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Imperial Palace

At the very peak of mount Nehongoa is the home of the imperial family. The current emperor is Emperor Endo Akihito. The position of Emperor is both a political and religious one as the Emperor not only rules over the Desian Islands, but also serves as the head of the Shinto religion (something like the Shinto equivalent of the Pope). He is required to perform certain ceremonies throughout the year, all of which take place at the Heiwa-ji temple. The importance of the Emperor in Desian life cannot be emphasized enough. While most countries use the standard base of 3010 as the current year, Desians base their calendars on the date that the current Emperor took over. Thus the official year in the Desu Islands is Endo 27. This is very confusing to foreigners who come to the country, but locals do know the global year as it is required of them for international business or matrix communication.

The palace itself is a massive, beautiful structure made with stone, jade and gold leaf. Detailed religious murals decorate the ceilings and walls, some hundreds of years old. Perhaps the most stunning part of the palace is the view. At roughly 7,000 ft above sea level, one can see the entire city and beyond. It is considered one of the three greatest views in the world, though only the imperial family and their servants ever get the chance to see it.
Rei Tanaka

Handsome, charismatic, and something of a showboat asshole at times, Rei is a member of the super hero team Super Service. When not working, he likes to flirt with and tease ladies, though he never actually dates any of them. He also is something of a scientist, having graduated with a PHD in chemistry.

When he is working, he takes on his super persona of Dash the speedster. He is capable of incredible speed, with his top sprinting record hitting almost 300 miles per hour. Like most of the others on his team, he primarily works as a vigilante for hire, fighting criminals and bringing them to justice. One would think that this would put him at odds with shadowrunners, and professionally it sometimes does, but typically the type of jobs shadowrunners take on are not the kind that he goes out of his way to stop unless he's been specifically hired for it.
Harumi Yousei

Harumi is a dryad bound to a peach tree in the wilds north of Mingmei. She is a known spellcaster with some unique spells which she uses to protect a small farm of squatters from external threats. She is also a skilled fighter with a strong sense of honor which has endeared her to the squatters who are violently loyal to her.

The peach tree itself is unique in that peach trees have just about gone extinct on the planet due to corporate control of seeds which were destroyed in a terrorist attack. Both Harumi and her followers are extremely protective of the tree.
Sango Udenashi

Unusual among wrestlers, Sango Udenashi is an odd duck in that she uses magic as part of her wrestling act. Rather than use strength based techniques, she uses flashy telekinetic maneuvers to toss her opponents around. As this is seen as unsporting (though not illegal), she is always cast in the role of a villain in the ring. She isn't without strength however as she sports a pair of powerful cyberarms which allow her to hold her own physically as well.

Outside of the ring, she is good friends with the other wrestlers and always discusses her use of magic to put them at ease. Though she always gives the impression of "cheating with magic" in the ring, her opponents are always informed of how she is going to use it with the intention of increasing tension without injuring anyone. It is only because everyone trusts her not to go overboard with magic that she is allowed to do what she does.
Roaring Tiger Pouncing Dragon

One of the most famous wuxia movies, Roaring Tiger Pouncing Dragon broke all box office records during its release week. The combination of acting and makeup made things so realistic, the movie got regarded as a snuff movie and consequently was banned for a few months. Even the stunt coördinator mistook fake for reality and rushed several actors to the hospital, despite them assuring him they were fine.
Aman Hotel

The hotel lobby

Located on the top five floors of the Otemachi Building, the Aman hotel is one of the most luxurious places to stay in the world. The hotel itself stands above the clouds, providing an epic view as far as the eye can see. It features a gourmet restaurant, top of the line gym, swimming pool, spa and a meditative rock garden, because why not?

Security is top notch as VIPs from around the world come to relax and avoid the paparazzi. Many local VIPs stay from time to time when they want to unwind away from their public lives.
Legend of Hei Jin

Magical cult girl Hei Jin is looked down upon by her fellow cult members, including her superiors, for having no magical skills. One day, her cult gets attacked by a neighbouring clan. Everyone hides in a magical cave, except for Hei Jin. She can't make it in time. With the invaders at the doorstep of the cave, she tries to hide from the invaders. Out of the blue, the third prince, Fu Yuan, singlehandedly defeats the army, swoops Hei Jin onto a mammoth and crashes her through the barrier behind which her cult is hiding before hiding himself. Her cult lauds Hei Jin as a heroine for having saved them, and set her off to roam the lands, looking for adventure.

Hei Jin often causes problems, which get solved time after time by Fu Yuan appearing out of the blue and solving the issues, sometimes with the help of his intelligent pet hamster Chichi, after which Hei Jin gets celebrated as the hero.

