Character consept: (ex-SergeantMajor) Christopher Martin St.North, a magically awakened human (sosial)adept, (ex-)military negotiator (& assassin) with style (Skills: longarms:sniper/pistol, close combat, negotiations, perception, sneaking & infiltration, locksmith, break&entry etc. etc...)

1. Who was the first person close to the character that they lost? What were the circumstances? (Give names and dates).

He lost his entire family when he would not kowtow to his father's desire that he follow in his footsteps in the banking world. He left after his father issued an ultimatum. This was about ten years ago. After a year or so in India, he headed on to Hong Kong and traveled the Asian country-side studying with monks. He returned to London about a year and a half ago. His father is now dead, his mother remarried, and his little sister has married a man at Scotland Yard.

2. Has the character ever killed someone? If so why?

No

3. If the character has ever killed someone, how did they feel?

N/A

4. What would make the character betray or abandon his or her team?

Betray - intense evil on their part.
Abandon - an intense mystery that needs to be solved.

5. Is there anything the character would give his or her life for (include possibles)?

Bringing the truth to light.

6. Does the character believe that the world is getting better or worse?

The world simply is. Better and worse are perceptions that dull the mind to true enlightenment.

7. If the character stole something, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?

The monks taught him that the greater good is more important than silly western concepts of privacy. He has used this to procure information on the guilt or innocence of those he has been hired to investigate.

8. If the character cheated on a partner, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?

He still struggles with the monk's teaching that a partner is excess weight to be discarded, so he doesn't know what he is capable of with a woman.

1. Who was the first person close to the character that they lost? What were the circumstances? (Give names and dates).

No one. So far, charles has led a rahter sheltered life. His family has ostracized him, but as he was always something of an outcast within their ranks, and self taught in his skills , the loss wasn't very traumatic. He is only now beginning to see the world as it truly is.

2. Has the character ever killed someone? If so why?
No, although he has fantasized about striking down some crazed mugger with a bolt of mystical lightning. As he doens't know the spell however...

4. What would make the character betray or abandon his or her team?

He considers him self a loyal person, although it's bever truly been put to the test. Extremem pressure could possibily do it, although he'd like to think himself better than that. If he did not feel the same loyalty from his comrades, the situation would be different however. He needs to feel that their is a bond there.

5. Is there anything the character would give his or her life for (include possibles)?

Charles likes to see him self as a noble soul. He could quite likely sacrifice him self an a moments notice to save a child for example, or a close friend in mortal danger. Were it less an instant decision however, things might turn out differnetly, as he would have more time to consider it.

6. Does the character believe that the world is getting better or worse?
better. Despite complications, he sees the return of magic as a new renaissance. His views are very mago-cnetric. Magic solves all problems. Likely with some exposure to the Real World, this view may eventually change.

7. If the character stole something, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?
For the sake of knowledge, his own survival, some sort of pressing need,etc. He wouldn't have serious problems with it as long as there was some sort of resonable justification.

8. If the character cheated on a partner, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?

If he believed the other person might do the same, or wasn't "really" a partner. it's very unlikely he would cheat someone he trusted in turn.

1. Who was the first person close to the character that they lost? What were the circumstances? (Give names and dates).

John lost his parents to natural causes, then shortly after, his sister in a crime of passion (about 1868)

2. Has the character ever killed someone? If so why?
Not yet and being a doctor the effect it would have on him might be earth shattering, depending on the circumstance. That isn't to say that he can't defend himself, however.

3. If the character has ever killed someone, how did they feel?
Not yet, but probably extremely guilty as it would paint him as an Oath breaker.

4. What would make the character betray or abandon his or her team?
Probably the promise that they wouldn't be harmed, or that by not doing so, innocents would be harmed.

5. Is there anything the character would give his or her life for (include possibles)?
His teammates, his patients, and his values.

6. Does the character believe that the world is getting better or worse?
Worse and he sees himself as one of only a few that are actually trying to make a difference, mainly by tending to the infirm and underpriveleged.

7. If the character stole something, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?
He would only steal to aid another, or his practice. Anything else would be criminal and unacceptable!

8. If the character cheated on a partner, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?
John see's himself as unable to cheat a partner, even one who has cheated him (though that will lead to a break in the professional relationship).

Name: Charles Montomery Spencer
Alias: Spence


Race : Human
Age :27

Attributes:

Strength 2
Body 2
Agility 2
Reaction 3
Intuition 3
Logic 5
Willpower 5
Charisma 2

160 BP

Edge 2
magic 4

= 40

Qualities:
Magician
Gremlins II 10BP
Sensitive System
Weak Immune System
Guts
Mentor Spirit :Thoth (Artificer)
= -5

Skills
Spellcasting 4 (S) manipulations
Counterspelling 3 (S) Combat spells
Ritual Spell casting 1
Summoning 2(S) spirits of Man)
Binding 1
Astral Combat 1
Assensing 2 (S) Auras
Enchanting 1
Ettiquette 2
Perception 3 (S) Visual
Negotiation 2 (S) bargaining
Unarmed Combat 1
= 104


Spells
Mob Mind
influence
Magic Fingers
Levitate
physical Barrier
Imp Invisibility
heal
Trid Phantasm
Deflection
net
Demolish Gun
Mana Bolt
= 36

Equipment
Conjuring materials - 10 Force worth (5K)
Low lifestyle 2 months (4K)
Lined coat (armored- Tweed) (700)
Talismonger Kit (500)
Gnereic Crappy Metalink equivelant (100)
Sustaining Foci - Manipulation III (45K)
= 12 BP

Knowledge Skills = 24 Free
Occult 3
Spirits 4
magical Theory 4
London High Society 2
mathematics 2
Ancient History 3

Languages
English N
Latin 3
Egyptian 3

Contacts - Loyalty/Connection
talismonger - Mandungis - 1/2 - shifty ork that for osme reason has taken a liking to Charles. Thinks he might lend him an air of respectability for some unknown reason. Very good at getting a hold of items that may or may not have recently fallen off the back of a truck/wagon.

