Let me introduce our first Handler, Aloysius “The Wish” Lavie Suvue. Because we are playing in a world of conspiracies, why not jump in to where so many theories are birthed; politics and religion? The modern world has a good number of examples of politics and religion overlapping, too often with terrifying consequences. However, Glass Shadows remains a strange reflection of our world so let us push this idea further.
Aloysius “The Wish” Lavie Suvue
Agenda
Motivation: Political Influence 3
Faction: Angel Traditionalist 3
Occupation: Cult Leader and Underground Tech Trafficker specializing in the third world
Interest: Relief and Aid 3
Interest: Politics 5
Vice: Twisting Religion 7
So, what do these things mean? Before explaining the numbers, lets learn a bit more about Wish.
The Wish is a cult leader. Why? Because the faithful do not ask questions. The members of the Wish’s cult have had their Angels edited. This is his digital blessing alters the perceptions of the faithful to match Wish’s reality. This ensures a loyal power-base, and allows the would be leader to augment his sermons with virtual constructs.
Wish’s Enlightened Order of Belt-fed Divinity moves with conflict. He sends out messengers to spread his gospel to refugees and the disenfranchised. They provide support and supply lines for weapons. More importantly, they provide Angels to those so poor even this basic technology was denied them. Of course, the Angels have been updated to the Enlightened vision.
By securing his power-base, the Wish opens the door to his real desire; political power. Each new cell of Belt-Fed Divinity is a doorway to legitimacy and forced acceptance by the politicos. Now that we know who the Wish, is let’s look at those numbers again.
Agenda
Motivation: Political Influence 3
Faction: Angel Traditionalist 3
Occupation: Cult Leader and Underground Tech Trafficker specializing in the third world
Interest: Relief and Aid 3
Interest: Politics 5
Vice: Twisting Religion 7
Wish wants to be on the inside. He knows that with enough political influence one is virtually immune to any form of prosecution. Each part of the Wish’s Agenda is designed to bring him closer to that goal. Wish is a Traditionalist became he knows Angel tech makes control of the masses easier. Subversion of religion helps to legitimize his cult, as does providing actual aid to those in need.
Knowing Wish’s background, we can guess that most of his ops will center around getting into, or out of, third world hell holes, like Wyoming, or Bosnia. In the field, operators may gain bonuses based on his agenda. This may be something like discrediting the local government, or a rebel force, advancing the Traditionalist agenda in general, or helping to root his cult wherever the operators might be.
Fun facts about the Wish: yeah, he’ll send hundreds to die, but then again, he may save thousands. Is his nut job religion really any weirder than any other?
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