Legend of Hei Jin got announced with big fanfare. An endless stream of criticism about how the story made no sense and nobody understanding how Hei Jin got seen as the heroine, caused the show to be canceled after a stubborn two seasons.
RydeSafe

Marketing themselves as both a taxi and courier service for high risk clients, the members of RydeSafe are known for their skills operating vehicles of all kinds. Secretly, they use these skills to transport other shadowrunners both to and from various jobs, should they need it. Though they primarily use cars or vans for this work, they have been known to use motorcycles, choppers, disguised delivery trucks, boats and even jets when the job calls for it. Since they focus on transport, they are superior at their jobs with a guarantee to extract any team that can get to their predefined extraction point.

The members are all Desian, though surprisingly not all of them are riggers. Nachi and Yasuo Yamada are brothers, both of whom are riggers that lost their legs in a car accident when they were younger. They have since gotten cybernetic replacements and tend to prefer operating cars or vans. Kanichi Furukawa is the team's pilot and is a known adept. The youngest among them is Sanjiro Tanaka. Though he does most of the minor courier work by motorcycle, he is also known to have a love for watercraft of all kinds.
Romanos Monoglou

This massive cyclops was trapped in Baba Yaga's Hut by Baba Yaga. He was found in a darkened room, swinging wildly at a "Dark Knight". Once the room was illuminated, he was perfectly friendly and even eloquent. Unfortunately, due to his size, he was unable to leave the room and was left behind to fend for himself.
Incubus

The only member of the Baké Busters who is incapable of casting spells, Incubus is a skilled summoner and decker. Primarily he functions as the teams main researcher, though his summoning and banishing skills are often useful for the group. On the rare instance where they need someone to get through a security system, he's also more than willing to oblige.
Psychic storm

A sort of electric feeling fills the air and suddenly all minds are linked. Those caught in the storm suddenly hear the thoughts of people throughout the storm's influence, though there is no real way of knowing specifically *whose* thoughts are being heard. Like any storm, one can avoid the effects simply by staying inside until it passes as the connection does not seem to be able to function through walls.
Dr Nozomi Emoto

In her younger days, she worked for the military as a covert operative/assassin, but eventually retired to apply her practical knowledge into making weapons in the private sector rather than using them. She is currently working on laser research for a Yakuza-run weapons lab. She also works as an adjunct professor twice a week teaching Armament Engineering at Mingmei University.

## Company Profile

**Name:** Dr Nozomi Emoto

**Position:** Arms Researcher

**Clearance:** Maximum

**Salary:** ~~¥95,000~~ ¥230,000

**Benefits:** Basic Tasukeichi plan, national healthcare coverage, 413J Pension plan, company car

**Emergency Contact:** Masaru Emoto (####-####)
Shachi Doumeki

## Affiliations

### Relatives

Madouka Doumeki (granddaughter), Homura Doumeki (granddaughter), Ichiro Doumeki (grandson)

### Associates

Matsuo Watabe, Kenshin Dokite, Izu Kuba

A crochety old mage, Shachi was once a successful talismonger until he retired and gave away his shop to his granddaughter Madouka. The last of his friends were murdered by a serial killer so he now spends his free time checking in on his grandchildren.
Lien

Lien is unique among provinces in that humans do not form a majority of the population. In fact there are almost no humans left at all. There once was a huge population of humans; in fact they made up the majority of the island's population, much like any other Desian province. However, that was until the Great Oni Uprising. Prior to the uprising, Oni were plentiful, but scattered. They did not understand the benefits of modern society, so they did not particularly care for city life. They also had no formal organization, generally preferring to be alone or among a small family units or tribes. Even while in relatively small numbers, they did much to terrorize the human population at that time.

Then 150 years ago, the Great Oni King Doumeki united the oni people under a single banner. A single oni could easily take on a several humans alone with their powerful magical abilities and ferocious strength. The human population didn't stand a chance against his armies and were practically wiped out over night. By the time the emperor could respond to the threat, the island had already been conquered. Though the emperor could have sent troops to retake the island, the Desian army was already occupied with another war at the time and the forces needed to wipe out the oni threat were more than could be spared at the time. It was then decided that it was too much trouble to retake Lien and the few remaining humans on the province were left to fend for themselves. A peace treaty was eventually negotiated, as much out of fear that the oni forces would spread as anything. The oni were granted ownership of the province as well as Desian citizenship and the oni were content with that. Many human Desians feel that this was a horrible disgrace for the country and there have been many attempts to get the emperor to retake Lien. So far, none have attempted it.

Meanwhile, the oni took over the cities the humans had lost, becoming less barbaric in their ways. Today, the cities in Lien function essentially the same as any other Desian city, just with an abundance of oni instead of humans. The few who are not oni are either descendants of the original survivors of the Great Oni Uprising, or representatives of corporations looking to establish ties on the island as it is a source of many magical minerals and reagents. It is ruled over by the current Oni King,Doumeki VII. His rule has been pretty open to trade and making diplomatic ties with other provinces and countries.
Ayame

The easternmost province of the Desu Island Chain is Ayame. Here, the five cities of Fujita, Kiyoko, Uyeda, Yukio and Yoshifumi can be found. The terrain of Ayame is very lightly forested, with many marshy lands in which rice is grown. Fishing is also a very common profession.

