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{{Dropcap|C}}hicago. An old city with a long, sordid history. The seeds of today's feedlots and mass production of livestock into meat were planted here. The fires that took out a vast swath of the city in 1871, destroying thousands of buildings and killing more than three hundred people. The Candyman - an Urban Legend made into movies - originated on these streets. <br><br>
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{{Dropcap|T}}hat it is festering, rotting, drawing in the Darkness to thicken the shadows shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Three Princes joust politically over territory, yielding to those in physical control and cutting deals with the different factions. Wolves war with the spirits, the Pure, and the Bale Hounds that seek to rout them from the city. Changelings just want to survive, to stay hidden and out from under the gaze of their Keepers and the Loyalists while the Wise Mages chase their own Obsessions and seek Knowledge. <br><br>
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{{Dropcap|P}}olitics are intense - everything must seem above board and be discreet with the Accord looming overhead. A wolf living in vamp turf that mages control, has three sets of laws to tiptoe around. And they shift between territories and claims. Factions differ, each with their own goals and desires as the city shifts and sways, blissfully unaware of the society that entwines with the lives of the mundane.
  
 
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Revision as of 14:46, 28 November 2019

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hicago. An old city with a long, sordid history. The seeds of today's feedlots and mass production of livestock into meat were planted here. The fires that took out a vast swath of the city in 1871, destroying thousands of buildings and killing more than three hundred people. The Candyman - an Urban Legend made into movies - originated on these streets.

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hat it is festering, rotting, drawing in the Darkness to thicken the shadows shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Three Princes joust politically over territory, yielding to those in physical control and cutting deals with the different factions. Wolves war with the spirits, the Pure, and the Bale Hounds that seek to rout them from the city. Changelings just want to survive, to stay hidden and out from under the gaze of their Keepers and the Loyalists while the Wise Mages chase their own Obsessions and seek Knowledge.

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olitics are intense - everything must seem above board and be discreet with the Accord looming overhead. A wolf living in vamp turf that mages control, has three sets of laws to tiptoe around. And they shift between territories and claims. Factions differ, each with their own goals and desires as the city shifts and sways, blissfully unaware of the society that entwines with the lives of the mundane.

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truck alongside the Accord, the coins became the grease that kept the wheels from seizing. With so many boundaries always in flux, being able to smooth over a trespass or violation with something more fluid than favors alone became a necessity. Trying to enforce the value of favors between the four factions was nightmarish. What is a trivial thing for one faction can be an immense burden for another.

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he simplest solution was to enable the different factions and people within them to name a price and pay with coin. Negotiate. After all, it's far easier to hunt down someone that hasn't paid coin and turn their pockets than it is to force them to follow through with a promise made in secret.

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kin to the Accord, the consequences for failure to pay for a service can range from a slap on the wrist to something dire. Most often, it's handled between the people involved in the negotiations. Sometimes, it spills over and the various leaders of the factions get pulled into the web. It rarely favors anyone when the leaders got brought in to clean up such disputes. Especially if they have already caused strife between the different groups that are bound by the Accord.