Mages in the Windy City

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For IXJac's Mage: The Ascension game.

Downtown is the Loop and the Near North Side. Chicago is heavily linked by CTA buses and the L trains, which use disposable bus passes. There are lots of 2-6 unit apartment buildings


The Halsted Chantry

Main Chicago Chantry. Currently occupied by MiBs and other Technocracy soldiers. Operates via a number of cabals, all currently in disarray.

Hecate - Local Virtual Adept. She has been operating from an undisclosed location since the Techno Raids.

Uptown Hospice Patrol

A drug rehab and detox clinic in Uptown, raided by the ATF as a Meth lab.

  • Derek Maxwell - Etherite holed up in his warehouse / loft / workshop at Racine & Randolph.
  • Olivia Mason and Genjo - Pair of Cultists of Ecstasy, currently hiding out with their "Friends" in Englewood, a neighborhood about as bad as South Central LA on the Southwest Side.
  • Laura Miero - Chorister, currently MIA and presumed dead. May she rest in peace.

Traditional Educational Council of Chicago

Chantry leadership. Planned to offer free education in a classical (Hermetic) style from a school in the Polish neighborhood on the Far Southwest side. Currently branded as a dangerous cult.

  • Nigel Ondayo - South African Chorister, captured by the Technocracy
  • Radiamos ban Gethseme - Hermetic scholar, currently hiding out in a sanctum hidden within the Harold Washington Library.

All Saints Rec Centre

Gym / Dojo in Pilsen next to Old St. Michael's Church, for training students in (Akashic) mental discipline and martial arts. Busted by the anti-gang task force as part of the supposed 18th St. Saints.

  • Andre Zavaros - Local boxer turned Akashic, head of the cabal.
  • Mike Tran - Vietnamese Akashic, second in command.
  • Danny Alessio - Christian Chorister from Cicero and retired Marine.

Local Opposition

Technocracy Command

Hyde Park is a rich, heavily policed neighborhood on the South Side that is home to much of Chicago's intellectuals and the University of Chicago. Technocratic involvement is highly suspected, but the area is closed to Chantry agents.

Progenitors

The UIC Medical Sciences Research Complex at Taylor and Wolcott is home to numerous leading researchers in the biomedical sciences, and is part of the vast University of Illinois at Chicago campus. Located very close to many different medical colleges, the complex of multiple buildings is part of a vast linked tunnel system, which contains a number of mysterious underground lab areas, such as Building 917, which is kept extremely secure. Local Magi suspect considerable Progenitor involvement.

Syndicate

The Chicago Financial District on LaSalle Street in the Loop is home to countless banks. Looking down from where the street ends is the Chicago Board of Trade, home of the Chicago Stock Exchange. One of the highrises on LaSalle is a Syndicate stronghold, with the Northbank Center being the most likely candidate.

New World Order

The Chicago Emergency Response Communications building is located at Damen and Roosevelt. This facility coordinates all of the Chicago cameras, the 911 and 311 network, and major emergency response. It is also located right across the street from the Chicago area FBI office. The NWO is all over this area.

Other Areas

Chinatown - near State and Cermak, straight south of downtown. Possible supernatural Triad gangsters, Nephandi?

Cicero - Chicago near suburb, 90%+ Hispanic, mafia dominated. Syndicate? Vampires?

Argonne National Laboratory - Located in the further suburbs, heavily secure government laboratory. There are technocrats here guaranteed, same with Fermilab in another suburb.

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