Mr Jameson Crabtree - 1/2 - One of the few people from Charles' old life that still speaks with him. Crabtree is human man that works in parliment. His position is a little fuzzy, but it seems to be something along the lines of a lobbyist. They met at a party once, and did little mroe than talk to each other. Both men prefer the company of a good book over another human being, although Crabtre seems to make do in his line of work. They still talk theory or politics over tea .Crabtree has no love for the Spencer family, considering them a prime example of the worst in England's aristocracy. It gives Charles and Jameson something in common.

Metahuman Variant - Human
Char Concept - Street Doc/Healer
Born - September 28, 1846


Stats
B - 2
A - 3
R - 3
S - 2
C - 3
I - 3
L - 4
W - 3

Edge - 2
Magic - 5
Essense - 6

Initiative - 6
IP - 1

Skills
Sorcery (Group) - 3
Conjuring (Group) - 1
Biotech (Group) - 4
Etiquette - 3
Blades - 3
Dodge - 3
Assensing -3
Astral Combat - 2

Knowledge Skills
Surgical Procedures - 5
Medicine - 5
Sociology - 4
Hermetic Magical Theory - 3
Local Knowledge of London - 4

Contact: Loyalty/Connection
Mrs. Flaherty (Fixer/Landlady) ½

Positive Qualities
Magician (15)
Astral Chameleon (5)
Blandness (10)

Negative Qualities
Weak Immune System (5)
Sensitive System (15)
Spirit Bane (Beasts) (10)
Gremlins 1 (5)

Spells
Stunbolt
Powerbolt
Cure Disease
Heal
Stabilize
Mind Probe

Dr Sebastian stands 6'1" and weighs 170 lbs. He has deep blue eyes and black hair. When aiding the ill he wears his doctor's clothing and monocle. In public he wears his black suit and top hat with overcoat and carries a cane. His doctor's bag is almost always at his side, especially when making house calls on some of Londons more unfortunate unfortunates.

1. Who was the first person close to the character that they lost? What were the circumstances?

-"Hand" (as most Westerners call him) lost both his parents and his younger sister during a British fleet bombardment of their coastal village, as part of the second Opium War in the summer of 1860. Afterwards, the young elf was taken in by his "uncle," and raised as first an errand boy, then a soldier, for their Triad.

2. Has the character ever killed someone? If so why?

-Yes. Quite a few, in fact. Because he'd been ordered to do so, the people owed his "family" (his Triad) money and refused to pay up, they were from a rival Triad, or they otherwise crossed him and his "family" in some way. Since his arrival in Great Britain, he's only gotten his hands bloodier (including occasionally hiring himself out for such work).


3. If the character has ever killed someone, how did they feel?

-Completely justified, if he even bothered to contemplate the act very much. Life is cheap, silk and opium are expensive, and nature has given him the ability to kill with his bare hands; who cares?

4. What would make the character betray or abandon his or her team?

-Enough money, perhaps. More likely, a serious sense of duty to the Chinese community (in general) and his Triad (in particular). He looks after the Celestials in London more as a matter of pride than out of any real sense of morality, though. "They're MY people, I'LL be the criminal that profits from them," that sort of thing.

5. Is there anything the character would give his or her life for (include possibles)?

-If he's given his word as a businessman to complete a contract (including bodyguard duty sort of things), then he'll see a contract through. Other than that, he'd give his life in direct obedience to his Triad bosses, but not much else.

6. Does the character believe that the world is getting better or worse?

-Worse, but the truth is he thinks the world is already there and just doesn't care too much any more. The humiliation of China at the hands of Europeans and Americans, the death of his family, and the cheapness of Chinese life to those same Europeans has left him feeling pretty cynical about the whole thing.

7. If the character stole something, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?

-Mostly by just not caring about "right" and "wrong" in the first place; he's been raised to believe that if you can take it and keep it, it's yours. If the English could bully and loot China, surely those same rules ("might makes ownership") apply on the smaller scale.

8. If the character cheated on a partner, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?

-He's not especially interested in having a "partner," so it's never come up. His rough-and-tumble upbringing and silk-trade-induced wealth mean he's far more likely to rent affection than earn it.

1. Who was the first person close to the character that they lost? What were the circumstances? (Give names and dates).

No one, not yet. His parents are still alive (father Colonel Adam St.North [50 yrs], mother Marilyn St.North [44yrs]) and so is his little sister (Angel St.North [18 yrs] too, but Alice is slipping away, she is permanently ill (cancer or something else...)

2. Has the character ever killed someone? If so why?

Yes, twice thats the business being in army. Last one was during a mission in France and target was French military officer. After this mission Marty desided to leave military (Marty meet this beautiful Frech girl (Francesca [20yrs]) during this mission.)

3. If the character has ever killed someone, how did they feel?

It was his business and his duty but not anymore, maybe he will kill again in the heat of combat when (own/teamlife is line but not in cold blood.

4. What would make the character betray or abandon his or her team?

Marty considers himself a loyal person and will not desert his team. But there is two things for what he will do anything, first is his little sister Angel. He will do anyting to save his little sisters life. And second is his newly wed wife (Francesca)


5. Is there anything the character would give his or her life for (include possibles)?
And again there is his little sister Angel and wife Francesca.

6. Does the character believe that the world is getting better or worse?

When he was younger and in military the world was, maybe not better but it was simple. But nowadays world is getting worse, he looks in the streets and what he sees is only deacayd world. So he must defend Francesca and Angel...

7. If the character stole something, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?
It depend on situation. Maybe this what he stole will save her little sister if so Marty will do it gladly and big smile in his face.

8. If the character cheated on a partner, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?

It has never ever happened, but there is always possibility and Marty will need good reason to do so.

