f

Eastern

E ur op e w er e also

sent through s p e c ia l

training

sessions so t h a t they would

be

able to deal with the new technology. Within a month German

and I r i s h in v e s to rs appeared on th e scene a nd b eg an building factories an d s e t t i n g up o u t l e t

s t o r e s . These

countries

have now been accepted in the European Common Defense

League.

The

U.S.S.R.

proper

a ls o experienced

a major poli t ic l

upheaval

during the e a r l y p a rt o f

t he in va si on s.

As

with

Eastern

Europe,

th e

breakup

of

the

government

began

before the

Invasions, but th e final

collapse

occurred fter t he I nv as io ns when a

group

of hard-liners

kidnapped the l i b e r a l P resid en t o f th e U.S.S.R. A f a i r l y peaceful

popular

re v o lt then

began

t h a t ended

in the removal

o f

the old poli t ic l

system. Within s ix months,

the New

S o c i a l i s t

Union

New

Union for

short

was

e s ta b lis h e d .

What follows i s a more in-depth look a t the d i f f e r e n t

countries

that now

comprise

the

E.C.D.L., an d a br ief report

about

the New Union

Sincerely,

le x Martin

6



t peer. He is equally devoted to

an d justice, having so much

an d injustice in his lifetime.

is able to look past Ihe problem, 10

e solution, and most importantly,

th e consequences of the solution.

When the NATO forces were

re

lled, Fredrick

Cross

w as a lr ea dy

ed to

work

in

th e

reformation.

hissupportersapproached th e

countries

of Europe

an d

offered

a

new defense

plan. This plan

ould turn the a bo rt ed E ur op ea n

into the European Com·

an

Defense League. The charter for

organization states that member

w ould a id n the Common

No member

would

deni ed funds to

purchase

for this purpose an d no

member

ignore

a plea for

help

from

an ·

h er m em be r nation. All member

began then to mobil ize their

armed forces. German. Ital·

and even Japanese products were

to other counlries in th e

ague to aid in their defense. Irish,

an d

Yugoslavianships

10

patrol th e Mediterranean,

German ships

patrolled

th e

Bal·

Sea.

The Germans have gone a

step

fur·

er. They have erected a defensive

Ihirty

klicks

from

th e

of th e Cyberpapacy. In

sence, they have formed the New

line. At present, this defense

from the BavarianAlps to

e Baltic Sea. While not in th e

same

location as its namesake,

t

s serve

much the

same

purpose.

The area within the perimeter is

own as the ozone and it

is

heavily

by ground and air forces. The

ses that comprise the defensive pe

eralsohave tactical nuclear w ~

t

is common knowledge (inten·

nally) that the Germans plan 1 fire

into th e storm front if th e

hies

toexpand.

At

present,

is defensive perimeter has held, an d

r ss

has stronglyurged other

ions to utilize this tactic.

Th e Gennan government and mili·

ry has been reluctant to utilize con·

ntional w arfare against

th e

after seeing th e results

e U S

has had

in confronting the

Lands. Theyalso fear

the supe-

he Nuclear Threat

The Cyberpapacy has not yet

e xp an de d i nt o

Germany be·

cause of th e brutal honesty the

Germanshaveadopted. uclear

weapons, available tobolhsides

in the conflict, ar e

Germany s

'1ast resort,

an d

their hammer

to the

Cyberpapal

spike. Th e

Germans hope

that, if they

must

use

nukes it will disrupt th e

storm front enough to prevent it

from coming forward. Malraux,

however, understands the

true

threal. T he w ea po ns will pen·

etrate the stormfront an d will

k l l

the people that ar e

support

in g

his

reality.

No t

only

would

he

lose th e people

wh o

would

support

th e new area, he would

rior fire

power

th e armies of the

Cyberpapacy would enjoy

on

their

own

land. The

Germans

have

thus

waged a war of Covert activity an d

strike teams, such

as

th e initial attack

last fall, Operation Central fire. Th e

hope is

that

these attacks will

destabi·

lize the Cyberpapacy, an d that

t

will

fall from within.

The

German

military

no w

consists

of an army air force, Navy, Domestic

Police,

an d

Intelligence. The

conven·

tional forces of the military

ar e

con

cerned w it h t he defense ofGermany.

The main d uty o f these forces is th e

patrollingofthedead man s zone.Th e

Navy, which is locked in th eBalticSea

due to reality storms, defends thecoast

againstVikingaltacksandCyberpapal

infiltration.

Th e

striketeams

ared

ra

wn

from th e conventional forces. These

teams

ar e

highly trained agents,

wh o

could

even

rival

th e

Green Berets

an d

Seals of o ur o wn military. Th e strike

teams compriseabout 10 of the con·

ventional army.

Th e Domestic Police resemble our

Federal Bureau of Investigation. They

were created by combining th e police

force of West

an d

East

Germany

with

the East

German

secret police. They

performnormal policeduties,bu t they

have

also

b ee n g iv en

jurisdiction to

hapter F

most likely lose

some

of th e

people who w ou ld s up po rt a r·

ea s within France.

t

is not a r isk

he is willing to take. For n ow h e

is trust ing in covert operations

to tu m the people of German

over

to his side, t he n h e will not

need to r isk his

ow n

people.

But, the udearThreatworks

against

Germany

as well. Ru

moTS have reached the German

government that

should

th e

Cyberpope losehisrealmoreven

see theTeutonicstateas toomuch

of a threat, he will drop nuclear

bombs on them. AfterOperation:

Central Fire, however,both sides

ar e

lying a little lower.

prevent counter-espionage

an d se

tion. They

ar e

very efficient at this j

but t

is not

uncommon

for

the

forces to arrest a person on suspic

alone.

TheDPdoes havea hard job thou

for

Cyberpapal agents have

beco

more subtle as the wa r progress

Originally

theagents

were priestss

to warn th e people of the apocaly

tocome,

an d

to preach the doctrine

the Cyberpope. These people w

normally

rounded up an d execut

Since that time, the agents have go

underground only preaching wh

they are captured. Rumor has it t

Cyberpapalagents have infiltrated

government an d th e media.

Standard DP Agent

DEXTERITY 9

Dodge 11, fire combat 12, me

weapons 11,

unarmed

combat 1

STRENGTH.

TOUGHNESS 10

PERCEPTION

Evidence

analysis

13, find

scholar (law) 12

MINDS

Test

10,

willpower 10

CHARISMA 10

Persuasion 11

SPIRIT



Torg;

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Intimidation

10

Possibiljty Potential: Some

45

Eq

ui pment:Glock

17

(damagevalue

15 , BuUetproofVest (armor value +6/

16 , nightstick (damage value +3/12),

personal radio

Cyberpapal

activity in

Germany

The Cyberpope has a vast network

of agents in Germany. Most

of

these

agents have very limited cyberware.

Most cyberware is limited to internal

modification, or

J-jacks hidden

on

the

neck with syntheskin.TheCyberpope

leamed early

on

that the way

he

ap-

proached France would not work in

Germany. The Germans were wise to

the games theCyberpope played

and

madesuretheirbloodsupplywaswell

screened, and that there power sta·

lions wereheavilyguarded.Theyhave

metal detectors

and other

equip01,t nt

at very borderstation, airport and rail

terminal.

The new tactic is to subvert the

consciousness of Germany. Agents

have indeed infiltrated theMedia.New

programs show at times victories of

the different Realms, or discuss prob

lems brought about by the war. Sub

l iminal messages are

also being

planted in the outgoing broadcasts.

All Cyberpapal deep agents can

access the CodNet by using a new

micro cyberdeck called the Avenging

Angel. It is small enough to

fit

into a

pocket, but has very limited capabili·

ha.racters

in

Germany

Characterscan playa very

im -

portant role inGerman defense,

evenby just tellingstoriesof their

adventures.

If

any of

thecharac·

ters are artists, they can attempt

to produce inspiring works of

art. At present, the War in Ger

many is a war of propaganda

and covert operations. Germany

will bedefensible

if

the people s

faith in Core Earth is kept alive.

48

ties.

t

is used only to log

reports

into

theCod et.

Cyberpapal Deep Agents

DEXTERITY 9

Dodge

11

4 , energy weapons

11,

fire combat 12

STRENGTH 9

TOUGHNESS 9

PERCEPTION 10(+2

due

to

l ss-

ing

v w

Evidence analysis 11

(13),

find

12

14 , first aid 11

(13),

language

13

OS),

scholar (computers)

13 OS),

trick 11

3 ,

cyberdeck operation

14 16

MLND10

Medicine 11,

science

(computers)

12, test of wills 12, willpower 13

CHARISMA

9

Charm 12, persuasion 11, taunt

14

SPIRIT 10

Faith (Cyberpapacy)

15,

focus

12,

intimidation

11

Possibility Potential: Some

30

Equipment:GWICodMeeter(dam·

agevalue20 , NeuraCal( 5 . Compte s

Stabiliza (+3), Hack (+2), Avenging

Angel Cyberdeck, and Micro Satellite

transceiver. Cyber Value 10

Agentshavealso infiltrated theedu

cational

system. It

is

felt that the child s

mind

is

moreeasily subverted

than

the

adults. thus they are trying to make the

childrenbelieve.ManychiJdren sshows

have

also

been

taken by Cybe<papal

agents,

for

adults tend not to watch

what their children watch.

TheGovernment has alsobeen com·

promised. No agent

is

an elected offi·

dal, but someof the aides and secretar

ies

areCybetp<1pal agents. The forces of

the DP have also been compromised.

Some of the OP officials are actually

Cyberpapal agents. Their mission is to

divert attention away from OPagents,

or to generate trouble for known Ger·

man

Intelligence agents

and

Stann

Knights.

Cyberpapal DP

Agenls

DEXTERITY 9

Dodge 12, fire combat 12, maneu·

ver I0, prestidigitation10, unarmed

combat 12

STRENGTHS

TOUGHNESS 9

PERCEYTION 10


aid 11, scholar(law) 13

T he Defense Line Bases

In thenozone,

thereisa

ECOL

base every 100 kilometers. The

areabetween thebases

is

heavily

mined, and scanned optically

andwith radar. Each basehouses

tactical nuclear

weapons,

a

squadron of tanks, and an air

field for helicopters. The main

air basesare located about60km

behind the Line. Each defense

base houses about 1,500 troops.

All troops that work in these

bases are heavily screened by

the military to prevent Cyber

papal infiltration. Psychological

analysis

are

done, as well as

physical exams. All troops are

subjected.

toa

CA

Tscan todeter

mine if they possess any hidden

cybernetic implants, especially

ith chips.This paranoia has pre-

vented. Cyberpapal infiltration

for now, as no one with

netics will be allowed onto one

of these bases.

MIND

10

Test of wills 12, Willpower 13

CHARISMA

10 +2due

to l ssing

v w

Charm

15

17 , persuasion 13 (IS)

SPIRIT 10

Faith 13, focus 12, intimidation 14


Equipment: As for the OP agent.

At present, the

Gennan

Military.

German Intelligence,

and

The New

Gnomes are free

of

Cyberpapal influ·

eRee. The main reason for this is that

they are paranoid ofCyberpapal infil

italian,and thususe a systemofscreen

ingwhich

is

similar tothat used by the

Defense bases.

The main fault in the Cyberpope s

plan is that he is arrogant in his sup

posed technological superiority. This

arrogance stems from Malraux s e

lief that his technology

is

divinely in·

spired, and thus foolproof. Also, the

tech

surge

caused the cosm to bypass



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LYON

•

VI NON

•

sistanceforces. Thenetwork resembl

theFrenchResistanceofWorid War

Cells ofagents have been formed,an

there appears to be a complex co

system between cells and agents s

up

both to avoid infiltration and sa

guard other cells.

Communications between cells o

curs by using a system of relay s

tions throughout the German cou

trySide. The transmissions are se

through the ground using Morse a

other codes. This ground base syste

@

MAGINOT LINE BASES

a NEW BASES UNDER

CONSTRUCTION

FRANCE

PARIS

•

MADRID

•

6

land E

SPAIN

The most important branch of the

military is the Intelligence and Espio

nagedivision.TheGermans havecon

structed a complex network of covert

operatives with in the Cyberpapacy

composed of

Gennan agents and re-

their equipment and codes to

disrupt

theCyberpapal forces bysending false

information.

that lead

to

this new technol

y, thus Malraux and many of his

ents can not comprehend the useof

ain archaic equipment - Core

arth computers being a prime ex

His agents use high-tech methods

communication. Many of the mes

ges arebeamed to

a satelliteorbiting

ove the Cyberpapacy. The Cyber

believes his system is secure. In

th, German lntelligence Net Raid

s have known

of

thesystem for over

ven months, and they even know

the identity of more than

75

of the

rpope's agents. German Intelli

nce has only arrested a handful of

these known agents.

It is

believed that

large diversion can be created if the

nemy agents are taken all at once.

Gennan Intelligence is waiting

toexpose theseagents until they need

a majordiversion, such

as

the removal

of another stelae. They will then cap

ture the Cyberpapal agents, and use

DLB Soldier

DEXTERITY 11

Beast riding

12

dodge

12.

fire

combat

13

heavy weapons

12

melee weapons

12, unarmed

combat 12

STRENGTH 9

TOUGHNESS 1

PERCEPTION 1

Find

11

first aid 11,Jand vehicles

11,

scholar (Cyberpapacy)

11,

tracking 11

MINDS

Willpower

10

CHARISMA 9

SPIRIT 9

Intimidation 10

Possibility Potential: Some

20

Equipment: Bulletproof Vest

rmor value +6/16), Glock 17

mage value

15

range 3-10/

/40), H K

ell

assault rifle

amage value

21

range 5-50/

0/500), Combat Knife (dam

evalue +4/13), binoculars, hip

ch with first aid Equipment.

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frequendes and utilizes very

radio

equipment.

To avoid

us e

of computers. themessagesare

5 0 that people will be at the

ion to record the message

an d

re

it to t he next stations. Th e mes

es, as well

as

the time

of

transmis

ar e regularly changed to a vo id

his

procedure

is slow.

bu t

o almost undetectable.

TheforcesoftheCyberpapaey have

to

uncover this communication

due to the fact that it is so

an d primitive.

Th e

Cyberpapal

ar e looking for burst transmis

or computerassisted communi-

tions. ToconfuseCyberpapalagents.

e

Gennans

do send burst transmis

or have

GodNet

raiders send

sages. These messages ar e either

or they

ar e

non-sensitive,

an d

ar e

highly

coded. The

Resistance

cels a t u si ng t he se m es sa ge s to d i

t attention

away

from a re as i n t he

they

want

to infiltrate.

Th e Gennan Intelligence agency

have

a

hidden

r ad io b as e that

through Radio Free Europe.

e base is actually composed of five

es that use different frequendes.lf

e goes down or is blocked, another

A

venging

Angel

Cyberdeck

Response: +2

t e ~ l t h 1

Processor: 4

t o r ~ g e

4

The Avenging Angel is the

m os t c om pa ct e yb er de ck ever

made. t can e folded up

an d

pu t in a jacket pocket. Th e main

disadvantage is that th e pro-

grams

haveto be hardwired into

the machine. thus they can never

be c ha ng ed . S in ce t he se d ec ks

ar e made for agents, it has no

need for s teal th or decryption

programs.

The follOWing programs

ar e

normally pu t into the deck: At

tack 1, Armor 3 Alarm this pro

gram

signals the net

of

an attack

an d

summons

an

Angel to aid

the agent).

takes over

while

th e original base

changes frequendes. There

ha s

been

an

almost continuous transmission of

R.F.E. in to t he C yb erp ap ac y for the

last threemonths.

R.F.E.

transmits pro

paganda, trying toconvince thepeople

of

France to resist the evils of the

C yb er ch urc h. Th ey al so t en d t o p la y

some of

the best music in E ur ope.

Th e

Germans

h av e al so i ni ti at ed

Vi de o Free E ur op e. W e b eli ev e that

G er ma n I nt el li ge nc e is using a

Cyber papal def ector to transmit this

directly into the GodNet

using on e of

th e

Cyberpapal

satellites. Normal

transmissions includemoviesofStorm

Knight victories. music videos.

an d

propaganda

announcements.

This

bureau is

unable to assess the effec

tiveness of this tactic

du e

to ou r lack of

agents within the Cyberpapacy.

We also

know

that

German Intelli

genceisactivelyseekingStorm Knights

as

agents. Before contact is made, the

potential agent is thoroughly screened

for loyalties

an d

affiliations. th e

Storm Knight

passes

this test, then

they are approached by representa

tives of German Intelligence. they

accept, they ar e taken to a training

base wher e their loyalties ar e again

t es te d as well as being searched f or

any h id de n cybernetic

implants

even cyber-Storm Knights ar e preju

d ic ed ag ai ns t) Th e t ra in in g for

new

ag en ts is rigorous, b ut it leaves t he

agent betterable to deal with the real

ity for CyberFrance.

As well

as

the Cyberpapacy, some

agents ar e trained to deal with the

reality o f Aysle, for German Intelli

gence does not c om pl et el y t ru st t he

condition of Aysle. t has therefore

sent agents into

Britain and

Scandinavia.

t

is f eared that on e

da y

Lady Pella Ardinay will lose control

an d

Aysle will

advance

to t he s ou th .

Thenetwork

in Aysle isnot

sccureand

n ot as d et ai le d as th e

on e

in France,

bu t this is du e mo re to a lack of tech

nology t ha n m an power.

G e r m a n

I nt el l i gence

H e a d q u a r t e r s

The German Intelligence Training

Base is lo cated in t he Bavarian A lp s,

b ut t he t ru e headquarters is located in

an office b ui ld in g i n Berlin. Th e t op

thr ee floors of the I nter national Mu-

tual Building is actually the center

this

espionage

web.

The HQ was placed in this locati

to hid all of t he transm issi on e qu i

ment as well

as

the heliport

on

the t

of the building. This way, the base c

be hidden

in the metropolitan jung

of Berlin.

Accessto the

to p

floorsof this buil

in g

is

highly restricted. There ar e on

tw o elevators to these floors, both

only

open

toon1ya few floors. Th e fi

elevator opens t o a restrict ed a re a

the parking gar age, which is

guard

by snippers. Th e

second

elevato

which is also guarded by

hidd

agents. opens to t he m ain floor o f t

building. Th e elevators,

an d

elevat

shafts, ar e also monitored

so

that

on

known

individuals can gain entranc

Typical

G erm an Intelligence

Agent

DEXTERITY 10

Dodge 13, fire combat 15, lock pic

ing 12, maneuver 12, melee wea

on s

12. prestidigitation 12, stea

14, unarmed combat 13

STRE

G T H .

TOUGHNESS

PERCEPTION

11

Evidence analysis 14, find 14, fi

ai d 12 land vehicles 12, langua

13,scholar computers) 12, tracki

12, trick 13

M I N D

Test of wills 11. willpower 11

CHARJSMA 11

Charm 13, persuasion 13 taunt

SPIRIT 10

Intimidation 11


Equipment: HK 4 dam age val

15,range3-20/25/4Q), Personal Rad

or cellular phone, Various equipme

dependent upon

the mission.

The

Economy

T he G er ma n Economy has b e

strengthened by the war. Th e produ

tion of munitions has become a b

business,

a s ha s

the production of a

mored transport

an d

aircraft. Germ

Industrialists have even been openi

factories

an d

research faci1itiesinoth

countries to ai d th e wa r effort. t h

also become

apparent

that there is

core of industrialists coordinating t

activity of German industry.

,

~



Chaplrr

Fm

h r cters in German Intelligence

his organization is known as the

ewGnomes, anditiscomposedof

the CEO s of German and Irish com

panies. t is believed that this organi

z t ~ n is behind the rash of corporate

espIOnagefrequented againstJapanese

companies in Eastern Europe.We also

have evidence that this organization

has been hiringStormKnights-some

independents and some through the

GuiJdmaster in Hawaii.

Even though thewareffort hasbeen

going well, and the economy is look

ing good, there is an atmosphere of

fear inGermany. The people need re-

assurance. Films depicting the victo

ries of Storm Knights have become

very popular, as has parades and fes-

tivals honoring Storm Knights. The

government hasstarted actively back

ing film crews to travel with Storm

Knights and record their deeds. The

people are starving for some thing to

renew their faith in theworld.Manyof

the people are to the point of despair.

Characters that wish to work

forGerman Intelligencewill have

toundergoa rigorous testingand

training period. The characters

will be approached by German

Intelligence, and will

e

given a

chance 1 work withGerman In-

teUigence, or leave the region

(they don t like

r

agents).

the characters accept, they will

be

taken to a secure hospital

where theywillundergoa physi

cal exam.

Ifcharacters possesscybernet

ics, then they will

e

taken to a

safe house where they will un

dergo an intense psychological

exam. on-<yberneticcharacters

will also undergo psychological

exams, but they will not e as

rigorously tested.

After this, the characters will

e

sent to the training bases in

the Alps. Upon completion of

the two month training period,

the characters will have oneadd

in

scholar(Cybt rpapacy),

plusonc

add in oneofthefollowingskills:

Gcrobatics, dodge.

fire

combat,

land

tN hicle, l ~ v y

we pons scholar

computers ,

scienu

computer

sci-

l nu),disgu;SI . orfirst aid.

Charac

ters who already have adds in

these skills gain no benefit from

the training, but all characters

may spend Possibilities

to

learn

any of the available skills. They

are considered to have a teacher

at this time.

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Mixture

of

Magic

and

Technology

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Ireland

eland has become one of the ma

powers of the world as a

of

the invasions. Before the In

the

Irish government had

some of their trade restrictions

owing foreign investors to set

up

facilities in Ireland. Many

es, including

some computer

moved

their entire facili

to Ireland. Ireland then filled

part

e void created by the global eco

c crash that was created by the

present Ireland

is

a

patchwork

lities. The reality of Aysle rests

Middle Ireland has become a

major area of both scientific and

magical research of late. Dwar

ven and human engineers have

been working tocreate items that

work on

both

the principles of

Earthscience

and

Ayslish magic.

They have created guns

that will

fire bulletseither using gunpow

deror

the m t l knowledge (you

just have to flip a switch).

The

most successful experi

ment

yet was actually a mistake.

A young

dwarven

mage was

using a computer when the fol

lowing message came up on his

screen:

Message from Daemon;

you

have exceeded your memory al·

lotment.

The young dwarf

was con

fused

and scared. She used her

magic todeterminewhat type of

entity lived in thecomputer but

her magic found none. Instead

of

going to her superiors, she

decided to summon

up

another

spiri t to enter the computer to

find theDaemon. At present, this

spirit still inhabits the computer

(it found it liked it in there), and

Core

Earth has its first sentient

computer.

The computer isan entity

that

comes from the cosm

of

Aysle. t

upon Northern Ireland, while the rest

of Ireland seems relatively untouched.

At first it was believed

that

Middle

Ireland had also been invaded for

dragons and dwarfs began appearing

in the area. It soon became apparent

that both the normal reality of the

Earth and that

of

Aysle coexisted in

this region. This

new

region of mixed

realities has become a region of in

tense research on the parts of both

Irish and dwarven scientists. A few

companieshavebegun doing research

in the potential of combining magic

and technology. One new area of re

search is the production of

equipment

that

can operate by either magic or

technology.

is

currentlyaligned to honorand

isgenerally satisfying itselfwith

learning about its new habita

tion. Overall, it believes itself to

be better off.

Theentitywasa bottlespirit

spirit that can

be

imprisoned

in a bottle

or other containerand

forced to perform services be

fore being freed. This entity has

found that its new pri son

within the

computer-

is

nearly

as vast as the outside world. So,

it is generally well-disposed to -

wards those

who

put it there.

The computer functions as a

normal computer,

bu t

needs a

agicaxiom of

9

or higher to

workproperly.Theentitywithin

hasmade a few modifications,

however. The spiri t has diuina-

tiO l agicand at least one

add

in

every

arcane knowledge, and it

is

able to use these wi thin the

computer.

The only

drawback

to this ar

rangement is that

the

entity

seems to have taken on the per

versityof the machine.Original y

mischievous, the spirit

is now

also incredibly literal - gar

bage in, garbage

out

the motto

of the computer operator, has

now become the byword

of

the

machine.

Government

The

government of

Ireland has re

mained the same, and it is part of the

European

Common

Defense League

The Irish Defense

Army at present

is

smaU,

bu t

they have a very effective

system to mobilize the country.

t is

est imated that the

country

could be

mobil ized for

war

in

under

three

weeks, field inganannyofabout35,000

men

and women. The Irish have no

yet perfonned a fuD mobilization,how

ever, because the government fears a

reversal in Lady Pella's condition i

they test-mobilize, t could set thing

off.The Irish have thereforecreated an

Intelligence Network within Aysle.

I

is very primitive,

and

not very effec

tive, but they

tend

to receive informa

tion fast

enough

to prevent

mos

threats. They have also begun enlist

ing men into the anned forces, as wel

as

purchasing

military equipmen

from Germany and Japan.

t

is be

lieved that the Irish government ha

purchased tactical nuclear

weapon

from

Germany bu t

this is still an

unsubstantiated rumor.

Organizations

Several independent organization

have

sprung

up

in the European com

munity. While many were organized

to fight the invaders, still more wer

set

up by

thuse professing enlight

ened

self-interest. One of these i

called

the

New Gnomes.

The New Gnomes

The

New

Gnomes are

in fact a real

ity.

It

is

a group dedicated to preserv

ing European economic rights. Th

Inner Circleis composed of

13

people

four Germans, three Swiss,

one

Ital

ian, and five Irishmen. The leader o

the organization is George van Allen

the Irish

owner/CEO

of

van

Allen

Electronics.

George van

Allen

DEXTERITY 8

Dodge

10, unanned

combat 9 fire

combat

9

STRENGTH 8

TOUGHNESS 8

PERCEPTION

10

:

;

WO:V



Evidence analysis 14, language 12,

scholar (business) 16. scholar (com

puters) 12, scholar (realm lore)

11

MIND

11

Science (business) 20, willpower 14

CHARISMA 11


SPIRIT

10

Reality

16,

intimidation 12

Possibilities:

21

Noles: George van Allen is a

Prodigy,

as

described in the Axioms

and World Laws sectionof this book.

His bonus has been applied to his

ence business skill.

He formed the group soon after the

Invasions when it became

apparent

that the

Ja

panesewereexpandingtheir

industry even moreaggressively than

usual into new markets. He was also

amazed at the rateat which Japanwas

making technological breakthroughs.

The

group s

main interest

is

in the

elimination of the Japanese threat to

the European Economy. At present,

they

do

not know that Japan has been

invaded.

TheNew

Gnomesdedded

that they

would have to create a network of

corporate spies to uncover the infor

mation they needed to prevent Japa·

nese companies from taking

over

Eu

rope, so they created the Irish

Adventurer s Club. h 1.A.c. is the

operationsbranchoftheNewGnomes,

and

it

is

their task tosteal information

and prototypes, as well as to cause

general problems for Japanese com

panies. The Gnomes understand that

to keep Europesafe, they must under

stand the Invaders, and work against

them. They therefore send I.A.C.

agents into different realms, under the

cover of hunters and photographers,

to unlock the secrets of

the

realms, or

again to cause general problems.

Typical LA.C Agent

DEXTERITY

11

Acrobatics 13.

dodge

15, fire com

bat 14, maneuver 12. melee weap

ons 13. pick locks 14, stealth 14,

unarmed

combat

13

STRENGTH 10

TOUGHNESS 11

PERCEPTION

10

Evidence analysis 13, find 12, land

vehicles 12, language 12, scholar

(business) 11, scholar (computers)

12, tracking 12, trick 13

MIND9

Test

of

will 12, willpower

12

CHARISMA 9


11

SPIRIT 9

Intimidation

11

Possibility Potential: Some (25)

Equipment:

S W Magnum

(damage value 17. range3-l0/40/SO),

suit, personal radio

or

cellular phone,

LA.C. credit card (Bank ofGermany)

Description: The LA.C. is a very

well organized intelligence agency,

Chapter F

and has about as much cash flow

the CIA inAmerica. The LA.C. age

are someof the most well-equippe

theworld, but they also tend to tak

some of the toughest missions. T

are a mix of industrial spies and m

cenaries, someof the best in the wo

Patrick McNamee, Leader LA

DEXTERITY 11

Acrobatics

13,

dodge 15, fire C

bat17, lockpicking 16,meleewe

ons 13, missile weapons

13

pre

53




C

yberpapal Activity in Ireland

Jean Malraux has seen that the movie industry, while some

Aysle is undergoing more inter- have infiltrated the priesthood

nal strife,

so

he

ha s

decided that

oflreland.AfewCybemunshave

it

w ou ld b e a good t ime to start also infiltrated Catholic schools.

acquiring converts to th e Reli- The government of Ireland has

gion of the Cyberpapacy. Th e yet

to

perceive the threat.

Cyberpope

feels that he could Th e Roman Catholics clergy

take Ireland with littleeffortsince

on

the othe r hand has perceived

Ireland is predominantlyCatho-

thethreat,and has started to take

lie. His a ge nts have tried to

be

~ t i o n

against it, including hir-

very subtle in their tactics. Some

In g

people

to dispose

of

have infil trated the media an d

Cyberpapists.

struction of a defensive

perimet

thirtykilometersfrom thestonn front

and hasgiven Mr. Cross control of th

Italian intelligence agency.

Italian industry has also retoole

for war. Italian car

companies

ha

begun to produce tanks an d milita

vehicles, while Italian ship

yards

ha

b eg un t he p ro du ct io n

of war

ship

The

p rep ar at io ns c on du cte d b y t

Italians pale in comparison to th e m

bilization which

occurred

in Vatic

City since th e Invasions began.

Rome

and

Vatican City

digitation 13, stealth 14,

unarmed

combat

14

STRENGTH

10

TOUGHNESS

10

PERCEPTION 9


ai d

II ,

air vehicles

II ,

land vehicles

II ,

language to, scholar (comput

ers) 14, trick 12

MI D 9

Survival 12, test of wills

II ,

will

power

11

CHARISMA 9

Taunt

14

SPIRIT

8

Reality 18, Intimidation 14

Possibilities: II

Equipment:

Patrick McNameecan

t

any equipment

he needs fora mis

bul he is

known

to always carry

Magnum damagevalue17, range

an d

wear Irimesh

ech

24

+3/20)

Description: McNamee, before th e

wa s o ne o f th e

world s

most re

industrial mercenaries. No

was

to big; no fee

wa s

to

bi g

-

he

uld pull it off. Now,

he

honestly

hesto fighl the I nvader s -

though

mind turning a profit

at

the

time.

Asofyet, th e intelligence networks

th e world

have

yet to crack their

transmissions. This

is a

direct

of va n Allen s poetic

nair

for th e

matic. All transmissions between

en ts a re c od ed into poetic verses.

ese verses ar e then translated into

ree diffe.rent languages. So many

(or Imes) ofeach verse will

be

in

a specific language. a person does

not

k no w t he l an gu ag e c od e

for

that

week, then what they translate will be

gibberish. a person doe s happen to

translate th e message, they will then

be

left with a poetic verse full of allu

sions and metaphors.

Italy

Th e Italian government iscurrently

~ n d e r g ~ i n g th e instability character

Ishc

o

Its history since the ending of

World War

U

The Italian constitution

andgovemmenthaschangedoverl00

times. In recent history, this political

turmoil has subsided to a degree, bu t

t he c ou nt ry is still to m by political

factions.

It

was th e influence of the

ne w

Germany, an d thepresenceof the

Cyberpapacy, that caused even this

amount of stability to occur.

Th e

government

of Italy isa parlia

mentary system.

