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	= Deviations in the Consensus =		= Deviations in the Consensus =
	* ''Juste pour rire'': a long-running (over 18 seasons!) prank-comedy show based in Montreal has led locals to be somewhat credulous of 'its just a prank'.		* '''Juste pour rire:''' a long-running (over 18 seasons!) prank-comedy show based in Montreal has led locals to be somewhat credulous of 'its just a prank'.
	* ''A city of festivals:'' a strong tourism industry and civic culture result a calendar with wall to wall festivals and special events for most of the year, with few lulls save for extreme weather, civil disorder or other natural disasters.		* '''A city of festivals:''' a strong tourism industry and civic culture result a calendar with wall to wall festivals and special events for most of the year, with few lulls save for extreme weather, civil disorder or other natural disasters. There will, of course, be day drinking.
	* '''Everyone is on strike:'' every civil servant, from nurses to cleaners, bus drivers to the police themselves, are in a constant state of low-level dissent and strike organization against the austere policies of the provincial and federal authorities. City vehicles are covered in slogan stickers, police wear brightly-colored camo pants in violation of uniform code and transit operators will let fare violations slide depending on the mood.		* '''Everyone is on strike:''' every civil servant, from nurses to cleaners, bus drivers to the police themselves, are in a constant state of low-level dissent and strike organization against the austere policies of the provincial and federal authorities. City vehicles are covered in slogan stickers, police wear brightly-colored camo pants in violation of uniform code and transit operators will let fare violations slide depending on the mood.
	* ''Pour le service en anglais, pesez sur le '''2''' (For Service in English, Press '''2'''):'' due to being a hotbed of anglophone activity, language police (a pejorative for the Office Quebecoise de la Langue Francaise, or OQLF) are especially strident in Montreal. All signage and workplace communications must be bilingual and French first (or else).		* '''Pour le service en anglais, pesez sur le ''2'' (For Service in English, Press ''2''):''' due to being a hotbed of anglophone activity, language police (a pejorative for the Office Quebecoise de la Langue Francaise, or OQLF) are especially strident in Montreal. All signage and workplace communications must be bilingual and French first (or else).
	* ''Roads fit for a king:'' Quebec has the unenviable reputation of having the worst roads in Canada, and Montreal arguably has the worst of the province. Corruption in infrastructure spending, sweetheart deals with low-quality contractors using substandard materials, combined with the valley's extreme weather and heavy urban wear make cracks and potholes a genuine threat to public safety.		* '''Roads fit for a king:''' Quebec has the unenviable reputation of having the worst roads in Canada, and Montreal arguably has the worst of the province. Corruption in infrastructure spending, sweetheart deals with low-quality contractors using substandard materials, combined with the valley's extreme weather and heavy urban wear make cracks and potholes a genuine threat to public safety.

	= Factions in Montreal =		= Factions in Montreal =

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Deviations in the Consensus

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	* ''Juste pour rire'': a long-running (over 18 seasons!) prank-comedy show based in Montreal has led locals to be somewhat credulous of 'its just a prank'.		* ''Juste pour rire'': a long-running (over 18 seasons!) prank-comedy show based in Montreal has led locals to be somewhat credulous of 'its just a prank'.
	* ''A city of festivals:'' a strong tourism industry and civic culture result a calendar with wall to wall festivals and special events for most of the year, with few lulls save for extreme weather, civil disorder or other natural disasters.		* ''A city of festivals:'' a strong tourism industry and civic culture result a calendar with wall to wall festivals and special events for most of the year, with few lulls save for extreme weather, civil disorder or other natural disasters.
	* ''Pour le service en anglais, pesez sur le '''2''' (For Service in English, Press '''2'''):'' due to being a hotbed of anglophone activity, language police (a pejorative for the Office Quebecoise de la Langue Francaise, or OQLF) are especially strident in Montreal. All signage must be bilingual (or else).		* '''Everyone is on strike:'' every civil servant, from nurses to cleaners, bus drivers to the police themselves, are in a constant state of low-level dissent and strike organization against the austere policies of the provincial and federal authorities. City vehicles are covered in slogan stickers, police wear brightly-colored camo pants in violation of uniform code and transit operators will let fare violations slide depending on the mood.
			* ''Pour le service en anglais, pesez sur le '''2''' (For Service in English, Press '''2'''):'' due to being a hotbed of anglophone activity, language police (a pejorative for the Office Quebecoise de la Langue Francaise, or OQLF) are especially strident in Montreal. All signage and workplace communications must be bilingual and French first (or else).
			* ''Roads fit for a king:'' Quebec has the unenviable reputation of having the worst roads in Canada, and Montreal arguably has the worst of the province. Corruption in infrastructure spending, sweetheart deals with low-quality contractors using substandard materials, combined with the valley's extreme weather and heavy urban wear make cracks and potholes a genuine threat to public safety.