1. Who was the first person close to the character that they lost? What were the circumstances? (Give names and dates).

No one, not yet. His parents are still alive (father Colonel Adam St.North [50 yrs], mother Marilyn St.North [44yrs]) and so is his little sister (Angel St.North [18 yrs] too, but Alice is slipping away, she is permanently ill (cancer or something else...)

2. Has the character ever killed someone? If so why?

Yes, twice thats the business being in army. Last one was during a mission in France and target was French military officer. After this mission Marty desided to leave military (Marty meet this beautiful Frech girl (Francesca [20yrs]) during this mission.)

3. If the character has ever killed someone, how did they feel?

It was his business and his duty but not anymore, maybe he will kill again in the heat of combat when (own/teamlife is line but not in cold blood.

4. What would make the character betray or abandon his or her team?

Marty considers himself a loyal person and will not desert his team. But there is two things for what he will do anything, first is his little sister Angel. He will do anyting to save his little sisters life. And second is his newly wed wife (Francesca)


5. Is there anything the character would give his or her life for (include possibles)?
And again there is his little sister Angel and wife Francesca.

6. Does the character believe that the world is getting better or worse?

When he was younger and in military the world was, maybe not better but it was simple. But nowadays world is getting worse, he looks in the streets and what he sees is only deacayd world. So he must defend Francesca and Angel...

7. If the character stole something, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?
It depend on situation. Maybe this what he stole will save her little sister if so Marty will do it gladly and big smile in his face.

8. If the character cheated on a partner, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?

It has never ever happened, but there is always possibility and Marty will need good reason to do so.

'Marty' or Christopher Martin St.North
Metatype human (adept)
Age: 20, born 1850 (3rd of april)

Christopher Martin St.North or Marty for short starnds 5'7" and weights 156lbs, he has athletic body. He smiles alot and has dark, near black, short hair with couple of grey hair hiding...
He wear round glasses (blue, black or yellow depends on day or task) to cover his eyes, because when you meet Marty face to face there is one thing which you spot. His eyes are distinctive (cyber) with black protective cover. If asked about eyes he explains something about somekind of accident. Usually he wears blue business clothes but if hes doing something shadowy then he wears dark grey (near black) urban explorer jumpsuit (or equivalent) and maybe lined coat.

Christopher Martin St.North or Marty for short starnds 5'7" and weights 156lbs, he has athletic body. He smiles alot and has dark, near black, short hair with couple of grey hair hiding...
He wear round glasses (blue, black or yellow depends on day or task) to cover his eyes, because when you meet Marty face to face there is one thing which you spot. His eyes are distinctive (cyber) with black protective cover. If asked about eyes he explains something about somekind of accident. Usually he wears blue business clothes but if hes doing something shadowy then he wears dark grey (near black) urban explorer jumpsuit (or equivalent) and maybe lined coat.

Marty, age 25 {littlebit aging has happened }

Attributes:
Body 2
Agility 4(5)
Reaction 4(5)
Strength 2
Charisma 4
Intuition 4
Logic 2
Willpower 3

Edge 2
Magic 6(5)

Essence 6 (5,18)
Iniative 9
IP: 1(2)

Skill groups:
Influence (group): 2
[Con, Etiquette, Leadership, Negotiation]
Close combat (group): 2
[Blades, Clubs, Unarmed combat]
Stealth (group): 3
[Disguise, Infiltration, Palming, Shadowing]
Athletics (group): 1
[Climbing(st), Gymnastic(ag), Running(st), Swimming(st)]
Electronics (group): 1
[Computer, Data search, Hardware, Software]

Skills:
Dodge (S: melee): 2/4
Longarms (S: sniper rifle): 4(6) [Smartlink +2]
Pistols (S: semi-auto): 1(3) [Smartlink +2]
Perception (S: visual): 2(4)
Locksmith: 2
Armorer (S: firearms): 1(3)

Knowledge skills 18bp:
Security systems: 2
Security Procedures (S: Military): 1(3)
Firearms (S: longarms): 3/5
London underworld: 2
Gun dealers (S: London): 3/5
Military Personel Hangouts (S: London): 2/4

English - Native
French (speak):1(3)

Contacts: Loyalty/Connection
Basil - Bobby the Streetcop: L3/C1,
They have long history behind them, both of them was about 5 or 6 years old when they meet first time and ever since they have been friends. Basil does not know about Marty's army time, he thinks that Marty was armorer, and Marty has not correct this yet.

Major O'Connor - Royal army: L1/C3,
Martys closest superior in army training and afterwards on thes assassin/sniper-missions.

Maddie - little sisters nurse L1/C1,
Angels personal nurse, she and Marty have spend time together talking, nursing Angel and so one. Martys wife, Francesca does not like Maddie at all,she thinks that Maddie is threat to marriage

Sir Edward Woodward - company guy, family friend 2/3.
When Marty was a young boy his father and Sir Edward used to go fox hunting, pigeon shootin etc. to Sir Edwards mansion. It was later when Marty realize that Sir Edward was some kind of member of parliement, he is gun companies spokesman.

Qualities
Adept

Negative qualities:
Bad luck - Whenever this character uses Edge...
Incompetent - pilot aircraft
distingtive feature - cyber eyes

Adept powers
Improved reflexes (lvl 1) - +1 reaction, +1 IP
Improved agility (lvl 1) - +1 agility
Kinesics (lvl 3) (+3 to social tests) 1,5p
Sustenance - Only require 3 hours sleep and 1 meal/day
Animal empathy (lvl 1) - +1 die test involving the handling/frighten/intimidating of animals

- - -
Cyberware:
Cybereyes - basic rtg 3 (inc. image link/eye recordin unit)
-flare comp
-low light
-pretective covers
-smartlink
-vision enchantment (rtg 3) (+3 die to perception test [visual])
-Vision magnification

Datajack
Tooth breakable compartm (old remains from military [assassin/sniper] career)

- - -
Lifestyle:
Medium lifestyle - 2 months

Gear:
Sulvival knife

Hammerli 620s (or equivalent) heavy pistol range, gas vent, smartgun(?)
4P / - AP / SA / 1 RC / 6 clip
100 Regular rounds

Walter ma-2100 (or equivalent) smartgun(?), shock pad
7P / -3 AP / SA / (1) RC / 10 clip
30 Ex-Explosive rounds

Lined coat - (B 6 / I 4), -2 concealability mod.
Urban explorer jumpsuit - (B 6 / I 6) Built-in biomonitor(?), built in m-player(?)
Actioneer Business clothes - (B 5/I 3), concealed holster (-2 concealability mod.)