Th e

Prime Minister,

however, iscontrolled b y t he Minister

of Defense -General AlfonsoTulini.

General Tulini has

insured

that

th e

defense

of

Italy is th e

most

important

element

of

Italian politics.

General Tulini has also

started

a

program of propaganda

1

keep th e

mind

of

th e people focused

on

the

task

of

defense. His campaign

of

public

serviccannouncements,

movies, post

ers, parades, and songs

ha s

been of

great help in motivating th e people

to

defend their country.

G en er al T ul in i,

taking

Fredrick

Cross s

advice, has

begun the con·

On e

month after th e initial inv

sion,

Pope

Innocent VI called a co

clave of all

th e

faithful to discuss t

appearance

of this ne w threat to the

religion. Someof the

most

holy peop

of th e Catholic church attended th

meeting.

During

this

meeting

somethin

wonderful took place; miraclesbeg

tooccur. People in Rome were heal

b y t he touch ofa priest, an d those wh

came to the Vatican were fed b y m a

from heaven,

but

the greatest mirac

occurred within th e

meeting. t is

r

ported that an angel appeared befo

those

gathered and

told

them

in

GOO

name

to fight this threat with all p0

sible weapons.

Or

so

the reports state.

Th e Catholic Church has prepar

fOfwar. ThePopehascaliedaCrusa

against theCyberp.lpacy,and the fait

ful have risen to thecal Many you

m en a nd

women

have come to Rom

to help. Ma ny have been taken

on

Vatican Guards, to

supplement

t

SwissGuard.Others havebeentrain

as secret agents. Th e Vatican no w h

an

active secret service.

T he C hu r

has also seen

an

increase in donatio

an d tithes since th e War began.

The money raised has gone to for

fying VaticanCity,

an d

buying equi

ment for th e Church s troops. T

Vatican is no w a true fortress, an d t

people of Rome have now begun ca

in g it th e Fortress of

God.

However, the Pope has made su

that no on e forgets their true purpos

While the military defense against t

Cyberpope s forces is the most visib



Chapler F

yberpapaJ Infiltration of the Roman Catholic Church

change

in

policy, the spiritual battle

being fought is incredible. Priests,

missionaries, and relief workers are

all over theworld, bringingcomfort to

Catholics and non-eatholics in their

time of need.

is to the Church s

credit that prejudice

among

these

Catholics against non-eatholics (in

deed, against nonhumans) is

atan

all

time low.

The only exceptionto this rule is the

Cyberpapaey. Many of the more fa-

natic followers of the True Pope have

an

almost irrational hatred of anyone

suspected of following Cyberpapal

doctr ine. Indeed the wearing of

cyberwarehasalready beencaUed the

ew Mark of the Beast.

TheV.S.S.

As statedbefore, theRomanCatho

lic Church now has an active secret

service. This organization has been

dubbed the

Vatican

tcret

ervice

or

V.S.s. for short. The V.s.S. is com

pos ofmembersof thedergy as well

as non ordained members of the

church.

One branch of the V.s.s. works ex

clusively within France. This group

works closely with German Intelli

gence and the French Resistance.

appearsthat theirmain task is tospread

sedition. Many of these people are

priests or nuns who preach the doc

trines of the Roman Catholic Church.

Unlike theCyberpapacy, theagentsof

the v.s.s. are subtle. They do not get

Soon after the Tech Surge,

agentsof theCyberpapaey infil

trated theCatholicChurch.They

forged documents so that they

could be accepted as priests in

different countries. At present,

there are cyberpriests located

in

churches all across the world.

Most are relatively minor func-

on

a soap box and preach. Inste

theyput

up

posters,highlighted pa

of the Bible, or leave pamphl

around. Some have also been kno

to spray paint messages

on

buildi

or serve secret Mass. They are cau

and subjected to the Inquisition

quently, but this serves only to

crease the number of martyrs.

The next branch of the V S S is

volved with internal security.

tionaries, but they are growing

in strength and power.

The main goal of these agents

is to slowly change the minds of

the people over to the Malraux

Doctrine.

If

not stopped, it iscon

ceivable that they

will

have a

vast number of converts within

the year

~ : : : · _

55



Chapter F

on itions in Eastern Europe

ompanies that had branches in the

.S.S.R. left after the collapse.

The new government hoped to re

ild the economy, but it wasobvious

t most countriesof the world could

help. Then the Japanese appeared

thescenean d offered the ne w gov

a solution to their problem.

e deal would allow Japanese com

ies exclusive rights to export

an d

ports, while a certain percentage

nt to the Soviet government. The

officials had few alterna

ves.Thedealwasalmostsigned when

e ne w government pulled out, ex

country. The Japanese were

furi-

butthegovernment turned a deaf

r to them. Project

Omen

had finally

old them the

true nature

of

japan.

The

government

then approached

Irish industrialists, but to

avail. Neither group could finance

w projects in the Ne w Union.

wa s

p

to the republics to rebuild their

n economy. soon became appar-

t though that they

di d

have a prod

an d a market. Themselves.

Backpedalling into a production

d barter type of economy, ~ w

nion is currently almost able to sup-

ort itself. By t rading off some of its

revious scientific developments an d

nformation <of which it has a

101

it

as been able to stay afloat. Barely.

There

is

on e strangeanomaly in the

ehavior of the

Ne w

Union govern

ent. They have asked all of their

eople to bu y chemical safety suits,

asmasks and

water test kits. Itseems

hat thegovernment fears the threat of

hemicalor biological warfare,

bu t

we

o

not know from where. could be

that they perceive that there is a threat

from China, which has recently -

ome highly industrialized, bu t this

eems unreasonable. No on e is cur

rently threatening the

Ne w

Union.

Eastern

Europe

The countries that comprise East

r n Europe have seen a great deal of

changewithin the last tw oyears.When

the Invasions began, the attention of

the world was turned

to

the battle for

ou r

reality. The political condition

within these countries became even

worse. Economiccollapse seemed im-

The region is very unstable.

The political situation could go

novaat an y timeresulting innew

revolutions. Both 3327 an d the

Ne w

Gnomes fear this occur

rence, for the ne w governments

might just nationalize all indus

try. They have therefore began

to brainwash their employees

into thinking that only the com

pany can protect and provide for

them. Many of the employees

now live in company towns

or

apartments.

But this special treatment of

employees anger those who are

not employed by the foreign

companies, which has sparked

new hatreds. There are growing

movements that support the na

tionalization of industry. This

could en d out in a major battle

between the different

groups

in

volved.

ffhe region is also becoming

minent, an d thepeoplewere

no

longer

satisfied. When it wasobvious that no

ai d

wa s

going to come from th e

U.s.s.R., the people roused themselves

an d cast ou t the o ld Communist re

gimes. Most of the reheUions turned

violent

as

the hard-liners tried to main

tain control,

bu t

most

of

the military

did not back the old dictators. Four

months after the Invasions began, the

last of the Eastern European countries

declared it s independence, bu t their

trials were only just beginning.

was autumn by this time, an d

much

ofthe crops had been destroyed

during the rebellions. What remained

could not sustain the populations. Be-

yond this, economic collapse wa s im

minent. There were no foreign inves

tors that could finance new projects in

the region. The countries were in tur

moil, an d i t was not helped by the fact

that most of these countries were also

dealing with internal strife between

thedifferent ethnicgroups. Their new

found freedom was more of a curse

than a blessing. Many countries tried

thecenterof activity for thecrimi

nal element with in Europe. The

black market ha s once again

gained support as the people

w ho do

not have corporate ben

efitsseektogaingoods.

Thedrug

trade hasalso found a new outlet

in Eastern Europe. The drug

trade preysupon those whodon t

have corporate jobs (i.e. the ur

ba n poor). At the same time,

some

companies. notably th e

ones

from Marketplace, have

begun using

drugs

to keep their

employees happy. In general. if

you need to find goods, services,

or information, look toward East·

ern Europe.

It is also apparent that 3327 is

setting the region

up

fora hostile

takeover. In fact, the trainingses

sions for the ne w employees al

lows the companies to prepare

the people to accept the new re

ality.

toget back in contactwith theU.s.s

b ut to

no avail.

It

was then the Ja

nese investors arrived.

In the fifth month of the Invasio

a group of japanese investors arri

in the region to talk to the differ

governments about the possibility

setting

up

new facilities in the reg

At first the governments were re

tan , bu t they finally agreed, mai

because they had noother choice.

Japanese then came in with speci

teams to train the populace. Work

gan to re-tool the factories to allow

more efficiency. The

japanese

also

ga n importing products an d loa

the countries money with which

purchase food.

Within a month,a groupofGerm

an d Irish investorsapproached the

European countries about the po

bility of establishing ne w facilitie

the region. These countries, still d

perate for money an d goods, agre

Thisangered theJapanesegreatly,

they had invested too much by

timeto just pullout. Presently,Eas

~ · _



The


e is heavily industrialized,

and

e economy of the region has stabi

zed, but the countries are in heavy

t to Germany, Ireland,

and

Japan.

The stabilized econo my has not

the internal problems thatthe

tern Europeancountries face.Strife

tween ethnic groups has increased

s one

group

claims discrimination by

ther. There

is

also the problem of

rate espionage that has increased

te.The region has becomea major

t spot.

and

the govemments of the

ea are becoming unstableagain. The

ms of politicalCOTTU ption have been

ugh to destroy the peoples faith in

governments,

and

more revolu

ons are possible in

the

area.

Overall, Eastern Europe

is no better

f then it was underCommunist con

l. The freedom that was gained has

en belittled by the

new

problems of

hnic inequality, corporate politics,

crime. The region could

be

a good

rce of information, but it will take

great deal of time before it will be

le to enter the fight against the In

ondon

When the realm of Aysle landed,

at was once the United Kingdoms

ame no more. Mostof the members

f Parliament were in London when

e Invasion began, as was the Prime

nister and her cabinet,as wellas the

en. All ofthese people werespared

change in reality, because London

pparently immune to the change

reality.

Many members of parliament. as

ell as many citizens of London, felt

lated.Theyworried about thcirrela

in the country. Many ventured

nto the countryside, and only a few

e returned.

Initially, what was left of the gov

rnment tried to reach the outside

rld for aid, but none wasforthcom

ng. Instead, envoys from Uthorion

while he inhabited the body of Lady

ella) made threats to those who re

in London. The people were

ld that they would surely die

if

they

emained in the city. These threats

ngered the people more than any

ing else, so they vowed to stay.

During thenext month, famine, vio

lence. and crime struck the city. All

seemed hopeless until a brave pilot

discovered that

i

you circle the city to

a height of

arout

one mile, you could

fly over the stormfronts. n this way.

London was able to reach the outside

world and gain some needed supplies.

After Lady Pella schange, the gov

ernment of Aysle took great pains in

helping thecity of London. Shipments

offood and clothing came on a regular

basis then, but it did little to stop the

growing criminal element

in

the

city

Soon, whole sections of the city were

barricaded off as militarized zones.

By order of the Queen, the Prime

Minister took control of the city. Her

first orderofd uty was to

request assis

tance from Lady Pella. Lady Pella an

swered the request by sending

soldiers of the Home Guard into Lon

don to help the police, but in

retum,

she asked for the help of the London

govemm ent. Lady Pella did not un

derstand

the world she

had

been

brought into, and she needed help in

ordering her own realm. The Prime

on on

London

is

a hard point. Actu

ally, it is composed of multiple

hardpoints. the most prominent

being Buckingham Palace.

t

is

possible that London will never

be taken but will have to

be

de

stroyed by the Invaders.

At present. London is

on

a

limited

power

supply

There

w er e no useful pow er stations

left after the axiom wash, and

mostof London was working off

of imported and self-generated

battery pow er for the first few

months. A team ofscientists from

London University then discov

ered that they could use the tur

bulence

in the Thames, which

was caused by the water enter

ing a new reality, to gener ate a

minor a mount of power. They

further discovered that

wind·

mills placed nearthestormfronts

ar ou nd London could also

be

used to generate power. These

Minster then went to Oxford to talk

the ruler of Aysle.

In Oxford, thetwo signed an agree

ment which had the

follOWing

cond

tions: the govemment of Aysle woul

accept four advisors from London

aid in the governing of the British Isl

the HomeGuard would assist the Lo

don police in keeping order, Scotlan

Yard would help the Home Guard

investigating strange activates with

the realm, and the London govem

ment would put M.I.6 at the dispos

of the Ayslish government.

Thisarrangement hasso far worke

out quite well. t has allowed the ru

ing body of Aysle to make informe

decisions in dealings with othercou

tries, and the combined police force

have

donea

great job in keeping ord

in London, and in the realm.

London isstill a haven for crimina

and

evil monsters, but

it

is

also a goo

star tin g point for ex ped itio ns in

Aysle. The people of London are als

willing to trade information with ne

people, because they are starved f

information of the outside worla f

have worked wonders, and now

there

is

power in London, but it

is r eser ved for hosp itals,

re ·

search, military,and policebuild·

ings. Mostother buildings areon

battery or gas power.

A

group

of dwarves have set

up

a fairly profitable business

charging batteries with magic.

t

was discovered that energy

is

energy, no matter what the ori

gin was. They have been able to

use the

iff ffim te for s

knowl

edge to transform common trash

into gasoline it onJy has a shelf

life of one day before it is con

verted back to trash),

or

directly

into energy which they thenstore

in batteries.

Other

power

stations have

come and gone, including one

powered entirely by e yp riu m

fairies. aturallightninggenera

tors, they have proven invalu

able to the energy-starved city.

= = - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -



e most part t would be advisable

r agents new to the region to spend

time in London before entering

realm proper

The

Netherlands

The etherlandsa re on the

edgeof

invading realms Aysleto the north

not much of a threat at present

ept for infrequentVikingraids but

the south lies theCyberpapacy The

of the etherlands live in a

imate of fear and apprehension

Afterthe reunificationof Germany

e

government

of the Nether lands

memberof theE C O L With

government

then asked for

d in the defense

of

the Netherlands

and

beganbuild-

g a defense base within the Nether-

nds There is only one

such

base in

country but t believed that this

esufficient

Many ofthe people

do

not feel that

is base will make the region secure

they have fled the country Many

ve fled into Germany Still others

fled into Eastern Europe where

eir skill can be

put to better

use

as

t region rebuilds its economy

Spain

Spain has been invaded by the

A l arge portion of

Spain no longer part of

Earth reality

and

the people are

ightened The Spanish people look

~ 1

toward Rome for help

and

aid but it

does not look like it will come

The forces ofthe Vatican havegone

to Spain in hopes of keeping the faith

of

the peoplestrong

but

is

apparent

that there has been heavy Cyberpapal

infiltration within the area There

still hope that the area can esaved

but will e a major task and the

Vatican does not have the manpower

Chapler Fou

to accomplish a miracle of this scope

The Spanish government s aske

theGermans for help Gennany agree

in accordancewith the E C O Lcharte

Three months ago conshuction of de

fense bases began but our Intelligenc

suggests that the Cyberpapacy isgoin

to attack the region before the base

becomeoperational We fear that Spai

will be lost before the end of this year

59



Chapter Five

fric

Tors:

Th e D elp h i

Council WQrldbook

60

he

naHons of southeen

Africa have

been

th e

source of constant con

niel since th e initial In

vasion. Hostilities were

prompted by

th e

preoccupation of

th e

w o rl d s s u pe rp o we rs with other

events bu t what started as a simple

battle of competing regional interests

ha s led to a m ili ta ry free for all with

intense competition for economic an d

military resources.

Because of

th e

economic might of

South

Africa

and the sheer

anarchy

that

the

nation has been cast into

th e

whol e region h as slid i nto a conflict

that

seems

d es ti ne d t o last for ye ars .

Its neighbors ar e also fairing poorly:

•

Newly

fr Namibia has been a

battleground

since th e first bridges

landed and although President Rob

er t

Mutasa see ms to

have

regained

control in th e c ap it al r eg io n near

Windhoek many of th e traditional

tribal conflicts

arose

once again.

Th e

internal supersl:nJcture quickly

disin·

tegrated as

South

African

Namibian

an d Angolan troops continually lay

waste to

the

countryside.

• Botswana Swaziland an d Mozam

b iq ue w er e traditionally dependent

upon gold

an d

diamond

mines

in

South

Africa for jobs. The warfare has

virtually destroyed their economies.

Botswana was involved in the initial

assault due to its location: it wa s in the

wa y

of

th e forces attacking Angola.

All thr ee

of

these nations

have

since

fallen to the forces of anarchy with

tribal f or ces and charismatic an d

wealthy individuals creating small

tightly controlled territories.

•

Zambia

Zaire Tanzan ia an d

U ganda have been economically dev·

astated by these wars an d as a result

la w an d order has

broken

down

in

most rural

a nd m an y u rb an

areas.

[Mr. resident

This is a summary of

all

exhausti

reports filed

by agents ill the field.

Wi

the

area s descellt hllo

chaos ha

removed

tumyofouragents from

the

fiel

at

least until

such

time

that

a clear

cour

ofactio

is established

by your

directive

- E

<

A Foul Wind

Blows

The

First Assaults

With

the

rest o f

the

world fixate

on

the

chaos that erupted inSouthea

Asia Ne w York England an d Franc

the

traditional conflicts of

th e

regio

finally exploded in a veritable orgy

bloodshed.

South

Africa under th

careful

watch

of W es te rn m ed

sources

f or sever al years felt

th

enough attention

had been

diverted

other

regions of

the

world to allow

act

with

impunity.

For the first timesince a

much-pu

licized peace agreement with Ango

South

Africaopenlydispatched troo

to

Namibia

Angola

an d

Botswana. A

th e Botswanan governmentcrumble

beneath

the military force

Namibia

capitaJ was sacked

by

th e South Af

ca n

invaders. The relentless march

Angola a perennial obstacle to Sou

Africa s attempts t o c ont ro l th e r

gion ended

with

a battle for

the

cap

tal. Luanda. For five days

South

Af

can troops cleaned ou t enclaves of r

sistance forces

an d

artillery flatten

residential neighborhoods while

new

crews an d American an d English n

val forces monitored

the

battle fro

th e

relative safety of

the

harbor.

y the

en d of

the

first

month

fighting

South

Africa felt confide

that

it

ha d

installed

governments

f

vorable to its policies in

Ango

Namibia an d B ot sw an a. Th e ra c

government

i n P re to ri a drastical



Chapler Fi

erestimated the utility of terror as a

ans of holding power.

Over the next two weeks, the pre

us balance ofpower shifted back

the

native residents as active

forces led by

deposed

mibian president Robert Mutasa,

ckly took the offensive. Areasonce

secure fell victim to guerilla

raids, cities wererecaptured, and

amounts military gear was cap

red in the face of overwhelming

So, a mo nt h

and

half into the cam

n, the South African offensive had

for nought,

and

the

only

tangible

ct was the death toll: nearly 60,000

and over 40,000 civilians had

en killed in the crossfire.

rouble on the ome ront

South Africa s aggressive interna

al policies laid the foundation for

domestic undoing: with the troops

blackAfricansrevolted, using

their townships as a base of power.

Railroads

and highways

were

de

stroyed,

and

with the police

and

mili

tary foreescut offfrom reinforcements,

the untrained but enthusiastic South

African People s Militia as the loose

militaryalliance named itselOwasable

to t ak e st art li ng ga ins in t he re gi ons

near Kuruman, Sishen, Rustenburg,

Warmbaths,

and

Pretoria.

In the ensuing chaos, Zimbabwe s

president, Colbu Kever,

saw

fit to at

tempt toseize territory near theSouth

frican c ities

of

Messina

and

Pietersburg.

fact, Kever s troops

a pp ro ac he d wi th in fifty miles of t he

capitol of Pretoria, but rallying army

troops, withdrawn from battle zones

with th e SAPM troops,

pushed

the

invaders back to t he b ord er regions

t he e ns ui ng ba tt le for Messina lev

eled most of the city).

A

flood

of refugees, desperately try

ing to escape the battles, poured into

Swaziland,southemMozambiqueand

southeastern Botswana there is cur-

rently a refugee city called Hopper

burg

just to the north of the Sou

African border).

Mozambique, despite its alread

embittered economy, offered refu

to

any

persons wishing to escape t

South frican violence but

th

Willetston government in South A

rica responded to the offer by pum

ing

more arms

to

the

reb

Mozambique

National

Resistan

MNR), with t he result ing ca rna

completely destabilizing the southe

regions

of

the nation. Most of the m

jor rail lines, bridges, airports,

an

electric

power

plants were destroye

within a few days,

and

like most of

neighbors, Mozambique has fractur

into a

group

of territories controlle

by tribes and gangs of thugs.

By

the end

of

the first three mont

offighting, the

great

battleswereove

but protracted warfare of entrench

rival forces, continued to a fixtu

of the

south

African political scene.

its wake, the stench of decayed bodi



Torg;

h IRlphi Coundl

WOtldbook

Mr. Pr es i dent :

A f r ic a

i s a c o n t in e n t d e s p e r at e l y

in need

o f

a s s i s t a n c e

from a l l q u a r t e r s

f i n a n c i a l ,

mi

l i t a r y

an d

even e t h i c a l . The US

government S deci s i on to c u t a id to t he r eg io n,

coupled

with

th e

v i r t u a l en d o f

United

Kingdom an d

United

N at io ns s po ns or ed a s s i s t a n c e ,

has

p a r a l y z e d

th e

r e g i o n ,

plunging

i t i n t o a per pet ual s t a t e o f warfare an d bloodshed.

Most

o f

th e

n a ti on s o f

t h i s

region

were

dependent

upon more

developed

nat i ons

to

support

t h e i r economies, e i t h e r through purchase of mass q u a n t i t i e s of bas i c resources o r

o u t r i g h t

economic

aid. The invasion has ended

a l l

o f

t h a t , an d

now th e cont i nent

p r e c a r i o u s l y a tte m p ts to f in d

i t s new

e q u ilib r iu m .

The southern p ortio n o f

th e

cont i nent

has

b ee n t hr ow n i n t o chaos by

th e

continuing

c i v i l

wa r

in South

A f r ic a ,

with

r e s u l t i n g

f r a c t i o n a l f i ght i ng an d economic

slowdowns

completely

d i s i n t e g r a t i n g

th e

economic s t r u c t u r e o f

th e

region. South A f r ic a g e n er a te d

wealth

an d even

s t a b i l i t y in a region s or el y

in need

of

th e s e

factors as

soon

as

th e

shooting s t a r t e d on th e homelands

an d

spread

to th e r e s t

o f th e nat i on, so

th e

n a ti on s o f Swaziland,

N am ib ia , A n go la , B ot sw an a,

Mozambique an d Zambia

found themselves

engulfed

in c o nf li ct s t ha t

they

w e r e n t

prepared

to handle even though many o f th ese

n a tio n s i n s t i g a t e d t hes e c o n f l i c t s . While t h i s i s n t to j u s t i f y

th e

s o c i a l

system

o f

p rtheid

because

i t

c e r t a i n l y

i s

depl or abl e,

i t

n o n e th e le s s provided o r d e r

of

a t wi s t ed

an d

mer ci l es s s o rt) to a region t h a t so f a r has proven fa r

to o

p l i a b l e to

th e

causes o f regionalism tha n th e g r e a t e r good o f compromise

an d

unity.

C e n tr a l A f ri c a

has shown more r e s i l i e n c y , probably

du e to

th e immediacy o f th e t h r e a t

from

both th e

Nile

Empire

an d

th e Cyberpapacy. Many l eader s have found t h a t most of

th e

t h e i r nat i ons h av e b een

consumed

by

th e

mad Pharaoh Mobius. The r e g i o n s

legacy

of French col oni al i s m from

th e

ei ght eent h,

n in e te e n th

an d t went i et h c e n t u r i e s , an d

th e

economic

dependency

upon

French purchasing power, ha s made many nat i ons

to o

dependent upon

th e

A n ti -P o pe J ea n

Malraux,

an d some o f

th e

more des per at e

l eader s

have

openly

embraced th e b e l i e f s

o f

CyberFrance, i f

only to

secure

m i l i t a r y might

an d

r e t a i n

power. There

i s an

u n d e s ir a b le

a v a i l a b i l i t y o f

weapons, with

my sources indicating

t h a t many o f them come

from

Japan. Many of

th e

nat i ons arming themselves by way o f

t hes e shadowy Or i ent al

c o r p o r a te

e n t i t i e s seem to be d i r e c t l y opposed to

th e

in f lu e n c e

of

Malraux,

le a d in g

to

some

i n c r e d i b l y

v i o l e n t

border

c l a s h e s .

The remaining

n a tio n s

o f Northern

A f r ic a

those

t h a t

h a v e n t

been

conquered)

have

shown remarkable uni t y in t h e i r

d es ire to fend

o f f

t he c ha ll en ge s

of Mo bi us a nd

h is

f or ces . For

th e f i r s t

time,

troops from o t h e r

nat i ons

hav e b een

welcomed

w ith in th e

b o r d e r s o f

Niger,

Chad Ethiopia an d

Uganda. These

n a tio n s have even a t t e m p t e d , with

l imited

s u c c e s s , to

supply

each

o t h e r

with trade

goods

in l i g h t o f

th e

r ed u ce d s u pp ly

of goods from

European n a tio n s an d th e

United S t a t e s . J a p a n S demand

fo r goods

has

a c t u a l l y

in c r e a s e d ,

b ut i t s cor por at i ons

have been

abl e to secure c on tra cts th at

guarantee

low p r i c e s , so n e t income i s only

marginally

a f f e c t e d .

In th e

f i n a l a n a l y s i s , Africa i s a r eg io n c a re e ni ng d an ge ro us ly

out

o f c o n t r o l .

I t

i s

in need

of

guidance an d a s s i s t a n c e

there

a re unbelievable e co no mi c a nd

s t r a t e g i c

ga in s to be had, b ut

only a t

th e

c o s t of s t a b i l i z i n g a t r oubl ed region. Provided t h a t

th e

United

S t a t e s

knows

i t

can

s p a r e t he r es ou rc es ,

development

o f

th e r e g i o n ,

a

kind

o f new

c o lo n ia lis m ,

w i l l provide handsome r e t u r n s .

Submitted most

r e s p e c t f u l l y in th e hopes t h a t

i t w i l l

guide th e n a t i o n a l government

well,

dward Doe Regional Information Di r ect or



erwhelmed the senses, as people

d to makesome

orderof

the need

s destruction.

C o n f l i c t -

To

the

Present

During the past year, warfare has

toa halt, probablybecause the

of

weapons has dried up for

e most part. Most of the outside

rces financing the

wa r

quickly real

d that if thebloodshed continued at

e level of the first few months, there

uld be nothing

bu t

barren land left

claim

w he n t he w ar

wa s over.

Only South Africa s national gov

nment has any semblance

of

order,

t

many

of

the

troops

that were de

oyed into other nations have been

du e toa breakdown of reliable

Southern Africa has splintered into

near-feudal state, with very small

al, gang an d corporate territories.

ennining future U.s. policy is dif-

ficult simply becauseofthe hugenum

berof

factions

at

work in this region

of

the world- it s conceivable that mili

tant factions will take any efforts nec

essary to prevent other factions from

getting power. Much like Lebanon

during

the height of its civil war, this

area is no man s land.

[Flirther

reports filed below

nation

indicate that

tile High

Lords

and

other

international pawer brokers are renewing

their

efforts in the region Our agents

report

that these

efforts

are intended

as

means o securing valuable

resources

rather tlwn

to

bring

the

entire region un-

der domination

E

Dotl

Botswana

The government in exile

of

Presi

dent Kuet DeTavver

is

actually holed

up in the capital city of Gaborone be -

hind incredible fortifications. While

DeTavverhasordered that thenation s

billions in assets be used to purchase

hapter

modernweapons,HachimanAnnsh

been unable to assure safe delivery

the weaponry -

of

course, the fa

that most of the rival warlords pu

chase their weapons from Hachim

may also be a contributing factor

this delay.

Th e

nation s

population

h

d ro pp ed t o

under

a million

du e

casualties of war, starvation and ref

geesheaded north), and the hugecat

farms, left untended for a year, ha

turned todesert. Exports ofdiamon

and

predous

metals have ceased.

Th e

country has spl intered in

about fifteen different regions held

the

~ r o u s

Tswana tribes, althou

the nchest areas have seen minor

fluxesofJapanesecapital to restart t

diamond mines (the local tribes ha

received all

of

the profits).

Orapa

Home to

on e of

the world s larg

diamond mines, thenew Orapa Ter

tory is controlled

by

Rabangw



rg; The

inlphl

Council Worldbook

on e

of

the

more

stable

re-

of the country,

bu t due

only to

u Block financial support.

The secret to this success

is thedia

of

the area. Although Mobius

ile Empireprcxlucesa hugepe:rcent

the

world sdiamond

supply, he

fuses to sell them to the Kanawa

or

an y other

Japanese

du e

to his ongoing feud

h 3327. The

aU U

Block set out to

nd a steady source of industrial dia

nd s, an d

upon

encountering

elected to provide rum arms

d supplies in exchange for regular

of

the goods.

Due to his Rauru Block affiliations,

hama will offer shelter an d aid to

non-NileStorm Knightswhomake

to the heavily armed boundaries of

s territory. In addition to an airport

d

heavy

equipment

for mining, the

aU U Block has helped complete ba

c public services, such

as

running

ter and

e l ec t ri c it y p la n ts, so

people are quite satisfied

h his leadership.

apa Territory Soldier

DEXTERITY.

Beast riding 11,

dodge

11, fire com

bat 12, meleeweapons 11,stealth 11

STRENGTH 8

TOUGHNESS 8

PERCEPTION 9

Find 10, first aid 11, land vehicles

12, languages 11, tracking

10

MIND8

Survival 10

CHARISMA 7

Charm

10, persuasion 9, taunt 8

SPIRIT 7

Intimidation9


Equipment: AK-47 (damage value

range 3-40/150/4 0), 2 grenades

value 20), knife

damage

STR+3/17),

IriMesh

armor

l ue T OU +3 /2 0) , w al ki e· ta lk ie ,

vy truck I

pe r

squad of 8 troops,

eed value 13. TOU

2

maneuver·

+1,

concealment/armor

+4/3,

others +6/4)

Tanaka,

Rauru Block Agent

DEXTERITY 8

Beast riding 10,

dodge

12, fire com

bat 9, maneuver 9

STRENGTH 7

64

TOUGHNESS 7

PERCEPTION 10

Air vehicles 12, evidence analysis

12,scholar(Tswana history)11,

trick

13

MlND12

Business 15, survival 14, test

15

CHARISMA 10

Charm

13, persuasion 12, taunt

14

SPIRlT

8

Intimidation 10

Possibilities: Ord

Equipment:SonyTalkman, Learjet

(speed value 17,TOU 21 , several nice

suits, portablecomputer,

.44

Magnum

(damage value 17, range 3-10/15/40)

Description: Tanaka

is

a

perma·

nent contact in Orapa for the Rauru

Block, an d

is

the person the Storm

Knights will most likely have to deal

with. He isn t to be trusted - w h i l e he

won t send

Storm Knights

on

to their

certain death, he

is aware of

theirgen

erally extraordinary capabilities, an d

in exchange for an y favors, will insist

that they perform special operations

for him. He often hires them to escort

an y overland cargosofdiamonds an d

precious metals, which must tTavel

through disputed lands in amibia

to

reach port.

Orapa Adventure

Hook

The Rauru Block hires the Storm

Knights togo to

Orapa

an d determine

whoissabotagingdiamondshipments

from the mine. Is it Kanawa agents?

Nile operatives? South Africans, ei

therhired by theirgovernment (so

t m

nation can get diamond export con

tracts), Kanawa, Nile

or

some other

myster ious faction which wishes to

see the Rauru Block in trouble?

