The Hand
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The Whisperers are the Hand's public face, they are it's diplomats, PR agents, advertising executives, and politicians.
Dedicated to influencing the world at large to serve the agenda of the Hand as well as handling relations with other groups. Those groups might be supernaturals ones, or natural ones relating to the Hand through one of their many corporate fronts, the largest and well known of which is Coretech Industries.
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The Shadows are the Hand's covert operatives, responsible for assassinations, espionage, spying, research, R&D and arcane support.
The Shadows tend to deploy in lightly armed and armored black military gear, or enemy/civilian outfits. They are particularly fond of espionage and assassination in open conflict, but also fulfill much of the sniping, scouting or support roles for the Hand. Due to their dark garb and the high number of vampires normally found in them, they are often called 'Bats' by other societies.
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The Peacekeepers are the Hand's soldiers, guards and police. Called upon whenever martial might is required.
The Peacekeepers tend to deploy in modern black military gear and are usually well armored. One of their favorite tactics is to use slightly curved, rectangular shields and deploy into what they call the phalanx. This involves a squad of troops, the first line crouching and planting shields, the second line placing their shields on top and firearms and sometimes the occasional flamethrower being pushed through special slots in the shield to allow the peacekeepers to fire. It presents a front that is effectively immune to small arms fire, but is somewhat slow to move or manoeuvre and can be vulnerable to flanking attacks. The defense can also be penetrated by heavy weaponry, amongst other societies they are often called 'turtles' for their use of this tactic.
The Hand
Josephine
President, Whispermaster, Medic
Mortimer
Whisperer
The Hand
Mattieu
Whisperer