Round glasses x 4 - on clear, one black, one blue colored and one yellow colored (these are glass glasses, only fake and for 'mask' )

Lockpick set
Tool kit
Medkit (rtg 4) x2

Flashlight

Fake Sin (rtg 4) - Andrew Adder (ex-military gunsmith)
Fake license (rtg 4) - Hammerli (Andrew Adder)
Fake license (rtg 4) - Walter Ma-2100 (Andrew Adder)


- - -
History on writing:
Christopher Martin "Marty" St.North comes from old military career family, his father and fathers father and so on have been in army, family or you could say father, did not like when Marty retired from army and married french girl Francesca.
//Under construction//

1. Who was the first person close to the character that they lost? What were the circumstances? (Give names and dates).

No one, not yet. His parents are still alive (father Colonel Adam St.North [54 yrs], mother Marilyn St.North [45yrs]) and so is his little sister (Angel St.North [20 yrs] too, but Alice is slipping away, she is permanently ill (cancer or something else...)

2. Has the character ever killed someone? If so why?

Yes, twice thats the business being in army. Last one was during a mission in France and target was French military officer. After this mission Marty desided to leave military (Marty meet this beautiful Frech girl (Francesca [23yrs]) during this mission.)

3. If the character has ever killed someone, how did they feel?

It was his business and his duty but not anymore, maybe he will kill again in the heat of combat when (own/teamlife is line but not in cold blood.

4. What would make the character betray or abandon his or her team?

Marty considers himself a loyal person and will not desert his team. But there is two things for what he will do anything, first is his little sister Angel. He will do anyting to save his little sisters life. And second is his newly wed wife (Francesca)


5. Is there anything the character would give his or her life for (include possibles)?
And again there is his little sister Angel and wife Francesca.

6. Does the character believe that the world is getting better or worse?

When he was younger and in military the world was, maybe not better but it was simple. But nowadays world is getting worse, he looks in the streets and what he sees is only deacayd world. So he must defend Francesca and Angel...

7. If the character stole something, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?
It depend on situation. Maybe this what he stole will save her little sister if so Marty will do it gladly and big smile in his face.

8. If the character cheated on a partner, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?

It has never ever happened, but there is always possibility and Marty will need good reason to do so.

1. Who was the first person close to the character that they lost? What were the circumstances? (Give names and dates).

His father died in the service of her magesties armed forces before he was born, and his mother died giving birth. He was then raised in boarding school. The first person close to him he lost was a school chum from boarding that joined him at Oxford who tragically died 6 years ago in an experiment they were conducting. An unexplained explosion occurred which killed his friend. He then became obssessed with the accident going over the data again and again (many thought he was ignoring the death of his friend and considered cold for it) until he came to the conclusion of sabotage. The combination of the damage done by the experiment, his seeming uncaring attitude toward his dead friend, and his declarations of sabotage by magical means against other professors soon saw him thrown out of Oxford and generally ostricised from the scientific community.

2. Has the character ever killed someone? If so why?

No, but even though he 'knows' the accident wasn't his fault part of him still feels responsible. Murder ofcourse, is uncivilised.

3. If the character has ever killed someone, how did they feel?

So overcome by guilt and grief, he threw himself into finding an answer, but never found anything satisfactory. This has stayed with him ever since and has in someone ways desensitised him to death, especially in the course of scientific research.

4. What would make the character betray or abandon his or her team?

A civilesed gentleman is not abandon or betray his, but a team is not necessarily his friends, and the greater good always comes first.

5. Is there anything the character would give his or her life for (include possibles)?

Willingly? Nothing. There are causes worth dieing for ofcourse (Queen and Country) but it's much better to fight for such things and he'd rather never have to test his resolve, and though he'd risk his life for scientific process, dieing is another matter

6. Does the character believe that the world is getting better or worse?

The world doesn't get anything, men make it better or worse. He views science as the salvation of mankind, but thinks magic is foolish. It will leave our world as quickly as it came, and all that will be left is what men forged with their own hands and minds.

"Man is a Tool-using Animal (Handthierendes Thier). Weak in himself, and of small stature, he stands on a basis, at most for the flattest-soled, of some half-square foot, insecurely enough; has to straddle out his legs, lest the very wind supplant him. Feeblest of bipeds! Three quintals [hundredweights] are a crushing load for him; the steer of the meadow tosses him aloft, like a waste rag. Nevertheless he can use Tools, can devise Tools: with these the granite mountain melts into light dust before him; he kneads glowing iron, as if it were soft paste; seas are his smooth highway, winds and fire his unwearying steeds. Nowhere do you find him without Tools: without Tools he is nothing, with Tools he is all. — Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, Book I, Chapter 5."

7. If the character stole something, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?

As all englishmen know, such acts perpetrated by a gentleman for noble goals, can never be considering an ill doing.

8. If the character cheated on a partner, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?

Biological Perogitive. Males of all species try to pass on their seed to as many members of the opposite sex to ensure the health of their line, it's basic science.

