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Living now in Denver-in the actual city-for a few years, Kael has managed to adjust fairly well, thanks to the man who had became his friend.
He was a shapeshifter who was also troubled with an issue; Surge. It didn't affect him nearly as badly as others-but for him, his hair spontaneously changing color on mood made him a target. After all, the enormous blue bear's pelt would be worth quite a bit on the black market; and mages would happily wonder what kind of components could be made of the green claws.
He had to fight; he was wary of humans before, but became much more hostile to them; one swipe of his paw nearly decapitating them; the shapeshifter was young, but his kind grew quite quickly. Enough times, and he was now hunted as a threat.
Meanwhile, old Yosuke...a healer, seer, and Bear shaman...living in the UCAS after leaving Japan many years back-also a tiny bit trained in the ways of the Adept(read: mystic adept), had felt he had fallen out of favor with his mentor spirit. The loss of his wife, several of his friends, and stress, had driven him to the bottle, and out of touch; some of his old colleagues and talismongers feared for his power. He had a dream, however, one night; that one needed his help.
He found the young bear...no, a man, wounded; in his human...or elven, form. The men who attacked him lay strewn around the cave, in more pieces than they had come in. The elf's hair was a deep, reddish black-no doubt agitated, if not murderous. However, this man's smell...and feeling, as Kael could sense the flow of mana very well, knew he meant him help. Bear was a healer, and old Yosuke knew what he had to do. Helping this young man...or beast, if you will, helped him get back in touch with himself.
He helped the young shapeshifter get used to a more urban life, that might better protect him, though he understands that sometimes he needs to go back into the wild. Over a few years, he made quite good progress, being intelligent.
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Kael now works as a sort of bodyguard of kinds; mainly at the underground talismonger's shop, which is sometimes known to get robbed, and he helps with the heavy lifting around the place. He's also done a bit of other bodyguarding or bouncer work. Intimidation came naturally to him, though he doesn't go out of his way to scare people; but even better, he is highly perceptive, his sense of smell allowing him to sniff out possible trouble. In his elven form, he's quite tall, standing a hair over two meters, and a bit more broad-shouldered than the average elf; he appears to be only in his mid 20's. Yosuke was impressed by his natural charisma for being what was essentially a wild animal; his natural good looks also helped him socially; having a more elven form he was a lot leaner than the typical bear shifter, as well as having much less body hair. While looks aren't everything, they certainly can help one assimilate. He does have claws and fangs in this form-leftover from the Surge. He wears his hair long, well past his shoulders, it's natural color a deep red, streaked with a more blonde color sporadically throughout, which changes with his mood; his eyes are a light gray-blue; his skin is very light as well, making the darker hair contrast. He has taken to dressing simply-cargo pants, heavy combat boots, and a sleeveless shirt, with an armored leather jacket for protection. Yosuke, while not physically impressive in his old age, was skilled enough at fighting that he taught him how to focus his normally wild-attacks much better.
He can't cast spells as his mentor, but he is a full Adept, though not fully-powered yet. Right now, he craves knowledge, loving to read, watch TV, watch the trid. He has an almost measure of innocence about him, but at the same time, he also has the heart and mind of a wild animal, and gets those urges as well, which he sometimes goes too far with in his jobs; being attacked with intent to kill usually results in him attacking back in a similar way, due to his survival instinct. If he feels himself slipping more often among the humans than he should be, he goes back to the wild for a couple of days to indulge his animal side. He lives in a fairly simple dwelling, with much of his resources splurged on entertainment, since it's a learning tool for him. He's fluent in English now, and speaks a bit of other languages, and has a surprising variety of knowledges-however, none too deep. He has no particular love for firearms, but he has learned to utilize some of them, as he sees their benefit. He had used his basic skills learned from Yosuke to cultivate various houseplants around his dwelling, to give it more of a natural feel. He's happy snoozing on the old mattress he keeps on the floor, covered in a blanket.
He doesn't appear to move as lightning-fast as some elves, but his great strength is unmistakable, as well as the way he seemingly shrugs off blows like they are little more than scratches, leading some to think there is more to him that meets the eye. Yosuke, now back into the swing of things fully, knows there isn't a whole lot for him in the human world at this moment, and thus set him up with a few connections of his own. Kael's intelligent and rather curious about things sometimes; which may or may not lead him into danger. He's known to be a bit...sleepy during the winter months, and sometimes needs to be roused to action. His appetite might be another indicator that ''something is off''...as most bears he is omnivorous(being grizzly, he has a tendency toward meat but will eat anything), and he tends to eat large quantities of it.
