InSomnia - The Bea Kera Society

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The Bea Kera Society consists of three principal castes: the Retainers, the Executors and the Debtors. The Retainers wear long robes with hoods that cover their faces, and make almost no contact with usual Ghetters. Most of the Retainers are people who have been with Opherod from the beginning: an inner circle of trusted individuals rarely seen on the Reservation’s territory. The Executors are newly-fledged adherents of the Society who burst to prove their devotion to the Bea Kera. Less different from usual Ghetters, they nevertheless wear the gang signs on their clothes. The Executors are the Society’s backbone and its most numerous component. They guard the Bea Kera turf and fight skirmishes with the Children of Morach.

Another specific feature of the Society is the system of “working out” the debts. The Society provides “aid” to all in need, which can mean money loans or protection. But there is one condition: the person is then supposed to render a service to the Society. A Debtor has to wear a special collar that makes it possible for the Bea Kera to maintain constant surveillance of him, or to kill him wherever he could be in case of contract breach. The Debtors of the gang include all types of people, from rather well-off traders or mercenaries to common workers. This way Opherod has built up an agent network throughout the whole territory of Reservation D-106 and its environs. This system is one of the main reasons why the Bea Kera is able to intensify its influence so quickly and to compete with a rival as strong as the Morach clan.