Canadian Pacific Ghost Train

Canadian Pacific Ghost Train

Ghost Train
Contact Owner	Richard_Villiers
Owner's Discord Name	Villiers
Connection	4
Public Contact?	Yes
Archetype	Service
Location	Transcanadian Railway Right of Way
Metatype	Wild Spirit of Man
Awakened/Emerged	Awakened
Gender	N/A
Age	199
Preferred Payment Method	Karma
Hobbies/Vice	Iron and coal reagents
Personal Life	N/A
Faction	N/A
Aspects	Domain Bound Restricted to Iron and Coal Tattoo Magic Vehicle Spirit Passenger Service Freight Transport Recipe for Success Railroad Momentos Last Spike Artifacts

Overview

Wild Spirit of Man.

Aspects Description

Aspect	Description
Domain Bound	The domain of the Canadian Pacific is the route of the transcontinental railway connecting Vancouver and Halifax with a 50 meter right-of-way to either side.
Above Aspect pending approval. Please notify Thematics.
Restricted to Iron and Coal	The Canadian Pacific will accept reagents and material goods in return for low level spirit markers (Rating 1 or 2) but they must be iron or coal. Similarly the token worn for status is the Canadian Pacific logo cast in iron.
Above Aspect pending approval. Please notify Thematics.
Tattoo Magic	The only status that qualifies for a rating 5 spirit marker is a tattoo of the Canadian Pacific logo.
Above Aspect pending approval. Please notify Thematics.
Vehicle Spirit	The Canadian Pacific Ghost Train is all about physical transportation between any two points in its domain. It uses Metaplanar travel through the Plane of Man to accomplish its task. Under no circumstances can it be used for travel to the Plane of Man
Passenger Service	Rating 1 spirit markers can be used to transport a single passenger with a single piece of luggage of 100 kilograms or less. Higher level spirit markers can be used to transport a number of passengers equal to the spirit marker.
Freight Transport	Rating 3 spirit markers or higher can be used to transport hheavy freight such as a vehicle on a flat-bed freight car. GM fiat as to what fits on the freight car.
Recipe for Success	One sledge hammer with wrought iron head. Add 100 drams of iron reagents forged into railroad spikes. Hammer the spikes into the ground in the train's domain. The Canadian Pacific Ghost Train will come to the location.
Railroad Momentos	The Canadian Pacific Ghost Train is fond of items crafted from railway items such items made from steel rails or iron railroad spikes. +1 to the rating of spirit markers obtained from payment with Railroad Momentos
Last Spike Artifacts	Last Spike Artifacts (outlined below) have a special attraction to the Canadian Pacific Ghost Train. +2 to the rating of spirit markers obtained from payment with Last Spike Artifacts.

Dicepools

Dicepools
Knowledge Checks	8 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Active Checks	12 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Gear Acquisition Checks	4 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Networking Checks	2 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety

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Last Spike Artifacts

"Last spike" artifacts The circumstance of the CPR's last spike ceremony led several spikes to assume the honor of being the "last spike". In contrast to the ceremonial gold or silver final spikes often used to mark the completion of other major railways, the CPR's "last spike" was a conventional iron spike identical to the many others used in the construction of the line. A silver spike had been created for the Governor General, the Marquess of Lansdowne, who was to be present at the ceremony, but he was forced by poor weather to return with the spike to Ottawa, Ontario. The silver spike remained with the Van Horne family until 2012, when they donated it, along with other artifacts, to the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec.

The symbolic iron spike driven by Donald Smith, Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, was badly bent as he pounded it into the railway tie. Roadmaster Frank Brothers extracted the spike and it was given to Smith as the "last spike". Smith had the bent spike straightened and cut several strips of iron from it, which were fashioned to appear as miniature railway spikes mounted with 13 diamonds and a circular piece of the original spike at the center. These were presented to the wives of some of the party assembled at Craigellachie. This spike was later donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa and is on long-term loan to the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where it is displayed as a tribute to the immigrant railway workers who were critical to the railway's construction.

Smith later used another iron spike, usually called "the ordinary" or "fourth spike", to provide iron to make symbolic jewelry for the wives of other officials. With this iteration, he made the strips larger to distinguish these souvenirs from the original brooches. Four of the pins are known to exist today. That which was presented to the railways' president, George Stephen, was donated to Canada's Crown Collection by one of Stephen's descendants. The governor general or the viceregal consort will wear the Crown Collection's pin for special events, signifying an event that helped tie the young country together.

The second last spike, which Smith successfully drove into the tie, was removed from the track shortly after the ceremony to prevent theft by souvenir hunters. A regular spike was inserted in its place. This spike was given to the son of the patent office president at the time and is still in the family's possession, fashioned into the shape of a carving knife.