	= Factions in Montreal =		= Factions in Montreal =

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			= Deviations in the Consensus =
			* ''Juste pour rire'': a long-running (over 18 seasons!) prank-comedy show based in Montreal has led locals to be somewhat credulous of 'its just a prank'.
			* ''A city of festivals:'' a strong tourism industry and civic culture result a calendar with wall to wall festivals and special events for most of the year, with few lulls save for extreme weather, civil disorder or other natural disasters.
			* ''Pour le service en anglais, pesez sur le '''2''' (For Service in English, Press '''2'''):'' due to being a hotbed of anglophone activity, language police (a pejorative for the Office Quebecoise de la Langue Francaise, or OQLF) are especially strident in Montreal. All signage must be bilingual (or else).

	= Factions in Montreal =		= Factions in Montreal =

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Celestial Chorus

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	The third most powerful traditionalist group in Montreal, missionaries of the ''Chœur Céleste'' arrived in the 1600s alongside French colonists and fur traders with the goal of saving the souls of the natives. For a time Montreal was a city blessed with potent True Faith, with many churches tending to Catholic faithful and the cross erected at the top of Mount Royal acting as a shining beacon. Now the neon cross is a hollow beacon used by infernalist vampires to watch the city at night and the demon that slumbers under the mountain casts nightmares and maledictions on the city.		The third most powerful traditionalist group in Montreal, missionaries of the ''Chœur Céleste'' arrived in the 1600s alongside French colonists and fur traders with the goal of saving the souls of the natives. For a time Montreal was a city blessed with potent True Faith, with many churches tending to Catholic faithful and the cross erected at the top of Mount Royal acting as a shining beacon. Now the neon cross is a hollow beacon used by infernalist vampires to watch the city at night and the demon that slumbers under the mountain casts nightmares and maledictions on the city.

	For other religious denominations, Montreal has always been a safe harbor city. The particulars of protected language education in the city , which ~~generally~~ permit the formation of private schools in an ethnic group's language of choice, has allowed minority religious denominations to avoid secular assimilation. Sufis and Kabbalists are numerous among the Chorus, as well as a growing number of awakened Khalsa from northern India.		For other religious denominations, Montreal has always been a safe harbor city. The particulars of protected language education in the city, which implicitly permit the formation of private schools in an ethnic group's language of choice, has allowed minority religious denominations to avoid secular assimilation. Sufis and Kabbalists are numerous among the Chorus, as well as a growing number of awakened Khalsa from northern India.

	'''Notable Groups:'''		'''Notable Groups:'''

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Cult of Ecstasy

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	* '''After Hours Social Club:''' Ecstatics who fit the 'conventional' image of the Tradition of late, these seers make ample use of synthetic drugs, hallucinogens and alcohol to enhance clubgoing experiences. Some own venues, work as DJs or organize events. Many more are party-goers errant, living day to day and meal to meal on the waves of the purest high.		* '''After Hours Social Club:''' Ecstatics who fit the 'conventional' image of the Tradition of late, these seers make ample use of synthetic drugs, hallucinogens and alcohol to enhance clubgoing experiences. Some own venues, work as DJs or organize events. Many more are party-goers errant, living day to day and meal to meal on the waves of the purest high.
	* '''Cult of X-Fit:''' a group of Ecstatics who practice extreme fitness and wellness culture, the new drugs of modern society. Many of their members are media-savvy influencers, members of the police or otherwise well-placed in society.		* '''Cult of X-Fit:''' a group of Ecstatics who practice extreme fitness and wellness culture, the new drugs of modern society. Many of their members are media-savvy influencers, members of the police or otherwise well-placed in society.
	* '''Les Bon-Vivants:''' a long-standing movement within local Ecstatics, opposed to temperance but also the use of hard synthetic drugs. They prefer good food, good wine, hard liquor, fine cigars and increasingly, the now-legal weed. Most ~~have jobs~~ in hospitality ~~or significant funds in order to bankroll their needs~~.		* '''Les Bon-Vivants:''' a long-standing movement within local Ecstatics, opposed to temperance but also the use of hard synthetic drugs. They prefer good food, good wine, hard liquor, fine cigars and increasingly, the now-legal weed. Most are old hands in the hospitality industry, though a growing number are critics, writers, restaurateurs and well-heeled investors with sophisticated appetites.

