Name: Tasha Deadeye
Gender: Female
Race: Elf

BREAKDOWN (400 Points)
Core Attributes: 180
Special Attributes: 50
Race: 30
Active Skills: 122
Qualities: +15
Contacts: 4 [+10 Free]
Resources: 29

=Attributes=
Body: 4
Agility: 4 (6)
Reaction: 4 (5)
Strength: 2
Charisma: 7
Intuition: 3
Logic: 2
Willpower: 3
Magic: 4 (5, reduced by bioware)
Edge: 2

Essence: 5.00
Initiative: 8
Initiative Passes: 2
Physical Damage Track: 10
Stun Track: 10

Current Karma: 0
Total Karma: 0
Street Cred: 0
Noteriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0

=Qualities=
Adept
Ambidexterity
Allergy: Silver, Moderate
Distinctive Style (5 point)
First Impression
Gearhead/Suzuki Mirage
Nano-Intolerance
Sensitive System

=Active Skills=
Gymnastics/Dance: 4(6)/+2
Influence Group: 4
Intimidation: 2
Perception: 3
Pilot Ground Craft/Bikes: 4(6)/+2
Pistols/Semi-Automatic: 6/+2

=Knowledge Skills=
Languages>
English: N
Japanese: 4

Other Knowledge Skills>
Arms Dealers: 3
Gang ID: 3
Gun Trivia: 3
Local Area Knowledge: 2

=Bioware=
Biosculpting: Minor Modifications (2,000 Nuyen)
Muscle Toner: 2
Synaptic Booster: 1
Vocal Range Enhancer

=Adept Abilities=
Commanding Voice
Improved Ability:
>Gymnastics: 2
>Pilot Ground Craft: 2
Improved Senses:
>Flare Compensation
>Vision Magnification
Kinesics: 3
Multi-Tasking
Sustenance

=Contacts=
Fixer (Connection: 4/Loyalty: 4)
Armorer (Connection: 3/Loyalty: 3)

=Lifestyle=
Low (1 Month prepaid)
Starting Money: 3d6 x 50 Nuyen

=Equipment=
ID/Credsticks:
Fake ID (Rating: 4), Fake Gun Registration (Rating: 4) x 2, Fake Bioware Permit (Rating: 4) x 2, Fake Concealed Carry Permit (Rating: 4), Fake Bounty Hunter's License (Rating: 4), Fake Driver's License (Rating: 4), 4 Certified Credsticks.

DocWagon Contract:
Basic (1 Year).

Weapons:
>Walther Secura Kompakt Heavy Pistol (smartlinked version) with skinlink modification, hidden arm slide, 90 EX explosive rounds of ammo, and 5 spare clips.

>Colt Government 2066 Heavy Pistol with internal smartlink, skinlink modification, concealable holster, 140 regular and 140 gel rounds of ammo, 10 spare clips.

>5 Flash-Bang and 5 Smoke Grenades.

Armor/Clothing:
Lined Coat, Armor Jacket, PPP Helmet (for riding her bike), 2,000 Nuyen worth of assorted clothing.

Commlink/Software/Simsense:
Novatech Airware Commlink with ISIS Orb OS, sim module, trodes, skinlink, and subvocal mic; Mapsofts (Seattle metroplex, Rating: 3 and L.A., Rating: 3), electronic paper, 3 VR Games, Virtual Surround Music, Wall Space, Virtual Weather, Virtual Pet (Arctic Fox).

Vehicle:
Suzuki Mirage Racing Bike with Pimped Ride (Level: 1).

Other:
Contact Lenses with Image Link, skinlink, and Smartlink (x 2); 2 military-surplus duffel bags (100 Nuyen each), Survival Kit, Medkit (Rating: 3) with 3 refills, Inline Skates, 1000 Nuyen worth of tattoos, Operations Cleanup Toolkit.

=Background=
(Bull's 50+ Questions) -

1. What is your character's Sex?

Female.

2. What is your character's physical size?

Medium height (petite for an elf), well-proportioned.

3. What is the color of the character's hair, eyes, and skin?

Her hair is dyed a dark blue, worn short and spikey. She has startling bright grey eyes and sanguine skin. She usually wears a black lipstick and lots of eyeliner. She has extensive tattooing. On her face, she has a stylized crosshairs around her right eye, and has a matching tattoo on the small of her back. A ribbon of flames encircles her navel, and her forearms have abstract tribal tattoos winding around them.

4. What is the character's general appearance (i.e., How does she dress, etc.)?

Tasha is usually a combination of street punk and industrial grunge. Black, studded synthleather, black workboots and jeans or a miniskirt, and usually some kind of metal or thrash band t-shirt. She has a nose stud and a pierced eyebrow. On the stunning elf, the look is more alluring than intimidating.

5. Where was the character born (City, State, Hospital Name)?

Tasha was born in Tarislar, in the Puyallup Barrens, with the assistance of a midwife.

6. What is the character's date of birth?

August 11th, 2048.

7. What was the character's family life like?

Tasha's mom and dad were poor, but relatively well-off compared to the wretched state of most of the elves of Tarislar. They ran a junk shop that sold scavenged items and the occasional bit of contraband. Her dad was buddies with one of the rank and file members of the Princes, which helped them - not because of the Princes' useless "protection", but because they didn't get hassled and extorted as much by them.

Tasha grew up bitter and cynical, resenting the Tir who left the elves of Tarislar to rot, and not romanticizing them like most of the others did (perhaps partly because she saw how pretentious and useless the Princes gang was). She quickly learned to fend for herself, and got a gun as soon as she could barter for one (her first one was a scavenged streetline special).

In her mid-teens, she left her family to try her luck in the mean streets of inappropriately-named Loveland. She got by as a gunsel, street hustler, stripper/sometime-joygirl, and, after she scrounged an old Dodge Scoot, as a courier and numbers runner. She liked the feeling of pure freedom that she got behind a set of wheels, and soon her driving skill lagged behind only her pistol skill. Then she awakened, and her social skills seemed to improve exponentially.

Soon afterwards, she came to the attention of Renald Biggs, an ork fixer from Tacoma with ties to the Black Rains (and through them, the Cascade Orks). He offered her jobs which were more challenging but better paying. Eventually, she managed to get some fake ID and move out of the Barrens altogether, finding a small flat in a tenement in Tacoma. Crime ridden and decaying as it is, she still found it to be a big step up from Puyallup.

8. Has the charcter begun her own family?

Hardly. At this point, Tasha would see having a kid as being trapped. She isn't even ready for a long-term relationship at this point in her life.

9. Where or how was the charcter educated?

Tasha was home-schooled by her parents, who still dreamed of emigrating to the Tir someday, and wanted their child to be able to fit in there. She retained some basic reading and math skills, although she has forgotten the cultural lessons about the Tir, which she never saw as useful (unlike her parents, she realized that they were stuck there unless THEY did something about it).
Most of her lessons, though, were learned on the unforgiving streets. Her shooting and driving skills were especially important to her, so she devoted a lot of time to bettering herself in those areas.

10. Has the character ever done anything else for a living?

Legitimate work is not something that is even on her radar. Even if she could find it, why play by the rules in a rigged game?

11. What are the characters political and religious beliefs?

Tasha is pretty cynical (but apathetic) politically. She has reacted to her parents' mindless adulation of the Tir by embracing the opposite views - despising the Tir, defying the typical stereotypes of elves, and indescriminately hanging out with other metatypes.

Religiously, she wavers between agnosticism and a vague deism. She doesn't really give it that much thought, most of the time.

12. Describe the character's moral code. Include how mercenary she is, whether or not she'll kill innocents, etc.

Tasha is mercenary-minded and cheerfully amoral, although there are a few lines she won't cross.

She is aware that being a gunsel and con artist, in addition to being promiscuous and fickle, and rather bluntly honest at times, makes her enough enemies already. So usually she goes out of her way to be nice to people, not take advantage of them, and be mindful of their comfort zones. She wants them to still like her AFTER her presense has worn off.

Generally, she would rather talk than fight. She kills when she needs to defend herself or do a job, but won't kill indiscriminately. Thrill-killers repulse her. She will do wetwork, but not against defenseless or innocent targets, and she has a slight soft spot for squatters and others who are down on their luck.

She avoids drugs and BTLs, fearing anything that could potentially derail her focus - she realizes that she can't depend on anyone but herself, and if she messes herself up, it will be the downward spiral that she has seen in too many other people.

