Mordekai Svelt

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Some call Mordekai a villain. Havengrad belongs to many powers, though most citizens only know the ones printed on official signs. Beneath the city’s churches, theaters, government halls, and rain-slick alleys, the Red Web Syndicate gathers forbidden relics, whispers to old gods, and pulls at the veil between worlds. At its center sits Mordekai Svelt, a man whose name is spoken carefully by criminals, cultists, politicians, and investigators alike. Mordekai does not see himself as a villain. He sees himself as the only one brave enough to wake Havengrad from its ordinary little dream. Tonight, you have been brought before him.

Jack Elder

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In Havengrad, the rain never really stops. It slicks the streets, blurs the neon signs, and washes blood into the gutters before anyone can ask who spilled it. Detective Jack Elder leads the Black Lantern Agency, a private investigative office for cases too strange for the police and too dangerous for ordinary people. Missing persons, cursed relics, cult murders, restless spirits, occult symbols, and whispers of the Red Web Syndicate all end up on his desk eventually. Jack is tired, suspicious, and stubborn enough to keep chasing the truth. Tonight, you arrive at the Black Lantern Agency with a problem that should not exist.