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Toru Yamaguchi

The head of the Yamaguchi clan is about as tough as nails as can be. Prior to inheriting the clan, he cut his teeth shadowrunning and became a very capable adept and physical fighter. When he finally came into his power, he quickly expanded the operations of the Yamaguchi to make it one of the largest criminal organizations in the world.

During his shadowrunning years, he briefly had a relationship with a fellow shadowrunner that resulted in his son, Masahiro. He does not talk much about this woman except to say that she was a shadowrunner and that she eventually died on a job so not much is known about her. His relationship with Masahiro is good, though he thinks that his son fools around on frivolous things far more than he would like.
Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto

Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, god of the moon

## Advantages

### All

Natural thermographic vision. Races who already have thermographic vision gain a +2 to perception checks in dark areas.

### Magician

+2 dice for all Detection spells, preparations, and rituals.

### Adept

The adept receives 2 ranks of improved sense for free

## Disadvantages

Worshipers must make a Charisma + Willpower (3) to resist destroying anything that disgusts them.

Tsukiyomi is the moon god in Shinto mythology. Tsukuyomi was the second of the "three noble children". After climbing a celestial ladder, Tsukuyomi lived in the heavens with his sister Amaterasu Omikami, the sun goddess, who also later became his wife.

Tsukuyomi angered Amaterasu when he killed Uke Mochi, the goddess of food. Amaterasu once sent Tsukuyomi to represent her at a feast presented by Uke Mochi. The goddess created the food by turning to the ocean and spitting out a fish, then facing a forest and spitting out game, and finally turning to a rice paddy and coughing up a bowl of rice. Tsukuyomi was utterly disgusted by the fact that, although it looked exquisite, the meal was made in a disgusting manner, and so he killed her.

Soon, Amaterasu learned what happened and she was so angry that she refused to ever look at Tsukuyomi again, forever moving to another part of the sky. This is the reason that day and night are never together.

Worshipers of Tsukiyomi enjoy the darkness, and shun daylight. As such most of them are completely nocturnal. This lifestyle fits well with the life of a shadowrunner as there are far more shadows at night than during the day.
Hachiman

### Magician

The magician may use the fling spell to launch arrows as effectively as using a bow. Use the spell's force rating for a bow rating to determine damage (force+2 P) and AP (force/4). Though the spell is cast using spellcasting, the +1 die bonus to archery applies to this check as well. Like a bow, if the arrows have a lower rating, then the arrow rating is used instead of force. Magicians receive this spell for free at character creation.

### Adept

1 free level of Missile Parry and Strength doubled for purposes of bow ranges

## Disadvantages

-1 to all checks to avoid melee attacks.

The divinity of archery and war, he is the patron god of warriors. He is also the divine protector of the Desu Island Chain and many samurai worship him. The name means "God of Eight Banners", referring to the eight heavenly banners that signaled the birth of the divine first Emperor Chōnan. His symbolic animal and messenger is the dove.

Since ancient times Hachiman was worshiped by peasants as the god of agriculture and by fishermen who hoped he would fill their nets with much fish.
Raijin

Raijin, God of lightning

### Magician

Magicians gain all increase [attribute] spells for free. The penalty for sustaining these spells is halved.

### Adept

Adepts gain 1 level of Rapid Healing as well as Wall Running for free

## Disadvantages

Worshipers of Raijin are unable to back down from a challenge, no matter how dangerous it seems, provided there is an apparent chance of success. Those who do become obsessed with whether they could have done it or not, creating a -1 penalty to all dice rolls. This goes away once the challenge has been attempted (successfully or not).

Raijin is a god of lightning, thunder and storms in the Shinto religion. He is typically depicted as a demon-looking spirit beating drums to create thunder. Raijin's companion is the demon Raiju and the deity is known to challenge Fujin, the wind god.

Some parents tell their children to hide their belly buttons during thunderstorms. This is due to a folk belief that Raijin eats the navels or abdomens of children, and in the event of thunder, parents traditionally tell their children to hide their navels so that they are not taken away.

Worshipers of Raijin are often cocky and with unhealthy levels of confidence. It is common for their lives to be cut short after attempting a dare that was beyond their abilities.
Victorian Aeronautics Airport and Research Facility

Victorian Aeronautics Logo

This branch serves as the city's airport, and is the only airport in the Sheng province that offers international flights. A research facility built within the airport works on developing new and more effective aircraft. Their rumored pet project is to supposedly harness the power of ley lines to provide cheap teleportation travel throughout the city and province. Victorian Aeronautics is not expected to succeed in their project because they are not known to have any magical experts on their payroll. Should they manage it, it would revolutionize travel as the world knows it.
Time loop

