TEXT: The Unclean 
  Synopsis 
  This is a non-Mythos investigation into human trafficking mingled with a horror from Russian folklore. 
  Chort, one of the legendary Kam, has entered this world to punish those it finds disrespectful of 
  Russian culture. In its twisted rationale, it’s going after the victims of human trafficking. After all, if 
  they’re weak enough to be caught, they aren’t worthy of life. As more bodies turn up, a friendly local 
  LEO tries to keep things hidden until the agents can arrive and try to get to the bottom of matters. It’s 
  safe to say that most agents won’t get out. At least not the same way they went in. 
  The Hook 
  A-Cell is contacted by Dmitry Bulganov, a LEO investigating the Russian Mafia. He’s found some bodies 
  and is doing his best to keep local law enforcement out until the agents can take a look. The agents 
  are given the address for a condemned apartment complex in a bad part of town and will meet 
  Bulganov there. 
  Investigation 
  The Basement 
  The entry to the basement, a solid steel door, is at the bottom of a flight of stairs accessed from an 
  alley. The room is dark, dank, and covered in roaches but has a slight woodsy scent lingering under 
  the other odors. Moldy sheets and a few mattresses line one wall. The real horror is in the second 
  room. Five women and three men are chained to the walls with manacles. Their bodies all in various 
  stages of decay. Anya, a badly mangled woman, is still alive, but insane from her ordeal. (SAN 1/1D6) 
  She lashes out, trying to break free and screaming “angel smerti,” – angel of death. If calmed, she 
  remembers the smell of burning birch, a cold hand touch her, cold air wash over her, and then a 
  shadow leave the room and hearing a repetitive “thud.” 
  Spread across both rooms are several clues. Bulganov can provide a few more. An anonymous tip from 
  a young-sounding man lead him here. The bratva, led locally by Mikhail Zamyatin, make millions from 
  human trafficking; these people were destined for prostitution or slave labor, the primary buyer is 
  named “Nichto” - Zero. Despite the decay on the bodies, there are no obvious signs of other illnesses. 
  There’s a matchbook for “Radost” – Mirth. Several blankets in the first room look like they were 
  dragged toward the second room. 
  Bulganov offers to get street camera footage if needed. Outside, there are no cameras pointed down 
  the alley, but a traffic cam at the nearest intersection captured footage of bratva coming and going 
  every day. One day, it captures a group of boys sneaking down the alley, one of them wearing a leg 
  brace. A few minutes later, they come running out, one of them making a call. As they emerge, several 
  burly men appear in the frame and try to chase them down. 
  The Kids 
  Showing a still of the traffic cam can lead to the kids. No one recognizes the kid with the brace. The 
  call was made by Vanya. He said some new kid, a cripple named Yuri, offered to show them some dead 
  bodies. The only thing was, they weren’t dead yet! One of Vanya’s hands is peeling like it was burned. 
  The men and women were still moaning and screaming. He thinks the boy, who smelled like Christmas, 
  lives in an apartment a few blocks over. 
  
  The Apartment 
  Yuri stayed in a nasty apartment on the fourth floor. Even from the hall, the smell of decay, besom, 
  oak, and borscht is palpable. Inside are an elderly couple, Ljubomir and Yekaterina, trying to eat their 
  borscht through rotting mouths (1/1D6 SAN). Neither are able to talk, but they can write and will pass 
  gore covered notes in response to questions. They woke up one morning their grandson Yuri was at 
  the foot of their bed. He reached out and touched them both, then limped away. He forced them to 
  cook and care for him, including keeping the two-room apartment blisteringly hot, but they haven’t 
  seen him in a few days. He told them he came to town to punish the weak. They realize now that he’s 
  possessed by Chort, a Russian devil and spreader of disease. 
  Nichto 
  Nichto appears to be a woman in her early 30s, covered in tattoos. In reality, she’s a manifestation of 
  Baba Yaga and prostitution is just this generation’s version of selling children to witches in the forest. 
  She’s always surrounded by several heavily armed women. She operates a brothel in the upper floors 
  of a swank hotel, and always “makes time” for law enforcement. She doesn’t know what happened to 
  her latest shipment, but if they were damaged, Mikhail, her supplier will pay. He can be found at a club 
  called Radost, but the agents shouldn’t worry. She’ll take care of it. If she does, Mikhail, his crew, and 
  any clubbers are brutally murdered. If plied, Nichto can tell agents about Chort and his fondness for 
  heat. However, she will collect on any promise an agent makes. 
  Radost 
  At night, the club is packed with a morass of bodies writhing and squirming to a decades old beat. 
  During the day, the bratva run their criminal enterprises. Entrance at either time is tough for law 
  enforcement. Dropping Nichto’s or Mikhail’s name might help. As would mentioning the basement. 
  Bulganov is persona non-grata here, and will tell the agents as much. 
  The place is crawling with bratva muscle and guns. Mikhail, who is missing an ear, is well protected 
  and arrogant. He won’t easily show how pissed he is at losing his latest shipment. He thinks Nichto did 
  something to them so she wouldn’t have to pay. 
  One of the men’s hand is wrapped. He shrugs it off. He grabbed one of the kids he saw running from 
  the building and caught some skin condition from the lame freak. 
  Red Herring 
  Anthropologists and occultists might try delving the depths of Russian folklore as soon as the scenario 
  begins. The most obvious folklore connection to Russian bathhouses is the bannik, benign if propitiated 
  but lethal if angered bathhouse spirit. Another possibility are the zalozhnye pokoiniki, unclean undead. 
  These are the corpses of murderers, suicides, and other unconsecrated deaths. They’re similar to, but 
  much more intelligent and mobile than Western zombies. 
  Chort 
  Researching Chort reveals that he’s a demon who spreads a wasting disease through either touch or 
  breath. His totally hostile to humanity. He can possess any form, but must have at least one physical 
  infirmity. His form can’t be perfect. In the tales he was always found near fires or lurking in 
  bathhouses. 
  
