Devil Tiger Mandarin of the New Promise

Opportunities abounded in turn-ofthe-century Hong Kong for both Europeans and those Chinese willing to either work for gweilo masters or turn to crime. Song Feng did both. He served as an accountant for a British shipping company while secretly providing his services to the Heaven and Earth Society, an influential Triad using the company’ s resources to smuggle contraband in and out of Hong Kong. Song Feng enjoyed the high life bought through his illegal gains, but it caught up with him when his employers discovered his “moonlighting.” Fearing the authorities, Feng ran to his criminal associates for aid; they decided it was best if the trail ended with him. Shortly thereafter, police found Song Feng executed as a warning to anyone who crossed the Triads. Not long afterwards, his unleashed P’o rose from Yomi and he took the Second Breath. What arose in Song Feng’s place was the antithesis of the scheming and weak man he had been; instead it was a marvelous devil of hatred and hunger. He fell upon the men of the Heaven and Earth Society, quickly drawing the attention of other Kuei-jin who captured him and helped leash the raging Demon. He learned from the talons and hot irons of the August Body of Sagacious Devils. It was almost a forgone conclusion he would choose the Howl of the Devil Tiger as his Dharma upon entering Kuei-jin society. Song Feng didn’t allow his innate cleverness or knowledge to drown in blood, however. He realized they were some of the most important traits he offered the August Courts, along with a desire to punish the wicked and cast foreigners from the Middle Kingdom’s shores. His rise through the ranks and his work with various Scarlet Screens drew the attention of the Electric Money Wickedness Club (see Dharma Book: Devil Tigers, p. 44), which recruited Feng for their operations. Feng truly found an environment where he thrived. A combination of business sense and utter ruthlessness made Feng invaluable to the mandarins and ancestors of the club’s Board of Directors. He personally handled operations abroad, and was as comfortable working via a cell phone or laptop as he was taking a direct hand in matters. He remained politically conservative enough to satisfy the August Courts but progressive enough to serve the Wickedness Club and its Board effectively. His insight exposed several Ventrue and Tremere financial weaknesses in Hong Kong that the club exploited, weakening the Kin-jin’s power base. It was that expertise that made Feng an ideal choice to handle the more esoteric business matters concerning the New Promise Mandarinate. He jumped at the chance, understanding the value of San Francisco like few others in the August Courts. Unlike the traditionalists, Song Feng has no illusions about the Middle Kingdom’s imposed isolation from the rest of the world. It’s too late for that. If the Kuei-jin are to survive the Sixth Age, then they must expand and strengthen their domain’ s borders. More so, they must have allies, while ensuring no enemies lie at their backs. Feng is uncertain about the Kin-jin, but he does see San Francisco as an important part of the future.

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