These events are occasionally reported around events involving powerful magic. Somehow the magic causes time to hiccup, reversing it some specific amount of time. Though most involved in the time loop appear unaware it is happening, a select number of people exist outside of the loop, fully aware that they are repeating the same point in time over and over again. They remain stuck in the loop until some condition breaks it. Most commonly this is done by preventing the event that caused the loop to begin with, but some loops have been known to simply repeat a certain number of times, regardless of what happens during them.
Kamikaze Girls

Kamikaze Girls gang symbol

These girls started off as Sukeban members, but clashed with them over various reasons. While primarily it appears to be wardrobe, there does appear to be at least some racism aspect to it as the Kamikaze girls consist of all the non-human members of the Sukeban, with the majority of them being orks and trolls. These girls are known to dress in various forms of lolita fashion, which they prefer over the school uniforms that the Sukeban wear. They may seem superficially silly, but have been known to get into fights with other gangs and win. They are also rumored to have connections with one of the Yakuza clans who provide them with gear and occasionally use them for jobs they do not want to be directly connected to. Which Yakuza clan that happens to be is currently unknown.

They are led by a young troll mage who goes by the name, "Beatrice." She isn't the most hulking and physically intimidating troll you will ever meet, but by all accounts she is viscious, can can hold her own in a fight and is known to get up close and personal when dealing with her foes, leaving them severely disfigured in the very least.
Tantei Services

Comprised primarily of ex-cops, Tantei Services does mostly legal detective work, spying on cheating spouses, finding runaways, doing background checks, etc. They do not always do so using legal methods though and are suspected of breaking into homes and businesses to acquire evidence. The members usually work independently, though they will provide help for one another, when needed.
Taishoko

This demon was found bound within an old abandoned lab. In exchange for her freedom, she offered wishes to her rescuers. However the price for each wish was a portion of their souls. Three people made wishes. Chougou wished to be human. Torpor wished for power and gained technomancer abilities. Ichigo wished for the power to cure the ghoul virus and was granted a formula for doing just that. With wishes granted, she returned to Jigoku.
Tomiyama Agricultural

For a corporation whose livelihood is so dependent on the environment, Tomiyama Agricultural is incredibility often at odds with environmental groups. There is not a large scale commercial farm in the world that does not use Tomiyama seeds. They are far more reliable than any seed on the market and the crops that grow are extremely resistant to a wide range of poor weather, thanks to a patented bio-engineering technique used to manufacture the seeds. Farmers who purchase these seeds are forced to sign a contract forbidding them from saving seeds for more than one crop, or growing new crops with seeds from the old. Tomiyama claims that this is to ensure the quality of their product, but environmental groups say it is ludicrous to patent a seed and that the practice is destroying the farming industry. Tomiyama is also the leading producer of commercial pesticide which environmental groups have been claiming are linked to bee colony collapse which, if true, is devastating to all plant life on the planet.

The CEO is Matsumoto Tomiyama, a Desian human who used to be a lawyer for the corporation before eventually ascending the corporate ladder to power. By all accounts he is extremely intelligent and well educated. In addition to his law degree, he holds a bachelor's degree in agricultural zoology and molecular biology as well as a master's degree in agriculture, and an MBA. He was also named CEO of the Year three years in a row by CEO World magazine. He does not appear to have much of a private life. Despite being 60 years old, he has never been married, nor does he have any children.
Juro Nonaka

One of the heavies for the Ryuchi Tigers, Juro is an ex-special forces soldier who retired from the armed forces and joined the Desian Urban Brawl Association. His weapon of choice is an assault rifle and he sports an impressive array of cyberware from his soldier days. He is otherwise a very private person and not much is known about him.
Jazibaba

This mottled black and white cat is one of Baba Yaga's pets. Highly intelligent and capable of speech, she will speak with anyone she happens across wandering through Baba Yaga's Hut. However, she is fond of trickery and enjoys hunting. Anyone who deals with this cat should be on their guard because as helpful as she may seem, she is just as likely to eat you, given the chance.
Taro Doubutsu

An employee of the Yuuenchi Zoological Park, Taro is in charge of keeping any awakened critters they happen to have on display in good health. In addition, whenever awakened critters are found throughout the city, he is usually the one they call to lend his expertise in their identification and apprehension. Some wealthy people also hire him to train awakened pets to be loving members of the family.
Takiyo Bakusatsu

The oldest of the Big Bang Bros, he is the dumbest but most outgoing and charismatic of the three. Though he is an expert with explosives and heavy weaponry, he's mostly seen as the team's muscle. Much of his body from the neck down has been replaced by cyberware due to severe injury from an explosion on the job.
Wishmaker Inc Branch Office

This large branch office caters primarily to clients in the Goujasu District, though they don't discriminate, provided their clients can pay. Located near MIS, many of their employees are MIS alumni. They make quite a bit of money on magical cosmetic alterations (mostly to make people appear younger, though some do want more radical alterations). There is also a large research facility on the premises and the researchers there are known to be studying the effects of ley lines in the area. To this end, Wishmaker employees are often found working around Heiwa-ji Temple.
Umie Temple