The people of Ayame tend to be more nature loving than most. As such, the island is quite green; an outlier in modern society. Urban sprawl is kept to a minimum through a government enforced policy that limits the number of children a family may have. Since Desians place a lot of importance in their eldest sons, girls are often aborted during pregnancy. This has lead to a population that is 90% male and 10% female. The lack of viable females has kept the province's population far lower than the policy intended, but the locals enjoy a lifestyle of clean water, fresh food and little to no pollution. This is further encouraged through strict regulations against environmental pollution. Purposeful littering is considered a capital offense, and those convicted of it are bound and left to be slaughtered by angered Kami.

Kami are exceptionally common in Ayame, likely due to how pristine nature is preserved. Unlike other provinces, the kami in Ayame actually function as members of society. They spend much of their lives on the physical plane, run businesses, and are even involved in government. In fact, the current shogun of Ayame is a spirit of man known as Daitorio. Daitorio has been in charge for the better part of a century, after a bloody coup that eliminated the traditionally human shogunate line.

The largest city in Ayame, and the only one with a real port, is Kiyoko. Commerce is fierce in Kiyoko, unlike the other cities of Ayame, which are far more rural. It is perhaps unsurprising that the only real corporate presence on the island can be found here. Tomiyama's headquarters is based here and they control much of the island's farmlands through their contracts with local farmers.

Several small Yakuza clans operate throughout the province, though Kiyoko is the most hotly contested territory. Given the lopsided male/female ratio of the island, their primary source of income is prostitution. Foreign visitors to the island are often kidnapped and forced into the sex trade, many of whom were tricked into visiting the island with promises of employment, fortune and an escape from the dense, poverty stricken sprawls.
Rokudenashiko

A highly skilled decker and vagina artist (as in her art features vaginas prominently in them). She has been hunted by Cowboy, partially for her art which is considered to be obscene, but mostly because she went out of her way to hack their systems and replace all files with images of vaginas. Her vendetta against the Cowboys is quite personal as they constantly harassed her for her art and even killed her husband.

She has since faked her death and gone into hiding, emerging only once to steal files from the Cowboy Sheriff Branch HQ. She is particularly paranoid and tends to text in code. She never uses audio calls (because she has hearing issues after a flash bang detonated near her head), nor does she ever meet in person, for fear of revealing to the police that she is not actually dead.
Homura Doumeki

## Affiliations

### Relatives

Madouka Doumeki (sister), Ichiro Doumeki (cousin), Shachi Doumeki (Grandfather))

### Groups

Kamikaze Girls

Born and raised in the dark and dreary Majoukoya district, Homura was always fascinated by bright colors. As soon as she could, she began making her own clothing and coloring her hair. This was forbidden while in school, but once she was no longer required to go to school, all bets were off.

Her bright and imaginative fashion sense caught the attention of some members of the Kamikaze Girls, who asked her to make some clothes for them as well. She quickly made friends, gained some personal confidence and has been running with them ever since.

Her sister, Madouka, is constantly worried about her and occasionally tries to set her up on dates in hopes that an interest in boys will turn her away from her gang friends. While the dates have been successful, thus far it has not worked as her sister hopes.
Bosozoku

Typical Bosozoku members

Consisting mostly of rich kids looking to rebel against society, the Bosozoku are a little hard to take seriously. After a lifetime of being told that they cannot dye their hair, have tattoos or piercings, or behave in a disrespectful manner, the Bosozoku do all of that as their way of rebelling. The typical member either has their hair bleached blonde or done up in a ridiculously large pompadour. They all get various piercings and tattoos, and many invest in extensive cyberware. Since they have the money to do so, their cyberware is often quite high end compared to other gangs; alpha grade in the very least.

Then comes their vehicles. Their cars and motorcycles are modified to be the loudest, flashiest things you could possibly imagine. Cars have giant pipes and fins coming out of them everywhere and are painted with anime characters, flames, or whatever other mess the owner can think of. Bikes have similar themes as the cars, though they almost always have seat backs that stretch far above the rider's body, sometimes with banners attached as well. While many of these vehicles are adapted for rigging, it is not always the case as Bosozoku cyberware mods tend more towards the flashy than the practical.

