She listens intently as the shooting winds down and the sound of 
footsteps becomes audible, barely increasing in volume as their 
owner approaches, then takes a deep breath and pops up, grabbing 
the approaching assassin and slamming him face-first into the ritual 
knife. With her free hand, she grabs his pistol and empties the 
magazine into his partner. Then she extricates the would-be 
assailant's head from the knife. 


Their bodies hit the floor and the sound of trampling footsteps in the 
next room becomes audible. Rukmini vaults over the table and stabs 
the second assassin in the heart to open his veins for summoning, 
then scoops up his gun and kicks the living room door open hard 
enough to make it break through the frame and smack into another 
thug on the other side. Rukmini flings the ritual knife across the 
living room into the chest of a fourth thug and slides across the floor, 
kneecapping the fifth with two shots and evacuating the contents of 
his skull with two more. 


She takes a breath and scans the living room. One body on the 
couch with a knife in their chest. One body on the floor with four 
bullet holes. And one body - 


And one body is still alive. The third thug sweeps Rukmini's legs out 
from under her and she faceplants, kicking her feet back to put 
some distance between them. Half-remembered jiu jitsu lessons 
come back to her as she rolls over and scoots across the floor 
towards her dropped pistol. Thug Three scrabbles to her feet and 
sprints towards the pistol - but kicks it away and yanks the ritual 
knife out of her fallen comrade instead. Her eyes, barely visible 
through the mask, betray her intention to gut Rukmini like a fish. 


Rukmini manages to rise in time to dodge the first swipe and then a 
stab. She punches Three in the face and makes a grab for the knife, 
but Three pulls the knife back as she recoils and knees Rukmini in 
the gut. Rukmini stumbles and barely manages to shove Three's 
arm away before she can stab her, grabbing Three by the collarbone 
and tossing her towards the couch. The couch topples over while 
Three rolls to her feet and comes up swinging, forcing Rukmini back 
towards the ritual room. 


Three swings the knife upwards with enough force to cut Rukmini in 
half. Instead of dodging, Rukmini steps inwards, bats Three's arm 
upwards, and smacks the knife from her hand. She headbutts 
Three, snatches the knife from the air, and stabs her in the neck. 
Three has time to look surprised before Rukmini yanks the knife out 
and buries it into her heart. 


As Three topples over, Rukmini realizes two things: one, there are 
more footsteps coming from outside, and two, there's more than 


enough blood in the room to summon her demon. On cue, two 
things happen: the door to the apartment bursts open as five more 
assassins pour in, and the ritual room lights up purple as a rakshasa 
bursts forth - an ugly grey ogre with fangs and a thirst for blood. The 
rakshasa immediately sets upon the assassins, tearing through their 
flesh with its tiger-like claws and razor-sharp teeth while their bullets 
bounce off its iron-hard skin. Once it's finished them, it looks for 
Rukmini. 


Unfortunately for the creature, Rukmini has found her gun: a silver 
Colt M1911 pistol with the name John engraved on the barrel. In one 
smooth motion, she disengages the safety, centers the sight, and 
pulls the trigger, sending a silver-tipped .45 bullet through the 
demon's face. The demon collapses forward, disintegrating into a 
thick, grey ash. 


Rukmini examines the ash carefully - most of it is contaminated by 
being outside the ritual circle, but she's fed it enough blood to 
ensure that even the contaminated ash is highly potent. While she 
scrapes the ash into a bottle for cutting later, she calls up her Inside 
Man, tells him what happened, and asks him to find out who did it. 
Even from a dozen kilometers away, the Man is able to trace the 
emotions of the assassins to their boss: Farhan, head of the biggest 
black-market enhancile ring in Eurtec. The Man has been looking to 
muscle in on the business, and it would appear that Farhan decided 
to teach him a lesson. 


Rukmini decides that it's time to teach Farhan a lesson. Just before 
she steps out the door, she realizes that she ought to put some 
clothes on. Nudity is much better suited to ritual summoning than 
assassinations. 


This is what Chicago spirit looks like. 