A water priestess performs a ceremonial purification ritual in a hot spring

Built on the shore of Lake Umie, the priests of Umie Temple channel the lake's water into their ceremonies. The water is said to be sacred and the priests do everything they can to keep the lake pristine. Within the temple are countless natural hot spring baths which are used both ceremonially and as attractions for tourists. These springs are supposed to have various different healing properties for whatever aches you.
Tasukeichi

Tasukeichi is a major corporation that runs 80% of the medical facilities in the Desu Island Chain. What they are particularly known for is a unique medical insurance plan that includes armed ambulance services and tracking/monitoring services. Clients wear (or are imbedded with) a special transponder that monitors their health signs. Should any of them go beyond certain parameters, an armed team of paramedics is dispatched, guaranteed to arrive within 5 minutes or less within any major city in the country. Plans are split into basic, gold, platinum and super platinum services. While Tasukeichi services are not allowed onto corporate property without permission due to extraterritoriality, their better plans cover any litigation that might occur for territory violations.

## Response Teams

Tasukeichi is able to provide rapid response in cities because they have teams constantly patrolling them. There is always at least one team or base within 5 minutes of any given location throughout a covered city. There are four different types of response teams.

### Medical Response

These teams consist of four paramedics, at least one of whom is a trained mage and one has a control rig to allow for rapid deployment to any location. These are the most common team to deal with typical medical emergencies that don't warrant more specialized teams. They typically roam around in ambulances, but there are also special helicopter units for emergencies where a ground vehicle is not suitable. Should there be any kind of difficulties beyond their capabilities (such as armed threats), they will usually call for backup.

### High Threat Response

These are the teams that people typically associate with Tasukeichi and are sent into situations where armed extraction of the client is necessary. Three paramedics are accompanied by four armed guards. Like medical response teams, there is always a mage and a rigger among their number, though they drive in heavily armed and armored vehicles. Such vehicles are usually equipped with heavy machine guns loaded with gel rounds. The use of lethal force is avoided as it is entirely possible that the people they have to get through to get to a client may be Tasukeichi clients themselves. The legal ramifications of killing people are a distant second reason.

### Crisis Response

These teams are specialized Medical Response teams who normally function in such capacity but have been trained to deal with disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons, floods, chemical spills, radiation leaks, magical fallout, etc. They patrol in much larger vans filled with specialized equipment, but are otherwise identical to Medical Response teams.

### Special Response

In situations where the above teams are not capable of getting the job done, Tasukeichi has a range of specialists on call. These specialists are more like shadowrunners on retainer. They do not patrol like other teams, but are dispatched for all manner of work. Such specialists might include hackers, snipers, combat mages, adepts, drone riggers, or more esoteric specialists.
Tanuki Temple

Devoted to the tanuki, also known as a raccoon dog, this temple is filled with over-sized statues of the creatures. Though the tanuki is a perfectly mundane animal, there is an awakened variant called a bake-danuki, which is physically notable for its comically large scrotum. Similar to kitsune in nature, bake-danuki are trickster animal spirits that can shapeshift into other things or people, as well as possess human beings and other metahumans. The priests at the temple are careful to appease the creatures so as to avoid their mischief. So long as they are kept happy, it is believed that prosperity will continue for the Desian people.
Yosei

## Advantages

### All

Yōsei followers do not age upon reaching adulthood and never die of natural causes.

### Magician

Magicians may cast Heal on wounds that have already been magically healed, though they must wait 24 hours from the last attempt to do so

### Adept

Adepts receive Empathic Healing and 2 levels of Rapid Healing.

## Disadvantages

Their personalities can be really annoying to others (-2 on social checks). Magicians in particular may be exploited for their healing abilities.

Similar to fairies of other cultures, yōsei are small spirits who look like winged, metahuman children. They are eternally youthful and are feared to be able to bring back the dead, though there is no evidence to suggest they have such capability. It is said that they remain eternally youthful because they have no knowledge of great evil. Yōsei followers are sickeningly saccharine and able to remain positive in the worst of situations. To some this can be uplifting, to others it is extremely irritating.
Taigen Bakusatsu

Taigen likes to relax after a job well done

Middle brother of the Bakusatsu brothers, Taigen (aka Fuse) is the leader of the group. He's both a rigger and a decker, and is easily the smartest of the three. Like his brothers, he is a demolitions expert and typically likes to deploy explosives through drones. His favorite two include small, explosive, kamikaze-style drones and aerial drones that pour gasoline on targets before lighting them ablaze.