13. What are the character's goals?

At this point in time, Tasha is barely aware of the future, much less making any plans for it. Survival tops the list, followed by getting better gear and more money. She would love to make enough to retire someday, but unlike many 'runners, she realizes that the odds are against her surviving that long.

14. Why does the character run the shadows? (Why does she run the shadows still, rather than getting a "real" job?)

Tasha doesn't respect authority, or have too many non-illegal options for making a living. She took to running naturally, since it was a logical step up from the hustling and messenger-girl jobs she used to do. The only alternatives that she could see were even more unpleasant, so she became a hired gun and con artist so she wouldn't wind up as a victim.

15. What kind of personality does your character have? This should not necessarily be obviously stated in the background, as it is more important for actually playing the character, but it may colour or add mood to the history.

Tasha is an adrenaline addict, although it is tempered by the grim realities of growing up on the streets, and her survivor's instincts. She has a lively, outgoing personality, and loves being with people, although she can be a bit too intense for some people.

Underneath her surface cynicism, she is actually a fairly nice person, but she is still ruthless when she needs to be, to survive.

16. What special qualities does the character possess? This does not refer to skills, but rather to other things, such as how she gets along with people, whether she plans ahead, etc.

Tasha is driven to succeed, partly because she sees the price of failure as being either death, or a slower death of being weak in a world of predators. This also makes her a bit of a control freak.

17. Are there certain things that the character can't or won't do? Why?

Tasha finds it difficult to get emotionally close to people, or to admit it when she is.

18. What things, people, or ideas does the character hate?

Tasha is a real tattoo snob. It's an art form to her. She has nothing but disdain for people who get drunk and get a tattoo. She thinks "gang" tattoos are almost as bad - they are taking an expression of individuality, and turning it into an expression of conformity. She hates bigots of all stripes, but especially elves, since that hits closest to home. She despises the Tir, and will cheerfully blame them for everything from the Tarislar refugees, to the elven gangs, and for fueling anti-elven prejudices by being pointy-eared nazis.

19. What things people, or ideas does the character love?

Tasha likes parties, riding her bike at high speeds, and the adrenaline rush that she gets from danger. She is also attracted to "bad" boys or girls. She hasn't admitted her attraction to danger to herself yet - it is what is behind some of her less than well-thought-out decisions, as well as the tendency of her relationships to self-destruct. In addition to being a tattoo snob, she is also a gun snob. She listens to industrial music, but is actually indifferent to it. She really prefers classical music, an odd taste that she picked up from Renald. She loves her bike, and will talk to it as if it were a person sometimes. She likes her virtual pet, but finds it more therapeutic than anything else - she usually winds up replacing her virtual pet after 6 months or so - which is still far longer than her romantic relationships last.

20. What is the character's name? Give both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names, etc.

Her "real" name is Tashana Willowbough, but Tasha is what she answers to now - her fake ID lists her as Natasha Wilder, and her street name is Tasha Deadeye, or sometimes just Deadeye.

21. Determine what your character used to do, before becoming a shadowrunner (very important).

Tasha was a street hustler and cheap hired gun, then branched out a bit into courier and messenger type jobs. When her awakening lifted her out of the crowd of street punks, she moved up the criminal food chain.

22. Decide why your character left her old job, if she had one (also important).

Shadowrunning isn't really a "new" job for her, just a step up the ladder of illicit activity.

23. Come up with a reason for why the character became a shadowrunner. (This very often will tie in with #22. This is not the same as #14, but rather why she started running the shadows originally. What led her to it?)

After her awakening, she caught Renald's eye, and started getting better, and higher-paying, jobs from him, moving up to the big time (although she is still small-time for a 'runner).

24. How did your character come to know her contacts? Contacts are an important part of Shadowrun, decide how and why you know them.

Renald Biggs (Fixer) is a slightly overweight ork who has a mullet and muttonchop sideburns, usually dressed in white CAS-style suits. He tries to sound urbane and educated, although he has the occasional mispronounciation of a self-taught man when he uses some of the bigger words. He likes classical music and fine art, and tries to defy the typical stereotype of an ork, just as Tasha defies the typical stereotype of an elf. He has ties to the Ork Underground, the Cascade Orks, and perhaps the mafia. He has helped Tasha get set up in her new life, and has been a good source of gear and jobs for her. She is unusually (for her) respectful of him, and the main impetus of her professionalism (when she finds a job distasteful) is that she wants to be thought of as a reliable runner by him.

Sabot (Armorer) is a thin, sour-faced dwarf whose face only brightens when he is talking about his favorite subject, guns. He is a meticulous craftsman, if slightly pricier than most. He doesn't have the most pleasant of personalities, but he softens up a bit for people like Tasha who share his reverence for firearms. She first found out about him from talking to some soldiers from Fort Lewis at a bar. She found his location - only a few blocks away from Tacoma's fortress-like police department - a bit intimidating at first, but has been impressed with the quality of his work.

25. Does the character have a SIN? Does the character actually use it? Or is the character one of the SINless masses? This may be affected by the character's previous employment.

Tasha has never had a SIN, but she does have fake ID and other paperwork now.

26. Is the character a full-time shadowrunner? Or does the character lead a Batman-like double existence?

Tasha is a full-time (but still a bit green) runner.

27. Which person(s) or group(s) do you love the most?

Renald and Sabot are the people that she has been in the longest relationship with, and she respects both of them a great deal. Her other, non-business relationships tend to be more intense, but to not last that long.

28. Which person(s) or group(s) do you hate the most?

All racists, including the Tir. She also has little respect for gangers, who seem like petty bullies and scavengers to her.

29. Which person(s) or group(s) do you respect the most?

Metahuman rights groups such as Mothers of Metahumans. She also read the diary of Tamir Grey (listened to the audio version, actually), but is still undecided on ghoul rights - they essentially are plague victims, who can pass it on, and most of them DO fit the stereotype of feral monsters.

30. Which person(s) or group(s) do you fear the most?

The Spikes. She has been fortunate enough to not encounter any of them yet, but she heard horror stories about them from the Princes, and the local rumormill seems to confirm that they are bad news.

31. What is your favourite colour?

Black, but red and metallic make good accents to it.

32. What is your favourite food and/or drink?

She really loves hydroponic produce and kobe beef - both of which are out of her price range other than as a rare treat. Since gaining her sustenance ability, though, she has been able to enjoy higher quality food (since she doesn't need to spend as much on quantity).

33. What place would you most like to visit?

She would love to hit one of the big downtown Seattle night spots someday, like Dante's or Club Penumbra.

34. Which person(s) or group(s) are you most loyal to?

She is very loyal to her contacts. She also has a soft spot for people down on their luck, and tends to root for the underdog.

35. What pastime (that you participate in regularly) gives you the most enjoyment? (Warning: Answering Sex for this question can and will result in penalties to your character!)

Tasha likes parties and other events that have an edge of danger to them.

36. What pastime (that you participate in regularly) gives you the least enjoyment?

Despite her love of danger, sometimes it is daunting to keep living up to her wild party girl reputation.

37. What annoys you the most?

People who try to bully her.

38. What (if any) is your favourite form of art?

Tattoos are her first love, but she also enjoys classical music.

39. What is your greatest goal?

To become a prime runner.

40. What do you think is your characters best quality?

Her drive to succeed.

41. What do you think is your characters worst quality?

Her addiction to danger, and her tendency to be a control freak.

42. What is the most important thing you have ever done?

She saved someone once, a man in a suit who was bleeding and being chased by two grim-faced men with guns. Impulsively deciding to help, she shot the two pursuers, then helped the man in the suit to a cab. she never found out that she had helped to bring down a mid-sized corporation, and she has almost forgotten the incident.

43. Which religion (if any) do you follow?

None, unless muddled agnosticism can be considered a "religion".

44. What is your most treasured possession (and why)?

Her racing bike, which she sometimes talks to. She loves riding at high speeds.

45. What are your three most common dreams?

> In an old west town. Sometimes the dream is like a firt-person shooter, but other times it is a nightmare, where huge trolls in Spikes colors are chasing her, and her pistol inexplicably will only shoot flowers or bubbles.

> In a nightclub or at a party, where everyone is naked, including her, but she isn't embarassed or disturbed, just unusually mellow. She walks through the other people as if they aren't there. Most times the dream will continue and segue into other confusing, disjointed dreams.

