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Huntress led the team through the rainforest, but despite her skills, it was slow going. After some time, they came across another group, a small number of anti-Aztlan guerrilla fighters who were in the area. The group decides to make contact, and after some discussion, the guerrilla's did know of a location with an odd background count, and were willing to lead them there for some payment. The group was led to a small cave, where the normal background count of the forest was overlayed with something else, like crystals growing on the astral. The team said goodbye to the guerrillas and stepped into the cave. And were then almost immediately attacked by both a spirit, and a group of Phoenician birds. The cave was fairly deep, and housed a number of oddities: various things displayed on pedestals, a number of magical preps that seemed to be intended to either kill or detect intruders, various spirits and metahuman guardians, a shedim bound in a ritual circle, and a magical prep anchored to a plushie of Lowfyr. Finally, at the deepest chamber, guarded by a powerful spirit of the forest and its vassals, was the shard. After defeating its guardians and disarming the wards on the pedestal it was kept on, the team was able to retrieve the staff part, although free from its containment, the background count around it spiked immensely. However, as they began to leave, they were met with a suprise: the western dragon Biouno, lord of the Iguazu falls, and owner of the cave, had arrived. With incredibly skill, Chameleon was able to convince him that they had not taken anything from the cave, and the dragon, feeling in a merciful mood, was willing to let them earn their lives back after trespassing, if they performed a task for him. One of Aztechologies Blood Panthers, looking for an opportunity for glory, had been testing Biouno's domain, making incursions into it from Argentina. | Huntress led the team through the rainforest, but despite her skills, it was slow going. After some time, they came across another group, a small number of anti-Aztlan guerrilla fighters who were in the area. The group decides to make contact, and after some discussion, the guerrilla's did know of a location with an odd background count, and were willing to lead them there for some payment. The group was led to a small cave, where the normal background count of the forest was overlayed with something else, like crystals growing on the astral. The team said goodbye to the guerrillas and stepped into the cave. And were then almost immediately attacked by both a spirit, and a group of Phoenician birds. The cave was fairly deep, and housed a number of oddities: various things displayed on pedestals, a number of magical preps that seemed to be intended to either kill or detect intruders, various spirits and metahuman guardians, a shedim bound in a ritual circle, and a magical prep anchored to a plushie of Lowfyr. Finally, at the deepest chamber, guarded by a powerful spirit of the forest and its vassals, was the shard. After defeating its guardians and disarming the wards on the pedestal it was kept on, the team was able to retrieve the staff part, although free from its containment, the background count around it spiked immensely. However, as they began to leave, they were met with a suprise: the western dragon Biouno, lord of the Iguazu falls, and owner of the cave, had arrived. With incredibly skill, Chameleon was able to convince him that they had not taken anything from the cave, and the dragon, feeling in a merciful mood, was willing to let them earn their lives back after trespassing, if they performed a task for him. One of Aztechologies Blood Panthers, looking for an opportunity for glory, had been testing Biouno's domain, making incursions into it from Argentina. Not having much of a choice, Chameleon and Thunder agreed, being bound with a geas to complete the task, while Huntress, who had managed to go unnoticed, crept away with the piece of the staff. | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
Revision as of 21:25, 1 February 2026
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ShadowHaven Draco Foundation | Major Corp | ||||||||
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Thunder Chameleon Huntress |
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Summary
The Draco Foundation asks the runners help in uncovering another piece of the sevenfold staff, this one in South America. This, of course, rapidly derails.
Background
The sevenfold staff, as it is currently being called, is theorized to be a powerful magical relic from the 4th world, capable of feats of magic unknown to modern practitioners. At some point, it was shattered, and the pieces found there way to the corners of the globe. The Draco Foundation recently learned of the location of several of the pieces, and have hired runners to retrieve them. One such piece was in South America, and so a runner team was contacted to go there to retrieve it.
The Meet
The team met Adowa Webster at a Draco Foundations office, and were informed that they were wanted to retrieve it. While the Draco Foundation didn't know its exact location, they knew it was near Metropole. The team was promised a good reward, and possibly payment in ware or magical materials.