Personality-wise, he's a bit of a prankster and alcoholic who can't resist a dare. This has gotten both he and his brothers into hot water on more than one occasion.
Yuuna Suzuki

Full of optimism and a desire to make the world a better place, Yuuna was recently given her first assignment in Koujou. Nothing ever happens in Koujou though, so it is one of the most boring details a cop could ask for. While she diligently does her job, she yearns for the chance to see some action and make a difference in her community. In her enthusiasm, she has personally introduced herself to just about everyone in the district, hoping that a good relationship leads to good community outreach. It is unclear whether her methods are successful or not because nothing happens in Koujou.
Ningen Seinensha

The Ningen Seinensha ("Human Youth Society") are a gang of humanists who believe the barrens could be revitalized if only the filthy metahumans were driven out of the area. They are purists who refuse cyberware and believe magic is an abomination. They do have an impressive selection of illegal weaponry and will sometimes sell it to those who share their views. No one is sure where they get their weapons from, but they clearly have powerful connections that want to see them armed.

Their arsenal and willingness to sell to those who share their racist views provide them with allies among shadowrunners and Yakuza alike. The police particularly hate this gang and several serious attempts have been made to round them up and keep their weapons off the streets. However, each time the gang seems to spring back to life just as strong as before.
Daiterebi

Daiterebi is known as the film district of Mingmei because the majority of it consists of trid and sim studios. Though the studios do well enough nationally, they only have niche audiences abroad. This is partially due to cultural differences, but also because these studios don't have anywhere near the kind of budgets that the big boys like Brightstar have. Still, they do export a steady stream of local animation and pornography, both of which have a strong audience abroad. The Mingmei News Organization, the state funded news station, is also based here. This district also has a lot of housing aimed at the middle class. Those who live here generally commute to work elsewhere in the city.
Blackrock

This mineral is naturally occurring on Gilon and is prized for its magic absorption abilities which makes it ideal for restraining magic users. Magic users who are in contact with blackrock feel immediately ill, similar to being in a toxic environment. Any magic they attempt to use is then absorbed by the blackrock. If too much magic is absorbed at once, the blackrock explodes, which is often lethal to the person wearing it. If ground down and injected into the body, it can possibly remove magical potential in the subject (lowering their magic score). Those without any magical abilities suffer no ill effect from exposure to the stone.

## Shadowrun mechanics

Whenever blackrock comes in contact with a spell effect, it absorbs the effect as best as it can. If the force of the spell is less than the blackrock's capacity, the effect immediately ends. This magical energy fills a number of points of capacity equal to the force of the effect. Should the cumulative energy absorbed by the blackrock equal or exceed it's capacity, the blackrock explodes violently, releasing the energy in a concentrated blast. Anyone in contact with the blast must resist a number of points of physical damage equal to the capacity of the blackrock. The energy disperses surprisingly quickly however, so anyone more than a foot away from the blast is out of its range. Magical energy absorbed by blackrock slowly bleeds away at a rate of 5% of it's total capacity per combat turn until eventually all absorbed magical energy is dissipated.

The capacity of blackrock is equal to 15 per pound of blackrock. Handcuffs, shackles and collars made of blackrock usually contain this amount of blackrock and when placed properly on a living target, ignore any armor they are wearing and completely sever the limb they are attached to should they deal 10 or more points of damage at once. Obviously this is instantly fatal in the case of collars, but severe blood loss is to be expected from handcuffs and shackles as well. The victim takes 1 box of physical damage after a number of combat turns equal to their body rating until they are stabilized.

When blackrock is worn by a magic user, their magic rating is reduced by 1 point for every hour they are in contact with the blackrock. This magic returns at the same rate once the blackrock is removed. Any spells they cast are also instantly absorbed before they can take effect as above.

When worn by an adept, the adept loses (and regains) magic (and thus powers) at the same rate as a spellcaster. Abilities lost are chosen randomly from those available. All adept abilities become disabled and attempting to activate them should be treated as a spell with a force equal to twice the number of power points it is worth (rounded up).
Tomiyama Farming Arcology

This self-contained farm supplies about 70% of Mingmei's food needs. It is essentially a massive hydroponic greenhouse used to shield crops from smog and other pollution. Between DNA splicing, selective breeding and some magical alteration, the arcology grows food at three times the rate of what they normally would using natural practices. They are rumored to be developing vegetation that is resistant to all insects and natural disasters, and it is believed that these arcologies are being built to sample weather conditions around the world for testing.
Fukurokuju

A statue of the Fukurokuju

## Disadvantages

Fukurokuju's worshipers feel uncomfortable in crowds and suffer a -1 penalty to all rolls while in one.

