CAT - Shadowrun 4th - Shadows of Asia, Shadowrun, 4th Edition
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“Asia. The East. A land of contrasts, from glittering megacorp
skyscrapers to humble sacred temples. Japan, Malaysia and
Hong Kong set the world's accelerated pace of progress,
but next door in Indochina and Indonesia it's still last
century. It's a mystery to most, but if you know your
drek, you’ll find it's a land of opportunity. Anything
you want is here. Cred. Gear. Flesh. Hell, I even
heard of a guy finding enlightenment. There’s
always a price, of course, whether it's selling
your soul to the corps or your sister to the
slave trade.”
Shadows of Asia
™
provides information
on each country in
Asia, from the internal
strife of the Middle East to
the enlightened new Japan,
from the struggle for power in
Russia to the war-torn jungles of
Indochina. The important underworld
figures, corps, crime outfits and political
leaders for each nation are described,
along with details on the unique outlook of
Asian magical traditions. Maps are included.
For use with the
Shadowrun®
roleplaying game.
© 2005 WizKids, Inc. All rights reserved. Shadows of Asia, Shadowrun,
and WK Games are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of WizKids,
Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
5
Lantau 32
The New Territories 32
Manchuria: Power of the People 32
Shen Yao-Xiang and the Three
Wise Men 33
Spirits of the People 33
The Ta’ren 34
Manchuria and Extraterritoriality 34
Shaanxi: Great
Underground Empire
Song Shan
44
LOOKING TOWARD
THE RISING SUN
Sichuan: Warring State
44
6
The Barrel of a Gun
44
NEO-ASIA
7
Magical Meritocracy
45
The Corporate East
7
Atomic Enlightenment
46
Japan. Inc.
7
Locations of Interest
46
Pacific Prosperity Group
8
Other Splinter States
47
The Asia Twenty
8
Coastal Provinces:
Made in China
Eastern Spirituality
15
47
Buddhism
16
35
Western China: Wild, Wild West
48
Confucianism
16
Monarchs to Behold the
Swelling Scene
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
50
Daoism
17
35
Indian Union: Spice of Life
50
Hinduism
18
And Rouse at the Name
of Shaanxi
Chaos Resplendent
52
Islam
19
36
Urban Chakras
56
Shamanism
19
A Kingdom for a Stage,
Princes to Act
New Delhi: Political Capitol
57
Shinto
20
36
Calcutta: Economic Powerhouse
58
Zoroastrianism
20
Occasions and Causes
in All Things
The MBC Axis: Open Heart
59
CHINESE PUZZLE
21
37
Bombay: Bollywood Melodrama
59
Fall of the House of Mao
21
A Peopled Kingdom
37
Crime Pays
60
The Republic Civil War
22
Beijing: Mandate of Heaven
39
Land of Wonder
61
The Nationalist War
22
Emperor of Heaven and Earth
40
Indian Pilgrimage
62
The Canton Confederation:
East Meets West
The Forbidden City
40
Bangla Commonwealth
64
24
Tiananmen Square
41
Khalistan
65
Macao
27
Tan Tien Corporation
41
Kashmir Wastes
66
Zhurong Peak
27
The Republic of China:
Rump State
Nepal
66
South China Sea
28
42
Pakistan
67
Neighbors
28
Henan: Great Leap Backward
42
Sri Lanka
68
Hong Kong Free
Enterprise Zone
The Little Red Book
(2064 Edition)
Tibet
68
29
42
The Maya Cloud
69
Victoria Harbor
31
The Bourgeoisie
43
The Roof of the World
70
Aberdeen
31
Champions of the Workers
43
The Search for the Dalai Lama
71
Kowloon
32
Party Apparatchiks
43
The Stewards of Tibet
72
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JAPAN
73
East Anatolia (East Turkey)
116
Yunnan: The Druglords’ Garden157
Shattered Indonesia
Empire at Large
73
Other Middle East Countries
117
157
Rise of the Japanacorps
74
Afghanistan
117
Breaking Apart
158
The Downward Spiral
76
Cyprus
119
Indonesian Islamism vs.
