Vile Magazine

*Vile! Magazine* is a multi dimensional magazine that is available in most of the Enlighted Multiverse and is very popular with the villainous community. Considered more progressive and up an coming to it's main competitor , *Villains Monthly*, *Vile Magazine* features more images and contemporary journalism on the world of the antagonist.

#### History

*Vile! Magazine* was in fact started by the former assistant editor of *Villains Monthly*, Basil Underwood. When Underwood was working for *Villains Monthly* he wrote several pieces criticizing Dark Order strategy in the Multiverse War. Given that the publications owner, Sir Harold Malious, was close associates with several members of Order High Command this did not please management. There were several arguments between Underwood and Malious before Underwood resigned in disgust and under threat from Malious.

Upon leaving *Villains Monthly* Underwood intended to pursue other interests including acquiring an arch nemesis. However after three unsuccessful attempts on his life orchestrated by Sir Malious he decided to start his own villainous publication and break the stranglehold on the market by *Villains Monthly*. Finding several wealthy investors who had been burned by the *Monthly* in the past was not hard and with in two years of leaving *Villains Monthly* Underwood started *Vile!*

#### Current Publication

*Vile!* has experienced a great deal of success although still not replacing *Villains Monthly* as the number one villains publication in the Multiverse. Most villains apparently read both but *Vile!* is more popular with young up and coming villains. The publication has garnered enough support to be placed under Arcane Theocracy protection and hostilities between the publications have settled into competition and accusatory editorials. *Vile!* continues to grow it's readership at a constant rate and has won several awards for investigative and inflammatory journalism.

#### Employees

*Vile!* hires all manner of villains to write for it and features a mix of younger and older villains on it's staff. Field reporters are deployed to any and all villainous gatherings and report on successful schemes by the most well known villains in the Multiverse. Deadlines and competition amongst it's reporters are literally cutthroat as Underwood is known to have poor performers liquidated rather than pay severance. While this makes the job risky the rewards in the villainous community is unparalleled. *Vile!* reporters get to meet and rub elbows with some of the most powerful villains in the three Spheres and as such if they survive their employment at *Vile!* they typically step into the world of full time villainy with high level connections.

#### Special Event Character

*A Vile! Magazine reporter Player Character is available at the Occularium; A Gathering of Villains special LARP event and as such is available to reserve for play with the purchase of an event ticket. The above information is considered obtainable knowledge of the Character and at the completion of the Occularium event this Character wiki will be updated for future use as source material. In the event a participant purchases the rights to play the Vile! Reporter at the Occularium event then a new character bio page will be developed using the personality and background of the reporter developed by the participant. The Vile! Magazine Reporter is one of the most flexible character concepts of the Occularium allowing the participant to choose the name, gender, appearance, etc. As long as the character is driven to report on the Occularium for the magazine the character details are up to the participant.*