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Kuuki Temple

Wind blows through the Temple of Air

Also known as the Temple of Air, this temple is known for its unique architecture that allows local winds to blow through and create music through the manipulation of doors and windows. On windy days, the attending priests have religious recitals where they play their temple like a massive musical instrument.
Mariko Arikaki

Legendary member of the Mingmei Dragons, Mariko was a scout from 2988 until 2999. Wildly regarded as one of the best players to ever join the league, she was voted MVP 3 times and inducted into the Hall of Fame with a record 271 career goals to her name.

After bringing the Dragons to a league victory in 2999, she retired to give birth to her daughter and spend time with her family. After a couple of years as a housewife, she got into politics and is now a fairly influential member of the Desian National Diet. She is expected to run for Prime Minster come the next election in 3012.
Quill

Baba Yaga's Hut features an extensive library, though the vast majority of the books contained within it are cookbooks. Quill is in charge of ensuring that all of the books are well organized and easy to find. She takes her job VERY seriously and even invested in a wig to tie in a pun like a 'real' librarian, along with a pair of bookish spectacles. Anyone who makes noise in the library is violently shushed by the little imp.
Three

This team of international thieves has the reputation for being able to get past any security system in the world. In fact, the way they are usually "hired" is by some bank, museum, corporation or whatever announcing they they have safely secured something of value in an impenetrable vault and boast of the quality of their security. The team then takes said item as "payment" for their services. They enjoy the thrill of outsmarting their targets and often make public announcements of their next target a few days before they actually strike. These announcements always make international news and even attract live crews hoping to catch the group in action and perhaps their apprehension at the hands of the police.

They consist of 4 members. The leader is Aaron Foxman. He is a master of disguise who speaks at least 9 different languages and has an encyclopedic knowledge of a wide variety of topics. Though he is an expert marksman, he appears to abhor killing and will only do so if he feels mortally threatened. Next in the group is Kunie Tamayama, a loyal gunman whose skills border on superhuman. He uses a wide array of firearms including machine guns, sniper rifles and even anti-tank guns, though his weapon of choice is a revolver which he is famously known for being able to perform a variety of non-lethal trick shots with. Like Aaron, he avoids killing people, but will if the situation demands it. The third member is Goro Shiozawa, a man whose swordsmanship is without compare. He wields a legendary magical sword that has no equal and said to be capable of cutting through any material in the world, an ability he often uses on the job. Like his partners, he never kills without strong reason and when forced into combat, he prefers to disarm his foes, cutting their weapons to pieces before fleeing. Eiko Kuroki, is the last member of the group. She is known to be extremely beautiful and an expert at martial arts in addition to being a skilled decker. Like Aaron, she is also a master of disguise and often uses her beauty to ingratiate herself with targets and soften up their security before the rest of the team moves in.
Inugami

Inugami bring great fortune, but at great cost.

## Advantages

### All

The character receives a free luxury lifestyle that pays for itself, thanks to the prosperity brought by the inugami.

### Magician

Spirits of beast summoned by the magician may have the possession ability, rather than materialize. The spirit is an inugami.

### Adept

Adepts may allow themselves to be possessed by spirits of beast if they have a conjuring skill (the spirit is an inugami). This does not allow them to conjure other types of spirits however.

## Disadvantages

In stressful situations, inugami may choose to forcibly possess the character. The person possessed loses all control of their bodies and retains no memories during this time until the inugami chooses to release them. Many a inugami follower has awakened to find themselves covered in blood and wondering what just happened.If the follower ever acquires an ally spirit, it is always their inugami.

The inugami is a type of dog kami that is often attached to a household or family. It is said that they are created through a ritual involving cutting off the head of a starving dog and burying the dog at a crossroads to inflame its grudges as people pass over its heads so that its spirit would turn into a curse that could be used. Desians avoid marrying into families associated with inugami as strengthening their family also strengthens the inugami. Though they bring great prosperity to the family they are attached to, inugami are known to possess members the family without warning, lashing out at those they see as a threat to their family. Though there is no physical transformation, in many ways this is considered similar to the legends of werewolves in other lands. It is said that the only way to rid a family of an inugami is to lure the kami into a single family member and exile them far from society. The inugami's line then ends with that member.
Madoka's Magic Motorcycle Mysteries

Madoka's Magic Motorcycle Mysteries is about Madoka, a rebelious guy who drives a magic motorcycle around the city, solving monster mysteries. In the very first episode, a mansion was plagued by a swamp monster. Madoka ended up discovering the monster was actually the butler in a costume, trying to scare the owners away so he could turn the place into a giant coffin motel. If it weren't for this meddling Madoka, he would have gotten away with it! All other episodes of the remaining 12 seasons were the same concept, the only variables being the type of building and the monster suit.

