Help with Character Concept, Been a while Options

[Marwynn]

I want to get back into Shadowrun. I invested money into all these wonderfully written books and well I want to get some use out of them.

Plus, I love the setting.


My character concept is of someone who awakens to his magical heritage later in their life. 400 BP. By this time though he has had some work on done his body, doing the odd jobs to survive.

Magician or even Mystic Adept.

The main themes are:
- A Mentor Spirit or some kind of subconscious magical manifestation which he couldn't really communicate with had been somehow guiding him to not make things worse for himself. Acting as his magical conscience and his primary teacher.
- He's a SINner, and has a day job which doesn't pay enough for his own needs nor his dependent. In his "day life" he's a bit... frustrated, and he is looking after a relative that's even more lost than he is.
- Redemption: I want him to be a Mage learning the ropes and realizing just how much of his natural talent he had already sold off. His redemption won't come through resetting Essence, but rather through acceptance. Also, if he's magical his family could be too right?
- Strong personality. His "primary' Shadowrunning archetype is undecided but he has hidden talents and a personality that thrives in the underworld.

(EDIT: Also, to perhaps foreshadow a theme of rejecting the technological for the supernatural, are perhaps negative qualities that make him... incompatible with some technology. Like with implants and the like.)


So there's the rub. How do I convincingly create a "standard" Shadowrunner who has had some success as one before realizing his latent magical potential?

I would imagine being some sort of hacker would let him hide his deficiencies in some manner.

A Face would also make sense, though he too would have some combat abilities of some kind to have compromised his magic. I was thinking of a capable Face and Gun Bunny combo.

But I would like to hear your thoughts on the matter.

I'm not after super-powerful builds, though those'd be interesting to read through. Also, what spells could this guy unknowingly cast to have made him successful?