Their adventures might lead them

into the disputed areas of Botswana,

the Hoppersburg refugee camp,

or

South Africa,

as

they face

armed

South

African raidinggroups, wild animals,

and

var ious agents in the employ

of

the High Lords.

Hoppersburg

This refugee city lies just over the

border from South Africa,

with

nearly l00,lXX> people fleeing the in

discr iminate terror of the Pretorian

government.

Theory

isadismal plac

although food isbroughtherewith th

help of the Mabunga tribe just to th

north

of

the

ity

Hoppersburg

Adventure

Hook

The South African

army

has i

creased its harassment of relief co

voys headed to Hoppersburg. Th

Storm Knights are

hired

by on e of th

ne w Botswana territory chiefs to e

cort food convoys into the

ity

The trip to Hoppersburg

is

fille

withdanger,

as

theStorm Knights fa

the inevitable attack. However, the

true adventure is just beginning, b

cause on e of the people they meet

Hoppersburg learned just beforelea

ing South Africa that the governme

has

made

a deal with the Kanaw

Corporation to trade goods (metal

diamonds, uranium) in exchange f

advanced atomic bomb informatio

TheStormKoightswiU probablywa

to intervene, if only to prevent th

South Africans from using the thre

of nuclear destruction on the rest

southern Africa.

Angola

Angola has had threegovernmen

since the

wa r

began - the

on e

th

existed prior to the war, the on e i

stalled by South Africa,

an d

the on

led by former Namib ian preside

Robert Mutasa. Mutasa s supporte

still retain power in the capital city

Luanda, although the degree of ca

trol is limited by the fact that there

no electricity

or

p lu mb in g a nd th

phone lines have been destroyed

the fighting. Most of the rural areasa

controlled by individuals who giv

nominal

support to

Mutasa,

bu t

on

as

long as it

isconvenient-Mutasa

in

no

position to force the issue.

Confusing the issue are the rog

unitsofSouthAfricanand Uoita troo

wh o

were told to forage for them

selves af ter the government slipp

into chaos - most of the units ha

attempted to return home,

bu t

a fe

are surviving by hiding in the nort

eastern forests an d mounting raids o

local villages.



South

African

rmy

DEXTERITY

9

Dodge 13, fire combat 14

STRE GTH9

TOUGHNESS

9

PERCEPTIO 8

Languages 10, tradcing 11, trick 10

MIND

Test 9,

willpower

9

CHARISMA 8

SPIRIT

7

Intimidation 10


Equipment:

AK-47 damage value

1, range 3-40/150/4 0 , 2 grenades

age value

2

Note: Each unit of 20-40 troops will

at least one heavy weapon with

em, plus a specialist

with

3 adds in

e leavy weapollS skill. For a suitable

of

weapons , see the

org

equip

section or

the

vm w eavy

book, keeping in mind that

will

e ither be

man-portable

or l ight vehicle

transport

Swaziland

The

small

monarchy

of Swaziland

happened

toget caughtin theback

of

theSouth African homeland rev0

ution. King Sventi had to deal with

ands of disgruntled workers who

to m ake the daily com mute to

Africa s mines,

and

soon thequiet

ests raged out of control, prob.,bly

ed bysimilar protests within theSouth

ican homelands.

Currently, Sventi has firm control

all of

the

country, except for the

tories adjoining the Mozambique

gh hiseconomy hasbeen

by the loss of i nc om e from

ese workers. Sventi has utilized the

tribal leaders)

to

enforce his

and has held power with re

little bloodshed. However,

is balance

of power

is precarious

eed considering all of the players

the region: the South African gov

nment, the High Lords, the loyalty

the tribal leaders, and it isbecoming

apparent

tha t the Spirit

movement

has targeted terri

in the northern portion of the

South

Africa

South Africa remains a country in

chaos.

The

Daniel Willetston govern

ment only

holds control of the most

vital regionsof thecountry-Pretoria,

Johannesburg w ith its g ol d mine s),

and pe Town remain secure. Most

other regions are in the control of the

South African People s Militia, or in

dispute.

Willetston s

power

ba se ha s been

Ch, ptcr F

an

extensive network of secret pol

officers,

whospyon

oppositionmov

ments, inciteriots

amongst

opponen

in

order

to delay offensives,

or

assas

nate

leaders who

haveany

real pote

tial to threaten the government. I

very unlikely that therewill

bea

pea

ful resolution for

many

years.

Many stormers from other real

are

in

the

employ

of

Willetston t

pay

is excellent, although the work

despicable).

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Mozambique

Mozambique is typical

of many

African

nations

- rich in resources

an d totally lacking

in

th e abi li ty to

process

t he m i nt o u se fu l g oo ds . T hi s

country s interior hasbeen totallydeci

mated b y t he M oz am bi qu e National

Resistance MNR ,

whosepursestrings

ar e securely located in Pretoria.

While th e MNR

ha s done

i ts best to

remove the government from power,

t he re h as

obviously been

no

thought

asto

who would

takeover

in the wake

of

the revolution,

and

th e result

ha s

been yet anothernationthat has

splin

tered into tribal

nations

without cen

tralized govemment.

MN R Rebels

DEXTERITY 10

Dodge

11,

fire

combat

12, melee

weapons 11

STRENGTHS

TOUCHNESSS

PERCEPTION 9

Find 10,

tracking

10, trick 2

MINDS

Survival 10, test 11, willpower 2

CHARISMA

7

SPIRIT 7


some

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Equipment: AK-47 damage

value

21,

range

3-40/150/400), kni e

dam·

age v alue

STR+3/1S

Becauseofa continuing

drought,

the

meager resources available to the tribes

have

forced them to take

arms

against

their neighbors. Th e Japanese, prima·

rily Kanawa subsidiaries, have estalr

lished several heavily guarded mines

for iron ore, bauxite an d coal, as well as

several steel mills that ar e better de -

fended than

some

military bases.

ex

change fora steady supply

of

labor, the

Kanawa

Corp oration p ro vides

high

scarcity productsfor the region, includ

ing weapons, vehicles an d electronics.

Beira Port Facilities

The

port

in

the Indian Ocean city of

Beira

has

beencompletely

taken over

by

Kanawa, providing a

quick

outlet or

products.1ltis isthe

mainshippingarea

for the Japanese,

an d

most everything

going into

or

ou t of the region comes

through this port.Security in the port is

extremely tight,

bu t

it

is also very

busy

.

There

is a

greatdeal of

secrecy

involve

with the port,

an d it

is very difficult t

get infonnation on shipping schedule

an d

security measures.

Guard Towers of Beira

Th e guard towe rs ar e

liberall

placed

along

the electrified fences ring

ing th e Kanawa port area. Each guar

tower

h as t hr ee guards, each arme

w it h a ut om at ic rifles. T he t ow er

equipped with a searchlight, infrare

scanners, micro-transmitters

linke

to theother towers as weD

as

th e

secu

rity bUilding , an d

an I mp al a c ha i

gu n

d a ma ge v al ue

23, range

3-40

150/400 .

Kanawa

Guards

DEXTERITY 10

Dodge

13,

fire

combat

14,

heav

weapons 12, maneuver 2

STRENGTH 9

TOUCHNESS9

PERCEPTION

10

Find 12, tracking 12

MINDS

CHARlsMAS

SPIRIT 8


some

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Equipment:

SC Kyogo

n I damag

value 21, range 3-15/40/150 , hiMes

armor valueTOU+3/20

K·M X4 Tank

Kanawa has

shipped

in a half

doze

o f these tanks for patrol duties in th

p or t a l on e a nd m or e t ha n a few hav

found their wa y into

the

handsofgov

emment forces . K-M X4 Tank spee

value 12,

passengers

4, TOU 35, con

cealment/armor:

+20/15 ,

mounte

w it h 1 25 mm c an no n d am ag e v al u

29, range

l00-lk/3k/Sk)

and an M6

machine gu n damage

value

23, rang

3-100/600/1.5k .

Kanawa Patrol Boats

Each boat s pilot

ha s w ter v hi l

atl2, as

well

as

a

gunner same stats

th e

guards above).

Th e

boats

ar

equipped

with a chain

gu n damag

value

23 . Kororu

Ninja

p atrol b o

speedvalue 12,

passengers4,TOU

2

concealment/armor: pilot

+3/3,

gun

ner +2/3, others +5/3).



Chapter Fiv

The Spirit Warriors

A new and quickly growing cult

as emerged in the less developed

egions of Mozambique. Called the

itWarriors, theorganization is

led

a mysterious leader called God s

ssenger, and the warriors draw

eir faith from the traditional tribal

of

thearea. God sMessenger

asts a new miracle, f ith nnor on

of is

believers before they go

to battle, and according to reports

iled by observers, many of them ap

to

be

immune

to

damage

in

icted by guns.

The Spirit Warrior movement has

on

a variety

of

factions within

ecountry: thegovernmenl, theJapa·

and their installations, MNR

andSouth Africans. seems that

r ispreachinga complete

and

tal return to the old ways, and

is

ctively fighting all forces tha t go

traditional lifestyles.

Spirit Warnor

DEXTERITY

to

Dodge

12.

long jumping

14,

melee

combat 13. missile

weapons

14,

unanned combat 12, stealth 13

STRENGTH to

TOUGHNESS 10

PERCEPTION 8

Find 11, tracking

12,

trick 9

MIND7

Survival

10,

test 9

CHARISMA 6

SPIRIT 9

Faith (traditional) 12, intimidation

11


Equipment: Spears (damage value

STR+4/18),

knife (damage value

STR+3/17), normally blessed by

f il

or ror

miracle.

Note: For complete details on f ith

amlOr,seeChapterNine, Religionand

Faith.

Other Hotspots

N.Jmibia - TIle fledgling nation (f

years under South African control) g

in the way of South Africa s milita

objectives and got steam rolled into t

ground. Thecivilwar betweenSWAP

and South African-supported merc

nariescontinues,althoughtensions

ha

calmed considerably since both sid

are running low on weapons and am

munition. Mining continues in som

areasofthe country, but onlyunder t

supervision of

South African

an

Kanawa corporate interests.

Zimbabwe

- Long-suppressed ro

flicts

between rival political parties

nally exploded when the Executi

President,Colbu Kever,sent troops in

South Africa in a futile land grab.

f i ts continue, but with less intensity

Z.Jmbia - Has diSintegrated in

small tribal territories. Poor area, pr

viously relied on metal exports. Zam

bian tribes have signed t rade dea

with the Kanawa

Corporatio

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nawa plans to rig the

ooks

so that

t suffers huge

losses due to

war

ac·

ons, cheating the tribesofalmost aU

War has cometo thiscountry

a pe:rversedominoeffect emanating

South Africa - when the

onomy went

down

the tubes, the

groups

made their move.

Trade

ntinues only in secure coastal out·

sts. Interior rain forests and moun

in areas still contested by rebels.

anzania - Collapse of South Afri

n economy affecting this socialist

ty.Government hasenacted strict

uel, food

and

water rationing, but

iracy of the coupons has crippled

stem. Poverty overwhelms.

of the initial alliance

gainst Mobius, has seen a return of

warlordswhocontrolled

thecoun·

the bloodyreign ofldi Amin

n the 1970 s. The faces

are

younger,

e names

are

different, but the sheer

ifference to the value

of

human life

and

all of this

s

sanctioned

President Zembenwa (at least as

ong as the warlords

pay

their tithes

time).Western rebelscontinue their

8

battle tounify thecountry and depose

the warlords.

Madagascar - Stable. Has received

thousands of refugees, but no unrest

or shortages.

Malawi - Previous administrations

policy

of

maintaining close relations

withSouth Africa resulted in a violent

overthrow of the president in a sum

mer roup. ew government, headed

by President Douglas Kubannar, able

to maintain peace. Dependence

on

slash·and·burnagriculture, instead of

staple crops, will ult imately cause

shortages of food, but this

is

at least

one year off.

Burundi O ne ofAfrica s most bru·

tal civil wars has returned to thissmall

nation with a vengeance. The cause is

simply tribal disagreements - the

Hutus

makeup85

percentof

thepopu·

lation; minority Tutsis have ruled for

many

generations,

and

regard

the

Hutus

as dumb peasants. Every so

often, the Tutsis decide to stage a

crackclown on the Hutus.

In

1972,

such a crackdown resulted in 200.000

deaths.

In

1987,Tutsi Adrien Sibomana

seized control and initiated yet an ·

othercrackdown.ThisfinaUyexplod

into full scale war just after the inv

sion. There are

no

agents in Burun

- the risk isn t worth the minim

benefits.

Central Africa

PrimarilyFrench,CentralAfrica h

suffered

due

to thewarfare in thesout

These nations

are under

increasi

pressure from the

US

Japan and E

gland not to trade with CyberFranc

and while many of them play lip se

vice to thisconcept,most of them can

afford the change.

Many French nationals have com

herehopingtoevade theCyberpapac

but agents of Malraux are very com

mon in this region. Most of the n

tional governments

tum

a blind eye

both groups.

Congo - Socialist-military regime

General Charles Lorrance

retai

power, with strict travel controls. D

toCyberpapal agents, most foreigne

are shunned.

Central African Republ ic - A lar

portion of the eastern CAR has be

taken by the ile Empire this area

mostly desert), but the central an

western portions (rain forests an

savannahs)

of

the nation remain i

tact. This country has a tradition

military leaderships which has co

tinued

due

to the invasion.

IReport from

Bill

Jacobson,

agent

Wllat a

mess

This cOlllltry lias

be

classically

mismanaged since

its indepe

dence. Notlling goes

to

development. A

of tile 'Olley this

cOllntry

has

ever

earn

has gone

to

pampering whoever happe

to

ill power dllri 8 the week. The mi

tary

lUIS

galle wild with weapons p

chases (from both Hachiman

Arms a

France). Too bad themoraJeofthesoldie

is

low

tJwt

as

soon as

any shooti

starts

most

of

them

are going to

make

break for CAmeroon.wl

Cameroon

- Traditionally fra

mentedbyrompetinggroups(Hamit

and

Semitic peoples in the north a

Bantus in the south). Mobius h

planted agents in the north to stir u

trouble and soften it up for a la

invasion.



Cffilpler Fi

eria - On e of t he m os t populous

s in Africa 120 million people).

g er ia s p ri me e xp or t is oil,

an d

it

import almost all manufactured

o od s; t ra de s w it h t he United King

France

an d

Germany. A devel

country with

many

problems:

are

overdeveloped over-

an d

polluted. Crime is out

ageous - th e police a re too busy ,

or

ply refuse to investigate without a

bstantial bribe that s the other es·

tial fact of Nigerian life - COR·

PTION). The government can ac

plish nothing

without

first greas

palms, an d even border patrol sol

rs expect special favors

an d

gifts.

todeal

i th th is p ro ble m t hr ou gh u se o f t he

al SecurityOrganization NSO)

an underground police force. Un

rtunately, most of these

agents ar e

corrupt

an d will o nl y r ep or t

w ho w on t give them exorbi

ofmoney.

Thecommon

per

n t hi nk s e ve ry on e is a spy because

the unscrupulous government.

n in - Remains fairly s tab le at this

int; can produce most of its essen

goods

an d

has learned to get by

t ho u t i mp or ti ng m an uf ac tu re d

ods that it can t afford.

- Small country, bu t

on e

of

richest in Africa. Exports oil, ura

, manganese,

an d

iron are. Gabon

t import85 percent of its food,

an d

ost all of its manufactured. goods.

w that its customers have begun to

n

o ut o f money, look for a) a revolu

on, b) shortages an d starvation or c

ma ss

exodus

within the next year.

Northern

Africa

The nations of northern Africa all

the

common

t hre at of t he Nile

pire, although some of them -

ieve t ha t Jean Ma lr au x in France

is

so a threat. This region hasbeen able

d thestrife to the south,

an d

by

ling their resources

an d

capabili

es, this

ne w

African economic bloc

is

oviding at least

minor

resistance to

- A nation of dual iden

as a former French co lon y w it h

ng Arab cultural influences. Sup-

plies low-grade iron ore to its neigh

bors in exchange for food m ust im

port

over 90

percent of its food). Rigid

caste system has severely

hampered

modernization efforts.

Mali- Anothercountrythatsurvives

via iron ar e exports a good industry,

considering how much steel is neces

s ar y for t he wa r effort). Must import

its manuf actured goods, although it

can produce much of its

ow n

food.

Mali ssecureposition has made itquite

important in t he c on ce rt ed effort

against Mobius,

an d

it has become

h av en for refugees, d es pi te t he va

ex pa ns es of d es ert t ha t these p eo p

have had to cr oss to get to safety.

Morocco - On e of the cro ss ro a

c ou nt ri es o f Africa. Its 25 millio

people area mixture of Arabic, Frenc

Berber, Spanish

an d

English descen

While strict Arabcodes of conducta

enforced throughoutmostofthecou

try, th e p ort city of Casablanca h

become a hot spot of activity.

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s bl nc

Casablanca is a free

trade

city

teeming with people from all

over

the world. Its

centralloca

tion, with Aysle, theNile

an d

the

Cyberpapacy all

within easy

travel distance, have

made

Ihe

city a natural haven for crimi

nals, mercenaries an d agents of

the realms. With the

huge

nurn·

ber of realm·based agents here,

theDelphiCouncil, NipponTech

an d

various other factions were

quick tosend tll r agents here to

keep tabs on things. With the

increased presence

of

outsiders,

the city s organized crime

orga·

nizations have become much

more

important, as several

gangs

made Iheirpresence

known

an d

have

control ofcertain neighbor·

hoods

or industries. After a year

of this maneuvering amongst

factions, thecity is virtuallyboil

ing

over

with intrigue

an d

ad

venture.

Part ofwhat makesCasablan

ca

unique

on the planet is the fact

thaIagents

of

the

va

rious rea Ims,

despite the fact that they ar c of

ten working at cross·purposes

overall,

realize

tha t with

the

spies rode

of

honor they can

cooperate to

keep o th er p ow er

factions off guard.

Casablanca s role

as

a

trade

city has increased,

as

ships un

lo 1d

cargoes for overland trany

port,

or

seek hired

guns

to

help

them cross the

He

warzone

or

sneak intotheCyberpapacy.Th e

prospering

trade

h : lS encouraged

thedevelopmentofa

global flea

Algeria - Government troubled by

strong resurgence in Muslim nation·

alisO . No violenceyet, but crackdown

seems imminent, as the most vocal

opponents

ar e preaching armed resi y

lanceagainst the sociaIisl government.

Could lead

toa splinteringoftheresiY

lance against Mobius. Strongly urged

70

market,

where

goods not nor

mally found

outside of

their na

tive realms ar e found, including

Ayslish enchanted

weapons

cyberware, Nippon Tech hover

craft

an d

Akashan biotech.

Casablanca s precarious bal

ance of

p ow er a nd free

city

status

is the responsibility

of

the

despicable crime lord

k no wn as

Th e Hammer (despite the best

intelligence efforts of the vari

ou s agents, no

on e

has uncov

ered his

true

identity).

Through

his

hordes of

hired guns, lower

level

agents

blackmail an d

shrewd

manipulations, he con

tinually plays the

opposed

par

tiesoffeachother so that hemain·

Iains

p ow er a nd

control

of

the

city. the threat

of

retributionat

the hands of Th e Hammer were

removed,a turfbattle forcontrol

of the city

would erupt

in

short

order <incidentally, this type of

conflict

seems

to

be

exactly

what

most of therealm agentsseem to

have an interest in avoiding).

One of Th e

Hammer s

most

visible lieutenants

isSaddam

AI

rhieb, a

known

racketeer. AI

rhieb seems to haveearsall

over

the city,

an d

he ha s been instru

mental in stopping several ma

jorconflicts from

erupting

in the

city (apparently his contacts ar e

capable

of

getting blackmail

information on most anyone).

Saddam AI-Rhieb

DEXTERITY 12

Acrobatics 13

dodge

21, fire

combat 19 lock picking 19,

that

government

be given aid to

help

subdue troublesome factions,

other·

wise theNile EmpiremaysweepacrosS

all of northern Africa.

Tunisia-ModerateArabstatewhose

population has grown to nearly len

million, as o ve r tw o million Libyan

nationals have taken refuge here.

maneuver

14 melee weapons

16 prestidigitation 20, run

ning 15, stealth

22,

unanned

combat

20

STRENGTH 10

Climbing 14

TOUGHNESS

12

PERCEPTION

11

Demolitions 14, disguise 20

evidence analysis 16, find 20

first aid 13, forgery 16, lan

guage19,scholar(intelligence

organizations)22, tracking 18,

trick

23

MI

D 9

Business 17

streetwise

21,

survival17, test 22, willpower

18

CHARISMA 13

Charm 23,

persuasion 21,

taunt 18

SPIRIT 11

Faith (Islam) 16, intimidation

18, reality 19

Possibilities: 19

Equipment:

.44

Magnum

(damage value 7

Oescriplion:AJ·Rhiebalways

has at least six

bodyguards

with

him to

dissuade

violence. His

street contacts

ar e

such

that

he

can nonnally find ou t almost

anything about anybocly, so that

whilehe is a formidable physical

opponent his biggest strength is

his ability to find Ieverage on

those

wh o

he

must

manipulate.

He

doesn t

deal with people,

bu t instead givesorders,expect

ing them to be obeyed

without

question.

libya - Taken in its entirety by the

Nile Empire. General Kaddafi s

gov

emment

in exile has taken refuge in

Tunis,

an d

while the General is mak

ing

grand

proclamations about retak

ing his nation, it

is dear

he lacks the

military resources to succeed. a in

formation

on

the

rumors

that the oi



eldswere mined with nuclearwar

4

ads; if there

is any

t ru th to the ru

us hasn t found them,

more probably, has several devices

his possession and is trying

to

fig-

e out

how

to

make more. This is a

development.

ad - Mostlyoccupied byMobius,

southernmost

corner of the

ntry,which hasquietly slipped into

order. Themore things change, the

ore they stay the

s me

Capitol

of

djamena has been crowded to dan-

high levels, wi th chronic

of food and medicine.

- The mostly deser t nat ion of

e Niger

has

been placed intoa front

position

sinceMobius claimed all

Libya. This country is in need of a

rongdefense because iger has

tre

reserves of uranium, which

is

trying to refine into

Mobius can get control of

is resource, most of northern Africa

be imperilled

by the Nile

ire s reality bombs.

Sudan

The

Sudan

is almost wholly

under

Pharaoh,even though

e has to contend with a feisty resis

nce force.Thiscountrywasengaged

a civil

war

(triggered

by

a govern

declaration

that

the

county

d officially

e

a Muslim state,

ch to the dismay of the third of the

pulation that isn t Muslim). The

oublesome sti rr ings to the north

iefly united the Muslims, Animists

Christians,but thecountryqUickly

to theNileshocktroopers,splinter

the alliance.

thiopia

Since Mobius initial push in to

Ethiopian territory, this front has

n

quiet.

t

isknown that the ileEmpire

was massing troops in Addis Ababa,

but the confHcts in Mecca and on the

Israeli front brushed asideall plans for

further expansion in this area. The

high

mountainsof

thesouthern half

of

the country have proven an effective

deterrent to the Nile, allowing Soma

lia and Kenya to fortify

and

plan for

future actions.

The southern area

of

the country,

dominated by theOgaden Desert, lies

barren except for

wandering

tribes

who have fled the terror to the north.

These small tribesare more interested

in survival than killing each other for

profit

or

power.

The Ethiopian border

of the Nile

Empire is

perhaps

the least defended,

primarily because the terrain has also

been a deterrent aga instsomeonestrik

4

ing at the Nile from the south. t is

known thatmanyStorm Knightgroups

enter

the Nile Empire

undetected

through this region.

Somalia

Somalia has tried to be one of the

great leaders of the region,

but

long

term civil war with the Somali a

tional Movement have drained the

country of all non-essential funds.

Drought, civil war and the Nile in

4

vasion have forced

one

million people

intounder-equipped and understaffed

refugee camps. The situation is grim

to say the least. The government has

conscripted many

of

the able

o -

ied men for army service, but the

fa-

cilities

and

equipment available

are

substandard as

well - Hachiman

Arms has n supplyingWorld War

ChaptCl F

vintage equipment specifically f

conflict within the borders

of

the

Empire,bu t there isstill a severesho

age of

goods. Most

of

the

women an

children have been recruited for wo

in the agricultural sector, but the

isn t

enough

water to irrigate all of t

land

of

the country.

TheSudanesegovernment has be

evacuated tothecapital ofMogadish

forming much closer

bonds

with S

malis. The Sudan officials have be

able todirect Somalia

agentsto stor

of equipment

and

weapons that we

hidden in the interior of the the N

before the invasion,

and

thus, t

agents have been very successful

creatingdiversionary terrorist actio

within the territories controlledby t

Red

Hand and atatiri.

Kenya

Kenya has led the way to the esta

lishment

of

the north African allianc

and has been receiving a great deal

help from the Soviet Project Ome

which has been in the area since t

beginning

of

hostilities. Kenya is

o

of the few countries in the world th

has

open relations with

the

Ne

Union.

Along the poorly defended Eth

pian front, the Kenyans are with

strikingdistanceofthe new ilema

strom bridge near Addis Ababa. T

Kenyans recently discovered an

credible network of caves runni

underneath their country, and exp

ration teams have returned

with wo

that

one

caveentrililcecomes up in t

Nile-occupied Ethiopian city ofCim

Thesecavernsappear to be unguarde

and theSudaneseadvisoTSare report

to

e

planning a subterranean inv

sion

of

the ile.

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Chapter

Six

Asia

T

he Storm Knights Dilemma

The isolated nature of the danger. A few people know of

China has made Storm Knight the epic battle going on around

operations

in

the

nation

ex- theEarth,and want to lend what-

tremely

dangerous.

Western

ever assistance they can. Many

faces stand

out

in all

but

a few

of

these people can be found

specialized corporate neighbor- working in the markets, back ai-

hoods,

so

a mission to China

leys and Westem-owned facto-

often entails finding a series of ries ofChina, and although they

secret sympathizers

who

can

are

always

defensive,

those

lend shelter, hiding spots and Storm Knights who make their

gather

information

for the noble intentions known can of-

Knights. ten find aid when they least ex-

Fortunately, there

are

still peet it.

some Chinese who will risk the

coastal China was open to foreign in

vestment.

The Kanawa Corporat ion led the

Japanese invasion of the Chinese

mainland, as itandseveraIother in u-

ential corporations took advantage o

ample cheap labor to drastically cu

manufacturing costs. The companies

have had to invest in the nation s

infrastructure by

upgrading

roads

power plants,

and

mining operations

but

the cost

was

more than offset by

the cheap labor and low taxes on cor

porate profits. The Chinese govern

ment has a decidedly indifferent atti

tude regarding worker safety and fair

labor laws, and environmental regu

lations are almost negligible.

Communism in

the

Capitalist

World

Don t make anymistakes about the

nature

of

China - things haven t

re

ally changed for the average citizen

There isn t enough food, there are al

most

no

luxuries,and housing is stilla

chronic problem.

What has changed is how the com

hin.,

previously

under

the control of hard-line

communis ts in the late

1980 s, has swung back

to an apparently more

open-minded footing. Outsiders have

concluded that the invasion

made

the

Chinese rethink their system - the

t ut is that agents

of

the KanawaCor

poration have infiltrated and seized

control of many of the ruling posts of

thegovernment.Thecountry

is

slowly

swinging toward a hybrid commu

nist-eapitalist system that is reminis

centof thecolonial governmentsWest

ern Europe forced upon Asia, Africa

and the Americas in the previous two

centuries.

The Standing Committee

of

the

Communist Party Politburo, one of

the most important parts of the com

munist party bureaucracy,

suddenly

started encouraging foreign invest

ment by thecreationof additional spe

cial economic zones. The National

People s Congress, officially respon

siblefor rubber-stampingthedecisions

of the party, quickly approved these

suggestions,

and

soon most of

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hllptcr




Mr.

President:

There

are

several

d i s t i n c t

regions of

t h i s

continent, each of

them with

s imilar

problems.

The following regions, in order of importance to U.S. i n t e r e s t s

are

worth noting:

• The changes

of

l a t e in

China are

of great concern. The

world s

most heavily populated

nation

i s experiencing

a

remarkable economic

t ransformation.

In

a

sudden switch

of

p olicy , th e

national government has

begun

enCouraging extensive

economic development

of

c e r t a i n prov inces wi thin th e n atio n.

The

f a c t o r i e s under cons truct ion in t h i s

region

(primarily of Japanese ownership) have provided economic health to t he St rugg ling giant .

•

Japan s newly revealed s t a t u s as an invading realm i s

of

course dis turbing.

Nonetheless, we have

much more

to

gain by

continuing

our eConomic

a l l i a n c e with

the

Nipponese

than we

do by

declaring a l l - o u t warfare

on them. Their

superior

technology

and superior

economic

s t r u c t u r e

wil l be

of

utmost

importance i f

we

are to

remove Orrorsh

from

the

planet. More importantly, we understand Kanawa

a t l e as t

moreso than the

horrors

of

Orrorsh,

or the

technO-demons

in

Los Angeles.

I f we

understand someone,

we

can

even tua lly de fea t them.

For

now

the

all iance must continue .

•

In

eastern

Asia,

I n d i a s

inf luence

i s

waning.

The

bureaucracy

that

has

t r a d i t i o n a l l y

insured

that

the w orld s

la rgest democracy i s also one

of the

l e a s t

s t a b l e

has

once

again

crippled economic potent ia l with

endless paperwork,

concessions

to

f ighting

i n t e r e s t groups and unbelievably high

t a r i f f s

and fees. Nonetheless, the people seem

to

renewed with f a i t h

and hope -

there i s

a

s p i r i t

of Optimism, and religious f a i t h

seems

more powerful and e f f e c t i v e than ever . In fact ,

many

unexplained miracles

have

been invest igated

by

my f i e l d

agents .

•

The

presence

of Orrorsh in t he sou thea st region has

caused much

chaos in t he n atio ns

of the Phil ippines , Vietnam,

Cambodia

and

Thailand.

The COuntries

are

suspicious not

only of

t h e i r ~ n i g h o r ~ to the

south, but

also of

economic

advances t h a t

smack

of

c olonia lism, th e legacy of pas t experiences

.

•

The Chinese

occupied autonomous region

of Tibet continues to be

a

t rouble Spot

for the

communists.

The

increasing

religious

fe rv or o f

Indian

Hindus

has

spread

to

t h i s

mountainous

region, adding more fuel to

the

f i r e

of

Tibe tan resen tment . In

l i g h t of

the p o t e n t i a l

economic costs

of hOlding

onto Tibet, i t appears the Chinese may be willing

to rel inquish Control.

·Yet another

regional

c o n f l i c t

appears

ready

to

boil over: Pakis tan s continuing

border

c o n f l i c t s

with India have

nearly

resulted in nuclear assaul t

several

times,

but

each event has been halted with only m inutes to

spare.

While t h i s

p a r t i c u l a r c o n f l i c t

doesn t neceSsarily endanger

American

i n t e r e s t s

in the region, i t

i s s t i l l has the

potent ia l to encourage bloodshed in nearby

s t a t e s and catapult

the

whole

region into

u t t e r

chaos.

Overall ,

the region appears to be more

appreciat ive of the larger

economic

nations

and the wealth and goods they can provide. This r eg ion may be l o s t to

the

United States

for the

t ime being

(simply because

our na tion l acks the

s trength

t o exe rt

much

influence),

but t h i s s i t u a t i o n wil l surely change as

more

and more t e r r i t o r y i s reclaimed on

the

horne front.

