Bestiary

Francesco

Subdivision Director, Project Iliad (IL)

Francesco has a number of strange tics. He is prone to outbursts of violence, but no more so than Culliford. He finds it hard to act sincere when faced with human anguish, but no more than Newberry. His appearance is a concern for the board, but no more than Zettler. To look at Francesco, most people would see a handsome, young executive who looks rather disheveled and scruffy at the best of times. They’d have no idea of his true nature.

Francesco is a Black Spiral Dancer, a lupus Philodox. With his allies, pack mates, contacts, and Kinfolk just a hair’s breadth from a call to action he is potentially the most dangerous member of the Board.

None of Francesco’s packmates could have predicted his wild success within Pentex. They thought he would lose control and need to be put down. Through sponsor­

ship and mentorship by Zettler, Francesco has reached the level of Subdivision Director. Through his intimate knowledge of the ways of Malfeas and the Wyrm, he has since spearheaded the growth of Project Iliad, responsible for creating increasingly powerful and normal-looking fomori. Iliad has gone from strength to strength in recent years, reaping accolades for Francesco with every success. The Black Spiral Dancer has managed a failing Project through to a surprising level of success.

It came as some surprise to him when Yamazaki produced Project Aeneid’s results and demanded rec­ ognition for them, limiting the praise received for the smaller scale Iliad. Yamazaki had convinced Francesco that Aeneid was a waste of time and resources, encour­ aging the werewolf to invest his efforts in the fomori. Francesco took the older Director’s advice, only to see the results denied him. Results that he is convinced he formulated with Yamazaki just before hearing Aeneid was due for shut down.

Francesco desperately wants to take his ire out on Yamazaki in a very physical way, but the Black Spiral Dancer is no fool; he has mastered his Rage to a surpris­ ing degree. He is instead refining Iliad’s process. At some point in the near future, Francesco will unleash a plague of destructive and poisonous fomori on one of the largest septs in Central America. He has the time and resources, since Yamazaki left him plenty to play with.