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'''Talon''' is a terrorist organization.
 
'''Talon''' is a terrorist organization.
   
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__TOC__
== Beginnings ==
 
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== Early History==
<blockquote style="color:#888">''"We are everywhere, we are everyone, fear us for we lurk in the shadows. We are Talon."''</blockquote>
 
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<blockquote style="color:#888;font-size:80%;">''"We are everywhere, we are everyone, fear us for we lurk in the shadows. We are Talon."''</blockquote>
   
Talon is an organization handed down from generation to generation through '''[[Lang Buddha]]''''s lineage. The current incarnation of Talon is headquartered at the hidden underground beneath '''[[Rooster's Rest]]'''. The founding members are Lang Buddha, '''[[Ellie Dono]]''', and '''[[Denzel Williams]]'''.
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Talon is an organization handed down from generation to generation through [[Lang Buddha]]'s lineage. The current incarnation of Talon is headquartered in the underground area hidden behind a false wall built into the basement of [[Rooster's Rest]]. The founding members are Lang Buddha, [[Ellie Dono]], and [[Denzel Williams]].
   
== Ideology ==
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==Ideology==
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===Pre-Dab ===
The ideology of Talon is ambiguous, possibly due to the unusual combination of the organization being illegal as well as ancient.
 
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The ideology of Talon has been ambiguous, possibly due to the unusual combination of the organization being illegal as well as ancient.
   
 
One of its stated goals, to "give power back to the people," expresses a nostalgia for an imagined democratic society that never existed. At the same time, a different stated goal, to "pacify the citizenry" is both anti-democratic (the belief in a de-politicized public) and utopian (the belief that such a public will be capable of holding power).
 
One of its stated goals, to "give power back to the people," expresses a nostalgia for an imagined democratic society that never existed. At the same time, a different stated goal, to "pacify the citizenry" is both anti-democratic (the belief in a de-politicized public) and utopian (the belief that such a public will be capable of holding power).
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Talon's relationship with authority is equally ambiguous. Talon's relative subjective position (heaven above, earth below) has historically been the signifying position of the oppressor. However, the nature of Talon's violence makes it unclear whether Talon's motivation is anti-authoritarian (desire for no masters) or authoritarian (desire for a new master).
 
Talon's relationship with authority is equally ambiguous. Talon's relative subjective position (heaven above, earth below) has historically been the signifying position of the oppressor. However, the nature of Talon's violence makes it unclear whether Talon's motivation is anti-authoritarian (desire for no masters) or authoritarian (desire for a new master).
   
== Oath of Talon ==
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===Post-Dab===
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After being freed from maximum security prison, [[Maximilian Thoroughbred|Yung Dab]] began to steer Talon toward being a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_and_Time psychopolitical] organization focused on changing the current Los Santos regime into a separatist autocracy under the patriarchy of Denzel Williams. Yung Dab planned to mobilize the gangster capitalist power structures already present in the city as well as the feelings of helplessness and political alienation of the civilian population in order to build the coalition that Talon will need to engage in irregular warfare against the loyalists of the current regime.
[[File:Talon.png|thumb|upright=0.8|left|Oath of Talon]]
 
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To become an official member of Talon, prospective members must first be inducted and recite a ceremonial oath in front of other members. This ceremony is held underground at '''[[Rooster Cab Co.|Rooster Cab Co]]. / [[Rooster's Rest]]''' in one of the newly discovered rooms. Once the oath is complete, all members recite "''for the cause''" with their left fist held up.
 
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==Places of Interest==
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==Allies==
The inductee must then ingest a pill to fall unconsciouss as all formal members leave the room. The inductee is then picked up at the hospital by their fellow members, now all unmasked, revealing their identity to each other. If the oath is broken, the member must die by the blade of '''Shadow'''.
 
