time of judgement - newsticker

Thursday November 6, 2003
LA Gang War Takes Occult Turn

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA—South Central Los Angeles suffered through a second night of violence and looting last night as several gangs engaged in an all-out battle for territory. Fires raged through many areas, but the governor has yet to declare a state of emergency or call in the National Guard, despite repeated calls from the mayor’s office. Matters took a strange turn when a local “shock-jock” radio host interviewed a supposed member of one of the warring gangs. “We fight for Manishtusu,” said the unidentified man, “and all the fallen will bow before him in a pool of blood!” Occult experts claim that “Manishtusu” is the name of a demon in biblical lore, one that has been linked to no less than eight violent cults in Los Angeles since the early 1930s.

Demon
Manishtusu ist einer der Erdgebundenen die sich in L.A. niedergelassen haben, zudem hat er einen recht großen Einfluss auf verschiedene Gangs. Sein Beiname lautet "Herr der Mörder", woraus man schließen kann, dass er kein sehr netter Zeitgenosse ist.


Friday November 7, 2003
‘Three-Eyed Prophet’ Seen in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA—Weekend concert-goers at a music festival reported seeing an itinerant prophet who promised “salvation for the children of Seth and Cain” for those who accepted the “path of Golconda.” According to witnesses, the prophet had a third eye in the center of her forehead, as well as hands that wept blood from stigmata that appeared as she extolled onlookers to “accept the path.”

Vampire
Ganz offensichtlich handelt es sich, bei ihr um eine der sieben (bzw 6) Salubri, welche vom alten Clan übriggeblieben sind.

Monday November 10, 2003
//intercept/source—unknown//:

I have faced great difficulty in recent times crossing the Wall and have meditated for three lunar cycles on the nature of Yin. Tonight, I enter the Yin World to discover what lies behind these troubles. -- Mandarin Ch’eng Hao
Kinder des Lotus
Ein weiteres Beispiel dafür, dass sich die Membranen zwischen den Welten verhärten, was aber eigentlich seltsam ist, da ebendiese doch später wegbrechen sollen...naja, WW wird schon wissen was die machen...




Tuesday November 11, 2003
//intercept/source—GWNet//:

The Walking Thunder Caern in Kenya is gone. I found the bones of all the Ahadi who lived there picked clean, and some of the locals said there had been a swarm of locusts, though locusts who eat Fera flesh is something new. There was a single spirit messenger there, and all it said was, “It is free.” --Mephi
Werwolf
Scheinbar wurde ein Caern des Ahadi (Veieinigung afrikanischer Gestaltwandler) von irgendetwas mächtigem, was scheinbar erwacht ist, ausgelöscht. Im Players Guide to the Changing Breeds soll etwas über eine extrem mächtige Plage unter Afrika stehen. Wer weis...



Wednesday November 12, 2003
Terrorist Bombing at NASA Hides Kidnappings

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA—23 NASA staff members have vanished in the wake of the firebombing of their offices and laboratories, officials reported today. This is the latest instance of missing aerospace research personnel, joining reports of similar disappearances in Kazakhstan, Ecuador and the offices of 12 aerospace industry corporations.
Magus
An den ganzen genannten Orten haben die Söhne des Äther, produktionsstätten an denen sie die Teile für ihre Ätherschiffe (Raumschiffe) produzieren lassen. Scheinbar hat jemand einen derben Schlag gegen sie ausgeführt.

Thursday November 13, 2003
//intercept/source—unknown//:

Archbishop: I know very well there’s no point in lying, so I won’t. The attackers were Black Hand, I’m quite sure. The one I cornered called you a traitor. Conrad was wounded in the attack and so was I. I reclaimed my sire’s blood. Judge me as you would. -- Bishop Andrew Emory

Vampire
Das ganze sieht danach aus, als wenn die schwarze Hand (die des Sabbats, nicht die Wahre) versucht ihren Einfluss auf den Sabbat zu vergrößern. Immerhin soll er ihnen bei Gehenna als Waffe dienen und in seinem derzeitigen Zustand würde er ihm kaum etwas nützen. Leider sagen mir die Namen überhaupt nichts.

Friday November 14, 2003
‘Sea Monster’ Seen in New York’s East River

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK—Police dispatchers last night responded to over 300 calls reporting a “monster” by the Manhattan side of the East River. Various reports describe the “monster” as having tentacles and being of indiscernible size

Vampire
Hier haben wir mal eine richtige Meldung. Es scheint so, als ob Tzimisce tatsächlich seine Zuflucht verlassen hat (siehe Meldung vom 2.10.) un ddabei wohl nicht sehr unauffällig war...



