Hi,

Noah, the GM of the Global Guardians Universe's Russian Dawn campaign, asked me to post this. Updates and other announcements will be posted on the Global Guardians administrative list. If you submit a proposed character and are not already subscribed to that list, you should send a blank e-mail to adminlist-subscribe@globalguardians.com

Thanks,
Neil

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Moscow October 12th, 2004 3:00 A.M.

Police Detective Captain Yuri Carpalov, slowly walked along Dokukina street, not far from his apartment. A copy of the morning Pravda tucked under one arm, a paper sack with a new bottle of Stolichnaya in the other. Yuri puffed on a Turkish cigarette as he headed home. It had been a long day, and Yuri was dejected. And to top it all off it had been a typical Moscow day in October where the weather rarely got above freezing.

All day long Yuri and his fellow officers of the Moscow Police had been following leads about this mysterious mobster who was calling himself Rasputan. This subject was known for his willingness to use extreme violence to get control of the volatile Russian Mob. Rasputan had allegedly killed off a number of rivals, and the police just didn’t know when he’d finish or who was next.

Yuri paused for a moment to take a deep drag off of his cigarette. The only bright spot in the day had been when they had raided the Trans-Russian Machinery Company on a tip that the subject had been doing business with the company. The raid had garnered a lot of files, computer disks, and other documents. Yuri knew it would take weeks to go through it all. As chief detective, it was Yuri’s duty to get through it all.

Yuri turned to walk up the steps to the front door of his apartment complex. Just as he was about to open the door when he saw a red dot on the door. Squinting Yuri stared at the dot. It had been a really long day, and Yuri was exhausted. Turning around to find out where the dot had came from Yuri never even heard the sound of the silenced sniper rifle. A 12.7 mm bullet penetrated his head just above his right eye. Yuri Carpalov was dead even before he hit the ground.

A block away sat a shiny black Mercedes Benz. In the back seat was a giant of a man. Clenched in his right hand was a huge Cuban cigar. Taking a puff, he said to the driver, “Da, everything is falling in place. Drive.” Like the sniper rifle, the Mercedes drove off into the night, and no one saw it or heard it.

Moscow, October 19th, 2004 11:00 P.M.

Olena Komarov, exited the Bolshoi Theater, after an excellent performance of “The Sleeping Beauty.” Vladimir Malkhov and his dance partner Diana Vishneva had starred in the performance and both had been phenomenal, as far as Olena was concerned.

Olena needed tonight. As a reporter for Pravda, she had been working hard on a story about the new rising mob boss who had the gall to call himself “Rasputan” after the famous pre-Soviet mystic and advisor to the tsarina. Olena knew that she had the inside line on this gangster, and she was going to expose him, like he had never been exposed before.

Olena stopped in front of her brand-new Jaguar with it’s gleaming new paint job. It was a sign of Olenas’ success that not only did she have a car, but a sports car. Clicking her anti theft device Olena opened the door and slid into the all white leather interior. It felt good on her legs as she shut the door. As a habit, she locked the doors. Crime had been skyrocketing in Moscow since “Rasputan” had made his bid to control the Moscow Underworld. Flicking her blond hair over her shoulder, Olena turned the key in the ignition of the Jaguar. However, unknown to Olena was the mercury stitch that was wired to her ignition, which led to about five kilo’s of plastic explosive that was tapped to the chassis of her car. The explosion was seen for kilometers from the Bolshoi Theater. Even before the fire engines arrived to put out the fire, a black Mercedes Benz quietly passed by.

Welcome to Russian Dawn. Russian Dawn is a campaign for those who want to play characters seeking a new dawn for themselves as heroes and for the Russian people in general. Russian Dawn is a campaign that strives for group of heroes trying to make a name for themselves in a world where there have been many villains (i.e. Czar Nicholas, Lenin, Stalin, etc...), but precious few heroes (Isaac Asimov, Leo Tolstoy, etc)... A new day is dawning in Russia, but like most dawns it’s always darkness before the dawn.

There are to be six slots for the player characters to fill. Those wishing to make a submission please review the campaign page. Submissions are for Background alone. Character sheets will be generated once the selection process is complete. Please send any submissions to Humfleetsgoats@Bendbroadband.com. <mailto:Humfleetsgoats@Bendbroadband.com.> The submission call shall be open until Monday March 28th at Midnight.

For those needing inspiration for a submission, I direct the players to the Champions supplement
Classic Organizations, or the Champions supplement Red Doom. Also of similar strain are the Marvel characters Darkstar, Ursa Major, Vanguard, and Crimson Dynamo. For those more familiar with DC characters, look into Red Trinity or Blue Trinity.

Thank You,

Noah Thorp