Bestiary

David Kaufman

Not every Pentex shareholder hears the call of the Wyrm in his heart. David Kaufman is one of them — though he does hear other words of power. The CEO of the BlackWatch Group private military company, Kaufman bought into Pentex when he moved from government work into the corporate sector. While its security services aren’t a patch on a First Team, BlackWatch mercenaries have no problems operat­ ing among normal humans, and have no paper trail connecting them to Pentex.

While Pentex hasn’t bought BlackWatch outright, they do use squads as First Team backup or corporate security. That puts them exactly where Kaufman wants them. The voices tell him that Pentex is a hive of mon­ sters, and he can see the truth in that. He wanted to burn them from the inside.

Despite losing the election, the Board believes BlackWatch is too valuable to liquidate Kaufman. They still use the PMC for “deniable operations” where even a First Team would provide too close a link — better that the Garou think that BlackWatch is an entirely

different enemy. At the same time, Kaufman is direct­ ing teams to attack Pentex groups in the field under the cover of friendly fire. His messengers told him of monsters, after all.