For the most part, Bosozoku are content to drive their vehicles around town, modified to make as much noise as possible. To be an extra nuisance, they tend to do this in the middle of the night, when people are sleeping. Though they do occasionally clash with other gangs, it is more for the thrill of being "bad boys' than any real criminal intention and their lack of significant weaponry means they almost always lose in these encounters unless they have significantly superior numbers. Since they are all rich already, they do not have any need to commit crimes. The police treat them as a minor nuisance and often a single patrol car will follow them long enough to get them out of any unwanted areas.
Reizo Muto

Blaster for the Mingmei Dragons Urban Brawl team. His job is to stand near the goal and mow down anyone who gets near it with a machine gun and he is good at his job. In fact, he gets a bit cocky about it. He loves to flex his bio-enhanced muscles and thinks that he is the best thing to happen to girls since time began. While it is certainly true that he is popular with some of the ladies, most think he is pretty much a cocky jerk.

He has hit on every female member of the team and been rejected almost each time. He had a (very) brief something with Setsuko Kaigara, but it ended almost immediately. Reizo puts up a brave and confident façade, but the fact is that getting rejected by Setsuko deeply hurt him and he's been really pissed off about it ever since.
Sayaka Miyashita

Once an abused wife, Sayaka escaped almost certain death at the hands of domestic violence with the help of several of her friends. She decided to pay it forward by founding the Artemis Club. Part women's shelter, part training facility and part advocate group, the Artemis Club was created with the idea of protecting women, training them to be successful on their own, and advocating for their legal rights.
Niku Marekko

This little street kid is kind of a pain in the ass upon first sight. He's sarcastic, and completely unapologetic for his profession as a drug dealer. Primarily he sells bliss to support his mother who works cleaning rooms at a hotel making minimum wage. As his mother's money is not really enough to keep the lights on, Niku is quite proud of how much money he brings into the house. His mother is both ashamed of the work he does as well as the fact that he feels like he has to work at all. She enrolled him in the Big Brothers program in hopes that he could find a mentor that could keep him off the streets, but thus far it has not worked.
Brightstar Studios

One of Brightstar's larger and more profitable theme parks, Brightstar Studios is a 115 acre property located in the Yuuenchi district on the south side of Mingmei. Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Yuuenchi Station and Brightstar Station. It was the first Brightstar park to be built outside the Shadow Coast, and it opened on 15 Berrith 2993.

The park has seven themed areas: Spaceland, Aqualand, Imaginationland, Magicland, Virtual Village and Kiddy Camp. These areas each are based on Brightstar films. The park is noted for its extensive open spaces to accommodate the large crowds that visit the park. In 3008, the park hosted 21.7 million visitors, making it the world's second-most visited theme park, behind the original Brightstar Studios in the Shadow Coast.
Back Door

A fetish club catering to hackers, the Back Door features all the things one expects out of such an establishment: a well stocked bar, music, and a large open area for the patrons to dance at. AR anime characters move about the club serving as wait staff for anyone who wants to make an order.

The club also features a special private area in the back with several lockable rooms featuring simsense players and comfortable seats. There the patrons can engage in various virtual sexual fantasies with one another. Digital security is extremely tight with deckers about to ensure the patrons' privacy, while physical security only consisting of a couple of bouncers.

The patrons are all deckers, cyber-body modders and tech professionals. Just about everyone has SOME kind of tech implanted in them. Most have extensive work done. While some of these mods have some relevance to their professions (such as datajacks) most of them are either done for aesthetics, or their own sexual fetishes.
Daily Mart

Formerly known as Daily Zaki, this chain of convenience stores was purchased by the Save Mart corporation and rebranded as "Daily Mart". Originally the chain sold ice and other cold products, back when home refrigeration was a bit less common. As time moved on, the chain gained popularity due to its 24 hour business model.

Today the convenience store chain can be found all around the world with localized versions in every country. They are particularly popular in the Desu Island Chain, where over 6,000 of their stores can be found. There, it is the top convenience store chain in the country. All of the usual Desian convenience store goods, such as magazines, video games, manga, soft drinks, onigiri, pastry roulette and bento are available.
Astral Wind

These winds bring with them the souls of the dead from whatever plane they may be resting upon. During these events, ghosts of the dead haunt the world wherever they blow. However, there is no known means of communicating with these ghosts, leading many to wonder if the winds truly bring the dead back for a short time, or if it is merely a temporal afterimage of a time when those people were once alive.
Madouka Doumeki

Madouka is one of the so called witches of Majoukoya. While rumors claim that she is a practitioner of blood magic, she is simply a peddler of magical goods which she does from her shop, "Good Manas". Some of those magical goods happen to be very dangerous and illegal, but they have nothing to do with blood magic. Should you come across any interesting magical artifacts, she will purchase them as well.

Since her parents died in a summoning accident many years ago, she has been taking care of her sister, Homura Doumeki, whom she is extremely protective of. Her income from the shop supports the pair financially.
Bishamonten

A statue of the Bishamonten

## Disadvantages

Those who worship Bishamonten must succeed in a Charisma + Willpower (3) Test to avoid responding to an insult in kind.

