The Road Through Perdition: Notes Along the Way

**MatrixRefugee**

Note: This thread will be updated now and then with notes, news items and oddments. Think of them as clippings slipped between the pages of Sieges's journal.

Oh, and that journal can be read here: The Road Through Perdition

from The Sentinal: April 26 -- Horrifying Discovery in South Vauxton

Jarred Minturn, owner and maintainer of several small office buildings surrounding a pair of ornamental reflecting ponds near the center of South Vauxton, made a shocking discovery today while he and a crew were draining the ponds to repair some suspicious bullet holes in the ledges of the ponds.

At the bottom of the ponds were found several dozen bodies riddled with bullets; investigators on the scene speculated that the killer or killers were armed with small machineguns. The victims were all wearing red shorts and white tee shirts, signifying them as members of the Runners gang, which has plagued the area for years. Redpills are suspected to be involved in the slaying. Said Minturn, "It was nasty to find that mess in my ponds, but something needs to be done about those hoodlums. They've lowered my property's value."

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The Sentinal: April 30th -- Weapons Collector Reports Missing Sword

Merton Hannaford sr., a professor of Medieval Studies at Barron University, returned home from attending evening Mass with his family to discover a reproduction medieval sword had been taken from a wall display in his family's home in Maribeau. On determining that none of the family members had misplaced it, Hannaford notified the proper authorities. No traces of a forced entry could be detected: the thief or thieves bypassed the townhouse security system and opened the locks, carefully resetting the system and relocking the door on their way out.

"The sword isn't a priceless artifact," says the author of The Bull of Heaven: Tales of the Merovingian Dynasty. "But it has immense sentimental value to me and my family: it belonged to my daughter, Mercy, and I was keeping it if she ever came home." Hannaford's oldest daughter, Mercedes "Mercy" Hannaford, 21, vanished mysteriously some six months ago after leaving work in a bookstore in the Historic District; members of the Redpill subculture are suspected in having some involvment in her disappearance, and they may have had something to do with the sword's disappearance. Neighbors report having seen a young woman in a long coat and sunglasses -- the favored attire of Redpills -- in the neighborhood of the complex where the Hannaford family resides. Authorities are seeking any information regarding this break-in.

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**MatrixRefugee**

The Sentinel: June 10th -- "I still keep watching for her" Local Professor celebrates missing daughter's life

MARIBEAU -- "She was so full of life," says Merton Hannaford, sr, professor of medieval studies at Barron University, describing his daughter Mercedes "Mercy" Hannaford, who would be celebrating her twenty-second birthday today, had she not disappeared under mysterious circumstances on November 6th last year.

"She might have been a quiet girl who kept to herself, but she'd enter a room and it would be as if someone had lit a candle. Her light might not have filled a room, but it would soften any shadows and people would feel at ease."

About his daughter's disappearance, Hannaford says, "She'd been having a few problems balancing going to college and working at her job. She was a clerk at a bookstore in the Historic District." He added that Mercy had bouts with "manic-depression-like symptoms. Not enough to require her to go on medication, but enough that she'd go through these spells where she'd work intensely, digging her spurs in, followed by periods of deep depression. She could take anything on the chin or she'd be easily shatter, it was hard to predict."

He went on to describe his daughter as "a bookish sort, full of dreams and ambitions", but that she was also a competition-level foil and epee sword-fighter. "She used to joke about how she was always tripping over her own feet or running into something when she was doing something ordinary, but once she had a sword in her hand, she had the grace of a cat and just as much fight in her."

The family has held together since then, but it has proved difficult for them to move onward. "Christmas was the hardest; she disappeared so close to it, we had a hard time putting much heart into celebrating. Easter was easier, since we had had time to grieve and move on down the path. But now, when we'd be celebrating the start of her very existence..." At this point, Hannaford had to pause from an overflow of emotion.

Mercy's younger sister Marina, a student at Charlemagne Secondary School, had this to add: "Come on home: you're going to miss your own party, Merce."

