The younger ex-Ancients members of the Laésa look up to Driscoll-I assume because he’s a master of carromeleg, not because of his charm.Īmanda Brooks (née Telestrian) is the widow of Richard Brooks, executive VP of Telestrian’s Willamette Orchards conglomerate. He’s also an enforcer for the Laésa, the guy they call if a “problem” needs to be removed. He’s a taciturn, surly, and grouchy SOB, with a short fuse and a nasty temper. Laésa’s leaders aren’t known, but a few of the more active members are:ĭriscoll is an ex-Tír military officer, who lost his post for supporting the wrong person at the wrong time. A large part of their success in smuggling and in obtaining their goods-like the Tír-government-controlled drug, laés-comes from their extensive network of members and contacts. There’s no concentration anywhere outside of Tarislar, but there are members everywhere. There aren’t a lot of members, but they’re spread across the Pacific Northwest. Membership includes people from all walks of life-ex-Tír military, Sinsearach shamans, Tír government clerks, accountants, doctors, even police officers. The leadership of the Laésa remains unknown, although the rumors suggest someone with legitimate businesses and local influence. This is likely a leftover from the Tír political scene, blended with the Sinsearach’s rigid tribal class system. The group doesn’t have titles among their members, but they are highly aware of social status-both inside the organization and in their greater community-and expect the type of respect that status would normally demand. Either way, whatever happens at that meeting remains a mystery. If they are accepted, they’re contacted later by the organization. If they’re not accepted, they never hear back-and don’t remember anything that might incriminate the group or leaders. Potential members must agree to meet with the leaders of the Laésa and take a dose of laés after the meeting, regardless of the outcome. They don’t have an initiation rite, either, or at least not like any other gang. They don’t have any colors or symbols, but they all speak Sperethiel and train in the martial arts of carromeleg. Since they’re still up and running, and profiting more than ever, I guess that whatever the adept found, he or she liked-not a lot of groups survive Dawkin’s scrutiny. Supposedly, a Dawkin’s Group adept infiltrated them. They’re a new breed of organization, and law enforcement has had zero luck in figuring out how they tick. I’d call them a minor ethnic syndicate-except members have no common cultural ties. ⧁ The Organized Crime Division at Lone Star classifies these guys as a “secondtier political/ethnic gang,” because they wanted to differentiate them from the “terrorist” Rinelle ke’Tesrae. With the influx of new members, the political purpose has faded, and the gang has become more profit-oriented, elevating them from a small criminal operation to a second-tier gang. In the last few years, younger members of the Ancients and a few smaller elven gangs have joined the new organization, the promise of advancement opportunities a tempting lure. The group merged with a number of Sinsearach smugglers and talisleggers. The people of Tarislar saw the Laésa as a blessing-many of the refugees, and their families, were political exiles. The core group renamed themselves the Laésa, “The Forgotten” in Sperethielīased in Tarislar, the insular elven community in Puyallup, Laésa have an ideal power base that the government of Seattle had abandoned. Removed from their original cause, but still criminally inclined, the original members slowly abandoned their political leanings. These revolutionaries already had a strong relationship with Sinsearach smugglers, who had supported and supplied their revolution. A portion of the Rinelle ke’Tesrae, extremists who found no place in the new Tír government, fled the country, blending in with the Tír refugees who flooded Tarislar and found places among the Sinsearach tribe in the Salish-Shide. The Laésa were born from the remnants of the Rinelle ke’Tesrae, political revolutionaries who were instrumental in toppling the Tír regime. Territory Pacific Northwest (Tír Tairngire, Salish-Sidhe, Seattle) Colors/Symbol None Resources (Firepower) 3 (Magic) 4 (Personnel) 1 Threat Rating 2 Numbers > 500 Professionalism 5 Training 2+

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