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===Dean Watson===
 
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== Known Members ==
 
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[[Dean Watson]] is a major shareholder of Los Santos, representing a significant percent of the local economy. Dean [[Talon/Major_Activities#A Cause Unfinished|became disillusioned]] with the Los Santos Justice Department after learning that they have been refusing to prosecute either Dean or entities owned by Dean out of fear and incompetence.
<center><u>Description</u></center>
 
   
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Dean came to the conclusion that if the Justice Department would hold him accountable for his actions, then he would wreak havoc on the city to force the city to act.
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Name
 
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===Yung Dab===
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[[Lang Buddha]] (Shadow)
 
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[[File:Yung Dab Prison Outfit.png|thumb|center|200px]]
Guild Rank
 
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[[Maximilian Thoroughbred]], better known as Yung Dab, is a former inmate of [[Bolingbroke Penitentiary]] who was exfiltrated from maximum security by Lang Buddha and members of The Guild.
Emperor
 
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On June 22, 2021, Lang tasked Dab with drafting a manifesto that would detail Talon's ideology. The document used [[The Gnomes|The Gnome]]’s manifesto (also written by Dab) as inspiration.
 
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Alias
 
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Stormlord
 
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[[File:Chaos cosplay don.png | frameless|center|x150px]]
 
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<center><u>Description</u></center>
 
   
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==Enemies==
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===Olivia Copper===
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[[File:Copper JTF.png|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Olivia Copper]] is the [[San Andreas State Police|State Trooper]] leading [[Talon/Major_Activities#Police Investigation|the investigaton]] for Talon-related crimes. Prior to the start of the investigation, Copper became friends with members of [[The Guild]] and continues to spend time with them when she is off-duty.
[[Humberto Antonio Donato Pecorino | Don Pecorino]]
 
 
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Guild Rank
 
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Emperor
 
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<i>tbd.</i>
 
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[[File:NinoWhiteSuit.png | frameless|center|x150px]]
 
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===Petunia===
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[[Nino Chavez]]
 
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Emperor
 
 
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[[Petunia Brookshire]] is the former CEO of Rooster's Rest who [[Talon/Major Activities#Black Lotus|became targeted]] by Talon after revealing potentially destabilizing information about the organization.
<i>tbd.</i>
 
 
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===Meowfurryon===
! colspan="4" style="font-size:150%"|Current Members
 
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! colspan="2" width="50%" style="background:#111" | [[Lang Buddha]] (Shadow)
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{| class="wikitable" style="background-color:#111;border:0px;width:85%"
! colspan="2" width="50%" style="background:#111" | [[Ellie Dono]]
 
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| colspan="2" | [[File:Shadow in armor.png | frameless|center|x250px]]
 
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Founding member
 
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Founding member
 
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Leader.
 
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Second-in-command. In charge of agitprop production.
 
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! colspan="2" width="50%" style="background:#111" | [[Denzel Williams]]
 
! colspan="2" width="50%" style="background:#111" | [[Jacob Harth]]
 
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| colspan="2" | [[File:Denzel Williams.png | frameless|center|x250px]]
 
| colspan="2" | [[File:Jacob Harth .png | frameless|center|x250px]]
 
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Rank
 
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Founding member
 
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Rank
 
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<i>n/a</i>
 
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Enforcer. Has been used to torture victims.
 
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Hacker. In charge of the '''Dark Web''' and hacking into the city's systems.
 
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! colspan="2" width="50%" style="background:#111" | [[Matthew Payne]]
 
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| colspan="2" | [[File:Matthew Payne.png | frameless|center|x250px]]
 
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Rank
 
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<i>n/a</i>
 
 
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[[Clyde Eastside|Meowfurryon]] was a former member of [[The Guild]] who experienced a dramatic change in personality after [[Talon/Major Activities#Meowfurryon Arc|being tortured]] by Officer [[Sam Baas]].
Finance. Controls all real estate in the city and is able to fund future missions and secret businesses.
 
