Against the DEMONIC Conspiracy

All access date 4 March 2021
4 sessions on Sundays in April at 2pm (GMT) to test the Demonic Conspiracy stretch goal from my recent kickstarter campaign.

Sun 4 April: https://gauntlet-hangouts.firebaseapp.com/event-detail/-MUiN51LaBRIMC7TbKGS
Sun 11 April: https://gauntlet-hangouts.firebaseapp.com/event-detail/-MUiNHa7h3XrMrQFmGGf
Sun 18 April: https://gauntlet-hangouts.firebaseapp.com/event-detail/-MUiNXHlNG0vKqgfw24X
Sun 25 April: https://gauntlet-hangouts.firebaseapp.com/event-detail/-MUiNd44PMZD59qBdmPn

We meet Jocko the disgraced Navy Seal Black Bagger, Bodie the unstable former MI5 Scalp Hunter, Tony the eccentrically dressed former Irish Camorra Sparks, and Kate, who was a handler for the CIA, and whose Russian acquaintance asks for help to find a missing diplomat. There’s a circus in Hyde Park with more security than it needs and too many links to other disappearances to ignore, all the fun of the fair, a tent on the edge of everything and then … a human hand in a freezer, two ring-masters, the sound of chanting and … Kate has a bad feeling that Bodie ignores …

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After they realised that only a ‘weapon of faith’ can end their nemesis, ‘Mr Bentley’, former CIA Handler, Kate, goes for drinks with an expert on demons and their banes. Meanwhile, reformed(?) Criminal Sparks, Tony, researches legends of such weapons and where they are said to rest. That gives former SEAL, Jocko, a location to stake out and Pilot Vera somewhere to conveniently land a chopper. There’s crooked British soldiers selling arms, a cave, and a claustrophobic tunnel before … a Saint, a Sword and the SAS …

Having retrieved a legendary sword last time, the team needs to track down a Demon to use it on. Vera the Driver follows a rapidly rising Government minister while Kate the Provocateur schmoozes his private secretary. Meanwhile, Tony the Sparks discovers that Demons are compelled to tempt their victims first and can be deterred by a symbol of faith. Finally, Jacko the disgraced SEAL investigates the locations the minister is visiting and discovers they form a pentagram over central London that’s centred on the BBC’s Broadcasting House. There’s a secure annex at the Beeb, a flashy reception hosted by its Director General, and a group of surprise guests … then a change of mind, a summoning, and a tempting … before a child of the Church wields the power of a Saint …