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[Degausser]

There is a lot of Shadowrun historical stuff out there, and, predictably, some of it doesn't make a whole lick of sense. I have noticed a lot of people have been asking about bits and pieces of it, and that seems kinda inefficient. So, here is the idea. People can post their questions here, along with others who answer, and I will edit this first post to include the answers. That way we can get our information faster and in one thread.



The Deal with Dankelzan:

WARNING, the following is spoileriffic and most of the populace of earth doesn't know the details.

Big D, after being elected president, elected to kill himself in the creation of a very powerful power foci, which is/was/will be used to keep some big nasties at bay. This act created an astral rift at the site of his death. Anything astral getting close to the site was sucked in and killed.

Later, in '61, an astral dragon named 'Ghostwalker' appeared out of the rift and flew to Denver. He somehow got re-aquanted with his body, and killed the section of Denver that had been given to the Azzies. Then he set up a new system of government, where he was the leader, and the current government ruled at his pleasure. Some think that Ghostwalker is Big D, but people on Dumpshock have informed me that he is, in fact, big D's brother.

Question 2.

Some elves claim to be from the previous era of magic on earth . . . HOW?

According to Dumpshock informants, there are about eight elves on earth that have lived through previous magical cycles. Apparantly, during low magic times, Elves (and Vampires) transmute into humans with one difference, they don't age. They loose all other supernatural abilities, and walk the earth for thousands of years. Dragons go into hybernation, but can retain some contact or knowledge of the outside world.

Question 3

What up with the great ghost Dance?

The Great Ghost dance was overseen by the first confirmed Shaman (at least in North America), Daniel Howling Coyote. The Dance was done in an approx. 20 meter circle with many other casters. This was the first confirmed use of ritual spellcasting in North America. Dumpshock people have proposed that some form of spirit (or possibly the son of a 'half horror') taught the natives how to do blood magic.

BIT OF FLUFF FROM ACTUAL HISTORY.
-The Great Ghost dance is borrowed from actual Native American History. During the 1800s, in the west (when Native Americans were being rounded up and put on small reservations), there were many who fought back against tyranny, oppression, and outright cruelty. One man (and it is bad of me, I can't remember his tribe, but his ideals spread to many tribes), received a vision that if he did a special dance, and put the whole of his body and soul into it, then his ancestors would come to his aid, and enchant his clothes so that no bullet would pierce it. Still today, some tribes perform the Great Ghost Dance, but never do they undertake it lightly. It is said to be such a spiritually charged event that babies and small children should not watch for fear of being overwhelmed.

[Kanada Ten]

In game, some people believe that Ghostwalker is Dunklezhan, but most don't know. His appearance splintered the Children of the Dragon cult, which probably provides for endless Matrix debates on his origin.

Ghostwalker attacked the Aztlan sector first, and primarily, using the fractured zones to wage gorilla war against their forces - which left them surprised when CAS troops started pressing into their zone invasion style. The Azzies still have smuggling routes into the city, contacts, and such, but ultimately it was the rewriting of the Treaty of Denver which meant they'd have to go to war against the rest of North America to reclaim their slice - something they're still considering...

Another important part about the re-writing of the Treaty is that Seattle got Council Island from the Salish.

[AllTheNothing]

Ghostwalker attacked the Aztlan sector first, and primarily, using the fractured zones to wage gorilla war against their forces

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Anyway, the Big D is gone, and not even to the hevenly hoard he deserves after a life spent trying to make the world a better place, he's gone to patrol the metaplanar shasm that divides our world from the horror's home metaplane; his brother got back (from where nobody knows) in the Year of the Comet trought the Watergate Rift and gone back to his body, than procided to make clear that Denver had been built on his turf and that they were better to aknowledge his right to rule, with the exception of Atzlan which recived a "get your fragging ass out of here" message in no unclear terms (actualy the terms did seem more like a "die fragging bastards" message). After reclaiming the place he got himself an army and started to put some order into his home.

Immortal elves (plus or minus a "t") are elves whos ancestors were into bestiality and got a wild ride with one or more dragons, their immortality gene needs the presence of mana to be primed but once primed it keeps going even during the downcycle; they do not hybernate like dragons and have affected history (Leonardo Da Vinci, Richard the lionhearted, Alachia got involved with the Nazi) to various extents, the biggest limitaion they face in the downcycles are due the lack of mana needed to work magic.

[Wesley Street]

Immortal elves (plus or minus a "t") are elves whos ancestors were into bestiality and got a wild ride with one or more dragons, their immortality gene needs the presence of mana to be primed but once primed it keeps going even during the downcycle; they do not hybernate like dragons and have affected history (Leonardo Da Vinci, Richard the lionhearted, Alachia got involved with the Nazi) to various extents, the biggest limitaion they face in the downcycles are due the lack of mana needed to work magic.

I don't even want to think about how a mammal (elf) mates with an egg-laying lizard-thing.

I'll give you one: who was it that sent the myserious message that Fastjack intercepted?

That wasn't ever revealed, was it? But it sounds like the writers were spoofing/paying homage to Mona Lisa Overdrive so I'm guessing either aliens or spirits (which are pretty much the same thing in SR lore). Now that I think about it a "Metaplanar Matrix" is kind of a cool idea.