From before you are born you are assigned a number which will

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From before you are born you are assigned a number which will track you long after your death. You live your life out unaware that your very existence is tied into a portfolio of Swiss bank accounts, hoards of long lost art and cultural treasures, and blackmail on generations of political and business leaders. The cryptogram that contains this information is your #.

If you can ever get your hands on your #, you will cease to legally exist. You will have no public records, no Social Security number, no standing as a citizen of any country or even as a human being. And through the resources of your # you will have access to the wealth and influence to travel the world as a shadow, a non-entity, a black spot. Lose your # and you have nothing.

If you want to go hunting for other such people as yourself at that point, and to take their #'s from them, you will need a Trace. These are firearms that will never be tracked or investigated by the public authorities. Instead it will give you an existence and standing among the World Shadow Government. By performing missions, they can use your Trace to transfer you rewards and keep track of your ratings among the other denizens of the shadows. It also makes you a moving target, a member of the deadly web of factions in a war of assassination that makes up the Shadow Government.

> How would you do a Dark Souls style campaign in a modern/thriller setting?