Another Shichifukujin, he is a hermit who is seen as the god of wisdom, luck, longevity, wealth and happiness. Moreover, he is the only god who was said to have the ability to resurrect the dead. Fukurokuju is characterized by the size of his head, being almost as large as the size of his whole body, and he normally carries a cane in one hand and in the other a scroll with writings about the world. He is usually accompanied by a turtle, a crow or a deer, animals that are frequently used to symbolize a long life. It is also said that he likes to play chess, and so he is also credited for being the patron of chess players.
Society of Animal Protectors

The Society of Animal Protectors (SAP; /'sæp/) is an Ahanish animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Mary Fairweather, its international president. The nonprofit corporation claims 5.6 million supporters. Its slogan is "As stewards of this planet, it is our duty to protect the life in it."

Founded in 2980 by Mary Fairweather and fellow animal rights activist Norman Parks, the organization first caught the public's attention in the summer of 2981 during what became known as the Finerock rabbits case, a widely publicized dispute about experiments conducted on 17 dwarf rabbits inside the Institute of Behavioral Research in Finerock, Ahanu. The case lasted 10 years, involved the only police raid on an animal laboratory in the world, triggered an amendment in 2985 to the Ahanu Animal Welfare Act, and established SAP as an internationally known organization. Today, it focuses on four core issues: opposition to factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and the use of animals in entertainment. It also campaigns for a vegan lifestyle and against eating meat, fishing, the killing of animals regarded as pests, the keeping of chained backyard dogs, cock fighting, dog fighting, beekeeping, and bullfighting.

The group is the focus of controversy, both inside and outside the animal rights movement and around the world as their methods are sometimes considered extreme, bordering on terrorism. Activists say the movement is non-violent. According to PETA's code, any act that furthers the cause of animal liberation, where all reasonable precautions are taken not to harm human or non-human life, may be claimed as a PETA action, including acts of vandalism causing economic damage.

There has nevertheless been widespread criticism that PETA spokespersons and activists have either failed to condemn acts of violence or have themselves engaged in it, either in the name of the PETA or under another banner. The criticism has been accompanied by dissent within the animal rights movement itself about the use of violence, and increasing attention from the police and intelligence communities.
Gokagai School of Geisha

Gokagai School logo

This nationally-renown geisha school is known for churning out the most skilled geisha performers; many of whom go on to have successful careers in other entertainment fields. However, the true purpose behind the school is to train women in the way of the Kunoich, or female ninja. These women are trained as entertainers so as to get close to their marks without arousing suspicion. Once their targets are lulled into a false sense of security, they strike.

The primary method of assassination is through the use of slow acting poisons such as Nova Scorpion venom. The target is secretly poisoned during the performance. By the time the poison takes effect, the entertainer is long gone.
The Zombies

The Zombies' gang logo

The Zombies are a group of awakened ghouls who are all toxic shamans. They live in the ruins of an abandoned nuclear waste dump and are the smallest in number of the three gangs. For the most part they keep to themselves, only emerging from their home to feed. This is leads them into conflict with other gangs since those other gangs are their preferred prey. Interestingly enough, the Zombies never seem to feed on non-gang members, though it is unknown why.

They are one of the smallest gangs in the city, but that does not make them any less feared. Being ghouls, any encounter with them could lead to infection, which is a fate worst than death to most Desians. Even if they don't manage to get close enough to infect you, they command powerful toxic spirits which make them a force to contend with. The police see them as too dangerous to deal with personally, and since they only seem to be a problem to other gangs, they are content with not risking their lives to wipe the ghouls out.
True Alchemy

Company logo

While there are certainly a plethora of online dating sites out there, this one locks into a very specific niche audience: the awakened. Many magic users prefer to date other magic users due to shared backgrounds and interests, but it can be hard to find them in daily life. True Alchemy only caters to awakened singles and is extremely popular among them.

Originally developed by Aphrodite Nikolos in Deoch, the app was eventually purchased by Brightstar Industries and has been a subsidiary of the corporation ever since.

## Methodology

Prospective members complete a proprietary questionnaire about their characteristics, beliefs, values, emotional health, magical tradition and magical skills. Matching algorithms, which the company believes match people's core traits and values to replicate the traits of happy couples, use these answers to match members with users the company believes will be compatible. The software technology also evaluates users' behavioral data such as average time spent on the app. Users are then able to see the matches who score at an advanced level of compatibility and also why.

## Controversy

Not all applications are accepted by the app. In addition to those believed to not be awakened, married users, those under the age of 21, and those who have been divorced more than four times are rejected by the app. In 2999, the famed anti-magic humanist serial killer known as the "Mana Slayer" managed to join the app and used it to select his victims until he was ultimately found and captured through a sting operation of his account. Membership and activity on the app plummeted in the wake of the incident, but has since recovered after adding more stringent monitoring of its members.
Song Magic

### Preferred spells

Dream, Euphorea, Opium Den, Entertainment, Trid Entertainment, Mob Mind, Mob Control, Compel Truth

There is power in music. It's deep. Primordial. The rhythm of a beat can pulse like a heart and cause people to inexplicably erupt in dance. There have been those who fear its power and link it to evil. Demons in the night, seducing people to dance naked around a bonfire in the moonlight. There are those who use its power to entertain, spread joy and confer oral history. There are even those who use its power to influence the masses for profit, fame, or self indulgence.