In the

national i n t e r e s t

Sincerely,

fY v

Devin

Chen,

Regional Information

Director



he Dilemma of

the

Traveller

rded by the

unending mass

fpeoplegoingabout theirdaily lives,

e

predominance

of bicycles, and

noise

(due

to the incredibly

population). China has

allowed

peddlers to return to

open-air

in the past few years, so the

streets

and

residential neighbor

ods are a lways u s t l n ~ bu t non

willdraw theattention

ofboth

people

and

the PSB.

The Forbidden City

The

ForbiddenCity, located directly

ss from Tiananmen Square, is the

of

the

great palacesof

the

Chinese

of eras past. Once closed to

e

common

people,

it was

only

to the public with the rise of

it

was

quicklyclosed

againin

December,following

the

ion. Heavily

armed

guards were

ced at theentrances,

and

noonebut

officials

have

beenseen entering

e historical landmark.

Connections within the govern

indicate

that

a

creature of some

possiblyofOrrorshan

origin, has

up

residence

in the mysterious

which were recently un

there(theonly knownentrance

the

tunnels is just

outside the

Impe

Carden). It is believed that several

have

been killed

by

the crea

which is described as a lurking,

ne-chilling black mist in the

shape

Tubo (the Chinese spirit of the

orld). Due in part to thestrong

belief in spirits

and

other as

of the supernatural. the army

s

been

content to leave

the

creature

itselfas long as it doesn t attempt to

the forbidden city.

People throughoutBeijing

are

afraid

Tubo will

soon

tire of consuming

spirits of dead

emperors and

ser

and will begin thirsting for live

iri ts . Several cults dedicated to

easing Tubo (often through ani

or human sacrifice) have sprung

p within metropolitan Beijing.

Despite the

government s

distress

t the

happenings

in the Forbidden

they have made no

attempt

to

assistance

with

the matter-sev

Storm Knights have been politely

admittance

to the

compound.

Tuba

DEXTERITY 16

Melee combat 18

STRENGTH 16

TOUGHNESS 1410·

PERCEPTION 6

Tracking

8,

trick 4

MIND 11

Test

16,

willpower

14

CHARISMA

14

Taunt

17

SPIRIT 19

Intimidation

21

reality 22

Possibilities: 23

Powers: hapechange(changes into

the form of inky blackness

with

a

oughn ss of 0; must physically mani

fest to attack),

in eetiotl

Corruption Value: 17

Fear

Rating: 1

Perseverance DN: 18

Weaknesses:

Miracles

powered by

the faith of Buddhism

TrueDeath:To beslainbya weapon

wielded by a Buddhist

and

blessed by

Buddhist priests

Description: 1 ubo is actually

an

Orrorshan creature that found t con

venient to flee the realm

because

t

greatlyoffended Basjas.lttookupresi

dencein theForbiddenCityafter learn

ing

the

lore of the area, believing that

itwould beable to create fear and feed

off

that

fear. Its ploy has only been

marginally

successful.

bu t

itis

gaining

much spiritual

energy

from the cults

Visitors to China

now must

contend with a government that

is curious, if not

outright

suspi

cious, about their activities. The

biggest hassle

are

the

new

Alien

Travel Permits, which

must

purchased by all foreign visitors

(they cost about 450Y

you

can

ge t

one).

All visitors, unless

granted

special permission

by

the Chinese government, must

give

government

officialsa

day

by-day rundownof theiragenda.

Theofficialswant to knowwhere

you ll be, who you lt

be

seeing

and what you ll be doing. Then,

Chaple

that have

begun

belieVing in and fe

ing it.

Xiamen

Xiamen is one of the original S

cial Economic Zones (from the p

invasion period) and is on an isla

not far from the Chinese mainland

is connected by a rail, road and f

bridge). The incessant

trade on

docksofthecity hasencouraged

ma

small

corporations

to set up manuf

turing facilities either on the island

the

nearby mainland.

This city is a

considered to freer

than

most

ot

Chinesecities, and much smugglin

known

to occur in

the

ports;

ma

Storm Knights have been able to

cure

forged identity papers and Al

Travel Permits for

about

l00Y.

T

guides for the interiorcan also behi

from here.

Su

Chen

to, Guide

for Hire

DEXTERITY 8

Beast riding9,dodge9,meleewe

ons 10, stealth 9

STRENGTH 7

TOUGHNESS

7

PERCEPTION 9

Evidence analysis 10, find 12, l

vehicles (bicycle) 10, language (

glish) 10,

language(French)

10

l

guage Oapanese) 11, scholar (C

they attach a series of forms list

ing this agenda to the permit.

PSB officers have the right to

demand the form whenever they

feel like,

and

the

fines for not

closely follOWing the agenda can

be

substantial

(up to SOOOY . It s

an

inconvenient means of con

trolling the activities of foreign

ers,

and

has

becomequitea

hassle

for businessmen

and

others, al

though I m

awareof

severalgood

forgers in Beijing who can help

you get around this.

- Pete DeBrasselle,

Storm Knight



The Delphi Council

Worldbook

nese lore/tradition) 12 trick

12

Ml 8

Willpower

10

CHARISMA 9

Charm 10

persuasion

12

taunt

10

SPIRIT 8

Faith Taoism) 10

Possibilities: none

Equipment:Cilizcns

pass,glasses,

Y blackjack (damage value STR

Description:

Su won t let

anyone

much about

his

background,

hough heseems

to

have

friends

and

knowledge

of most cities

coastal

China.

He

has been

em

loyed by Storm

Knights, Delphi

uncil operatives, Kanawa agents,

businessmen

and manyoth

he

knows

loyalty to his

employ

nd onlyopera tes under the strict

interpretation

of

work contracts.

pints of

Beijing

Recent weeks haveseenadra

matic increase

in

violent crime

throughout Beijing..

and most

disturbing

to

the

Chinese gov

ernment is

the

fact that

most

of

the cr imes involved hor ribl e

mutilations.

These

officials are

ata loss to explain what

has

hap

pened,

but

theKanawa executives

have a very good idea of

what

is

going

on

theyhavediscussed this

only amongst themselves).

The

Kanawa officials

are

cor

rect in their fears:

the

criminals

are none

other

than

a demon

pride

of Tharkoldu.jezrael has

sent a relatively powerless, but

ambitiousalpha

and his pride to

the city.

They

have been com

manded todisruptKanawaplans

through any means necessary.

jezrael hopes

that Roggurset,

the

great alpha,

will

be able learn

enough

in Beijing to

return

to

Los

Angeles

and

remove

Hravekra, a particularly trouble

some

great alpha

who

has

bro-

78

Shanghai

These days Shanghai has regained

its

status

as

the

most

dangerous

city

in

China, thanks

largely to

the

Yakuza,

who

have

slowly and quietly rebuilt

the

criminal

organizations

that con

trolled thecity

decades

ago.While this

has made the

city a

dangerous

place

for the average citizen, the seedy na

ture

of

the

bosses has

made the area a

haven

for Stonn Knights

trying

to get

away from government

goons

oreven

organized

crime, due in

part

to

the

number of

independent

gangs

that

have sprung up

to

take the

city ou t of

the hands of

the

japanese-backed

gangs.

The two importan t gangs

of

note

are

the Bund Dragons

(named

after the

old

Chinese Wall Street

area of Shanghai), who are Yakuza

backed,

and the Quiet

Wind, a locaJ

gangdedicated towiping

ou t

thejapa

nesegangsand helpingSlorm Knights.

ken free of the

chain

of

domi

nanceand

isgivingjezrael

agreat

deal

of trouble.

Roggurset,

Alpha Techno-Demon

DEXTERITY

12

[) xtge 15,

energy

weapons 14,

fire combat 13 night 17 20), me

lee weapons 16 19defense), mis

sile weapons 15, stealth 15, un

armed combat 16 19)

STRENGTH

17

Ufting 20

TOUGH

ESS17

PERCEPTIO 12

Alteration magic 17 divination

magic 17 find 16, first aid 13 land

vehicles 13, tracking 18, trick 19

MIND 14

Apportation magic 20 conjura

tion magic 18, test 19 willpower

18

CHARISMA

11

Persuasion 13 taunt 15

SPIRIT

13

Faith ITharkoldu Evil)

19

intimi

Huai Yang,

Leader of

t he Bund

Dragons

DEXTERITY

11

[) xtge 16 fire

combat

17,

heav

weapons

13, lock picking 15, lon

jumping

16, maneuver 15 martia

arts tai chi) 12, melee

weapons

1

prestidigitation 15, running 1

stealth

16,

unarmed

combat 17

STRENGTH 10

Oimbing 14, lifting 12

TOUGHNESS

11

PERCEPTION 12

Demolitions 13,

disguise

13, ev

dence

analysis 14, find 15, first

ai

11,forgery14

land

vehicles12, lan

guage

13, tracking IS, trick 17

MIND10

Business 14

hypnotism

13,

medita

tion 11, psychology 14, streetwis

16, test 15,

willpower

14

CHARISMA

10

Chann 14, persuasion 15, taunt 1

SPIRIT 8


Possibilities: 12

dation

21,

pain weapon 17

reality 18

Arcane

Knowledges: Fire 2

folk 6, ntity 4,

inanimate

forces

4 living forces

Possibilities:

13

Natural Tools: Teeth damage

value STR+2/19), talons non

cybered l imb, damage value

5TR+3/20), alpha

sense Perception

total).

wing strike

unnnnal

oommf

to hit, damage value 5TR+7/24),

w s speed value 10)

Equipmenl: Nanocord,

001-

ance--wires +3 toskillsusing agil

ity, noted in parenthesis above),

interdermaJ plate

(armor

value

TOU+6/23), talon <enhanced,

damage valueSfR+5/22), cyber

wings +3 to push for

flight

lifting

while flying.. cyber value 3), back

lash buffer 2 Mind or magic skill

total 2

for purposesofbac1dash),

tife cyber, 3-5lot chipholder, pain

baton (damage value

+3/19),

cyber

value: 16



Equipment: Chiang 67 (damage

value 16, range3-10/40/50), nunchaka

(damage

value STR+5/19), Sony

Talkman,KokoruAvengermotorcycle

(speed

value

13)

Bund Dragons, TypicaJ Gang

Member

DEXTERITY

11

Dodge

13, fire combat 14,

maneu

ver

12, melee

weapons

13, stealth

12, unarmed combat

12

STRENGTH 10

TOUGHNESS

PERCEPTIO 8

Disguise 9,

evidence

analysis 10,

find 11, land vehicles9, :Tacking

trick 10

MINDS

Streetwise 9, test 11

CHARISMA

1

Persuasion 9, taunt

8

SPIRIT

8

Intimidation 13

Possibility

Potential: some (65)

Equipment: Kanawa KMl1 (dam-

age

value

18, range3-lO/25/40),knife

(damage valueSTR+3/17),bullet proof

vest (armor value

TOU+6/22)

Bai-yang Naniuen, Leader of the

Quiet

Wind

DEXTERITY 12

Dodge 17, fire combat 17, heavy

weapons 13, lock picking

17,

long

jumping

13,

maneuver

15, martial

arts

(tai chi) 14, melee weapons 15,

prestidigitation 15, steallh 16, un

armed combat

17

STRENGTH.

Lifting

11

TOUGHNESS.

PERCEPTION

12

Disguise 15,

evidence

analysis 16,

find 15, forgery 12,

language

13,

tracking 15, trick

17

MIND 10

Business 11,

meditation

12, stTeet

wise

16, test 13,

willpower

12

CHARISMA 10

Charm 13, persuasion

16, taunt

12

SPIRIT

•


Possibilities: 16

Equipment: Chiang 67 (damage

value

16,

range

3-10/25/50). knife

(damage

value

STR+3/17>

Description:

Bai-yang

is well

known and liked throughout the city,

and

seems always

to

be

able to find a

contact or help. In that aspect ,

he is

never

truly alone, and doesn t fear the

Dragons. He is very aggressive but

seldom rash,

and he

helps Storm

Knights.

He

is, however,

the

leader of

a gang and will choose their welfare

over others all the time.

Typical Quiet Wind

Gangmember

Sta ts a re

similar

to Bund

Gang

member,

bu t some

20

have mar-

tial arts tai chi a.nd some SO

are

possibility rated.

Religion

Despite the

government s

best ef

forts to sway the nation to

commu

nism, religion remains

an

important

facet ofChinese society. Several of the

world s

major religions

have huge

fol

lowings

this nation of a bill ion

people.

More information

on

the various

religions of China

can be

found in

Chapter Nine, Religions

and

Faith.

India

The other major power of

eastern

Asia, India, has

been

an absenteeplayer

in

the

titanic

struggle between

Earth

and the

invaders.

India s problems of

the

past,centered

on

a diverse combi

nationofpeoples, religions,beliefsand

attitudes,hascrippled theworld's larg

est democracy (with

over

8 million

people). This

nation

has incredible

natural

and

labor resources, and no

aptitude to utilize it. With most of the

world

thrown into

chaos, Indiastands

on

the

brink of

being

able to become a

majoreconomic

power, but

theclunky

bureaucracy and constant infighting

of

the

various political and ethnic fac

tionscontinues to polarize

thecountry

to the

detriment

of all.

There

are no standard qualities

for the country: Hindu

and

English

are official languages, but Bengali,

Gujarati,

Kashmir i, Malayalam,

Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil. Tel

ugu,

Urdu,

Kannada and Assamese

areall

recognized languages,and there

ar e hundreds of

local

and

regional

dialects.

India has long

been

recognized as

ChoIpterSix

the

birth

place of several of

the

mos

influential Eastern religiOns.Thespiri

tual significanceofthe country seem

to

have

helped buffer it against inva

sion, and tha t has

been

a good thing

for

the

planet, since it is clear that

the

High Lords value population as a re

source,and the huge populationof th

subcontinentwould seem to

bea

juicy

prize indeed.

It

is bel ieved that

the

Indian government

managed to repe

an

invading realm in the first month

of

the

war; however, no information

on the subject is available. In recen

months,many miraculous

eventshave

been

reported,

and several of the holy

sites

of

the country seem to have a

tangible

degree

of spiritual energy.

As for

the

religions themselves

Hindu is the predominant religion

with over three-quarters of the coun

try practicing that faith,

but

Islam

can

claim over ten percent of the

popula

tion.

Buddhism

isn't widely practiced

in India,but it was founded there. Th

country s

national resources includ

iron ore, coal, manganese, food, and

cloth for textiles,

but

due to insuffi

cient industry, India

mustimport mos

of its

manufactured

goods, as well a

most of its petroleum products.

PresidentArunatathSingh is scram

bling totry and prevent radical move

ments from

gaining power

in

th

troubled country;

so

far his aNempt

to

prevent

open conflict

have

bee

successful. Continuing border skir

mishes

with

Pakistan

have

nearl

thrust India into

the

first nuclear weap

ons

exchange since 1945.

The

Caste System

TheHindu caste structure hasbee

part

of

the

Indian

system

forcenturies

and as it limits

the

social and economi

progress of Indian citizens,

the coun

try

has

had

a difficulty time

adaptin

to

the

demands of

the

20th century

Hindusarebound by these castes, an

this system has been one of the thing

that has slowed economic progress i

the nation.

Thecastesystem

isdependent

upo

the concepts of rm

and

reincarna

tion. Hindus believe that as one goe

through

life, kanna (both good an

bad) is accumulated for deeds . Onc

someone

dies, theyarereincarnated i

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a fonn to reflect the karma of the pre

vious

i fe

an evil or unwise person

may beborn intoa lowercaste,or may

even come back as a beetle or other

animal; a wise and good person may

comebackasawealthymerchant, royal

prince or priest. Because of this, Hin

du s believe that they, and others, de

serve the caste that they have been

born into.

The highest general caste is that of

the

Bralllnitl

who are Hindu priests.

The next caste is the

KsI fllriya

com·

pos

of royalty and warriors. The

next level

down

is that

of

the

Vaishya

or thepeople, whichequatestofann·

ers, merchants

and

traders. The low

est caste that is a part

of

the Hindu

society is that

of

the

Shudra

which is

filled by gardeners, artists, musicians

and similar occupations.

Th e

final

caste

is

that of the

Outcaste

or the

street-sweepers leather-workers;

those who ar e unclean. This cast in·

c1udes all non-Hindus. A final option

for a Hindu

is

to

be< ome

an

Ascetic or

an individual

wh o

leavesbehind their

family, possessionsand all other roles

in their life in order to seek enlighten

ment. Ascetics reject all worldly satis-

faction, embracingself-denial inord

to achieve enlightenment through

loss

of

desire.

Because

of

the Hindu belief th

people

deserve the caste they a

born into, there has

n

littlemotiv

tion on the part of traditional Hind

to implementsocial reforms and aid

the poor and destitute

n

India. We

em

organizationsand methodshaven

been well accepted because

th

geared to individual accomplishme

and drive, not caste. Westerners wh

come into India are usually treate

eitheras outside thecastesystemor,

they prove themselves as Untouc

abIes

or

Ascetics. t very much d

pends

on wh o

they are able to com

intocontact with and how their initi

impression goes.

onhumans

are a

most always Untouchable.

N ew D elh i

Thenational capital

of

New Delhi

a city devoted exclusively to burea

cracy and the administration of go

ernment.

t is

here that the politicia

sift through reportsofsnake-worshi

ping death cults inKanpur, incredib

miracles in Varanasi, ships beari

evil spirits in Bombay and walki

suits

of

annor in Bangalore. Sta

Knightsseeking informationon even

in the countryside, especially if th

don t havecontacts

amongthe

peop

arewell advised toquietly

begin th

inquiries here because

of

extensi

government offices and media outle

<quietly because the government w

not take kindly

to

strangersmeddli

in sensitive affairs). The governme

is

sooverwhelmed with the

da y

tod

operation

of

the country that

it is

u

able tocontrol thesereportsanda ki

of

media hysteria hasswept lnd

ia

w

reports so wild that the average ci

zen doesn't know what to believe.

Varanasi

Varanasi isone

of

the holiest plac

in the country, with temples to c

ebrate virtuallyevery Hindu god. T

intensely spiritual area is now visit

by

thousands of pilgrims every da

Strangers aren't welcome in this c

because

it

is believed that they w

bring the evil

of

the High

lords

w

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Many of the pilgrims have returned

their

homes

with stories of incred·

le miracles - the blind have had

ir sight restored; storms have

ap·

out of t he s ky from

nowhere

for huge, noating swords to ap -

a r a nd

cut a swath

through

them;

in th e form of Vishnu the

have been

seen walking the

ets, claiming t ha t t he w or ld

must

against

t he H ig h Lords.

Calcutta

Calcutta,

at

nearly te n million

le, is India s largest city. Located

the Bay of Bengal, its traders e x·

richcloth and valuableores for

manufactured

goods.

rema insas

on e of

primetrade

for India,

and

people fromacross

e globe seem to

gather

here to con·

their

business.

Rommun Hazjen, a Storm Knight

inally from India, bu t studying in

when the High

Lordsstruck,

ha s established a safe

house

for way-

ward

Storm Knights

a nd o th er s

who

fight the High Lords.

He ha s

also e-

gu n investigating the stra nge e ve nts

that see m c ommonplac e throughout

the country. Hazjen s

house

is

on

on e

of th e back s treets o f the city, an d all

that

is

known

is that

you a re

wanted

there, on e of his workers will find you.

All efforts

10

infiltrate

th e

safe

house

have me t with failure.

Rommun

Hazjen

DEXTERITY 8

Prestidigitation

9

STRENGTH

10

Climbing 12 lifting 11

TQUGHNESS8

PERCEPTION 12

Alteration

magic

13, divination

magic 15, first aid 13

MIND

13

Apportalion magic 14, conjuration

magic 15, science engineering) 15,

test of will 15, willpower 15

CHARISMA 8

Taunt

9

SPIRIT 7

Faith Hindu)

8 honor

9 reality

Arca ne Knowledges:

Aquatic

avian 2,enchanted 1,entity2,

fol

air 2 fire 1, metal 1, plant 2 wat

Spells: Rommun hasseveral spe

including a few from

Pixulld s

r

tic l

rimoire- at their lower v

ues While not

an

accomplish

mage, h e h as made many power

friends.

Possibilities:

Equipment: Various magical sp

contagions, 38 pistol damage va

14, range J..10/25/50), engineer

texts

Description: Rommun c a me fr

a

poor

family,

bu t

wa s

so

highly m

vated in his studies that he was a bl

wi n a full scholarship to Goldsmi

College in London. His life chang

while visit ing a friend in Cambrid

his moment of

transcendence

w

w hen he chose to save a traumati

mother

an d

he r

young child

from

rampaging

giant. Rammun

so

learned

many

of

th e

basics in ma

an d

devoted

almost all

of

his tim

the

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mmun considers magic just a very

isted form

of

technology - a tool

r the complete control

of

the user,

d

so lacks the mysterious

and

meta

cal tendencies

of

most spell cast·

s. He has maintained his Core Earth

ality while still learning magic. He

cided to return to his native India

d set

up

a safe house for Storm

nights in need

of

rest and shelter,

has begun establishing links with

h individualsacross theglobe.

e has made many friends

among

ose fighting the wars,

and

they will

me to

his

aid at a moment's notice.

Gaya

The land

of

Gaya

and

nearby

literally flow with spiritual

isas

if

the religions

of

theeast

ve returned to all

of

their mythic

er and splendor

Historically,

yawaswhereLord Vishnugranted

power

to cleanse the sins

of

the

and

Bodhgaya was where the

allained enlightenment

nding the Buddhist religion.

These two communities have also

en many incredible miracles, and

ve attracted pilgrims from thou·

of kilometers away.

Bhubanesar

This city (actually twin cities built

opposed riverbanks) has

hundreds

temples dedicated to the various

ndu and Buddhist deities.

In

the

ter of thecity is the Bindu Sarovar,

tank that is believed tobe filled with

e waters

of

Indian holy rivers.

Hampi

beHampi ruins are all that remain

Empire (the

igned from1330tothe1560 s).

citywaswipedoutduring theBattle

ota,and hassincebecomea very

tourist attraction.

Bombay

This industrial city

on

the Arabian

ea is responsible for nearly a quarter

sind

ustrial

outputand

halfof

its ocean going lTade. Bombay is an

important stop for ships coming from

the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea

and

the

tradecities

of

theNileEmpire (assuch,

many gangsters and criminal opera·

lives, especially from Cairo, can be

found in the area). Many l r ~ v o l ·

urne Nile traders frequent the city,

seIling precious resources such as oil,

industrial diamonds, spices and pre

cious metals, while also purchasing

large quantities

of

lower tech goods

for importinto the ile. Storm Knights

often get safe passage into the ile

Empire

by

hiring

on

as ship hands, or

muscletomovecargoes,enabling them

to avoid tough Nile border inspec·

lions.

Hong Kong

This former British colony

of

Hong

Kong, on the tip of the Chinese main·

land, is a hot spot

of

realm activity,

where agents mix corporate intrigue

with street-level turf wars. It has a

high-tech, slick feel, much like Japan,

but

since this area is outright con

trolled by the Kanawa Corporation,

Core Earthers and agents

of

the other

realmsmeeton relatively level ground.

Thismay not beasmuch

anadvantage

as it would first seem, since a decided

lack of finn authority has resulted in

several very violent and bloody wars

for control

of

various trades.

Downtown Hong Kong continues

to

bea meltingJX'tofthevariousSouth·

east Asian cultures (with the Victori

ans thrown in for more spice),

butnow

the city has taken on a darker, more

sinister aspect. This city has already

seenagreatdeal

of

conflict,highlighted

by a

group of

Storm Knights success

fully repelling Nippon Tech efforts to

dropamaelstrombridgeintothe heart

of

the city. While few

of

the city's

citizens know thecircumstancesof the

event, the battle in the skies

of

Hong

Kong is still the talk of the city

Hong Kong is a city where slick

fashions, corporate battlesand agents

for-hire meet on the streets and in the

back alleys battling for control

of the

entire Southeast Asian region. Inter

national corporations rule

the

city

through wealth,

power

and terror.

Street gangs toting automatic weap

ons stroll the streets at night, taking

out low-level corJX'rate executiv

under the guise

of

street violence

Hong Kong was once known as a ba

gain hunters' paradise, with a reput

tion for fantastic prices - now t

only thing fantastic about the city

the body count.

Hong Kong's automated harb

services thousands

of

shipseveryda

as goods from all over the world a

brought here for trade on the volat

Hong Kong Stock Exchange

or

in t

retail stores

at

street level. Everythin

from spices, to gems, to computers,

automatic weapons is

on

sale her

most

of it at bargain prices. Because

the competitive nature

of

Hon

Kong's stock exchange and the tr

mendous wealth being thrown abou

mercenaries for hirearealmostascom

mon as street peddlers.

The

Hong

Kong Trusl

The

Hong Kong Trust is a conso

tium

of

American and Japanese bu

nesses that

are work ing togeth

purely for profit. They deal mostly

weaponsand armed mercenaries, an

in fact control several very skill

groups of mercenaries within thecit

The trust secret yoperatesau tofsuit

on

Queen's Road (in the heart

of

t

downtown

area), but business me

ings with clients can

be conduded

any

of

the

hundreds of

top quali

restaurants and business buildings

the downtown area. The trust is w

financed, and capable of spreadi

around sufficient money to insu

uninterrupted operat ions - the ci

policeare paid to ignorespecificcrim

and

activities.

One thing that Storm Knights w

quickly learnabout HongKong is th

many criminal activities have the

C

urrency

The Hong Kong doUar is the

official currency of Hong Kong,

although the Japanese Yen, the

French franc, the British pound,

the U.s. doUar, the Aysle trade,

theOrrorsh sterlingand theNile

royal are in common usage here.

$7.75 Hong Kong

=

1

U.S.

.. .. ...



gin within

th e

Trust.

an d

often,

-

re they even realize it, they

ar e

tak·

g on the Trust, which ha s the re

urces to handle most an y small

of troublemakers. t

is

not

wh o

is responsible for direct

ntrol of the Trust, an d employees

m to come an d go so quickly that it

difficult to find

ou t

an y

infonnation

out the group.

Philippines

The Philippines have been steadily

aring for wa r ever since the first

elstrom bridge crashed into Indo

esia. The country still suffers from

poverty

although

the

rebels in

th e

southern

islands an d communist in·

have stopped

their assaults

Philippine

an d

U Army instal

tions. American military facilities,

nce used to keep an ever-vigilant

on the Chinese an d Vietnam

e, remain intact a nd h av e proven a

observation

point for

activities.

n

order

to keep control

of

the situ

tion, Philippine cit izens now have

cards

that they must

rry with them at all times. The pas

e ofcitizens from island to island is

hibited without letters of authori

tion from

the

local municipalities.

the

removal of

many

civil

hts, the faith of the people is strong

d they ar e ready to fight the terrors

if

they ever land

upon

Phil

territory.

Manila

Thecapital city ofManila has taken

the mental ity of an armed camp,

d

the divisions between rich

an d

ar e

more evident than ever, with

ge slums stretching over scores

of

kilometers Many

of

th e

Filipinos, wh o reside in a

number

of exclusive neighbor

ods, have fortified their expansive

by putting

up

electrified

an d deploying armed guards.

none

of

these safeguards will

an Orrorsh invasion of the is

nds. the wealthy don t know ho w

eless their defenses will

be, an d

in

the time being

t

keeps the

poor

ou t

of

the way.

Sulu

Research Site

With the stories

of

the terrors that

have emerged from Indonesia, the

United States an d the Philippine gov

ernment have set up a joint Occult

Research Site on Sulu island, not far

from Borneo.Several dozen creatures

that have been killed have secretly

Chapter-S

been

shipped

to the island,

where t

biological sciences researehers d iss

and analyzethe monsters

of

the real

So

far their results have proven inco

clusive as might be expected). Sto

Knights known to be operating in t

region may besummoned to the co

pound and ordered to undertakem

sions on behalf of the Delphi Coun

via the Storm Knight Registrati

Act).



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Vietnam

Vietnam is making every effort to

find out what is going

on

to the south,

ut every agent sent into Orrorsh has

isappeared without a trace. Ho Chi

Minh

City

has tightened its lTavel re

strictions in order to prevent Orrorsh

agents from infiltrating the country.

Vietnam has a sealed border

and

no

new travel visas are being issued.

Report from Agent Ted Jackson.

This report was sent by coded short-

wave transmission,

and

was picked

up by receivers in the Philippines.

Jackson hasn t been heard from in

the past three months.

· 2 ~ 9 City sealed tight. Travtl

restrictions

Suspicious of

foreigners

·1 22 27

Troopssearchingforspies.

Gov t suspects

Orrorsh

activity.

• 7/12 16 - Anny

sllpported deatll

squads

reported

ill

Ho

hi

Minh City.

Political

dissidents missing.

·12 6 9 UN arid Am esty l terna-

tio al investigators tllrned away

Food

shortages reported

ill tlte IOrt1l.

Thailand

ThaiJand s King Thikulyad

understandably alarmed when

southern half of the country repor

that all communicationswith Indo

sia and Malaysua ceased. As Orro

quickJy expanded to its current b

ders, the King s army

was

preoc

pied with settling the refugees w

streamed into Bangkok (which

now swelled

tOa

population ofalm

seven million people). Unfortuna

for the people, many Orrorshan

rors who are able to take on hum

form have migrated to Thailand.

Thai and Chineseare themost c

mon languages, but English is c

mon enough that Ayslish, Victor

English, American and Austra

Storm Knights have n able to h

coordinatecivildefensemeasures,

insomesmalloffensives, takethe b

into the realm of Orrorsh. Despite

help of theStorm Knights, thecou

hasn t the military or economic

sources to mount a major offensiv

The Thai economy has remai

largely intact

due to continued he

tradewithJapan,and manyrogueSt

Knightsmakea good living takingf

into Singapore; the

bais

refuse to

cept manufactured goods f

Singapore aher widely publicized

dents involving home appliances.

n theextremenortherncomero

country caned the Golden Trian

(where the bordersof Thailand, Bu

and Laosmeet), thewarlordswho h

controlled the opium drug trade h

returned to their terrorizing ways.

area hasdegenerated intoa colle<:ti

rival territories controlled

by

c

blooded killers.

Cambodia

When the Vietnamese called h

their troops after the initial invas

Pol Pot crawled out from

under

w

everrock hewas Iiving,and theKh

Rouge was back. Pot s regime, resp

sible for the deaths of at least

million Cambodians during the

1970 s,has relied upon gangsofyo

with an utterly amoral view of

and once again terror has

spr

throughout the beleagured count

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ChapterS

Foreigners

are

in extreme danger in

country. Our agents have had to

undercover

jus t to s tay alive,

and

are trying toescape toThailand. Pol

t is simply

ignoring

the Possibility

- it

would

almost be a blessing

Orrorsh snapped up this country

at least

the monsters

would

distinguishable.

Laos

Laos, a landlocked

nation sur

by China, Vietnam, Cambo

Thailand and Burma, lies uncom

dose to Orrorsh,

yet hasn t

directly involved in the Possibil

Wars-yet .

This nation

is a

logical

get once the Gaunt Man decides to

invasion efforts.

Nepal

The mountainous nat ion (domi

by the Himalayan and h ~

Lekh

mountains) has

been far

from the Possibility Wars.

e popular King Birenda Bir Bikram

ah Deva has

simply

tried to keep

perpetually weak economygoing.

Tibet

Tibet is a Chinese

autonomous

re

the traditional ruler of Tibet is

Dalai Lama, who is in exile). The

on is almost completely within the

mountain chain,whichhas

ample

protection from inva

n for centuries.