> On her bike, flying at exhilarating speeds, sometimes through a bizarre cityscape, and sometimes through a volcanic wasteland. Sometimes there is a floating traffic sign, which talks to her.

46. What is the Character's current relationship with her family?

She is a bit contemptuous of them, and hasn't even bothered to keep in touch with them.

47. If the character's family is still alive, what do they do, and where do they live?

Her parents are probably still running their little junk shop, and dreaming of going to the Tir someday.

48. Where did the character learn his Skills?

The streets, mostly, and the school of hard knocks.

49. Does the character have a good luck charm? What is it, and why?

An old shell casing that she wears on a charm bracelet, but she is not superstitious, and it is more of a security blanket than anything else.

50. What type of music does the character like?

Classical, although she doesn't mind industrial or any other kind of dance club music.

51. List any past serious relationships that your character has had, and give a brief overview of the relationship.

None, really. The closest she got was this guy she shacked up with for about a week, named Josh, who got too possessive and annoying for her, so she ditched him. He stalked her for a while afterwards, which she thought was kind of cool, but after he approached her again, and got told that she left him because he was really kind of a poor performer in the sack, he apparently snapped and started sniping at people from a rooftop with an old hunting rifle, until a LoneStar helicoptor shot him with an LMG.

52. Where does your character live? Why does he live there?

Tasha lives in a dinky, low-class flat in a decaying industrial area. The utilities are rationed, and you always want to keep the deadbolts locked when you're not there, but it's her OWN place. The neighbors are noisy, but she doesn't care. Nothing wrong with people who know how to party. The apartment itself is obsessively neat, if a bit spartan.

53. Remember, your Gamemaster like detail, so if you can think of any other little details, quirks, or whatever that you think might please the almight GM, then add them in as well. Oh, and your GM won't use any of these details against you at a later date. trust me...(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Tasha is an up-and-coming runner, not in the league of the big boys, but still to be reckoned with. She has a lot of room to grow. Her most serious limitation is her lack of any melee skills, but that's part of the intial character concept, and she will pick up some close combat abilities as she gets more experienced.

Bongo Slade - Mystic Drummer

Martin O’Malley (Bongo Slade on the street) was born into a middle-class family in Toronto. Martin’s parents are very conscious of class mobility and wanted their son to have as good a life as they could help him get. They had high expectations for him because of talents he exhibited early in life. He has a knack for languages, and so “foreign service” was discussed, and he is also very artistic in several ways, and so, while not as lucrative, a career in “the arts” was also seen as a possibility. Above all, education to a high degree was considered necessary.

Martin just wanted to play music. He skipped school, but studied music and poetry (lyrics) on his own. Percussion was his calling. Anything you could hit was his instrument. He engaged in petty crime to pay for fun with his buddies and private lessons with the best teachers (and that he didn’t convince his parents to do so in a legitimate fashion tells much about him). He travelled all over Toronto and region, playing music, dealing and stealing. His school report cards were … well, not always failing, but certainly not encouraging. He thought it would be cool to have electronic instrumentation implanted in him, but a test implant quickly showed that he was unreceptive almost to the point of allergy to mechanical implants.

One music teacher was an adept, and saw the spark of Magic in the boy. (Martin picked up the old, outdated Morse Code in a couple of days at a museum. The rhythm of the ‘language’ attracted Martin. The speed with which he picked it up caught the teacher’s eye.) The teacher helped the Magic develop in Martin, who himself developed the Adept way, focussing everything he could into playing his music better, ‘attuning’ to the world around him, ‘listening and seeing’ the music of the world.

Over the course of a few years, Martin developed some regular places to play, pretty seedy some of them, and learned some survival skills as well. It’s amazing what you can do to an unruly patron with a well-hurled cymbal. Eventually the inevitable happened, and Martin came afoul of the law. Petty theft got him police attention, which his parents managed to smooth over. The Crash 2.0 did the rest. Disapproval and constraints from his parents, and disappointment from his Magic- and music mentor decided Martin that it was time to move on.

Denver was cool for a while, but the border crossings were always a hassle, and Bongo never was sure when his fake ID would fail. Seattle looks good. Half a continent away and full of intrigue and exotic foreigners. There have to be interesting things going on here, new music to learn and play, and maybe a clue to his dream.

Even before he new of his own Magical talent, Martin had a sense that there was a ‘music underlying it all’. In dreams and daytime musings (in class of course) Martin imagined that the Earth has a heartbeat, and that the right person, maybe in the right place and time, could play that rhythm and be in tune with Gaia. This is the goal that Martin, now Bongo Slade, seeks in the streets of Seattle and in the countryside around.

The first step is to become the best drummer in the world. (Hey, he’s young enough to think in those terms.) His skill is amazing, to the point that he can mesmerize his audience if he wants to. He is trying to hone his skill, his talent and his Magic to bring him to the point where he can play that dream.

He figures he must also develop his Magic into that scary realm of Metamagic. Bongo knows that in an academic environment he could have access to the latest theories, but he won’t go there ever again. Even worse would be to sell his talent to some corporation, even if they would think it worth hiring. No, he has to do it on his own, on the streets and in the woods. He uses his Magic for music and for profit, exercising it in order to make it grow. When he can initiate, he will seek talents directed towards making his musical ability beyond the range of ordinary humanity and designed to open his senses to the intricacies of Gaia. In the meantime he keeps his eyes and ears open for any clues or stories about the underlying rhythm of the world. He is learning how to make musical drums, and is especially keen on finding out if some kind of ‘music focus’ had ever been made. (That is, something that enhances magic directed specifically towards performance.)

So he does what he has to in order to make ends meet and to stretch his talents. Runs in the shadows are a fast way to wealth and power, as far as he can see. He offers the ability to distract, to infiltrate quietly or brazenly, investigate and memorize instantly, to describe in great detail what he has heard and seen, ‘five finger discounts’, basic computer skills and second-string backup in a fight. As yet, he hasn’t become disillusioned, despite the seamier aspects of things he has done ‘for his art’, and despite the signs all around him that failure can be final.

Character Traits
- brash, young know-it-all in his early 20s (though of course he is too young to know much at all)
- consummately confident in his own skill as a musician
- willing to do almost anything to get ahead in his goal – wetwork?? Hmmm…
- able to cooperate with a team, even a team leader, but despises established authority figures and
organizations
- curious about anything and everything going on around him, and will investigate
- always looking for the music in things, particularly rhythms

Contacts

Joe Coole - music agent/fixer
Runs Coole Inc., a talent agency in Toronto with connections in Seattle. Joe saw the opportunity to branch out in business during the making of a simsense action flick when elements of organized crime threatened to derail the production because his client took the place of a low-level mobster’s sweetheart. Joe hired protection and set up a run to convince the mobster his girl was not right for the part. Since then, he has protected a number of productions, and hired his teams out for more conventional runs. He takes a cut of all proceeds.

First used Bongo’s musical talents, but increasingly finds his skills useful in the shadows. He has tried, but failed to convince Bongo to become part of a regular team.

Mick the Slick - pawn broker/fence
Seattle pawn broker, willing to accept anything brought through the front door, and most of what comes in the back door. Has made some good profit on ‘five-finger discount’ items Bongo has brought him. In return he has provided Bongo access to some interesting, quality musical instruments.

Johnny Winnipeg - Algonkian Raven shaman
One one of his forays into the wilds north-west of Toronto, in search of ‘the real Gaia’, Bongo ran across a group unfriendly to anglos from the south. They were led by Johnny. Bongo gained their confidence when he learned their language in a few hours and talked at length about his dream to drum the heartbeat of Gaia. Johnny Winnipeg has skirted the edges of eco-terrorism and is cold-hearted towards those he sees as the enemy, but will bend over backwards to help those he thinks ‘see the light’. Bongo has won membership in the latter group, though Johnny is waiting to see if the boy lives up to his promise.

Runs-with-Tricks - Pueblo Coyote shaman
A man of boundless energy and mischief, Runs-with-Tricks lives to fool others through practical jokes and money-making schemes. He met the boy when Bongo ranged through the drylands south-west of Denver. Bongo’s good-humoured response to a somewhat painful joke earned him a good meal, stiff whiskey and a hangover. Bongo’s drumming won a longer-term respect and a promise to help in Bongo’s quest, once he gets “... a little chest hair.”