This show was so popular, a low-budget studio made an attempt to cash in on the success by creating a similarly titled show, called Mystery Mike and the Magical Motorcycles. The resulting lawsuit got bought off by the producers of Mystery Mike using the profits they got leeching off of Madoka's success.
Fossil Petroleum

Based in Amsha, Fossil Petroleum makes most of their money off of Amshan oil. However, since oil is not an infinite resource, they have started to branch out into other forms of energy as well. Coal is their second biggest money maker, though they have been developing other forms of sustainable energy. There are many rumors about R&D currently working on a magical turbine, which apparently taps into astral currents to provide an endless source of safe energy. Officially, the company is completely silent about this project so it is unlikely they have a working prototype yet.

The CEO is a janni by the name of Jamila al-Garil. Like all jann, her appearance is no different that a typical Amshan human, but her blood is that of a djinni through and through. It is said that the secret to her success is her dealings with the djinni world as she is openly known to have a close relationship with them. The djinni supposedly direct her were to drill so every drilling project always strikes oil.

Privately, Jamila is a known foodie. She is a trained chef, with seven stars awarded to her by the World Food Association. Her recipe books are extremely popular nationally and her restaurants are often fully booked for months in advance and can be found all around the world. Though she is usually too busy to cook at these restaurants personally, she is known to unexpectedly show up and work at them on occasion. The off chance that she may make a personal appearance is part of the reason that the restaurants are so popular. Each restaurant even has a special booth or two built into the kitchen where they can watch the master in action, should they be so fortunate as to be there when she is working. That particular table is reserved for VIPs and even they often have to wait weeks for a seating.
Mana Surge

Celestial alignments and disruptions in ley lines can make local mana levels unstable. Spells cast during these events can suddenly become much more powerful or much weaker depending on the flux of mana at the particular moment of casting.

### Shadowrun Mechanics

Whenever a spell is cast during a mana surge, double it's force if the sorcery check has an odd number of hits. Halve it's force if it has an even number of hits. For the purpose of determining this effect, ignore any limits on the spell when counting the test's number of hits.
Robots Bar

Located in the Kinza District, this izakaya features the usual drinks, as well as high quality shabu-shabu (a meal consisting of dipping raw meat and vegetables into a pot of boiling water sitting at the table). However, neither of these things are what draw customers to its doors. The main feature is a large central stage featuring a unique burlesque show. Performers consist of either people who have been heavily cybernetically modified, often to the point of being unrecognizable as living people, or sexy anthrodrones piloted by talented off-stage riggers. Meals are on the pricy side with basic 'cheap' courses running about 100 nuyen a person and the high end easily going into the thousands.
Baké Busters

Comprising entirely of mages of various disciplines, the Baké Busters specialize in dealing with the paranormal. Whether it is a ghost, spirit, demon, or paracritter, they are specially trained to deal with such threats in a clean and efficient manner. While they do occasionally get called in for accidents that corporations would rather not have made public, most of their work is pretty legal and above board, thus they are legally registered with the government.

The five members are each initiated mages of varying grades. Ghost is the leader, a hermetic mage who specializes in manipulation magic. Kami is a shinto priest who specializes in healing magic. Wraith is from Dagmar and is a Wiccan who focuses on Illusion magic. Banshee, the only non-human of the group, is an elf from the Arawaki islands who practices song magic. Finally, Incubus is an aspected mage who specializes in conjuration and is a decker of moderate skill as well.
Inagawa

The third largest Yakuza clan is also the first one to expand its operations outside of the country. Originally formed by gamblers, they have shifted away from that somewhat and their prime business is drug trafficking, though they have also used their international presence to traffic people from country to country and serve as prostitutes. Their brothels are primarily serviced by foreign workers, serving as something of a foreign fetish club to the locals. They have also been known to sell people off to those willing to pay for a spouse or servant.

The head, Kanon Inagawa, is a known ally of the Yamaguchi clan and the two clans often work together, particularly with international businesses.
Mingmei

## The Modern Age

Nestled atop Mount Nehongoa lies the capital city of the Desian Islands: Mingmei. Generally speaking, the higher you go up the mountain, the wealthier the area. The section above about 5,000 feet houses the wealthy elites and the imperial family. Homes here are palatial (or a literal palace in the case of the imperial family) and security is generally rated AAA, courtesy of a contract with Cowboy Sheriff. The Kinza district is known for it's high end shops and restaurants that cater to the wealthy who live at this altitude. Those who do not look like they belong are quietly removed from the area by Cowboy forces.

Below that to around 3,750 feet are the generally well to do. The main local HQ of Cowboy Sheriff is located here, though they do have smaller stations throughout the city for efficient response. Thus the local security is rated at AA or possibly AAA near the Cowboy HQ. The Mingmei Institute of Sorcery is also located to the southwest. The prestigious magical university has been teaching young magicians for thousands of years and competition to enter is quite high.