 
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==Video Propaganda==
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Ellie is inducted.png|Ellie's oath
 
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Denzel takes his oath.png|Denzel's Oath
 
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Jacob joins Talon.png|Jacob follows Ellie to take his oath
 
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The message.gif|Shadow arrives to Los Santos with a message.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Nxn1vKxGI
Payne takes his oath.png|Matthew Payne's oath
 
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We are talon.gif||Bombing of the FIB building on February 15th, 2020.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raGqnT_085I
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The choice.gif|Chief of Police Bobby Smith is given a choice when one of his cadets is kidnapped.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtE518LPloY
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Dear citizens of los santos.gif|Shadow returns with improved armor and delivers a warning to Los Santos.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLOqcWbk-Zw
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Judgment for baas.gif|Sr. Officer Sam Baas is kidnapped and tortured by members of Talon to reveal the corruption within the PD. Only fire cleanses corruption.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdoEIMDRUjU
 
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! colspan="3" style="font-size:150%"|Former Members
 
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! colspan="2" width="50%" style="background:#111" | [[Sun Moon]]
 
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<i>n/a</i>
 
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Role
 
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Pilot. Executed before he could become an official member due to his careless criminal activities that put Talon at risk.
 
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== Major Activities ==
 
=== 3.0 ===
 
   
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[[Lang Buddha]], [[Ellie Dono]], [[Jacob Harth]], and [[Denzel Williams]] meet in the basement of the [[Rooster's Rest]] for a Talon reunion. Jacob informs them of a tunnel system in progress that will eventually link all of the arcades in Los Santos as he plans to purchase them for the Digital Den. Lang offers to invest in the Digital Den to help Jacob purchase his first arcade, which Lang could potentially use as a stash location. Lang will discuss the investment with the Rooster’s Rest board of directors to come to a consensus.
 
 
They discuss how things have changed, and for now, they need to focus on making money for what’s to come in the future. Jacob offers to train Lang in crafting electronics with broken materials and other parts that can be found on garbage runs or breaking into houses. Lang, Denzel, and Ellie discuss the logistics of the trash runs and crafting electronics to determine how much money can be made.
 
 
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[[File:Stromlord with don.png|left|thumb|150px|Stromlord with [[Humberto Antonio Donato Pecorino|Humberto 'Don' Pecorino]]]]'''Shadow''' becomes known as '''Stormlord''' and starts to give quests to '''[[The Guild|The Nerds of Rooster's Rest]].'''
 
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{{CollapseText||Title= '''FIB Bombing'''|Body=<br>
 
After putting out a video letting the city know of his arrival, Lang decides to make his first big move with Talon by bombing the FIB building in Los Santos. The first part of the mission is to obtain a helicopter but after searching throughout the city for days, they have no luck. They decide that the only option is to steal one from Mission Row Police Department. Ellie, Lang, and Denzel disguise themselves as helicopter mechanics and go into MRPD under the pretense that they need to do routine inspections and maintenance. Sergeant [[AJ Hunter]] and Officer [[Brian Knight]] review the paperwork that Ellie provides and then let them work on the helicopter. They feign doing work and Lang is able to get the keys to the helicopter but he accidentally injures Denzel's face with the tail rotor blades when he turns it on. Lang quickly grabs Denzel and places him inside the heli and they all escape. Denzel's blood is left on the scene.
 
 
With the helicopter acquired, the next part of the mission is to find hostages. Lang leaves Sun Moon with the helicopter while he goes in search of hostages with Denzel. They find three: [[Fiona Stewart]], [[Rico Wesley]], and '''Jay Stevens'''. The hostages are then flown to the FIB building where they are then filmed by Ellie. Lang, now dressed as Shadow, arrives and gives another message to the camera. He then proceeds to place C4 next to the hostages and blows them up, destroying a huge chunk of the building. Shadow, Ellie, and Denzel all flee the scene with Sun Moon as their pilot. The mission is successful and the video of the bombing goes online a few days later for the world to see. 
 
