Nurturing growth. — The Karaguchi Conglomerate holds a monopoly on most of the world’s food and drinking water supply. After the Solar Wreckage and global warming left large parts of the planet unavailable for exploitation and its resources out of reach, it became apparent that having access to food and drinking water would…

May Syrinx preserve us. May Syrinx guide us. May Syrinx enlighten us. — The Cyphers are human runners that are allegedly in contact with beings from the planet Syrinx through encoded cyphers called “Enigmas”. They maintain contact, trading technology and code with them, often in exchange for doing their bidding. Not much is known about the Syrinx race: their planet is on the…

Healthier minds in healthier bodies. — S&S does not have the long history that other large mega-corporations are known for. The company started its meteoric rise less than 20 years ago when twins Emma and Renate Schäfer decided to put their combined medical and business expertise to work in a joint venture. Renate was a prominent…

Make it, break it, fix it. All in a day’s work. — “What’s the point of doing something if you don’t do it with panache?” -Maker saying The Makers are Cryptorunners obsessed with creating and inventing the best hardware and software possible and expressing their creativity through their inventions. They are creative and curious people by nature and are constantly trying new…

Superior, greater, finer. — “I’m with the Guild, and the Guild’s with me. If I ever try to run away, may I run to my grave”. -Part of the Guild’s initiation oath The Guild is the biggest criminal organization on the planet, with chapters and businesses all over the globe. This organization operates akin…

We know what you want. — ADG is the largest producer of entertainment and also the owner of several of the world’s biggest news outlets. The company started in the Nueva Buenos Aires settlement under the name Telecommunications and Digital Media (TDM). It was founded soon after millions of citizens had to be relocated due to…

Never get between a Dog and its meal. — “It’s a dog-eat-dog kind of world. If you wanna eat, you gotta be a Dog.” -mensch.frame, Stray Dog referent. Any runner that doesn’t fit in with any other faction is labeled a Stray Dog, whether they want to or not. Although some runners are Strays from the beginning of their…

Order protected. — It’s widely believed that the Wardlord family has been turning a profit on war ever since the middle ages. Duncan Wardlord discovered very early that it was easier to accumulate power and wealth by selling weapons and armor, instead of doing the actual warring. Most other noblemen thought him mad…

It takes a predator to catch a predator — The London skyline at night looks much neater and orderly than it does during the day. Deeper south, near Croydon, where the crime is higher and the people poorer, the darkness and the fog makes it hard to navigate the streets safely and without fear. But in Soho, from the…