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=The Criminal Underworld=
In the glory days of the Xin Dynasty, Perpetual Peace could boast of being the safest city in Shen Zhou.  The city's constabulary was effective and, from the perspective of common criminals, ubiquitous.  Crime was not unheard of -- like poverty, it shall always be with us -- but its growth was constantly checked, and those who would make their livelihoods by illicit means had to work twice as hard and be twice as smart as their counterparts in less lawful places and times.<br>
But the glory days of the Xin seem to have passed now, and as their authority recedes, the Green Forest (''Lulin'') grows.  The parts of the city that are home to the Great and the Good, and those that remain vital to the government's interest, remain relatively crime-free, but less fortunate parts have seen marked increases in thefts, beatings, the sale of illicit intoxicants, loansharking, unregistered brothels, and all manner of proscribed activity.
==The Trees of the Green Forest==
*'''1+ Involvement''': You story is tied to one of the many Lulin gangs in Perpetual Peace.  Work with your Sage to define the details of the gang -- their turf, their distinguishing marks, their preferred criminal activities.  If you wish the gang to acknowledge you as their leader, you should take this as a '''Fortune''' option, instead.
**'''0 Bonus''': If you are a member of the Eagle Talon Syndicate, the Beggar Fraternity, the Black Lotus Society, the Three Harmonies Union, or the Yue Clan, you have a one-time, -2 Destiny discount to purchase Involvement with a gang.
**'''2 Fortune''': Once per chapter, you may declare that you have received some useful information from the gang with which you're involved about activities within the criminal underworld.  Your Sage may couch the information in rumor and exaggeration, but there will be useful information passed to you.
==The Five Trades==
Custom among the criminals of Perpetual Peace divides the various criminal enterprises in the city into five 'trades': the Bronze Trade, which includes counterfeiting, loansharking, extortion and any smuggling or black market goods besides drugs; the Iron Trade, which covers any criminal activity involving violence (up to and including assassination); the Smoke Trade, which includes anything involving the manufacture, smuggling, or sale of illicit intoxicants; the Flesh Trade, which covers both non-licensed brothels and slave labor; and the Finger Trade, for anything involving theft, from the small scale to the grandiose.<br>
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'''The Bronze Trade'''<br>
('''2 Destiny'''; members of the Three Harmonies Union and the Yue Clan may access this loresheet free of cost)<br>
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'''The Iron Trade'''<br>
('''2 Destiny'''; members of the Three Harmonies Union and the Eagle Talon Syndicate may access this loresheet free of cost)<br>
*'''4+ Fortune''': You have stumbled upon information relating to as assassination plot against a figure of some importance.  What you do with this information is up to you -- you can act to protect the target, or to interfere with the plot as you wish.
'''The Smoke Trade'''<br>
('''2 Destiny'''; members of the Black Lotus Society may access this loresheet free of cost)<br>
*'''2+ Fortune''': Once per chapter, you may declare that a single NPC has a drug habit that you supply, directly or indirectly.  The Sage has final say based on plausibility, and the importance of NPC you can so designate depends on how much Destiny you invest in this option.
*'''2+ Treasure''': You have some valuable related to the drug trade; it can be a cache of intoxicants, a smuggling route, or an established drug den.
'''The Flesh Trade'''<br>
('''2 Destiny'''; members of the Three Harmonies Union, the Black Lotus Society, and the Resplendent Phoenix Society may access this loresheet free of cost)<br>
*'''5 Destiny''': Your story will have an impact -- perhaps a decisive one -- on the '''Willow War''', the struggle between various criminal organizations, for whom Willow Districts are resources to be exploited, and the Resplendent Phoenix Society, who are engaged in the ceaseless struggle to protect the well-being of women from harm.
'''The Finger Trade'''<br>
('''2 Destiny'''; members of the Three Harmonies Union and the Beggar Fraternity may access this loresheet free of cost)<br>
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==The Law==
('''3 Destiny'''; members of the Liquid Metal Delegates may access this loresheet free of cost)