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

Yoshida Momoko was born in Japan to the Yoshida family or at least that was what she was told. She was freely given to the Ito clan to fulfill a debt long carried by the Yoshidas. She knows the acquired the debt over 100 years ago and it wasn’t until her birth and gifting to them that it was cleared. She looks hoppa and assumes somewhere in her lineage is someone non-Japanese. The Elders have mentioned from time to time that she resembles her mother and that she has the same fierce pride as her great grandfather but have told her little else of her birth family.

Parents can be proud of their children or regret ever bringing them into the world. Some are loving, and some are indifferent. 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?

Her parents would say she has done her duty and has helped her family free themselves of the obligation to the Ito clan. That her sacrifice was the last in a line of many that paid for their elevation in society so long ago. That there is no shame in being the instrument of freedom so many and that she will be remembered as the last child given to the Ito and the settling of their debt.

Many people remember certain historical events for the rest of their lives. For those alive in the first 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 attack of 11 September 2001. People remember where they were, and what they were doing when they first heard of these events. Shadowrun history has significant events as well, such as the assassination of President Dunkelzahn, the Crash 2.0, and the emergence of technomancers and artifical intelligences. Pick a few events from recent Shadowrun history and ask where the character was at the time, what does he remember about about event, and what was he doing at the time?

What little of the outside world she knew was extremely filtered - they all learned of things happening in the rest of the world but it was very disconnected from her daily life. It was like reading a story of another place or another time - she was told to learn these things but more as an exercise and with the understanding she would need to blend in with the rest of population when her time came to serve alongside her brothers and sisters. She harbored a longing to know more of these events firsthand but accepted it was not her place to do so. The Elders promised that one day they would shape the history of this world from the quiet corners of it and she pinned her desires to that pledge.

Very few people choose to become shadowrunners. More likley, they are thrown into the life by a chaotic and uncaring world. Even if she made a conscious decision to enter the shadows, her decision is influenced by the world around her. How did your character get into shadowrunning, and why did she take that path?

Her earliest lessons were about her duties after her training was complete. That she would be the willing instrument of the Elders of the Ito clan. Her life was going to a series of shells - personalties, jobs, and history woven to keep her hidden and allow her to pass unnoticed. She was groomed to live in the shallows of life and to leave very little lasting mark. She has known no other life and has never been taught there is another path for herself other than this one.

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 personally pleasing. What is your character's living space like, and what has he added or changed to make it his own?

She has lived in the same small cell her whole life. The contents have varied slightly as she has matured but little else. She is aware of modern conveniences and has been taught to use them with an ease that suggests familiarity and life long exposure but the Elders stress that it is required for her training and not the proper way to live until she is strong and resolute. The cell is her foundation and touchstone. The place that she must carry within herself when she leaves the school to maintain her purity and discipline to the Ito clan. She has her sleeping matt, a small chest that holds her few items of clothing, a basin to wash and groom. One corner holds a shrine to the kami and a book of prayers she reads to deepen her understanding of the rituals needed to keep her spirit in balance as a miko. A single rack along the long wall holds the weapons she trains with every day when she was deemed ready to be given such things. Nothing else.

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

She helped craft the chains that held her to the Ito and the Elders without even realizing what she was doing but it was a passionless process for her. It was simply what she and the others did. The lessons and their lives were patterned after attaching one after another of these obligations. True passion didn’t awaken in her until she discovered her gift and her calling to be a miko then suddenly there was a world just beyond the one she had lived. In the first time in her life she was special and different than the others around her. Soon after the dreams started and the whispers of power. A powerful kami spoke to her of deeper mysteries, of the mastery of the forces of creation and destruction. She was seduced by the this spirit and took it into herself and felt the fire stir in her blood. This kami was her mother, her sister and her lover all at once. She drowned in it and sought to fall deeper still. She knows her role and it is to serve this spirit, to embody her ideals and passions.

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

Her unquestioning nature and willingness to be directed by another’s will. She has within herself drives and wants but is always seeking something or someone else to give her purpose. She has no idea how to live a life lead by her own will. She only feels comfortable carrying out someone else’s plan for her and feels unable to commit to a path of her own design. She misinterprets her frustration when left without purpose as being impatient and needing to act rather than the growing panic that takes her over when faced with her own inability to live her life. She seeks the oblivion of making another’s life and goals her own.