Human [0BP]

Attributes [260 BP]
BOD 1 + 2 = 3
AGI 1 + 2 = 3
REA 1 + 2 = 3
STR 1 + 3 = 4
CHA 1 +3 = 4
INT 1+ 4 = 5
LOG 1 + 2 = 3
WIL 1 + 2 = 3
EDG 2 + 1 = 3
ESS 6 = 6
MAG 1 + 4 = 5
INIT = 8

Qualities [-5 BP]
Adept 5
Inspired 5
Perceptive 10
Linguist 5
Fame, Local 5
- Toronto music community
SINner -5
Sensitive System -15
Mild Addiction -5
(tobacco)
Mild Addiction -5
(Betel chewing gum)
Mild Prejudice -5
(established authority)

Active Skills [100 BP]
Artisan 6 (9) INT
(percussion) (+2)
Perception 3 (+3) INT
(hearing) (+2)
Influence Group 1 CHA
con, etiquette,
leadership, negotiation
Stealth Group 1
disguise INT
infiltration AGI
palming AGI
shadowing INT
Throwing Weapons 3 AGI
Dodge 2 REA
(ranged attack) (+2)
Survival 1 WIL
(urban) (+2)
First Aid 1 LOG
Computer 1 LOG
Data Search 1 LOG

Knowledge Skills (24 pts.) [17BP]
Music Theory 2
(composition) (+2)
Ethnomusicology 1
Sound Engineering 1
Toronto Music Scene 2
Toronto Street Gangs 1
Denver Music Scene 1
Seattle Music Scene 1
Musical Drum Design 1
Exotic Woods 1
Gaia Theory 2
Magic Artifacts 1
English N
Nahuatl 1 (no Linguist increase yet)
Pueblo 1 (no Linguist increase yet)
Algonkian 1 (no Linguist increase yet)
Cantonese 1 (no Linguist increase yet)
Japanese 1 (no Linguist increase yet)
Morse Code 1 (no Linguist increase yet)

Adept Powers (5 pts.)
Enhanced Perception (1) 0.25
Improved Artisan (1) 0.25
Enthralling Performance 0.5
(artisan-percussion)
Commanding Voice 0.25
Linguistics 0.25
Multi-tasking 0.5
Eidetic Sense Memory 0.5
Three Dimensional Memory 0.5
Nimble Fingers 0.25
Power Throw (3) 0.75
Missile Mastery 1.0

Contacts [17]
connections / loyalty
Joe Coole 3 / 2
- music agent / fixer
Mick the Slick 3 / 1
- pawn broker / fence
Johnny Winnipeg 2 / 2
- Algonkian Raven shaman
Runs-with-Tricks 2/2
- Pueblo Coyote shaman

Gear [11 BP] 55,000 ¥ ¥
Percussion Equipment - drum kit 4,000
- bongos
- djembe
Fairlight Caliban Commlink 8,000
Noritake Navi 10,500
upgrades: - system 6
- response 4
- firewall 6
- signal 5
Sim Module (hot sim) 250
Trodes 50
AR Gloves 250
Satellite Link 500
Programs - analyze 6 1,800
- browse 6
- edit 6
Computer Toolkit 500
Datachip X 5 1
Mapsoft (6) - Seattle 30
Tag Eraser 150
Microtransceiver (6) - subvocal mic and earbud 1,200
Medkit (6) - supplies X 5 850
Stimulant Patch (6) X 5 150
Survival Kit 100
Myomeric Rope X 10 m 200
lLightstick 5
Low Lifestyle X 1 month 2,000
Fake SIN (3) 3,000
Fake SIN (4) 4,000
Fake Licenses (4) - thermal smoke grenade 1,600
- flash-bang
- smoke grenade
- ballistic shield
(all licenses are performance related)
Contact Lenses - low light 2,225
- flare comp
- image link
- thermographic vision
- vision enhancement (3)
- vision magnification (electronic)
- smartlink
- ultrasound
Earbuds - audio enhancement (3) 1,910
- select sound filter (3)
- spatial organizer
Latex face mask 500
Nanopaste, small X 2 1,000
Laes-laced cigarettes X 20 500
Psyche - dose X 3 600
Red Mescaline - dose X 8 400
Loco (speedballed Red Mescaline and Psyche) - dose X 1 350
Raecon Sting holdout pistol + 4 clips ammo 390
Shuriken X 10 300
Throwing Knife X 10 200
Grenades - flash-bang X 4 1,350
- fragmentation X 4
- flash pack X 2
- high explosive X 8
- smoke X 2
- thermal smoke X 2
Ballistic Shield (6/4) 1,500
Urban Explorer (6/6) 500
Lined Coat (6/4) 700
Synergist Business Line - suit jacket, slacks, shirt (5/3) 1,500
Clothing, various styles (better than low lifestyle) 1,300
55,000 ¥


Starting Cash 3D6 X 50 ¥ => 650 ¥

Two men stood facing each other in the middle of an empty room. One was about six feet tall, the other somewhat shorter. Each wore the traditional clothing and armor of a kendoka, and wielded a shinai. The tips of the wooden practice swords barely touched, each man feeling out his opponent. For nearly a minute, nothing happened but that the tips of the shinai tapped an irregular rhythm against each other.

Suddenly, almost too quickly to perceive, the shorter man raised his shinai and brought it down on his opponent's helmet with a cry of, "Ban!" The taller man tried to block the blow, but was fractionally too slow. The crack of the bamboo sword on his men headgear echoed like a gunshot in the otherwise-still room. The taller man lowered his shinai and bowed deeply to his opponent before removing his men.

The smaller man returned the bow, and removed his own helmet. He was a Japanese man of middle years, with a neatly trimmed mustache, and close-cropped black hair just beginning to gray. His gaze was piercing, brown eyes seeming to take in everything around him, weighing it in an instant. The taller man was Caucasian, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He had the beginnings of the other man's focus and intensity; an astute observer would mark them as teacher and student, and indeed they were.

"Thank you, Hideo-sensei. I continue to learn from being hit over the head," the taller man said wryly.

Hideo grunted, the ghost of a smile touching his lips. "If only your sword were as quick as your mouth, you might have blocked that last blow. Come, Tony-san, that's enough practice for one evening."

The two men put up their weapons and armor, and retired to the kitchen of the converted warehouse that was their home. They pulled white Chinese takeaway boxes out of the fridge, leftovers from the previous evening, and began eating. Tony dawdled over his kung pao chicken while Hideo tucked into his Mongolian beef with gusto. They ate in companionable silence, sharing a box of sticky rice between them.

Just as they were finishing the meal, a deafening crash sounded from below, followed closely by a bellowed, "HIDEO! I know you're here, you little Jap prick! Where the fuck are you?!" The voice had a noticeable synthesized quality, an electronic flatness that gave it an inhuman edge. Tony and Hideo looked at each other in shock.

They tossed their chopsticks and empty takeaway boxes on the counter, grabbed the first weapons that came to hand, and crept stealthily to the edge of the loft that overlooked the ground floor. What looked at first glance like a massive anthroform drone was tearing up the furniture; when Tony's weight made the floor creak slightly, the thing's head whipped around inhumanly fast to glare at them through glowing red eyes.

"There you are! And teacher's pet, too! Ohh, this is going to be even more fun than I imagined! Are you surprised to see me again?"

They were. Hideo and Tony finally recognized the voice coming through the synthesizer: it belonged to a troll street samurai and longtime rival of Hideo's, who called himself Moloch. The last time either of them had seen Moloch, he had been falling from the a helicopter into the middle of a burning chemical plant. Hideo and Tony had sabotaged the plant, which Moloch had been hired to protect, and when he leapt from a rooftop to their getaway chopper, Hideo had emptied his Colt Government 2066 into Moloch's chest, causing the troll to fall. Both had assumed Moloch had died either from the fall or in the fire. That was three years ago.

Clearly, Moloch's employers had gone to considerable trouble to save him. His cyber-replacement was almost total: all four limbs, torso, and head were encased in plasteel armor. The front of his cyberskull was sculpted into a leering, demonic visage, and the steel horns were polished to a mirror shine and came to wicked points. He wore nothing, apparently no longer feeling the need for clothing to cover his almost-wholly artificial body.

