A great source of information and leads. McChum knows Jack Brady, and according to Isoge Taro, has a life debt with him. But Fergus isn’t dumb, and knows Brady is being hunted. He guards Brady’s information with his life, and is a very capable liar.
Description: Squat Eurasian chain-smoker, with nicotine-stained fingers and a thin, unconvincing smile.
APP: 60
Tags: Shanghai
Dedicated, formidable, and honorable. Isoge suspects Jack Brady is working to develop an advanced weapon, for unknown means. Isoge fears Brady may be working to destabilize the Chinese government; or worse, the Japanese government, and knows Jack has been training with a militia in an abandoned warehouse. He’s willing to work with the investigators so long as their goals are in alignment.
Description: Close-cut, black hair, dressed in workman’s clothing.
APP: 70
Tags: Shanghai
A devious businessman and fluent liar. Mr. Ho is able to dodge even plainly asked questions with ease and lie with just as much skill. He owns and operates Ho Fang Import/Export, one of the most profitable shipping facilities in Shanghai and is, professionally, squeaky clean.
Description: Short, fat, and apparently amiable. He wears a baggy white linen suit and smokes aromatic, dark-wrapped cigarettes.
APP: 70
Tags: Shanghai
Usually affable, if slightly pompous and a little bit arrogant, but today he is jittery and irrational.
Description: Middle-aged, short, slight, and dressed in traditional Chinese robes and cap.
APP: 65
Tags: Shanghai, Deceased
A Siamese cat.
Description: A Siamese cat.
APP: Cute
Tags: Shanghai, Mythos Entity
Li Wen-Cheng, 22, youthful librarian
Loyal, intelligent, hardworking, and full of energy. Li-Wen Cheng was hired by Jonah Kensington as a comprador for the investigators while they stay in Shanghai. With Li’s help, surely the investigators will have no problem dealing with anything they come across.
Description: Short, black hair and obsessed with Western culture, though he draws the line at anything he considers sinful or wicked.
APP: 70
Tags: Shanghai
A member of the violent revolutionary organization New China, and leader of its paramilitary Firm Action wing. Chu maintains a cover identity as a warehouseman but, in reality, is solely on the Firm Action payroll. He and Jack met years ago as minor opponents in an anti-corruption campaign. After retiring from the police force, Chu was hired by New China’s financial backer. In turn, Chu recruited Brady while he was on the run, as he was experienced, reliable, and not exactly fussy about things like aims, means, or ethics. When Brady provided evidence of the Order’s horrifying activity, he gained the pledge of the Firm Action faction to carry out an attack on the cult’s Headquarters on Gray Dragon Island. At the moment, Chu is tasked with preparing an assault force and keeping an eye on Mu Hsien, along with anyone who asks too many questions about Jack Brady.
Description: Stocky and powerfully built, with a thick shock of jet-black hair hidden under a worker’s cap.
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Tags: Shanghai, Firm Action
Having hoped that his involvement with the Carlyle Expedition was at an end after the reported deaths of all concerned, Jack Brady received a nasty surprise when he spotted Sir Aubrey Penhew alive and well aboard the Dark Mistress in Shanghai. The sighting reinvigorated Brady’s plan to secure the sites Roger Carlyle told him were essential for the Great Gate’s opening during his last days of lucidity. Determined to learn the secret of the Eye of Light and Darkness so that he could create new ones, Brady contacted Mu Hsien. From Mu, he learned that one tome in particular might be of help: the Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan. Brady suspects that Sir Aubrey has smashed the ward on Gray Dragon Island in order to carry out his blasphemous ritual, so he intends to replace it, thereby foiling Nylarlathotep’s opening of the Great Gate, as well as destroying Sir Aubrey and his slimy worshipers to boot. After that, Brady plans to sail to Kenya to destroy the Great Temple of Nyarlathotep and plant a second ward, then travel on to Australia to plant a third ward to protect the City of the Great Race from Mythos exploitation. The investigators are welcome to accompany him and help, but he cannot move until the Seven Books have been translated.
Description: Tall, tanned, and muscled, with high forehead and short brown hair, greying at the temples. There is a hunted look in his eyes. Brady is violent, instinctual, and more than a little bit paranoid.
APP:
Tags: Shanghai