Black Rose Chronicle

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The **Black Rose Chronicle** is an interactive text-based ARG based in the Golden Phantom present day timeline. The story follows the International Police specialized task force, ROSE-4, as they attempt to track down the Black Cetan, an international criminal group who stole a priceless artifact in their latest and highest profile heist to date.

## Premise

On the night of September 13th, 2020, the internationally wanted crime group known as the Black Cetan engaged in their most lucrative heist of all time, stealing a priceless artifact known as the Nihilite Roundel from its storage on a remote Caribbean island facility and leaving one guard dead. The facility was owned by the multinational tech conglomerate, Ankco Tech, and the Roundel belonged to its owner's family, Joakim Anken.

When news broke world-wide of such an incredible stunt, INTERPOL immediately responded as they had never been this close to capturing this elusive criminal gang. As such, the Recovery Operations, Specialized Excursions Unit Four (ROSE-4) was formed and dispatched to locate the bandits in an international manhunt operation.

## Notable Characters

### ROSE-4 Operatives

* Ray Hotchkiss, a former Green Beret turned Okami who is captured and given an ultimatum that leads him to working with the ROSE as a way of earning his freedom and living with his adopted daughter.
* Desmon Powers, a steadfast and just police investigator raised by an affluent one-percenter family with a dark past, who is now the leader of the ROSE.
* Allen Tucker, an offbeat SWAT officer who worked with the LAPD before being drafted into INTERPOL as the second-in-command of ROSE-4. On his last job before transferring, his best friend was killed in the line of duty which caused Tucker to enter his new work already distressed.
* Ashton Sinclair, a young Field Agent with INTERPOL turned Analyst after the death of her closest friend while on duty. Although being proficient in operating on the field, the trauma caused by her friend's death caused her to form anxiety around weapons or killing, which is what led her to becoming a desk-jockey.
* Henry Osborne Dalton, a young self-taught chemist convicted of murdering his childhood best friend's killer in a complex, premeditated chemical attack. After agreeing to assist the NYPD upstate with the bomb-squad, he was assigned to ROSE-4 as their chemical expert, hoping to reduce his sentence.
* Jay Findlay, a British metropolitan police officer who landed a job at INTERPOL as a Field Agent due to a connection with his father, despite having a very rocky relationship with him. He was later reassigned to the US INTERPOL Branch as a Logistics Officer and designated to the ROSE-4 at its inception.
* Kihomi Matsuda, a Japanese-American police officer who spent much of her time working in Kyoto as part of a Gang Unit before a deadly run-in with the Okami forced them to disband. She later joined INTERPOL as a foreign correspondent between Japan and the US, and was subsequently moved to New York City where she joined the ROSE-4 unit.

### Supporting Characters

* James Beckwith, the Director of US INTERPOL Operations based out of the New York City Interpol Headquarters who directly oversees the ROSE-4 and their operations.
* The Broker, a mysterious man of Mediterranean descent who brokers information to criminals and governments alike. He assists the ROSE-4 with their search for the Black Cetan by siphoning them small details that point them in the right direction.
* Kenzo Oshiro, an assassin working for the Okami and Hotchkiss' former partner and rival.
* Joakim Anken, a young, eccentric billionaire who founded and is CEO of Ankco Tech, a global tech conglomerate. He uses his earnings from the company to fund social projects internationally and is the prime testifier in the ROSE-4 case against the Black Cetan.