Kensei appears as a japanese man of about 20 years. He stands over 2 meters tall, with a strong and athletic build. He has sharply defined facial features, high cheekbones and a strong jawline. His eyes show the golden color and slit pupils of a cat and his short hair is a striped pattern of silver and black.

He doesn't pay much attention to his clothes as he does not understand the human fixation on appearance. Normally he's wearing either normal-looking clothes like boots, jeans, a simple white shirt and a leather jacket or traditional japanese garments, mostly kimonos in black, white and red.
His most prized possession is a magical katana he retained from his days as an assassin. The beautiful dark sword is is made of black steel and engraved with japanese kanji and images of running tigers. The grip is made of ebony and has a tassel in silver and black. It is called "The Meitou Shuusui". It roughly means: Named Blade: Clear Autumn Water in japanese. He also owns a wakizashi with the same look. He is almost never seen without this daisho, as the combination of katana and wakizashi is called in japanese.

In his true form, Kensei is an enormous siberian tiger with silver fur striped in black.

Unusal for a shapeshifter, Kensei actually prefers his human form to his animal form when in combat.

Kensei doesn't know what happened before he awakend. The first thing he remembers is being in a training facility in Japan. Members of a japanese organisation of assassins for hire, called the Shinigami, had found him, recognized his talent and taken him in, realizing that he was naive and formable.
They trained the fledgling shapeshifter for combat and assassination, honing his natural magical ability. Kensei didn't know anything about the world and humans so he did as he was told and thought his situation was normal.
The organisation used him for countless brute force assassinations. Kensai was the guy they sent when they wanted to send a message.

After many years, the young shapeshifter gained freedom when the organisation was eradicated by the japanese military. Not knowing what to do with himself and having no talents besides killing, Kensei inevitably drifted into the shadows.
He still works mainly as an assassin. But now he chooses his targets. He's made it his mission to eradicate those who exploit the weak and take their freedom away. If he get's paid for it, all the better.
He feels he has to do this to make up for the innocents he killed on the Shinigamis' orders. He didn't know better back then but he still feels guilt about it.

He is currently located in the caribbean.

Unknown to him, some members of the Shinigami have survived the organisation's destruction. They put a bounty on Kensei's head, since in their eyes he betrayed them.

Name: Kensei

Race: Shapeshifter (Tiger)

Attributes: 492 Karma
Body: 8
Agility: 10
Reaction: 6 (9)
Strength: 7
Charisma: 2
Intuition: 4
Logic: 2
Willpower: 3

Edge: 3
Magic : 6
Essence: 6
Initiative: 13
Initiative Passes: 4
Physical Damage Track: 12
Stun Damage Track: 10

Positive Qualities: 70 Karma
Adept
Martial Arts 1 (Arnis de Mano): +1 DV Blades
Martial Arts 1 (Sangre Y Acero): +1 DV Blades
Restricted Gear
High Pain Tolerance III

Maneuver: 12 Karma
Iajutsu (4 Karma)
Two Weapon Style (4 Karma)
Offhand Training: Blades (4 Karma)

Negative Qualities: +70 Karma
Combat Monster
Distinctive Style I (Cat eyes, Striped hair in silver and black)
Scorched (Was subjected to BTL-procedures during his training)
Weak Immune System (From the combat drugs he was forced to take in the Shinigami)
Wanted (The remnants of the Shinigami put a bounty on his head after he fled)

Active Skills: 200 Karma
Blades (Daisho): 6 (+2)
Automatics (Assault Rifles): 4 (+2)
Pistols (Semi-Automatics): 4 (+2)
Unarmed Combat (Attack) : 4 (+2)
Perception (Visual): 2 (+2)
Athletics Skill Group: 2
- Swimming 2
- Gymnastics: 2
- Climbing: 2
- Running: 2
Diving: 2
Tracking (Urban): 2 (+2)
Infiltration (Urban): 2 (+2)
Shadowing (Tailing): 2 (+2)
Etiquette: 1
Intimidation (Physical): 2 (+2)

Knowledge Skills: 14 Karma
Poisons: 1
Anatomy: 1
Bushido: 1

Japanese: N
English: 2
Spanish: 2

Adept Powers:
Increased Reflexes 3 (4)
Improved Ability: Blades 3 (1.5)
Combat Sense 1 (0.5)

Gear: 32 Karma = 80.000 Nuyen

Hi, you can call me ‘Key,’ which is better than ‘Fish Girl’ or similar monikers. I specialise in covert insertion, especially underwater facilities or subs, I’ve been taught security procedures and how to bypass them and how to defend myself if the situation warrants it. I’ve lived my whole life in and around aqualogies, boats and submarines and my ware was custom designed to adapt me to an underwater environment.