The 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. These transnationals exert a lot of influence 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?

She finds the notions of the megacorps both familiar and repulsive particularly the Japanese ones like Renraku and Mitsuhama. They offer structure and a sense of purpose to those within it but their purposes are never clear. You can be born, live and die within its embrace and know your work would carry future generations forward but what do they work towards? Global domination in an industry, vast wealth to be applied as as their whims dictated or some other concealed goal? They lack a unified vision with their direction changing with each shift in leadership or ownership. She was taught about them and there were hints that the Elders knew more of a game being played beneath it all. That they employed the Ito clan to do terrible and small things to ensure some darker dream was being realized but with each megacorp having its own unique take on what that dream would entail or look like.

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

The contacts she has are ones the Elders taught her to seek out and to keep secret so none may compromise the Ito clan. She sought out someone to maintain her weapons and provide her with the regents she would need to barter with the spirits around her. She found a soul who lives in the spaces between machines to provide her with a new life when needed so she can hide in plain sight until it’s time for her to perform her duties for the Elders and the Ito clan.

It’s Sunday morning, and your character has no commitments until tomorrow afternoon. What does she do for the day?

She would begin the day in prayer and meditation seeking guidance or insight from Inazami. After that eat a light breakfast before beginning her daily practice with weapons and spell casting. She would become increasingly more restless as the weight of having no external structure to push her through the day built. She would find the free time maddening and would feel frustration at being left at loose ends. She would attempt to escape the press of the time on her by seeking out some sort of guidance - either from an Elder or in communion with the kami. This insanity of sorts would build in her until she could resume her structured string of days. Only then would she feel anything approaching normal.

Your character has a specific skill set, a list of Active and Knowledge skills that define what she knows and her areas of expertise. How did she come to learn those skills, and how did she develop them to those levels?

Her education has always been provided by the Elders of the Ito clan and they determined what skills she would need to serve. She was taught the basics of hand to hand combat, familiarity with the traditional weapons of the Ito, and the necessary social skills to help her live her unassuming life when her education and training was complete. When she Awakened the Elders included the needful skills for her to harness her gifts and shaped her knowledge on what kami seemed drawn to her and answered her prayers. She was given very little freedom or choice on what she was taught and has never really questioned it.

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 she takes, and in what shadow work would she refuse to engage?

She has known from a very young age that she would be required to kill for the Ito and perform acts of sabotage that could lead to the deaths of many or just be sent to kill one lone individual. She has seen people die but has never been able to make am emotional connection about the act. She is uncertain what will happen to her if given a task that was truly inhuman. Part of her is indoctrinated to obey and do as the Elders ask while another part struggles and yearns for something else but doesn't have the knowledge or awareness to give it a name. The one thing she does know is that she would not shame Izanami or act in a way that would cost her that relationship.

If you have an Awakened or technomancer character, consider your character’s tradition and streams. Even within the major established magical traditions and the recently emerged technomantic streams, there is room for personalization. Ask yourself what drew her to that particular paradigm, how does it effect the way she views the world and her magic, how does it translate into choice of mentor spirit or paragon, and how does it affect the appearance of the spirits or sprites you conjure or compile?

Upon Awakening she experienced for the first time in her life something that was her's alone. While the Elders guided her and taught her how to sue those gifts they how no way to control or direct the kami around her or even which would choose her. With Izanami's endowment she felt a greater purpose then ever before. It eclipsed the ordered existence the Ito provided and she brushed against something infinite and vast. She felt consumed and subsumed by it and it was pure relief. The kami act as their nature dictates and suffer none of them doubt or hesitation she felt whet trying to inhabit her own life. She gave herself completely to Izanami and began the process that weakened the hold and the Elders or Ito had over her. Even the aspects of the kami she beseeched changed with Izanami's blessing. They were more present and powerful, they spoke to her with respect and courtesy. She had found a mistress who would truly direct her and give her purpose for the remainder of her days.

While acceptance and bias vary from place to place, augmentations — 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 she has, how were they paid for, and what motivated the choices she made (if she did make the choices)?

