BACKGROUND:
1) Where's your character from?
Orion is from Seatle. He's lived in the Greater Seattle area most of his life.
2) Does your character have a family?
Yes. His parents Tom and Sara are still together and live in Miami. His daughter Tammy lives with him and his wife is missing.
3) Does your character have an ethnic background?
Orion is American; he's a mix of English, French, Italian and a few others. He's also an elf.
APPEARANCE
4) What does your character look like?
Orion is a classic 'elf' -- tallish, fine bone structure, dark hair and light colored eyes. He is athletic and has none of the tell-tale signs of cosmetic alteration. In the newsfeed photo of him from 3 years ago, he looks like an average low level corp employee -- nothing really stands out.
5) What does your character dress like?
Orion dresses to blend into whatever crowd he is going to be near. At home, that generally means jeans, a V-neck and some sort of jacket. And running shoes. On a run, he wears a newish looking Armor Jacket over jeans, workboots and an old T-Shirt. He also wears an Armor helmet and goggles, making photo identification difficult.
6) Does your character have physical quirks?
Orion's hands are constantly in motion; flipping a washer between his fingers, snapping a zippo, even just twiddling his thumbs -- he's constantly moving his hands. The only time this stops is when he has a gun in his hands.
SKILLS, ATTRIBUTES, AND RESOUCES
7) Where did your character learn their Active Skills?
Don Sewell aka Orion learned pistol shooting at an early age from his father. He turned out to be very good at it, and began competing in target shooting tournaments. When he was 14, his adept skills began developing, which was both exciting and disappointing to Don; he had been hoping to go to the Olympics but with the ban on Adepts there he was no longer eligible. Still, he was able to compete in more 'open' competitions and fare well. It was at one of these competitions that he met his future Partner, Ralph Gottschalk. He and Ralph could never agree as to who came up with the idea, but eventually the two of them started a small shooting range called "The Firing Line". His other skills are mainly artifacts of being part of modern society and being a generally athletic and competitive person.
Where did your character learn their Knowledge Skills?
When most of your waking hours involve running a business involving firearms, you take the time to learn the subject matter.
9) Where did your character get his goodies?
The weapons Orion owns now are not the ones he used to compete with. Nor are they guns that were at his business -- those are all gone. No, the guns he has now were acquired in the time honored tradition of the Black Market.
10) Where does your character live?
Don "Orion" Sewell and his daughter Tammy live in a small subdivision called "Apple Valley", where they moved after his companies assets and his wife and partner disappeared.
11) Who are your character's contacts?
Orion only has one shadow contact; a former Runner named Angel. He met her a few years back at a competition and they have done some small amounts of side work since. Angel is the Fixer responsible for helping him get his "foot in the door" in terms of running.
12) Who are your character's enemies?
Unknown. Whoever took his business, partner and wife away would be on that list, though!
13) How did your character learn magic.
As an adept, his magic abilities manifested as a sudden increase in abilities he already possessed. His constant training and practice have honed those abilities considerably.
PERSONALITY
14) What are your character's likes and dislikes?
Orion like real eggs (a once a month Treat for Tammy and himself), Shield Wall (their older stuff; they got a bit too mainstream later on), exercise, meditation and his family. He dislikes living below his accustomed norm (happens when you have to give all your assets away to pay your debts), he dislikes the Trid, he hates Beetle addicts. He really hates having his routine broken.
15) What is your character's moral code?
Do Unto Others As You Would Have Done To You; it's the Golden Rule and one he used to live by. Now, someone has done unto him great harm, and his moral code is being strained to the limits as he seeks those responsible.
16) Does your character have goals?
Find his wife and bring her home. Get revenge on whoever ruined his life. Note: in his mind, it is inconceivable that his wife is somehow involved. She loved him and Tammy and would never do anything to hurt them. Lone Star, on the other hand, believes she ran off with Ralph.
17) Does your character have personal beliefs?
Orion is vaguely Buddist, but not a follower. He just tends to like their philosophies.
18) Does your character have personality quirks?
Orion is intense. He's always been capable of focusing on one thing to the exclusion of all else, and always in the past he had a support system in place to keep this from becoming a problem.
RUNNING THE SHADOWS
19) Why does your character run the shadows?
To find his wife and find out what happened to his partner.
20) How does your character view his/her role as a shadowrunner?
Orion finds "running" to be a distasteful necessity. If there is an answer to his questions, it lies in the shadows. So, he is integrating himself into that society to seek the answers he needs. It also provides an income to support himself and his daughter. As far as his role, Orion is a shooter. His job is to neutralize threats as quickly, efficiently and silently as possible.