Obskuracorps Memos Acquired in Operation BLACK 
ROPE 


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a ~~ $44-09-01-BR-04 
Source:Part of a cache of documents 
acquired from Konrad Weiss 
(Pol-018747) during Operation 
~_ACK ROPE 
Contents: Translated Obskuracorps 
(Gol-023) communications 
regarding the Prague Golem 
and the Rite of Solomon 


~ ynrad Weiss 
~~ armann Schmitz 
SubjectThe Seventh Key 


Commander Schmitz, 


Unfortunately, | am unable to tell you what the Key looks like, 
as that is information which | do not possess. As with many 
such items, there is little about it in the historical record, and 
what information is recorded is fragmentary and contradictory. 
| have dedicated half a century of my life to studying these 
artifacts, and in that time all that | have managed to learn of 
the Keys would scarcely fill a pamphlet. Gods, men, and 
vermin all alike have conspired for millennia to conceal this 
knowledge; history itself works against us. But we shall 
prevail. There are none left who can oppose us. 


Despite the scarcity of information, | am confident that you 
shall find the Key in the Bohemian Protectorate. The last 
reliable records of the Key say that it was stolen from 
Constantinople and smuggled to Prague during the 4th Occult 
War, in order to keep it from the Ottomans. It is likely that it 
remained in the possession of the city's Judenmagier? until 
the latter part of the 16th century. According to local lore, this 
was when the Maharal@ constructed a golem to attack the 
German population of Prague on behalf of the city's Jewry3. 


Of course, being animated by flawed Jewish magics, the 
golem inevitably went mad and turned upon its creators, 
forcing the Maharal to deactivate it. | managed to acquire 
copies of the Maharal's journal which indicate that he did 
create such a golem, but that it was also meant to serve as a 
repository for a powerful artifact which he possessed. He does 
not explicitly name this artifact, but | strongly suspect that it 
was the Key — as we have learned in our other acquisitions, it 
was not uncommon for the Key guardians to conceal them 
within another artifact or construct. 


Therefore, your directive is to locate and secure the Golem of 
Prague; even if it does not contain the Key we seek, having 
such a tool in our possession would be more than worthwhile. 
| recommend that you begin your search at the Altneuschul4, 
where the Golem is rumored to be interred — and if it is not 
there, you will likely be able to find some record of its true 
location stored within. All other SS and Wehrmacht resources 
within the region are at your disposal until this task is 
completed. Do whatever is necessary to secure the Golem 
and the Key. Burn Prague to the ground if you must. Nothing 
is more important to the success of the German nation than 
acquiring that Key. 


HH 


~ 3rmann schmitz 
~ )nrad Weiss 
SubjectLoss of the Golem 


Director Weiss, 


It is with great shame and regret that | must inform you of our 
failure to secure the Golem. It managed to evade our agents 
and escape the city with the help of our enemies. | take full 
responsibility for this failure. | offer no excuses, only an 
explanation of events as they transpired. 


As you predicted, our agents found the Golem in the 
Altneuschul, stored inactive and perfectly intact in the attic of 
the synagogue. It is difficult to say what next occurred with 
certainty, but forensic examination of the scene indicates that 
Lieutenant Dunst approached the Golem and attempted to 
break open its chest cavity with the end of his knife. At this 
point, it seems likely that the Golem reactivated, grabbed the 
Lieutenant's arm and bent it backwards, forcing the knife 
through his left eye and into his brain. The remaining agents in 
the attic managed to fire a combined total of 14 shots before 
the Golem also killed them. With the exception of the 
Lieutenant, the cause of death in each case was extreme 
blunt force trauma to the head or chest. While shocking, such 
excessive brutality is only to be expected from the construct of 
a Judenmagier. 


After murdering our agents in the synagogue, the Golem fled 
the building and began moving through the streets of Prague, 
wantonly attacking all Reich assets and personnel it 
encountered. No apparent pattern could be divined from its 
movements, and all attempts to establish a cordon to contain 
it failed as the Golem broke through any resistance in its path. 
It rampaged through the city almost entirely unchecked for 
nearly 17 hours before a team of Thule Society Kriegsmagier> 
were brought in to neutralize it. Despite their prowess in 
combat thaumaturgy, the Thule were unable to destroy the 
Golem; however, they were able to stall its rampage through 
Prague. Over the next three hours, the Thule team bravely 
battled the Golem to a standstill, sustaining significant 
casualties in the process. During this time, | began mobilizing 
all available Wehrmacht units in the area, including a column 
of anti-tank guns, in preparation for a final strike against the 
Golem. 


