| The Hierarchy of NanJing Government: Chief Magistrate Jiang Assistant Magistrate Ko (Treasurer) Assistant Magistrate Ying (Secretary to Jiang) Assistant Magistrate Po (Civil Service Head) Chief Judge Hung Captain of the Magistrate�s Personal Guard �Tiger Eye� Li Captain of the City Guard �Sleeping Dog� Kim Religion: Buddhist Chief Abbot Cing (of the �Faithful Servants Buddhist Temple�) Buddhist Assistant Abbot �Iron Hand� Kang Taoist Head Priest Bop (of the �Holy Way Order Shrine�) Taoist Second Head Priest Lin Muslim Jafar Fei Rong-Ji (of the �Sacred Eastern Temple Facing West�) Animist Lady Kang of the �Five Sisters of the Moon Clan� Merchants The Tang Family: Headed by �Old� Tang Hua-Sung, they specialize in textiles, own several restaurants. The Feng Family: Headed by �Lazy Eye� Feng Xie-Lin, they run the major boating business along the river between NanJing and HangZhou. The Jin Family: Headed by Madam Wen Mei-Hua, they run most of the local distilleries and the Seven Flower Pagoda. The Meng Family: Headed by Meng Yu-Im, they own the major local flour mill. HeiShou (Criminal) Underworld The Water Rat Clan: Own most of the brothels on the West side of the city and control the city opium trade. Run by �Black Rat� Tang. The Brotherhood of the Tiger: Own most of the brothels on the East side of the city, specialize in local slave trade. Run by �Winter Tiger� Wei The Ghost Kings: An extortion syndicate who exploit money from the local merchants, also run several teams of pickpockets. Run by a group of 6 �Ghost Kings� who split up the city among themselves: Iron Ghost, Forest Ghost, River Ghost, Sparking Ghost, Flying Ghost and Whispering Ghost. The WuXia (Jiang Hu) Underworld The Black Flower Society: Chapter Headed by �Iron Heart� Kang. Freelance mercenaries and bodyguards. The Sea Dragon�s Sons: Chapter Headed by �Smiling Crocodile� Jin. They specialize in guarding shipping. The Society of the Winter Plum: Headed by �Abbot� Sam. Mercenary Farmers. The Brotherhood of the White Sword: Headed by �Lady� Lu. Mercenary swordsmen. The Saints of Mount Cloud: Chapter Headed by �Scholar� Xiu. An order of taoist warrior-scholars. The Six Palms Bodyguard Agency: Headed by Master Chou. The Peaceful Road Bodyguard Agency: Headed by Master Qi The Golden Archers Bodyguard Agency: Headed by Mistress Lang The Cult of the Harevst Moon: A shadowy assassins guild. The Cult of the Holy Maiden of Mount Sun: A cult who worship their �Holy Maiden� who they believe is a goddess in human form come to cleanse the world of corruption. (Which includes established religions like Buddhism and Taoism.) The Green Lotus Society: A loose organization of anti-Qing groups who work to disrupt the Manchus. Noteworthy Others: Lady Hua Mei-Mei: Mistress of the �Loving Arms� Brothel, the city�s most famous. Miss Rose: The #1 cortesean at the Loving Arms, also a singer and poet of some note. �Cracked Fingers� Yuan: Master of the �Shining Temple� Opera House. Kwan Gei: Master of the Seven Flowers Drinking Pagoda, perhaps the most connected man in the city. Doctor Kan Jie-Han: head of the �Eternal Springs� Clinic which helps provide traditional medicine to the common people of the East end of the city. (Also a rumoured to be a martial artist of some note, has a small cadre of assistants who have proven their combat skills and desire to protect the weak.) |