"We live underground, and so will you!"
—Jessie, trying to be convincing.
The Cardian Syndicate is a custom hunter conspiracy within the world of WOD: HTV, unique in that its members' ranks and jobs are represented by card suits as per the organization's namesake. The Cardians members themselves are mostly normal humans thrust into the world of the supernatural and set to defend what is valued most in their organization: Secrecy. With the help of their Aces (High ranking Cardians members) and a little luck, they just might not die.
Within the conspiracy there are various Cardians divisions. Among them stands Cardians UK: London. Located in the London underground and connected by a vast network of abandoned and unfinished subway tunnels, the UK headquarters is probably one of the best hidden. Using these tunnels, they are capable of safely and secretly navigating the entirety of the city. Though their base is located in London, all of the UK falls within their jurisdiction.
Started on the 3rd of July, 2014, the campaign is currently ongoing with 10 main players and 2 Game Masters with sessions every Thursday.
Player Characters
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Demarcus Volker
- "The lack of context disturbs me..."
♠ | 41 | German | Human
First Appearance: Season 2
Dylan Churchill
- "I'm done, Nope. I'm done."
♣ | 38 | British | Human
First Appearance: Tutorials
- Scars Are Forever: Has a big one covering his left side.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran
Eleni Dalca
- "Don't worry, the worst that could happen is––well, uh, actually it'd be pretty bad. Nevermind."
♣ | 22 | American | Human
First Appearance: Tutorials
A well-meaning but weak-willed girl who moved to London to earn a degree in illustration. She was made a Cardian after being harassed by vampires, watching her school get set aflame by the Ace of Clubs, and generally having a bad time. While generally friendly, she punches and stabs threats to the team with alarming regularity.
- Action Girl: Hardly surprising for a club. She's spent a lot of time slashing enemies into bits.
- Glass Cannon: She dishes out damage quickly, but gives up her defense to do so.
- Hot Blade: When she inserts a matching magical ruby into her gladius, the sword gets hot enough to sear granite.
- Flaming Sword: In a few major fights, her gladius set aflame. However, in recent times, the flames have burned her hand rather than her enemies.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Stevie.
- Scars Are Forever: She had a scar across her nose (courtesy of an accident with her brother) before she even joined the Cardians, and she's only gotten more battered since.
- The Berserker: For a few months, she was influence by a demon inhabiting her sword and very much became this.
Ish Jade
- "Shoot good, yes?"
♣ | 29 | Russian | Human
First Appearance: Season 1
- Boom, Headshot!: Her primary method of disposal.
- Creature of Habit: Get mission, shoot enemies, start all over, and that's fine by her.
- Emotion Suppression
- Everyone Has Standards: Considered trigger happy, but will never shoot without some kind of threat.
- Fake Russian: Played by a non-Russian player.
- Go Through Me: Willing to put herself in danger if it means helping the younger members see one more day.
- Improbable Aiming Skills
- Madness Mantra: Jingle Jingle
- Misery Builds Character: Nightmares every night, apparently was in a mental hospital, and she an Ex Russian Mafia hitman. Wonder what that would do to a person.
- More Dakka: Boasts the most firepower out of the 10 members
- Pastimes Prove Personality: Can be found either shooting in the range or talking with other members.
- Sinkor Swim Mentor: Вы должны убить других или быть убитым . Это все, что вам не придется беспокоиться о ребенке.
- Sweet Tooth: Very fond of Novas Baking.
- The Gunslinger
Ivan Archambault
Broken Crown
- "Everyone here gives me too much credit..."
♥ | 25 | Scandinavian | Human
First Appearance: Season 1
A heart with a troubled past and an even more troubled conscience. Ivan comes from a rich and well known family, but is, unfortunately, The Unfavorite.
- Agent Peacock
- Butt-Monkey: Suffers the most embarrassment and indignant injury of any of the members.
- Cain and Abel: The Cain to his comatose sisters Abel
- Handsome Lech
- Heel–Face Turn: He started out as seen below, but is now more of an introverted mother hen, albeit a sarcastic, dry one.
- Royal Brat: Started out as a rich brat who got his kicks by harassing others.
- Scars Are Forever: Often suffers from this due to his Butt-Monkey nature. Flaunts a nasty one over his missing eye as well, showing it's loss was not of natural causes.
- Super-Senses: Recently given a mechanical eye which allows him to monitor body heat and heart rate. Perfect for spotting liars...
- The Lancer: Realistic and snarky, one of the more level-headed members.
- The Unfavorite: As mentioned above.
- White Hair, Black Heart
Jessie Mcbride
The Talkative Beautician
- "Come on guys, what's the worse that can happen?"
♥ | 23 | American | Human
First Appearance: Tutorials
- Action Girl: Pretty much a required trait when you're a Cardian, but more so since she got her bow.
- Determinator: Her virtue is fortitude and her bow is powered partially by her will.
- Even the Girls Want Her: When a sheet was made asking the characters who they would date of the same gender, Jessie's name turned up the most.
- Fragile Speedster: Very fast and very agile, but lacking in armor and health.
- Motor Mouth: Can lapse into this when time is short or the situation is dire.
- Pink Means Feminine
- Plucky Girl: Arguably the most peppy of the group.
- Statuesque Stunner: Striking looks + The tallest female in London coast = this.
- Girly Girl: One of the girliest and spunkiest members of the team, shares this role with Nova.
- The Heart: Or at least one of them.