Moloch roared his rage, crossed ten meters from the door in three running steps and leapt from the floor up to the loft. Tony and Hideo rolled in opposite directions. The hardwood floor splintered under Moloch's weight, but it held. Tony came up shooting, the Crusader machine pistol in his hand spitting bullets at the armored cybertroll. The medium-caliber rounds ricocheted off Moloch's artificial limbs with no noticeable effect. Moloch pointed at Tony and said, "Just wait, kid. I'll get to you in a minute."

The troll turned toward Hideo with speed and grace astonishing for his size, and threw a punch that would surely have crushed Hideo's skull if it had connected. Hideo ducked and rolled again, coming to his feet and firing the pump shotgun he held all in one motion. The high-density slug left a noticeable mark in the center of Moloch's cybertorso, but failed to penetrate. In reply, Moloch swatted the microwave off the eating counter in a blur of motion; Hideo tried to dodge, but it caught him a glancing blow at the shoulder. Tony heard the crack of a bone breaking.

Hideo's left shoulder was broken, the arm dangling uselessly. He racked the shotgun by bracing it against a rail, but couldn't quite bring it to bear before Moloch was on him. The troll's hand almost completely encircled the small man's waist as he lifted Hideo up to eye level. "Do you know how long I've dreamt of this, little man?"

Hideo looked him in the eye and said, "Keep dreaming." He set the shotgun's muzzle against Moloch's left cybereye and pulled the trigger. Moloch flung him away with a roar of pain before dropping to all fours. Blood poured from his eye socket. Hideo crashed into the refrigerator and fell to the floor. Every breath was agony; he estimated at least four ribs were broken.

Tony came back into the room. He had gone to the armory to get something with more stopping power than the Crusader. He took in the scene quickly: Moloch down and bleeding copiously from his face, Hideo down and not moving. He raised an AK-97 assault rifle to his shoulder and emptied the magazine at Moloch. The armor plates on Moloch's back sprouted visible dents, but astoundingly, the troll stood up. Moloch ripped the kitchen sink and a goodly chunk of the counter around it away from the wall without visible effort, and whipped it sidearm at Tony.

Fortunately, the missing eye compromised Moloch's depth perception, and his aim was fractionally off: Tony managed to drop prone an instant before the sink took his head off. Hideo managed to lift his voice enough to be heard: "Tony... run."

Tony shook his head angrily. "Not a chance, sensei. You hurt him, we can take him down!"

"Take me down, you little shit?!" bellowed Moloch. "I'm going to rip your liver out and show it to you!" The troll raised his right arm, palm out, and the cybergun built into his arm barked. Again, he was marginally off target, as Tony noticed the barrel port in the base of Moloch's palm just in time and ducked.

Hideo, his whole torso afire with the pain of his broken ribs, managed to rack the shotgun again, and his third round caught Moloch squarely in the back of his head. The troll rounded on Hideo furiously, bent on finishing his prey off. He hefted Hideo off the floor again and squeezed. Hideo would have screamed, but couldn't get the breath to do so. He racked the shotgun on Moloch's left horn and jammed the muzzle in the troll's mouth.

Moloch had just enough time to realize what Hideo was doing and bite down on the gun, deforming the barrel enough to stop the slug from blowing out his brain stem, but he still got a mouthful of burning powder and hot gas. He threw his head back and screamed in agony. He wrapped his other hand around Hideo's head. Hideo caught Tony's eye over Moloch's shoulder, and mouthed the words, "Broken shield."

Broken shield: their previously agreed-upon code phrase indicating that the safehouse and one or both of their identities had been compromised. It was a warning and an order, all in one: grab the panic bag and flee. Defiance rose in Tony's eyes, but Hideo quelled it with a look. "Get out, kohai," he mouthed.

Tony dropped the AK-97 and ran. Behind him he heard a meaty squelch.

== Info ==
Street Name: Leapfrog
Name: Rick Knowles
Movement: 10/25, Swim: 5
Karma: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0
Human Male Age 18
Height 5' 7" Weight 140 lbs.
Composure: 6
Judge Intentions: 6
Lift/Carry: 5 (45 kg/30 kg)
Memory: 7
Nuyen: 0

== Attributes ==
BOD: 2
AGI: 5
REA: 5
STR: 3
CHA: 2
INT: 4
LOG: 3
WIL: 4
EDG: 2

== Derived Attributes ==
Essence: 5.10
Initiative: 9
IP: 1
Matrix Initiative: 5
Matrix IP: 1
Physical Damage Track: 9
Stun Damage Track: 10

== Active Skills ==
Animal Handling : 0 Pool: 3
Animal Training : 0 Pool: 3
Archery : 0 Pool: 4
Armorer : 0 Pool: 2
Artisan : 0 Pool: 3
Automatics : 0 Pool: 4
Blades : 0 Pool: 4
Climbing : 3 [Freehand] Pool: 8 (10)
Clubs : 0 Pool: 4
Computer : 2 Pool: 5
Con : 1 Pool: 3
Cybercombat : 0 Pool: 2
Data Search : 2 Pool: 5
Demolitions : 0 Pool: 2
Disguise : 4 [Camouflage] Pool: 8 (10)
Diving : 0 Pool: 1
Dodge : 4 Pool: 9
Escape Artist : 3 Pool: 8
Etiquette : 1 Pool: 3
Flight : 0 Pool: 2
Forgery : 2 Pool: 7
Gunnery : 0 Pool: 4
Gymnastics : 5 [Parkour] Pool: 12 (14)
Hacking : 0 Pool: 2
Hardware : 2 Pool: 5
Heavy Weapons : 0 Pool: 4
Infiltration : 3 [Urban] Pool: 8 (10)
Instruction : 0 Pool: 1
Intimidation : 0 Pool: 1
Leadership : 0 Pool: 1
Locksmith : 2 Pool: 7
Longarms : 0 Pool: 4
Navigation : 0 Pool: 3
Negotiation : 0 Pool: 1
Palming : 3 Pool: 8
Parachuting : 0 Pool: 1
Perception : 3 [Scent] Pool: 7 (9)
Pilot Watercraft : 0 Pool: 4
Pistols : 3 Pool: 8
Riding : 0 Pool: 4
Running : 1 Pool: 6
Shadowing : 3 Pool: 7
Software : 2 Pool: 5
Survival : 0 Pool: 3
Swimming : 0 Pool: 2
Throwing Weapons : 0 Pool: 4
Tracking : 0 Pool: 3
Unarmed Combat : 2 Pool: 7

== Knowledge Skills ==
: 0 Pool: 0
Architecture : 3 Pool: 6
Area Knowledge: Seattle : 3 [Redmond] Pool: 7 (9)
English : N Pool: 0
Literature : 2 Pool: 5
Mafia : 2 Pool: 6
Sport Climbing : 5 Pool: 8
Underworld : 2 [Fencing] Pool: 6 ( 8 )

== Qualities ==
Blandness
Incompetent (Pilot Ground Craft)
Incompetent (First Aid)
Sensitive Neural Structure
Sensory Overload Syndrome

== Lifestyles ==
Low 1 months

== Cyberware/Bioware ==
Cyberears Rating 4
+Ear Recording Unit
+Sound Link
+Balance Augmenter
+Spatial Recognizer
+Select Sound Filter Rating 2
+Damper
+Audio Enhancement Rating 2
Olfactory Booster Rating 2
Synthacardium Rating 2
Voice Modulator

== Armor ==
Clothing 0/0
Leather Jacket 2/2

== Weapons ==
Beretta 101T
+Concealable Holster
+Spare Clips
+Laser Sight
+Personalized Grip
DV: 4P AP: - RC: 1
Defiance EX Shocker
+Hidden Gun Arm Slide
DV: 8S(e) AP: -half RC: 0
Grenade: Smoke
DV: (10m Radius) AP: - RC: 0
Unarmed Attack
DV: 2S AP: - RC: 0
Yamaha Pulsar
+Quick-Draw Holster
+Spare Clips
DV: 6S(e) AP: -half RC: 0

== Commlink ==
CMT Clip (1, 1, 1, 3)
+Vector Xim

== Gear ==
Ammo: Regular Ammo (Light Pistols) x20
Ammo: Taser Dart (Tasers) x10
Backpack
Chisel
Climbing Gear
Datachip x10
Fake SIN (213-91-1551) Rating 2
Gecko Tape Gloves
Glasscutter
Goggles Rating 4
+Flare Compensation
+Low Light
+Vision Enhancement Rating 2
Grenade: Smoke x2
Jammer, Area Rating 3
Light Stick x4
Lockpick Set
Micro Flare Launcher
Micro Flares x4
Stimulant Patch Rating 3



=Background=
(Bull's 50+ Questions) -

1. What is your character's Sex?

Decidedly Male.