Further down to around 2,500 feet is where the middle to low classes live. This area contains the most corporate offices because the area is relatively inexpensive, while still having some level of security, though it can vary from A to D depending on the area. This is the main area that most people work with plenty of factories, low-end bars and restaurants, as well as entry level corporate work to be found. A couple of universities can be found here: Mingmei University and Bokkyo Medical College. Neither is particularly prestigious, but they are inexpensive if one can get in on merit, though anyone who has lots of money is treated as having considerable merit.

The next section down to about 1,250 feet is where the poorest of the poor live. Many of them live in centuries-old tunnels that were originally dug through the mountain as shelters from Victorian air bombings during the Great Magic War. These areas are E rated slums where there is no security other than what the locals make for themselves. While Cowboy forces do occasionally come through in pursuit of criminals, they prefer not to as the tunnels make it far too easy to ambush and trap them. Besides the tunnels, there are also old, abandoned housing developments which were once built to be affordable housing for the poor, but have since been overrun by ghouls, obake and the occasional street gang. These areas are Z rated and the average person wouldn't touch these areas if you paid them. Even criminals avoid the areas since there is nothing of value to take and they are too dangerous to hide out in.

Anything below that altitude is mostly undeveloped wilds. The only things to be found down there are some forests, potentially dangerous critters and a couple of city dumps. Since the local wildlife can be quite hazardous to workers, the dumps actually have much more security than one would normally assume garbage to need. Sanitation service is considered to be one of the most dangerous jobs in the city, so there is a lot of turnover, despite it being a relatively high paying job.
Hotei

Contrary to popular belief, Hotei is not "Happy, Fat Buddha"

## Advantages

### All

Double the amount of points available for free contacts at character generation from 3 x Charisma to 6 x Charisma

### Magician

+2 dice for Manipulation spells, preparations, and rituals.

## Disadvantages

While worshipers of Hotei tend to make friends with everyone, they rarely become close friends with anyone. The highest loyalty rating any of their contacts can ever have is 3.

God of fortune, guardian of the children, patron of diviners and barmen, and also the god of popularity. He is depicted as a fat, smiling, bald man with a curly moustache. He always appears half naked, as his clothes are not wide enough to cover his enormous belly. He carries a bag on his shoulders which is, according to the beliefs, loaded with fortunes for those who believe in his virtues. It is believed that he once was a real priest but his appearance and some of his actions were against their moral condition: his appearance made him look like a quite mischievous person and he didn’t have a fixed place to sleep. Foreigners often mistakenly believe that Hotei is "fat Buddha", but the two are completely unrelated people. Rubbing his belly does not provide good luck, and is in fact considered quite disrespectful by his followers.
Nakamats Girls

A group of girls who were kidnapped off the street by the Yamaguchi clan to serve in Dr Yoshiro Nakamatsu's body transfer experiment. Each one had a specialized piece of cyberware put into her head that was based on personafix technology, but with an extra step of erasing the user's entire brain so as to rewrite it with that of another person, effectively granting that person immortality as long as they had fresh bodies to transfer their minds into. In addition, the minds could be trained within a computer simulation, allowing the rapid acquisition of skills that would normally take weeks to learn, in mere days.

It is unknown how many of these girls there were. Some were sold off as sex slaves while the technology was still in development. Some died or became brain dead from the process or ultimately had their minds overwritten by others. A lucky handful were rescued before any permanent damage could be done to their brains (though after the implants were installed). This dozen or so girls eventually found themselves in the Minami Ruins and have formed a group for mutual protection. Together they scavenge tech from the ruins and sell it on the black market for a living.
Daikokuten

A statue of Daikokuten

## Disadvantages

Those who worship Dikokuten are unable to turn down a request for aid against an evil supernatural threat. Should you do so, you receive a -1 to all skills until the threat has been dealt with.

One of seven gods of fortune (also called the Shichifukujin), he is the god of commerce and prosperity. There are other characteristics which have also been attributed to him, such as being the patron of cooks, farmers, bankers, and protector of crops. Curiously, he is also considered a demon hunter - legend says that the god Daikokuten hung a sacred talisman on the branch of a tree in his garden and, by using this as a trap, he was able to catch a demon. This god is characterized by his smile, having short legs and wearing a hat on his head. He is usually depicted with a bag full of valuable objects.
Bedlam

This city is the gateway to the plane of chaos, where those who were truly insane are sent to spend their afterlives. Those who are sent here are deemed to have no concept of morality and therefore incapable of leading a life of good or evil. Instead they are left here to allow their madness to run its course and ideally pass away before allowing the souls to return to the material plane and try again.

The town itself is a place of utter chaos. The many of the inhabitants often rampage and attack one another, incapable of discerning friend from foe. Not everyone is violent however, and those who have at least enough of a grasp on reality to understand the danger others around them pose, lock themselves away for safety.