Jonathan Harrison
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- "Cry, you little bitch."
♣ | 20 | American | Human
First Appearance: Tutorials
A club and the most physically able of the group. An ex-gang member and resident boxer, Jon acquired robotic arms after a bad scrap with the Big Bad.He is currently in a coma due to being tackled off a building by a monster he flipped off.
- Artificial Limbs: Flaunts robotic arms due to a messy run-in with the Big Bad.
- Death Glare: Can shoot a mean one given his intimidation stat, but prefers physical threats.
- Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: Tended to give monsters the finger whenever he was able.
- Do Not Taunt Cthulhu: ...One instance of the above landing him in a coma...
- Good Old Fisticuffs: The only member to use primarily his fists.
- Lightning Bruiser
Nova
It's tough to be a god
- "Uh... yes, they are nice shoes, aren't they? ...And nice wallets. And cellphones. They're mine, I promise."
♥ | 20 | Indian? | Human
First Appearance: Tutorials
- A God Am I: As far as she's concerned, she's a God in Human Form.
- Aesop Amnesia: A chronic sufferer should the lesson be pride related. Mostly.
- Authority in Name Only: She's a god-to-be, you know! Too bad that that holds virtually no power just yet, even in her convent.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Attempted. It may have worked for a few months, but the near constant slip-ups that happen when one lives with the people she put up a front for didn't exactly help. She's since settled for more of a Lovable Alpha Bitch vibe to anyone who's seen far enough past the façade.
- Beneath the Mask: See the above.
- Berserk Button: "Did I say you could touch me?"
- Break the Haughty: She's been put in her place more than once.
- Dangerous Deserter: You don't exactly just leave the Cardians and have a good time afterwards. That, or you get a better 'this is all part of the plan' signal.
- Morality Chain: Only thing stopping her from deserting (and meaning it) ages ago was her loyalty to Atticus. Now that he's gone, there's a bit less reason to stay... besides the house arrest shock anklet, courtesy of Freak. 'Fortunately' this only happened after losing what was her motivation to go in the first place.
- Never Got to Say Goodbye: Lost her family and didn't even know until she was about to join them. Also never got to say goodbye to her best friend, who left when she wasn't around.
- Oathbreaker: Spilled a secret or two to her bestie that she really ought not to have spilled. She's since learned her lesson.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Sort of, she's known only as Nova and nothing else. Then No(T)va, Starchild, etc. etc., after selling her name in the goblin market.
- Sugary Malice: Sweet, Cute, Manipulative as Hell. All part of the job
- Team Chef: A habit for baking-based-bribery gone good.
Oakley 'Ollie' Pines
- "Worst Birthday ever."
♥ | 19 | Canadian | Human
First Appearance: Season 2
- Berserk Button: Harming innocent creatures, supernatural or not.
- Covert Pervert: Despite his innocent nature, his vice is lust.
- Granola Guy: Was an active environmentalist before joining up with the Cardians and has an innate love for nature.
- Lonely Rich Kid: Originally from a neglectful, rich family. He often wonders if they even notice he's gone.
- Soapbox Sadie: Used to take part in a lot of protests and the like, usually just to get on his parents nerves and scorn his family name.
Stevie Tanning
- "Guys it's okay! I'm okay."
♦ | 24 | American | Sin Eater
First Appearance: Tutorials
- Badass Driver: The first person the team turns to when driving is needed, normal or otherwise.
- Drives Like Crazy: ...Even if it is a bit of a roller coaster for everyone else.
- Mr. Fixit: As the lone Diamond besides the Ace, Stevie takes care of most repairing and crafting needs like a pro.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Eleni.
- Watch the Paint Job: Despite his driving tendencies, this is his attitude about most cars, and particularly the ones he drives and/or works on.
Aces
'Freak'
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Chigaru
Nick
Nina
Non-Player Allies
Savannah
Mr.Copper
Tobias
Victus
Wake
Non-Player Enemies
Endcorp
Dannifer
Aristarkh Ilyich
Others
Benny Copper
Atticus Finch
Pilot
Tearjerker
- Several examples can be found in the "Mirror World" sessions, where the Cardians UK crew ventures in an alternate universe through a mirror:
- The whole alternate world was something of a Bad Future, with a supernatural force having taken over the entirety of the UK and the human race either hiding or dead.
- Part of the team found a town square decorated with broken tokens of the aces, giving a pretty clear sign that they'd been killed in this timeline. The whole scene was sad, but it was even more heartbreaking when an empathy roll revealed that the Ace of Clubs, Nick, from the canon timeline was wondering if his mom had been killed as well.
- Jon found his own alternate-self's corpse with a ring on his finger. There was no sign of his alternate-self's spouse at the time, but one brainwashed soldier had her helmet removed, revealing Jessie's face as well as a matching wedding ring dangling from her necklace. Mirror-world Ari only made it worse by adding, "You should've seen her face when I made her kill you."
This Roleplay provides examples of:
- Break the Cutie: It often seems the sweetest members suffer the deepest trauma.
- Car Meets House: Cass's solution to a situation that was already pretty haywire.
- Combat Pragmatist: Goes along with the Gray-and-Gray Morality thing, taken more literally with the dirty fighting specialty.
- Elaborate Underground Base: The Cardians UK London headquarters is located in an abandoned subway underground.
- Gray-and-Gray Morality: Anything goes when you're trying to keep the balance between the supernatural and normal world.