12.08.1843: Hieronymus Graf von Doppler was the firstborn child of Heinrich Graf and Johanna Gräfin von Doppler, a minor aristocratic family of Westphalia (at the time belonging to the Kingdom of Prussia as a province).
Although the Awakening happened more than 20 years ago and people started to grow accustomed to the sight of Metahumans it still came as a shock to Heinrich when the midwife announced the birth of a son, a healthy dwarven boy.
But the shock wore off and the young family learned to accept what could not be denied and did their best to raise the child as if everything was 'normal'.
While the von Doppler clan had suffered huge casualties in the Napoleonic Wars, Heinrich not only survived, but proved his worth as a capable military leader and so, after his return in 1815, the family grew in respect and relative wealth, making Hieronymus' childhood a carefree one.
To both parents' great joy, his sister Josephine was born as a beautiful human girl in 1847 and so the family continued to prosper.
1851: As a present for his 8th birthday, his father takes him to The Great Exhibition in London, his wife Johanna staying at home to avoid the strenuous travel during her third pregnacy.
Seeing all the ingenious devices at the Crystal Palace Exhibition, little Hieronymus is instantly faszinated and blissfully absorbs as much knowledge and ideas as his little brain can muster.
But soon enough the families luck and happiness would take a turn to the worse:
Upon return from Britain, they find the second son, Hagen (human as well), born 3 weeks early and his mother feverish and delirious, dying shortly afterwards.
After the loss of his wife, Heinrich grew distant and reclusive, yet trying not to neglect his children. Therefore, even though he never really approved of Hieronymus' strong attraction to technology, he still provided him with enough resources to buy all the books and parts needed for the constructions and experiments in his own little lab where he would now spend most of his time in, leaving the father to his brooding.
As years went by, his construction skills improved, his clockworks shrank while their complexity grew. Steam powered little vehicles first rolled, then crawled and finally walked around in his lab, their insides being a complicated mesh of tubes and valves challenging the even the Gordian Knot.
Then he started using electricity. At first they were mere attachments, raining sparks, arching lightning, more eyecatcher than useful part. Yet soon enough he found ways to integrate them, merging capacitors and wires with gears and valves in ways no one had thought of before. Other engineers and scientists he met with were intrigued, some awed and many jealous as the dwarf surpassed them one by one.
But Hieronymus wasn't satisfied. His devices, although state-of-the-art, weren't even close to performing the feats he had in mind. So he started spending an ever increasing amount of time hunched over his drawing board, and soon his designs became so complex that even his peer group of fellow engineers gave up on trying to understand his orderly structured blueprints.
He didn't care. He just locked himself alone in his lab, working day and night, nearly forgetting about his body's need for sleep. He knew he could do better, build something more ...sophisticated. ...No, something... INGENIOUS!
And he did.
His inventions started doing things no one was able to explain, moving faster and smoother than their parts should allow them to, evidently producing more steam, more electricity, more ...power than their engines should be providing.
And it didn't stop there.
Soon they were reacting to their environment, seemingly making decisions, adapting their behaviour, circling people when they stood in their path, shooting small jets of hot steam or arcs of lightning when these people intentionally blocked their route as if they had emotions, as if they could be annoyed or even angered.
And many visitors experienced something else: they felt ...observed. As if the machines could watch them, as if they were ...sentient.
And finally Hieronymus was content. Even though he started getting a lot of headaches recently. But he could live with those, yes, now that finally the ideas he carried so long in his mind alone took form for everyone to see.

Still, life moved on around the lab and 1863, shortly after turning 16, his sister Josephine married and left to live with her husband.
It was around that time that his little brother Hagen started visiting him in his lab, first watching curiously, captivated by the machines, who seemed to show some sort of attraction to him as well, soon spending whole days with Hieronymus, trying to assist wherever possible.
Their father was not pleased at all. He had long ago given up on his firstborn who was so 'unlike himself', but he would not let Hagen waste his life as well. No, Hagen would join a military academy and become a respectable officer, bringing pride to the von Dopplers, ensuring the proper succession, conserving their status, property and values.
Hagen was struggling at first, but after a while he gave in to his fathers wishes.
And then, twelve days before he would follow in his fathers footsteps, it happened:
Hieronymus slept soundly over his desk in a corner of the lab, exhausted after 18 hours of work, when a massive shockwave hit him, throwing him forcefufully on the ground. Before he found the time to gather his senses over the nausea of his churned intestines and the ringing in his ears, a wall of fire flashed over him, vaporizing his facial hair, singeing the rest and stealing the oxygen out of his lungs, leaving him breathless, unable to move, expecting to die.
But it was already over, he realized as charred debris started raining down around him and smoke started to fill the remains of his lab.
As conscious thought took over control from instinct again, he realized that Hagen must still be in this burning hell next to him and so he sprang to action, shoving burning parts away with his bare hands, trying to dig through to where his little brother must be. But to no avail. The smoke getting thicker with every breath he took, robbing him of sight and strength, he fled the fiery place that used to be his home for many years, the roof starting to collapse.
The blazing fire reduced the lab and several surrounding buildings of the von Dopplers property into piles of smoking rubble, thus losing its fuel and finally had to give in to the firefighters' efforts.
While Hieronymus was lost in an emotional vortex of sorrow, confusion, guilt, grief, madness and anger, his fathers stance on the matter of blame was certain.
It did not surprise him much when Heinrich, calm and collected, yet with anger flaring behind his sad eyes, asked him to make a long vacation and explore the world. His father provided him with a passport, bearing Hieronymus' picture, yet not his name, "for ease of travel" he said, and some funds.
So he set out, no longer his fathers son, for the only other place he knew: the capital of the United Kingdom, his own rainy crystal palace:

London

His old self's father had been generous, and so he was able to quickly establish himself a new lab, "YE Shoppe of Mechanical Aides and Devices" hoping it would provide him with enough income to resume his research and development of ever better machines.
But business was slow, many people were wary of his inventions (and their creator), and when they bought, only few days passed until they returned, claiming his devices to be 'broken', demanding refund or repair free of charge.
Why yes, of course they had to break, his ...delicate masterpieces in the hands of these ...clumsy IGNORANTS who never thought of performing the necessary maintenance!
He could not keep up this way, his funds running through his fingers like brass filings.
He had to find another way to put his skills to use...