Often called The Roof

of

the

has long been believed

have an almost mystic nature to it,

d

in these

unusual

times, that na

is clearly manifesting itself.

The

of

Tibet seems to

have becomean

of psionic awareness, for

many

of

residents seem to have

suddenly

n gifted with

powers

remarkably

lar to those of the Akashans. The

faith of

the country

seems to

ve brought forth many supernatu

beings native

to the religions, in

protectionist spirits.

Due to the mystic powers

of

the

d, it iswidely believed that the land

have scores of eternity

shards

hidden.ltisalso

known that theSignal

Fire, which summoned theAkashans.

was hidden within this

country.

Dynanta,

Protection

Spirit of

Tumbayang Chu

River

DEXTERITY

11

Dodge 24, unarmed combat 16

STRENGTH

4

TOUGHNESS

15 25)

PERCEPTION 12

Alterat ion magic 19,

divination

magic

18

find 18

MIND

11

Apportation magic 18, test 18

CHARISMA 10

Charm

15, persuasion 15,

taunt

12

SPIRIT

12

Reality 22 intimidation 16

ArcaneKnowledges:Aviall 3 mrtlt

1

light

+1, magic +1, water 8

Spells:

Away

sight detect magic earth

shield fly fog

water spray

Possibilities: 35

Natural Tools: Spiritual chill (must

touch victim, causes mental damage

value 16);when in fog form, Dynata

has an

effective

Toughness

of 25

Description: Dynanta

was sum

moned

to Earth through an elaborate

mantra

ritual,and is

theincamatespir

of its river. is playful

and

whimsica

often calling ou t to strangers and tra

elers.

almost always chooses to ap

pear as a cloud of fog that danc

through the

air. However, those wh

intend to do Tibet

or

the river har

will face its wrath.

Mount Kailash

One of the most sacred mountain

in Tibet,

Mount

Kailash is called

th

soul of the country, for it is believe

to protect the Tibetan people. is al

sacred to Hindus because it is the si

ofthethroneofShiva.

Finally,Kaila

is 5<1 cred to

the

Bon religion because

is where the founder, Shenrab, cam

to Earth from the Sky. Pilgrimages

the mountain are often blocked b

mysterious

events,

such

as land slide

false trails

and other

inexplicable

slades,and

it is said to

bea

true test

faith to complete the trip to the mou

from the nearby village of Darche

Two lakes south of the mountai

Manasarower, representing

t h f o r

of

light, and Rakastal,

representin

85



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the darkness, are also sacred to reli

gious

worshippers in the area.

is

Sclid that several Storm Knights who

havecompleted the journey have been

granted divine tools with which to

fight the High Lords, although this

has never been substant ia ted wi th

proof. t

is

believed that Tibetans of

strong faith will be able to invoke di

vine protection that would make the

nation a hardpoint against invasion.

Lhasa

Thecapital ofTibet, Lhasa, has two

major sites of renewed spiritual sig

nificance.

The first is the Potala,

or

Red Pal

ace. Since 164-5 the Potala has served

as the home of the Dalai Lama s, al ·

though the current Lama has been in

exile since the Chinese have occupied

the region. Within the Potala, dozens

86

of

the faithful have reported seeing

thegrainy imageof theLama, suppos

edly weeping.

The other point

of

note is the

Jokhang (Crand Cathedra]), known to

possess the Prayer Wheel

of

Jokhang.

The prayer wheel is believed to ean

eternity shard of great power.

rayer heel

o jokhml

Cosm: Core Earth

Possibilities:

20

Tapping

Difficulty:

16

Purpose: To renew religious belief

in the faithful

of

Tibet.

Powers:

Adds 5

to

the

f ith

of

any

Tibetan who is touching thewheel.

Group

Power: Create Talisman

Restrictions:

The Prayer

Wheel

may only be used by those who are

born in Tibet.

Description: Approximately half a

meter tall, the legendaryPrayerWheel

appears to be made

of

gold,

and

de-

picts the powers of the gods protec

ing Tibet from outside invaders.

Chiang Chu

Monastery

Believed to ehidden high in t

mountainstha tgivebirth

to

theChia

Chu River, this monastery

is

repute

to be the province

of

a select

group

Hindu monks who have dedicat

themselves to the

study

of magic

knowledge,even that which

is

beyon

Earth s

gic

axiom. Little is know

of themonasteryexcept thatonly tho

pure

of

heart will be allowed to fin

it ltis believed that theone path to t

monastery is riddled wi th magic

traps that

rna

ke the

unwary

loose th

way and forget their motivation f

approaching.



Pakistan

This massive country bordering

dia has come dangerously close to

Asia into

the middle of

clear conOid. Somehow, Pakistan

s acquired at least half a dozen

ear warheads. bu t has nomissiles

which

to

launch them. Thecoun

has had nearly continuous s r-

with India since

theywere

both

reed from British colonial rule, an d

hasa continuing dispute with

ndia regarding the

ownership

of

adesh which w a s o nc e East Pa

stan . Whenever tensions heat

up

India, the

Pakistaniarmygoeson

ert, with t he b om bs abo.,rd planes

on

the runway

waiting

for

th e

o r d e r s - wheneveran

uniden

airplane

or

flock

of

birds) enters

kistani airspace, the commanders

ave barely 90 seconds to decide

launch

t he p lanes or risk

themdestroyed wheretheysit.

rtunately, the planes have always

een recalled in the nick

of

time

o knows if that wiD always be the

Mghanistan

Afghanistan remains a troubled

country,

as

theAfghan rebels (Afghan

tribesmen

wh o

call themselves holy

warriors,

or

the mujahedeen) ron·

tinue to s truggle against the Soviet

installed government. The embattled

country has had

no

directly involve

ment in Possibility Wars

as

of yet.

Bangladesh

Originally referred to as East Paki

stan, Bangladesh was founded as an

independent

nation in 97 afterIndia

invaded an d cast out the West Paki

stani occupation forces. The country s

5

million people are crowded onto

th e

low·lying

Ganges

and

Brahmaputra river deltas.

While Bangladesh

hasn t

been di

rectly assaulted by the forces

of

the

High Lords, the river deltas are con

stantly subjected to flooding

as

a

re

sult

of

the altered weather patterns in

the region (thanks to the Orrorshan

storm

front). Because of this, many of

Chapter

the most densely populated cities

e

pecially the capital of Dhaka) ha

been abandoned in favor of the hig

lands further inland. However, it h

meant that the

water n

the area

much cleaner an d more free from d

ease than before.

North

Korea

orth Korean

President

Ka

Hyong s communist government

feeling increasingly isolated

n

light

China s sudden turn toward Jap

Hyongcontinues to fight effortsby t

South Korean government to rea

various political, trade an d milita

agreements, butsuspects thathiscou

try will soon be isolated without t

support ofChina. Hyongseems rea

to go

on

alone, although he secre

appears to have approached the S

viet Union for economic an d milita

aid - there is no confirmed word

the Soviet response,

bu t

it is believ

that they have warned Hyong to

wary of Japan an d ar e offering so

forms of aid.



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Chapter Seven

he iddle

East

he M;ddle East has been

a political and military

hot

spot

for centuries,

dating back to the era of

the

Cru sade s. In m edi -

eval times,it was alsoa major nexus

of

trade,

and

recent

years

haveseen these

small nations transformed

into

major

powers

due to the presence of petro

leum.

The

invasion by

Dr

Mobius

has

oncemore transformed the region into

a battleground, with ancient enemies

forced to act as allies against the dev

astating forces of the

High

Lord.

A lo ng w it h t he p re se nc e of a c om

mon enemy, the Muslim reUgion acts

as a uni fyi ng force i n this area of the

world. t has gained even grea ter

prominence as the oppressed victims

of theTenth Empire have turned back

to religion en m sse

A number

of

small

armies have

formed

to

combat the predations

of

the

Nile Empire,

the

largest

operating

under

the

banner

of Al-Abdul]errard.,

and

goes

by the name

of

Sword

of

Saladin.

They have struggled val

iantly, but thus far seem to be fighting

a losing battle.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is the largest country

on the Arabian peninsula. It is a mon

archy,

and boasts the presence of

Mecca, the holy city of Islam, within

its borders. The recent conquest of

this site by Mobius, at fearful cost, has

intensified the hatred felt by the faith

ful of Islam for

the High

Lord.

Another effect of

the

faU of Mecca

has been a

widespread

feeling that

the

defeat was a sign from Al lah

that

his

people have

become unworthy. A

number of

fundamentalist

sects have

arisen in recent months cal ling for a

return

to

the old ways and condemn

ing nations like Saudi Arabia

and

Ku-

wait for their Western leanings. S

of these groups have even called

the expulsion of all non-Isla

peoples from the region. Rather t

bolstering thespiritofthepeople, th

groups have served more

to

un

mine

the authority of

secular

gov

ments and promote

disunity.

Economically,

the country

is

suffering markedly.

Damage

don

Red Sea

ports

has been counter

anced bythe increased productivi

those the P ers ia n Gulf. S au di

production has managed to remai

or near pre-war levels, although

sabotage remains a constant probl

Foreign investment,

however

another malter. Heeding theadvk

AI-Abdul ]errard, King Faroud

S au di Ar ab ia h as d ec la re d a mor

rium on the construction of fore

backed production facilities in hisla

The King holds all legislative

ecutive,

and

judicial powers.

The

vailing view is that

laws are

revea

not made.

The

King s main advis

board. is the Council of Ministers.

King appoints all ministers,

and

the ri ght t o d is mi ss

any

minister.

The

King presides

over

the Cou

as its PrimeMinister,and the coun

main function is legislative.

Theco

cil is also responsible for various

ministrative matters such as for

and domesticpolicy defense, fina

health, and education.

The Saudis

follow

Shari ah

which is the law of Islam. Judgem

is

sed on the Hanbali traditio

Islam, w hi ch is v er y s tri ct i.e. a

tery

is

a stoning offense). All of

courts

are presided over by

cle

because all

the

crimes

are regarde

be religious crimes. All non-relig

offenses such as traffic violations

dealt

with

in

government

offices.

any

appeal of the offense is dealt w

by the King.

AU

foreigners

are

expected to

a

by the laws

and

traditions of Isla



TO: President Quartermain

FROM: Ellen

Connors.

Director, Delphi Council

RE: Roman Peran, Director of Affairs. Middle East Bureau

I regret toinformyouof the disappearanceof Roman Peran, theDirector

of DelphiCouncil Affairs,Middle East

bureau.

We last

heard

from

him

on

Mar:ch 5, Invasion Year Two, and he is presumed dead. The following

~ o n

of

the

report has

been

constructed from his notes

and early

reports,

but IS not as accurateas wewould like

it

tobe.Sir,wearerurrently working

on finding a new

director

for

the Middle

East, and we expect to find a

replacement for Mr. Peran very soon.

EJ

The Sword

of

Saladin

AI-Abdul

jerrard

is a

su i

(an Is

ic mystic), and is

now

the recog

ized leaderof both theSaudimilitary

d

the pan-Islamic

organization

known as the Sword of Saladin.

amed

for

one

of the great Muslim

heroes of the Crusade, this group was

formed seven

months

after the inva

and iscomposedofMuslims from

over the

Middle

East, as well as a

few non-Islamic Storm Knights.

The

history of the Jihad begins five

months after the invasion beganwhen

AI-Abdul

jerrard

walked ou t of the

Ad-Dahna

Desert into the the city of

Riyadh in

Saudi

Arabia.

Upon enter

ing the city, he went to the central

market and began to preach to the

people. t is sa id that he talked in a

whisper,but soon that whisperturned

into a roar that silenced all men. He

told those assembled that they must

put aside all of their hatred and

envy,

and that they should clasp their fel

lows as

a brother

of

Islam.

He went on to teU the c rowd that

the Mobius had defiled

the

work

of

Allah, and that all of Islam should join

together

to

destroy

this affront. Their

first task would

be

to reinforce the

defense of Mecca a task they

would

perform well for over a year before

finally falling

before Mobius

war

machine).

Following the Speech, Jerrard was

summoned

to a meeting

with

Faroud,

his chief advisers, and the leading

members of the Ulama, a college of

religious scholars. At the conclusion

of this four-hour conference. jerrard

was named supreme

commander

of

the Saudi

military.

Under

his leader-

ship,

the

army

has increased drasti

cally in size and the draft has been

reinstituted.

jerrard later went on a tour of the

Middle

Eastern nations

that were not

yet in

the

grip

of

Mobius.

He

called

upon the

various factions in each to

put aside their old hostilities and join

in a

new

jih d or holy war, to drive

the invaders from the region. The re

sult of llthiswas the formation of the

Sword of Saladin.

Whether or not

jerrard

truly in

tended to spark a holy

war

is debat

ab le he

may

havebeenunder politi

cal pressure from Faroud s advisers

and seeking to safeguard his own

newfound power.

What no one (outside of Thebes)

is

aware

of is that AI-Abdul

jerrard

is a

Nile Empire plan t, a special agent

trained in the arts

of

deception. Realiz

ing that the powerof the Muslim faith

pos a threatto him,Mobiuschose to

harness it for his own use. jerrard is in

deep

cover - not even the leaders

of theNile s battlegroups are aware of

his

true

loyalties.

AI-Abdul

Jerrard

DEXTERITY

11

Beast riding 13,dodge

16.

fire com

bat 16,

maneuver 14.

melee weap

ons 15, missileweapons

15.

stealth

16, unarmed combat 16

STRENGTH 10

TOUGHNESS 10

PERCEPTION

U

Disguise 15 Egyptian religion 16,

evidence

analysis

16

find 17, land

vehicles 15, scholar (Muslim lore)

19, tracking 15, trick 17

MIND 15 (12)

Hypnotism

23, psychology 19, test

Chapter Se

20, willpower 20

CHARISMA 14

Charm

19, persuasion 19 taunt

SPIRIT 11

Faith (Sebek) 17, intimidation

reality (Nile Empire) 18

Possibilities: 30

Indination: Evil

Pulp Powers: mind control super

tribute (applied to

Charisma

adventu

C06tB

Equipment: Uzi,

damage

value

ammo 11, range 3-15/40/100; KO

(damage value 15,ammo8,range3-1

25/60); sabre. damage value SfR+4/

Desaiption: jerrard is a

tall,

str

ingly handsome man whose natu

charisma is augmented by his pow

over the mind. He has used these ab

ties

to influence the decisionsof Sau

leaders and form a potent milita

organization.

Structure of

the

Sword

The

Sword of Saladin

iscompos

primarily of elements of the Sau

military,

but the

organization

a

lxlasts thousandsof people fromoth

nations

as

well. Presently,

the Swo

is composed of over 450,000 m

These troopsarestationed at fourba

throughout the Ambian peninsula

Typical Sword

Agent

DEXTERITY 9

Dodge 13, fire combat 13, hea

weapons 13,

unarmed

combat 1

STRENGTH

TOUGHNESS 9

PERCEPTION 8

Find 10, ai r vehicles 11, land

hicles 11

MIND

7

Survival 10

CHARISMA 7

SPIRIT

Faith(Muslim) 13

Additional Skills: two at

+

1 ad


some

45

Equipmenl: varies

Each base houses two squads

tanks,

and

hasan airfield nearby. T

main base near Riyadh houses

Abduljerrard and the high offidal

the organization, while a base in

Rub AI-Khali Desert acts as

the

tra

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g base

for

the

special

strike

force.

e

special forces is comprised

of

Knights,

and is usually

used to

invaded

regions.

Storm

Knights

of

any religion will

accepted into

the Sword.

bu t

they

must be

willing to

abide by

all

the

raditions

and laws

of

Islam.

Thus.

a

of

a different religion will

be

forbidden

to publicly

display anyele-

mentoftheirreligion.and womenwill

required

to

wear the

full

garb of

a

Muslim woman (the long robe

and

veil).

The

decision

by

AI-Abdul

Jerrard

to accept women into

the

army

was

one that disturbed many

leaders

in the

Islamic

world.

Duringasummitmeet-

ing,

he defended

his position with

the

following statement:

I f

Allah

has given women the

power

to fight the

invaders, then

they

should be

allowed

to fight

t

is their

world

as well, thus

they

should have

the

r ight to

defend

it:

Women are

not

allowed

to fight in

the front lines with the soldiers, but

women

are employed

to infiltrate

the

different realms

and

gather informa-

t ion. AI-Abdul Jerrard s position on

the

subject was

strengthened

when a

woman

sacrificed herself to

remove

a

bomb from the summitmeeting. Later

it

was

discovered that

the bomb

had

been planted by

a

team of Nile

vil

lains. (Thiswasa gestureby

Mobius

to

strengthen the cover of

his

valued

agent,

although the

villains,

of

course,

did not realize this.)

Atpresent, very few Islamic

women

have

joined the ranks

of

the

Sword of

Saladin, but women

of

other

lands

have

come. One reason for this is

that

there are great benefits

to

being

a

Sword

agent.

At

first, women from

other

religions resented

wearing the

full robes

and

veils,

bu t they soon

discovered that the clothingprevented

the sun

from burning their skin,

and

was

actually cool in

the Arabian

cli

mate.

The Sword has

received

tremen-

dous support

from

Storm Knights

around

the

world (noneofwhom

have

seen through

Jerrard

as yet).

Cur-

rently,

three weird

scientists, two

Nilemathematicians,a nengineer, and

anAyslishmageworkingforhim. The

Ayslish

mage

(Malcom

of the Four

Towers)

is

actually

an

ambassador

from Lady Pella 's court.

Agents

of

the Sword

have gained

a

great

deal

of

information

about

the

ile Empire, specifically in

regards

to

its

military structure

(much of

it mis

info rmati on p lant ed by Mobius).

Agentsare also sent into

other

realms,

because

Jerrard wants to stay

abreast

of developments

elsewhere.

Joining the Sword

Anyone can

attempt to join

the

Sword, and it would be

easiest to ex

pose Jerrard from within. (Keep

in

mind that no one ins ide the Sword

suspects

Jerrard

s treachery.)

Before acceptance into the

organi-

e

tion,a

applicantsarescreened.

Any

hint

of previous wrongdoing

will be

enough

to

cause the

application to

be

rejected.

the character

is accepted,

then

they will be taken to the

training

facil

ity,

where

they

will

spend the

next

month. This training

is rigorous,

but

they

will emerge

better

able towork

in

the different realms. t is AI-Abdul

Jerrard s hope

to also convert

someof

t hose trained to

the ways of

Islam,

thus all characters will be expected to

aUend classes

on the

religion. noth

ing else, this will

help the characters

operate

in Islamic

countries

in future.

Characters

who complete the

train

ing session will

have

the following

skills:

Knowledge of

Arabic (no need to

generate a langlmge total);

Scholar Islam)

(if the character

has no adds

in this skill);

They

will also learn one

of

the fol

lowing

skills (i.e. receive

one add

in a

skill

they do not already possess):

odge

Firt

combat

Melee weapons

issil weapo S

rnmne combat

cholar

(choose one

realm

lore)

Once the

training

pericx:l

has

been

completed, theSword

will

forma team

of the

characters.

They

will

then un-

dergo team

training, in

which they

will

perform

specialized

maneuvers

to prepare for real missions.

Sword

special teams are composed

of

both

men and women, and are

sent into

Chapter

Se

different

areas

to

gain

information

investigate strange activities, to ma

guerrilla raids, toassassi

nate

enemi

or to

do

advanced

reconnaissan

work.

Yemen

The

Yemen

Arab

Republic suffe

greatly in the first

yearofthewar,d

mainly

to

the

loss

of

all

of

its

ports

the

forces

ofthe

Nile. Thegovernm

of

the Republic,

headed by

the C

stituent People'sAssembly, isstill g

erning the country,

but

many of

people have

ned into

Saudi

Arabia

the Democratic Republic

of

Yemen

Economic

disaster

seemed imm

nent, and all

seemed

lost until

government

of

the People' s Dem

cratic Republic

of

Yemen

decided

allow the the

Yemen Arab Repub

access to the port of Aden, for a pri

The

Yemen

Arab

Republic

must sh

50 percent

of the

profits from

its

ports. As the Yemen

Arab

Republi

quite

rich in mineral resources : t

deal

will

greatly improve

the

finan

picture of

the People's Republic.

This

hassaved the governmenta

economy of the

Yemen

Arab

Rep

lic, but the country is still basica

indefensible.

The Sword of

Sala

has constructed

a

minor

military

b

in

the region, bu t for themost P 1rt

people have

little

hope of

their co

try

surviving

the

war

intact.

The

People s

Democratic Repub

of

Yemen has been hostile to

the

w

since its creation in

1967. t

is a lso

avowed

Marxist

country.

The dis

lution

of the

old USSR

caused

ma

problems,for thecountry's chiefsou

of

aid was cut off

at

that time. L

most

countries around

the

world.

PDRY suffered

an

economic disas

But

the

PDRY

has

now

gained n

economic stability

though the

tre

with the

Yemen

Arab

Republic.

The government

of the

PDRY

now

been

able

to increase its

arm

forces

and purchase equipment.

now, theyhaveallied

themselves

w

theSword

(we

believe for the purp

of gaining more

military

equipme

The region that the PDRY inhabit

the poorest region in terms

of

mine

on the

Arabian peninsula.

and t

may be

mobiliZing to

take over

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men Arab Republic after the Possi

ity Wars have ended. They have

attacked the region

due

to their

spect or fear) of the Sword of

Oman

Oman is a sultanate a form

of

onarchy). There is

no

elected gov

in thecountry. Local govern

nt is conducted by walis, officials

by the Sultan, and municipal

Forthe most part, thecountry isstill

ral, with t he interior being domi

ed by nomadic tribes. Thecountry

rich in mineral resources,

and

oil is

e major export. The tribal aspect of

e society

s

still a pp ar en t, a nd im

tant in politics.

The Omani military has expressed

llingness to work with the Sword

Saladin, and one major Sword base

s

been established in the region. The

anis have alsoconstructed a num

r of n ew bases a nd the Sultan has

upon all able-bodied me n to

esent themselves for training.

Oman hasyettobe invaded, but the

are

fearful ofsuch an eventual

t

is doubt ful that Oman could

out for long against a Nile

ithoutaid from itsneigh

United rab

Emirates, Qatar,

Bahrain

The

U.A.E which is composed of

ven tiny emirates, or monarchies),

Bahrainarerelativelysmall

on

the Persian Gulf that are

t in immediate danger. All three

ntries are important oil producers

transporters, and all three support

e erforts of Storm Knights to crush

Nile Empire.

Military enlistment is

up

sharply

re, as it is in most o th er nati ons

of

e region. Bahrain

s

known to be

tively working to induce a team of

m Knights toconslnJct a base there.

92

Iraq

Iran

and

Jodran

Officially, these three countries have

joined forces with their n ~ i h o r s in

the struggle against the Nile Empire.

Theextentoftheircommitment

s

ques

tioned in many quarters, however

Mobius pledgetocreatea Palestinean

homeland in Israel has

struck a chord

with many people in these nations.

TheSword ofSaladin has sparked

mixed reaction in Iraq

and

Iran. Whi

ma ny y oun g men

and

women hav

left to join the group, otherscondem

it as a tool of the West.

TheSonsof

the Prophet isa milita

Islamicgroup formed nine monthsag

in Iran, which has since spread to Ira

and Jordan. They havedeclared them

selvesto be inopposition to theSwor



claiming that defending one s home-

land is

more important than

following

ome

mystic. T hey also point to the

word s

acceptance

of women and

non-M uslims into its ranks

as

a

sign

t ha t it

does

not represent

true

Islam.

Membersof

theSonsof

the Prophet

are known to have infiltrated the

Sword

for

purposes

of espionage.

Israel

Years

of conflid,

both internal and

external, left Israel well-prepared for

hostilities. But the Possibility

Wars

make

fo r

strange

bedfellows, and

Mobius invasion

has

found Israel al

lied with some of its most bi tter en

emies,

including

Syria

and

Jordan.

Israel was engaged in a bloody

struggle

with

the

ile

Empire

for

18

months, resulting in thecollapse

of

the

Jerusalemstelaeand

thedefeat orwith

drawal

of

Mobius forces.

The

Israeli

army

is

now m sse on the

east bank

of

the

Suez, in

preparation

for

an inva·

sion of Egypt.

As

part

of

the planning

for this

op

e ra tion, M ossa d

agents

have estab

lished a

number

of c ells

within the

Nile Empire, relaying infOrIT4,tion back

toIsrael

and

sabotagingmilitaryequip

ment and scientific projects.

The

Mossad

is

sa id to be recruiting Storm

Knights

as

speciaJ agents, offering ex

cellent

pay

in

r tur

for their services

in the ile Empire.

Standard

Mossad

Agent

D EX TE RITY •

Dodge

11, fire combat 11, maneu

ver 10

melee weapons

0

unarmed

combat 12

STRENGTH 8

TOUGHNESS 8

PERCEPTJO

9

Evidence analysis 10, find

11,

first

aid

10, forgery 10, land vehicles

10

tracking 10, trick

10

MIND 8

Test 9, willpower 9

CHARISMA 1

Persuasion

8

SPlRIT 1

Faith Judaism)

8

intimidation 8

Additional

Skills:

two at 1 adds

Chapter Sev

P ossibility Potential:

some

45)

Equipment: dagger,damageval

S TR +4 /1 2; Uzi (damage

value

1

ammo

11,

range

3-15/40/1(0)

Another

unlikely ally

of the

Israe

if the Palestinean Protection League

splinter group of the Palestinean L

eration Organization. Seeing Mobi

as

the

common

enemy, they ha

a gr ee d t o suspend action against t

Israelis for the duration

of

the w

TheyhavebeenrepudiatedbythePL

and

the

Israeli

government

ha s

th

far

been reludant

to trust them

wi

important

operations.

The major

complaint o f

mo

Israelies is that, since Mobius

troo

were driven out

of

the

country.

th

are

getting precious little

infonnati

on the course of the

war

fro m t h

government.

Many

are

reduced

to

Iyingon

the

VoiceofAmerica for new

The Israeli military is on full ale

expecting an attack

at

any mome

from the ir

Arab ames now that t

immediate

t hr ea t to t he ms el ves

seemingly past.

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hapter ight

ustr li

•

hen

communications

were cut off from Indo

nesia, theAustralian Fed

eral Parliament immedi·

ately went into emer·

gency session. Air travel was immedi·

ately disrupted because of the storm

fronts onlya few miles from thenorth·

ern coast of the continent,

and thedty

of Darwin was gripped with anxiety

assoon as thefirst ships toget through

thestorm front arrived in port. Within

days tales of strange terrors - evil

creatures, sea currentsofwhat seemed

to be boiling blood, spir its that took

over ocean-going freighters - were

reported from Bamaga, on the

Cape

YorkPeninsula, to Perth,on thesouth

western portion of the continent.

Prime Minister Robert Hawke was

given authority

to

securesuppliesand

material throughwhatevermeansnec

essMy. He immediately approached

Japan for industrial goods, as well as

technological knowledge, inexchange

for more favorable prices for wool.

beef, dairy products and other agri

cultural staples.

Of

course, unknown

to Hawke, the Kanawa Corporation

had almost conquered Japan by this

time, and Hawke came back

to

his

people virtually empty-handed - it

was obvious that the Japanese knew

how desperate he was.

Instead, Hawke sMinister ofTrade

arranged for a long·term lend-lease

agreement, giving Australia immedi

ate supplies in exchange for long term

economic interesl.Japan wasalso able

tosecu

re

very fa vorable

tes for trade,

slaShing through many of the high

import tariffs that Australia had es

tablished.

As the nature of the invasion be

came clearer, the Australians realized

what a bitterwar was awaiting them.

The tension and fear was palpable

throughout the northern and western

coastal areas, and even in the south

ern, seemingly protected cities of

Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney an

Canberra therewas Iittleanyonecoul

seem to talk of beyond the invasion

TheAustraliangovernment hasals

tried to aid its neighbors as much a

possible - the Philippines and Tha

landwereboth grantedsmall amoun

of goods at first, but soon there wa

little else to spare,

and

these nation

had to tum to Japan for aid.

As Orrorsh s invasion efforts we

stalled, Indonesians came to seeAu

tralia as a

s< fe

refuge. Terror·stricke

natives of nearby Papua NewCuine

also raced for theshores of the nearb

continent. People who felt that the

had little to lose ventured to Darwi

Bamaga,Broome,andother townsan

dtieson thenortherncoasts. Theycam

by plane, small freighter, and even b

canoe. The first few hundred refuge

were welcomed, as the local popul

tion absorbed their stories of terro

and included them as best they coul

However, the trickle soon became

torrent - by the endof the first year

the invasion, nearly 200.000 islande

had made theirway toAustralia,on

tobe placed in hugerefugeecamps. A

the timeof this writing, refugees num

bered just under one million total.

Meanwhile, the Australians ca

onlywait. It has been nearly

two

yea

of anxiety and tension, but not a sh

has been fired. Thegovernment reg

larly warns their people to always

on the lookout for strange event

which may indicate an impending i

vasion. Their patience and fortitude

slowly ebbing away.

urrent ondition

Anxiety, fear, distrust. These are

few ofOrrorsh s dominant emotion

yet they also dominate the people

Australia. tis a continent primed f

invasion.

However, the people seem read

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ChapteT i ht

Mr.

President :

The

nation/continent

of

Austra l ia

in the

midst

of economic and s o c i a l

upheaval

in

these days

of trOUbles.

Prime Minister

Hawke s

government

i s

facing growing

socia l

discontent because the nation

has

been swamped by mill ions of refugees, primari ly from

occupied

Southeast

Asia. While Austra l ia has t r a d i t i o n a l l y been a wealthy

and

s t a b l e

nat ion,

Queensland,

the Northern

Terri tory and

the

northernmost regions of

Western

Aus tr alia a re

facing

overcrowded

conditions

and

shor tages

of

food

- there

have been

no catas trophic

repercuss ions as

of yet, but there

i s

c e r t a i n l y a

growing

anxiety.

The NRRA (Non-Realm Resident Alien) camps established

near Darwin,

Wyndham

and

Normanton each

have over

a quarter of a

mill ion immigrants (cal led

new

squats )

clamoring

for

food, s h e l t e r and employment. There i s a growing

f r i c t i o n

between nat ive

Aussies and

the

recent

a r r i v a l s .

I t i s

known t h a t

the

Austral ians have established an

organization c a l l e d

the Austral ian

Defense Corps , whose function

i s

remarkably s imi la r to t h a t of the Delphi Council. At

t h i s point ,

the

ADC

has

spent a

grea t

deal

of

time i n f i l t r a t i n g agents i n t o Drrorsh

t o

determine

the best means of defending t h e i r country. At the prompting

of

major

i n d u s t r i a l leaders , the

ADC

has also sent agents

i n t o

Japan to

observe

the s t a r t l i n g

technological and i n d u s t r i a l progress of the is land nation (many people suspect t h a t

J apan has

been

invaded, but t hey

have been

unable

t o

accumulate

d e f i n i t i v e

proof

- la rgely

due t o e f f o r t s of

our

agents in

the

f i e l d and

the

superior securi ty of

the

Kanawa

Corporation) .

The armed

forces have been

the

subject

of

a

massive

bui ld-up, with

conscripts

coming

from both Austral ian c i t i z e n s and the NRRA s t h a t have s e t t l e d t h e r e . The government

has

been

t rading

mine ra l wea lth t o

the United

S t a t e s

in exchange for advanced weapons

technology.

Factories

have been gear ing up weapons product i on with s t a r t l i n g e f f iciency.

