Ancient Idioms

Ancient Idioms
Part of Temple in the Shadows Part of Light the Shadows
Date 2082-06-30 GM Asmodeus Location Seattle Status Threat Level: High
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven	Seattle District Attorney's Office	The Order of the Temple, The Black Lodge
Swerve Fed Up Artemisia Bland Delphi	District Attorney Mark Donaghy	Clergy Representative SK subsidiary Security Guard Blood Mage
Casualties and losses
None	None	Clergy Representative

Summary

Runners are hired to deal with the uncomfortable issue of legal and religious pressures being brought down on the shadow runner and infected communities of Seattle.

Background

The Seattle shadows are in turmoil. With the recent push by District Attorney Mark Donaghy to "light the shadows", being a shadow runner has become tougher than ever. That and the recent influx of the Order of the Temple, who seek to purge Seattle of it's rampant infected "problem", makes the city a rather unwelcome place for many individuals. A trio of these individuals have come together to address this situation, by forcing the two factions to tear at each other's throats.

The Meet

The runners are invited to a meet at the "Bawdy Lass", a low key biker bar located in Sonohomish. Upon arrival, the team is met by a trio of scary individuals, namely DeFrost, the drake Lamashtu, and the former Demon Caller Krimelin. Defrost does the talking, explaining that the recent pressure from the DA and the Order of the Temple has placed his many safehouses in jeopardy, and rather than lose access to them, they would see the two factions biting at each other, rather than him and his associates. His target: a Knight Errant Officer by the name of Lombardi "Paladin" Walkstrong, who has been working to make life extremely uncomfortable for those in the shadows.

Paladin has been the focus of efforts to locate and purge the safehouses belonging to Defrost, and needs to be severely curtailed. If the Knight Errant efforts could be redirected towards the activities of the Order of the Temple, then things might lighten up across the community for those who would prefer to walk in the shadows. Deforest explains that this could be done by planting a provide commlink upon an unsuspecting member of the Order's clergy, then alerting Paladin to the Order's new culpability. The clergy member is currently staying at a Saeder-Krupp subsidiary hotel; all they need do is formulate a plan to get in, plant the evidence, and get out. He offers that if the team needs a distraction, he has a lead on a new group of cybered up loup-garou just outside of town, who might be willing to aid the team, if appropriate arrangements are made.

Defrost is quite helpful, offering schematics to the hotel, burner SIN's, and Pass keys to the S-K VIP grounds. He offers the team 30,000 Nuyen or access to specialized Drones of the highest functionality. It's almost to good to be true...

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