1. Who was the first person close to the character that they lost? What were the circumstances? (Give names and dates).

- His mother died shortly after giving birth to his younger brother (antibiotics not yet being invented in 1850 and all...) and the very same brother died in a "lab accident" (which also caused a major fire, turning several neighboring buildings into smoking rubble, only minor injuries for residents though)


2. Has the character ever killed someone? If so why?

- Not intentionally at least... (see above)
(Should he ever develop a Death-Ray™ he might need someone to test it on...)


3. If the character has ever killed someone, how did they feel?

- He felt an unhealthy mixture of sorrow, guilt, grief, awe and anger, yet these emotions only fueled his desire to show the world the 'true power of science!' (and quite a lot of people considered him 'off' afterwards, but they're all wrong... YES!, it's not 'madness' it's GENIUS!)


4. What would make the character betray or abandon his or her team?

- A booth at the "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" maybe (too bad that was 19 years ago...)


5. Is there anything the character would give his or her life for (include possibles)?

- Yes, for SCIENCE! For people though...not very likely.


6. Does the character believe that the world is getting better or worse?

- He believes in 'living better through technology', so the rapid scientific progress makes him quite optimistic. If it weren't for all those frightened ignorants that make up 86,9(+/-0,4)% of the population who consider it "dangerous" and "unnatural"...


7. If the character stole something, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?

- If it's for scientific progress (read: parts he can use for his own inventions) he has no qualms at all. Otherwise he's aware that there's something in this society called 'property' and 'law' and 'theft' and 'prison', but he tries not to distract himelf too much with these matters, when the very same society cann still gain so much from him.


8. If the character cheated on a partner, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?

- Partner? Well, an interesting concept that he didn't get a chance to further evaluate after hitting puberty. Most women (and men for that matter) consider him 'weird' at best, and those that don't... well that could lead to some interesting results. Experiment!

So here's my take on SteamSR technology (based on Natural Laws, spiced with fiction for more interesting devices):

As microchips don't exist yet, we're looking at a technology based on mechanical (with clockworks being the most 'advanced' in that category and providing the 'smarts'),
hydraulic (if cleverly constructred could provide some sort of 'analog circuits')
and very simple electric (most of it just power generation&distribution with some flashy effects and lightning rods for style, as diodes and everything based on that just isn't there yet) parts.

Which works nicely (especially with a small dose of 'fiction') for all kinds of machines (from automated household items to vehicles) that are capable of performing even very complicated tasks if they're programmed accordingly.
The biggest problem is remote input:
While it should be no problem to build, say, a selfpropelled, armed vehicle (read: combat drone) programmed with
-move forward 10m, then stop
-move in a clockwise circle with a radius of 5m for 3 hours
-move forward 6m, stop 5 seconds, move 8m in a 30°angle, then shoot your gun
or any other program of any desired complexity, you'd still have to come into physical contact with your drone to push the button corresponding to the program you want it to execute (or have a wired remote control in your hand with a physical cable connection running to your drone, as we got no radio signals yet) and -most importantly- you're far away from commands like 'follow me' or 'attack that evil guy over there' because your drone can't see you (or the angry troll charging at you, for that matter).
Right, no electronics means no cameras (normal, thermo or otherwise), no radar, laser range finder or other useful stuff you got in your 'normal SR' Sensor package which provides your device with all the input it needs to do anything interactive.
So -nothing- equivalent of a pilot program.
Leaving a rigger in that setting with about 1 useful solution: he'll have to remote control his drone all the time (preferably with a wired rc), which will keep him quite occupied with only one drone active at a time.
And that's exactly where Magic (especially Possession Spirits) and Technomancy (with their machine sprites) come into play.

Christopher Martin St.North or Marty for short stands 5'7" and weights 156lbs, he has athletic body. He smiles alot and has dark, near black, short hair with couple of grey hair hiding...
He wear round glasses (blue, black or yellow depends on day or task) to cover his eyes, because when you meet Marty face to face there is one thing which you spot. His eyes are distinctive (cyber) with black protective cover. If asked about eyes he explains something about somekind of accident. Usually he wears blue business clothes but if hes doing something shadowy then he wears dark grey (near black) urban explorer jumpsuit (or equivalent) and maybe lined coat.

Marty, age 25
Human adept

Attributes:
Body 2
Agility 4
Reaction 4(5)
Strength 2
Charisma 4
Intuition 4
Logic 2
Willpower 3

Edge 2
Magic 5(4)

Essence 6 (5,18)
Iniative 9
IP: 1(2)

Lift/Carry: 4
Composure: 7(10) [+3 die, kinesics]
Memory: 5
Judge Intentions: 8(11) [+3 die kinesics]

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Skill groups:
Stealth (group): 3
*[Disguise, Infiltration, Palming, Shadowing]
Influence (group): 2 [+3 die, kinesics]
*[Con, Etiquette, Leadership, Negotiation]
Close combat (group): 2
*[Blades, Clubs, Unarmed combat]
Athletics (group): 1
*[Climbing(st), Gymnastic(ag), Running(st), Swimming(st)]
Electronics (group): 1
*[Computer, Data Search, Hardware, Software]

Skills:
Dodge (S: melee): 2/4
Longarms (S: sniper rifle): 4(6) [Smartlink +2]
Pistols (S: semi-auto): 1(3) [Smartlink +2]
Perception (S: visual): 2(4) [+3 die visual cyber eyes]
Locksmith: 2
Armorer (S: firearms): 1(3)
First aid (S: Combat wounds): 1(3)

Knowledge skills 18bp:
Security systems: 2
Security Procedures (S: Military): 1(3)
Firearms (S: longarms): 3/5
London underworld: 2
Gun dealers (S: London): 3/5
Military Personel Hangouts (S: London): 2/4

(CSP: 5)
Military history (S: british) 1(3)
Indian traditionss: 1
London high society: 2

English - Native
French (speak):1(3)

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Contacts: Loyalty/Connection:
* Basil Channing - Bobby the Streetcop: L 3/C 1,
They have long history behind them, both of them was about 5 or 6 years old when they meet first time and ever since they have been friends. Basil does not know about Marty's army time, he thinks that Marty was armorer, and Marty has not correct this yet.

