The Samaru Genie
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| The Samaru Genie |
The Karma Fairy
Sometimes strange miracles seem to happen for normal people; their mortgages will suddenly be paid off, or their rusting cars will suddenly be replaced. Charity drives or events will be somehow anonymously organized, but only for good people who truly seem to deserve it, or who have been dealt a bad hand in life. These phenomena have been attributed to what the Seattle media have come to refer to as The Karma Fairy. Speculation about The Karma Fairy has become relatively commonplace, with many people believing that The Karma Fairy must be some sort of supernatural being, and others assuming that it's a random good Samaritan. Others believe that it couldn't be just one person, and some don't believe in The Karma Fairy at all. Regardless, those who claim to have had their fortunes changed by The Karma Fairy are deeply grateful.
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| Thanatos |
Veiled in mystery and striking at night, Thanatos is a force of retribution against some of Seattle's most dangerous runners. Little is known about him, save for the fact that he strikes out in ambush against criminals and runners that have committed particularly heinous offenses, broadcasting their deaths or captures live across the matrix, and that his equipment is the most technologically advanced that anyone has seen on the street. Thanatos has an array of vehicles, and mechs, all themed to put fear into criminals... who are known to be a cowardly and superstitious lot. Some rumors on the street even say that he is attended by the spirits of the dead. Thanatos tends to avoid engagements with the police, but has no reservations about crossing extraterritorial lines or engaging with corporate forces. Many corporate big-wigs, criminal syndicates, and black-hat shadowrunners are gunning for him, but none have yet had any luck.
One-Eyed Jack
Always seen obscured save for a single glowing eye, One-Eyed Jack is a serial Killer said to target players of the Joker Game. Apparently quite fiercely powerful both in technology and magic, he is responsible not only for the deaths of a string of serial killing targets, but also of many law enforcement officers, and the destruction of The Nanten: Seattle's former top runner group, who had been hired to take him down. According to police, One-Eyed Jack's targets are random; urban legend however claims that all of his victims have been winners of The Joker Game, a current craze in bars, at parties, and on college campuses. Police point out that The Joker Game is so widely played that any link between it and One-Eyed Jack is a case of Texas sharpshooting, and that equally importantly One-Eyed Jack couldn't even know who was winning or losing the game in the first place. Police point out that dozens if not hundreds of people win at the Joker Game every day and aren't killed by Jack. Many people have become wary of the Joker Game in light of such warnings, but even more seem to interpret the One-Eyed Jack angle as adding a spooky thrill and an element of risk. Believers point to the phenomenon of losers who hold on to their black joker cards coming into sudden financial gain as support for the significance of the Joker Game, but such claims are also easily dismissed as cherry-picked data.