One of seven gods of fortune (also called the Shichifukujin), he is god of fortune in war and battles, also associated with authority and dignity. He is the protector of those who follow the rules and behave appropriately. As the patron of fighters, he is represented dressed in armour and a helmet, carrying a pagoda in his left hand. He also acts as protector of holy sites and important places and holds a spear in his right hand to fight against the evil spirits. He is usually depicted in illustrations with a hoop of fire.
Kitsune Takata

A fox shapeshifter who was found by Isei Takata and Seichi Tomatsu. While it is unclear how she views her relationship with her two friends, the pair have been competing for her affections since they were children. Seichi in particular is jealous of Isei because Kitsune has long lived with him, even if there is no real evidence of a romantic relationship between the two.

Personality wise, Kitsune is quiet and only speaks when necessary. She is fond of both of the boys and was deeply traumatized when Isei was slain by a serial killer. She managed to escape capture at the serial killer's hands and fled to the safety of Seichi's apartment. She's been staying with him for the time being and has no real plans to go elsewhere.

Though she saw Isei's killer, she doesn't speak much about the event and what she does say doesn't make much sense.
Ho-o

Ho-o is vey much like a phoenix

### Magician

Magicians may conjure/bind spirits of fire in addition to all other spirit types that Shinto priests can summon

### Adept

Adepts receive killing hands for free, however the attack deals fire damage instead of normal physical damage (aka fire elemental strike, if using Street Grimoire)

## Disadvantages

Hō-ō's followers are flashy and tend to wear bright clothing and jewelry that makes them stand out in a crowd. They absolutely refuse to wear anything else and are completely miserable if forced to do so, resulting in a -2 penalty to all rolls until they are able to dress properly.

Hō-ō is a phoenix-like fire bird that rules over all other birds. It is believed that the bird only appears in areas or places that are blessed with utmost peace and prosperity or happiness. It's body symbolizes the celestial bodies: the head is the sky, the eyes are the sun, the back is the moon, the wings are the wind, the feet are the earth, and the tail is the planets. The Hō-ō is said to have originated in the sun. It sometimes carries scrolls or a box with sacred books and is sometimes depicted with a fireball.
Incorporeal Wind

These strange winds pass through solid non-living objects as if they weren't there. Since the winds don't touch objects, it can look like no wind is blowing at all. However, people and other living things are able to feel the winds despite shelter and clothing. While this can have a pleasant cooling effect in the summer, it is horrifically chilling in the winter.

Submerging oneself in water is the cheapest known way to escape the effect, so it is common to soak in a hot bath during cold winter days of incorporeal wind. Alternately, an astral barrier will do the trick as well, but is a much pricier option. Areas where such winds are a constant problem often construct structures out of living trees as this is known to be an effective solution as well.
Shutaro Kureyama

A skilled student who specialized in drone pilot systems, he was forced by the Yamaguchi clan to work for Dr Yoshiro Nakamatsu on a pet project until he was accidentally killed during a security breech. He was a prolific blogger who loved to brag about his work on drone pilot systems. He even managed to build some anthro chips that were beyond state of the art. Were his life not cut short, he would have had a very promising career ahead of him.
Spirit storm

Caused by sudden fluctuations between the planes, a spirit storm is both as brief as it is violent. Lasting usually no more than a minute or two, astral gateways open at random and spirits are pulled through to the physical plane. Spirits pulled to the physical plane in this manner are filled with a madness that forces them to lash out at everything in sight. Luckily this madness passes as soon as the storm does and such spirits are content simply returning to where they came from.
Color Storm

Everything caught within one randomly changes colors into a variety of vibrant hues. The precise colors seem to be dependent on the season, with autumn storms changing things red, yellow and orange, winter storms changing things shades of black and white, spring storms changing things to various pastels, and summer changing things to brilliant shades of green. The color change is not permanent and fades back to normal after a few days.
Sukeban

To look at them, you wouldn't think much of the Sukeban. It is an entirely female gang of girls who wear the typical sailor uniforms that school girls wear, though their skirts tend to be longer than average. They all carry yoyos, some of which are quite intricate and they are all quite proficient with them. Some dye their hair as an act of rebellion and most smoke, but other than that, you wouldn't really see them as anything other than a typical high school student. This would be a mistake.

Primarily, they find men on their own, luring them away to some secluded place before mugging them. Their primary weapon is the yoyo they carry around. Some are weighted to act as a bludgeon, others have blades hidden in them which release when used as an attack. Though these yoyo attacks can be deadly, they are more meant to be intimidating so as to force their marks to surrender. Usually the mark doesn't fight back and simply allows the girls to take what they want. If they fight back, things can go very badly for them, though how badly depends on how much of a resistance the mark gives.

If the mark strikes one of the girls, the girls will hold him down and burn him with the tips of lit cigarettes, usually in the face. If the mark manages to make one of the girls bleed, they switch from simple yoyos to monofilament whips, tearing the mark apart in quick order. Finally, if mark manages to seriously injure or kill one of the girls, they are lynched, typically by tying one end of a noose around their necks and the other to a motorcycle, then dragging them through the streets until their mangled body is so destroyed that it slips off the rope.