* Major O'Connor - Royal army: L 1/C 3,
Martys closest superior in army training and afterwards on thes assassin/sniper-missions.

* Maddie Reverte - little sisters nurse L 1/C 1,
Angels personal nurse, she and Marty have met before when Marty was blinded and he spend time in hospital. No they have met again, spending time together talking, nursing Angel and so one. Martys wife, Francesca does not like Maddie at all,she thinks that Maddie is threat to their marriage, but she is wrong about this. Marty and Maddie are just friends, nothing more (Maddie's too awakened, and she somekind healing abilities)

* Sir Edward Woodward - company guy, family friend L 2/C 3.
When Marty was a young boy his father and Sir Edward used to go fox hunting, pigeon shootin etc. to Sir Edwards mansion. It was later when Marty realize that Sir Edward was some kind of member of parliement, he is gun companies spokesman.

* Sepoy, Aamir Khanna - Contact on hold - Colonel St.North's bodyquard/manservant.
Khanna is this old familyfriend, elf, from India who found that Marty was awakened and then taught him about his adept powers, now he is go back to India to learn and train more awakened powers...

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Qualities:
Adept

Negative qualities:
Bad luck - Whenever this character uses Edge...
Incompetent - pilot aircraft
distingtive feature - cyber eyes

Adept powers:
Improved reflexes (lvl 1) - +1 reaction, +1 IP
Kinesics (lvl 3) (+3 to social tests) 1,5p
Sustenance - Only require 3 hours sleep and 1 meal/day
Animal empathy (lvl 1) - +1 die test involving the handling/frighten/intimidating of animals

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Cyberware:
Cybereyes - basic rtg 3 (inc. image link/eye recordin unit)
-flare comp
-low light
-pretective covers
-smartlink
-vision enchantment (rtg 3) (+3 die to perception test [visual])
-Vision magnification

Datajack
Tooth breakable compartm (old remains from military [assassin/sniper] career)

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Lifestyle:
Medium lifestyle - 2 months

Gear:
Sulvival knife

Hammerli 620s (or equivalent) heavy pistol range, gas vent, smartgun(?)
4P / - AP / SA / 1 RC / 6 clip
3 clips
100 Regular rounds

Walter ma-2100 (or equivalent) smartgun(?), shock pad
7P / -3 AP / SA / (1) RC / 10 clip
2 clips
30 Ex-Explosive rounds

Lined coat - (B 6 / I 4), -2 concealability mod.
Urban explorer jumpsuit - (B 6 / I 6) Built-in biomonitor(?), built in m-player(?)
Actioneer Business clothes - (B 5/I 3), concealed holster (-2 concealability mod.)

Round glasses x 4 - on clear, one black, one blue colored and one yellow colored (these are glass glasses, only fake and for 'mask' )

Lockpick set
Tool kit
Medkit (rtg 4) x2

Flashlight

Fake Sin (rtg 4) - Andrew Adder (ex-military gunsmith)
Fake license (rtg 4) - Hammerli (Andrew Adder)
Fake license (rtg 4) - Walter Ma-2100 (Andrew Adder)

1. Who was the first person close to the character that they lost? What were the circumstances? (Give names and dates).

No one, not yet. His parents are still alive (father Colonel Adam St.North [54 yrs], mother Marilyn St.North [45yrs]) and so is his little sister (Angel St.North [20 yrs] too, but Alice is slipping away, she is permanently ill (cancer or something else...)

2. Has the character ever killed someone? If so why?

Yes, twice thats the business being in army. Last one was during a mission in France and target was French military officer. After this mission Marty desided to leave military (Marty meet this beautiful Frech girl (Francesca [23yrs]) during this mission.)

3. If the character has ever killed someone, how did they feel?

It was his business and his duty but not anymore, maybe he will kill again in the heat of combat when (own/teamlife is line but not in cold blood.

4. What would make the character betray or abandon his or her team?

Marty considers himself a loyal person and will not desert his team. But there is two things for what he will do anything, first is his little sister Angel. He will do anyting to save his little sisters life. And second is his newly wed wife (Francesca)


5. Is there anything the character would give his or her life for (include possibles)?
And again there is his little sister Angel and wife Francesca.

6. Does the character believe that the world is getting better or worse?

When he was younger and in military the world was, maybe not better but it was simple. But nowadays world is getting worse, he looks in the streets and what he sees is only deacayd world. So he must defend Francesca and Angel...

7. If the character stole something, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?
It depend on situation. Maybe this what he stole will save her little sister if so Marty will do it gladly and big smile in his face.

8. If the character cheated on a partner, how would he or she justify that as acceptable?

It has never ever happened, but there is always possibility and Marty will need good reason to do so.

Born April 3, 1845 in London. Marty was first child of Colonel Adam St.North and his wife Marilyn St.North. St.North family is from upper class and Marty was lovely child, he was cheerfully and always good with peoples despite of his young age.

It was time when the British undertook relentless campaign against several Hindu and Muslim rulers. In the years from 1848 to 1857 campaign leader was James Andrew Brown Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie (also known as the Marquess of Dalhousie)

Coloner Adan St.North get involved in 1850 when he and his family moved to India. He had young boy and wife, who was bregnat at the time (later in same year she gave a birth). Marty who was back then only 5yrs find new friends with other boys whos parents were British military officers. One of these was Basil Channing. Basil's father was Marty's fathers closest assistant. They played together, they search treasures together etc etc.