Monday November 17, 2003
CDC Baffled by New York ‘Sea Monster’

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK—Previous reports of the “monster” seen in the East River might not have been out of line. CDC agents report that biological detritus left in the monster’s wake consisted of a never-before-seen amalgam of necrotic flesh and fungus, in addition to an amount of as-yet-unspecified biomatter.

Vampire
Die Meldung dürfte wohl die Auswirkungen der letzen Meldung beschreiben. Endlich mal eine Meldung die wenigstens Andeutet das die Öffentlichkeit etwas von dem ganzen mitbekommt.




Tuesday November 18, 2003
//intercept/source—unknown//:

Honored Queens: I was ordered by my father, the Golden Lion Emperor Chan Jianglu, to travel to your courts under flag of truce. I was to request aid against the unknown demon-hunters who have suddenly appeared in our midst. I was to tell you of the siege they have lain on the court in Singapore, of the burning of the Lexicon Club and other worrisome developments. I will not do so, for it is now too late. The Kuei-jin of Singapore have been sent to Yomi by these madmen, so I send only with a warning that you could be next. --Alina Chan
KdL/ Jäger (?)
Irgendjemand oder irgendetwas hat wohl die Kuei-Jim Singapurs vernichtet. Eine Möglichkeit wäre natürlich, dass die Jäger in der Gegend es geschafft haben sich zu organisierne und gezielt zuzuschlagen, oder das eine andere Organisation, Strike Force Zero zum Beispiel, beginnt zu handeln.

Wednesday November 19, 2003
Man Appears Simultaneously in LA and Detroit

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK—Executives at both Disney/ABC and General Electric/NBC today denied involvement in the strange appearance of an African-American man calling himself Dante in the live broadcasts of the Monday-night football game between the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions, and of the final episode of the live reality show Who Wants to Marry a Movie Star? The man, appearing simultaneously to witnesses on both the Movie Star set in Los Angeles and at Detroit’s Ford Stadium, issued an enigmatic warning to “everyone who knows the truth.”

Magus
Dante ist ein Virtueller Adept und zudem ein meister der Korrespondenz, allerdings galt er seid dem letzen Absturz des Digitalen Netzes als verschollen. Scheinbar hat er dort aber etwas erfahren, was für ihn scheinbar so wichtig war, dass er die Gefahr auf sich nahm extrem Vulgäre Magick in aller Öffentlichkeit zu verwenden. Jetzt kann man nur noch hoffen, dass seine Warnung in einem der kommenden Ticker genauer beschrieben wird.




Thursday November 20, 2003
//intercept/source—GWNet//:

The Zmei Goluko has awoken from his slumber on the Taimyr Peninsula. He has consumed the Black Spiral Dancers who awaited him and has emerged from the earth. He heads south.

Werwolf
Die Zmei sind extrem Gefährliche Wyrmdrachen, welche Baba Yaga nutzte um die Macht in Russland zu ergreiffen. Insgesamt gab es 7 von ihnen wobei erst zwei, unter extremen Verlusten, durch die Garou vernichtet werden konnte, der Rest war bis vor kurzem inaktiv, aber scheinbar erwachen sie gerade.

Friday November 21, 2003
//intercept/source— alt.conspiracies//:

It rained frogs last week in Alexandria. No shit. Hundreds of them, pouring from the sky like a rerun of “The Bible’s Greatest Hits.” It began when an unexpected storm came in off the sea, battering the coast and the immortal Pharos harbor with torrential rains and high winds. But after the rains died down, there they were—frogs, covering the streets, smashed into pulp on top of cars. Hell, they even managed to take out a light pole.

And then, three days ago, came the snakes. Thousands of them, slithering up through the sand in North Africa—even through cement and tile flooring, if you can believe that. Already, I’ve gotten wind of reports of over 20 snake and poison-related deaths. And now this. Earlier today, reports of swarms of insects—locusts, I’ll wager—began to drift into the various authorities and news organizations in Egypt. Nobody seems to know where these bugs came from.

So, the question you should all be asking yourselves is, “How come we on this side of the world have to hear about all this from some guy on an informal newsgroup?”

It kind of makes you wonder what else they aren’t telling us.

Demon (?)
Es gibt zwar keinen eindeutigen Hinweis auf Dämonen, aber es paßt einfach am ehesten zur Stimmung des Systems, zudem erinnert das ganze recht stark an die Plagen aus der Bibel, wobei vorher ja auch schon einige von ihnen kamen, mal gucken wann der rest kommt

Monday November 24, 2003
Radio Telescopes Pick up Growls in the Sky

ARECIBO, PUERTO RICO—Scientists at the world-famous Arecibo radio observatory were today unable to explain the strange electromagnetic interference that is causing strange displays in the night sky and blanketing the airwaves with waves of sound that one official describes as “a chorus of bestial growls and moans.” Scientists at a recent conference concurred that, whatever the source of the strange noises is, the strength of the interference is steadily increasing. One official who did not wish to be named insisted that he had been able to discern distinct voices and patterns of speech among the cacophony of noise.