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{{CollapseText||Title= '''Stabbing of Cadet Ekaterina Alekseyevna'''|Body=<br>
 
Ready to send another message after the FIB bombing, they proceed to the next step of the plan by showing the city how little cop lives matter to other police. They kidnap a new cadet in the force, [[Ekaterina Alekseyevna]], and take her to a new location. Shadow gets in touch with Chief of Police [[Bobby Smith]]. In exchange for Ekateria's safe return, Shadow demands to be paid a specific sum of money. Chief Smith is reluctant to pay the amount, finding excuses as to why it is not possible.
 
 
After much back and forth, Chief Smith lies that he has wired the amount requested in full to the number that Shadow provides. Shadow, knowing that he lied, stabs Ekaterina and blames Chief Smith for not valuing her life over money. Ekaterina's last words before losing consciousness is to ask if Sgt. [[Brittany Angel]] hired them to kill her.
 
 
Shadow also calls Chief Smith to torment him and warns him that he could target his daughter [[Griselda "Zelda" Harth]] next. This sends Denzel into a tailspin as this is his beloved goddaughter. Ellie and Denzel wonder if Lang is losing it. 
 
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Shadow's armor is incomplete without one missing element. The only way to complete the armor is by breaking into the military base in Fort Zancudo and kidnapping the scientist who will be visiting there. The scientist will be the only one available to make the improvements on the armor using some of the strongest metal in the world. Lang does not have the manpower to do this mission. Disguised as Shadow, he gives [[Alabaster Slim]] the task of contacting [[Chang Gang]]. Both parties meet one night in secret during a plane ride piloted by a masked Sun Moon. Shadow offers [[Mr. Wang Chang]] and [[Vinny Pistone]] the mission and they accept.
 
 
The mission begins with Chang Gang infiltrating Fort Zancudo and taking down the soldiers guarding the scientist. To their luck, two of the soldiers are drunk and end up crashing an aircraft. Chang Gang take the scientist down to the south of Los Santos to the smelter and hold it down by fighting the cops while the scientist begins to work on the metal. Several officers, among them [[Sam Baas]], are injured in an explosion caused by C4 when they try to breach the building. Chang Gang then deliver the scientist to Shadow who awaits on a boat while a helicopter piloted by Sun Moon hovers overhead. Before boarding the boat, the scientist gifts Chang Gang a meteorite fragment. 
 
 
Now that Shadow has obtained the material needed to finish his armor, he takes it from the scientist. The scientist is then executed and thrown off the boat as Shadow and the rest of Talon escape.
 
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{{CollapseText||Title= '''Talon Grows'''|Body=<br>
 
Lang is made aware that Sun Moon has become a target for investigation when he finds out that a mysterious man in a galaxy mask, "The Stranger," is asking around about pilots related to Talon. The Stranger went as far as to interrogate Mr. Chang and was able to obtain a list of three known pilots in the city: Former FIB Agent [[Lyonel Winchester]], [[Allen Widemann]], and Sun Moon. Lang is intrigued as to why Stranger has come to him for help in finding more information about Talon. Lang warns Sun Moon that he needs to be careful because Stranger is asking too many questions and he is very close to linking Sun Moon to Talon. Despite his warnings to lay low, Sun Moon does the opposite and instead has to be executed for messing with the wrong crowd. Sun Moon is officially out of Talon.
 
 
The events with Sun Moon lead to the introduction of Matthew Payne and [[Alabaster Slim]] into Talon. Improvements have been made to Talon's headquarters at Rooster Cab Co. and Lang is proud of the new arcade room he has prepared. He contacts Jacob Harth through the dark web with whom he has worked with under a secret alias. He invites him to Rooster Cab Co. and meets with him diguised as Billy Davis for a "job interview." He then leaves the room and comes back as Shadow. He offers Jacob the arcade room and formally invites him into Talon. Jacob accepts and an initiation ceremony is planned where all members of Talon will reveal themselves to each other.Shadow records a new video for the city announcing his return. He films this holding an RPG while in the underground tunnels of Rooster Cab Co.. 
 