While educated about augmentations and what impact they could have on future tasks, the Elders discouraged the actual use of them. They could become a weakness or liability. They could make you stand out in a way that would undermine your usefulness in the outside world or lead you to not keep your skills honed and sharp. They stressed skill above all else. Technology can be subverted or fail while their training was a part of them and would always be theirs if tended to on a daily basis.

Life as a shadowrunner is by definition outside the bounds of “normal” life. Shadowrunners do not truly fit 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?

Se finds the world outside appealing and disturbing. It provides a place for her to hide and pass unseen, to avoid the notice of those who would prevent her from accomplishing her tasks. The idea of living in the world and having the opportunities to experience that life is compelling but then she finds the concept of trying to create a life for herself on her known terrifying. To fill her days between tasks with something is almost overwhelming - a job, other relationships, and making a thousand decisions without any external structure.

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?

In the beginning it was failing the Elders and bring shame to the Ito clan. That she would fall short and not be worth the debt she paid off for her birth family. Then when she was gifted with Izanami’s favor it become losing her blessing and being rejected. She needs something to fill the void in herself and her purpose to keep her moving forward. Izanami is the one that has done so completely and fully leaving no room for doubt or questions. The closest thing to peace she has known.

People tend to attach sentimental value to items in their possession or people they are close to. They make an effort 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 important to him?

Her indoctrination into the Ito clan stripped that away from her. They created an environment where everything was transitory except for her devotion and duty to the Elders. Things can be broken, stolen or lost. Service to the Ito is eternal and the only reward that should be sought. Keep that ideal above everything else and leave no room for anything else to dwell there.

One of metahumanity’s greatest assets is its ability to look toward 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?

When she contemplates the future it always fills her with a vast and unnameable dread. Trying to project her idea of what could be on the future is draining. She becomes overwhelmed and disoriented to the point of hysteria if she dwells at that point for too long. She has learned to let other forces shape the outcomes of her days and to give her a larger purpose.

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 effects his personality. What does your character look like, and what inspired his choices?

When not preparing for a task, she chooses somber dress and something that conceal most of her body. Blacks and dark grays with a hood drawn up. She seeks to blend in with the urban decay and bleakness around her. To become one of the fixtures of the city and another inhabitant of the metroplex. When working she revels in her role of a hunter, spy and thief. She feels alive and vital in her armor with her weapons at hand. Her appearance is in sync with her purpose.

Everyone has a name, but a runner’s street name is a representation of his connection to the shadows. Sometimes runners choose their own moniker, but more often 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?

Ama was the name given to her with the ritual that was to bring her closer to Izanami. Nun in Japanese to signify her servitude to the sisterhood of Izanami. She was wooed and courted before this and promised a deeper connection to the spirit. This society were lead by a woman who was as close to the earthly manifestation of the kami as can be. She promises to guide all those that follow her on the same path so she has risked all for this chance. To become like the kami and be freed from this existence of endless choices and decisions.

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

Makwa roamed the lands of the Algonquian Manitou. A territory three days walk long and two days wide. The stones of his cave in winter were worn and smooth. He was the largest in his lands and stood against the wolf packs when they harried him. The One, spirit of The People, came into him and he was turned into a man. For the last three years, Makwa has served as the Bear, guardian and defender of the people.


Very few people choose to become shadowrunners. More likley, they are thrown into the life by a chaotic and uncaring world. Even if she made a conscious decision to enter the shadows, her decision is influenced by the world around her. How did your character get into shadowrunning, and why did she take that path?

When his tribe was destroyed, Makwa was hunting. It was his custom to spend three days away from the People with every cycle of the moon. He found the scent of the creature that laid waste to his people and began to track it. The Hunt brought him allies and it brought him into long contact with others that were not of the People. Now Makwa must learn to live among them, without the trappings of their society.

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 personally pleasing. What is your character's living space like, and what has he added or changed to make it his own?

The small place he lives in is subdued, earth tones. It often feels cold to outsiders, but beneath his thick pelt, Makwa doesn't notice the chill.

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

We live with the land, the seas and the skies. They are not for us, but for those who will come. These are the treasures that must be protected. The stories of the People must be remembered and told so that the People are not forgotten.

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

Makwa is lumbering and slow to act. When the time comes for a fast decision that must be made, he lingers. The ponderous nature makes changing to mew circumstances trying.