Awakened Animism
Ring of Fire, Sea of Ash
77
Kurdish Autonomous Zone
119
158
Iron Triangle:
The Powers That Be 79
Emperor Yasuhito 79
Taro Yonekura 79
Hitomi Shiawase 80
The Wraith 80
The National Diet 81
Japanacorps 81
Ryumyo 82
Shinto and the Kami 82
In the Shadows 83
Yakuza 83
Ninja Societies 84
Koga 84
Oni-do 85
Code of the Salaryman 85
Japan: An Outsider’s View 86
Japan: An Insider’s View 87
Pop Culture Gone Wild 88
Idoru 88
Moe Obsessions 88
Robots 90
Places of Note 90
The Nippon Matrix 90
Neo-Tokyo 91
Ise Jingu 92
Nagasaki 92
THE MIDDLE EAST 93
The Arabian Caliphate 96
Blending In 96
Culture Gap 97
Tribal Allegiances 98
Tools of the Trade 98
Underworld Among the Dunes 101
Sand Castles
Syria
119
The Javanese Republic
159
Update
120
The Sumatran Alliance
161
RED STORM RISING
121
The Enlightened Kingdom of
Bali & Lombok
Of Mice and Men
121
162
Russian Roulette
122
The Dayak Council of Borneo
& Sulawesi
Ultra-Nationalism
122
163
National Supreme Soviet
124
The Remaining Malay
Archipelago
The Red Army
125
163
The GRU
126
Independent State of
New Guinea
Spetsnaz
126
164
The UGB
126
Mompracen—
The Floating Market
Russian Orthodox Church
127
165
The MVD
128
Malaysia
166
The Vory
129
Politics
167
Saeder-Krupp
130
Malaysia Online
168
Zeta-ImpChem
131
Banking
169
Yamatetsu
132
The Triads
170
Cross Applied Technologies
133
Kuala Lumpur
170
The Human Nation
134
Singapore, Inc.
170
Across the Rodina
134
The Strait of Malacca
172
Moscow
134
The Philippines
172
St. Petersburg
135
Land of Broken Promises
172
Kronstadt
136
The Hukbo Ng Bayan
Laban Sa Hapon
Nizhniy Novgorod
136
176
Volgograd
137
The Imperial Prefecture
178
Novosibirsk
138
Kaingineros
179
Irkutsk
138
Typhoons of Change
180
Vladivostok
138
Breeding in the Shadows
180
Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky
139
THE REST OF ASIA
181
Svobodniy
139
Republic of Korea
181
Yakut: Call of the Wild
140
Riding the Tiger
182
Revolution Gone Awry
140
Regime Change, Korean Style
184
Freedom Rock
141
Dynamic Korea
185
Spiritual Civil War
141
Places to Go, People to Frag
187
101
The Savage Land
143
Mongolia
189
Iran and Iraq:
Saints and Sinners 102
The Islamic Republic of Iran 102
The Federal Republic of Iraq 105
Israel, Palestine and Jerusalem 107
Olive Trees and
Nuclear Warheads
SOUTHEAST ASIA
145
The Mongols
189
Indochina
145
The Corps
190
Generalities
145
Oceania
190
Society
146
Islands on the Edge
of Tomorrow 191
Melanesia—The “Black Islands” 192
Micronesia: The “Small Islands”193
Polynesia: The “Many Islands” 194
The Kingdom of Hawai’i
The Underworld
148
Indochinese Urban Centers
149
107
Burma: Corrupted Dream
151
Kings, Prophets and Thieves
109
Cambodia: Coveted Ruins
152
Merchants
110
The Kashin State:
The Green Dove
195
Land of Milk and Honey
110
153
Aotearoa-New Zealand
197
Turkey
112
Laos: Shaking the Leash
154
Transcaucasian Federation
199
Islam vs. Secularism
112
Pattani Islamic Republic:
Smuggling Haven
The Caspian Sea
200
History
113
154
Azerbaijan
200
The Secular Republic of Turkey
(West Turkey)
The Shan State:
The Neverending Fight
Georgia
200
114
154
Armenia
201
Free City of Constantinople
(Istanbul)
Thailand: Little Japan
155
Turkestan:
Crossroads Of Asia
115
Vietnam: Apocalypse Now
156
201
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