Gwynplaine, Connection to...? Options

[Nyost Akasuke]

I just got finished reading the Street Legends Supplemental (love it, btw), and naturally I found myself reading Harlequin's section. Lot'sa neat stuff, but one thing in particular caught my eye. Gwynplaine, Harlequin's spirit lookalike. For the most part to me it was just a cool extra thrown in there until I read this line,

''It also tends to gravitate towards places of technology in decay''

And that got me thinking.

My interest in Shadowrun was sparked as a young boy, the Shadowrun SNES game was one of the first games I ever owned and I loved it. It also has one of my favorite antagonists of all time: The Jester Spirit. So thats where I'm wondering if there's a connection between the two (obviously not an in-universe connection)

Gwynplaine, though a spirit, has the appearance of Harlequin (with a few changes), clown make-up and all I suppose. The Jester Spirit.. well, is a spirit that looks like a jester (with mad juggling skillz), and it appears as though he has pointy elven ears. He also has the painted-diamond over at least one of his eyes. Both are tricksters and psychopaths. Gwynplaine hangs out in places of 'technology in decay', while the Jester Spirit is said to be a spirit 'of technology in decay'.

So I guess I'm wondering if this was all intentional or coincidental, or if I'm just reading into it too much. Admittedly I don't know much about Harlequin or Gwynplaine, at least not in terms of history and previous editions. Was the spirit around in earlier editions, in his tamed form? Is it possible the Gwynplaine inspired the Jester Spirit, or vice versa? Any thoughts, comments, or facts appreciated. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)