Each Chairperson of the National Ventrue Directorate is notifed by phone of a package that has arrived for them at the nearest airport's International Terminal. The package is a coffin that has been routed through Hawaii International Airport by way of Hong Kong, sealed in a metal container. Each coffin has been cleared by customs. The cargo manifest will list the deceased as the brother of the Chairperson notifed. (Or in the case of female Chairpersons, a sister.) The point of origin is Victorian Shipping (one of Pedder's front companies). The signatory for release is Margaret Hyde-Thorton (one of Pedder's false identies).
A security scan will show no bombs or tracking devices. None of the coffins have been opened by customs. All are intact. If searched, each coffin contains the body of dead, mortal Asian man. Ligature marks around the neck suggest death by hanging. Each corpse is dressed in a finely tailored suit with a barely wilted lilly in their lapel. Pennies are over the eyes. If the corpse is stripped and searched, a secure plastic hook will be found embedded in the chest and fused with the bone -- sufficent to suspend the corpse from. On the back torso of the corpse is a series of Mandarin Chinese characters carved into the flesh. If translated, they read as follows:
"From This Night Until the End of Time
Any Ventrue caught betraying Clan or Sect secrets to the Sabbat will suffer Final Death.
Any Ventrue accused of betraying Clan or Sect secrets to the Sabbat will suffer Fire and the Sword.
Any Ventrue caught betraying Clan secrets to other clans will suffer Pain.
Any Ventrue accused of betraying Clan secrets to other clans will suffer Shame.
Any Ventrue caught bearing false witness against his Clan will suffer the Fate of the Accused.
Any Ventrue accused of bearing false witness against his Clan will suffer Ordeal.
So Let It Be Written. So Let It Be Done."
Pedder's Seal is branded into the flesh just above the tail bone.