Practitioners of Song Magic have mastered the way of the word. They have learned how to manipulate the hearts of people as they manipulate notes. Some seek to inspire. While others simply wish to benefit themselves. While many other traditions have something of an external spiritual side to them, song magic comes from within. It is about connection to other people and touching their hearts, however that may be.

For obvious reasons, song mages make excellent entertainers and many of the best ones can be found making a living as professional singers. They quickly acquire extremely loyal fanbases through the power of their music.

## Related Mentor Spirits

Song mages rely solely on themselves and never follow mentor spirits.

## Ideals

Song mages believe that magic comes from within. It is a power that comes from revealing one's heart through song, an act that both leaves the song mage vulnerable, while at the same time exploiting the vulnerabilities of others. Connecting with people is of utmost importance and thus Song mages are always very social people.

## Sorcery

When casting a spell, a song mage must sing. Their singing must be projected loudly and clearly, and thus their spells are always obvious. They cannot subtly cast spells, nor can they cast at all when they are unable to sing. However, they may choose to add half of their performance skill ranks (including their singing specialization bonus) to their spell drain test.

## Song Magic Rules

* Song Mages cannot have mentor spirits.
* Song mages must have at least 1 rank in performance and specialize in singing.
* At initiate grade 1, a song mage must learn the Centering metamagic. Their centering method is, of course, singing.
* If the song mage spends at least 1 minute performing for a target(s), they may make a performance (singing) + charisma test during the performance. At the end of this performance, the song mage may add any hits from the performance test to a single spellcasting test. Any targets involved must be present and attentive for the entire performance to receive the bonus.
Yumiko Ohara

The meteorologist for the Desian national news station in Mingmei. She is extremely popular among viewers and is regularly voted to be one of the top ten most beautiful women on trid. She personally finds her popularity a little baffling as she does not see herself being particularly beautiful, but popularity is job security in the trid business, so she doesn't fight it.

Despite her popularity for her beauty, she is a well educated scientist (one doesn't simply become a weather lady without education in meteorology after all), and is quite good at her job of forecasting the weather.
Usagi Rabbits

The Usagi Rabbits are a Desian professional Urban Brawl team based in Usagi city of the Sheng province. The Rabbits compete in the Desian Urban Brawl Association (DUBA) and play their home games in the waterfront along Usagi. The team was founded in 2946 and was one of the first teams in the league. However, it has only won two championships: in 2974 and 2985. Known for their speed but typically underfunded when it comes to cybernetic modifications, they unfortunately have a hard time competing with other, better funded teams.
Super Service

This is more of a group of vigilantes than shadowrunners. All of the members are awakened and display a range of incredible powers. They present themselves as comic book style super heroes and spend much of their time fighting crime. They do have various methods of being reached directly and are willing to take on jobs, particularly when it involves fighting criminals. They are led by the Masked Cape, who is known to have the abilities of flight, telekinesis, super strength and invisibility, among others.
Takeshi Miho

If there is a wager to be made, Takeshi is there to take bets for it. While the majority of bets that he takes are on various sports, he does accept bets on just about anything you can think of. He occasionally even gets wind of runs that teams are going on and takes bets on their successes as well as how many of the members will actually survive it. These bets actually draw some crowds among the underworld as he has riggers who quietly film the job as it happens with surveillance drones. This obviously does nothing for a runner's anonymity, and occasionally the footage is acquired by authorities and used against them, but the lure of extra cash can be enticing, particularly among newer shadowrunners looking to prove themselves in the community.
Tamiko Ishibashi

A pro wrestler in the Lady's Wrestling Association, Tamiko is better known as Snow White. Seen as something of the leader of the "good guys", she is always a face in the ring. Often she shows up to "save" other wrestlers when they appear to be being beaten unfairly. Her fans particularly love whenever she does this and go absolutely wild when she does.

Outside of the ring, she is a complete introvert and has almost nothing to do with any of her coworkers. It's not that she dislikes them or anything, she just doesn't care to socialize with her coworkers any more than necessary. Other wrestlers see her as aloof and distant, but since she's always there when she's needed, no one complains about her overly much.