Your character has a specific skill set, a list of Active and Knowledge skills that define what she knows and her areas of expertise. How did she come to learn those skills, and how did she develop them to those levels?

Most of Makwa's skills and knowledge were imprinted onto him when he became one with the Great Bear. His nature was lifted up to think as people think, and thoughts were placed within him. As he served the People, the elders of the tribe taught Makwa the names of the ancestors and the totems.

If you have an Awakened or technomancer character, consider your character’s tradition and streams. Even within the major established magical traditions and the recently emerged technomantic streams, there is room for personalization. Ask yourself what drew her to that particular paradigm, how does it effect the way she views the world and her magic, how does it translate into choice of mentor spirit or paragon, and how does it affect the appearance of the spirits or sprites you conjure or compile?

Makwa is a guardian for his people and knows the secret names of ancient beings. He cannot summon spirits or work great magicks, but he can Call the ancestors and they will guide him.

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?

Makwa remembers his failing. The smell of rotting flesh mixed with blood and bowels. He remembers the crows pecking at the glossy eyes of children. The feathers and their cawing, as they flew away only to land back when he turned his wrath at the next.

People tend to attach sentimental value to items in their possession or people they are close to. They make an effort 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 important to him?

A necklace of river stones on a cord of leather. The stones were given to him, each by one of the children in the People on the day they first hunted. Each stone carries the weight of those memories and a drop of blood from the animals they killed.

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 effects his personality. What does your character look like, and what inspired his choices?

He dresses as a traditionalist, one of the People. Makwa is most comfortable walking barefoot, but will wear soft mocassins when needed.

Everyone has a name, but a runner’s street name is a representation of his connection to the shadows. Sometimes runners choose their own moniker, but more often 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?

Makwa doesn't have a street name yet. The name Makwa translates to Bear in Algonquian.

1) We are shaped by our heritage. Facial features, skin tone, height, build, metatype, even aptitudes are influenced 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 her parents, and what did she inherit from them?

Boots is a Free Spirit, formerly the Ally Spirit of Beatrix Flynn. He (and Beatrix) think/thought of Boots as the spiritual reincarnation of the stray dog she had as a child. The original Boots was killed protecting Beatrix from an angry street gang, which was the traumatic incident that caused her to Awaken.

Beatrix and her brother Sean are Fomori of Irish Traveler heritage who were orphaned at a young age. They grew up on the streets, and turned to crime (and, eventually, shadowrunning) as a means to survive. Even in the shadows, Travelers are still the object of a significant amount of prejudice in Tir na Nog, and they eventually left for America after they, as Sean put it, “pissed off a few dandelion-eaters too many.”

Boots’ home on the metaplanes is Alfheim, the faerie world from which familiar spirits come, where he belonged to the Wild Hunt before being called by Beatrix.

2) Parents can be proud of their children or regret ever bringing them into the world. Some are loving, and some are indifferent. 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?

Boots doesn’t have “parents,” per se, but the core value of the Flynn’s is loyalty - especially to one’s family - which Boots exemplifies. Beatrix would probably be glad that Boots stayed around to protect Sean.

3) Many people remember certain historical events for the rest of their lives. For those alive in the first 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 attack of 11 September 2001. People remember where they were, and what they were doing when they first heard of these events. Shadowrun history has significant events as well, such as the assassination of President Dunkelzahn, the Crash 2.0, and the emergence of technomancers and artifical intelligences. Pick a few events from recent Shadowrun history and ask where the character was at the time, what does he remember about about event, and what was he doing at the time?

Boots hasn’t really been in the physical plane for long enough to have seen many historical events, and didn't really care about the ones he did see.


4) Very few people choose to become shadowrunners. More likely, they are thrown into the life by a chaotic and uncaring world. Even if she made a conscious decision to enter the shadows, her decision is influenced by the world around her. How did your character get into shadowrunning, and why did she take that path?

Boots is (sort of) a shadowrunner because Beatrix was, and Beatrix was a shadowrunner because there aren’t a whole lot of other careers open to a Traveler who’s also a Fomori, especially not in Tir na Nog.


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 personally pleasing. What is your character's living space like, and what has he added or changed to make it his own?

Boots “sleeps” at the foot of Beatrix’s bed, still. Although he doesn’t actually need to rest, he finds the area comforting on the astral.


