1)We are shaped by our heritage. Facial features, skin tone, height,
build, metatype, even aptitudes are inluenced by the genes
passed from parent to child. Attitude, too, is taught by parents,
informed by their own lives and their cultural heritage. Where
does your character come from, what is her lineage, who were
his parents, and what did she inherit from them?

    Father: Unknown (Mom wasn't the most discerning person in her youth)
        Presumably of african descent, judging by Edwards skin tone.
        Note to GM: yes this is supposed to be an obvious opportunity to screw with the character.
    Mother: Elizabeth Lawrence
        European descent.
        She was the one who first taught him the secrets of moving unseen,
            Unfortunately her skills failed her in 2059, while she was able
            to get her children out, she died in the arcology.
            During the escape Edward and his sister (Brianna) were separated.
        
2)Parents can be proud of their children or regret ever bringing
them into the world. Some are loving, and some are indiferent.
All of them are only metahuman and have their own opinions
of their children. Assuming they could speak, what would each
of your character’s parents say about her?

    Father: doesn't know he exists

    Mother: "I had hoped to provide a better life for my children, though at least he still lives."

3) Many people remember certain historical events for the rest of
their lives. For those alive in the irst decade of the 21st
century, it could be the assassination of John F. Kennedy, or the
Tiananmen Square protests, or the fall of the Berlin Wall, or
the attacks of 11 September 2001. People remember where they
were, and what they were doing when they first heard of these
events. Shadowrun history has signiicant events as well, such as
the assassination of President Dunkelzahn, the Crash 2.0, and
the emergence of technomancers and artiicial intelligences.
Pick a few events from recent Shadowrun history and ask where
the character was at the time, what does he remember about the
event, and what was he doing at the time?

    Renraku Arcology shutdown (8 years old at the time)
        Not terribly clear on what exacly happened, but he does despise
        Renraku and everything associated with them.
    Appearance of Pulsar
        Doesn't trust it.  Doesn't trust any AI for that matter.
    
    
    
4) Very few people choose to become shadowrunners. More
likely, they are thrown into the life by a chaotic and uncar-
ing world. Even if he made a conscious decision to enter the
shadows, his decision is inluenced by the world around him.
How did your character get into shadowrunning, and why did
he take that path?

    SINless after the arcology shutdown, and it provided the
    opportunity to find out more about what happened to his sister.

5) People have control over their own living arrangements. From
the child young enough to use crayons and tape all the way up
to the elderly shut-in who plasters her walls with family photos
and cat pictures, everyone makes their living spaces more per-
sonally pleasing. What is your character’s living space like, and
what has he added or changed to make it his own?

    Fairly spartan, he doesn't spend much of his time there, so why bother with making it fancy?
    There are, however, numerous pictures of his mother and sister scattered about.

6) Everyone has beliefs, and many have beliefs strong enough to
be convictions. Some are religious, some are political, some are
social, and some are just about why people are here. What does
your character believe in, what are his convictions (if any), and
why does he hold them?

    Family protects each other.
    Never expect anything without strings attached.
    The Johnson WILL screw you... eventually.  Hopefully you can get him to pay you first.
    AIs are bad news.

7) Everyone has aspects of their personality that grate on someone.
Even the best of friends annoy one another from time to time.
he laws in a person’s character are as important as the qualities.
What do you dislike most about your character’s personality?

    Social pessimism (assumes the worst about people until proven otherwise)

8) he Sixth World is considered by many to be spinning out of
control. If anyone could exert control over it, it would be the
“Big Ten� triple-A megacorps. hese transnationals exert a lot of
inluence on everyday life in the 2070s. Which of the Big Ten
does your character hold in the highest (or least low) regard,
which does he like the least, and why?

    Least hated: Evo (I don't trust them, but at least they're making life easier for a lot of misfortunates.)

    most hated: Renraku (reasons are obvious)

9) People make acquaintances and friends; we’re hardwired for it.
Humans are social animals. his is especially true in the shad-
ows, where often it is not the power you have, but the power you
can borrow, and not who you, are but who you know. here’s a
story behind each and every one of these relationships. What is
the story with your character and his contacts?

