Groups and Organizations - Collective Fun!!

[Bjorn Doneerson]

The Violet Underground

The violet underground is both a rock band and an organized crime ring. The band is a group of middle aged lawyers who play music in night clubs to forget about their jobs. The night clubs they play are frequented by well known mobsters of all sorts, many of whom are awfully friendly with the police. The Violet Underground realized they could own the police and the town if they could own the mafias. They began to poison mafiosos until the gangs were forced to cut a deal with the band. The Violet Underground controls most of the gangs in New England and New York. One notable group reamains beyond their control: The Heaven and Earth Society also known as the Triads.

Up Next:
The Tiggerific Society of America.

 

[WayneLigon]

The Tiggerific Society of America

It's said that almost every interest humans can think of has some organization that caters to that interest, somewhere. For those people who like Tigger -- of 'Winnie The Pooh' fame -- this is the club for you.

Originally headquartered at 156-B West 79th street in Manhattan, NYC, The Tiggerific Society of America is the brainchild of Marvin Staples, part-time Target employee and self-proclaimed lover of all things to do with Tigger. As of the fall of 2002, The Society is composed of approx. 185,255 people all over the world, from all walks of life and socioeconomic background.

From May 1970 to March 2000, Marvin Staples quietly published a newsletter that detailed trivia, pointed interested Tigger fanciers to products featuring the character and in general served as a focal point for Tigger fans. In March 2000, rising postal costs forced Staples to make his newletter into a website, and thereby hangs a strange tale.

Heated debate began in the new message boards between fans of the original books and the Disney version of Pooh. Staples tried to head off such flame wars when he could, but publicity over this caused website to come to the attention of the Disney corporate lawyers, who hit Staples with a cease-and-desist order, stating that by collecting a minor fee to help pay for bandwidth that he was infringing on the rights of the Disney corporation, etc etc.

Staples posted the order on the The Tiggerific Society of America website, announcing that he did not have the money to fight the impending lawsuit, and that he was shutting down the club.

Letter of support began to pour into the Disney corporate offices, but were rebuffed.

Within hours, the first Disney board member was dead.

Police picked up Elaine Hart of Witchita KA as she fled from the Disney grounds, still carrying the deer rifle she'd used to murder the man. She told them and, later, CNN that she 'did it for Tigger'.

Three days later, electrical contractor Robert Merriweather used his truck to run down a Disney attorney as he crossed an intersection in downtown Orlando. Since then, five more people involved with the decision to ban Staples club have died, all by the hands of perfectly ordinary people.

Staples has repeatedly denied any involvement with the killings.

Remember that the root word for 'Fan' is 'Fanatic'....


Next: Sylvan.Com

 

[Angelsboi]

Sylvan.com

A website run by one Morris Valchrye, a neo wiccan who claims to have had witches in his family for the past 900 years and has the family tree to prove it. He posts updates on new spells and information about various species of nature, be it vegetable, animal or mineral, that is endangered and needs help.

Morris has been in the news for envorionmentalist terrorism and no proof has been found to incriminate him as of yet.

Belladonna's Ballroom Blitz

 

[WayneLigon]

Belladonna's Ballroom Blitz

Madame Belladonna (this is surely an affectation, done for aliterary effect) hosts a unique party every year during the Christmas season. She is generally considered dotty but harmless by those who have spoken to her at length, but she does have an odd sense of humor.

She sends invitations, which arrive on Oct 31, to 333 people instructing them that they and a significant other are invited to an old-fashioned ballroom dance marathon. Anyone left standing at the end of 72 hours gets to take home an iron pot full of gold coins, valued at about 200 million dollars. The gold is always in full view right in the middle of the dance floor at all times. Everyone participating must sign a series of waivers, which are then notarized.

The rules are different from the old dance marathons, though.

Once the music begins, no-one can stop, not even for a second. There are no rest breaks, no bathroom breaks, nothing. Food and drink is provided in endless quantities to the dancers, but they must keep dancing even as they eat. They are not allowed any stimulants save the coffee or tea provided. Breaking that rule causes immediate expulsion.

Obviously after some time has passed, the contest becomes very messy and cruel, but Madame Belladonna never lacks for participants. More than 50% drop out by the end of the first 24 hours, and so far no-one has lasted the entire 72. Being the last standing doesn't count; you have to keep dancing until the clock chimes time over.

The area around the dance floor is cluttered with the buffet tables, and chairs. Anyone invited to the marathon is free to stay for the entire 72 hours, regardless if they are dancing or not, but they must have at least started out as active participants. Once they step off the dance floor, they can come and go as they wish.

Madame Belladonna's motives in this are unknown.

Next: Black Gate Books

 

[Bjorn Doneerson]

I'd just like to say I(aka Joe Tigger on the WotC boards) am addicted to these threads. I check in constantly to see if anyones done mine or what there is to do next.