Our

sources also

i nd ic at e t ha t

Austra l ia has

been allowing

Nippon

Tech and

CyberFrance

t o construct f a c i l i t i e s

within

the

nat ion,

but t h i s

has not

yet been

confirmed

- i f

indeed t h i s

i s

so, the applica t ions have

been

t o p - s e c r e t so f a r .

The

normally

carefree Austral ians have

become more

somber and resigned t o war, and

they are ready t o f igh t to the end. For

them,

there i s no surrender - i t wil l e i t h e r

be

victory

or

death.

Of

course,

a grea t

deal

of

fear

has

spread

from

the

NRRA s

to

the

Austra l ians ,

as

s t o r i e s of the t e r r i f y i n g

expe ri ences i n Indonesia

have

spread

through

the

country.

A u s t ra li a s t ra d it io n a l

openness t o v i s i t o r s

has also changed

-

the

people of t h i s

nation

st welcome v i s i t o r s

but

there i s always a l ingering

suspicion

t h a t

these

newcomers may

be

working

for one

of the High Lords,

and

hence t h e i r

apprehension. I t

has

been

an extremely tense

time

for our operat ives

in

the f i e l d

but

fortunate ly

none

of

them

have

been

discovered by Austral ian

o f f i c i a l s .

In

summary, Austra l ia

i s t roubled,

but a t

t h i s

time

i t i s

s t i l l in

much b e t t e r shape

than most of the other nat ions on the planet . However, the fear

of

an Orrorsh invasion

has

cut t o

the

hear t

o f t he Au st ra lia n psyche, p la ci ng t he

whole nation

on edge. I

wonder

i f t h e i r resolve wil l remain i n t a c t as soon as the storm clouds are sigh ted closing

in on Darwin.

Austra l ia

o f n ec es si ty wil l stand on i t s own, and I hope t h a t i t wil l be able t o hold

out

against

the

advances

of the

invaders. Nonetheless,

our t r a d i t i o n a l l y

strong

t i e s

are

s t i l l i n t a c t despite the

necessi ty of hindering

the

information

gather ing e f f o r t s

in Japan. In time,

they

wil l

understand

the need, and

for

now they are

none

the wiser .

Sincerely,

~ ~

aul McCormick, Regional Information Director



Th e


r the coming battle (despite ou r in

ion from withinOrrorsh which

no way indicates an impending in

sion, the government is convinced

t thehorrorswill roUonto themain

nd in short order). Despite what

pea rs t o be governmental indeci

on, each community has extensive

acuation and survival plans, usu

lly to be implemented at the prod

of miHtary officers. Most of the

adults have received b -

c combat and su.rvival training, in

dit ion to taking

on 6O-hour

work

Agricul ture continues to be th e

of the country, but indus

ial production hasbeen increased by

20 percent since the first bridge

into

OrTOrsh.

Government

TheFederal Parliament still hasfirm

trol over th e national government,

d in a country known for

rowdy

litics (the American scandals that

outof townwouIdn teven

ean eyebrowoverthere), there has

unusually high patriotism.

lphi agent George l.oeth s report

rom Canberra is summarized below:

This

bealltiful

city

has

been

a

whir/

ind of

Qctivity.

Ollr

poplliatioll

h

aftl1ISO.ooo, with each

stateselld

Q

ftlll

team of advisors to

keep

the

Parliamellt flllly

apprQised

of

allY

Of

course, tlie

troubled

of

Westem

AustraliQ,

Nortl/em

and

Queellslalld rave

received

treatment (quite to the dis

of the influential Victoria and

South WQles

delegations).

These so-called Storm Kllights

have

to tile city ill droves, crying for

relief,

llg impassioned

speeches

to

the Sen

and

House

t ld generally

making a

nrlisanceofthemselves. Sometimes

seems they are driving national

policy

their

vigilante actions are

actually

QpplQIIded by

many

of tile regional

(despite grumblings from

the

My

agents

ill

the city have

infiltrated

into

govenllne t agencies,

as

as forcing their way into secured

systems

(pathetically

NSy, y

way).

Ihaw

leamed that they susprct

that the KnnQwa Corporation is afront

for

a High

Lord,

but the only proof

they

have

been able to secure

mysteriously

disap

peared

can personQlly take

credit

for

dispatching their most capable invtStiga·

tors).

Australian

Defense Corps

Th e

Australian Defense

Corps

A

DC was set up by the Federal Par

liament during the confidential -

sions during the first weeks of the

invasion. It wasostensiblysetupasan

international intelligence-gathering

organization,

bu t

obviously a prime

objective

wa s

to implement any plans

to proted Australian national inter

ests, including assassination. They re

a rough an d ready bunch -

ou r

kind

of people.

The AOC has within its member

ship

most of the cont inent s Storm

Knights. The leader is a charismatic

nberr

The capital city of Canberra

wasdesigned right from the start.

Insteadof pickingan established

urban location for the capital,

the city

wa s

built from scratch.

Featuring such buildings as the

New Parliament House (for the

legiSlative Federal Parliament),

the Prime Minister s Lodge, the

High Court of Australia build

ing (for

th e

national judicial

branch), theNationalScienceand

TechnologyCenter, theNational

Library

an d many

other impor·

tant research an d academic fa·

cilities, Canberra exertsas much

influence

over

A ust ra li a a s

Washington di d overthe United

States. However, it is also in on e

of

the most favorable locations

for the wa r because it is on the

other side of the continent, far

from the embattled nation of In

donesia.

The cily now hasover350,000

industrialist named Colin S h a t z -

is

tough as nails, known to be fond

the ponies, drink and the casinos

Tasmania. However,heisalsoshrew

an d willing to sacrifice people to a

complish hisgreater goals (most ofh

agentsknowand accept this; they vie

their

deaths as

a necessary result

service to their country).

Most of the ADC s activities ha

been concentrated within the realm

Orrorsh, and although the agent c

sually rate

ha s

been very high, it seem

that the powers that be in the horr

realm either don t know the extent

the Australian involvement, or don

care. Of course, the chaotic nature

the realm has revealed only minim

information- for now, the invasion

sta lle d an d t he t ec hno -d em o

Thratchen seems content

to

manip

late the

other

members

of

the Helli

Court. The Australians, like

us

in t

Delphi Cou.ncil, seem

to

lack a fu

understandingof the powerstructu

in

OrTOrsh.

Shatz s most recent dire

tives indicate that there is a pow

full time residents, most of them

wealthy professionals an d poli

ticians. The Australian media

also has

extensive

facilities

within the city, and while the

networksand papers havecoop

erated in downplaying honific

stories that havecome out

of

the

northern regions, the petty -

litical bickering and corporate

intrigue of the city has full play

in the media, and has been used

as a means to forcealong legis

lation that would be beneficial to

special interest groups.

While there is very little in

dustry

in this city, the people in

power command a great deal of

wealth and influence over the

rest of

thecountry. In addition to

govemment officials, major in

ternational corporations, includ

ingKanawaCorporationsubsid

iaries, have lobbying interests in

thecily.

. . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -



ggle going on within the Hellion

Other AOC agents have been dis·

atched to Japan to investigate the

sformations the so i ty has gone

rough. We've taken care of that

eir results have been fruitless.

pical ADC Agent

DEXTERIn 10

Dodge 13, fire combat 14 heavy

weapons 11, lock picking 12 ma·

neuver

12

melee weapons 12 mis·

sile weapons11,stealth

13,

unarmed

combat 13

STRENGTH 8

TOUGHNESS 10

PERCEPTION 10

Disguise 12 evidence analysis 13

find

14

first aid

13

land vehicles

12

language 13 scholar (research) 11

tracking 13 trick 14

MIND9

Survival

11,

test

10,

willpower 11

CHARISMA 9


11

SPIRIT10

Intimidation 12 reality 12 i Possi·

bility·rated)

Possibility Potential: some (30)

ote:

One

in ten operatives also

ve three other skills at 2 and four

skills at +1, concentrating on

, occult, magic, religious miracles

r

other unusual talents.

Equipment: M·16 (damage value

range3-40/250/400),9mmBeretta

value 15 range3-10/25/40),

t wave radio, identification cards

alsified, for other nationalities and

anizations), credit cards (for falsi

ied

identities), 1500in local currency,

mission.

Description: AOC agents defy a

typical summary,and maybe sweet

iNleold ladies, rough outbackers,

or

noxious teenage punks. The

Aus-

Talian

government has deliberately

recruited a diversegroupof individu·

for this agency. but they

area

hardy

and

wholly dedicated to forc

ng the High Lords off the planet.

olin Shatz

DEXTERIn 12

Dodge 16 fire combat 17 heavy

weapons 13 lock picking 15 ma

neuver 14 melee weapons 15 mis-

sileweapons

13

prestidigitation

15

stealth 16 unarmed combat 13

STRENGTH to

TOUGHNESS 12

PERCEPTIO 10

Air vehicles

II,disguise

14,divina

lionmagic12,evidenceanalysis

13,

find 15,firstaid

11

land vehicles

12

language 13, research II, scholar

(espionage) 16 scholar (gambling)

14,scholar(organizations) 14 track

ing 13, trick

15

MlNU9

Business

12

survival

11

test

10

willpower

11

Chapter Eig

CHARISMA

11

Charm 13, persuasion 14 taunt 1

SPIRIT

11

Intimidation 12 reality

14

o s s i i l i t i e ~

12

Arcane Knowledges: folk

5

lig

+3, magic +1,

Spells: uwysight detect magic

d

tect truth (Pixaud's version), gain Ia

guage

possibility shadows telep th

(Pixaud's version)

Equipment: 13mm Chunyok

(damagevalue 18 range3-10/40/SO

cane/dagger

(damage value STR +2

97



The

Delphi Council Wortdbook

7), expensive cigars, S3000 Austra

an currency, identification, expen

ve suit, laptop computer, Kamlwa

itsuyana Mikado disguised as an

SX

Description: Colin Shatz is a com

icated, unpredictable man, given to

wever, he is also the best

man

for

job, both cleverand

a very capable

ministrator. He

achieved wealth

ough quick thinking and learning

ow to

maneuver

within the intrica

of

big business, and

made

mil

asowner

oftheAust ra1ian-based

th Pharmaceuticalscorporation. He

akes his current task

v y

seriously

lmost as seriouslyas hedoes recruit

g a beautiful woman for each ann.

s thin build and unassumingnature

elie the quickness of his wit and his

Military

The country s military forces stand

nearly half a million soldiers, most

them deployed in the northern ter

Thenavyhasdispatched three

to Darwin, while the rest of

e fleet is kept in wait ing in Sydney

he strategy being that Sydney is far

any likely trouble spots,

but

at

ast the

ships

won t

h lost in an inva

n push).

There are another 100,000 troops

till completing training. and thou

more waiting for basic training.

military is one

of

the few places

the Australian residents and

e

new

squats havemixed together

efully. Most units area mixtureof

e

two

groups,which has helpedcalm

the tension near the refugee

Requests from Indonesia for assis

were

granted,

but only

a few

ousand soldiers were sent to v

d Sumatra, with only limited suc

However, these soldiers,

when

were

recalled to Australia, were

ble to provide important informa

on on the realm.

Most

of

the soldiers have also re

ived tra ining

in

crowd control ,

tion procedures,

medicineand

rvival. The units, in

addition

to

-

g ready for combat, have been able

tokeep thesituations inthe north rom

going

ou t

of control.

Economy

The nation's economy has geared

upand

is

adequatelymeetingtheneeds

of

the country. Agriculture, primarily

in wool, cereals, beef and dairy prod

ucts,

is

still able toproduce mostofthe

food for the country s residents {the

influx

of

refugees has required im

porting more and more food.

The

country s

increased industrial

potential has been

put

into military

manufacturing,

but

Australia still must

import a lot ofironore for itsmanufac

turing needs.

Sydney has grown to just

over

four

million people, and its excellent har

bor handles t rade from all

over

the

globe. Sydney's newfound manufac

turing strength has been turned to

vehicle and weapons production, and

it is also a high-tech center, withmany

computer manufacturing finns com

ing into the city limits.

Immigration

Over one million people have fled

from Papau NewGuinea

and

Indone

sia to Australia, imposing incredible

strain on the local economies.

The

NRRA {

on-Realm Resident

Alien} campsestablished near Darwin,

Wyndham and Normanton each have

over a quarter of a million immigrants.

The conditions of the

camps

are

uncomfortable, but certainly not as

bad asthose found

inotherareasofthe

world. Immigrants within the camps

are tightly regimented,with set sched

ules for exercise, work details (simple

manufacturing at nearby factories,

road building

and

such), meals

and

tightlyrestricted rationsof food,c1oth

ing and blankets. Exceptional indi

viduals are promoted to paying jobs,

and a high percentage volunteer for

military training to join the fight to

retake their homes aU of the military

facilities are alsoon thegrounds of the

camp). Occasionally small groups of

NRRA saregiven pennission toleave

the camp and go to major cities for

recreation, bu t there have been nu

merous incidents of violence against

akeback Tibor

The AOC

and

the Australian

military are planning one

m l -

taryaction,hopeful y tobe imple

mentbeforeOrrorsh moves

onto

the continent. The first phase

of

the operation has already been

underway forseveral months,as

AOCStonnKnightsaretryingto

refill the population with possi

bility energy.

Once the

final

phase in put into motion, three

individual groups of Storm

Knights will attack

the

stelae

surrounding the island

of

Tibor,

whilenavyand anny forces wait

outside the stonn boundaries.

Once

the stelae are pulled, the

troops will move in to clear out

theterrorsoftherealm,and hope

fully pu t Orrorsh on the defen

sive. Unless something unusual

happens within the next couple

ofmonths, ''TakebackTibor will

happen within three months.

the RRA's,

prompted

by derogatory

comments and sometimes outrigh

assaults. Each NRRA is required to

carry his

or

her identification card at

all times.

Darwin Camp

The Darwin NRRA camp was the

first

of

the major

camps

established,

and has the largest and most well

equipped

facilities. The

camp

hosts

nearly 300,000 refugees, mostly

rom

Indonesia and

Papau

£ w Guinea

(there are a few thousand from war

torn southern Africa

or

the Nile Em

pire).

t

is

run

by

Major Chamberlain

Winston, and he has approximately

1 000 anny troops at his disposal to

keep order. The camp is remarkably

peaceful,

but

it isknown that agentsof

Orrorsh have infiltrated the popula

tion in order to spread mayhem and

disorder.

Major Chamberlain Winston

DEXTERITY 11

Beast riding 12, dodge 14 fire com

bat 14 heavy weapons 13 maneu-

·

· :::98::---------------------

~ J



Chapler Eigh

ver

12, meleeweapons 12, running

13 stealth 12, swimming 13 un

armed combat 13

STRENGTH 9

Climbing lI,lifting

11

TOUGHNESS

9

PERCEPTION.


aid la, land vehicles la , language

10, scholar

military

tactics) 11,

scholar militaryorganizations 13

tracking la, trick 12

MIND9

Survival

11,

test

11,

willpower 11

CHARISMA 8

Charm 9,

persuasion

10, taunt 10

SPIRIT9

Faith (Anglkan) intimidation 12

Possibilities: none

Equipment:Walkie-talkie, .45Colt

damage value 16 range3-IO/15/40 ,

bullet proof vest armor value

TOU

+6/22

Australian rmySoldier

DEXTERITY 10

Dodge

12, fire

combat

13, melee

weapons 12. unarmed

combat

11

STRENGTH 9

TOUGHNESS 9

PERCEPTION

7

Find 9, first aid 9, land vehicles 8

MIND.

Survival 9

CHARISMA.


SPIRlT 7

Intimidation 10

Possibility Potential: some

45

Equipment:

AK-47

damage value

21, range 3-40/150/400 bullet proof

vest

armor value

TOU

+6/22 , club

damage value

STR 3/18

Malstifus

Agent of Orrorsh

DEXTERlTY9

Dodge 11, fire combat 10, maneu

ver 13

STRENGTH

12

Lifting 15

TOUGHNESS

PERCEPTION 9

Evidence analysis

12

find 12, lan

guage 10, trick 13

MIND

10

Survival

11,

test 13 willpower 15

CHARISMA 9

Charm 10 persuasion 10, taunt

14

SPIRIT ]0

Intimidation 12

Possibilities:

none

Corruption Value: 12

Fear rating: 1

Perseverance ON: 17

Weakness: successful tal/Ills regard

ing his lack of a true form

True

Death: being secured

-

e

ther magically

or

physically - an

unable

to

move and thrown

into

th

ocean to drown

Equipment:

clothes, false identit

pape

Special Abilities:

Impersonatio

(has the ability to change his physica

features and mannerisms to be ident

cal to someone else; can be used thre

times in a 24-hour period;

power

is a

effect value 20;

anyone

trying to pe

ceive the disguise

must make

a etJ

denceullalysisor er eption total

highe

than the

effect

value

to realize tha

99



: TIl .. Ot:lphi Council World

book

ifus is an impostor).

Description: Malstifus has been

thecontrol of Deverat, a horror

Orrorsh, for so long that he

doesn t

his natural form. He imper

nates individuals to either destroy

ir reputation or plant false infor

ation, all with the goal of creating

ar, terror

and

distrust. He is having

ll in the camps.

Oceania

The other nations of the South Pa

fic region have attempted to keep

PapauNew

inea has suffered the most adver

(especially with

the

refugees

into Australia), bu t most of

e other na tions in the region have

en able to

adapt

to the current con

Fiji

The

330

Fiji

Islands, in the heart

of

Pacific Ocean, are home to only

people, but are an important

and air travel

route

in the

he islands retain much of

eir tropical paradise charm de

the

war

going on around the

bu t because

of

the vast volume

trade

passing

through

the

ports of

e capital city of Suva, agents from

and the

Nilearecommon.

An

esting personalityin this region is

Kidder, an English industrial

who has taken

up

residence in the

and

whileit

is

known that he has

ties to

questionable

busi

sses in the Nile Empire, he has also

known to help Storm Knights in

and pass on valuable informa

about

activities

originating

in

ippon and Orrorsh. t is believed

at Tessath, a horror

from

Orrorsh,

assumed human form and has

up

residence in Suva.

Kidder

DEXTERITY 8

Beast riding 9

dodge

9 firecombat

9

stealth

11

STRENGTH

10

Lifting 11

TOUGHNESS 9

PERCEPTION

12


15.

land

vehicles 13, language 14, tracking

13, trick 16, water vehicles

14

MIND 11

Business 13.

disguise

14, science

(geology)

12.

willpower

14

CHARISMA 11

Charm 17, persuasion 16, taunt 13

SPIRIT

10


Possibilities: 6

Equipment: Chiang

(damage

value 16 range 3-10/25/50), manriki·

gusari

(damage valueSTR+5/19). dag-

ger

(damage value

SIR

+3/17), sever

sports cars

of

various makes, Misak

XE laptop Computer, Allied vid

phone, SonyTalkman

Description: Danny is in his la

20s.

He is considered

handsome,

an

hewalks, talks and is a con-man tot

end. He makes deals with anyon

although now

he finds it convenient

be allied with the Nile Empire, whi

trying to devise plans to cut

in

Kanawa s profits.

Danny

hasan unb

lievably large

number

of associates

throughout the Pacific

Rim;

the prot



em is that most of them are

smart

nough not to trust him, so Storm

who

use

him as a reference

ill often find their lives needlessly

DEXTERITY

14

Acrobatics 19 dodge

21

flight (in

natural form only) 16,

maneuver

17

unarmed combat

15

STRENGTH

15

TOUGHNESS 13

PERCEPTION 10


13

MIND

12

Occult 15, willpower 15

CHARISMA 7

SPIRIT9

Faith (Orrorsh) 12, focus 12, intimi

dation 14, reality

13

Possibilities:

14

Powers:

fire

attack

(damage value

0, emanates fromeyes),

sll pe h nge

changes from natural form to hu

an; attributes remain the same, with

the

li ht

skill being removed

hile

human)

Corruption Value:

16

Fear Rating: 3

Perseverance ON: 2

Weakness: Sacellum Bibles

True

Death: To be put through a

ellum exorcism ceremony

Natural Tools:Wings (speed value

14)

Description: Tessath is a horror of

rrorsh

who

has

fled the realm in

search of new areas to terrorize. The

creature, whose normal fonn is that of

a gigantic bat withblood-red eyes and

wings nearly five meters across, has

taken

on

the identity of HarlanCham

bers, a modest American spice mer

chant. He

is

slowlymanipulatingthose

around him to

try and gain

the confi

dence of the local politicians - once

secure in his position, he will being

terrorizing the island by slaying chil

dren as part of

an

elaborate Occult

ritual to

turn

the sea around the is

lands to blood (a supreme act of wor

ship of his faith).

he Clutches of Kanawa

The Kanawa Corporation s

plans in the Pacific Rim have

been quietly implemented with

out theknowledgeof the United

States

or

the

Australians.

Through

the purchase

of

several

smallbut influentialcorporations

in both Australia and

New

Zealand, the Japanese have le

veraged a great deal of influence

within the local governments .

The most favorable par t of the

situation is that the paper

trail

of

ownership

leading back to Ja

pan

is

quite

obscure - the

odds

of discovery by Storm Knights

and cur ious

governments are

small.

The plan in New Zealand is

typical of a covert action. The

Kanawa Corporation secretly

recruited several

high-placed

executives

in

various

New

Zealand corporations (as well as

those which did a great deal of

business on the island nation,

but had corporate headquarters

Papau New Guinea

Papau

New

Guinea is

one

of the

many

diverse nations in Southeast

Asia, but its proximity to Australia,

both physically and historically, has

forced it to rely on its wealthy neigh

bor to the south for assistance. The

country is primarily EngliSh-speak

ing,but with a verymixed population.

Its prime agricultural products of

coffee

and

cocoa beans

haven t made

up

for the economic problems of the

region, and thecountry hasbeen forced

to take out huge loans in order to arm

itself (most of the

arms

were supplied

by Japan, although Australia has do

natedwhat it can). Despitethe current

economic

and

social crisis, the Prime

Minister Rabbie

Namaliu s

govern

ment has remained in power.

Chapter E

somewhere else).

By

applying

wealth,promisesof rewards,

and

in some cases, extortion, they

were able to influence corporate

decisions, leverage purchases

of

smallersubsidiariesand substan

tial portions of the stock. Even

tually, even

though

there were

dozens of major stockholders,

or dozens of individuals who

could be called on to influence

important

decisions,

t

was

Kanawa who was pulling the

strings.

In this manner, the New

Zealand

government

is under

constant pressure to produce

policies which are favorable to

theseKanawa-amtrolled compa

nies, even though many of the

agents don t

truly know who

they are

working

for. Through

patience and

deceit, New

Zealand

has fallen

into the

clutches of the Kanawa Corpo

ration.

New

Zealand

New

Zealand s zest in the1980 s

refuting U international policy

certainly toned

down

since the in

sion - they realize that now is

time to work together, and maybe

Parliament has finally seenbettero

peacenik foolishness. While nuc

equipped ships

are still barred f

theJXlrtsofAuckland

and

Welling

New

Zealand hasbeenproviding s

plies

(what

t

can

spare

anyway

Australia. t still relies upon Japan

most of its t rade, but the countr

workingon beingmoreself-suffici

fully realizing the instabili ty of

current economic climate.

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Chapter Nine

eligion and aith

aHh and religion within

Core Earth have seen a

tremendous resurgence

in many

portions of the

world. As the invasion

has challenged many aspects of the

secular-scientific world view which

has dominated

Western thought for

the past two centuries, the forces of

religion, faith and belief have helped

guide and

soothe people

in

these

troubled times.

Christianity

Outside of the struggle of faiths in

Europe, Christianity, especially the

Protestant religions. has seen a steady

increaseinmembership.

In

theremain

ing territoryof theUnited States, most

Protestant faiths have found renewed

vigor, and the spi ritual s trength of

these

communities

has helped

spread

determination to resist lhe predations

of

Baruk

Kaah. Many churches

have

formed missionary groups that ven

ture intothe Living Land tolend aid to

resistance communities, as weD as

spread

the

word

that

God

is still

present to protect them from the inva

sion. A small number of the churches

are even attempting to

woo

edeinos

and stalengers over to Christianity,

although these efforts have been very

quiet and only marginally successful.

The

churches have also

set

up an

extensivegrass-rootsnetworkof chari

ties to supply food. clothing and basic

necessities to the impoverishedwithin

the United States,

as

well

as

the mil

lions of refugees all over the world.

The World Relief Fund WRf , based

in Birmingham, Alabama, through its

member churches has gathered

more

thanonemillion tonsoffood and medi

cine for distribution domestically

and

abroad.

Intolerance

and Fea

For all of the good work done

various

churches throughout t

United States, there are some in

vidual preachers

who

have decided

stage a crusade against the edein

and the Jakatls. The foremost prop

nent of this 1late speak is the Rev

end

Arnold Butcher, but he

has

tho

sands

of

adherents

to his world vie

which preaches that Lanala is Sat

the edeinos are

demons,

and all w

shippers of Lanala must

e

exterm

nated. Many of the individuals w

believe Butcher s rhetoric are qui

but firm, in their beliefs,

seldom

t

ing a publicstand of the issue,but lh

are the first to

t y

and incite a mob

Storm Knight edeinos wanders i

town.

Judaism

The Jewish nation-state of Israel h

been able to resist the advances of

Pharaoh

Mobius,

primarily due to

importanceof Jerusalem s Domeof

Rock a trulycosmicspotandCoreEa

hardpoint of importance to Christi

ity,Judaismand Islam.Theradiusof

Dome h 1S helped the Israelis defe

their

borders

byoverpoweringMobi

stelae.

and

the strength of the Jew

f ith

remains veryhigh. Formoreinf

mation on Israel, see Chapter Sev

TheMiddle

East.

Islam

Outside of the Middle East, Isl

has many worshippers in Southe

Asia, primarily in Indonesia and

southern Philippine islands. Since

Invasion, the faith has fractured a

polarized. Many Islamic people ha

decided to

put

aside

as

much of th

religious prejudice as possible to fi



Chapter

N

l igion

in

a Game

This chapter defines religions

as

they exist

and operate

in the

fictional setting we have created

for the

or

game. t is no

way

intended

to

be

a

treatise

about

the

state or nature of

religion in

the real world.

e

Possibility Wars,

while others

are

ing the hostilities as an excuse to

nt old hatreds. This is not

unique

to

but especially potent: most of

e Islamic people are right in the

of the war zones,

and

their

forCoreEarth(or lack thereoO

d conceivably

swing

the balance.

India -

Cradle

of

Religions

The Indian subcontinent is

one

of

e

most

densely

populated

areas of

world, and

has

also produced two

the world s most ancient religions.

Hinduism, which has the largest

of

believers in

the

nation,

was

nearly three

and

a half mil

nnia ago. It was a synthesis of the

liefs of the

Indo-Aryans

of the

area

believe that life is tobecelebrated

d

experienced to the fullest)

and

ist beliefs.Originating in southern

dia, Jainists believe that all life is

and that the purpose of life

s to rid oneself of k rm achieving

through total detach

from

the outside

world. Once

s hasbeenaccomplished,u ponone s

th, an individual

will join allfivas,

ch are identical spiritual units,

at

which

roughly

translates

t he top of the universe.

Theother

major religionof thecoun

y is

Buddhism, which was founded

n 563 B.C. by

Gautama,

the Buddha.

s religion also

draws

upon the be

ief in

k rm and

teaches that life is

and that

the objective

of

life

to reach immna TItis religion,

founded in India, is most popu

r

in China, Tibet

and other

areas of

east Asia.

Hindu Diversity

India has seen a marked increase in

religiouszealon the partof itscitizens.

Many

people in this

country

feel that

the comingof theHigh

Lords is

part of

a great purge

on

Earth,

and

that these

lords a re the

avatars and

servants of

Shiva,

the Destroyer/Preserver, one

of the centralGods in the Hindu faith.

t is believed that Shiva has come

to

Earth to

remold and

remake

t

into an

image more pleasing

and

useful.

Hinduism

emphasizes two

main

I

II •

,

. /

gods:Vishnu the Preserver,

and

Sh

alternately

known as the

Destroye

the Destroyer

and

Preserver. A f

major deity is that of Brahma the C

ator, although Brahma

isn t

w

shipped by as

many

individuals

Shiva

and

Vishnu.

Hinduism is unlike many West

religions in that it accepts

and

enco

ages the worsh ip of

many

differ

deities. Hindu scholars believe

faith in a God helps the worship

achieve enlightenment,

and

that

up

reaching enlightenment,

the

worsh

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Council WOfldbook

r will join the God in eternal bliss.

For this reason,many regions, towns,

professions have uniquedeities,

and

cults have formed around the

In short,

nduism has a common philosophy,

t the diversity of interpretation and

is

truly amazing.

Officials

in

India

have

reJX>rted

miraculous

occurrences

the invasion. While

many

IXlwer

have occurred around the

the area with the highest fre

of events has been India.

Cults

The invasion of the High Lords has

triggered the founding of several

lts tied to Hindu roots. Because of

e

diversity

ofCods,

new interpreta·

ons of the

power

of the divine are

or at least accepted, inma ny

eas of

the

Hindu world.

Cobras of

Divine

Will

Many communities in India wor·

the cobra

as

a

divine

gift sent by

Gods

to protect fields from rats

d

other creatures

that would eat

The Cobras of Divine Will was

near Calcutta by Mahme

The simple

peasant girl

had

a

dream

one

night, envisioning a

ee-headed cobra in a huge field in

with rats.

Two

of the

heads

themselves

as

Shiva and

e of his four wives, Kali. The

other

was silent. However, the

snake

Uickly cleansed the field of the rats,

d even killed other weak-willed

who refused to

hunt

down the

in the field. After the last rat

as

killed, the

sun

arose from the

to

show that the field had

overnight

-

thegrains grew

providing a richer

bounty

for

e farmers in the nearby village.

UJX n

waking that

morning,

Boorl

eved that she had been gifted with

divine vision, and that these High

had

been sent to take the world

d remold it in an image more pleas

g toShiva and Kali.

Soon, word of the

prophesy spread

roughout the region, and Boorl

ned many

adherents.Over the

past

months,

many

have taken the

dream to heart, and are acting

to

help

the

High Lords in whatever way

pos.

sible, nonnally by attacking Storm

Knights.

Goddess

of Life

TheGoddessof Lifecult originated

in the southernmost

r ions

of the

in-

diansubcontinent,but itsunusual spiri

tualperspectiveh shelped it gain many

adherents throughout the world.

1be

believers profess a simple philosophy

that cuts across many of the traditional

boundaries that have divided humans

on issues of religion - it has a strong

Vedic quality in that it teaches life is to

be experienced to its full st at all tim s

(the foundershavepointedouthow this

quality

is also

shared

by thos who

fol

low Lanala). 1be religion also teaches

that the invasion

of

different realities

offers unparalleled opportunitiesto ex·

perience life, and that believers must

travel throughout the realms to leam

and gain wisdom.

Members of the Goddess of Life

cult, unlike many other

Hindu

sects,

accept non-believersasequals,believ·

ing that all people worship the

God·

dess of Life in theirown way, and in a

form that ismost useful to themselves.

The cult has its own power

struc·

ture which, in

some

ways, is like the

castesystem,

but

it isnot rigidly

deter>

mined

by

birth, and individuals in the

course of their lives can ascend and

descend to new castes. The highest

caste is that

of the

priests,

who

are

spiritual advisors and teachers. The

next level is that of the students, who

are

people that believe they have

more

to learn from others than they have to

teach. The lowesl casle level is that of

the children, or rather,

theindividu

alswho have just begun theirspiritual

journey throughout

the

world. The

movement from caste to caste is actu

ally an individual determination (at

such point that the individual feels

they have lea rned enough ) , but

priests also have a finn hand in guid·

ing an individual s decision. Those

outside the structure of the Goddess

of Life are actually unclassed,

but the

religion affirms that many of these

people are great teachers and stu

dents

- full of experience

and ready

for new thought.