Werwolf/ Magus
Scheinbar sendet der Rote Stern, Antehelios, Signale. Das Knurren könnte man damit erklären, dass es eigentlich ja ein Umbrageborener ist und so tief im All wie er derzeitig noch ist der Todesgürtel so dünn ist, dass man es durch technische mittel empfangen kann. Oder so ähnlich...

Tuesday November 25, 2003
Fire Sweeps Through Barnard College

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK—As urban chaos continues to grip Manhattan, a catastrophic fire swept through the campus of Barnard College last night, destroying several buildings, including the library and its rare-books collection. Investigators from the Fire Marshall’s office claim that the fire has exposed a complex set of underground facilities linked to the college grounds. As many as two dozen people might have been living in these hidden catacombs, which included elaborate sleeping quarters and other facilities. Ashy debris is all that remain of the inhabitants of what some recovered documents called the “Chantry of Five Boroughs.”







Wednesday November 26, 2003
//intercept/source—hunter-net.org//:

Those who wish to assist me, stay out of the blood camps. There is nothing you can do from inside. Stay on the outside to protect those who remain free. Weaken the power of the blood drinkers. And wait for the fire to start. -- Dictatrix11

Monday December 1, 2003
//intercept/source—Panopticon intranet//:

Be advised that Tradition-aligned deviants have successfully freed recently Awakened detainees from a penitentiary in Woomera, Australia. Initial reports suggest the prison guards surrendered rather than follow through with orders to execute the prisoners. Panopticon operatives have attempted to retake Woomera only to be repelled by lightning strikes that damaged equipment but left agents unharmed. Communications suggest that 52% of captured operatives chose suicide over surrender to the deviants.

Tuesday December 2, 2003
Hundreds Die From Rat Attacks in Calcutta

CALCUTTA, INDIA—Panic broke out throughout the city of Calcutta last night when the rat population was seemingly driven mad from fear or illness and began attacking humans. Hundreds have already died in the initial chaos, and thousands more are expected to die from infection in the days and weeks to come. Reports of “Rat Kings” are widespread among those who have endured the attacks.

Wednesday December 3, 2003
Japanese Buildings Are ‘Growing’

TOKYO, JAPAN—Eye witnesses and photography both report that the buildings of Tokyo are apparently growing and changing on their own, through unknown means. Crowds have gathered in awe to watch enormous skyscrapers grow taller and more angular. The phenomenon might also be linked to a sudden tenfold increase in the rate of violent crime throughout Tokyo.

Thursday December 4, 2003
//intercept/source—unknown//:

The freehold of Queen Karolinda is no more, and the queen herself is dead, victim of a massive ghille dhu, nearly twelve feet in height, which came to our lands sowing death and destruction in its wake. Green Man’s Fever grips the citizenry, and many more have died. Before it left, know that the ghille dhu roared a message: “The last Gold Oath is broken, and the world is theirs at last!”

Friday December 5, 2003
Texas ‘Vampire-Hunter’ Sentenced to Life

HOUSTON, TEXAS—Judge Donna Brandenburg sentenced “vampire-hunter” Ernesto Gutierrez to life in prison Monday after a jury unanimously found him guilty. Gutierrez murdered eight individuals between the years of 1997 and 2003, though none of their bodies have been found. Gutierrez was arrested after an attempted murder during which his victim escaped and contacted authorities. The victim testified at night, as she suffered from acute hepatic porphyria (a.k.a. “Schere’s Disease”), an allergy to direct sunlight—likely the source of Gutierrez’s belief that she was a vampire.







Monday December 8, 2003
Explosion Reveals Hundreds of Bodies in Michigan Factory

IRON RAPIDS, MICHIGAN—Local and national media today descended on the wreckage of the Iron Rapids Manufacturing plant after a series of explosions rocked the depressed steel belt town last night. Rows and rows of bodies, all with wooden stakes driven through their hearts, were found in a variety of windowless rooms, sources say. Law enforcement sealed off the area after one Detroit-area station broadcast footage of several of these corpses coming to life when the stakes were removed. Local resident Douglas Sands, arrested at the scene, screamed, “I got them, Faye!” to the cameras before being dragged away, apparently referring to his wife, abducted from their home last March and never found.