The Sukeban in Mingmei have inspired many copycat gangs in other cities. Though they may use the same name, appearance and methods, they have no affiliation with one another and, if they were to actually meet, would probably attack one another.
Denso Electronics

While they were a consumer electronics company once upon a time, they have long ago left that behind with the rise of the matrix and wireless connectivity. Today they are known for their matrix casinos, shopping sites like Buyitall.com, online banking systems and matrix security. They also produce an extensive line of security products, all with secure matrix controls for the convenience of being able to check in on your home or business while away.

The CEO is a Desian dragon by the name of Ryu Ningenkue. Little is known about his private life, though there are certainly a great number of unconfirmed (and likely false) rumors. Some of the more prevalent ones include:

- he sleeps on a pile of platinum credsticks

- he bathes in the blood of virgins

- his diet consists entire of impoverished children

- he is secretly a powerful illusionist who pretends to be a dragon

- his whiskers grant eternal life to whoever can steal them

- anyone who can drink a cup of his blood will have good luck for the rest of their life

It is extremely unlikely that most, or any, of these rumors are true, but they keep coming up. Likely the result of jealousy at the success of such a powerful creature and a way of making excuses for the rumormongers' own failures.
Typhoon 18

Ken Satou reports about the typhoon two days later

The typhoon struck the Desu Island Chain in the later hours of the evening. While most areas affected suffered minimal damage that was quickly repaired within a few days, the tunnels of Mingmei were hard hit. Serving as a shelter for an estimated 16 million impoverished people, the tunnels were quickly flooded by massive rains and mudslides caused by the storm. While there was an initial effort by the government to search the tunnels for survivors, a rapidly spreading outbreak of ghouls quickly halted efforts, and the national Diet voted unanimously to have the tunnels sealed with a series of tactical drone strikes.

## Humanitarian Outcry

When it became clear the extent of people who had died or were otherwise trapped in the tunnels, other countries around the world were quick to send various forms of relief to aid in the rescue of survivors and recovery of the dead. The government's rescue efforts were seen as both ineffective and unenthusiastic, which caused much outrage in the international community who saw the government's lack of action as a deliberate attempt to eliminate undesirables from their capital city. When the tunnels were eventually ordered to be sealed to prevent the spread of ghouls, the country was hit with many sanctions for what was considered a deliberate massacre of the underprivileged. Between this and the steps the government would later take to purge ghouls from the city, Mingmei became a center for ghoul rights activists and protests for years to come.
Sousuke Ningen

A low level thug and member of the Ningen Seinensha. He mostly spends his time collecting "toll money" from passing outsiders with backup from his fellow gang members. Like his fellow gang members, he hates non-humans, the awakened, and the cyber enhanced, all of whom he sees as not 'true humans'. He doesn't much care for non-Desians either, but will tolerate them provided they are "pure humans". For those who need them, Sousuke has a steady supply of combat drugs for sale which the Ningen Seinensha cook up in their base. It's not the best stuff, but it is cheap.
Jurojin

## Disadvantages

Worshipers of Jurōjin have a mild addiction to wine and gain no benefit from it.

Another Shichifukujin, Juroujin is the god of the elderly and longevity. It is said that the legendary Juroujin is based on a real person who lived in ancient times. He was approximately 1.82 meters tall with a very long head. Besides his distinctive skull, he is represented with a long white beard, riding a deer and is often also accompanied by a 1500 year old crane and a tortoise, as symbols of his affinity with long lives. In addition, he is usually represented under a peach tree, as the fruit of this tree is considered able to prolong life as it has antioxidant properties. In his hand he holds a cane and a book or a scroll. The wisdom of the world remains written in its pages. Jurojin enjoys rice and wine, and is a very cheerful figure.
Ankev Industries Branch Office

Located conveniently within Majoukoya and near the MIS, this branch does some minor research, but focuses primarily on the recruitment of local talent for use in their offices elsewhere. Given their reputation for necromancy, they fit in well with the supposed blood magic practicing witches of Majoukoya.
Ryozo Bakusatsu

The youngest of the three brothers, Ryozo Bakusatsu (aka Boomer) is the only awakened member of the family. Despite his magical talents, he is unable to cast spells or summon spirits, instead focusing his skills on alchemy and chemistry. He is the one who builds a lot of the explosives that the Big Bang Bros use and tends to keep to himself. When not shadowrunning, he makes a fair amount of profit selling magical love potions and designer drugs.
Hirohito Takayama

Though he is completely mundane, Hirohito always longed to be a magician. Though he would never have any magical talent he quickly learned how to simulate it through sleight of hand. He now makes a living doing magic shows in clubs around town. He is good enough at what he does, but nothing special, especially compared to people who wield real magic. Still, he has the charisma to bring the audience into his performance, impressing them nevertheless.
Fable of the Firebirds

Fable of the Firebirds is a trid show about a group of teenagers in ancient times, calling themselves the Firebirds. They discover an ancient tome that explains how to summon powerful spirits. With the help of the spirits, they defend their village of invading forces and are being lauded as heroes. Not happy stopping there, they go on suppressing surrounding villages with the help of their spirits, placing a few in charge of each conquered village.