Hannaford has worked closely with public and private investigators following his daughter's disappearance. "There aren't many leads," he reports. "Some have speculated she may have fallen in with members of the Redpill subculture." Hannaford doubts these reports holding true. "Mercy is a gentle girl, and the Redpills seem most noted for their violence. She wouldn't fit in with them at all."

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**MxOAlicethePattern**

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**MatrixRefugee**

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The Sentinel: June 15 -- Pond Diver ID Wanted

The caretakers of the Mallory Gallery in the Historic District are offering a reward for any information leading the identity and whereabouts of the dark-haired young woman seen jumping off the parapet of the plaza in front of the establishment and into a large ornamental pond nearby. Witnesses first thought it was a suicide attempt, but the diver was seen to surface and emerge from the water before attacking some local gang members who congregate in the area.

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**MatrixRefugee**

The Sentinel: June 20th -- Strange Intruders Rampage in Creston Heights Museum

A young woman in her late teens or early twenties clad in an unseasonable black trenchcoat was seen running through the lobby of the museum late last night, pursued by several wild-looking bare-chested men armed with shotguns. This occured not more than ten minutes after the same young woman along with two males, one with red and black tattoos on his face, entered the museum through a back entrance and stepped into a freight elevator leading to a storage area under the museum. The woman fired on her pursuers with what appeared to be small machine guns; within moments, her male companions re-emerged from the elevator and fired on the bare-chested men, killing them.

Law enforcement was called to the scene, but there were no traces of the gunmen and gunwoman by the time they arrived. This occured during the first of the museum's Free Sunday Nights. The curator of the Creston Heights Museum, R. T. Klempt, is considering discontinuing this event, which would have allowed local residents to view the museums treasures free of charge every Sunday night for the summer. "If it's going to attract this sort of behavior, we can't put the collection or our visitors at risk."

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**MatrixRefugee**

The Sentinel: July 1st -- Fireworks Cause Public Nuisance

Residents of Richland and Westview have complained to local authorities regarding some amateur fireworks displays which have been set off repeatedly all over both districts the past few days. The racket has purportedly broken out near several public phone booths around which members of the Redpill subculture have been seen to congregate. "At least it's a break from the usual gun violence and kung-ful fights these troublemakers generally engage in," says one landlord in Camon Heights, "But -- holiday or not -- it's no less annoying."

A small dark-haired woman in a sleeveless red blouse and an unseasonable black trenchcoat has been spotted during some of the displays. It is not known at this time whether or not the woman is involved in this activity, nor if she is connected in any way to the Redpills.

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The Sentinel: July 3rd -- Gang Leader Found Killed, Mauled

UNION HILL -- The body of a local street gang leader, known only as "Scorch", was found by maintenance workers on the roof of an apartment building, apparently gunned down by an unknown attacker or attackers. The incident may be gang-related, as the assailant cut a capital letter M inside a circle and a captial letter N inside an atomic symbol into the victim's body. Police have no leads at this time.

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**Darminian**

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**MatrixRefugee**

Darminian wrote:
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((I have to confess, these are a *LOT* of fun to write, but at the same time they're a great challenge, since I'm taking an outsider's POV for every single one, and thus I have to limit the amount of information I share, since an outsider -- in this case, obvious Bluepill reporters -- certainly wouldn't know quite what's going on. Very tough to do, but I think it makes for some incredible writing.))

The Sentinel: July 14th -- Injured gang member spotted, vanishes

Passersby report seeing an injured man in red and black, his reddish hair worn "corn row" style, crouching close to the entrance to the Blue Line Subway in Dannah Heights, accompanied by two other persons, a chin-bearded man in his late twenties or early thirties, and a dark-haired woman in her early twenties. The woman, clearly distressed by the situation, shouted at one witness who wishes to remain anonymous, prompting them to call for help. Once EMTs arrived on the scene, all three persons had disappeared. Only a small trace of blood on the ground indicated that they had been there. This incident may be related to a brawl reported in nearby Midian Park. The witness, on looking at a photo array, identified the injured man as a member of a Mafia-like crime family known as "The Devil's Advocates".