Yosuke had dubbed the young man simply ''Kael'', and he liked it, so he kept it. He uses Yosuke's apparent surname, which leads folks to believe he is adopted, as he does not look asian. In his bear form, he looks like an enormous dark reddish-brown bear('normal' mood) standing around three meters on his hind legs, like many of his kind; and when he fights enemies in this form, it's more apparent he has an intelligence and cunning about him that a normal bear might not have, if an onlooker were to study him.
He was a shapeshifter who was also troubled with an issue; Surge. It didn't affect him nearly as badly as others-but for him, his hair spontaneously changing color on mood made him a target. After all, the enormous blue bear's pelt would be worth quite a bit on the black market; and mages would happily wonder what kind of components could be made of the green claws.
He had to fight; he was wary of humans before, but became much more hostile to them; one swipe of his paw nearly decapitating them; the shapeshifter was young, but his kind grew quite quickly. Enough times, and he was now hunted as a threat.
Meanwhile, old Yosuke...a healer, seer, and Bear shaman...living in the UCAS after leaving Japan many years back-also a tiny bit trained in the ways of the Adept(read: mystic adept), had felt he had fallen out of favor with his mentor spirit. The loss of his wife, several of his friends, and stress, had driven him to the bottle, and out of touch; some of his old colleagues and talismongers feared for his power. He had a dream, however, one night; that one needed his help.
He found the young bear...no, a man, wounded; in his human...or elven, form. The men who attacked him lay strewn around the cave, in more pieces than they had come in. The elf's hair was a deep, reddish black-no doubt agitated, if not murderous. However, this man's smell...and feeling, as Kael could sense the flow of mana very well, knew he meant him help. Bear was a healer, and old Yosuke knew what he had to do. Helping this young man...or beast, if you will, helped him get back in touch with himself.
He helped the young shapeshifter get used to a more urban life, that might better protect him, though he understands that sometimes he needs to go back into the wild. Over a few years, he made quite good progress, being intelligent.
--
Kael now works as a sort of bodyguard of kinds; mainly at the underground talismonger's shop, which is sometimes known to get robbed, and he helps with the heavy lifting around the place. He's also done a bit of other bodyguarding or bouncer work. Intimidation came naturally to him, though he doesn't go out of his way to scare people; but even better, he is highly perceptive, his sense of smell allowing him to sniff out possible trouble. In his elven form, he's quite tall, standing a hair over two meters, and a bit more broad-shouldered than the average elf; he appears to be only in his mid 20's. Yosuke was impressed by his natural charisma for being what was essentially a wild animal; his natural good looks also helped him socially; having a more elven form he was a lot leaner than the typical bear shifter, as well as having much less body hair. While looks aren't everything, they certainly can help one assimilate. He does have claws and fangs in this form-leftover from the Surge. He wears his hair long, well past his shoulders, it's natural color a deep red, streaked with a more blonde color sporadically throughout, which changes with his mood; his eyes are a light gray-blue; his skin is very light as well, making the darker hair contrast. He has taken to dressing simply-cargo pants, heavy combat boots, and a sleeveless shirt, with an armored leather jacket for protection. Yosuke, while not physically impressive in his old age, was skilled enough at fighting that he taught him how to focus his normally wild-attacks much better.
He can't cast spells as his mentor, but he is a full Adept, though not fully-powered yet. Right now, he craves knowledge, loving to read, watch TV, watch the trid. He has an almost measure of innocence about him, but at the same time, he also has the heart and mind of a wild animal, and gets those urges as well, which he sometimes goes too far with in his jobs; being attacked with intent to kill usually results in him attacking back in a similar way, due to his survival instinct. If he feels himself slipping more often among the humans than he should be, he goes back to the wild for a couple of days to indulge his animal side. He lives in a fairly simple dwelling, with much of his resources splurged on entertainment, since it's a learning tool for him. He's fluent in English now, and speaks a bit of other languages, and has a surprising variety of knowledges-however, none too deep. He has no particular love for firearms, but he has learned to utilize some of them, as he sees their benefit. He had used his basic skills learned from Yosuke to cultivate various houseplants around his dwelling, to give it more of a natural feel. He's happy snoozing on the old mattress he keeps on the floor, covered in a blanket.
He doesn't appear to move as lightning-fast as some elves, but his great strength is unmistakable, as well as the way he seemingly shrugs off blows like they are little more than scratches, leading some to think there is more to him that meets the eye. Yosuke, now back into the swing of things fully, knows there isn't a whole lot for him in the human world at this moment, and thus set him up with a few connections of his own. Kael's intelligent and rather curious about things sometimes; which may or may not lead him into danger. He's known to be a bit...sleepy during the winter months, and sometimes needs to be roused to action. His appetite might be another indicator that ''something is off''...as most bears he is omnivorous(being grizzly, he has a tendency toward meat but will eat anything), and he tends to eat large quantities of it.