Some planar beings have been known to use the chaos as a place to hide away powerful or dangerous artifacts. The inherent chaos of the city makes it difficult to navigate. Divination magic is completely useless here as well, thus making it the perfect place to hide something if you have the will and capability to visit.
Andrea McConnell

Andrea is one of the top scientists at the local power plant. She is in charge of managing all operations and is the highly important to the R&D department. She personally knows every Linnorm head and is rumored to even have spent the night with the CEO, Ormr Anundr XXXII. She has degrees in physics, chemistry, geology and thaumatology, though she is not awakened. If you need an expert opinion on something, she is certainly the person to turn to.
Shen's Fight Club

Bets are made on the combatants based on who will win, how long a fight will last, and how it will end.

### Owner

Shen Kenshin

Hidden beneath Shen Kenshin's mah-jong parlor is a secret fight club where the strong can test their might and the rich can bet on the victor. It has no official name, though most simply call it Shen's Fight Club. The rules are simple. The fighters fight until either one surrenders or is no longer capable of fighting anymore. Injuries are common and while death is rare, it most certainly is not unheard of.

## Banned List

Certain gear and behavior is banned. Violating any of the following results in a forfeit of the match and possible other punitive measures, depending on the severity of the offense.

* Spells - No spells may be cast during the match, nor may either combatant benefit from the effects of one
* Illegal weapons - Combatants may not use any kind of firearms or ranged weapons which may potentially injure audience members. Most melee type weapons are allowed (monofilament weapons and shock/stun weapons being exceptions), provided they are announced prior to the match. Combatants may choose to back down from a fight and are returned their signup fee should their opponent choose to bring in a weapon.
* Armor - Except for certain special matches, neither combatant may wear armor, though armor provided by cyberwear and the like which cannot be removed is allowed provided it's protective rating is no higher than a 4.
* Outside interference - Neither combatant can benefit from the interference of anyone not directly participating in the match.
* Betting - No combatant may bet against themselves. They may bet for themselves

## Signup fees

New fighters are tested for their abilities based on strength, speed and endurance. Based on the test, they are placed in one of ten tiers. The higher the tier, the stronger the fighters in it and with that comes both higher registration fees as well as payouts for victory. Popular fighters occasionally manage to find sponsors who are willing to foot the bill for their signup fees in exchange for a portion of their prize money. Such fighters don't have to worry about gathering the funds for the fight nor do they take a hit for losing, but with the lowered risk comes lowered rewards and a sponsored fighter who loses too often may have an angry sponsor to contend with. Once a combatant's rank has been determined, they fight only with others of the same rank. One's rank is increased by winning 2 consecutive matches and one's rank decreases by losing 3 consecutive matches.

## Known Fighters

### Ranks 1-5

These fighters are mostly amateurs with little to no training or experience. They don't win based on skill so much as luck and natural fitness. Most don't stick around long enough to make a name for themselves, they just fight a couple of matches and then move on.

### Rank 8

* Arubino Ono
* Sledge
Umi Bakusatsu

Little sister to the Big Bang Bros, Umi is a student currently working on getting a masters in civil engineering. Unlike her brothers who support her, Umi is not a shadowrunner or anything remotely criminal, which is how her brothers like her to be. They do what they can to shield her from the darker side of life. She isn't stupid though, and while she doesn't know the exact details of what her brothers get up to, she knows it's not legal. Her brothers have always looked out for her, especially so since their parents died when the house collapsed during an earthquake.

Personality wise, she can be bossy and tends to order people around, including her older brothers. But she is otherwise intelligent and kind hearted.
Gilon Calendar

The Gilon Calendar consists of 12 months, each with exactly 30 days. The first day of the first month is the first day of spring and the seasons change from spring to summer, to fall, to winter and back to spring again roughly every 3 months. The months are in alphabetical order (at least in Western common), beginning with Arthis and ending with Lumen.

Gilon Months
 Berrith
 Canth

## Desu Islands

While the Desian calendar matches the number of days and months, the names they have adopted for the months are different. They are much more practical, instead referring to each month as a number followed by month. Thus Canth is referred to as '3 Month' in Desian
Ryuchi Tigers

The Ryuchi Tigers are a Desian professional Urban Brawl team based in Ryuchi, Hachi. The Tigers compete in the Desian Urban Brawl Association (DUBA). The team plays its home games in various barrens around their home town of Ryuchi.

The franchise was established in 2958 as the Ryuchi Ryus, and were renamed to Ryuchi Tigers the following season as the name was considered too similar to the Mingmei Dragons. Akio Yamakawa is the only player in franchise history to become the MVP (2969). Four players (Keiichi Sekiguchi, Masayuki Ando, Nori Kodama, and Tadashi Kanda) have won the Rookie of the Year award.

## Current Players

### Scouts

* Tobe Saburo
* Fujino Tsuneo
* Fuse Ume
* Maki Tadashi

### Bangers

* Namba Yoshi
* Naomi Okimoto
* Ai Satou
* Hiromi Yamanaka

### Heavies

* Juro Nonaka
* Masayuki Matsumoto

## Former Players

* Jurou Uchida (former outrider, deceased)
Freeze Fog

While this appears to be a normal fog bank, anything enveloped by said fog enters a temporary temporal stasis, freezing them in time until the fog clears. Those caught within the fog have no sense of time passing at all and it seems to them as though the world around them has suddenly advanced without them. There have been attempts to harness or reproduce freeze fog for preservation of goods or to keep people in suspended animation for medical purposes, but all attempts have thus far failed.
Hacky Sax

Though they pose as matrix security consultants, the members of Hacky Sax are largely matrix anarchists who make a living off of whatever valuable data they can steal, often while they are working as consultants "testing" their clients systems.

