Triads

The name Triads covers several criminal organizations and secret societies that incorporated into a single syndicate. One of the prominent Chinese syndicates operating in Withmore, it maintains both open, legitimate interests and concealed, illegal ones.

The organization exercises some control over Chinatown in Red Sector. The Arteries control much of the neighborhood's street-level criminal business, while the Triads are believed to exert broader influence over substantial enterprises. This influence is part of the city's shifting competition over territory and business.

The Triads' wider history includes incorporation by certain chapters during the international wave of criminal incorporation in 2024. In 2052, a brief but devastating conflict between the Chinese Triad Syndicate and the Japanese Yakuza Syndicate spread across more than a dozen provinces in China. These international roots place the organization within a world of criminal enterprises whose interests reach beyond Withmore.