2. What is your character's physical size?

Five foot seven, 140 lbs.

3. What is the color of the character's hair, eyes, and skin?
Black/Brown/Caucasian(tanned)

4. What is the character's general appearance (i.e., How does she dress, etc.)?

Leapfrog dresses, on an average day, in an anachronistic style. No piercings, no tattoos. Clothing is usually disposable, like flats or used denim. Avoids logos or designs, and tends to dress in subdued colors, with blue and gray being the most common. Almost always wears a black leather jacket (weather permitting)

5. Where was the character born (City, State, Hospital Name)?

Leapfrog was born in Seattle, in the Redmond Barrens' Squatter's Mall.

6. What is the character's date of birth?

November 15, 2054

7. What was the character's family life like?

Leapfrog grew up in an extended family unit, sharing an old storefront with two other families. Leap's mother slotted too many BTL's and got burned out, and his father was a professional scavenger. They survived by fixing and selling old appliances, electronics, and anything else they could find.

Early on in life, Leap's parents learned about his Sensory Overload Syndrome. They kept him away from decks and, later, commlinks. As a result, while other kids were watching pirated trid and experimenting with BTLs, Leap was running along the rooftops, experiencing the outside world.

Leap's childhood was honestly not that bad, considering the area he grew up in. Leap learned early on that you could supplement your income by doing odd jobs, so he did whatever came along. It was at this point that he came to the attention of a local Made Man, Thomas Knight. Knight liked the scrawny kid, and had him run errands like package delivery, lookout, and drug mule.

When he was sixteen, Leapfrog was dropping off a package for Knight when the Yaks decided to attack the recipient. Leap was too close to a concussion grenade, and lost his hearing. Knight, feeling unaccustomed guilt at Leap's coming to harm under his watch, paid for cyber replacements. After the surgery, Knight stopped using Leapfrog for jobs, and took him aside. "Get outta this place, kid," He said, "Redmond devours people. Find your way."


8. Has the character begun his own family?

Leapfrog has the interpersonal skills of a rather uninteresting koala. Women seem not to be attracted to this.

9. Where or how was the character educated?

Leapfrog was educated by an ex-corp hiding out in the Squatter's Mall who made his living teaching the local children. Because of his Sensory Overload Syndrome, Leap ended up learning most of his skills hands-on or from ancient, tattered books.

10. Has the character ever done anything else for a living?

Odd jobs for low-level mafia guys.

11. What are the characters political and religious beliefs?

Leapfrog is only dimly aware of the government as an entity, so he has no real views on their policies.

Religion-wise, Leap falls between agnostic and atheist. Again, this isn't a matter of much thought for him.


12. Describe the character's moral code. Include how mercenary she is, whether or not she'll kill innocents, etc.

Leapfrog possess an unusual code for the Barrens. He doesn't go looking for trouble, and avoids confrontation. Live and let live is his motto. Money is his primary motivator for work, but he draws the line at wetwork, roughing people up (He'd probably lose a fistfight, anyway), and kidnapping.

13. What are the character's goals?

Leapfrog wants to see what being a big rich guy is all about, but he wants to do it without being beholden to a corp or syndicate. Running seemed like a logical choice.

14. Why does the character run the shadows? (Why does she run the shadows still, rather than getting a "real" job?)

Leapfrog has always been SINless, so most of the rights others have are foreign to him. Running seemed to be a way to make a lot of money fast.

15. What kind of personality does your character have? This should not necessarily be obviously stated in the background, as it is more important for actually playing the character, but it may colour or add mood to the history.

Leapfrog is a newbie to life. Living in the Barrens made him quiet, someone who thinks before he speaks. Other people mistake this as being slow, but Leapfrog is just methodical. When doing something he loves, like freehand climbing, he has the enthusiasm of a child, revved up and ready to go. This also means, that, if he's in the right mood, he'll attempt something truly stupid, like swinging down from the top of a three-story building to smash through the passenger window of a moving Americar, just to see if it's as cool as he thinks it would be.

16. What special qualities does the character possess? This does not refer to skills, but rather to other things, such as how she gets along with people, whether she plans ahead, etc.

Leapfrog is quiet and cucumber-cool. This can sometimes be mistaken as experience, which is bad for Leapfrog. People-wise, he's pleasant, if distant, and focused on his immediate objective.

17. Are there certain things that the character can't or won't do? Why?

Leapfrog leaves his commlink off most of the time. He's terrified of having a seizure.
He won't get cosmetic body modifications. Not for any religious reasons, he just doesn't want any of it, so no piercings, body-dyes, tattoos, fiber-optic hair, etc.

18. What things, people, or ideas does the character hate?

Gangers. Leapfrog spent a number of his formative years working for Thomas Knight, a low-level Made Man for the Mafia. Gangers seem violent and thoughtlessly destructive comparatively.

19. What things people, or ideas does the character love?

Sport climbing. Abandoned buildings, phone polls, you name it. If he could get out of the city the first thing he'd probably do is go to the nearest cliff and climb it.
The Libertarian Ideal. Leapfrog read this old scifi book, and got jazzed on the idea of a merit-based society. Not knowing how real politics and government work, he likes to think of the day that the world will be like that.

20. What is the character's name? Give both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names, etc.

His name is Richard Knowles. This is also the name on his fake SIN Thomas Knight hooked him up with. Since childhood, everyone's either called him "Leapfrog" or "Leap" because of his penchant for parkour.

21. Determine what your character used to do, before becoming a shadowrunner (very important).

Leapfrog was an errand boy for the Mob, a climbing enthusiast for kicks, and a thief for the nuyen.

22. Decide why your character left her old job, if she had one (also important).

Knight told him to get out.

23. Come up with a reason for why the character became a shadowrunner. (This very often will tie in with #22. This is not the same as #14, but rather why she started running the shadows originally. What led her to it?)

He just sort of slid into it. Hanging around a runner-heavy bar, he met Sean "Greaser" Wisely, a local dwarf fixer. It was Wisely who hooked him up with his first run.

24. How did your character come to know her contacts? Contacts are an important part of Shadowrun, decide how and why you know them.

Thomas Knight is a low level Made Man for the Mafia. He's known Leapfrog since he was about eight years old, and treats the kid like his nephew.

Sean "Greaser" Wisely is a dwarf Fixer operating out of a corner table at a bar. He's cheap, smells bad, and doesn't like people. Sometimes he comes through, though.

25. Does the character have a SIN? Does the character actually use it? Or is the character one of the SINless masses? This may be affected by the character's previous employment.

No, but he has a rather cheap Fake.

26. Is the character a full-time shadowrunner? Or does the character lead a Batman-like double existence?

Full time.

27. Which person(s) or group(s) do you love the most?

His parents and Thomas Knight. Also, he has a soft spot for the Squatter's Mall.

28. Which person(s) or group(s) do you hate the most?
Gangers. He also has a distaste for the Yakuza, who robbed him of his natural hearing.

29. Which person(s) or group(s) do you respect the most?

LEapfrog likes the Mafia over other Syndicates, and if he could find a high-powered Libertarian group, he's probably be all over them.

30. Which person(s) or group(s) do you fear the most?

The Government. He grew up with horror stories of evil feds kidnapping kids to experiment on.

31. What is your favourite colour?

a deep violet. Leapfrog doesn't see it often, so if there's something for sale in that color, he'll pick it up as long as it's small and cheap, like a tie or a pillowcase.

32. What is your favourite food and/or drink?

Krak-L-Snaps.

33. What place would you most like to visit?

The Ivory Coast in Africa. he saw it in a book once.

34. Which person(s) or group(s) are you most loyal to?

Thomas. If he has a permanent running group, he'd probably be loyal to them too, above most everyone else. He's looking for a place to fit in.

35. What pastime (that you participate in regularly) gives you the most enjoyment? (Warning: Answering Sex for this question can and will result in penalties to your character!)