  There’s a foundry, a steel mill, a YMCA with a sauna, and a bathhouse all within a mile of the 
  apartment. 
  The birch, besom, and oak woods are commonly used in traditional Russian banyas. 
  The Bathhouse 
  There’s an old public bathhouse that Chort has moved into. As his new domain, he has complete 
  control over it. He will use every element of it to his advantage, to spray steam to blind and burn, lure 
  the unwitting into areas where he can attack them, and cause the water to swirl and eddy. The agents 
  will need to use cold to take down the devil. 
   
  NPCs 
  Bratva 
  The bratva are vicious, cunning thugs. They want to stop whoever is killing their profits, but don’t trust 
  the cops, or anybody that smells like a cop. If they help the agents, it’ll be with the intention of 
  double-crossing them once the goods are safe. 
  Chort 
  Chort is a malicious spreader of disease. In his current guise, he appears as a youth with a metal leg 
  brace. As a demon, he is susceptible to extreme colds. If he learns the agents are on to him, he will try 
  to surreptitiously touch or breathe on them. 
  Dmitry Bulganov 
  Dima to his friends, Bulganov is about as clean as any cop investigating the Russian mob. Which is to 
  say, not very. His happy wife and two children don’t know about his two mistresses or extensive debts. 
  Born in Russia, Bulganov despises the bratva for selling his older sister into sex slavery. Once he 
  emigrated, he decided to take the fight to them and isn’t above looking the other way whenever lines 
  need to be crossed. 
  He first came to the attention of A-Cell when he stumbled across a Green Box and thought he found a 
  terrorist cell. His investigation proved thorough enough that he was tagged as a friendly. 
  He is disgusted by what he found in the basement and will do anything to shut the bratva down. 
  Unfortunately, Dima will fall prey to Chort during this scenario. If the agents part for the night, Dima 
  will contact them in the morning. His flesh will rot away, revealing musculature and bones, even 
  though his mind and body remain as active as ever. 
   
   
  
  STATS 
  Armed and Dangerous bratva and thugs 
  STR 15 
  CON 14 
  DEX 12 
  INT 11 
  POW 10 
  CHA 10 
  HP 14 
  SAN 50 
  Skills: Alertness 55%, Athletics 50%, Dodge 50%, Firearms 55%, Melee Weapons 65%, Unarmed 
  Combat 50% 
  Weapons: 9mm, 55%, 1D10 
  Tire Iron 65%, 1D6 
  AK-47 55%, 1D10, KD: 10%. KR: 2m 
  Chort 
  STR 21 
  CON 19 
  DEX 12 
  INT 65 
  POW 85 
  CHA 90 
  HP 20 
  Attacks: Breath or Touch 70%, damage is a wasting disease that destroys 1D6 CON per day. Victim 
  also loses 1D6 SAN as they watch their body waste away. It’s up to the Handler to determine how 
  contagious the disease is between victims. In a playtest game, the disease was highly communicable. 
  The slightest touch transferred it from person to person. 
  Possession: To possess a new target, Chort opposes his POW against the victim’s POW. Vulnerability: 
  Chort’s body takes damage from weapons, but if reduced to 0 HP, he finds another host. However, if 
  he takes the damage from extreme cold, he must return to his home deep in the bowels of the Urals 
  for 1D6 months. 
  Skills: Alertness 60%, Bureaucracy 99%, Disguise 50%, Dodge 60%, History 99%, Law 99%, Melee 
  Weapons 70%, Occult 99%, Persuade 80%, Stealth 80% 
  Dmitri Bulganov 
  STR 15 
  CON 14 
  DEX 12 
  INT 16 
  POW 12 
  CHA 10 
  
  HP 14 
  SAN 60 
  Skills: Alertness 65%, Athletics 55%, Bureaucracy 55%, Criminology 60%, Dodge 50%, Drive Auto 
  55%, Firearms 65%, First Aid 50%, Forensics 30%, Law 55%, Melee Weapons 55%, Persuade 60%, 
  Search 60% 
  Weapons: 9mm, 55%, 1D10 
  Nichto 
  STR 17 
  CON 25 
  DEX 17 
  INT 75 
  POW 80 
  CHA 18 
  HP 16 
  Skills: Alertness 70%, Craft (Baking) 99%, Disguise 50%, Dodge 60%, Firearms 60%, History 99%, 
  Melee Weapons 70%, Occult 99%, Persuade 90%, Search 65%, Stealth 80% 
  Attacks: Nichto will use whatever weapons at hand. 
  Compulsion: Nichto can oppose her POW against a target’s POW to compel the victim to do her 
  bidding, even if it’s self-destructive. If she’s successful, the victim can only be broken from the 
  compulsion by loss of hit points or SAN. 
   
  
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