The Plan
The team got a flight to Metropole courtesy of the Draco Foundation, and arrived in Metropole to look for clues. Knowing that the artifact they were looking for likely had a significant effect on the background count, they asked a spirit to help look for that, and while it wasn't able to find the artifact itself, it did manage to find a disturbance in background counts in the rainforest to the west of Metropole. And so the team headed out, with the tracking spearheaded by Huntress.
The Run
Huntress led the team through the rainforest, but despite her skills, it was slow going. After some time, they came across another group, a small number of anti-Aztlan guerrilla fighters who were in the area. The group decides to make contact, and after some discussion, the guerrilla's did know of a location with an odd background count, and were willing to lead them there for some payment. The group was led to a small cave, where the normal background count of the forest was overlayed with something else, like crystals growing on the astral. The team said goodbye to the guerrillas and stepped into the cave. And were then almost immediately attacked by both a spirit, and a group of Phoenician birds. The cave was fairly deep, and housed a number of oddities: various things displayed on pedestals, a number of magical preps that seemed to be intended to either kill or detect intruders, various spirits and metahuman guardians, a shedim bound in a ritual circle, and a magical prep anchored to a plushie of Lowfyr. Finally, at the deepest chamber, guarded by a powerful spirit of the forest and its vassals, was the shard. After defeating its guardians and disarming the wards on the pedestal it was kept on, the team was able to retrieve the staff part, although free from its containment, the background count around it spiked immensely. However, as they began to leave, they were met with a suprise: the western dragon Biouno, lord of the Iguazu falls, and owner of the cave, had arrived. With incredibly skill, Chameleon was able to convince him that they had not taken anything from the cave, and the dragon, feeling in a merciful mood, was willing to let them earn their lives back after trespassing, if they performed a task for him. One of Aztechologies Blood Panthers, looking for an opportunity for glory, had been testing Biouno's domain, making incursions into it from Argentina. Not having much of a choice, Chameleon and Thunder agreed, being bound with a geas to complete the task, while Huntress, who had managed to go unnoticed, crept away with the piece of the staff.
Aftermath
Rewards
20,000 Nuyen for the retrieval of the artifact (10 RVP)
-May be taken at gear rewards for bioware.
30,000 Nuyen from Adowa Webster, as an apology/hush money over the dragon incident. (15 RVP)
22 Karma (22 RVP)
30 CDP (15 RVP)
May take Adowa Webster as a contact at up to loyalty 4
Chameleon:
1 Street cred (Killed a Blood Panther on Camera) (1 RVP)
2 Notoriety (Dealt with a dragon+killed a blood panther on camera)
Thunder:
May take tough as nails (Physical) at rank 1.
1 Notoriety (Dealt with a dragon)
Thematic repercussions:
-The Draco Foundation has safely acquired another part of the Seven-fold staff.
-The area around Iguazu Falls becomes much less safe for several months, as Biouno looks for the thief of the artifact.
-Aztechology is furious about the brazen killing of their special forces member. Accusations fly across the border with Amazonia as tensions rise due to the incident.
Game Quotes
Player After Action Reports (AARs)
Chameleon:An infiltrator caught exfiltrating. A Face that violates the most fundamental rule of negotiating in the shadows. Sigh. Thank the maker for great team mates. I owe Thunder a trip to Buenos Aires. I'll add the sanitized events here in Argentina to my file for Thalia Sandoval.
Thunder:Dear Diary, the past weeks have been extreme. I've previously had bounties on my head, Omega Dawn on my back, and Europol putting enough depleted uranium in me make me go horizontal, but this was another league.
The most memorable and paradox thing was fooling an old dragon that we hadn't stolen its magical artiffact, followed by a friendlyish handshake with said dragon, sealing a death pact that would destroy Chameleon and me if we wouldn't kill the Black Panter within 90 days. Being kissed by death in such a way made me apreciate every second of life and my friends / colleagues Huntress and Chameleon.
PS. Remember to work on social skills. I didn't manage to show Huntress and Chameleon my apreciation for their company and being there for me. Huntress really didn't have to stick around to help us and Chameleon was willing to nobly sacrifice his life to save Huntress and me, and I didn't even say thank you. I should at least write them a card, but what should I write?"