Fan Tan Freehold

FAN TAN FREEHOLD

Pledge: I swear to guard and uphold the ideals of the freehold, stay vigil of its surroundings above and below, and aide its members in the fight against Fae and their allies. I promise never to knowingly aid those enemies or cause harm to an innocent in the care of the freehold. (Alliance -3, Blessing +3, Poisoning the Boon -3, Year and a Day +3)
Freehold Benefit: +1 bonus to rolls made to harvest Glamour

Freehold Income: Profits from the local shops in Chinatown, as many of them are owned by the Freehold, from the local grocery to the clothing shops and novelties. One of the bigger incomes come from the Global Market tucked away down an alley that houses services like tech repair, tattoo parlor and a few cafes. They also hold annual public events for the Chinese New Year, earning extra money from seasonal sales. Changelings with steady jobs can opt to pay dues in return for additional benefits and the ability to use the thornwood looms to craft hedgespun garments with materials they gather

Services: Fake IDs and papers for a fee. Access to apartment housing connected to local shops. Access to training and Looms for Hedgespun Clothes. Jack Ketch, fetch lookup and tracking for a fee.

Royalty:
West King: Jian [Ogre, Farwalker]
He runs a curios shop in the Chinatown of Victoria. He looks to be a middle-aged man, with a hunched posture using a cane for stability to give off the illusion of weakness from age. He wears his dark brown hair short, slicked back to keep out of his almost black eyes. He has a long beard bound with small gold bands, a long mustache to match with the same adornments. He is known to be fiercely loyal to the Freehold, his dedication to never leaving a soldier behind earning him respect among his fellows. He is in charge of over-watching training in new members and the up-keep of weapons. When not in the Freehold, he can be found patrolling the tunnels on the lookout for the banished True Fae said to lurk there.

East Queen: Thera [Fairest, Gorgon-Masterpeice]
She works in a Jewelry Store in the Mayfair Mall, called Pandora. She is a tall woman with sleek black hair that falls below her hips, her skin a nice olive complexion and her body adorned in bracelets and cuffs fashioned to look like chains and coins. She looks like the embodiment of opulence, her eyes obscured by a pair of sunglasses with lens a deep beautiful amber. She tasks herself with organizing events for Chinatown to bring in tourists so they can funnel revenue into the Freehold, as well as keeping a ledger of 'debts' and 'loans' for members of Fan Tan.

North King: Roscoe  [Elemental, Di-cang]
He works as Sanitation for Chinatown's streets and alleyways, keeping the tucked away shops and roads clean. He is average height, a dark complexion, stocky in build, with dark fluffy brown hair and a overall scruffy appearance. Warm brown eyes set in a pleasing face, he keeps himself clothed in the basics needed for warmth. He is very quiet and stoic in nature, a attribute oft accepted within the Northern Court. He leads those that joined his Court into a lifestyle very much alike to monks. As such, he is seen as a source of spiritual wisdom and asked by curious Lost looking for advice in challenges they face.

South Queen: Sayaka [Darkling, Whisperwisp]
Works in the Tattoo Parlor found in the Global Market as a artist. She is a short woman of small build, also petite with the except of doughy curves. Her complexion is like that of milk, soft to the touch, in which she adorns with images of ink depicting bats and flowers like a proud mural. She wears sheer, near-revealing clothing bordering on the grounds of being considered indecent exposure. She is a encouragable flirt, her favorites new arrivals that are easy to fluster. She is known as a kind heart however and a weakness for terrible jokes. She is the one those go too for an escape of the real world, giving them a place to indulge in the vices of the world be it from carnal pleasures to substances in a soft pillowed room tucked away in a over-looked alley apartment.
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The Fan Tan Freehold is hidden away behind a heavy iron gate on the streets of Chinatown, leading into a network of alleyways into a open space at the center obscured from view of the humans and others. The space is decorated with potted plants, benches and table, even some food gardens in tiered plant boxes. There are tarps and gazebos that shelter the Lost from coming storms and harsh rays of the sun, as well as keeping their Freehold hidden from above surveillance at the paranoid request of a previous ruler now long gone.

During the festivals commonly celebrated in the Chinese Calendar, the Freehold holds competitions and games for its members, testing their strengths and honing their weaknesses as they build unity. A space for trading items collected during excursions into the world and missions, as well at crafts made by the Lost. There host a bonfire at the end of these events where stories are shared with food and drink, celebrating another holiday met as they continue their fight for their right to live.

Surrounding the space are four buildings used for training, lessons, recovery and even temporary shelter until homes cane be found for members in Dragon's Alley. These buildings consist of ground floors, basements for storage of items and weapons, and two upper floors each with cots and first-aid rooms. The upper most floor of each building serves as home for the Four Leaders to do with as they wish.

In the Basement of the building where the West King resides is a entrance to the underground tunnels, where the Lost make patrols to watch out for the rumored banished True Fae said to dwell.