Trier



Trier is one of the oldest cities in Germany, and the home of Panzerwerks. It is also the headquarters for the German shard of the Order Church.

History
In 2072, rioting broke out after the local Seekers began sabotaging the main Panzerwerks factory, claiming that the factory was damaging the local environment. This sabotage enraged the locals, who depended on the factory to keep their economy running, and the Order soon found itself embroiled in such violence that both Her Holiness and Chairman Dumier of the WTO decided to hold negotiations geared towards bringing the two antagonistic organizations together (unbeknownst to all but a few, the two organizations were already allied; they were both faces of the secretive Illuminati.)

During the course of negotiations, Her Holiness was betrayed by Luminon Saman, the leader of the local shard, who believed that Her Holiness had betrayed the Order by meeting with Dumier. The kidnapping plot was averted by the intervention of Alex Denton and the WTO, and this resulted in the historic treaty between the Order and the WTO, but also spurred Saman to reveal himself as the leader of the anti-biomod extremist group the Knights Templar.

Notable landmarks

 * Nine Worlds Tavern, an old-fashioned tavern
 * Der Blutende Rabe, a curio shop now used as a front for the Omar's black market
 * Black Gate, a ruined Roman fortification and the secret location of ApostleCorp's German laboratories

Notable Residents

 * David Kurzec, international arms dealer and the local broker for the Omar.
 * Monica Platz, a Seeker attached to the German shard of the Order.
 * Eldrin Braeden, a critic of the WTO.
 * Senjin Braeden, son of Eldrin Braeden, and the leader of a radical anti-WTO cell
 * Kaleb Braeden, son of Eldrin Braeden, and a local WTO official