The team consists of 4 members, all of whom are human males. The leader is Cypher, an adept decker from the Shadow Coast whose magic abilities are mostly focused around deception so as to acquire passes and passwords without the need to actually hack through a security system. Iceman is a technoshaman from Ghan, though not much else is known about him. Heavygear is a security rigger. Though he does not usually travel with many drones of his own, he is skilled at taking over the drone systems of those around him, particularly those hardwired to a building. Gremlin is the last member and serves as the team's saboteur. Though he is certainly capable of uploading various viruses to a system to bring it down, he usually prefers physical means of sabotage over digital.
Mary Fairweather

Mary Fairweather is an Ahanish animal welfarist and the president of the Society of Animal Protectors (SAP), the world's largest animal rights organization. Fairweather has worked for the animal-protection movement since 2972. She is an atheist and trained mage.

Fairweather founded SAP in 2980 with fellow animal rights activist Norman Parks. They came to public attention in 2981, during what became known as the Finerock rabbits case, when Parks photographed 17 rabbits being experimented on inside the Institute of Behavioral Research in Finerock, Ahanu. The case led to the first police raid in the world on an animal research laboratory and to an amendment in 2985 to the Animal Welfare Act. Since then, Fairweather has led campaigns to stop the use of animals in crash tests, convinced companies to stop testing cosmetics on animals, pressed for higher welfare standards from the meat industry, and organized undercover investigations that have led to government sanctions against companies, universities, and entertainers who use animals. She is known, in particular, for the media stunts that she organizes to draw attention to animal-protection issues. In her will, for example, she has asked that her skin be turned into wallets, her feet into umbrella stands, and her flesh into "Fairweather Nuggets", then grilled on a barbecue.

Although SAP takes a gradualist approach to improving animal welfare, Fairweather remains committed to ending animal use and is suspected of numerous magical terrorist attacks on non-animal friendly businesses such as whaling vessels, leather manufacturers and testing labs that use animals in them. Fairweather has also been criticized for her support of often violent actions carried out in the name of the animals. SAP itself, however, "maintains a creed of nonviolence and does not advocate actions in which anyone, human or nonhuman, is injured". Fairweather and SAP have also been criticized for euthanizing many of the animals taken into SAP's shelters, including healthy pets, and other extreme views.
Masayuki Matsumoto

Once a street thug, Masayuki was destined to be a nobody until he held up a Yakuza urban brawl recruiter, looking for new talent. After some negotiation and demonstration of his street skills, Masayuki was hired on as a heavy for the Ryuchi Tigers. He has since dived into his role, investing heavily in cyberware with Yakuza loan money. With assault rifles being his weapon of choice, he is talented at clearing a street of opponents so as to gain the upper hand, and possibly a wipeout.
Koujou

An industrial district of Mingmei, Kojou has a large number of factories which provide a significant amount of employment for the area. The corporations that own the factories also own most of the housing in the area, so just about everyone who lives in the area also works in one of the factories. Since the district is so focused on factories, there really isn't much room for any interesting attractions or shops. The area is very quiet and lacks any kind of night life other than the constant hum of machinery. Nothing interesting ever happens here. While boring, that is not such a bad thing.
Izakaya

A large number of bars, breweries and grilled chicken shops populate this area, making it a highly popular area to unwind among overworked office workers. There are also traditional ryokan (guest-houses), homes, and small-scale apartment buildings throughout the district. Because of its colorful location, downtown credentials, and relaxed atmosphere by Mingmei standards, Izakaya is a popular accommodation choice for budget travelers.
Illusionary Storm

While the sky seems to be raging with a normal thunderstorm, nothing actually gets wet because it's all some strange illusion. It is believed that such storms are actually magical projections of storms occurring in other times and around the world places. However, the fact that such storms seem to perfectly fit the terrain in which they happen suggests they must be more than that.
Nozomi Akira

As the head priest of the Umie Temple, Nozomi is in charge of maintaining the pristine waters of both Lake Umie and the various natural hotsprings that can be found around it. He does this with the aid of the other priests as well as the water spirits that live in the area. He is a powerful diviner and it is said that he can reveal the future with incredible accuracy.
Sentai Squad

This group is just plain weird by most standards. The members are all riggers who dress up in colorful uniforms and drive massive vehicles that they somehow link together into a giant freaking robot like something out of an old children's anime. The first time they leapt into action was to battle a 100 foot tall dragon that was attacking the city. Though their actions are illegal and often result in much collateral damage, they are actually quite popular among the city's citizens, spawning a popular toy line and animated series  to celebrate them and their exploits.