    Fixer "Frank"  Originally just a fence, buying Edwards haul from the thievery he was working to pay the bills
        After the arcology crash.  Edward asked Frank at one point
        for help getting some bigger work.  This is where    Edward
        entered the Shadows truly, "graduating" as it were from a
        mere thief.  Frank also introduced Ed to Old man Parker

    Streetdoc "Old man Parker"  Introduced by Frank, fairly quickly discovered that Ed was a type-O system,
        but kept it under his hat at first because he's trying
        to design new bioware, and needed to keep
        his source of tissue cultures safe.  Over time
        the two became very strange friends.

10) It’s Sunday morning, and your character has no commitments
until tomorrow aternoon. What does he do for the day?

    Depending on his mood, either freerunning or peoplewatching.  Occasionally he'll scope out potential targets
        if the run market has been slow.  Hasn't actually had to follow up on any recently, but old habits die hard.

11) Your character has a specific skill set, a  list of Active and
Knowledge skills that deine what he knows and his areas of
expertise. How did he come to learn those skills, and how did
he develop them to those levels?

    The basics of his physical education were established when his family was, as a whole, still ID-less, before the opportunity to go         legit and live in the arcology (big mistake, but they didn't know that at the time.)  In the time since
        He has developed those skills further as survival skills.

12) Everyone has their limits. People can be dark, but most people’s
instinct is to draw the line at certain actions and thoughts, and
they keep to their own moral convictions. Is there a moral limit
that your character enforces on the jobs he takes, and in what
shadow work would he refuse to engage?

    Family is sacrosanct, target your enemy, don't go after his family to get to him.

13) not awakened (yet) question irrelevent until then.

14) While acceptance and bias vary from place to place, augmenta-
tions—be they bio-, cyber-, gene-, or nanoware—are increasingly
common and available in the Sixth World. However, personal
technological enhancement is rarely cheap, and many implants
that runners possess are restricted. How did your character
come to have the enhancements he has, how were they paid for,
and what motivated the choices he made (if he did make
the choices)?

    Most of his augmentations are at most R availability, as such they were primarily bought legitamately.
        The funding for those purchases however, was mostly from theft and runs.

15) Life as a shadowrunner is by deinition outside the bounds of
“normal� life. Shadowrunners do not truly it into the lives of
ordinary people, whether they live in slums or mansions. What
does your character think of ordinary life, mainstream culture,
and those who abide by it?

    "They have no idea how fragile their protected existences are.  I do."

16) Everyone has nightmares. Sometimes, we forget the dream
completely on waking. Sometimes, the nightmare haunts us or
even recurs. If your character had a lingering nightmare or a
deep-rooted fear, what would it be, and why does he find it so
terrifying?

    A series of dreams about the arcology shutdown, burned deeply into his psyche by the trauma of the events.

17) People tend to attach sentimental value to items in their pos-
session or people they are close to. they make an efort to
keep these close by and safe. What is your character’s “sacred
object� or “close one,� and how did they come to be so impor-
tant to him?

    A picture of himself standing with his mother and sister
        (OOC: an interesting study in familial traits, they're both lilly white,
        while he is melato, but they're definately related.)

18) One of metahumanity’s greatest assets is its ability to look to-
ward the future and imagine a better life. Even small children
have dreams about what they want to be when they grow up.
What did your character want to become when he was a child,
and what are his goals now?

    As a child he wanted to be a circus performer/fireman/bulldozer driver/...  (typical young boy view of the future.)

    Now he wants to find his sister, aquire enough money to buy out of the shadows, and find somewhere peaceful.
        (Yeah, good luck with that.  You can never [i]really[/i] leave once you get in.)

19) A person’s appearance can say volumes about him. From fashion
sense, to the colors he prefers, to the way he walks and speaks.
Sometimes, his personality determines his appearance, and,
sometimes, the appearance he chooses to present the world ef-
fects his personality. What does your character look like, and
what inspired his choices?

    Normally wears subdued colors, dresses up a bit when meeting a Johnson, invariably wears a stealthsuit on a run.

20) Everyone has a name, but a runner’s street name is a represen-
tation of his connection to the shadows. Sometimes runners
choose their own moniker, but more oten it is given to them as
a nickname or earned through some (mis)adventure. How did
your character come to be known by his street name?

    Haven't figured out a street name yet.