The show only got a lukewarm reception, with its visual effects being most often mentioned as being the issue. An often-returning complaint, especially from academics, was that adding glitter around someone in post production didn't make them look like a spirit at all.
Udor Okron

A grumpy old man who barricades himself in his home with his wife, Denaria. He is a master jeweler and crafter of magic items. He is also dead, and dwells in the Purgatory city of Bedlam. Extremely suspicious of strangers by nature, his existance in Purgatory has only served to sharpen that paranoia. He is also extremely protective of his wife who doesn't *seem* to share the same loyalty to him, but has decided to share a life with him in Purgatory nevertheless, a fate one wouldn't normally willingly take lightly.
Reiko Nagakubi

A street rat who squats in an old dilapidated building in the Kita Barrens. She is foul mouthed and resents authority figures. Her hobbies include collecting pictures of people being killed by ghouls, and studying magic, of which she is a fair student.

Reiko lived alone on the streets until she recently made friends with a pair of other girls. First she met Hanae Gumo after having fled from an abandoned corp lab and then later Takako Yamauba, who had fled from the the Mingmei Tunnels after becoming infected by a ghoul. The three squat in an apartment that once belonged to a troll named Makoto Aozora until he was slain by a serial killer.
Shadix

Karaoke is incredibly popular in the Desu Island Chain and Shadix is the biggest and most popular place to go for Karaoke. With hundreds of locations located throughout the islands, one can find one just about anywhere in the country that people live. It is a cheap form of entertainment for low budget students, and a popular place for company workers to retire to after a night of drinking.

Customers pay by the hour for private rooms and sing their hearts out. As it is a cheap place to find a soundproof room, and the loud singing tends to make it hard to pick up any chatter, these places are also popular places for criminals and shadowrunners to discuss business with little to no chance of someone listening in on their conversations.
Katsuki Bakugo

A young mage who lived alone in a home he inherited from his deceased parents. While astrally projecting, his body was slain by a serial killer, leading him to go on something of an astral rampage that was primarily stopped by police in an attempt to question him as to the nature of his murder. Unfortunately he didn't see much as he was away from his body at the time, but that didn't stop him from wanting to plot revenge until his astral form ultimately dissolved into nothingness.

Personality wise he was both a loner and a bit of a hot head, whose only companion was an Amshan macaw.
Kaoru Wanpisu

Digging through the cracks of society, Kaoru is always on the lookout for the next big story. If you have a corporate conspiracy you want to expose, she is the girl to go to. Her bosses might not always release her more controversial stuff, but she sure as hell will make sure it gets heard anyway. She also has a wealth of informants who can get her all kinds of information on just about anything in the city.
Mikuzume

An AI that functions as a librarian of sorts for a secret association of mages. She is quite interested in the outside world and often observes it through the matrix and assorted drones. Wujen in particular is one person that she has been watching for a very long time.

Her greatest dream is to experience the world as a living being and to that end she has been secretly arranging a body to be built for her. It currently appears to be a monstrous Frankensteining of flesh and machine, but she hopes that with some work it will eventually become indistinguishable from a living being (albeit an augmented one).
Miku Yamanashi

This poor, overworked girl practically never sees the outside of her office, except to sleep. She is the personal secretary of the branch head, Sarah Peterson. When she does get some time off, she tends to spend it drinking at local bars. Once she has had a few in her, she can be pretty loose lipped about the things that are going on at work.
Dr Miho Takahiko

A talented magical healer, Dr Miho Takahiko teaches her craft to students at Bokkyo Medical College. She is generally friendly and open to speaking with people, provided it's during her office hours.

Due to a severe pollen allergy, she almost always wears a facemask, but otherwise dresses casually in a t-shirt and lab coat.

She is known to be an associate of Taro Doubutsu.
Kumi Takeda

An employee of Feng Shui Fashionista moderately successful fashion expert who uses her knowledge of Feng Shui to improve the lives of those who she dresses. While she is awakened, her magical skills are limited to astral perception and assensing, which isn't particularly impressive in the grand scheme of things, but is absolutely vital to her profession. She isn't the most famous in her field, but skilled enough to provide results. With the right clothes, you can unlock untold Feng Shui benefits.
Tanuki

## Advantages

### All

Followers of tanuki are masters of disguise and receive +4 bonus dice to any checks for disguising themselves or impersonating others.

