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StrangerThings,

I think this was the book that will help me sow up the hooks into a coherent plot line instead of a bunch of random parts that work on the spot, which they still will. I spent the night with my note book and got some stuff on paper that ties in many aspects from all the products I've reviewed so far. This is just a small outline and I'll work on the Chronicle over the next few weeks until I've got just right, at which time I'll need to move onto my original projects [I'm almost done with my Great Courses, which took way longer than necessary [Sorcery is better than Wizardry]]. I need to do more creative things than book reviews right now, so I'll incorporate Killing Streets, Big Eyes Small Mouth, and Changeling toward the end.

Year of the Dragon

Takes place in and around Hong Kong with a potential trip or two to Hawaii.

Starts February 14, 2012 - Ends February 14th, 2020

Main Protagonists: Camille T'sien, Clive Cooper, Brian Ang "Ears of the Rat", most of the local Hengeyokai, Bone Princes [Camille favors change, otherwise they would have been neutral], Jesus comes back as a Solar Exalted to take over The Guild, Jizo-Bosatsu the Wanderer, Ananasi [Male founder of line], Ananasa, and many more.

Main Antagonists: Mikaboshi, Ravana, Ivory Tower, The Guild, Strike Force Zero, Nictuku, Qian Shi "A Thousand Seeds", 5 courts of China, Gan Shuo "Bold Achiever", many more.

Main Neutral Parties: Shih, Prince Sanderburg of Hawaii, Green Courts, Golden Courts, Gaki of Japan, and many more.

Main plot rehash:  Camille T'sien and Clive Cooper [World of Darkness: Hong Kong]:  There is no way that Camille got her hands on the Atlantis documents that described the techniques to build Second Age weapons by herself. It was a Factor in Hong Kong that knew she was the only person that could get Camille the quality of raw jade she would need for her weapons project. Camille has her eyes on the short term prize of transforming Hong Kong, but hasn't realized The Guild will devalue whatever product it buys to get hits claws on slaves. By that time Camille will be very dependent on The Guild who could easily cut her off and supply her enemies.

Main Plot Update:

February 14th, 2012: Start of Chronicle

The Guild is going to instigate a Midnight War to get the local economy primed and ready for the Sixth Age. They have irrefutable proof that many of their sources of Jade are harvested in Yomi Wan and Malfeas, which they plan to offer to the highest bidder, probably the Mandarins or Gan Shuo and Qian Shi. Once Camille is implicated as an Akuma and the battle has begun, The Guild stands to reap the profits as they sell all sides the equipment they need for just the right price. The Guild doesn't know that Mikaboshi is behind their plots, as he quietly waits in his CEO chair, cigar in his cyber hand, a smile across his face as "HIS" new age approaches.

February 4th, 2021

A massive rat and Bakemono invasion hits Hawaii and sends all the islands into a panic, which in turn spurs the local mouse population to ask her Fea Majesty for help. This is just a distraction by Ravana to help his agents infiltrate a nuclear missile in under the noses of local authority figures.

February 14th, 2021: End of Chronicle

Ravana has secretly taken control of the Chinese nuclear missile program and wants the Sixth Age to get started sooner rather than later. Equipped with the knowledge of toxic ley line consumption, and equipped with the knowledge of what The Guild is up to, Ravana wants to take the initiative and beat the other Yama Kings to the punch before they can find a force multiplier that gives them the edge again.

Potential Goals for Camille T'sien and the Coterie:

1). The Coterie needs to prove Camille T'sien was set up by The Guild and that she didn't know that the Jade came from scrupulous sources.  However, this may be difficult since the Jade Invasion failed and the five courts of China want to prove their worth to their fellow Mandarins.

2). Use the new weapons Clive manufactured and take out important enemies as soon as possible, which will be difficult since Camille is the target of so many factions.

3). Jesus is a Solar Exalted recently resurrected in Hong Kong and is destined to take over The Guild, but needs help from Camille T'sien and the Coterie since he's barely become Exalted.  Jesus is unaware of Jizo-Bosatsu's schemes at Chronicle start.

4). Jizo-Bosatsu "The Wanderer" wants to reset the system by using the Hell of Upside down Sinners at just the right moment to "flip" the system from the Sixth Age directly into the Seventh Age.  He knows that Ravana is waiting for an event that switches the spiritual focal point from Tibet over to Hawaii, and as the nukes go off Jizo wants to enact his plan, Yin finally converted back to Yang.  Jesus can convert one soul into one million and Jizo wants Jesus to convert all the souls to dark souls before he flips the system back to Yang.  Jizo likes Camille since she doesn't care for sectarian politics and genuinely seems to care about her people.

5). Coterie implements a creative idea.