For those of you who’ve turned off your vid link I’m of average height with a slim build and wiry muscles. My skin treatment means I’m slightly bronzed with exceptionally smooth skin, something I’m not complaining about. The most obvious signs of my ware are the slight indication of my gills either side of my spine leading up in to my hairline, that and the webbing that extends when my hands are wet.

I grew up in one of CTec’s facilities off the Tonga Trench in the South Pacific. As corp environments go it could have been worse but there was a constant surveillance and adult presence that made some aspects of childhood a bit repressive…it just honed my instincts for remaining unseen when I wanted. I studied for a degree in naval architecture via the matrix and I guess I came somewhere near the top of my class. After graduating I got a job as a security analyst and consultant for CTec, based out of Tonga.

When the main supply vessel was taken by a pirate sub crew I was drafted in to accompany the security team to get them onboard and disable the enemy vessel. Having only ever fired a gun in VR games I was understandably nervous about entering a possible combat situation although they assured me of my safety. What they neglected to mention was that my father was on the sub that had been taken…he died in front of me…

The memories are painful…I swore that I would never be in a position where I couldn’t help one of my loved ones again. Through some dogged persistence and other less savoury techniques I was transferred to the security programme and received the combat training that might have helped me to save my father. As I showed the determination and aptitude for this work I was moved on to the advanced programme and went under the knife for my first wires.

Not finished yet…also got a vignette in mind to follow

Basics BPs 0
Name: Mia Young
Street Handle: Key
Metatype: Human
Sex: Female
DOB: 2047
Matrix Icon:

Attributes BPs 200
Body 3
Agility 5 +1
Reaction 4 +4
Strength 3 +1
Charisma 3
Intuition 4
Logic 3
Willpower 3

Special Attributes BPs 20
Edge 4
Initiative 8 +4
Essence 1.5

Skills BPs 140
Running 1
Swimming 3 (+1 from webbing)
Blades 2 (Knives +2)
Electronics Group 1
Automatics 3 (SMGs +2)
Pistols 2
Disguise 2
Infiltration 6
Dodge 3 (+2 from Wires)
Diving 2 (O2 Extraction +2)
Pilot watercraft 3

Exotic Firearm – Gyrojet 3 (skillsoft)
Hardware 3 (skillsoft)

Knowledge
Native Tongue English
Naval Architecture 5 (+1 Tech School)
Engineering 4 (+1 Tech School)
Underwater Security 4
Atlantis Theories 3
Matrix Conspiracy Sites 2
VR Games 3

Qualities BPs 10
Restricted Gear – Move by Wire 2
Tech School Education

Negative Qualities BPs -35
In Debt 4 (owed to Monarch who arranged for her ware)
SINer
Records on file (CTec an Evo subsidiary)

Resources 250,000 ¥ BPs 50

Contacts BPs 15
Monarch (Fixer) Loyalty 2 Connection 5
Aria (Hacker) Loyalty 4 Connection 4

Move by Wire 2
Eyes Rt 1 with lowlight, flare comp, protective covers (underwater focusing)
Ears Rt 1 with damper
Cybergills
Internal Air Tank

Orthoskin 1 (protects against sea water)
Muscle Toner 1
Muscle Aug 1
Hand & Foot Webbing

Cougar Fineblade Long Knife

Yamaha Pulsar (internal smartlink, 10 taser darts)
FN Praetor (internal smartlink, sound suppressor, ruthenium coating, 60 rnds subsonic ammo, 30 rnds stick & shock, 10 tracker rnds)
Modified Gyrojet pistol (Wrist mounted, internal smartlink, 10 rockets)

Form fitting full suit (ruthenium coating)
Diving Light
Full Diving Face Mask

Transys Avalon (Iris Orb OS, Sim Module, modified for BTL/hot sim, skinlink)
FTL Matrixware Power Suite (Analyze 3, Browse 4, Command 2, Edit 4, Purge 4, Scan 2, Firewall 3)
VR Game
2x Rt3 Activesofts

Electronics toolkit
Autopicker Rt 6
Maglock Passkey 4
Sequencer 4
Monofilament Chainsaw

Fake SIN 2

Modified Saeder-Krupp Mk-17D Neptune (Pimped Ride – looks & moves like a shark, cradle underneath to hold Key)