The true identities of the members is unknown so they are referred to by the colors of their suits. Red is the leader and a swordsman, though like the other members of the team he does carry a sidearm. He is assumed to be awakened as his blade is magical in nature, but masks his aura so any further details on his magical abilities are unknown. Yellow carries a pair of daggers, though she seems to prefer her sidearm. Black is physically larger than the other members of the group and is suspected to be a troll, or possibly a large orc. He fights with a combat axe as well as a panther assault cannon. Pink is an archer who also appears to be a magician as she has been known to make use of illusions in battle. It is suspected that she has undergone training with some ninja clan as her fighting style incorporates many ninjitsu techniques as well as skillful gymnastics. Finally, Blue is seen by most to be the mechanic of the group. Obviously without seeing them outside of combat, there is no way to verify this, but he wields an electrified spear and is known to make use of various technological gizmos that the others don't. The animation always portrays him as a genius, but that is just conjecture.
Takako Yamauba

A teenage girl who was trapped in the the Mingmei Tunnels after Typhoon 18 flooded them. Like many who were caught in the chaos, she was bitten by a ghoul. Though she attempted to end her own life before transforming, a group of shadowrunners convinced her not to and she ended up heading to the Kita Barrens, where she was taken in by two other street rats: Reiko Nagakubi and Hanae Gumo. The three squat in an apartment that once belonged to a troll named Makoto Aozora until he was slain by a serial killer.

The last time she was seen, she was particularly upset at Sun Dashou, who had threatened to slap her when she was clearly upset with her lot in life and made a great many threats, including to eat the poor and the police among other things. She resolved to live life on her own terms, regardless of what trouble that may cause for her or anyone else.
Cowboy Systems

The CEO of Cowboy Systems is a retired soldier of the company and an adept. With over 200 confirmed kills in his military record, the majority of which were apparently done by knife, there are few in the world who could match his fighting prowess. Once he retired, he was groomed by the previous CEO to take the job. By all accounts, he has done an excellent job in expanding Cowboy Systems globally.

The corporation has four main divisions. Cowboy Development handles the R&D side of the corporation. They develop pretty much anything a military could possibly need: weapons, drones, vehicles, awakened animals, etc. Cowboy Arms handles private mercenary contracts. Cowboy Security is their private security division, which is contracted to protect VIPs as well as handle high risk extractions for people whose insurance covers such services. Finally, Cowboy Sheriff handles private police services for cities all over the world.
Yuusuke Takahashi

This fun loving guy is the life of the party at his small, hole-in-the-wall bar somewhere in Izakaya. Rumors abound that he used to be a shadowrunner who decided to retire and open up a bar. The bar's name is the "Finish Line", which many believe to be a reference to the end of his "running" days. While his bar is completely on the up and up, it is a place where many shadowrunners congregate to meet up and talk shop. The bar contains hidden, sound-proof meeting rooms with built in astral barriers and white noise generators to prevent nosy interruptions. These rooms also come equipped with karaoke machines for those who want to sing out some stress. Yuusuke claims these rooms are strictly for private karaoke and anything else that happens in them is not his responsibility.
Toshiki Nagao

A body mod junkie, Toshiki is obsessed with creating the perfect body through cybernetic enhancement. Unfortunately that costs a lot of money, so he became a professional Urban Brawler for the Mingmei Dragons. Personality wise, he is obsessed with Bushido: the way of the samurai. While there aren't a whole lot of samurai about these days, he applies his Bushido beliefs to his approach in Urban Brawl.

He sees himself as a protector and as such much of his cyberware is focused on defense so he can serve as a shield to his team mates. Personality wise, he is a bit of a stick in the mud. Very stiff and constantly focused on honor.
Shields

**シールドルーム（Shields）** は *Among Us*の、 The Skeldで登場する場所です。

概要
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### The Skeld

右下隅のナビゲーションの下、通信室の隣にある小さな部屋で、ライト付きのランプがいくつかあります（おそらく船のシールドにエネルギーを与えるためです）。 下部にベント（ナビゲーションの下部につながる）があります。 また、2つのタスクがあります。

## タスク

特徴
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## トリビア

* シールド準備は視覚的なタスクです。クルーが完了すると、船体（タスクパネルの右側）に表示されているライトが点灯します。 これは、クルーが無実であることを確認するために使用できます。 ただし、別のプレイヤーがすでにこれをアクティブにしている場合は、ライトが点灯したままになり、代わりに点滅して無実を確認します。
* 2つのタスクしかないため、シールドルームは主に保管庫や通信室からウェポンルームやナビゲーションに、またはその逆に移動するために使用されます。

## ギャラリー

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Keito Yamaguchi

President of the DUBA, Keito has been responsible for the rapid popularity of the sport within the Desu Island Chain. Where it was once something of a fringe, barely accepted sport, it is now widely watched by mainstream Desians with recaps even broadcast on the evening news.

