Knowing that the original Ripper murdered Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes on the same night, Geraint quickly searches the Matrix and finds a match. He checks the news database and learns about Polly Nichols, which confirms his guess that Annie Chapman's killer is a Jack-the-Ripper copycat. When the gruesome murder of Elizabeth Stride makes the news, Geraint becomes suspicious. From the latter, she learns that Pershinkin was hired by a pair of corporate fixers and that she and her family were merely cannon fodder, not expected to survive the job. From the former, she learns that the job was contracted by a fixer named Pershinkin. She makes several important contacts-a street samurai named Mohinder, and an Undercity ork named Smeng. No one makes the connection to Polly Nichols.įollowing the disaster at Longstanton, Rani begins making inquiries about the job her family was hired to perform. Because of Annie's relations with several prominent government officials, the circumstances surrounding her murder are kept quiet by the police. They find her eviscerated corpse spread all over her apartment. He accompanies Francesca when she decides to pay a visit to Annie Chapman, to thank her for saving her life. Serrin disappears into the Stinkfens and Geraint is forced to flee without him.īack in London, Geraint learns of Francesca's misadventure and picks her up from the hospital. Serrin's intervention allows Rani and her brother to escape. Apparently expecting the attack, Fuchi's counterstrike is devastating and several of Rani's cousins are killed. A handful of East End orks (Rani's family) had been hired to attack the same target at the same time. They prepare an ambush which unexpectedly becomes a complete clusterfrag. Geraint and Serrin learn that Kuranita will be making an inspection tour of a Fuchi installation at Longstanton. Serrin discovers that the murderer of his parents, Paul Kuranita, is attending the Cambridge conference as a security executive for Fuchi.
Francesca confronts the Ripper-icon and it responds with lethal countermeasures-only prompt intervention by her friend Annie Chapman saves her life. When she meets it on another run, she believes she is ready for it. She follows it to a Transys Neuronet system, where it turns on her and dumps her from the Matrix. No one much notices when a streetwalker named Polly Nichols is killed in London's East End.ĭuring a decking run, Francesca encounters a powerful persona modeled after Jack the Ripper. Serrin is being paid to evaluate the magical security of corps in the Cambridge area, Francesca is being paid to penetrate the computer systems of many of the same corps, and Geraint is invited to attend a conference of noblemen in business at Cambridge. It seems mildly curious when they all find themselves working on related interests in England.
It's been seven years since Geraint, Serrin Shamandar, and Francesca Young have been together.
#Shadowrun 200 magic icon serial#
A handful of shadowrunners are manipulated into investigating the serial murders. Warning: Spoiler Information Below In brief Ī sinister British megacorp unleashes a new Jack the Ripper on London's East End as part of a complicated hostile takeover. When death stalks the dark streets of London, no one will be safe from the razor's kiss. Rani, Punjabi Ork, street samurai, a true shadow-dweller from the lowest level of British society.Īll are drawn into a web of death and deceit a conspiracy which reaches to the highest-powers of the land an intrigue built upon murder and manipulation. Francesca, high-class decker for hire, haunted by blood drenched nightmares. Serrin, renegade Elf mage from Seattle, in search of vengeance or forgetfulness. Geraint, noble lord from the Principality of Wales. Shadows dance in every fog-bound lane and alley of the historic city - shadows that hide a sadistic murderer, somehow summoned from Victoria's reign to kill once more.Īn uncertain alliance of shadowrunners is thrown together by violent death and corporate intrigue.
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