The throne was won in blood and trial. Holding it will cost more.

You are the new Shan Chu—Dragon Head—of the Jade Mountain Society, one of the oldest Triad organizations in North America. The traditional tests that winnowed pretenders from true leaders lie behind you. Now comes the harder trial: commanding an organization whose pillars each pull in different directions, while enemies circle from without.

Three lieutenants watch your every decision.

Yeung Siu-Lung, the Incense Master, has administered oaths for fifty years and guards traditions you may need to break. His approval would legitimize your rule absolutely. His opposition would fracture everything. He also suspects the previous Dragon Head's death was no accident—and conducts his own quiet investigation.

Victor Ma, your Red Pole enforcer, offers loyalty without question and violence without hesitation. Point him at a problem; the problem disappears. But his methods draw heat the organization cannot afford, and the FBI may be closer to him than anyone knows.

Raymond Tse, the White Paper Fan, speaks the language of cryptocurrency and corporate restructuring. His modernization could save the society—or position him for the throne he believes he deserves. His back-channel conversations with rival Triads have ranged beyond their official scope.

The society operates across three worlds: legitimate Chinatown businesses, shadow networks moving product and people through generational smuggling routes, and the ritual sphere where 36 oaths bind members in incense and blood. Each world has its own rules. Each demands different currencies of power.

External pressures multiply the stakes. An FBI inspector runs an informant somewhere in your organization. The 14K Triad probes your territorial boundaries. A major shipment requires decisions that will define your leadership.

And beneath it all: whispered questions about how your predecessor really died.

Honor is currency. Face is everything. Betrayal invokes not just death but ancestral dishonor.

What kind of Dragon Head will you become?