Tuesday December 9, 2003
//intercept/source—radio broadcast 2.4 MHz//:

We don’t have any electricity, except when Doctor Cole’s generator works. There’s no running water, but we’ve got the river and a good filtration system going. There’s food—we grow vegetables on the rooftops, and we’re never going to run out of Spam and processed cheese. And we keep getting bigger. Bit by bit, block by block.

We keep claiming ground, because of Lupe. She never stops fighting for us. Never stops finding ways to keep out the monsters and the freaks and the killers. And then there are her soldiers. She’s trained them to find the dens and hideouts; taught them to kill the monsters and stop them from invading our homes.

Wednesday December 10, 2003
Population of Fog-Covered Roanoke, VA Disappears

LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA—The Lynchburg police station has been inundated by reports from terrified motorists who report that the nearby town of Roanoke has vanished from the face of the earth. Travelers on highway 220 report that a strange, low-lying fog blankets the area. Cell phones will not function in the region, and radios emit an eerie sound that witnesses describe as the “howls of the damned.” Several reports also included sighting vehicles stopped at various points along the highway with their lights on, doors open and engines running, but no sign of their owners.







Thursday December 11, 2003
Radical Group Appears in Black Forest

FREIBURG, GERMANY—Groups of villagers from parts of the famed Black Forest have banded together to serve in a vigilante group calling itself the “Army of the Wise God.” Claiming to take leadership from a mysterious man named “ General Geoffrey,” this group has ejected all national authorities and held a series of lynchings of those they proclaim enemies. The bloodiest lynching was of the entire population of a neo-pagan commune that had lived peacefully in the Forest since right after the Second World War. The Army of the Wise God branded the commune’s members as “unwitting slaves of Samael and Moloch” and executed them all, sending photographs and other grizzly evidence to national media outlets.







Friday December 12, 2003
New England Town in Grip of Fanatics

According to the few residents who managed to escape, the small town of Temple Corner, Maine has been invaded by a religious extremists. This nameless group reportedly serves a woman named “Zhyzhak, Chosen of Green Dragon” and uses a wild dogs and wolves in its rites. One escapee reported that many villagers had been fed to these apparently rabid animals. He also said he was given a message from the enigmatic Zhyzhak, one destined for a certain “Albrecht.”

Monday December 15, 2003
Atlanta Man Burns to Ash Under Dawn Sun

ATLANTA, GEORGIA—Witnesses reported that an unknown man was dumped unceremoniously in a Midtown park a few minutes before sunrise this morning. The man was bound and gagged. When onlookers came closer to help the man, he screamed incoherently. As the sun rose, the man burst into flame. The flames consumed him quickly, reportedly leaving only a pile of ash no more than a minute afterward.

Tuesday December 16, 2003
//intercept/source—GWNet//:

It rode out above Jerusalem in broad daylight. The Maeljin Incarna Hellbringer and none other. It is heading northwest, toward the Margrave. --Exalted-of-Gaia

Wednesday December 17, 2003
Royal Speech Sparks Vigilantism

LONDON, ENGLAND—In a pronouncement made from the Tower of London to address the fears resulting from a series of recent purported “hauntings,” the Prince of Wales last night called on the population to take to the streets to defend their nation. “Britannia will always protect us,” he said, “but she hungers.” In the aftermath, dozens of vigilante gangs built wicker men all over the city. Hundreds of looters and vandals were captured and imprisoned inside the effigies and burned to death. Sources inside Buckingham Palace say that the strange pronouncement was written in consultation with a previously unknown society called the Harbingers of Avalon, who some claim are tied to the Knights Templar.

Thursday December 18, 2003
Mexico City Gripped by Chaos and Mass Disappearances

PUEBLA, MEXICO—“The graveyards have given up their dead!” is the cry repeated over and over for the last three days, by a hysterical voice speaking on Mexico City’s Radio Joya, station XEJP. Phone service to the city is out, and over-flights by the Mexican Army report that parts of the city are in flames, but the streets appear deserted.

Friday December 19, 2003
//intercept/source—radio broadcast 10.7 MHz//:

I think all of us fought to keep things as they were, to save civilization from the monsters and the darkness. But maybe that wasn’t the point, because civilization was where the monsters and the darkness came from—the things that controlled us and kept us ignorant. What we fought to protect was the same thing the creatures wanted to control.

Now it’s gone. The monsters have been dragged into the light, and they have to play on the same field as the rest of us. This isn’t just our reckoning, it’s theirs as well. We’re going from a corrupt and damaged world into something new, and it doesn’t have to be worse than this. It can’t be worse than this. Not if we’re there, on the ground, helping it take shape.

I drove past a broken-down truck on the way up this hill, a man and a woman walking away from it. I’m going to drive back down right now and find them.

Help them inherit the earth.

Soldier out.