City Politics
Yomi
Pentex, Black Spiral Dancers, Infernalists, Nephandi
Overview: The dark Kansas City has become a thriving hive for evil of all colors. Servants of the Wyrm and demonic entities abound in every corner. Though most vampiric Infernalists among the Sabbat were driven back with that sect, there are a few mortal cults. A cabal of Nephandi maintain a joint-Hive with Black Spiral Dancers. Pentex is strongly involved in local finance as well as furthering its SPD experiments, creating new and deadlier First Teams.
Infrastructure: The cults tend to be fairly clueless organizations numbering anywhere from 20-100 followers, mindlessly and blindly serving demonic masters in exchange for minuscule amounts of power. However, they are fanatical in their obsession and their masters are real. The Nephandi cabal calls itself the Black Tempest, numbering almost a dozen of these dark mages are thought to be guided by a Gilledian, no less. At least one Black Spiral Dancer Elder commands the twisted Sept of Hollowed Earth, with about twenty of these psychotic Garou. The werewolf-wizard team-up spells doom for whomever they eventually choose to set their aim on. The local Pentex structure is formed as usual - broken down into several corporate fronts, with approximately five standard First Teams under the local Board’s command.
Current Goals & Conflicts: The cults seek to extend their masters’ influence by recruiting and/or providing sacrifices. The Nephandi watches Crossroads' activities like vultures, looking for kinks - easily corrupted mages - to turn to their own dark Path. The Dancers share the same approach to the local Garou. Pentex is bitterly embattled on several fronts, financially: Glass Walkers, vampires, and Technocrats all fight for corporative rights. Overall, none of these diabolic agencies have any real animosity intended for Little Asia…yet. Furthermore, despite any prowess the groups may hold, they by far prefer misdirection and manipulation than direct confrontation whenever threatened.
Key Locale: The various mortal cults tend to favor large abandoned buildings: old movie theaters, warehouses, and the like. Pentex has several financial towers under its control, but favors the OmniTV Central American Tower in the Financial District. The Zeros Research Facility (a division of ARC) located in the southwest corner of the city, the Warehouse District, is the primary place for Pentex’s experiments and a home-base for most of its First Teams. The Dancers’ Hollowed Earth Hive is located deep beneath the ground, under the local fairgrounds in fact. Their Totem is Bat. The caverns and tunnels are shared by the Black Tempest Nephandi, who truck with the same sorts of demons.
