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| Mycroft Holmes, Diogenes Club President |
Although the eyes of European diplomacy are drawn towards to increasing tensions in the TransDanubian region, the rest of the World does not rest easy. Reports have appeared of strange goings on in Canada, where the RCMP apparently clashed with troops of some foreign power and were overwhelmed by what can only be described as wild beasts. There have even been reports of Mahdist fanatics raging through the country lanes of green and peaceful England. Around the World evil forces are at play.
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| Staff and members of the Diogenes Club, guardians of Empire |
In the deserts of Syria, Colonel Haki of the Ottoman Special Police has been investigating rumours of an Arab uprising against Turkish rule. Strange tales of ancient curses, and human sacrifice have drawn his attention to Egypt, and his contacts via the Diogenes Club have alerted him to the activities of the Pantheon, an organisation of criminals and political activists who seek to cause chaos by exploiting the legends and myths of ancient races and dark magic amongst the uneducated and superstitious masses. This knowledge has opened Haki's eyes to what may be an international web of intrigue endangering the Turkish Empire.
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| Colonel Haki and his men |
Character
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Pluck
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FV
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SV
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Speed
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Cost
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Talent/Power
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Basic Equipment
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Colonel Haki
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+3
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+2
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+2
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+1
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Leadership +2, fearless, iron will, marksman
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Revolver, sword
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Sergeant Selim
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+5
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-
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-
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-1
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Medic, Leadership +1, Impervious
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Revolver, dagger
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Constable Abdul
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+4
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+3
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-
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-
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Tough, berserk
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Revolver, arc truncheon, brigandine
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Constable Alhuddin
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+5
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+2
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-
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-
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Stealthy, intuitive
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Revolver, arc truncheon, brigandine, dagger
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Bashi Bazouk
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+5
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Sword, dagger, may have musket
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Kunun (Military police)
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+4
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-
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+1
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-
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-
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Bridandine, Military Rifle, dagger
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In India the Diogenes agent Rudyard Kipling has travelled extensively using his role as correspondent to enter many doors locked to outsiders. He has developed a strange and varied group of colleagues including the itinerant and womanising horse trader, Mahbub Ali, a regimental Bhishti or water carrier named Dhin, an orphaned half caste beggar boy named Kim, another boy with a strange and mysterious knowledge and empathy with wild creatures named Mowgli, an Afghan warrior named Kamal, a one eyed Ghurka veteran named Ganju Thappa, but known to all as Billy Haddock, and three roguish British soldiers, Ballantine McChesney and and Cutter, sometimes NCOs, more often broken to the ranks for fighting and womanising.
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| Billy Haddock and the Sergeants Three! |
Kipling can be a bit of a loose cannon, often traipsing off on some weird adventure or other, but he regularly undertakes missions under the direction of Colonel's Creighton and Hay, serving British officers whose roles are not entirely clear but who have apparent diplomatic clout. Both are members of the Diogenes Club and travel extensively. Creighton and Hay are interesting characters, the former every inch an English officer stiff backed and a reknown fighter, Hay on the other hand is sometimes seen as a blunderer and blustering character, but those who know him say that to judge him thus is to seriously underestimate the man.
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| Colonels Creighton and Hay |
Hay has been reported to be occasionally in contact with another mysterious character, William Sampson, or as he is known across the Hindu Kush, The Wolf of Kabul. A deadly fighter with a pair of long razor sharp Afghan blades, his icy blue eyes have been the last things seen by many of the Empire's foes. He is constantly accompanied by a hulking brute of a Tibetan manservant know as Chung who wields a steel banded cricket bat as a weapon.
With men such as these, what has the Empire to fear?
Character
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Pluck
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FV
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SV
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Speed
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Cost
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Talent/Powers
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Basic Equipment
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Rudyard Kipling
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+5
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-
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-
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-
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Erudite wit, Leadership +2
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Revolver, Jack, dagger
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Mowgli
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+4
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+2
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-
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+2
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Swimming, stealthy, fearless
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Dagger (may be accompanied by animal who he controls, bear, tiger,
snake, wolf, panther)
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Kim
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+4
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-
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-
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+2
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Stealthy, swimming, martial artist
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Dagger, revolver,
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Gungha Dhin
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+4
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-
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-
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+1
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Medic, part of the crowd, Iron Will, fearless
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dagger
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Billy Haddock
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+4
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+3
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+2
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+1
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Tough, fearless
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Jack, military rifle, kukri
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Ballantine
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+4
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+1
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+1
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-
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Engineer, bayonet drill leadership +1
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Brigandine,Military rifle, bayonet, sword, revolver
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Mc Chesney
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+4
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+2
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-
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-
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Tough, bayonet drill, grenadier Leadership +1
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Brigandine, Military rifle, bayonet, sword, revolver, grenade
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Cutter
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+4
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-
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+2
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-
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Marksman, bayonet grill Leadership +1
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Brigandine,Military rifle, bayonet, sword, revolver
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Mahbub Ali
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+4
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+1
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+1
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-
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Duellist, fearless
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Jack,Sword, dagger
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Kamal
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+4
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+2
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+1
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+2
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Marksman, fanatic, stealthy
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Mail shirt,, Sword, dagger, military rifle
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Colonel Creighton
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+4
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+1
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+1
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-
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Leadership +2, Inspirational
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Brigandine,Revolver, sword
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Colonel Hay
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+4
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-
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-
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-
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Engineer, Fearless, martial artist
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Brigandine,Revolver sword
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William Sampson “The Wolf”
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+3
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+2
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-
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+2
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Fearless, martial artist, Duellist, Leadership +2
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Khyber Knives (count as two swords), Brigandine
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Chung
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+3
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+3
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-
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Tough, berserker
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Jack, Two handed Cricket bat
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