{"id":"werewolf/location/umbral_realm/troubled-economy","type":"location","system":"umbral_realm","line":"werewolf","name":"Troubled Economy","sources":[{"source":"UVS","page":75,"folio":74}],"entries":["Things aren’t looking so great for the Gnosis economy of the {@umbral_realm Scar|W20}. The barons who fled to the {@umbral_realm CyberRealm|W20} during the last decade returned to find their holdings consumed or bankrupt. Subservience to the new school of oily businessman is their only option, until they can muster the resources for a successful mutiny.","Whereas the last generation of barons modeled themselves after the fat-cats of early American enterprise, this generation is all business casual youth willing to lay groundwork with the very Realm that ousted the old guard. Realistically, this has left the majority of the {@umbral_realm Scar|W20} as little more than an old fashioned subsidiaries of the {@umbral_realm CyberRealm|W20}’s sleek, light-speed start-ups.","The troubles of the upper echelon certainly don’t mean relief for the lower rungs of the Realm’s overtaxed workforce. If anything, the overseers are meaner, the deadlines are tighter and the already deplorable conditions worsen by the day. The {@umbral_realm Scar|W20}’s resemblance to the sweatshops of reality’s corner-cutting outsourcers is no accident. Whether it’s grotesquely unsafe working conditions or dependency-driven debt slavery, the influence of the {@umbral_realm Scar|W20} is a two-way street. The Realm feeds on the horrors First World business inflicts on less developed countries, and its insidious agents reward the most egregious offenders. Even with the Bane CEOs of the {@umbral_realm Scar|W20} struggling to keep their collective heads above water, the Realm still serves its dire purposes.","Monkeywrench","No shortage of spirits find the {@umbral_realm Scar|W20} antithetical to their continued purpose. Countless Incarna have lost their brood to the Wyrm-fetish assembly lines of the unforgiving Near Realm. Of all the spirits interested to the {@umbral_realm Scar|W20}’s dissolution, the totem Rat is among the most zealous. He plays an active role directing Bone Gnawer and {@fera Ratkin|W20} alike into the {@umbral_realm Scar|W20}, even if his means aren’t always the most direct or honest. Once in the {@umbral_realm Scar|W20}, Rat encourages almost any act that puts the boots to the Realm’s upper management.","To meet Rat’s eventual goal of leaving the {@umbral_realm Scar|W20} a smoking ruin, the union Amalgamated Iron unites the lowest of the Garou Nation and Gaia’s plague-bearers. Though the {@tribe Bone Gnawers|Kin} and {@fera Ratkin|W20} have one of the least-troubled relationships of any Garou tribe and Changing Breed, the {@umbral_realm Scar|W20} has made that relationship a concrete necessity for either group to function. The continued cooperation has","opened doors for other Garou tribes to throw their lot in with Amalgamated Iron. Any shapeshifter welcomed into the union receives the benefits of Rat as a totem, as long as they remain in Scar.","Since its inception, Amalgamated Iron has drawn interest from the barons of the Realm. Aside from destroying Gnosis batteries, and putting a messy end to many of the Realm’s supposed peace-keepers, Amalgamated Iron has gone out of its way to encourage the creation of labor unions among the Scar’s downtrodden. While the original attempts failed because of the Scar’s thick miasma of apathy, Amalgamated Iron has found that spirits in the wake of a sudden, explosive infusion of Gnosis are much more willing to unify."],"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/werewolf/location/umbral_realm/troubled-economy","html":"/records/werewolf/location/umbral_realm/troubled-economy","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/werewolf/location/umbral_realm/troubled-economy/children","sources":[{"abbr":"UVS","page":75,"folio":75,"title":"Umbra: The Velvet Shadow"}]},"_db":{"title":"Troubled Economy","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"Things aren’t looking so great for the Gnosis economy of the Scar. The barons who fled to the CyberRealm during the last decade returned to find their holdings consumed or bankrupt. Subservience to the new school of","tags":[],"children":[]}}