China s Religious

Heritage

Like theothermajor nation ofAsi

China

has a rich religious heritag

which is experiencing renewed vigo

with the invasionof Earth.Twowidel

worshipped

religiOns native to

Chin

include Confucianism and Taoism

Buddhism originated in India,

but

widelyworshipped inChina. Anothe

imJX>rtant Chinese religious traditio

is that of Animism, which infuses a

most every aspect of Chinese life.

Confucianism

Confucianism is

one

of two majo

religions indigenous

to

China

Founded during a time of tunnoi

around

500 B.C.,Confucius original

wanted to be a powerful JX>litida

but seemed

to find littlesuccess. At

th

age

of SO he left government and be

gan roaming from state to state, advo

cating a return to the Chinese lTad

tions of peace and social order. Eve

tually this philosophy/religion be

came

the major faith of the natio

Confucianism embraces the conce

of the dignity and St1nctity of

huma

life,freeof violence.The sanctityof th

family isan integral part ofConfucia

beliefs.

Confucianism is the most wide

practiced religion in the country, an

over

the course of the centuries, th

strictly ordered standardsof conduc

negotiation and

behavior

became i

tricately

bound

with all

other

facets

Chinese society. These standards co

fer great

JX wer

to men, the elder

and the emperors. Confucianism al

advocates ancestor worship.

Taoism

Taoism, believed to founded abo

100yearsbeforethe birthofCon fuciu

was founded by Lao Tzu (the Gran

Master). There are many mythical i

terpretations of who and

what

Tz

did during his lifetime. The princip

concept of the religion is Tao, whi

cannot be perceived because

it

ove

whelms all else. Tao is all that mo

vates life and the universe, a kind

mystical all-thing which

orders

t

past, present

and

future.

The

religi

. . . . . . .

04 .



s three m ain forms in China.

A Philosophical Taoists orders his

her

life through introspection, phi·

and meditation to achieve

thereby revealing the na·

of Tao.

The second m ajor form

of Taoism

ributed theTao to a kind of psychic

that could be reached through

and

m ed it at io n. It is bel ie ve d

t those people

who

are

most recep-

to the Tao radiate psychic energy.

The final form is called

popular

and holds that the universe is

by magic and the gods.

Duration: performance

Effect: allows performer to se e an

object

of

faith which will aid in

divine

quest

eaco is a powerful miracle be

cause it allows the performer to

glimpse a v is ion o f a sp ir itu al ly -e n

hanced o ject which will be of aid to

the community of the faithful. This

miracle is normally used in conjunc

tion w it h a religious que st that the

faithful are participating in. Whensuc

cessfully performed, the miracle al

lows the recipient tosee the object

and

Chilpter Ni

everything

within a to-meter radiu

AI

the completion of the miracle, th

recipient will know the direction

the object, although the exact distan

is unknown.

The c aster ne ed s to make a

roll every day afterwards to recall th

exact direction of the object. The Dif

culty umber of the i droll equa

the value

of

the

ll mber

of

days

th

pass plus 8 Thus, a

character wh

casts the miraclesuccessfullyand the

a

week later, wishes to recall

the

exa

location of the object, must make

Animism

Animism is one of the prime reli

beliefs in China. The spiri ts of

ple from the past either factualor

asgods.The

believe in the need

toappease

espiritsto insuregood luck, health,

and

to

divine the future.

gods

arealso

worshipped

for spe

occupations

or

regions.

A Mixture of Concept S

Chineseoften believein

the

tenants

several religions. isn t uncommon

an

individual to believe in Confu·

and alsooffergifts

to

thespir·

s of past ancestors. This has resulted

many very similar, but nonetheless

gods

tha t a re

worshipped

in

regions, or by certain groupsof

Miracles of Faith

These m iracles are new to Core

and have been granted and

since the initial invasion. They

e not specific toany

one

religion, but

e

available to religions which teach

e principles utilized. with the miracle.

e

gamemaster as

always, has the

say as to whether a miracle is

to a

particular

faith, char

or even her campaign.

Beacon

Spiritual

Rating:

8

Community Rating: t2

Difficulty:

3

a n g ~ faith total 10

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Council Worldbook

total of 8+5 (the valueo(7) or 13

succeed. The miracle may be recast

the same object.

Cleanse

Spiritu;tl Rating: 9

Community

R;tting: 12

Difficulty: 18

R;tnge: 13 400 meters)

Duration: 9 (one minute)

Effed: Defends faithful fromattacks

eliminates enemies from area

l t I l n ~ calls for divine protection

r the faithful. If successfully used,an

thunderand lightningstonn

rms above thecaster, extending for a

meter radius- it takes nearly the

ll minute for the storm to gather

self. Then. for the last round that the

racle is in effect, the area is bom

by

gale force winds, driving

in and lightning bolts. The faithful

be immune to the effects of the

as will those of different faiths

whoserve the inlerestsof the faith

(in Ihe gamemaster's judgement ).

Those, however, who are opposed

ailhful and threaten theirsafety

by

the full wrath ofnalure

lightning bolts strike each offend

g individual doing

damage

value

5 character may attempt to ac·

dodge the lightning, but her faitl/

tal is used instead of dodge,

and

it

s t overcome Ihe

character'sl

focus total for themiracle.

Divi.ne Intuition

Spiritual Rating: 9

Community Rating: 9

Difficulty: 15

R;tnge: self

Duration: one question

Effect: allows cleric to have a flash

intuition about a topic.

When this miracle is invoked, the

iest gains a nash ofdivine intuition,

things will become clear concern

g a topic. The cleric will gain the

swer to one question. The answer

ill be in agreement with

all

existing

ines for the religionof thecharac

r, and others will see that this an

er was divinely inspired. The an

will always

be

lrue, but, depend

on the success level of the miracle,

may not have a clear meaning. A

limalsuccess will elicit a verycryp-

tic, or partial, response.

An

Average

success yields a response couched in

some sort of riddle or parable. Good

results get a more clear answer. with

only slight vagaries, and a Superior

success will be fairly clear. The pe -

tacular success will get a clear answer

and additional unasked (and some

times unwanted) advice. Remember,

thegamemaster should not aUow this

miracle (or any other) to spoil a good

adventure,but heshouldgivethechar

acter as much leeway as he can.

Exumple:

Father

Brintler is a mem-

herofa Stonn Knightgrollp. Theyare

seeking a killer hiding somewhere

in

Houstotl. He decides

to

use

the miracle

to try to illd the murderer. Using

Ilis

faitll and the

fai/II

of two more of ti,e

Storm Knights, he calls

for

divine

intervention.

If

Father

Brimler gets

a

Minimal

success.hewi/l probably told some

a/illg like. search among lhe holies of

tllOse

lot g-dead.

At Average suc

cess

,igM say, He

who keeps

tile

keys to

tile past

kllows t leallswer

you

seek. The Good success gels, See

the curator of the hisloric

hall

and

the Superior slates, The curator of

the Houston MllseumofNatural His-

toryknows where

tile

killer l/lrks.

Spectacular

S l esS

mig/If

say

t wt

and

add

Be prepared

with

wood

alld

garliC for lhe foe. This hillis

that

the

kifler is not all ordinary man, but

possibly a TJQmpyre.

ate how, in the above example,

the resulting answers in noway gave

away Ihe answer to the adventure;

they merely told thecharacters where

to look for the answer. the question

was not nearly as important to the

overall adventure ('Where ismy friend

Myra hiding? ), the answer might be

more direct.

Beware of players who abuse this

or other miraclesl Which horse will

win in the fifth race? or Where did I

leave

my

carkeys? are probably frivo

lous or at least disrespectful uses of

the miracle. When this happens, first

warn your player that he is not acting

in the deity's besl interests and then

start taking miracles away.

Faith Armor

Spiritual Rating: 7

Community R;tting:

11

Difficulty: 12

Range: touch

Duration: 21 (four hours)

Effect: protects the faithful fro

harm

Faith

armor

allows the faithful

greatly increase their resistance

physicaldamage fromonespecificty

of attack (bullets is the most comm

resistance, but blades, poisons a

blunt weapons are possible choice

When a character is hit by the chos

weapon category in

combat, her ca

ing total (or the casting total of t

priest who invoked the miracle)

measured against the

/pith

of the pe

son

who

hit them.

the bless

character's total is higher,

thedama

is

reduced

by

the number of resu

points. If the faith total of the enemy

higher, then the miracle

is

dispell

and has no

further

effect.

Feast

Spiritual Rating:

7

Community Rating:

10

Difficulty: 12

Range: voice

Duration: faith total

Effect: increases faith

and

TO/lg

ness

Feast is a ritual which takes thr

hours to perform. The objects of t

miracle eat

during

this time. At t

completionof the ritualmeat increa

the /pith of the recipients

by

3,

a

increasetheirTought cssby+1 for ea

level of success achieved when t

miracle is performed.

Healing Waters

Spiritual Rating: 6

Community Rating: 11

Difficulty: 12

Range: touch

Duration: na

Effect: heals mental

and

spiritu

damage

Healing

u'Oters may only be p

fanned as a r i tual- the recipient, t

individual providing thefocusand t

entirecommunity at the faithful mu

sland in the midst of the stream

river in which the ritual is performe

The ritual prayers and ceremoni

which take two hours, call upon spi

tual energy to heal the recipient



and

spiritual damage. fsuc

ssfully called upon, the recipient

is

lly healed all mental and spiritual

and also regainsaU lost skills.

if t he p er fo rme r of t he miracle

plishes a good or better level of

ccess, all physical shock a nd O

ut no twound

damage

s healed. A

result heals all

damage of

kind.

Object Blessing

Spiritual Rating: 7

ommunity

Rating: 1

Difficulty:

12

Range: 1 000 meters)


Effect: Spiritually anchors object

Object blessing allows the faithful to

chor a particularly sacred object,

prevent the unfaithful from mov

g

or

manipulating it in any way.

erate a faWI total for the cas ter -

manipulatean object, a non-believer

st generate a higher faith total. fa

of the same faith tries to

the object and hasdemon

ated that theiractionsare true tothe

of the religion, they receive a 10

t he ir faith total to manipulate the

ject. Characters who

fail

to manipu

te the object take damage e qu al to

negative result points of their fail

e

as read

on

the Combat Results

ble). Thus, a Stann Knight charac

who fails in her faith roll by

one

takes

one

result point of

damage

one shock point.

Presence of

od

Spiritual Rating: 9

ommunity Rating:

1

Difficulty: 16

Range:

Self

Dur.Jtion: one day)

Effect: Envelops the faithful in the

of the divineand gives power to

is words.

This miracle will increase the r-

and cluJnn skill of the faithful.

ople will sense the presence

of

the

around

the

person,

and

will

nd to believe what he says. The

per-

and

cluJnn

skills will be in

sed by 2 forevery level of success

ieved. This bonus will not apply if

the character addresses people not of

his

own

faith.

Spiritual Protection

Spiritual Rating: 8

ommunity Rating: 13

Difficulty: 1

Range: touch


Effect: Increases recipient s Tough

ness, or trick taunt intimidate or test

defensive values

Chapter N

f

successfully called upon, thespi

tllal protection

miracle will increase

ther the recipient s Toughness or

defensive values to resist trick tau

intimidate or test attacks. Compare t

caster s faith val ue to t he difficul

with each level ofsuccessadding

1

the val ue chosen by the recipient

minimol success nets a +1, an at f T

success gets a +2. and so forth). T

resistance form chosen mu st be d

clared before the miracle is cast.

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sp,eviouslyslaled,Co,e

Earth hasaMagical axiom

of 7 As a result of this,

most

knowledge of

magic has remained ob-

scure

and of

little use in daily life.

There are some areas of the world

though where magic

is

used daily,

and seen as a natural tool.

Because of the primitive nature

of

magic inCoreEarth, t isunstableand

often unpredictable. While

the

system

by which

t s

used is similar to that

of

the Aysle magic system, there are diJ·

ferences.

Included in this chapter is a de

scriptionofone particular typeofCore

EMth magic, plus rules

on

how to

integrate other

types

into the game.

There

are

also rules

and

tables defin

ing how Core Earth s wild magic

can be used in the game.

Spiritual Substitute

Many Core Earth magical systems

arealsospiritual systems. It isbelieved

that thespiritual nature

of

thestudent

grows as the knowledge of magic

grows.Thus faith

and

magic tend tobe

interwoven in these systems. One ex

ample of this is voodoo magic. Voo

doo

magic

is

presented here to show

howCore arth sSpiritllalaxiom helps

to compensate for its lower Magic

axiom.

Voodoo Magic

The religion known as v is a

byproduct

of

the slave trade that ex

isted during the eighteenth and nine

teenth centuries. The slaves brought

with them their culture, religion, and

folklore. Withsubsequent generations,

the religion

and

beliefs of their ances

torsgrew to meet the needs of it s new

followers. For this reason, the religion

of voodoo is diverse, with differ

traditionsand historydepending up

where it is found.

aitianVoodoo

Haitian Voodoo

is at

least famil

to most people, mainly because it h

been popularized by

books and

m

ies.

The

voodoo

of

Haiti is fou

mainly in the lower classes, the

upp

classes having rejected it in favor

more Western ideas. t is not unco

mon though for people in power

use the folklore

of

voodoo against

people.

Among the lowerclass, voodoo

become an organized religion. T

group

of worshippers forms an

tended family called a Hountor. T

head

of

this congregation acts

spiritual leader, psychologist,

a

doctor for the people. These men

a

women are very powerfulmember

their community,

and t is

thou

that it was people such as these t

led theslaverevolts that led toHait

independence. These people poss

more than magical powers. Their t

powers lies in their intelligence, le

ership ability,

and

wisdom.

The Haitian voodoo religion,

likeother variations, has remained

truest to the African traditions t

gave birth to it. In the belief

of

people, the

Loa,

which are the spi

gods, live in Africa,

and

are ruled o

byone god (which is a tradition

add

apparently byChristian influences

is also believed that the spirits of

dead

return toAfrica. Thedescript

and manners of the different

o

alsobetraced back

lothe

various tri

gods

of

the Ivory Coast of Africa.

Voodooceremonies revol vearou

the summoning

of

the Loa

who p

sess willing members

of

the Houn

(the congregation). When a perso

possessed by a

Loa,

they take

on



A

Partial Glossary

of

Voodoo Terms

Ange

-

Angel or guardian

Loa

Houl/ga

-

Priest of Voudoun

Baka

-

An evil spirit, demon

Ho menikoll

-

High official of the

Bocor

-

A practitioner of magic,

Hounfor,assistantof theHoungan

not necessarily

an

initiate

of

Hou sis

-

m ~ r s of the Societe

Voudoun. at various stages of Initiation

Canari

-

A jar of red clay used to

I slalle

-

Possession by a

Loa

lodge spirits and Loa

La-Place

-

AnApprenticeand as·

CI/eval

-

A horse; to

be

mounted sistant to the Houngan

by a Loa; to

be poss ss

Loa

-

The

VOUdOllll

deities

Comwissal/ce-The knowledgeof

Limp CarOli- Werewolf

herbal cures and magic gained by

Mambo

-

Priestess of Voudoun

people who have had advanced

religious training

MangeMOlm

-

F<ltal

problemsent

Engageme t·

A magical contract

by a malevolent spirit

between a person

and

a Loa usu-

Nom

Vailfullt-Theritual nameof

ally malevolent, for a special

fa

the Houngan

vor. A service is usually expected

Societe

-

The communal organi-

of the person zation underlying a Hounfor

forl

Strength;generally refers to

Vevers

-

Symbolic designs used to

a person who

is

strong in magic

invoke

Loa

at ceremonies.May

be

and

ritual knowledge

eitherdrawn or madeofwheat or

Grade

-

A chann to protect one

maize flour

or

ash. Verysimilarto

from magic

Cabalistic symbols.

Gros-Boll-Ange

-

The spiritual

VoudOlm

-

The religion of Voo-

double ofa person, i e the soul

doo, comprising its philosophy,

Hounfor

-

Temple; the extended

rituals, and traditions.

family; congregation

of that particular Loa,

and

e rest of the

Hounfor

will address

at person using the Loa s name. The

a sare then fed,

and

givenanything

ey request (for it is foolish to offend

Loa All of this

is done

to gain the

of the Loa,

and

to insure no

to

the members of

the

Onething

thatmust

be

remembered

thata voodoo followerwill notblame

y

misfortune on the

Loa

but on

mself. The feeling

is

that in

some

ay hedid not please theLoa,

thus

he

ill ask the Hougoun or Mambo (the

h priest

or

priestess)

what must be

to once again gain favor.

Over the years,

new

Loa have been

d insomeHounfor. Insomecases,

ristian saints have found their

way

to the

pantheon

of Voodoo deities.

and dead

magician-priests

alsosometimes

added

to the list of

ities, as entities that can act on a

wers behalf,

but

the African spir

are still seen as the most powerful.

Like Christianity

and other

reli

ons, there are levels to the faith. The

andMamhoare the truespiri

eaders, the high priest

and

priest

as itwere, but thereareother ranks

the religion that anyone can train

r, no

matter what

age or sex. There

e no true comparisons in

other

reli

and

each

Hounfor may

have it s

n

system

or

ranks.

It is

something

characters

must

remain aware of,

r peopleof differentranksmay have

rned different magic skills.

The beliefof the peopleofHaiti has

an increase in theaxiomsof the

ea.Haitinow operatesunder aMagi

Axiom

of and

a

Spiritual

Axiomof

For this reason, Haiti has devel

some of the

most

potent magi

ans in Core Earth.

Other

Voodoo

Haitian Voodoo isnot theonly voo

o

tradition, there are other voodoo

and one fairly strong tradi

n occurs in New Orleans, Louisi

a. The voodoo tradition of this city

more subtle than that of Haiti.

It

als more with influencing people

an creating zombies

and

stealing

oples spirits. Also unlike Haitian

New Orleans Voodoo is not

an organized r l i ~ i o n is comprised

ofa Voodoo

Pr;

Priestess

and

possi-

bly a fe\\ Some of these

people \\ : faith in Voodoo,

and thus

truL

t

ers, but

many

of

them are charlatans.

The Voodoo

of

New Orleans re

volves

around

the worship of a spirit

called

Zombrie

which is represented

in ceremonies by a giant white ser

pent. This tradition was strongly in

Ouenced in the last century by the

Voodoo

Queen

Marie Luvue.

She

brought

elements of Catholicism into

the practice. One of the main voodoo

holidays

is

evencelebratedonSt. John s

eve.

is also not

uncommon

to have

figures

of

saints present

during

the

ceremonies.

Unlike Haiti, there

is

not enough

belief in the power ofVoodoo to have

caused a local axiom shift. Therefore,

any Houngan

from

New

Orleans will

hapterT

act under the normal axioms of Co

Earth.

Voodoo

Implementation

The practiceof voodoo, in all trad

tions, hasevolved from a strangem

tureof

magic and religion. Themag

of Aysle that have investigated t

practice have been confused at its

tricacies,

and

have become frustrat

in their attempts to learn it. Only tho

who believe inthe

power

ofvoodooc

lise

the magic of voodoo.

is al

known that those who have faith

voodoo suffer stronger effects th

unbelievers, but those

same

unbelie

ers tend to believe very quickly on

they have succumbed to the magic

a Houngan. Also, anyone can ha

faith in voodoo, even if they have fa

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l e gb Theold manoftheGate,

young

man

of

the Cross-Roads.

Considered the most impor tant

Loa He

guards the cross-road

between the spiritual world and

the Physical world.

He

is always

invoked at rituals, and asked to

bridge

the

gap

between th e

Worlds. Legba is also seen as the

Sun,giveroflife.

The firstsparkof

the ivine Creation.

Ghede

- Ghede is the

Loa

that

walked across the void into the

Underworld. He is what Legba is

after death. He is the Light that is

ever prescnt,even in the night.

He

makes

peoplesee

the folly

of

their

mVI\ emotions

and

evils. He

is

Death,and thereforethe guardian

of

the cemetery.

Damballah-Theancient father,

thegoodserpentof theSkies.He is

another religion already. This faith

the persons belief in the

voodoo

and

the Loa, and

not

their

willingness to prac

the faith. Those

who

follow the

of

voodoo (i.e. have faith only

voodoo) get

a speciaL

bonus due

to

fact that their religion accepts the

er of other

faiths: Practitioners

of

do

not

helVe

to check forspiri

damage

ifthey

are

the recipient

of

miracle

of

another faith.

The

magic

of Voodoo

is intimately

with the person sfaith,orbeliel.

Voodoo. PeopLe

who

have faith in

benefit from/suffer greater

than

non-beLievers.

When

a

power is used upon them, the

wer Push

of

the character s

faith

adds directly to the effect value

f

the

power.

Non-believers are not as prone to

e effects

ofvoodoo,and

gain a bonus

..1inst its powers. All voodoopowers

against a non-beleiver have

effect values

reduced by

2 But, if

non-believer suffers the effect

of

a

power,

he

must

generate a

or faitll

total vs. the

Houngan s

the detached father who brings

comfort.

Agwe - The God

of

the Sea.

la

Sirene

-

The

Goddess

of

the

Sea

Ogoun-

Protector,warrior,

king

diplomat,magician.

po itician and

gangster. Ina

word,

Power. Often

worshippedas theprotectorofthe

Haunfor.

Erzul ie - The goddess of the

Dream, that which makes man

more than other life forms; the

ability to conceive

of

that which is

beyond reaLity, to create beyond

what is needed,

and

to desire.

She

is

the

loa of Elemental cosmic

forces.She iswhat

all

peoplestrive

to

achieve.

locoandAyizan-anrestralLoa,

the First prit Sl:

and

priestess.

(voodoo

priest/priestess) faith value.

f

the

Houngan s faitll

value is higher,

then check for the success leveL On a

minimal average,

or

good

success,

the

target of the power becomesoneof the

laity;

he neither believes nor disbe

lieves in voodoo - there

are

no fur

ther modifiers either way when voo

doo

is used

on

him.

f

the result is

superior

or

spectacular, the character

automatically

gains

one add

in

faith

voodoo . At the end of the Act, the

character must

forfeit

two

possibili

ties to pay for this

add.

U the character

is not possibility-rated,

then

he iscom

pelled to spend t ime researching

voodoo

to

learn

more about

it -

two

weeks, to

be

precise.

Theonly exception to this rule is in

the

Akashan

realm.

Those

with faitll

Zillatl

accept

a/l

religions

as

true;

they treat their faith adds as faWI (v0o

oo

adds for the

purpose of

bei.ng

affected by

voodoo

powers,

spells,and

miracles.

Camemasler

Note: This time does

not have to be

sacrificed immediately.

The

Ord

can learn the information af

te r

theadventure; he

is still.

however,

considered to

have

the

oneadd

in

fa

(voodoo). Handle this as it

works in t

story.

f a

character

practices

vood

magic, she is

must

to have

faitll

voodoo, thus a Houngan can learn

other

magic besides voodoo mag

The power

of

voodoo is based on t

faithofthe practitioner,

and

that pow

would be lost if they t ried to learn

differentsystemo(magic. f a Houng

learned Ayslish magic or spells, th

she

would loose the ability to

conta

the

spirits

of voodoo,

and

would

th

lose her magic ( the

Loa

are jealo

and they do not want to loose th

children

to the ways

of

others).

While this SCE ms arbitrary

and

strictive, especially

when one

is d

cussing

Storm

Knights possibLy fro

other

cosms, it

is true

to

the vood

religion. character

with faith

in vo

doo

may have adds in another type

faith,

bu t

she

may

not

use

the tools

the other faith (miracles, etc.).

Voodoo

Skills

A

character with

the

faith (vood

ski

has

newworlds of understand i

opened

up

to her.Shehasseveral ab

ties

not

available to other characte

Below

are

listed

some

skillsonLy ch

acters with

the

faith (voodoo) skill m

have.

in

Skills

Science (Folk Medicine)

With this ind

Skill,

the

charac

can

utilize animals, plants, fungi,

a

other

natural

products

to

produ

pharmaceuticals and other use

items.

The

folk

doctor

can

create

ite

for medical use, extract

and

ref

poisons, and create dies or beverag

This

skill will also allow

the person

recognize edible plants. The skill su

stitutes for both

first aid and medic

for thecharacter, though the charac

can have

either or

both

of those

sk

as well. A character

who

fails

in

medicine r may attempt

to mak

science jolk medicine roll on the sa

day

for the

same

result if he

wishes

vice versa).



Thecharacter can also createminor

tions that affect the senses or at

ibutes. The folk doctor can heighten

yattribute

or

skill byusing theherbs

medicines she collects from the en

onment. There are three steps:

1. The chuacter must collect the

redients. The

b se

difficulty for

nding the correct ingredients for a

rticular potion (using the find skill

Perception

ina woodland

orswamp

t is

12

This ismodified by

ny factors including (but not re

ed to):

Condition Modifier-

sparse

woods

2 00

environmentally

damaged

environment 5 to ON

totally alien

environment 5 to ON

very fertile area 1 t0-4 to ON

doctor is very familiar

with environment -2 to ON

·AlI modifiers are cumulative

Of course. thereare more modifiers

nvolved - at the gamemaster' s dis

etion. A search takes anywhere be-

een ten minutes to a day, depend

g on the gamemaster's opinion

of

availability and the

success level.

In many communities there are

voodoo shops that sell the proper

redients. Only about ten percent of

he existing shops are real, and they

usually difficult to find.

2 The charader must mix the in

dients. The mixing of the ingredi

is an involved process, but not as

as casting spell. Certainly

e blending involves the faith of the

lkdoctorand thepatient(s),

but

there

s very little real magic involved.

difficulty for making the potion is

3 The character must apply the

t ion. When the potion is applied,

e character generates a science folk

total and compares it to the

eaffected.The potioncan only

one attribute at a time, though

ltiple potions can beapplied to the

meindividual.Thetarget character's

does not affect the total. The

amount the characteristic is affected

equalsonepoint persuccesslevel, with

a minimal success counting for one

point and a spectacularsuccesscount·

ing for five points.

This

effect is eitller

positive or

Ilegative,

depending

on the

folk doctor's wish. A character can

actively resist the effects of the potion

by generating a

bonus number

and

adding it to the attribute targeted by

the doctor. If the resistance total is

higher than the

science

tota . then the

potion does not take effect.

Theduration

of theeffect is equal to

a time value of5 plus the result points

of the Science total. So, more powerful

potions last longer.

Science

folk

doctor cannot be used

unskilled.

Spirit

Skills

Faith (Voodoo)

As stated above, a character can

haveanother faith besidesVoodoo. In

this case, whichever faith the charac

ter has fewer

adds

in becomes the

secondary faith of the character. Note

that some faiths.

such

as the

ChapleT Te

Cyberpapacy,

do

not allow a charac

ter to believe in other faiths.

Faith (voodoo)

cannot

be used un

skilled.

Focus (Voodoo)

This skiU aUows thecharacter to

focu

the

powerof

theLo 1

toperfonn

miracle

and

is used in Voodoo

SpeU

creation.

character may not use this focus skill t

perfonn miracles not acceptable to th

Voodoo faith (i.e., any miracles not nor

mally available to Core Earth clerics

even if their primaryor secondary faith

is fromanotherrealm.Thecharacterca

have

focus

roodoo and focus other a

separate skills, however.

Also, the

focus

twdoo skill allow

thecha.ractertocreatenewvoodoospell

s ee below).

Focus

(voodoo)

cannot be used un

skilled.

Spells

To learn spells, \he Houngan mus

also learn arcane knowledges,but th

Houngan is limited in the maximum

numberofarcane knowledgesshe ca

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n. This

maximum

is

equal

to twice

e

ailll

adds thecharacter has in voo

Thusa Houngan withS[ailll adds

uld learn

1 arcane

knowledges.

ocess theorems can not

be

learned

a

Houngan,

for their grasp of the

ience of magic is not that advanced,

Hounganscannot

manipulatespells

h process theorems.

Using Voodoo Spells

You

will notice that many

of

the

of

voodoo - indeed, the very

of

voodoo - may seem to fit

o what many peopleacceptas evi1.

deed, most other religions look

on

as evil magic, and in Aysle,

st uses

of

voodoo

are

seen as cor

magic.

To the practicioners and faithful

of

voodoo, however, there

is

different outlook. A Storm Knight

o practises voodoo is not necessar

evil (and thereby reduced in status

a stormer) as long as his

belief and

are

pure. Voodoo magic

is

on as strange and terrible

even

its followers,

so

it

must be

used

fully. But it

is

no more inherently

il for a Core Earth Knight to

use

odoo than is it for her, if

she

were a

demon player character, to

voke the Lawof Pain, or, if

she

were

the

Cyberpapacy,

to use

miracles

against the

takes careful playing

d attentivegamemasteringto walk

e line.

Creating Spells

The spells

of

voodoo

are

unique to

thus they must

be

created by

e

Bocor

(magician). is possible for

e Bacor to find

another

initiate

of

and

trade

spells

with

him,

t

this will

be an

exception. In the

ationof the spell, the Houngan uses

focus

skill

in placeof thecolljllmtioll

and follows the guidelines set

rth in the

Aysfesourcebook as

modi

d by the rules for Core Earth Spell

tion (see below).

Theorem Use

The

power

of Voodoo is intimately

ked to the pattern theorems of spe

citie cOlltagioll

and

similarity

Their

knowledge

of these two theorems as

tound even

Ayslish mages. The Bacor

hasan intuitiveunderstanding

of

these

theorems. These theorems

are

applied

unconsciously to most spells a Bacor

uses, therefore a Bocor must integrate

them

into her spell creation.

All spel ls

dealing

with

kindred

forces, except for the entity knowl

edge, must alsousea spcci[iccol/tagio/l

A love spell, for example,

must

utilize

the hairof the the target

of

the spell,

or

a spell to steal a person s soul must

contain

an

object linked spiritually to

the person

a

piece

or

hair, a personal

gmde

etc.).

Unfortunately, because of the wild

magic ofCore Earth, process theorems

are beyond the ability of the Bacor to

use. They can only use p<,ttem theo

rems.

New Theorem: Community

Voodoo magic

is

based

on

the faith

of

the Houngan. The

power of

the

magic comes from the

Loa,

and the

Loa

can be invoked by the faithful,

thus all voodoo spells can utilize a

new theorem that makes them sim

to miracles:

commullity

The commullity

theorem allow

spell caster to tap into the strength

the community of the faithful to en

powerful rituals.The faithful lend th

belief to the Boeor, strengthening

ability to use the miracle.

When

the

comllllmify

theorem

built into a spell,

t

must

be

sta

exactly

how

many of the faithful w

be used to provide energy for

magic.

One

person, two,

or

a

hundr

the

number

must

be

built into thesp

Thereafter, the Bocor

cannot use

spell without the requisite

numbe

faithful assisting.

The

community

theorem works d

ferently

than

the other pattern th

rems.

No bonus number

is genera

during spell creation. Instead, wh

the spell

is

cast, each of the faith

generates a

faith voodoo

total and

their totats

are

higher

than

the di

culty of the spell, they add to the

nus number generated by the Boc

In addition, the Bacor adds any ad

he has in theeommllllityarcane n o w

edge

to their tota . helping

them

succeed.



It is not as important that all the

ithful succeed in their rolls as it is

they try.The Bocor

rna

y be

strong

to beat the difflculty number

n his

own;

he still needs the faithful

to cast the spell. Inaddition,

more

can participate in the casting

the spell requires, but

only

the

number can actually assist

e

Bocor.

