Wonderland - Jags

Deeper Mysteries - Chessboards
142
Most “organized” social groups are essentially monsters or solitary
survivors that have little knowledge or scope of knowledge outside their
close domains.
NOTE: Most of the beings here are covered in the GM’s book in more
detail. These are listed here with what information a journeyor might
commonly know about them. It isn’t intended to be “enough to GM
them.”
Ecology
There are quite a few monsters native to Chessboard Two. They usually
have little problem getting up to Chessboard One if they are in pursuit of
some tasty prey. Some of them even cast Reflections up to Chessboard
Zero.
Possibilities Notes
Army of No
The Monks of Mourning
The Fanfair
Monster Families
A force of mutant soldiers with a Nazi-like dress code and intense focus
on formality and protocol. They seem dedicated to “attacking” certain
things on Chessboard Zero and stage “raids” up to Chessboard One
from time to time (their weapons have moderate but strange effects on
Chessboard Zero—not direct ones).
Tall, dark-robed, hooded figures who emit soft whimpering noises, the
Monks are frightening in appearance. They do not speak, but work in
monasteries making brilliantly illuminated works on the minutiae of
people’s lives. They go to “observe,” watch, and follow on Chessboard
One—but when they return to a monastery they work. Periodically one
will be horrifically executed and the meat from within fed to the others.
The empty robe will eventually “re-inflate” and begin work again.
Perhaps these are composed of those who’ve undergone Descent and
gotten stuck. They are masses of people who move through the sane
and insane zones in gruesome parades. The people tend to be stretched
and anorexic, their arms and fingers reaching their knees. They wear
body paint, bizarre uniforms, and carry various musical instruments.
Their floats breath fire, extend mechanical jaws, etc. They parade with
cages and sometimes will catch and imprison anyone they catch (which
is rare—they aren’t sneaky). When they stop they form camp groups.
They are usually led by powerful entities. Although they are not formed
of Shadows, they are formed of the insane.
There are non-human groups that live in sparse networks of
communities (often around populated sane zones—but sometimes these
people have trouble with “police” or Enforcers). Some of them make
a living as shopkeepers (bakers, tailors, mechanics, etc.) Some are
extremely dangerous to regular humans. Some are not at all.