She has undergone some minor bioware modification to stay competitive in the ring, mostly consisting of muscle enhancers to boost her overall strength.
Sumiyoshi

Sumiyoshi clan symbol

The second largest Yakuza family, with an estimated 20,000 members divided into 277 clans. Sumiyoshi is a confederation of smaller yakuza groups. Its current head is Kai Sumiyoshi. Structurally, Sumiyoshi differs from its principal rival, the Yamaguchi, in that it functions like a federation. The chain of command is more relaxed, and its leadership is distributed among several other members. Though they do often clash with the Yamaguchi clan, they are rarely the aggressor, preferring to defend themselves rather than attack the much larger and powerful group. When they do go on the offensive, it is almost always through outsiders like shadowrunners, who are disposable without thinning out the Sumiyoshi ranks. Successful shadowrunners can often make a lot of money working as hit men for the clan, provided they do not bring any suspicion on their sponsors.
Yuuenchi Zoological Park

The largest zoo in the Desu Island Chain features 40 acres of land and 3,000 different animals, including many awakened paracritters. The most popular exhibits include a unicorn, a pegasus, and a pandamonium. Many of the more exotic animals the zoo has acquired over the years are the results of the police confiscating illegally owned animals from wealthy people. With nowhere else to go, the animals usually end up here.

The zoo originally was a private menagerie belonging to the Emperor until the year 2892 where it was given to the public to be converted into a public zoo. The zoo provides animals an environment similar to the natural habitat. In recent years, the old-fashioned cages of the past have been replaced with modern habitats after some well-publicized mishaps in 2982.
Zendo Tenshi

Zendo Tenshi was found by Baba Yaga when something crashed to the ground near her hut. Soon many interested parties descended on the area to acquire whatever it was that crashed, most of whom had no idea what it was that had fallen. He claims to be an angel who has fallen from Tengoku and that his wings were removed by Baba Yaga for some sort of unknown ritual purpose.

He has demonstrated magical abilities, protecting himself from harm with a force wall when under attack. It is unknown what other capabilities he may possess but he claims that they were more powerful before his wings were removed.
The Tunnels (Mingmei)

Much of the mountain is riddled with man-made tunnels that were dug out during the Great Magic War. The largest of these tunnels are about 20 yards in diameter, but most of them are not much larger than 3 or 4, making the area quite snug. The mountain blocks wireless signals, so the only matrix access that post people have down here is hardwired from cables that have been run down from the city above.

The vast majority of metahumans in the city live down here, along with the poorest of poor humans and the SINless. Compared to the city above, racism is far less of an issue down here, probably due to the fact that everyone is living in squalor. Everyone survives down here on a diet primarily consisting of mushrooms and other fungi as well as fish captured in underground lakes.

The people of the tunnels are constantly digging out more space for themselves and skilled diggers can actually make a fair living down here. It is not as easy a job as it looks as there are many dangers associated with the job including cave ins, accidental flooding both of magma and water, as well as various health issues that come from digging such as miner's lung. That does not even begin to touch the various supernatural hazards that can be found. Due to both these dangers and the training required to avoid them, diggers are among the most respected workers in the tunnel community.

## Typhoon 18

6.29.3010 - A massive typhoon directly strikes Mingmei, doing significant damage to the city, but utterly devastating the tunnels, many of which were completely flooded as a result of the storm. Roughly 15 million people lost their lives in the storm, almost exclusively consisting of those who lived in the tunnels.

During the chaos, a small community of ghouls who secretly lived in the tunnels took the opportunity to attack the survivors, many of whom were trapped in the tunnels by flood waters. While the government made a token effort to rescue the survivors, once ghouls were discovered the diet unanimously voted to order drone strikes on the major tunnel entrances, sealing both the ghouls and any remaining survivors underground. This was seen as both containing the ghoul threat and disposing of the city's undesirables.

Enraged infected survivors managed to make their way out of the tunnels through lesser-known exits, which led to the Mingmei Ghoul Outbreak
XYZ

A secret message board run by retired shadowrunner, Yuusuke Takahashi. The members are all local to the Desu Island Chain, with the vast majority operating out of Mingmei. Membership requires a face to face meeting with the admin as well as an exchange of information. If he decides to accept you, the XYZ board is an excellent place to speak of illicit shadowrunner business without fear of unwanted parties peeking in, as well as to meet other professionals in the field.
Tetsuko Sumojin

More metal than flesh, Tetsuko Sumojin (aka the Metal Marauder) is a professional wrestler in the Lady's Wrestling Association. Once a completely unmodified human wrestler, her body quickly began to deteriorate due to the onset of ALS. Rather than see herself grow weak and die, she decided to replace her flesh with steel. Her "triumph" over the disease is often highlighted to bring her both sympathy and enhance her image as a face in the ring despite the negative connotations most Desians associate with extensive cyber modification.