6) Everyone has beliefs, and many 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 her convictions (if any), and why does she hold them?

Boots is archetypically canine and patterned after Beatrix’s mentor spirit Dog. He’s loyal to a fault, but will hold grudges forever if mistreated and will quickly become violent if his friends are threatened.


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

Boots is unwilling to forgive and forget. Anyone who gets on his bad side is an enemy for life, even if they don't truly deserve it.


The 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. These transnationals exert a lot of influence 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?

Boots has more respect for Saeder-Krupp and Ares, because they have actual people as their public faces. They “feel” more like feudal kingdoms than faceless organizations, which makes more sense to Boots’ way of thinking - loyalty to a person (even a figurehead) is something he understands, but loyalty to an organization is not.


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

Sean Flynn is Beatrix’s younger brother; he “inherited” Boots after Beatrix’s death. The same failed run that resulted in Beatrix’s death left Sean with severe nerve damage that relegates him to being a stay-at-home hacker - he can’t shadowrun any more, and Boots feels responsible for keeping him safe. He is astrally marked with Boots’ true name, and is also in a Dream Pact with Boots.

Rourke is a paracritter trainer that Sean, Beatrix, and Boots met after they sold him a number of chimeric animals they “liberated” during a shadowrun. He also helps care for the chimeric dogs the Flynn’s kept as vessels for Boots.

Elinee was Beatrix’s mentor, and helped her summon Boots. Elinee is the coven leader of the magical group Beatrix belonged to, the Sisterhood of the Null Moon.

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

Boots will happily engage in normal canine activities, albeit a bit oddly since he’s a spirit. He might chase Watcher Spirits, possess a stray dog and chase stray cats or cars, or manifest and start barking at other dogs.


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

All of Boots’ skills are “innate,” rather than learned, as a recently-freed Spirit.


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 she takes, and in what shadow work would she refuse to engage?

Boots has a very different sense of morality than most metahumans. He won’t betray or abandon a friend under any circumstances, and considers jobs that involve treachery very questionable. He also will not associate with Twisted or Toxic magicians or spirits. However, he has no problem with acts that many metahumans would find morally questionable, like murder for hire.

13) If you have an Awakened or technomancer character, consider your character’s tradition and streams. Even within the major established magical traditions and the recently emerged technomantic streams, there is room for personalization. Ask yourself what drew her to that particular paradigm, how does it effect the way she views the world and her magic, how does it translate into choice of mentor spirit or paragon, and how does it affect the appearance of the spirits or sprites you conjure or compile?

Boots belongs to the Hedge Witchcraft tradition, and sees himself as a familiar spirit - a sort of spiritual guide and protector.

14) While acceptance and bias vary from place to place, augmentations— 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 she has, how were they paid for, and what motivated the choices she made (if she did make the choices)?

Boots isn’t (and, as a spirit, can’t be) augmented.

15) Life as a shadowrunner is by definition outside the bounds of “normal” life. Shadowrunners do not truly fit 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?

Boots doesn’t care one way or another - for him, it’s not about the “normal world” versus the shadows - it’s his family, then his friends, then everyone else.

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?

Boots’ worst memory is Beatrix’s death, and his worst fear is Sean being killed as well.

17) People tend to attach sentimental value to items in their possession or people they are close to. They make an effort 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 important to him?

Boots is attached to Sean Flynn - see #9.

18) One of metahumanity’s greatest assets is its ability to look toward 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?

According to Boots’ memories of being a mortal dog (which might or might not really be “his,” depending on how you look at it), he didn’t have ambitions in a human sense - he just wanted to protect his “pack” (Beatrix and Sean), and be safe, warm, and well-fed.

Now, Boots’ goals are to protect Sean, find out who was responsible for Beatrix’s death, and exact terrible vengeance.


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 effects his personality. What does your character look like, and what inspired his choices?

Boots looks like the stray dog Beatrix had as a street child back in Tir na Nog, and thus his astral form and manifestation look like a mongrel with shaggy grey-brown fur, except for patches of solid black on his paws.

20) Everyone has a name, but a runner’s street name is a representation of his connection to the shadows. Sometimes runners choose their own moniker, but more often 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?

Boots’ name comes from the distinctive black patches on his paws, which look sort of like he has boots.