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After Talon posts the video of the FIB bombing online, Sr. Officer [[Sam Baas]] posts a Tweet and calls them hypocrites for injuring innocent civilians. Lang sees this tweet and decides to keep a close eye on Sam Baas. Things align perfectly when [[Fiona Stewart]], one of the FIB victims that Lang has been grooming, is gunned down during a failed hostage negotiation that went bad due to a mistake by Baas. Fiona sues Sam Baas and wins the trial, however Baas faces no repercussions from the police department and the money won comes out of the DOJ and not his own. Lang sees this as the perfect opportunity to bring Fiona in closer to Talon. 
 
 
[[File:Baas_is_kidnapped.png|thumb|Baas is kidnapped]] Shadow instructs Jacob to keep an eye on Sam Baas and his daughter, [[Tessa Lamb]], for a day when they are both in the city. The plan is to kidnap Tessa and use her as bait for Baas to be captured. To their luck, they are able to capture both Tessa and Baas while they are going out for coffee. Tessa is warned by a disguised Lang to keep her mouth shut and say nothing to the police or else her father dies. Tessa is then let go. They place a bag over Baas' head and take him away to the torture chamber in the secret fighting pit at the [[Vanilla Unicorn Strip Club]].
 
 
 
[[File:Baas_is_tortured.png|thumb|left|Baas is tortured]]Shadow and Baas come face to face in the torture chamber as Ellie films their conversation. Shadow interrogates Baas about the police department and how he has failed the oath he has taken as a police officer. They discuss Fiona's failed hostage negotiation and Baas admits to making a mistake. Shadows gives Denzel the green light to torture Baas. Denzel hammers nails into his shoulder, blowtorches part of his face, takes out several fingernails, breaks his hands, and waterboards him with gasoline. They then leave him in the torture chamber for five days. During this time, Shadow calls Knight and Tessa to torment them with Baas' capture. 
 
 
 
[[File:Baas_is_cleansed.png|thumb|Baas is cleansed from corruption]] On the last day, Shadow calls Fiona Stewart and gives her the option to choose whether Baas lives or dies. Fiona chooses death. Talon go back into the torture chamber, this time joined by Jacob Harth. A broken Baas reveals to Shadow that Talon is being investigated by [[Brian Knight]], [[Jackie Snow]], and [[Olivia Copper]]. Ellie begins filming again as Baas admits that there is corruption in the police department. Shadow declares Sam Baas guilty and Denzel resumes torturing Baas and carves the Talon symbol into his chest. They end the video with burning Baas alive by having Denzel and Jacob throw molotov cockatils at him after dousing him with gasoline. Shadow declares that fire is the only way to cleanse corruption.
 
 
Shadows disposes of the burned body by leaving him at Sandy Shores Sheriff's Station. Shadow calls Brian Knight to let him know that he has left the body at one of their "corrupted headquarters." The video of the trial and torture is posted online for the world to see a few days later. 
 
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== Enemies ==
 
===Joint Task Force, Los Santos Police Department===
 
After the bombing of the FIB building, '''Talon''' became a subject of investigation by the '''[[Los Santos Police Department]]''' division [[Joint Task Force|'''Joint Task Force''']]. The current officers investigating are '''[[Brian Knight]]''', '''[[Olivia Copper]]''', '''[[Jackie Snow]]''', and '''[[Brittany Angel]]'''. '''[[Sam Baas]]''' was also part of this investigation but due to his most recent kidnapping, he is currently in the ICU and has been compromised. 
 
 
=== The Stranger ===
 
Along with the '''LSPD''', '''Talon''' has become a subject of interest for a mysterious man wearing a galaxy mask known as "'''The Stranger'''." Although '''Stranger''' has not revealed the source of his interest in '''Talon''', he is in fact another victim of the '''FIB''' bombing who survived his injuries but must medicate often in order to fend off the pain. His true name is [[Chance Chamberlain|'''Chance Chamberlain''']], a former '''FIB''' analyst. '''Stranger''' has gotten dangerously close to the identity of at least one '''Talon''' member, Sun Moon. He is working closely together with '''Brian Knight''' as well as [[Weazel News|'''Weazel News''']] reporter [[Gregory Stonefinger|'''Gregory Stonefinger''']]. Along with the '''LSPD''' and '''Stonefinger''', '''Stranger''' has also sought out '''Lang Buddha''' several times for his help in finding the identity of '''Talon'''.
 