	=== Dreamspeakers ===		=== Dreamspeakers ===

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Order of Hermes

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	'''Notable Groups:'''		'''Notable Groups:'''
	* '''House Thig of McGill:''' Montreal's thriving community of Thigs is based out of the city's prestigious McGill University. While most universities in the nation are wholly Technocratic institutions, McGill is accorded a certain privilege as neutral ground owing to one of its most famous graduates and donors being a member of the Thigs who was the star of a popular 1960s sci fi serial that transformed the shape of Consensus. The Thigs of McGill therefore practice a ''fantasy of utopian science'', wielding phasers and materializing meals at a whim.		* '''House Thig of McGill:''' Montreal's thriving community of Thigs is based out of the city's prestigious McGill University. While most universities in the nation are wholly Technocratic institutions, McGill is accorded a certain privilege as neutral ground owing to one of its most famous graduates and donors being a member of the Thigs who was the star of a popular 1960s sci fi serial that transformed the shape of Consensus. The Thigs of McGill therefore practice a ''fantasy of utopian science'', wielding phasers and materializing meals at a whim.
	* '''House Shaea of Concordia:''' tightly connected to the Queer Alliance of the island's largest public university and dispersing members among the library staff, House Shaea embraces the paradox of true names in an era of fluid identity.		* '''House Shaea of Concordia:''' tightly connected to the Queer Alliance of the island's largest public university and dispersing members among the library staff, House Shaea embraces the paradox of true names in an era of fluid identity. House Shaea also serve as a critical source of falsified documents for foreign magi new to the island, and often act as fixers and fences for other traditionalists.
	* '''House Solficati of Snowdon:''' the city's alchemists draw heavily from the Kabbalistic practices of British Sephardim who emigrated to Montreal in the 19th century, their neophytes likewise drawn from the city's Jewish community. Increasingly they also recruit from communities that provide paliative care workers to aging alchemists, typically immigrants from the Caribean and Southeast Asia and particularly the Philippines, as discriminatory immigration policies often result in their fine minds being wasted in menial labor.		* '''House Solficati of Snowdon:''' the city's alchemists draw heavily from the Kabbalistic practices of British Sephardim who emigrated to Montreal in the 19th century, their neophytes likewise drawn from the city's Jewish community. Increasingly they also recruit from communities that provide paliative care workers to aging alchemists, typically immigrants from the Caribean and Southeast Asia and particularly the Philippines, as discriminatory immigration policies often result in their fine minds being wasted in menial labor.

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Cult of Ecstasy

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	=== Cult of Ecstasy ===		=== Cult of Ecstasy ===
	'''Notable Groups:'''		'''Notable Groups:'''
	* '''After Hours Social Club:''' Ecstatics who fit the 'conventional' image of the Tradition of late, these ~~Ecstatics~~ make ample use of synthetic drugs, hallucinogens and alcohol to enhance clubgoing experiences. Some own venues, work as DJs or organize events. Many more are party-goers errant, living day to day and meal to meal on the waves of the purest high.		* '''After Hours Social Club:''' Ecstatics who fit the 'conventional' image of the Tradition of late, these seers make ample use of synthetic drugs, hallucinogens and alcohol to enhance clubgoing experiences. Some own venues, work as DJs or organize events. Many more are party-goers errant, living day to day and meal to meal on the waves of the purest high.
	* '''Cult of X-Fit:''' a group of Ecstatics who practice extreme fitness and wellness culture, the new drugs of modern society. Many of their members are media-savvy influencers, members of the police or otherwise well-placed in society.		* '''Cult of X-Fit:''' a group of Ecstatics who practice extreme fitness and wellness culture, the new drugs of modern society. Many of their members are media-savvy influencers, members of the police or otherwise well-placed in society.
	* '''Les Bon-Vivants:''' a long-standing movement within local Ecstatics, opposed to temperance but also the use of hard synthetic drugs. They prefer good food, good wine, hard liquor, fine cigars and increasingly, the now-legal weed. Most have jobs in hospitality or significant funds in order to bankroll their needs.		* '''Les Bon-Vivants:''' a long-standing movement within local Ecstatics, opposed to temperance but also the use of hard synthetic drugs. They prefer good food, good wine, hard liquor, fine cigars and increasingly, the now-legal weed. Most have jobs in hospitality or significant funds in order to bankroll their needs.

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Virtual Adepts

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	=== Virtual Adepts ===		=== Virtual Adepts ===
			'''Notable Groups:'''
			* '''Deep Urbanists:''' a society of technologists, architects, urban planners and activists who have been building the ideological framework of revolt against authoritarian governance and ubiquitous corruption in the province. The Deep Urbanists consider the city's current social democrat government and mayor as major victories, but are confronting the dual threats of a new wave of reactionary ideology in the province and a possible Technocratic-led purge of their assets in government.
			* '''Games Industry Workers of the World (GIWW):''' an activist clique trying to simultaneously undermine the harmful colonial and authoritarian memes of Syndicate and NWO-produced video games and improve conditions for thousands of workers in the industry local to the island. Many slip bugs into in-development games as primers and principae for alienated budding magi who would otherwise be discovered by the Technocracy.
			* '''Cybergothic Horde:''' a coalition of LARPers and clubgoers who use technomantic assistance to bolster their experiences, led by a married Maker couple. Though considered insular, they contribute to the city's frequent protests by building anonymized black clothes, adapted armor and homemade respirators to deal with SPVM riot cops.