The others are insurance:

Use the Many-on-0ne Table in

Torg Ru/ebook

to figure out how

ny of the faithful succeed

and how

ch they

add

to

the

Bocor s casting

tal. Remember,

the

Bonus Modifier

is

used

to

add

both to

the

total of the faithful and

to figure

how much the

faithful

the

Bocor.

However, all those who participate

the spell

casting

- that is, at least

e

requisite number - take backlash

to

the

result

points

taken

by

the

cor. If he takes two resuJt points,

all take

two result points.

If the spell succeeds, the faithful get

add the ir bonus number to the

E x a m p ~ Bonterre is a Haitian

Bocor. H ~ has designed a spell that

needs t ~ of the

faithful

participating

to

Jlst

cor rounds

up

fifteen ofhis

faithful

and

asks for their help. They

agr« to assist

him.

The

spell

B o n t u r ~

wishes

to

try

has a

Difficulty

Numbu 18 and a

Backlash

of 20.

is

an alterationl

fire spelf, and he

has

an alteration

skill ofl3. Bonterre only has one add

in community.

The community gets together and

helps to

cast

the spell. Bonterre

rolls

a

bonus numberof-l ,makinghis cast-

ing total

12. Since

he

is

at CJlsti g

on

the fly,

he will

resist

Backlash

at a

13.

The gamemJJSter rolls for

the com·

munity using

the

..

M i n y · O n ~

Table

.

The average faith (voodoo)

skill the community is 10. The

gamemaster g ~ e r a t t s

a

bonus

num·

«r +4.

Since the communitynum-

bers

15, they add the

bonus modifier

of 6 to

that (from

the Many-On

One

Table fora total

bonus number

of

+9.

Theyalsoget to add the Bocor s

community add of 1 10 their

total.

Their final faith(voodoo)

total is

20.

Since this is two

vu

the

DN for

thespell,itmeans that only 2ofthe 15

succeeded

in

their total;on the ..Mi1ny-

· ~ Table that mt Ilns they tuld

+2 to Banterre s CJlsting lotal

(for

14

and his

Backlash

resistana

(for

15

Since he needed an 18 tosuccmI, the

spell

fRiIs,

and

Bocor

and ten of the

faithful

take 2Q 15=5

result

points

of

Backlash. Back to

Ihedrawing

board.

Spells

All Voodoo spells have

the

follow·

ing modifications to

their

summary_

Group:

refers to which group can

utilize this

All VoOdoo - any

Houngan

can utilize this spell

Haitian

Voodoo -

only practi

tioners

of

Haitian

Voodoo can

utilize

this spell.

Skill: some voodoo spells - the

onesthat would normallyrequirec011

juratioll as a pattern sk l l have foclls

(ooodoo) as theirpatternskill.Use it the

same way you would use conjuration.

Manipuliltion: This line h s been

omitted since voodoo practitioners

cannot

use

process theorems.

Axiom Levels

Note that, insome

of

thespellslisted

below, the

axiom

levelsareabove those

of

Core Earth - but below those

of

Haiti and certain other magical areas

of Earth. These spells are a one--case

contradiction for a Core Earth charac·

ter

in a non-enhanced area of Core

Earth. If the character disconnects us

ing the spell, however, it just means

that the spell fails and he cannot cast

any spells of a higher axiom level for

twenty-fourhours (since theenhanced

areas are

still

part

of

Core

Earth, his

reality will automatically re-attune it

self

during

the intervening time). This

goes for

characters

not from

en

hanced zones and it goes forOrds as

well.

Bat Senses

Croup: Haitian Voodoo

Axiom level: 9

Skill:

alteration/living forces

12

ChaplerT

BilcklilSh: 14

Difficulty. 13

Effect: 12

Bonus

number to: effect

Range: self

Duration:

18 I hour)

Cast time: 15 seconds)

During the

casting

of

this spell, t

Bocor

cuts

his

hand and then crush

a bat s eye into the wound. For t

duration

of

the spell , the Bocor

th

gains

the ability to

sense

things in t

darkwithout relyingon his own sig

This sense is very acute, allOWing t

Bocortosenseobjects, people,and a

fonnofmovement. Theeffect value

the spell replaces the Bocor s norm

Perception value

if

the effect value

higher than thecharacter sPerctptio

This includes the use of all Percepti

skills.

This version

of

the

spell

uses

community theorem.

Bestow Luck

Croup: All

Axiom

level: 8

Skill: alteration/folk 19

Backlash: 19

Difficulty. 21

Effect Value: 10

Bonus number to: effect

Range: touch

Duration: 18 I hour)

Cast t ime: 9 I minute)

This spell is focused.

The

spell

created a t axiom level

8,

but a

Co

Earth Bocor of axiom level 7 can c

this spell in Haiti - because of

t

surrounding

belief - or as a cont

diction.

When

cast,

theHoungan

tak

a lock of hair from the target,

a

mixes it in a bottleof wine.

The

targ

then

drinks

from

the

bottle.

The

eff

value

is

then compared

to

the

high

of

the target s attributes

on the Pow

PushTable,with theresultbeing

add

to those stats. This

is

a potent, y

difficult spell

to

cast.

The community for this spell is t

recipient.

*The spell s axiom is such thai

it

i

contradiction in most Core Earth are

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Bones

Croup: All

Axiom: 6

Skill:

divi/latio,,/trlle knowledge

11

Backlash: 13

Difficulty: 8

Effed:14

Bonus

number

to: effect

Range: self

Duration: 18 hour)

Cast Time: 9 minute)

TheBocorplacesadropofherblood

bag of chicken bones, which she

en shakes whi le chanting. At the

d of thecasting,she throws thebones

the

ground.

The Bocor can then

ead her immediate and most prob

le future (within a time period equal

the duration). The reading will be

ague, but can

be

guided slightly by

ing.Thisdivination will nottell

e caster about the future of anyone

se, thus shecan not use it todetermine

during

the mission (but she could

e if she

is

might be about to lose a

This spell deals with

prombilities so

givethecharac

er the most pro le future she can,

on thecharacter sapparentchoice

direction. The player should

to

ask

questions of

the

e

is

leaning - but once a

course

for

probability ischosen, it is set.

For example, a character can ask,

what

will most likely

happen

if

wego

o the temple? and thegamemaster

uld answer, you will be beset by

and there will be

death

on

side,

bu t

the character

camtot

ask,

what happens

if

wedon t

go

n the temple? Once the spell has

n cast, the charader cannot throw

t

again until theevents foretold

come

to pass

or

the time has elapsed.

Note: VoodooBocorsare very seri

s about bolles Most fervently be

ieve that what they foresee will come

rueeractly ...

even

though

theirinter

pretations are always vague. A Bocor

will not play

around

with bolles ask

ing several trivial or different ques

tions trying to

pin

down the Loa to

definite answer. A Bocor who

does

this angers the Loa and will feel their

wrath.

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Create Zombie

Croup:

Haitian Voodoo

Axiom Level: 8

Skill:

alteration/folk

20

Backlash: 18

Difficulty: 16

Effect

Value: 16

Bonus

Number

to:

duration

Range: touch

Duration: 29

t

week)

Cast Time: 18 t hour)

This is probably the most complex

spell used in the voodoo culture.

t

is

focused. An unconscious victim is

taken to the place of the ritual. The

victim is usually rendered unconscious

due

toa substance

known

as Zombie

Dust (created by a folk doctor). The

procedure includes the collecting of

poisonous animals (including

a

blow

fish),

and

the bones of

dead

Voodoo

magicians. The material

is

prepared

and ashed in a process that takes a

minimum

of a week. The Difficulty

Number

for creating Zombie Dust is

equal to the Damage Value the folk

doctor requires, plus 2.

When ingested by a target, the tar

get takes

stunning damage

equal to

the result pointsof theDust versus his

Toughness.

f the victim is aware he is

being attacked, hemay actively resist.

f

he takes a

O

or

sufficient shock to

render

him unconscious, the Zombie

Dustworks.

t

will makethe target fall

intoa deep coma for a

number

of

days

equal

to

the result points of the Dust

over

the victim s

Toughness. The

vic

tim has been prepared for the spell.

The spell

create

zombie destroys the

victim s

Mind

and

Spirit

attributes. t

can only be cast

upon an

unconscious

victim.

The Houngan must

cut off a

lock of hair, a fingernail, and take a

drop of blood. These items are then

mixed together,

and

then placed in a

bottleof wine. While the ritual is going

on, themind and spirit ofthe victim is

drawn out of the

body

and placed in

the bottle.The effect value of thespell

is compared to the victim s

Mind

or

Spirit

attribute (whichever is higher),

and the result is read on the Power

Push Table. The result points, plus a

Result Modifier of +6, are then sub

tracted from

both

attributes. f either

valuedrops below four, the victim has

becomea mindless zombie. The vic

tim is then revived, with little or n

will of his own.

The Houngan then

begins to fee

the victim a substance known as

Zombie Cucumber. t is basically

nutrient pastewith a powerfuJ natura

hallUcinogen (again

produced

by th

use of sdeflre

folk

medicine

with

difficulty of 14). This substance

highly addictive. After

one

week o

eating it, the victim

must

generate

Mind

total of 16 to avoid eating it a

any opportunity.This difficulty num

ber increases by +2 each subsequen

week. A successful

medicine

roll (diff

culty

number

14 can give the victim

30nattempts to avoid the substanc

but they will

undergo

withdrawaL

Every week the substance is eate

the victim loses

one

point from the

Mind

attribute.This loss is

permanen

After a few months of eating this, th

victim truly becomes a mindless zom

bie, and will take

orders

only from th

Houngan

or

whoever the Hounga

gives the zombie to.

These peopleare then used

asslav

labor. A

Houngan

will only do th

against someone

who

has committe

a grave infTaction against the commu

nity, unless the

Houngan

is evil, an

then it will be used to gain servants

This version of the spell requires

community

of

10

to

cast.

Love

Spell

Croup: All

Axiom Level:

7

Skill:

alteration/folk

10

Backlash: 14

Difficulty: 10

Effect Value: 13

Bonus Number to: effect

Range: touch

Duration:

29 t

week)

Cast time:

18

t hour)

Tocast this focused spell, thecast

must have the hairof the person to b

wooed, and the hairof the suitor. Th

hair is combined in a red

bag

wi

various herbs, stones, and trinkets.Th

bag is then given to the suitor, wh

will carry

it around

with him. Th

effect

valueof

the spell is compared

the suitor schunn and persuasion ski



n the Power

Push

table, with the

ult beingadded to theseskills. This

to thechann

an d

persUJJSiO skills

s only applied

when

the

suitor

inter

cts with the person whose hair is

in the red bag.

The

community

of this spell is one

rson - the suitor.

Restrain

Group: Haitian Voodoo

Axiom: 9

Skill: apportation/tiving

forces 15

Backlash: 8

Difficulty: 2

Effect: 14

Bonus

number

to: effect

Range: 7 5meters)

Duration: 2 minutes)

Cast Time: 5 0 0 seconds)

The Bocor uses a small

sculpture/

statue that resembles the target. A

smallportionof the target (blood, hair,

mucus, etc ) must be spread

or

b ou nd o nt o the idol. The Bocor then

binds the idol with a black cord. The

effect value of the speU is then com-

pared to the target's Dexterity. The

result is read

on

the

PowerPush

table,

with the result being further modified

by a +8. The final result is then sub

tracted from the targets'

Dexterity.

U

the target's Dexterity falls below zero,

then he is immobilized.

There is no

community

involved in

this spell.

Steal

Spiritual

Essence

Croup: Haitian Voodoo

Axiom Level: 8

Skill: apportationffolk 19

Backlash: 2

Difficulty: 17

Effect Value:

2

Bonus

number

to: effect

Range: 10000 meters)

Duration: 180 hour)

Cast Time: 4

6

seconds)

Tocastthisspell, theHoungan

must

possess

somethingof the target.When

the spell is released, the caster steals

thespirirual essenceof the victim.This

is seen as an energy force leaving the

victim,

an d

then entering the caster.

The effect value of the spell is com-

pared to the higher of the victim's

Mind or Spirit

values

on

the Power

PushTable, with

th e

result being sub

tracted from the victim's attributes.

1lleeffectvalueof the spell

is

then com-

pared to the higherof the caster's

Mirul

an(

Spirit

attributes

on

the Power Push

Table, with the

result

being added to

those slats. In essence, the caster has

stolen the powerofthe thevictim - but

thecastercannotadd morethanhestole.

Example:

Jujana S eedS ill

cast

ing

this

spell on aTharkold Chill. She

gets

a

bemus numberof6

making

the

effect value 18.

Reading

this

agaillst

the Chul s Spirit of5 on the

Pawer

Push

Table shegets totake

five

points

from

both

attributes.

The

Chul

now

has Q Mind

and

a Spirit of

Mmsuring tM efff Ct

vtl U her

highest

at

tnoute

Spiritof12 she

has tM ability to

add

3

points

to both

attributes

-

but since tM Chul

only

had a

Mindofl

to btginwith sheOln

only add 1 Mind

point.

There is no community theorem ap

plied with this spell.

Chapter T

Miracles of Faith

Besides

th e normal

Core Ea

Miraclesavailable,

Houngan scan

u

lize the following miracles. They

w

pu t hear instead of in the Religio

and

Miracles chapter because on

voodoo practioners may use vood

miracles.

Break Gris Gris

Religion: Voodoo

Spiritual

Rating: 9

Community Rating: 5

Difficulty: 15

Range:

5 t

meters)

Duration: Instant

Effect: Disrupts Magic

By means of this miracle, the V

doo

Priest isable

to

focus the

powe

Ogoun against a

gris-gris

(or magi

spell). This miracle will disrupt sp

that are either being cast, or that

already in effect. To accomplish t

miracle, the

Hougan

generates a fa

total, which is then compared to

magic skill total that was used to c

the spell. The spell will be dispelle

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e faith total

is

greater than themagic

ll total.

Consecrate Grade

Religion: Haitian Voodoo

Spiritual Rating:

10

Community Rating:

13

Difficulty:

13

Range: Touch (one charm)

Duration:

month)

E((ect: Consecrates a

Crade to

pro

one person from magic.

This miracle allows the Mambo to

and

then consecrate a

grade

(or

ical charm),which is thengiven to

faithful toprotect them from

mful magic and spirits. For each

of success on the miracle, add

e

to the character s most applicable

tribute when resisting a spell. f in

let the character choosewhich

she wishes

to

increase.

Example:

MIen

Bonture uses the

miracle to create a chann for his Wife

Lucia, he gets an average su ss-

+2. lilter slle

is

attacked

by

a

mage

IIS lg

a

bullet spell. Before /I,e attack

OCCl/rs, she has

a

choice: s11eean either

add

tile 2 to 11erdodge toget

outof

ti,e way

of the bullet), or

she can add

it

her

Toughness t

resist the

damage>.

She

cannot

do both. She

musl

before

the apportation

totaf

is

generated

for

the

bullet

spell.

Possession Trance


Spiritual

Rating:

10

Community

Rating: 8

Difficulty:

12

Range: The congregation hall


Effect: allowsthe Houngan to put a

of people equal to his focus

to a trance

so

that a

Loa

can possess

e victim

Thismiracle

is

invoked onlyduring

Voodoo ceremony. During the cer

ny the Houngan

blesses

the

unfor. Music, mostly drums is

and the people begin tochant.

e chants determine the

Loa

ad-

essed. Soon, a number of Voodoo

(possibly even the Houngan if he

willing) become possessed by the

The possessed begin to take on

attitude and behavior of the Loa.

Members of the Hounfor can then ask

the Loa questions. The Loa will an

swer any question,

but

they aresome

times not very truthful. They will an

swer

a

number

of questions based

on

the level of success of the miracle:

one

answer per level of success.

Answersalsodepcnd upon

thespe

cHic

knowledge

of

the Loa called.

Agwecould tellof what isoccurringin

the seas and oceans, while Ogoun

could tell of political situations and

magic. Initially, only Legba will be

able to tell of occurrences in different

realms, for being the

Cuardian

of the

Cross-Roads gives him the ability to

see into the different realities. The

other Loa can be given access into the

other realms by being

swnmoned

by

someone in that realm.

Possessing

Loa


Spiritual Rating:

10

Community Rating: 9

Difficulty:

10

target s faitll

Range: 5 00 meters)

Du.ration:

17

(30 minutes)

Effect: Causes theTarget to become

possessedbyaLoa

Thismiracle opens the the target to

Loa possession. Normallythismiracle

is utilizedon amemberof

the

Hougan s

Honfour, but it can also

e

used to

incapacitate

an

enemy. The difficulty

number of this miracle

depends upon

whether the person willingly accepts

the miracle. f the person is willing to

e possessed, the difficulty is

10,

but

the difficulty

is added

to the target s

faith

if theyare unwilling. f they know

what iscoming, then

an

unwilling tar

get can actively resist the miracle.

As with possession

trance,

the Loa

will

possess

the bodyof the target, and

then immediately take on their stan

dard

persona. The

Loa

mayalso begin

to demand things, such

as

food or

rum, from theHougan thatsummoned

them. This Loa can also be used as an

information source.

Other

Systems of .

Core Earth Magic

Voodoo is just

one

of the many

diverse systems of magic that can be

found inCore Earth. Hermetic magic,

witchcrah, and shamanismcould also

e

found. Voodoo can be used as a

basis to formothermagicsystems,but

it mustbe remembered thatCoreEarth

has a low magical axiom. Each

group

will have it s own rituals

and

spells,

and thus others may not be able

to

understand their magic system.

Guidelines for

Other Systems

Use the basic magic systemworked

out in the Aysle Sourcebook and

Pixaud s

Practical

Grimoirt to form the

basis for all magic systems present in

Torg.

However, since Core Earth has

such a low

Magic

axiom, prepare to

make modifications.

Increased

Difficulty

and

Backlash

All spel ls used in Core Earth that

arenot acontradiction havea +Sadded

to their Difficulty and Backlash

num

bers. Spells in this book include those

additions,

but

lowaxiomspells inother

books

do not. A mage can elect to cast

a spellof axiomlevel sevenor lowerin

Core Earth without adding to the ON

or

Backlash, butshe mustcausea

con

tradiction to

do

so.

Lack of Conjuration

This isprimarily because, when the

spell was constructed, conjurntiml was

used to assemble the state path of the

spell. In Core Earth, this cannot be

done. When a spell is created in Core

Earth, treat the skill value for the

con-

juration total

as

zero, and do not roll

for a

bonus

number. Looking at the

Spell Laboratory Sheets in the Ayslt:

Sourcebook

or

in

Pixaud s

this will

show why spells are

so

hard to con

struct in Core Earth.

Naturally, this makes all cot/jura-

tiOll spellsa centradiction inCore Earth.

Conjuration effects must either be cre

ated by use of miracles, or through a

contradiction.

Conjuration

Substitution

One

interestingconsolationforCore

Earth magicians has become evident.

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cultsan d sectsof religionsand

secular organizations havefound

wa y to circumvent the no conjura-

drawback. Voodoo (above)

a

exampleofonesuch circumven

n. Using another skill to substitute

r the conjl/ratiOIl skill, theyhaveman

ged to increase the power of their

agic by binding it with other phi

When an appropriate substitute is

und, such as faith (voodoo) is above,

use that skill in place

conjuration where

becomes neces·

ary - just as if she had

cOlljuratioll

a dd s. H ow ev er - an d this is

- they must severely

imit the types of spells an d rituals

y will use. Voodoo, for example,

arly entirely used to affect folk and

no

fireball

or

light

ing bolt spell in the canon. The

should sit

down

with the

yer interested in creating such an

ernative magic theory and discuss

careflll/y. Remember, Core Earth

magic is still weaker than almost any

where

else.

Further Examples

Hereare

some ideas for alternative

magic forms you could use in your

campaign.

Irish Bards

Taken from folklore an d legends,

the

power

of song an d tale are well

known to the Emerald Isle.

No w

that

the legends have begun to awaken

again, ne w powers roam the land.

The magic

of

the Irish Bards is tied

to music. The skill artist

so g)

used

to substitute for conjlJratioll, the act of

creating the music powerful

enough

tocall forth thestrength ofthe bard. A

character who wishes to

be

a Bard

must haveeitherartist

song)

as his tag

skilL

or rt st composer).

Thecharacter

must also be able to play an instru-

ment - when spells are cast by t

bard, a song

must

sung and

playe

Used to inspire, strengthen and a

their friends, the spells

of

the Iri

Bards also dishearten their foes. T

Irish Bard s spells work

through

oth

agents, whether they be people, an

malsor

nature. The Irish Bard, for th

reason, values knowledge an d w

do m

aboveall else ... except perhap

good tall tale or a rousing ballad.

Tocreate a spell, the Bard must n

only spend the requisite time researc

ing an d testing her theorems an d pa

terns,

b ut s he m us t s pe nd

equal tim

composing the songs an d tales th

summon

the power. She roams t

land, inspiring those around her an

trying her tales on all who listen.

The Indian Shaman

Similar, and yet unlike, the vood

priest, the Indian Shaman commun

with spirits an d ancestors to gain h

power. The Shaman is the spiritu

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teacherofhertribe,keep-

them

safe

and

helping

them

to Jive

th nature.

The

Shaman seldom breaks

the

.tural laws, preferringto workwith

m. While the plains may need rain,

r

the mountains

an

early spring, the

aman knows that there is balance.

tead of constantly

using her

power

shape

nature

to

he r

desire, she in·

tries touse her knowledge of the

irit world and the

natural

world to

ke the most of what her tribe p0s

The

Shaman s

skill is

faith

tribal

and she works to increase her

of all the spirits. But a Sha·

an must

also deal in the concrete

aswell.Theknowledgeofplants

d animals possessed by a Shaman

e

as

valuable

to hertribeas

thespirit

pes only

she

can

see.

The IndianShaman uses

her power

talk to the spirits, her ancestors,and

e wild creatures.

She summons

the

of the forest. so that

she may

the balance of nature - it is

that the

Deer should

be eaten

by

e People, just

as it

is right that rain

fall at a certain time.

Dealing with

t he gathe ring of

owledge and the interpretation of

the Shaman looks after her

by safeguarding against the

-

but

also

by

looking

to

the

WhileaShamanmay not have

e

devastating

power of

an

Ayslish

the preventionand knowledge

magic of a shaman

com

nd much respect.

The Non-Cults

Then there are those who,

due

to a

of faith or focus, or just because

ey prefer to keep magic out of the

of

their lives,

are unable to

call

a cOlljlnatiotl substitute. These

e the minor occultists, unwilling to

cken their souls; or the tarot

read·

, gifted amateurs; or even thewish

l thinkers, still striving for direction.

These people are limited in their

wer , bu t truly unl imited in the ir

oices. Unlike the Voodoo Houngan

the Irish Bard, the minor practitio

r of Core Earth magic works witllill

e rules

.. . so

they

have

farther to go.

ce they cannot use cOl/juratioll, they

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have serious difficulty

at

the begin·

ning (creating spells is a hit-or-miss

process at best, and certainly danger

ous). but a minor practitioner

with

devotion and time can become very

powerful and certainly more versatile

than

the theme mages of the cults.

While

theydo

notget the initial boost

from their religion

or

profession,

with limeand diligencethey can

over·

come thedifficultyof theirbeginnings.

Core Earth s

Wild

Magic

t has been slated that Core Earth s

magic is wild, unpredictable,

and er·

ralic. That is very true. Even spells

created

by

mit

mages

and the

most

careful practitioners often

go awry.

Here s how it works:

When a Core Earth spell is cast (or

one mooified to

work

in Core Earth

without causing a contradiction), the

mage always runs the risk of

an

UTatic

failure or even an erratic success.

the spell failed - that is, the

char·

acter

was unable to beat the Diffirulty

Number of the spell, an erratic

fuillm

may occur.Todetennine whether such

a failure occurs, check the result points

of the failureon the Power Pushtable.

the result pointsget a

5uprrior

(7

points)

or higher result,

then

an erratic failure

has occurred.

What thismeans variesfromcase to

case. That the spell has failed is defi·

nite;

nothing

is going to change that.

However, since the spell is a product

of wild magic, thereareside-effects.

It is up to the

gamemaster to

deter

mine what these are.

Perhaps

the spell backfired, taking

effecton thecaster, thecaster s friends,

or an innocent bystander - someone

thecasterdid

not

intend

to affect

at

all.

Perha

ps

theside effect is

another

spell,

similar to the one intended (perhaps

the mage wanted to throw the a/fer-

at

ion/folk spell strellgth and got another

alterationlfo kspell instead

.. .

wttlkness,

folk

to

frog, whatever). t might even be

that, because of the grand failure, the

caster has created

some

totally

unre

lated.

and

probably extremely bad,

effect. Ifthecaster isacultmage,maybe

he has accidentally

summoned an

en

emy

spirit of the cult. he isa general

practitioner, rnaybehe hasdone some

thing truly awful to his own mind .

make i t up. Remember, the worse th

failure, the worse the effect.

An

erratic

success is even mor

strange. An erratic success is a castin

that should

have been

a failure, bu

wasn t. This occurs when the cha

acter s

bonus

modifier,

added

to

th

skill total , is not

enough

to succee

with the spell, but o ther modifie

make it work after aU Thiscounls th

spending

of Possibilities and the pla

ing of cards.

Example: Dr. Forrester is trying

to

cast

detect magic

s t page 32 of

Pixaud s PracticalGrimoire). Since

he

is

Q

Core

Eilrth

ItUlgt

he

nmls

Q

skitl

total

0121 tosucassfully

u ~

tlu

spell.

He

has Q

divination skifl

of 8

Roffing a

4

on

tile die,

he

spends

a

possibility

to

roll again h

gets all

11,

for a

total

roll of

15 and

Q

bonus

t1umrer

of

+2. Not enough.

Fortunately, Dr. Forrester s

player,Bill,hasan Actioncard,which

throws toget

a

3 - this mnkLs the

casting

total

a 23,

which

is

high

enough.

But Dr. Forrester has

gotte

an

erratic success.

Read the result points of the errat

success

the

same

way as the

errat

failure -

but

use the casting total b

fore

the spell was modified to succee

A

superior

or greater result means a

erra tic success has occurred. In th

above example, this means that B

should check Or. Forrester s castin

total before

he

threw

the

+3Action

car

and before he spent the Possibility.

In theaboveexample, Dr. Forrest

had a 10 before

spending

the possibi

ity and throwing the card. Since h

needed

a to succeed with the spe

he

got

result

points towards and

errat ic success (and not a failure b

cause he affected the roll to succeed

What happens

when

an erraticsu

cess is generated is simple: the spe

works,but thereare additional mod

fications. Perhaps the effect value

the spell has

been further

modified

b

a

bonus

number, generated by th

gamemaster. There might be extr

effects that seem tobe related <may

the strcllgtll spell causes the recipie

to

grow

a foot and a half, or the s



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Theseeffects should

bestrangeand.

ll, erratic. Theyare n t

as

beneficial

erratic failures are malevolenl- in

t, they

aren't supposed

to really be

elp. The mage has bardy managed

cast her spell,

so she

incurs some

rt of difficulty or extra effect along

e way.

Ords and Wild Magic

you will notice,

under

theabove

Ords

cannot

be

affected by

er ·

icsuccesses and failures. Well, they

can. Because

Ords are

less able to

tap

reality, including the reality

around

them that al lows limited magic use,

Ords

l tlys

have erratic successesor

failures. Any failure an Ord has is an

erratic failure and any success that

isn l right on the difficulty

number

is

an erratic success (right on the

means it worked just right). Life is

tough when

you're

an Ord.

Using

Erratic Success

and

Failure

The easiest way

1

handle erratic

success

and

failure in a Targcampaign

is to

makeupa

chart

of random

events

and modifythem for the situation.

1

make ones up that fit

with

mood

of your

campaign.

f

you,

the gamemaster,

ru n

a grim a

gritty campaign, then the failures w

probably be pretty harsh and the s

cess results will be of quest iona

benefit

to

your players.

If

on heather

hand, you and

yo

players run a heroic campaign (

good guysalmostalwayswinand th

usually get

out

unscathed), then y

might wanl the failures to be m

distracting than anything,and thes

cesses might benefil the characters

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When you were young,

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Soon

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fort

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and yourknowledgeof

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come to understand the nature of

invasions. During a recent installe,

came

to

understand

your

role in

the

of the

Earth . With

the

blessing

the societe, you set off to show thc

that

Ihe

power of

thc

Loa will

the

Earth

of their

presence. You

learned to combine the old ways

the new and make the Invaders

their presenceon

E.ulh.

You believe in the

power

t he Loa with all of you soul. Many

have you seen their power. Now

you know how to call upon their

and you have heard their calls and

uctions. You now call yourself a

of the world.

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powder,dust,

herbs, candles, rattles, various

parts, a Colt .38 (damage value

ammo 6, range

3·10/25/50),

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Skill

Notes:

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tag skill is

{aWl v0o

doo You

mayuse

this to

substitute

for

cOlljllratioll

magic, as

per

the rules in

ChapterlO, Magic. Your agicaxiom

is 9-

you are

from Haiti.See

Chapter

One, Axioms and World

Laws,

on

how

to

use

this in

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me,

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give

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power.

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bccn

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garding the Invaders. Before this

were a

member

of the KGB, work-

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thal time.and theymay

l be

of use

- i they

are

still alive.

Mainlyconccrncd with Europe you

to travel the

globe

in search

others

with

your hatred

of

the

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you have found yourself

wit those w o were once yur

- and

even

with individuals

You don tlTust

that much, but it is hard to deny

someof these Invaders areactually

your

side.

Information is

your

life.

pride

yourself in your

knowledge

the war

and

the invaders. You wil l

admit

to

any

lack of knowledge.

t if one does come up. you will find

e answer.

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clothing. portable

briefcase

hidden

knife

damage value 15,

ammo

17,

1,500 Deutschmarks.

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aware of

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substitution

because

you

are

a

pure

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of

magic -

of

course,

you may eventu-

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Quote: Afakazam Ferros,terran, turos

Brakal -

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ound:When

you

attended

Uni·

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in the

and in

the

local museums than

u

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did

right in

your

courses,

but

you

never

they were

teaching you what

you

needed

lokI/OW. Even

when you

k TheOccultas a Social Setting in

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disappointed. They

actually

of

magic as {ni e

Imagine.

You

must admit

that, before the in

sion, there were times when even

doubted

the

t ruth of magk

your

. Fortunatly, things changed. The

you knew

l ived in

the wor ld

were

lly recognized. Sure,

you aren t as

as

some of those

Ayslish

-

butyou re making

progress.

nality: Throughout

your

life,

been

more

in touch wit h

the

than anyoneelscyou veever

- and you

like it

t ha t way.

. Magic.

The

occult.

They

all

go

and

now you

finally

know

truth.

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lower

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contradictions

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Earth.

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thai.

Core

Earth

Before the Invasion,

you

ent a lot of time knocking about,

different

things. Yougot

anedu

thought about

a career,

bul you

ready to settle

down.

Vour

called you restless

and

a free

Your fiance s father called you

lazy

bum: 11lat

might ewhy

it

i n twork

oui

When

the Possibility Wars began,

u were working in a village pub,

drinksand

talking politicswith

locals. Bu the Invaders stopped

Theycame

tolown, drovcoffmany

the people,

and

terrorized

and

cn-

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and

the

best

way

10

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10 learn (rom them. ..- 7

You re happy

now-al l

things con

You travel the world, helping

and

learning new things. You

r got

re lly

good a t anyone thing.

t

now, you ve

found your niche:

you

n egood a t

a lot of different things.

Fairly laid b.,ck

and easy·

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a

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