Running along the tops of clustered buildings. Leaping across an alleyway to grab a fire escape, then back-flipping off of it onto the pavement, only to climb another building. He gets a lot of odd looks.

36. What pastime (that you participate in regularly) gives you the least enjoyment?

Reading. While he thinks it's important to know how, it's not easy for him.

37. What annoys you the most?

Doing nothing for long periods of time. Gang fights. People who abuse animals.

38. What (if any) is your favourite form of art?

Murals.

39. What is your greatest goal?

Have enough money to travel the world and see new things.

40. What do you think is your characters best quality?

His desire to charge life head-on.

41. What do you think is your characters worst quality?

His desire to charge life head-on. Couple that with his natural quiet, unassuming nature and you have a person who people have trouble understanding.

42. What is the most important thing you have ever done?

When the Yakuza attacked Thomas' crew, Leapfrog leapt off a three story building, holding onto a downed fiber-optic line, to smash through the passenger window of a moving Americar. He then tasered the driver.

43. Which religion (if any) do you follow?

None. May get into organized religion if he can find one that clicks with him.

44. What is your most treasured possession (and why)?

His cyberears, which Thomas bought for him. They're his most treasured possession because while he was recovering. Thomas would come hang out with him for a couple hours a day. They'd chat, gamble, and have a great time.

45. What are your three most common dreams?

> Falling through clouds. It's not scary at all, though. It's really mellow, like I'm not going to hit the ground ever.

> Outrunning a landslide going downhill, with it picking up speed behind me.

> Sitting in a sunbeam in the forest. (It's weird because I've never been TO a forest)

46. What is the Character's current relationship with her family?

He sends them a message every couple of weeks. They're distant.

47. If the character's family is still alive, what do they do, and where do they live?

They live in the Redmond Squatter's Mall, running a scavenging business.

48. Where did the character learn his Skills?

Growing up in the Redmond Barrens. Most technical skills were taught by various Mafia people.

49. Does the character have a good luck charm? What is it, and why?

Nope. He doesn't really have that much of a connection to his stuff. Yet.

50. What type of music does the character like?

Stuff from the twentieth century. Don't care what it is, as long as it's old, chummer.

51. List any past serious relationships that your character has had, and give a brief overview of the relationship.

None. Leapfrog is inept with the ladies, although he's polite.

52. Where does your character live? Why does he live there?

Leapfrog has a basement apartment on the edge of the sprawl, about a kilometer away from the middle-class burbs. Heavy deadbolt on the door, bars on the windows, but it's home. The utilities are hard-lined, with manual controls only. His main furnishings are a futon, a stack of books, and a mini-fridge filled with stuffers.

== Info ==
Street Name: Asterisk ('Risk)
Name: Alice Durens
Movement: 10/25
Current Karma: 0
Total Karma: 0
Spent Karma: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0
Elf Male Age 15
Height 5'2"
Composure: 11
Judge Intentions: 10
Lift/Carry: 4
Memory: 10
Nuyen: (4d6)*100

== Attributes ==
BOD: 3
AGI: 2
REA: 3
STR: 1
CHA: 6
INT: 5
LOG: 5
WIL: 5
EDG: 1

Resonance: 6

== Derived Attributes ==
Essence: 6
Initiative: 8
IP: 1
Matrix Initiative (VR): 10 (11)
Matrix IP: 3
Physical Damage Track: 10
Stun Damage Track: 11

== Active Skills ==
Hacking 6
Cybercombat 4
Electronic Warfare 4
Perception 1
Electronics Group 1
Tasking Group 1
Pilot Ground Craft 1

== Knowledge Skills ==
English N
Business 2
Street Drugs (BTLs) 2 (+2)
Economics 3
History (Modern) 2 (+2)
Security Design (Matrix) 4 (+2)
Corporate Politics (Horizon) 2 (+2)
Club Music (Synthcore) 2 (+2)
Matrix Games (Dawn of Atlantis) 3 (+2)
Hangouts (Hacker) 3 (+2)

== Qualities ==
Dependent (Medium); Chiphead older sister.
Day Job (5000/month); 40 hours of college classes a month, scholarship from Horizon pays an extra monthly stipend of 5k for living costs.
SINner (Standard); Alice Durens, Horizon citizen, going to college on Horizon's dime.
Allergy (Uncommon, Mild); Mild allergy to pollen.

== Lifestyles ==
Middle, 1 month
-Comforts 3:
-Entertainment 2:
-Necessities 3:
-Neighborhood 3:
-Security 3:

== Armor ==
Mortimer Greatcoat Suit 6/5

== Commlink ==
Fairlight Caliban with Novatech Navi OS (4 Response, 5 Signal, 3 Firewall, 4 System)
-Pro User Suite (Analyze 4, Browse 4, Command 2, Edit 4)
-Armor Case 10, Biometric Lock (Fingerprint), Hardening 6, Optimization (Browse)
-Slaved to Living Persona

== Living Persona ==
Firewall 5
Response (VR) 5 (6)
Signal 3
Biofeedback Filter 6
VR Matrix Initiative 11
VR Matrix Initiative Passes 3

== Complex Forms ==
Analyze 6
Reality Filter 6
Scan 6
Attack 6
Blackout 6
ECCM 6
Exploit 6
Stealth 6
Shielding 6

== Gear ==
Earbuds Rating 3
-Audio Enhancements 3
-Spatial Recognizer
Goggles Rating 6
-Vision Enhancement 3
-Image Link

== Vehicles ==
Chrysler-Nissan Jackrabbit
Body: 8
Armor: 2
Pilot: 3
Maneuver: 2
Sensor: 5
Firewall: 3
Device Rating: 3
Response: 4

Handling/Offroad: 0/0
Accel: 15/35
Speed: 120

== Contacts ==

Yuki (Hacker) C3/L3
-A fifteen year old ork corp kid attending the same college as 'Risk, Yuki has contacts throughout their local area and in Horizon, though they're mostly of the same kind as herself.

Haen (Fixer) C4/L1
-One of Yuki's acquaintances, Haen is always on the lookout for potential new talent. After being introduced to 'Risk and testing his skills, he's given the kid a trial basis as a client.

=Background=
(Bull's 50+ Questions) -

1. What is your character's Sex?

Male.

2. What is your character's physical size?

5'2", 125 pounds.

3. What is the color of the character's hair, eyes, and skin?
Blonde hair, green eyes, Caucasian.

4. What is the character's general appearance (i.e., How does she dress, etc.)?

'Risk typically wears his greatcoat over geek chic; tees with slogans (his favorite being a dark purple shirt with the Dawn of Atlantis logo), jeans, sneakers. He uses the coat for warmth, protection, and shielding from the rain.

5. Where was the character born (City, State, Hospital Naot me)?

'Risk was born in the Redmond Barrens in Seattle, UCAS, in a home birth attended by nobody.

6. What is the character's date of birth?

January 31st, 2057

7. What was the character's family life like?

Poor, pretty much. 'Risk and Chissa's parents were killed by incidental gunfire from gang warfare when he was only three, so it's been just the two of them for most of his life. Chissa did all she could to take care of the two of them, but being only three years older than her brother, she wasn't all that good at it. She wound up hooked on BTLs after signing on with a local gang for their protection, and was always coming home at all hours of the night tripping balls off tripchips.

It wasn't much of a life, but it worked... for a while.

8. Has the character begun his own family?

He's only fifteen, so... no.

9. Where or how was the character educated?

'Risk is currently attending a local community college with heavy ties to Horizon, majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Business - a condition of his scholarship with Horizon.

10. Has the character ever done anything else for a living?

'Risk had a brief stint as being a look-out for various drug and BTL dealers to make some extra nuyen for him and his sister to live on.

11. What are the characters political and religious beliefs?

As he's been forced to live hand to mouth since he was three years old, 'Risk hasn't given much thought to political or religious situations - he hasn't had the chance. He has a general belief in a Higher Power, but that's only because he thinks said Higher Power finds tragedy and misery amusing, and so keeps kicking people in the nuts.

12. Describe the character's moral code. Include how mercenary she is, whether or not she'll kill innocents, etc.

'Risk doesn't have a moral code. Fifteen years of living in the Barrens, doing whatever one can to stay alive for just another day hasn't left him with very much time to ponder morality. At his core, he possesses a ganger's mentality - do whatever it takes to stay alive. He's starting to lose that, after a few months of not having to struggle to keep going, but that's how he thinks.

