State of Esshar

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Orsona's Underbelly, the Syndicate
1674AC

-The Syndicate, a group whispered to mostly have been reduced to a myth, has recently begun making it's resurgences. Through the Underground, several glass statues resembling Dillion Endore, Nikara Kirk, and Kelly Kirk have begun to be distributed, each one engraved with the word 'Traitor' for the first, and the word 'Snitch' on the latter two, on their respective foreheads.
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-The Syndicate boss, Meter, was seen at the abandoned church, engaging in conflict with the knights there. Joined by the Warrior Grendel, the two pushed back a group of guards, including Radiant Cristovan, Knight Marisol, Knight Asphira and Knight Berrios. Bystanders saw Asphira at the scene and was reported to have fended off Grendel, however she was seen leaving the scene with Meter just behind. It's said the encounter ended with the scream "The Syndicate is here."
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-There is rapid movement and whispers said to be going on in the tunnels and sewers underneath Orsona. It is believed that the Syndicate is preparing for something big.

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-With the resurgence of activity in the Syndicate comes rumors of the shadow hand's recruitment drive; citizens all over Esshar speak in hushed whispers about the eyes and ears of the organization seeking out new blood and saboteurs to fill their ranks. Just who they are and what they're looking for in particular is a mystery, but it's said that the disenfranchised and the downtrodden are often the subject of their attention.

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-As the year  1674AC turned, the sound of battle was said to be heard at the front of the Pelleuax manor. Upon it being reached, several bloody gashes were found to be splayed across the front of the building, and large amounts of dirt pulled up. It's believed a battle took place here, something backed up by an announcement from the Syndicate Boss after.

"Claude Vey Pelleuax has been captured by the Syndicate, and is awaiting execution. If the First Light wants to try to take a move and try to save the captain of the City Watch, be our guest. We will show you just how weak the Order is, just how much they will fail at enforcing their oppression. We are the Syndicate, the end of the law of the knights."