### Magician

Halve the penalty for sustaining any manipulation spells. Also the spell "shapechange" (Street Grimoire p.118) may be sustained at no penalty when the magicians use this spell on themselves.

### Adept

May use the shapechange spell, even if they do not normally have the ability to cast spells. They do not need to learn it as they naturally know it. However, they can only cast it upon themselves. These adepts do not need a spellcasting skill. They may cast it with a charisma+magic check and drain is resisted as normally with body+willpower. There is no penalty for sustaining this spell.

## Disadvantages

Despite how much they enjoy fooling people, followers of tanuki are quite gullible and often fooled themselves. They receive a -4 penalty to any checks to judge intentions.

The legendary tanuki is reputed to be jolly, a master of disguise and shapeshifting, but somewhat gullible and absentminded. It is also a common theme in art, especially statuary. "Tanuki" is often mistakenly translated as "badger" or "raccoon", two unrelated types of animals with superficially similar appearances. Although this animal exists as a completely normal, non-magical animal, the bake-danuki that is followed by magic users has always been depicted as a strange, supernatural animal.

Tanuki were once deified as governing all things in nature, but lost their divinity over time. Many now see them as evil spirits or yokai. Similar to kitsune, the tanuki loves magical disguises. However, their purpose for transformation is mainly to make people look stupid instead of causing mischief. Their followers similarly delight in making others appear foolish, particularly braggarts.
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AID

The Arcane Institute of Defense is a shadow organization that claims to seek to stop the threat of supernatural creatures as well as magical sources of great power. They claim to only work with people who show themselves to have good moral character and after observing the group in action, they have offered to provide the occasional job, with no obligations and appropriate compensation.
Kinsley

Kinsley's a merry satyr who is friendly enough, but is about as trustworthy as wet toilet paper. When the chips are down, he'll always go out of his way to save his own skin, often at the expense of everyone around him. That isn't to say he isn't a good guy, just don't rely on him with your life.

At some point in the past, Kinsley was captured by Baba Yaga, who decided to put him in her personal stable with all her other "horses". He was greatly offended by this and eventually managed to escape with the help of some other people who had broken into her home. When he managed to escape Baba Yaga's Hut, it soon became apparent to him that a great amount of time had passed since his incarceration. Hundreds of years, at least.

With no where to go and no idea where he was, he ended up staying on at the Peach Farm, and has been helping out there ever since.
Church of Happy Science

Founded 30 years ago by Ryuske Okinawa, the Church of Happy Science is a controversial new religious and spiritual movement that is widely criticized as a cult. Okinawa claims to channel the spirits of various religious figures throughout history as well as being the incarnation of the supreme spiritual being called "El Cantare". Beyond that, he also claims to have direct communication with the "Guardian Spirits" of political figures, with whom he conducts interviews published in the organization's newsletter **The Liberty** and in book form.

Despite its widely recognized cult status, the church has many influential members in positions of power both locally and internationally. The church itself is a big business with as much wealth and power as some smaller corporations. This has allowed them to increase their membership by providing food and shelter to the poor in exchange for devotion to El Cantare. Despite being in poor, crime ridden area that is completely unprotected by local Cowboy officers, the church is actually highly secure with all the best measures money can buy. This is partially to protect against criminal influence, but more to protect against the local government. The emperor has very publicly condemned the movement, and while he has not taken any concrete measures against it, members of the church believe that it is only a matter of time before they have to violently defend themselves from government intervention. Should matters come to that, they are prepared to make it as bloody an affair as necessary, and are rumored to be stockpiling illegal weaponry for just such an occasion.
Kanon Inagawa

Daughter of the late Keito Inagawa, Kanon is the current leader of the Inagawa clan. In her younger years, she saw to the day to day affairs of various brothels for her father, but as he grew ill, she began to take over more and more of his responsibilities. By the time he passed away, she was already the de facto head of the clan and only needed his death to make it official.

She has since ruthlessly expanded the influence of the Inagawa clan while playing politics with the Yamaguchi clan so as to avoid any conflicts with the much larger and more powerful Yakuza clan. However, such alliances are merely for convenience for in truth she hopes to one day either crush or absorb all other Yakuza and run a single, unopposed criminal empire.

She is a known shogi player, and quite skilled at it. Much like playing a game of Shogi, she constantly thinks several moves ahead to outmaneuver her rivals.
Takahiro Miyagi

Though he works as the manager of a pachinko parlor, Takahiro's main business comes from hiring shadowrunners. He is rumored to have connections to Denso Electronics as many of his runs seem to indirectly benefit the corporation. However, like any good Johnson, he speaks nothing of his benefactors. He is known among shadowrunners to have good payouts for risky B&E or matrix work, and he refuses to hire runners who regularly cause a lot of collateral damage. Though the jobs are difficult, his hires are confident that they aren't about to be double crossed for doing their jobs. The fact that Takahiro never offers wetwork is also appealing to many runners.