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* Patience is a virtue
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* "Easy to get lost in Chinatown"
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| description = Chinatown is a place, and not a place; a people, but individuals; a Dragon and a Landmark; parades and secrets; more streets than are shown on any map but well-known since the 1800s;  
| description = Chinatown is a place, and not a place; a people, but individuals; a Dragon and a Landmark; parades and secrets; more streets than are shown on any map but well-known since the 1800s; A tourist destination and home to more ethnic Chinese people than anywhere outside of China; eternal and ever-changing; chaos and order all together.  Chinatown is a place of contradiction and mystery and above all... Power.
eternal and ever-changing; chaos and order all together.  Chinatown is a place of contradiction and mystery and above all... Power.


From what you can make out, they seem to have a goal of gathering talented people to them, sometimes even bending the rules to let non-Chinese in. But woe betide the magical practitioner who attempts to enter Chinatown in secret, without the leave of the Emissary.
From what you can make out, they seem to have a goal of gathering talented people to them, sometimes even bending the rules to let non-Chinese in. But woe betide the magical practitioner who attempts to enter Chinatown in secret, without the leave of the Emissary.

Revision as of 16:28, 26 June 2023

Goal

The slow, steady gain of wealth and power

Description

Chinatown is a place, and not a place; a people, but individuals; a Dragon and a Landmark; parades and secrets; more streets than are shown on any map but well-known since the 1800s; A tourist destination and home to more ethnic Chinese people than anywhere outside of China; eternal and ever-changing; chaos and order all together. Chinatown is a place of contradiction and mystery and above all... Power.

From what you can make out, they seem to have a goal of gathering talented people to them, sometimes even bending the rules to let non-Chinese in. But woe betide the magical practitioner who attempts to enter Chinatown in secret, without the leave of the Emissary.

Aspects

  • We Serve the Dragon
  • Patience is a virtue
  • "Easy to get lost in Chinatown"

Resources

  • A Dragon (?)
  • the Dragon's Emissary Wong Fei Hung
  • High percentage of the population is trained in martial arts
  • Lots of property

Primary Location

Chinatown (Location)

Obstacles

  • The fast pace of life in the Internet Age
  • Institutional racism cutting both ways
  • Rivalry with the Verdant Court over people.

Weaknesses

Institutional racism cutting both ways

Next Steps

Unclear - Chinatown keeps its plans shrouded in deep mystery

 


Pages in category "Chinatown (Faction)"

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