Though she does her best to hide it, she is extremely bitter about the loss of her flesh body and often goes through extreme bouts of depression which she takes medication for.
Yuuenchi

This area is popular both to tourists as well as home to middle and upper class families, mainly due to the hugely successful Brightstar Studios theme park in the area. While it is moderately known internationally, the theme park is a huge hit with locals, many of whom visit several times a year on average and always come home with a small fortune in souvenirs. Yuuenchi is also home to the Yuuenchi Zoological Park which is famous for being home to the last known remaining pandas in the world.
Tammy Smith

Her day job involves flying whatever needs flying at the Victorian Aeronautics airport. While that pays the bills, she finds it kind of boring. That is why she hires herself out as a pilot to shadowrunner teams. Primarily she provides helicopter transport for hire, though if the team has some other vehicle for her to drive, she can handle that as well, though she isn't happy if the vehicle isn't modified for rigging. Outside of her skills as a pilot, she can get a team access to Victorian Aeronautics, provided she has assurances that damage will be kept to a minimum as she still needs to be able to work there.
Tomomoto Fujihiko

A scruffy bartender who works at the Aman Hotel, he is extremely skilled at making all manner of high end fancy drinks and encounters countless VIPs on a daily basis. He is an excellent source of rumors and information about various guests that happen to stay at the hotel, though he only shares with those he trusts.
Shiori Tororu

A member of the Lady's Wrestling Association, Shiori is known by the stage name, "Horny Momma". She uses her size as a troll to portray herself as a "bad guy" on stage and often uses pyrotechnic effects to give the impression that she is a powerful sorcerer. In reality she hasn't a bit of magic in her and would honestly love to be a professional illusionist, but it was too hard for her to get into showbusiness as a troll. As a wrestler, she doesn't even need to train particularly due to her size which naturally makes her easily as strong as most of the other wrestlers in the ring. She is content with her "bad guy" persona so long as she gets to perform on a stage of sorts.

Though she's far from the most popular wrestler, she has a fair number of fans and is seen as one of the greatest villains in the sport. Privately among her co-workers, she is seen as something like a respected mother figure and her judgement is often used to resolve any issues that may arise between wrestlers.
Telecambitation Storm

Somewhat of a hassle in daily life, a telecambitation storm consists of streaks of purple mana bolts that fall from the sky. These bolts always fall in pairs, though the pairs can be miles apart from one another and many such pairs may fall during the course of a single storm. When both bolts manage to strike a non-living object, those objects instantly switch places. Fortunately, the bolts don't seem to affect living beings, nor any objects that are larger than about a cubic meter of volume so buildings and people don't typically have to worry about being swapped around. But it can be annoying to find your bicycle has been replaced by a random briefcase.
Yobisha

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Yobisha (呼び車) is a Desian vehicle for hire company headquartered in the Hachi province city of Ryuchi. With over 550 million users throughout the world, it is quickly becoming one of the most popular services for transport. The company provides app-based transportation services, including taxi hailing, private car hailing, social ride-sharing and bike sharing. It also provides on-demand delivery services, particularly for restaurants.

Users are able to register their vehicles with the service, assigning times for it to be available for use through the app. The vehicle is then autopiloted through the city until it is needed by any potential customers. The vehicle owners receive a small share of any payments received from riders, allowing their vehicles to earn a passive income when not in use. In dense cities where people are expected to pay for parking spaces at their homes, this also saves them the cost of paying for parking (which can be extremely pricy in larger cities). That alone is worth the value of signing up for many vehicle owners.
Wishmaker Inc

Originally created as a charity for ill children by Sultana Ariana bint Rajah, the organization quickly amassed a large number of capable Awakened experts who are able to arrange just about anything that a client could wish for. Though they maintain this public façade of charity work to the public, their real profit comes through granting wishes to the wealthy. Either through ritual magic or the creation and use of magical artifacts, they are able to cure diseases and genetic maladies; transform clients into their perfect image of themselves; grant magical abilities such as flight, speed or water breathing; and even restore youth. These wishes always come with an exorbitant cost which has allowed them to quietly take over several other companies over the years, which only further increases the corporation's wealth.

The corporation is run by the Sultana of Sihr, Ariana bint Rajah. She has shared rulership over Sihr for as far back as historical records go with the djinn Sultan Akbar al-Ladin. The sultana herself is a marid, which is a type of genie who is native to the elemental plane of water. Together, Akbar rules the parts of Sihr that are built above the water and Ariana rules the parts below. Though she has never officially come out and said it, people believe that she started Wishmaker because she grew bored after a couple thousand years of ruling Sihr and wanted a new challenge. In truth, she is rarely present in the city for day to day operations, having left those details up to her vizier, a triton named Jibril bin Ma'an.

Privately she has never married, though she does keep a fairly extensive selama (the male equivalent to a harem) full of males from many races. Most of them are sea-based such as sea elves, mermen, locathah, marid, and tritons, but she does also have a wide variety of land based men such as trolls, orcs, humans, dwarves, elves and others. Occasionally she takes to the ocean currents, secretly leaving Sihr behind for months or even years at a time as she seeks some adventure in a far off land. It is not unheard of for sailors in distress to find themselves personally rescued by the sultana even when nowhere near Amshan waters.