Yanax

### Wordbound or Unique Rites

New York City receives negative coverage for crime, corruption, pollution, or the like in the national press (extra 1 Essence at midnight). If something so dire happens that New York City receives international exposure, Yanax gets 2 extra Essence.

## Resources

### Vessels

**Human/6** (Mobster, Charisma +1), **Human/2** (Blue collar working stiff)

### Roles

**Mobster/4** (Status 6), **Construction Worker/3** (Status 3)

### Attunements

Balseraph of Factions, Calab of Factions, Habbalah of Factions, Impudite of Factions, Calab of Cities, Imbroglio, Polarize, Brownout, Graffiti, Baron of Inner Torment, Mayor of New York City

### Songs

Attraction (Celestial/6), Charm (Corporeal/4, Ethereal/4, Celestial/3), Entropy (Corporeal/6, Ethereal/2, Celestial/2), Form (Corporeal/6, Ethereal/5), Healing (Corporeal/2), Light (Celestial/6), Motion (Ethereal/6, Celestial/6), Projection (Corporeal/3), Shields (Corporeal/3, Ethereal/3, Celestial/3), Tongues (Corporeal/3)

### Skills

Area Knowledge (New York City/6), Detect Lies/4, Driving/2, Fast Talk/5, Fighting/6, Knowledge (Mafia|The Mob/6), Language (English/3, Italian/3), Lying/6, Ranged Weapon (Pistol/4), Savoir-Faire/2, Tactics/3

Yanax ranks as a baron in Hell's peerage, and is a servitor of Izrann, the demon of Cities (who in turn is a duke of Malphas.) But like most of Izrann's Wordbound minions, Yanax prefers the title of "Mayor". He is responsible for keeping New York gritty, dirty, seamy and crime-ridden. His servitors permeate the Mob, they stir up racial tensions from Harlem to the Lower East Side, they encourage gangs, they own slums, they work as architects and engineer the worst eyesores and the most over-built neighborhoods, and they earn dissonance if they aren't needlessly rude to someone at least once a day (New York has a reputation to maintain, after all). Yanax has a huge operating budget, and distributes money not only to his own minions, but to any other demons who engage in worthy causes . . . . Yanax welcomes diabolicals to his city, so long as whatever they're doing for their own Word will also help New York's dark side, and he pays well, both for evil deeds, and for evil suggestions.

Yanax is a calab, and a very formidable one. As you would expect, the demon of New York City is as big as the city he is named for. His corporeal vessel usually stands well over six feet in height, and the Forces at his command rival those of many dukes. He is not someone to trifle with. He is most active in Manhattan, but his Word does encompass the outer boroughs as well, and his minions have been known to roam even further afield, as far as Yonkers or New Jersey.

Yanax has only been the Mayor of New York for five decades. When the race riots of 1964 erupted, his predecessor, a habbalah, was so eager to feed the flames that he never saw his adversary coming. In a brief, violent battle, the angel of New York obliterated the demon of New York (and caused a city-wide blackout). Yanax, who had been the demon of New York Mobsters, was promoted by Lucifer, on Izrann's recommendation and with Malphas's approval.

But with all those all those Superiors looking over his shoulder, Yanax has a lot of responsibility. And lately, with crime rates taking a nose-dive, crack-infested neighborhoods and abandoned parks being renovated, and mobsters being locked up everywhere you look, things have been looking less than sunny for the Dark Mayor of New York City.