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 The strands of fate that wind around the Atariya stretch back into primeval times, and there is no mechanism, no foretelling, no rule of thumb for being able to tell when or where or how one will develop, but develop they have, and in spades. Sometimes their abilities manifest in subtle ways: that girl who works at the shop who never gets sick, a laborer who never gets hurt or never complains of back pain, or that woman from the news who managed to be that one, sole survivor of a horrific tragedy that claimed all other lives.

 Most Atariya go their whole lives without ever realizing just how lucky they are. Of those small number that do, they are an active but decentralized lot in Philadelphia. These fortune-fixers and luck-changers tend to look out for themselves, and have been more of a loose association of fellow scallywags than an organized alliance, but a few influential figures have stood out over the years, and managed to gravitate pockets of influence around them. They've operated akin to bookie gangs of a sort, staking out casinos, horse races, house games, and if rumors are to be believed, some of them even have their hooks in the Pennsylvania Lottery.