However, before this strike could be launched, a force of 
enemy commandos — tentatively identified as Templar 
Knights — apportated into the city and attacked the Thule 
team. With assistance from the commandos, the Judenriese® 
slaughtered the remaining Thule thaumaturges. Reports from 
surviving witnesses indicate that upon concluding its butchery, 


the Golem conversed with the commandos for several 
minutes, before fleeing with them through a Way. Backlash 
imprints in the local background aura confirm that a Way was 
opened, but attempts to reopen it have met with failure. It is 
likely that the commandos collapsed the Way behind them to 
deter pursuit. 


At this time, the locations of the Golem and the Templar 
commandos are unknown. It is extremely likely that the Golem 
is now in the hands of our enemies. Given the extent and 
intensity of its actions against the Reich during its rampage 
through Prague, it is probable that it will act against us again 
in the future. Additionally, given the speed with which the 
Templars were able to respond to this incident, it is 
reasonable to believe that our enemies have succeeded in 
compromising our communications or command structure. If 
such is the case, you are surely aware of the implications it 
would have on our operations. 


Once again, | offer my apologies for failing to secure the 
Golem and the Key, and take full responsibility for this 
disastrous incident. 


HH 


~sef Boller 
~-ynrad Weiss 
SubjectAnalysis of Enemy Commando 
Operations 


Director Weiss, 


In the 18 months since the Prague Incident, enemy 
commandos have undertaken 23 actions within Continental 
Europe which can be conclusively tied solely to the ongoing 
occult conflict and not the conventional war effort. The efficacy 
of these raids are such that there is often little data available 
for analysis, but based on what information there is, | have 


been able to draw the following conclusions: 


1. There is great diversity in the composition of enemy 
forces. In addition to Templar Knights, commando 
teams have included agents of the British Occult 
Service, runemasters of the Order of the Aésir, 
antimasons of the Gormogons, zealots of the Eternal 
Temple, and janissaries of the Brotherhood of 
Auspicious Survivors. This list is not comprehensive. 


¢ This is indicative of an expansive and cohesive 
coalition within the global occult community, one 
which seeks to oppose our operations — said 
coalition is almost certainly wider in scope than 
the great powers arrayed against us in the 
conventional war. 

Increasing diversity of enemy forces is an 
indicator that this coalition has expanded rapidly 
in the last 12 months (possibly coinciding with the 
execution of Fall Weiss’). 

The basis of this opposition is likely rooted in the 
pre-war resistance to our archaeological efforts, 
further inflamed by the outbreak of open hostilities 
and the expansion of the conventional war. 


5. In 19 of the actions analyzed, apportation was used for 
insertion by enemy commando teams. In no actions was 
apportation ever used for exfiltration. Enemy 
commandos have demonstrated their ability to 
apportate over long distances with a high degree of 
precision; only 1 enemy casualty from a failure of 
apportation has been documented by our forces. 


¢ The frequency with which apportation is used 
suggests that the enemy coalition possesses a 
novel method for generating large amounts of 
orgone® in a relatively short period of time. 


© This conclusion is based on a comparative 
analysis of our own apportation capabilities, 
which, despite the abundance of subjects 


provided by the concentration camps, are 
still extremely limited by the inherent 
logistical difficulties present in conducting 
several dozen ritual sacrifices in rapid 
succession. 


M While it is possible that our enemies 
are relying on a more traditional 
source of orgone, such as mass 
orgies, it seems implausible that they 
have been able to overcome the 
logistical issues involved. Thus, a 
new method of orgone generation is 
more likely. 


¢ Based on the use of apportation in the Prague 
Incident, it is likely but not certain that this method 
was developed by one of the initial members of 
the enemy coalition. 

¢ The absence of apportation in exfiltration attempts 
suggests that our enemies are either unable or 
unwilling to use this method in the field. 

¢ The accuracy of enemy apportations may indicate 
that commando operations are launched from a 
base within Continental Europe; the reduction in 
real space distance between origin and 
destination would allow for a corresponding 
reduction in the uncertainty errors inherent to 
apportation.