Black Gate Books

Black Gate Books is a small out of the way shop dealing in games and hobbies. Frank, the owner is an overly kind middle-aged man with connections in the roleplaying and trading card game industries. He seems to be able to hunt down any item a customer wants within a week or so. He also is a collector of rare artifacts, one of which is constantly in and out of his shop. In the 1920's in the small New England town the shop is in strange things began to happen. Werewolfs, zombies, ghouls, the newspapers were filled with occult phenomena. Unfortuneatley many times, these strange happenings caused people great harm. A reluctant hero arose. He was a mage of great power and as his magic wands he used a pair of enchanted, silver-plated Colt 1911 .45's. He used his mystical silver bullets to protect the innocent, whether they were human, or some misunderstoodotherworldy creature. He always wore a black trenchcoat and hid in the shadows, hiding his identity. He was a proffesor at a local University. After he died, many men took up the mantle of The Magician as he came to be known. All were former students of another person to hold the title, and all held his position in the university. Then, for some time there was no Magician, and the guns and coat were lost and then found by Black Gate Books. Once, late at night, they were stolen. Frank caught the thief and tackled him, to find out that he actually held the same position at the university that the original Magician had. Due to faster transportation, the new Magician can take his operations worldwide. He gets all his info through Frank the Bookseller.

Just 'cause I'm in a silly mood:
The-Anti-Toilet-Training Association

 

[Bob Mackenzie]

The Anti Toilet Training Association

Warning what follows is in very poor taste...

Gruswald, a sourcerer of note, was disgusted with the military orientation of most magic items. So, he invented a majical bath that was always full and always hot. This was greeted with rapture by the nobility and sold by the hundred. Gruswald became rich

For his next project he made a toilet. He always felt that crapping in a bucket and then throwing it in the street (even from the top of a sourcerer's tower) was a bit unhigenic. So he took the essence of a toad and magiced it in to a toilet that you sat on and it ate your waste. Deluxe versions even had tongue to lick you clean. The toilet was a great sucess and sales mounted in to thounsands.

"On the day the 1000th crapper is made so shall great pain come to the Earth" is not the sort of prophesy that gets too much notice,. Indeed most schollars thought it a poor joke by some 3rd rate apprentice wizard.

Unfortunately not. On the day the 1000th toilet was made the Great Demon Krushgar was unleashed upon the earth. Krushgar had exactly the sort of sense of humour you'd expect of a demon. He found the magic toilets and changed them. They grew teeth and they grew legs, they also grew a taste for human flesh. When the unwary sat down they were devoured genitalia first

The toilets of Krushgar can be found lurking innocently in outhouses waiting for the unwary to sit down, or they may be found in the wilderness hunting in packs. In either case they are very dangerous opponents

So dangerous the Paladin Fairisle set up a school that teaches combat against the bestial bog the Anti-Toilet Training Association!

Cheers

Bob

Next Up

The Council of Sluts

 

[Tonguez]

The Council of Slutz

The Council of Slutz

Slutz is a small out of the way village someone in the Czech Republic where on August 28 1947 the Council of Slutz was convened inorder to address the issue concerning the Occult Research Programme that had been conducted by the Thrid Reich. All Records and Research Data was placed in lead boxes and sunk in the a lake 13 miles northeast of Slutz, and those Occult Scientist considered too dangerous were executed for crimes against humanity. However 12 of the Occult Scientitst were housed in a large underground facility beneath Slutz, were they were asked to complete certain areas of research that the Council considered 'of future value'. The last inmate of the Slutz facility died in 1982.

The Council of Slutz is scheduled to reconvene on December 14 2002

(ooc the exact nature of the research project 'of future value' is left to the descretion of the DM)

next: Opus Mundi

 

[Mordane76]

Opus Mundi

In response to rising levels of pollution caused by lax environmental policies of the various nations of the world, an underground worldwide organization of militant environmentalists calling themselves the Opus Mundi (translated "The Work of Heaven") has begun a shadow campaign against the evil oppressors of Mother Earth and Sister Sky. Their methods, however, are by no means typical. The group's greatest triumph so far as been the engineering of bizarre, normal-appearing pets that, once they reach maturity, will begin hypnotizing the next generation of human children (a la the "Hypno-Toad") into lobbying against their governments and fighting for extremist environmental policies. In the meantime, they have begun systematically insinuating key members of their group in power plants, water purification plants, and important sanitation and product distribution industries so that they could potentially bring the world's economy to a halt and send humanity back to the Dark Ages.


Next: The Grand Coalition of the Spotted Monkey!

 

[Janus3041]

The Grand Coalition of the Spotted Monkey

Many people know that translations from Oriental languages into English can sometimes make names that sound ludicrous, and the Grand Coalition of the Spotted Monkey is one such tragedy of the Oriental-English conversion. An ancient order of benevolent monks hidden away in the treacherous mountain passes of Tibet, the Grand Coalition strives for a deeper understanding of life through meditation and physical perfection. Few have heard of the order outside Nepal, and those that do seldom possess the resources necessary to embark on the journey to their monastery. However, it is rumored that the Coalition may have discovered a means to pierce physical boundaries, and those who complete their trainings are capable of super-human feats of mental and physical prowess. However, most outsiders that do make the journey are politely rebuffed, told they are not mentally ready for the path that would take them to physical perfection.

Next: Chainbiter's Curio Shop!