During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British faced their toughest military challenge durin their rule in India. In that year Colonel st.North moved back to London with his family, now includin wife, boy (12yrs) and beautiful daughter Angel (7yrs). In his time in India, one (magically awakened) old Sepoy found that Marty was somekind of kindred and this old Sepoy, loyal to British, taught Marty something he still knows (adept powers). This old Sepoy (elf) is still within' family, hes Coloner St.North male servant (and bodyquard)

So when Marty was 14yrs old and back in the British Isles, he had already seen combat (maybe not really seen but Marty and Basil both try to get close to the battlefields have a look...) and he had trained almost a marksman, shooting his fathers shotgun and hunting rifle. Father and Sir Edward Woodward loved to take young eager boy with them to hunt. It was Marty who got most of prey. He was so good with huntingrifle.
All this time this old Sepoy tought Marty what he know about powers, Marty does not understand that all but he thinks its cool to be littlebit faster and better than other boys.

When he was old enough Marty joined British army, and with some help of his father and Sir Edward Woodward he was pointed to special brach (sniper or marksman). Marty was 19 yrs when in training one of the recruit fumbled with his rifle and Marty lost his eyesight. Went half a year in hospital, here Marty get to know one nurse, Maddie. But then comes Sir Edward and makes one proposal to military (really he made this to the Colonel Adam St.North). How about test this new techology what his company is just developing and they just happen to need testsubject and now there is one such test subjet, Marty. First Marty was against it but when test becan he was thrilled, he could see again and this time he could see much better than earlier. He went under operation and now he had new eyes and he could get back to his sniping career in army.

In year 1863 of our lord, Angel was diagnosed to be permanently ill, she would die to that sickness (cancer?) Her condition was slowly getting worse. This was shock to the whole family. It was year 1868 when Angel needed whole day nurse to help her life. One of these nurses was Martys old aqquaintance, Maddie. They have talked, they have laughed and so on. But there was never nothing else between them. Maddie is somekind awakened person too, maybe this was reason why they get along so well.

One misson to France in the year 1866, it was long and hard mission. Marty had to live and work in france about a year, this is when he met her wife to be. Francesca. Marty worked days in market and they spend time together. Mission was success and when he went back to Isles he had his newly wed wife with him and Marty resigned from army.
Father doesn't like it at all (resigned army and marrying french girl) as did'nt mother but old Sepoy understand what was coming and keep somehow family together.
Nowadays both father and mother has accepted Francesca.



* Ages of Martys family, nowadays. Colonel Adam St.North [54 yrs], mother Marilyn St.North [45yrs]) and little sister (Angel St.North [20 yrs] too, wife Francesca [23yrs], old Sepoy (elf) he says that he is about 60 nowadays but he looks as young or maybe its right to say as old as when they meet first time, noone knows surely how old this old Sepoy is.

* by the way, sepoy was a native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power.

Han Lo Yang was brought up in a small fishing village, one of several that was effectively razed to the ground by the British fleet that sailed the coast, loosing cannons almost at a whim, during the final months of the Second Opium War.

Brought in by his "Uncle," a Black Chrysanthemum Triad boss who saw the magical potential in the young man, Han Lo Yang was (while filled with grief and rage over his family's death) thrust into a world where violence was encouraged, respect demanded, and laws ignored completely (save those of the Triad itself). It did not take long for his Adept powers to surface, and none were surprised that they took the bloody path they did.

Yang grew in rank quickly, earning himself a position as an overseer of thugs and the title of Red Pole -- but it didn't last. Increased trade meant increased opportunity, and he was sent to the West. Trusted completely by his "Uncle" to oversee and protect the opium and silk that change hands, he finds himself feeling banished to London nonetheless; there is in truth very little work to be done. The docks are busier, the customs officials corrupt and easily swayed, and the man known in the London shadows as "The Hand" finds himself with quite a bit of idle time...combined with a unique set of skills, and a lack of conscience, it should surprise no one that the young man has turned to violence as a means of both amusement and wealth.

His ship's captain contact is a regular in their trade (bringing silk into London, and low grade opium out, to be sent home tax-free for distribution by his Triad), and the customs agent listed is the primary recipient of Black Chrysanthemum bribery. The prostitute is a regular object of what The Hand passes as affection; he treats her well and brings pain to any who treat her too roughly, her pimp gives him a discount. His final contact, an unsavory member of the idle nobility, has sponsored The Hand (and won significant funds in the process) in a few bare-knuckled boxing fights while slumming it in the less savory parts of town, and once employed him to end the life of a business rival. While he dislikes being called "his Chineeman," Yang cannot complain that the man's budding patronage may have the potential for profit in the future.

"The Hand"
Han Lo Yang
Nationality: Chinese
Metarace: Elven
Magical Status: Adept
Born Spring of 1854, "Year of the Tiger"

ATTRIBUTES
Body 3
Agility 6
Reaction 5 (6)
Strength 3
Charisma 3
Intuition 3
Logic 2
Willpower 2

Edge 1
Magic 6
Initiative 8
Essence 6

ACTIVE SKILLS
Climbing 2
Gymnastics 2
Running 2
Swimming 2
Unarmed Combat (Martial Arts) 7 (9)
Infiltration (Urban) 2
Perception (Visual) 2
Shadowing 2
Intimidation (Physical) 2
Etiquette (Chinese) 1

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
Cantonese (Native)
Mandarin 3
English 2
Hong Kong Triads (Black Chrysanthemums) 3
History (Asian) 2
Street Drugs 2
Safe Houses (Triad) 1
Crook Hangouts 2

POSITIVE QUALITIES
Adept
High Pain Tolerance (3)


NEGATIVE QUALITIES
Addiction, Mild (Opium)
Bad Luck
Geas (Must perform katas every day for Improved Ability)

POWERS
Killing Hands
Improved Reflexes (1)
Improved Ability (Unarmed Combat) (2)
Critical Strike (4)
Combat Sense (3)

CONTACTS
Shiu Lin, Prostitute (L: 4, C: 2)
Xiao Lang, Ship's Captain (L: 2, C: 4)
Michael Rourke, Customs Agent (L: 1, C: 5)
Alexander Montgomery III, Gentleman of Wealth (L: 1, C: 4)

GEAR/EQUIPMENT
Knife
Regular Clothing (several sets)
Lined Coat
15 units of Refined Silk
Low Lifestyle