So I am running a gang/street level campaign, and for my players I want some good set-dressing. I want the kind of stuff that people talk about, the odd rumors, the "who's who" that people in the barrens talk about.
One in particular I'm curious to hear is, if there was a single person who was "the strongest", in the Barrens, is there an NPC who'd fit that? By strong I mean like... Both in a fight, and just someone you don't mess with. Whether it's a gang leader, or a shadowrunner, or someone people think might secretly be a demon...
And I'd love to hear other rumors people have come up with. Stuff like...
"The other day I saw a man swallow an entire devil rat in one bite. Just unhinged his jaw or something, and down it went..."
"People say they see weird blue lights shining out of the manhole cover on 7th Street."
"I swear the other day, I saw a woman come out of a door in this alleyway, but now it's just bricks. Where did the door go?"
Or maybe stuff like:
"Never go on 143rd Street by yourself after a fight. If there's a moon in the sky, they say a ghost of a man shows up, just a floating skin, no bones or guts, and he'll chase you and try to suck your organs out through your open wounds."
It occurs to me that, in a world like Shadowrun, where ignorance is practically currency, and anything is possible, and everyone's up to something... Rumors like this must be almost a commonplace as AR spam-ads. Maybe just quoting Plan 9 would work...