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**MatrixRefugee** · 09/22/2006 21:34:35

The Sentinel: July 18th -- Shootout reported in McLean Tower

AKASAKA -- A cleaning crew working the graveyard shift in the offices of a company whose representatives wish to remain nameless report hearing a commotion on the floor above them. One brave soul ventured upstairs to find two groups of people engaged in a heated firearms and martial arts fight. Three young men in their late teens exchanged shots and blows with a chin-bearded young man in his late twenties, a dark-haired young woman in her early twenties and a tall, pale-skinned man with a distinct red and black cross-shaped tattoo covering much of his face; the last is known to be a high-ranking member of a Mob-like family known as "the Devils' Advocates", the identities of the others are unknown at this time. The cleaning crew called for security who in turn notified the police, but officers arrived on the scene to find no trace of the combatants. A burglary gone bad was suspected, but there was no sign of forced entry and nothing was reported stolen or missing from any of the offices.

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The Sentinel: July 28th -- Obituaries: Merrill Parsifal Hannaford, 29, graphic designer and madrigal singer

The graduate of Renoir School of Design and Barron University was tragically killed by unknown persons in the offices of Twiller and Jeeter Promotionals, an advertising agency in Chelsea where he worked as a graphic designer. He leaves behind his mother and father, Doctor Merton Hannaford, sr. and Irenia Plantarde-Hannaford, his older brother Major Merton Hannaford jr, 32, and his wife, his younger brother Merlin Hannaford, age 24 and two younger sisters Mercedes, age 22 and Marina, a high school student, as well as his two young nephews, Tyler and Connor Hannaford.

Merrill was known in the community as a poet and a singer of madrigals, who frequented Rennaissence festivals and similar events under the guise of "Guillimar the Balladeer".

A memorial service is planned but the family has chosen not to disclose the time or place, and also requests that donations be given to the Order of the Rosy Cross and Grail.

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The Sentinel: August 3rd -- Night-time explosion rocks Lamar construction area

Residents of the apartments close to the construction site for the new Mahath office complex were startled by an unscheduled explosion which occurred at around 11 o'clock last night. Police arrived at the scene to find a large hole in the sub-structure of an incomplete section of one iof the towers being built. It is not known at this time what kind of device was used, or who was responsible for this, but the remains of a small device were found in the rubble. A former leader (until now presumed deceased) of a Mafia-like mob family known as the Devil's Advocates was spotted in the vincity of the construction site, along with a group of young persons -- several males and one female in their late twenties through early thirties -- but it is not known if they were involved in the explosion.

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The Sentinel: August 4th -- Family of slain artist, ballad-singer outraged

MARIBEAU -- The parents of Merrill Hannaford, a graphic artist who was killed in last Friday's attack on the head office of Metro Glass, along with his fiancee Casillda Roberts and a dozen of her co-workers, are threatening to file suit against city officials for not releasing his body. The Capitol City coroner's office has witheld turning over the bodies of the victims to their respective families, pending an investigation. "We're trying to determine the cause of death," says E.D. Samuel-Baroni. "It hasn't been easy to nail down what killed these people: there wasn't a physical mark on any of them, and yet their internal organs were burned horribly. We've never seen anything like it."

Merton Hannaford, a professor of medieval studies, regrets having to resort to civil action to obtain the body of his son. "I feel we have no choice," he informed the Sentinel. "It's a terrible thing to have to cut through legal red-tape just to be able to bury your own child." He adds, unable to control his grief, "We've been through enough this year," doubtlessly referring to the disappearance of his daughter Mercedes.

Merrill Hannaford and Casillda Roberts had recently announced their engagment and were planning to have their wedding this October at King Clovis's Faire, a medieval festival held annually, which Merrill regularly attended in the guise of a lute-playing ballad singer.