 
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<div style="float:left">[[File:THE MESSAGE|thumb|left|200px|Shadow arrives to Los Santos with a message.]]</div><div style="float:left">[[File:WE ARE TALON|thumb|left|200px|Bombing of the FIB building on February 15th, 2020.]]</div><div style="float:left">[[File:THE CHOICE|thumb|left|200px|Chief of Police Bobby Smith is given a choice when one of his cadets is kidnapped.]]</div><div style="float:left">[[File:DEAR CITIZENS OF LOS SANTOS|thumb|left|200 px|Shadow returns with improved armor and delivers a warning to Los Santos. ]]</div><div style="float:left">[[File:JUDGEMENT FOR BAAS|thumb|left|200 px|Sr. Officer Sam Baas is kidnapped and tortured by members of Talon to reveal the corruption within the PD. Only fire cleanses corruption.]]</div>
 
 
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Talon is a terrorist organization.

Early History

"We are everywhere, we are everyone, fear us for we lurk in the shadows. We are Talon."

Talon is an organization handed down from generation to generation through Lang Buddha's lineage. The current incarnation of Talon is headquartered in the underground area hidden behind a false wall built into the basement of Rooster's Rest. The founding members are Lang Buddha, Ellie Dono, and Denzel Williams.

Ideology

Pre-Dab

The ideology of Talon has been ambiguous, possibly due to the unusual combination of the organization being illegal as well as ancient.

One of its stated goals, to "give power back to the people," expresses a nostalgia for an imagined democratic society that never existed. At the same time, a different stated goal, to "pacify the citizenry" is both anti-democratic (the belief in a de-politicized public) and utopian (the belief that such a public will be capable of holding power).

Talon's relationship with authority is equally ambiguous. Talon's relative subjective position (heaven above, earth below) has historically been the signifying position of the oppressor. However, the nature of Talon's violence makes it unclear whether Talon's motivation is anti-authoritarian (desire for no masters) or authoritarian (desire for a new master).

Post-Dab

After being freed from maximum security prison, Yung Dab began to steer Talon toward being a psychopolitical organization focused on changing the current Los Santos regime into a separatist autocracy under the patriarchy of Denzel Williams. Yung Dab planned to mobilize the gangster capitalist power structures already present in the city as well as the feelings of helplessness and political alienation of the civilian population in order to build the coalition that Talon will need to engage in irregular warfare against the loyalists of the current regime.

Places of Interest

Talon Places of Interest

Allies

Dean Watson

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Dean Watson is a major shareholder of Los Santos, representing a significant percent of the local economy. Dean became disillusioned with the Los Santos Justice Department after learning that they have been refusing to prosecute either Dean or entities owned by Dean out of fear and incompetence.

Dean came to the conclusion that if the Justice Department would hold him accountable for his actions, then he would wreak havoc on the city to force the city to act.

Yung Dab

Yung Dab Prison Outfit

Maximilian Thoroughbred, better known as Yung Dab, is a former inmate of Bolingbroke Penitentiary who was exfiltrated from maximum security by Lang Buddha and members of The Guild.

On June 22, 2021, Lang tasked Dab with drafting a manifesto that would detail Talon's ideology. The document used The Gnome’s manifesto (also written by Dab) as inspiration.

Enemies

Olivia Copper

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Olivia Copper is the State Trooper leading the investigaton for Talon-related crimes. Prior to the start of the investigation, Copper became friends with members of The Guild and continues to spend time with them when she is off-duty.

Petunia

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Petunia Brookshire is the former CEO of Rooster's Rest who became targeted by Talon after revealing potentially destabilizing information about the organization.

Meowfurryon

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Meowfurryon was a former member of The Guild who experienced a dramatic change in personality after being tortured by Officer Sam Baas.

Video Propaganda