	== Technocracy ==		== Technocracy ==

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Order of Hermes

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	* '''House Thig of McGill:''' Montreal's thriving community of Thigs is based out of the city's prestigious McGill University. While most universities in the nation are wholly Technocratic institutions, McGill is accorded a certain privilege as neutral ground owing to one of its most famous graduates and donors being a member of the Thigs who was the star of a popular 1960s sci fi serial that transformed the shape of Consensus. The Thigs of McGill therefore practice a ''fantasy of utopian science'', wielding phasers and materializing meals at a whim.		* '''House Thig of McGill:''' Montreal's thriving community of Thigs is based out of the city's prestigious McGill University. While most universities in the nation are wholly Technocratic institutions, McGill is accorded a certain privilege as neutral ground owing to one of its most famous graduates and donors being a member of the Thigs who was the star of a popular 1960s sci fi serial that transformed the shape of Consensus. The Thigs of McGill therefore practice a ''fantasy of utopian science'', wielding phasers and materializing meals at a whim.
	* '''House Shaea of Concordia:''' tightly connected to the Queer Alliance of the island's largest public university and dispersing members among the library staff, House Shaea embraces the paradox of true names in an era of fluid identity.		* '''House Shaea of Concordia:''' tightly connected to the Queer Alliance of the island's largest public university and dispersing members among the library staff, House Shaea embraces the paradox of true names in an era of fluid identity.
	* '''House Solficati of Snowdon:''' the city's alchemists draw heavily from the Kabbalistic practices of British Sephardim who emigrated to Montreal in the 19th century, their ~~members~~ likewise drawn from the city's Jewish community. Increasingly they also recruit from communities that provide paliative care workers to aging alchemists, typically immigrants from the Caribean and Southeast Asia and particularly the Philippines, as discriminatory immigration policies often result in their fine minds being wasted in menial labor.		* '''House Solficati of Snowdon:''' the city's alchemists draw heavily from the Kabbalistic practices of British Sephardim who emigrated to Montreal in the 19th century, their neophytes likewise drawn from the city's Jewish community. Increasingly they also recruit from communities that provide paliative care workers to aging alchemists, typically immigrants from the Caribean and Southeast Asia and particularly the Philippines, as discriminatory immigration policies often result in their fine minds being wasted in menial labor.

	=== Virtual Adepts ===		=== Virtual Adepts ===

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Order of Hermes

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	* '''House Thig of McGill:''' Montreal's thriving community of Thigs is based out of the city's prestigious McGill University. While most universities in the nation are wholly Technocratic institutions, McGill is accorded a certain privilege as neutral ground owing to one of its most famous graduates and donors being a member of the Thigs who was the star of a popular 1960s sci fi serial that transformed the shape of Consensus. The Thigs of McGill therefore practice a ''fantasy of utopian science'', wielding phasers and materializing meals at a whim.		* '''House Thig of McGill:''' Montreal's thriving community of Thigs is based out of the city's prestigious McGill University. While most universities in the nation are wholly Technocratic institutions, McGill is accorded a certain privilege as neutral ground owing to one of its most famous graduates and donors being a member of the Thigs who was the star of a popular 1960s sci fi serial that transformed the shape of Consensus. The Thigs of McGill therefore practice a ''fantasy of utopian science'', wielding phasers and materializing meals at a whim.
	* '''House Shaea of Concordia:''' tightly connected to the Queer Alliance of the island's largest public university and dispersing members among the library staff, House Shaea embraces the paradox of true names in an era of fluid identity.		* '''House Shaea of Concordia:''' tightly connected to the Queer Alliance of the island's largest public university and dispersing members among the library staff, House Shaea embraces the paradox of true names in an era of fluid identity.
	* '''House Solficati of Snowdon:''' the city's alchemists draw heavily from the Kabbalistic practices of British Sephardim who emigrated to Montreal in the 19th century, their members drawn from the city's Jewish community. Increasingly they also recruit from communities that provide paliative care workers to aging alchemists, typically immigrants from the Caribean and Southeast Asia and particularly the Philippines, as discriminatory immigration policies often result in their fine minds being wasted in menial labor.		* '''House Solficati of Snowdon:''' the city's alchemists draw heavily from the Kabbalistic practices of British Sephardim who emigrated to Montreal in the 19th century, their members likewise drawn from the city's Jewish community. Increasingly they also recruit from communities that provide paliative care workers to aging alchemists, typically immigrants from the Caribean and Southeast Asia and particularly the Philippines, as discriminatory immigration policies often result in their fine minds being wasted in menial labor.

	=== Virtual Adepts ===		=== Virtual Adepts ===