Yosuke had dubbed the young man simply ''Kael'', and he liked it, so he kept it. He uses Yosuke's apparent surname, which leads folks to believe he is adopted, as he does not look asian. In his bear form, he looks like an enormous dark reddish-brown bear('normal' mood) standing around three meters on his hind legs, like many of his kind; and when he fights enemies in this form, it's more apparent he has an intelligence and cunning about him that a normal bear might not have, if an onlooker were to study him.
The Stats:
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Name: Kael Shiga
Height: 2.05m
Weight: 110kg(im bad with weights-think a build like a solid gymnast-type, more broad shouldered than most elves.)
Age: Apparent mid 20s, around 25-26
Hair: Long, dark red/could of dirty blonde streaks
Eyes: Gray-blue(light)
Shift(Elf): 40 Karma
+ Qualities(50 Karma)
Guts(10)
Martial Arts: Kung Fu Lv. 1(+1 DV)
Tae Kwan Do(+1 DV) [20 Karma total]
Perceptive Lv. 1(10)
Changeling Lv. 1(10)
- Qualities:
Combat Monster(20)
Day Job(Talismonger, 10 Karma, 5 BP Quality)
Changeling Qualities:
+: Claws, Fangs
-: Mood Hair
Shifter Qualities:
Regeneration
+1 Reach(in bear form)
Dual Natured
Allergy(Silver, Severe)
Vulnerability(Silver)
Paid 20 Karma for + Qualities
Attributes(372)
Body: 9(+1 armor in Critter Form)
Agility: 4
Reaction: 4
Strength: 11
Charisma: 4
Intuition: 4
Logic: 3
Willpower: 4
Edge: 3
Essence: 6
Initative: 8/2
Magic: 5
Active Skills(199)
Unarmed Combat(Martial Arts): 5(+2) [7(+2)]
Pistols(Semi-Automatics): 2(+2)
Throwing Weapons(Knives): 3(+2)
Athletics Skill Group: 3
Outdoors Skill Group: 2
Perception: 4
Etiquette(Street): 2(+2)
Intimidation(Physical): 3(+2)
Negotations(Sense Motive): 2(+2)
Infiltration: 2
Assensing: 2
Astral Combat(Unarmed): 2(+2)
Knowledge/Language Skills(54)
AK-Denver: 2
Denver Natural Areas: 4
Talismongers: 2
Matrix Games: 1
Cooking: 1
Techno-Metal Music: 1
Classical Music: 1
Parazoology: 2
Magic Background: 3
Bodyguarding: 2
Herbalism: 1
Occult: 1
English: N
Japanese: 2
Sperethiel: 2
Maneuvers(16 Karma)
Kick Attack
Riposte
Finishing Blow
Watchful Guard
Adept Powers(5 Power Points)
Critical Strike Lv. 4 (1)
Mystic Armor Lv. 2(1)
Killing Hands(.5)
Combat Sense lv. 1(.5)
Smashing Blow(1)
Improved Unarmed Combat lv. 2(1)
Contacts(40 Karma):
Yosuke: C3 L5
Talismonger: C3 L3
Fixer: C4 L2
Resources: 9 Karma(22,500)
Lifestyle:(13 LPs)-3,800/month(1 month prepaid)
Necessities: 2
Comforts: 2
Entertainment: 3
Neighborhood: 3
Security: 3
Armor/Weapons:
Armor Jacket(8/6)
FFBA Lv. 2(4/1)
PPP(Forearm/Shinguards, Vitals Protector)(1/3)
Ares Predator IV
+8 clips
+60 rounds regular
+60 rounds gel
+Concealable holster
Throwing Knives x 10
Hardliner Gloves+Steel Capped Boots: 200
Gear:
GPS
Medkit 6/4 refills
Sony Emperor Commlink/Redcap Nix OS, Skinlink, Printer
Antidote Patches(2x Rating 6)
Fake ID Lv. 4(Rolf Jensen)
Fake Licence Lv. 6(pistol)
Climbing Gear/Rapelling Gloves
Contacts w/ Thermographic, Flare Compensation, Vision Enhance. 3, Smartlink
Earbuds w/ Spatial Recognizer, Select Sound Filter 3, Audio Enhancement 3
Sim Recordings/Games(2,000 nuyen worth-everything from anime to cheesy kung-fu flicks to documentaries)
Fine Clothing(1 set)
3,000 nuyen remaining unspent.
Yeah, I can still spend some money on him. I kind dig him, I might be able to do some fun things with this character. He doesn't have a lot at the moment, but he seems to have quite a bit of room to grow. I tried to give him the skills that made the most sense for him that he'd learn or know, and his knowledges are stuff he's sort of been soaking up through varied means over the years.
If I were GMing(and in our group we have similar PoVs), I'd assume a shapeshifter kind of knows how to hunt/etc.