Given known Yakuza ties to the sport and his family name, Keito is believed to be a member of the Yamaguchi clan, though he denies such accusations. As far as his public face is concerned, he is simply a businessman who has an excellent head for marketing Urban Brawl.

Personally, he is a bit of a playboy as he has three children with three different women, none of whom are with his current wife, actress Noriko Yamaguchi. He also a kendo and kyudo enthusiast, often competing in tournaments, though he isn't exactly a champion or anything.
Sledge

A Yamaguchi street thug, Sledge keeps himself in top fighting form (and earns a bit of side cash) by proving himself in Shen's Fight Club. His fighting style is rough, focusing more on pure strength over technique, but his massive size does give him an advantage while fighting. When in the ring he goes about 50/50 between fighting bare fisted or with his signature weapon: a sledge hammer. He is not the fastest or most graceful fighter out there, but he hits like a truck so he doesn't need to strike a whole lot of times to take out an opponent.

When working for the Yamaguchis, he acts as backup muscle. Given that he's a troll, he has little chance to advance through the organization so he is a lot lower ranked than his time and loyalty to the clan would suggest. Still, he is greatly respected for his strength and intimidation factor so the Yamaguchi clan freely sponsors him in matches as a means of showing their metaphorical strength through the ring. He is also often called in when a spirit needs to be dealt with as he is exceptionally good at destroying them.
Lau Sumiyoshi

Though he doesn't look like much, Lau handles much of his father's day to day business affairs. He often goes between various warehouses, brothels and other Sumiyoshi owned businesses, ensuring that everything goes smoothly. He is an expert at Kyudo, the Desian martial art of archery, and always has his trusted bow handy, should there be any clashes with the Yamaguchi clan. As Kyudo is a national sport, his bow is one of the few legal weapons that may be openly carried on the streets. In addition to being a good source of information on Sumiyoshi affairs, Lau is known to work as a Mr Johnson from time to time, usually hiring shadowrunners to attack Yamaguchi properties so as to avoid endangering his own people who are fewer in number than the members of the Yamaguchi clan.
Susanoo-no-Mikoto

Susanoo-no-Mikoto often got into fights with his sister

### Adept

The adept may choose to deal electrical damage (either physical or stun) with unarmed attacks (aka electric elemental strike, if using Street Grimoire)

## Disadvantages

Worshipers must make a Charisma + Willpower (3) check to back down from a fight.

Susanoo, the powerful storm god of Summer, is the brother of Amaterasu, the goddess of the Sun, and of Tsukuyomi, the god of the Moon. Sosanoo and Amaterasu often get into fights with one another. In one particularly terrible fit of rage, he destroyed his sister's rice fields, hurled a flayed pony at her loom, and killed one of her attendants. Amaterasu then went into hiding, causing the sun to disappear until she could be persuaded to leave the cave she was hiding in. Susano-o was punished by being banished from Heaven for a time. He eventually made amends with his sister by presenting her a gift of a holy sword called "Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi" ("Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven"). This, along with the Yata no Kagami ("Sacred Mirror of Wisdom") and Yasakani no Magatama ("Holy Jewel of Yasakani") collectively became the three Imperial Regalia of the Desu Islands. His worshipers tend to have a short temper that gets them in needless trouble more often than not.
Yukio Mino

There are not a whole lot of options for an ork in the Desu Island Chain, at least not a whole lot of options for someone who wants to be rich and famous. Yukio settled on being an Urban Brawl player for the Mingmei Dragons and things are going pretty great for him. He has money, women (at least the type he can pay for), minor fame and the chance to shoot at all the folk he wants. It doesn't really get much better than that.

Of course life isn't perfect. He doesn't really get along with most of his other teammates. It's not that they dislike one another, but the ork jokes wear you raw real quick so he tends to avoid most of them with the exception of his best friend on the team, Yoshio Kataoka. The pair spend a lot of time together enjoying beer, pizza and prostitutes.

On the field, he prefers to sport an assault rifle, which offers great power and great range. The best of all worlds. Unlike most of his team mates, he actually has very little cyberware, with only a smartlink installed.
Artemis Club

The Artemis Club logo

Founded by Sayaka Miyashita after some of her friends helped her survive an abusive relationship, the Artemis Club exists as a safe place where women can get away from their abusers as well as learn skills to get them jobs to support themselves. Many of the women who are sheltered by the Artemis Club have extremely violent exes so the security at their shelters is always quite high, with more than a couple female mercenaries volunteering their services at no cost.