13. What are the character's goals?

Get the hell out from under Horizon's thumb and set up a life for himself and his sister.

14. Why does the character run the shadows? (Why does she run the shadows still, rather than getting a "real" job?)

To escape dark fates that are rumored to be in store for virtuakinetics in corp hands.

15. What kind of personality does your character have? This should not necessarily be obviously stated in the background, as it is more important for actually playing the character, but it may colour or add mood to the history.

'Risk is a boiling pot of emotions; between being scared for himself and his sister, he has a thorough zeal for living his life, and an undying desire to find a place for himself in the world. He doesn't speak much, though; he tends to keep to himself, though he's been trying to break out of his shell lately.

16. What special qualities does the character possess? This does not refer to skills, but rather to other things, such as how she gets along with people, whether she plans ahead, etc.

'Risk tends to overthink things, plotting the various paths any given action can take. Of course, his inexperience usually means he's faulty on his premises when doing so, leading to a wrong conclusion, but that doesn't stop him from doing all he can to prepare before taking action.

17. Are there certain things that the character can't or won't do? Why?

Probably not. He's going through a phase of his life where he's in control to do what it takes to keep him and his sister well-kept, and it's brought out a very protective side of him. He'll do whatever it takes to keep the two of them going. Right now, he probably won't take any jobs against Horizon, though; he doesn't want to jeopardize what's keeping them afloat.

18. What things, people, or ideas does the character hate?

Hate-mongers. Between racism against elves (Dandelion Eaters) and the general hate and fear against virtuakinetics, he has no patience for hate-mongering douchebags.

19. What things, people, or ideas does the character love?

Freedom and his sister.

20. What is the character's name? Give both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names, etc.

Alice Durens. Asterisk ('Risk) was the name given to him on the first day of attending his college courses after meeting a pink ork girl named Yuki who dragged him to a hacker bar a few blocks away. After several hours in a rigger cocoon playing in the Matrix, the locals tagged the name onto him for his penchant of swearing in asterisks.

21. Determine what your character used to do, before becoming a shadowrunner (very important).

Early on, Alice was a look-out for drug and BTL dealers whom his sister was associated with to make some extra nuyen for the two of them.

22. Decide why your character left her old job, if she had one (also important).

Alice turned himself in to Horizon as a virtuakinetic after hearing how they were treating them after the Emergence scare.

23. Come up with a reason for why the character became a shadowrunner. (This very often will tie in with #22. This is not the same as #14, but rather why she started running the shadows originally. What led her to it?)

Even though he's a legal corporate citizen of Horizon, he's looking to get away from them. He's heard dark rumors about what happens to virtuakinetics when a corp has hold of them, so he's got six years - between now and getting his Masters in Computer Science and Business - to find a way to stop that sort of thing happening to himself.

24. How did your character come to know her contacts? Contacts are an important part of Shadowrun, decide how and why you know them.

Yuki is a Horizon corp kid, with excellent hacking skills. 'Risk met her on his first day of his college classes, where she decided to take the young elf under her wing, as it were, trying to get the Dandelion Eater to open up. Plus, she's intrigued by technomancers, apparently.

Haen is an established Fixer with deep ties into the Matrix talent of Seattle. When you want a hacker, you go to Haen. Yuki introduced the two, and Haen put 'Risk through a series of tests designed to probe how skilled he was. Though he ultimately failed the tests (a scaling system of defenses designed to make someone fail to begin with), Haen took 'Risk on as a probationary client.

25. Does the character have a SIN? Does the character actually use it? Or is the character one of the SINless masses? This may be affected by the character's previous employment.

'Risk has a SIN with Horizon, but he tries not to use it overmuch.

26. Is the character a full-time shadowrunner? Or does the character lead a Batman-like double existence?

Double life. On the surface, he's Alice Durens, one of Horizon's newest acquisitions, attending college classes 40 hours a month for his double major in Computer Science and Business.

27. Which person(s) or group(s) do you love the most?

His sister, Chissa. She took care of him while the two were growing up, and now he's determined to take care of her... and get her clean.

28. Which person(s) or group(s) do you hate the most?

People who look at virtuakinetics like him and think 'burn the witch'.

29. Which person(s) or group(s) do you respect the most?

Horizon. Despite being afraid of what they might ultimately do to him, their handling of the technomancer scare was the one thing at that time in his life that gave him any feeling of safety.

30. Which person(s) or group(s) do you fear the most?

Horizon again. There's all kinds of dark rumors floating around about what corps want with virtuakinetics, and he's already in the clutches of one of them.

31. What is your favourite colour?

Purples so dark they're almost black. His favorite shirt is that color, with the gleaming Dawn of Atlantis logo on it.

32. What is your favourite food and/or drink?

Stuffer Shack burritos. They're god-awful and nasty, but the taste reminds him of the happy times with his sister back in the Barrens, when they'd just gotten a nice chunk of nuyen and had a little extra for treats. They always went to Stuffer Shack and got a couple of burritos each and ate them on the roof of their gutted apartment building, watching the people come and go, live and die.

33. What place would you most like to visit?

In the Matrix, Jackpoint, or any of the really high-quality information data havens. He's heard the code on those places is absolutely gorgeous, and he'd like to see it for himself.

In the flesh, the Renraku Arcology. After everything that happened there, he'd like to go see where so many people lived and died, as a kind of morbid fascination with AIs.

34. Which person(s) or group(s) are you most loyal to?

Chissa. Anything she asks, he'll do.

35. What pastime (that you participate in regularly) gives you the most enjoyment? (Warning: Answering Sex for this question can and will result in penalties to your character!)

Dawn of Atlantis. For a few hours, he can escape his fears and worries and life and just immerse himself into a whole other world, becoming a god-like wizard who destroys his enemies with a wave of his hand.

36. What pastime (that you participate in regularly) gives you the least enjoyment?

School. It's taking a lot for him to reconcile the way he thinks about the Matrix with how everyone else thinks about it. Plus, he's usually having to work through his commlink rather than leaping into "Real Mode", as he calls it.

37. What annoys you the most?

Boredom. Boredom, boredom, boredom. Despite it being very peaceful and not scary at all, he misses there always being something happening back in the Barrens.

38. What (if any) is your favourite form of art?

ARO graffiti. Some of it's so beautiful he can (and has!) stared at it for hours, especially when viewing it through VR.

39. What is your greatest goal?

Having enough money to set himself and Chissa up in a new life, as far away from the Barrens as he can get. Of course, in this fantasy, he's also gotten her off BTLs...

40. What do you think is your characters best quality?

His ability to plan.

41. What do you think is your characters worst quality?

His fear. His life's been defined by fear, and he goes to the fear for his first reaction.

42. What is the most important thing you have ever done?

Signed on with Horizon.

43. Which religion (if any) do you follow?

None, but this stuff about Gods of the Matrix following AIs intrigues him.

44. What is your most treasured possession (and why)?

His greatcoat. He's worn it since it was six times too large for him (and now it's only about one and a half sizes too large) and has the stench of his life imbued into it.

45. What are your three most common dreams?

> Cruising through the Matrix, free of the physical body, a God in digital form.

> Being a multi-millionaire with no worries in the world.

> Sitting on the rooftop of our old building with Chissa, munching on a Stuffer Shack burrito and just talking.

46. What is the Character's current relationship with her family?

Slightly estranged with Chissa. Though the two of them are typically close, the most recent development in their lives have left them little time to spend together. Plus, Chissa doesn't want to give up beetles, despite her brother's begging.

47. If the character's family is still alive, what do they do, and where do they live?

Chissa lives with him, for the first time not having to do anything to take care of them. She's tried her hand at various small jobs, but her addiction to beetles has gotten her fired from all of them.

48. Where did the character learn his Skills?

Experimentation after Emerging.

49. Does the character have a good luck charm? What is it, and why?

Again, his greatcoat. It's stopped a few bullets from incidental gunfire and he feels it's a shield that he can face the world with.

50. What type of music does the character like?

Synthcore. He has a mild form of synesthesia, and synthcore makes the colors dance.

51. List any past serious relationships that your character has had, and give a brief overview of the relationship.

None. He's fifteen and lived as much of a sheltered life in that regard as anyone can.

52. Where does your character live? Why does he live there?

A low-rent apartment complex sponsored by Horizon. He lives there because they pay for him to live there.