The Artemis Club is also an extremely active politiclub that constantly lobbies for legislation to both protect women and provide them with a more equal position in society. While the range of political issues they support is wide, their current focus is on legislation that prevents pregnant women from being fired from their jobs for taking maternity leave.
Tōhin Kobaisha

Got some hot gear you need to sell off? Tōhin is the guy to go to. He specializes in high end art and jewels, but if it is rare or valuable, he can probably find a buyer. As a front, he runs a small art museum where he has a strict policy about shadowrunners coming in through the delivery door in the back. Those who fail to follow protocol will get the authorities called on them. A man has to keep up appearances, after all.
Teruo Shiraki

Medico of the Ryuchi Tigers, Teruo is a very simple, no nonsensense sort of man with skills finely honed as a street doc. When his clinic got destroyed in a fire, the Tigers happened to be in need of a medico, which are usually hard to find. He signed up and has been happy with the decision ever since. He is unfortunately not known to be awakened, which is a greatly desirable trait for medicos, but he is specialized in field trauma, which makes him a great fit for urban brawl.
Toru Takahashi

Toru is "that guy". You know the type. The kind of guy who somehow exists in an office despite being a complete asshole that makes inappropriate jokes and hits on anything with two legs. That guy. The kind of guy who makes you miserable all the time while still somehow convincing you that you are good friends. That guy. The guy that, despite being an overall terrible person, always seems to be the one who gets the promotions and the pretty girls. That. Fraggin'. Guy.
Taisei Nanamei

When people with extraction plans in their insurance coverage need emergency evac, this is the guy that comes to pull your bacon out of the fryer. He and a small team of specialists show up and ensure that their client is safe by any means necessary. His team is trained to handle every kind of situation from angry mobs, to corporate security, to rampaging spirits. Should you need a quick patchup, he is also a trained paramedic and can give you whatever first aid you might need.
Yuri Youkai

The **Yuri Youkai** are a Desian professional Urban Brawl team based in the Sheng province city of Yuri. The Youkai compete in the Desian Urban Brawl Association (DUBA). One of the founding teams, the Yuri Youkai established their dominance early on with two championship wins in 2946 and 2947, but has unfortunately been unable to pull in a win since then. Their record in the following years is fairly unsatisfying, only managing to make it to the final three times in all that time. They are known for having mild magical talent and substandard cyberware, which contributes to their continual losses.
Whispering Wind

It is not unusual for wind to howl through the trees, particularly when it is strong. However, this particular type of wind somehow picks up sounds from one area and deposits them elsewhere. During whispering wind storms, it is common to hear snippets of conversations that may be happening miles away from you. Luckily staying indoors and away from the wind is all one needs to do to avoid having their private conversations accidentally overheard during one of these storms.
Silent Shinobi

This mercenary team is comprised of literal ninjas. No one knows how many there are or the identities of any of their members. They never make face to face contact with their clients and little is seen of them during their jobs, which largely consist of discreet assassinations. They accept jobs through the matrix and accept payments through certified credsticks left at various drop spots.
Hanamizuki Temple

The name of the temple, which means "dogwood", comes from the many dogwood trees that populate the area. The priests carefully maintain these trees and are known for their bloom parties in the spring. The temple itself is made of dogwood, which is an unusual type of lumber to build with. The priests emphasize its beauty by allowing the bare wood to shine through instead of painting it, which is typical among temples. There are other trees in the area of course, including a rare peach tree, which is one of the few remaining peach trees on the planet after many of them have died out due to pollution and over-development. It is believed that the peaches bring longevity to those who eat them.

While the area is not typically guarded by the city's Cowboy contract, the priests are capable enough magic users to keep away any troublemakers. Several tree spirits also permanently live in the area, repelling those who would foul the sanctity of the temple.
Tsukumogami

Anything can potentially become a tsukumogami

## Advantages

### All

+2 to all checks to repair something. Also both adepts and magicians can install up to 1 point of cyberware without taking a hit to their magic. Further cyberware affects magic normally

## Disadvantages

Tsukumogami followers are obsessed with saving things. If they find an object that might be even remotely useful to them (even if it is extremely damaged), they must succeed in a Willpower + Charisma (4) check to avoid picking it up, even if they risk their lives to do so.

Common to urban areas, tsukumogami are the spirits of inanimate objects that are over 100 years old and have gained sentience. Any object can potentially become one, but common ones are lanterns, clocks, umbrellas, and various tools. Those who follow tsukumogami are usually scavengers, hoarders or both. Their homes are filled with all kinds of discarded items that they swear will be useful "once they get the chance to fix them up". Many are quite skilled at repair and take up professions that can use those skills, such as mechanics, handymen and general contractors. Some even get involved with cyberware, installing it into themselves.
Fujino Tsuneo

From a young age, Fujino got into parkour as a means to avoid bullies and other street trouble. He got good at it. Really good at it. Way better at it than should be humanly possible. He eventually was scouted and asked to join the Ryuchi Tigers as a scout and it was quickly discovered that he was awakened with adept abilities. His natural magical abilities allowed him to keep up with his cybered teammates without the need to invest the money he was earning by playing. This has allowed him to prosper in the sport where many of his teammates are in a debt spiral pattern with the Yakuza and as such he's quite happy with his job and looks forward to retiring a relatively wealthy man.