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==Background==

[[Cobra]]'s second Amnesia run

==Meet==

Ashe met with Cobra at her noodle shop, Noodle's Noodles in Northern Bellevue, to share her recent findings regarding Cobra's memories.

==Run==

While closing her noodle shop, Cobra experiences a flashback of a war zone, with herself and her unit under sniper fire. Ashe arrives at the noodle shop in time to see Cobra recovering from her experience. Ashe presented Cobra with the memorial MeFeed account she had found while searching for information about the Sensei seen in one of Cobra's previous visions, as well as the information that the vision had taken place in Toronto. Upon hearing this, and seeing the news of her recent death, Cobra experienced flashbacks revealing glimpses of time spent with the woman and her significance to Cobra, as well as a flashback of Cobra attending her Sensei's funeral and her foster parents not showing proper respect to the deceased. After this vision passed, Ashe told Cobra that she had also learned which HTR unit she had been affiliated with, Raven Security Ltd. This triggered another flashback for Cobra, who remembered more of her time spent with the unit, and its leader, Julian Lynch, who used to be her lover. A quick matrix search for Julian Lynch revealed him to be an Ares citizen and former member or Knight Errant HTR. He left KE a few years ago, and died 10 months ago. This information triggered Cobra's final flashback, in which she saw herself in another combat zone, being dragged away from Julian's body as a mana storm churned in the distance.

==Aftermath==

Cobra unlocked more of her memories, gaining new insight into her past and discovering more potential leads, and Ashe grows concerned for Cobra.

==Rewards==

* [[Cobra]] 6 Karma
* [[Ashe]] 6 Karma

'''AAR:'''

Ashe:

After her run in with Cobra at the Daze, where Cobra showed her recent visions and flashbacks of her lost memory, Ashe had been researching every lead she could find, Oracle's voice ever in the back of her mind. She was able to discover the identity of the Sensei from one vision, as well as her fate and the city she lived in. She was also able to discover the company that fielded the armor Cobra had seen herself wearing in another flashback.

Ashe decided to deliver the news to Cobra in person, driving to her noodle shop before opening. As Ashe got out of the car, a self satisfied look on her face, Ashe saw Cobra hurry out of her shop in a panic, shouting 'Grenade!' Ashe took cover behind her car and looked around trying to find the grenade. After several seconds without a detonation, Ashe emerged to find Cobra looking confused and embarrassed while a crowd jeered at her. Ashe caught up with Cobra as she began slithering towards her own car. After determining that Cobra was okay and that there was no threat, Ashe told Cobra that she had found information about Cobra's memories, and Cobra invited her inside.

Ashe showed Cobra the MeFeed account of Yoshino Aratini, the Sensei that Cobra had sparred with in one of her visions. The account had been turned into a memorial as of Ms. Aratani's death five years ago. Upon seeing the account, and the description of her funeral, Cobra's expression went placid. Ashe was unsure what was happening until she heard Cobra mutter 'Don't they have any respect?!' in a sharp tone under her breath. Ashe scanned the MeFeed account again, she hadn't seen anything disrespectful, had she said something that offended Cobra? She asked Cobra what she meant, and Cobra seemed startled, as if roused from a dream. Ashe listened as Cobra described a fresh vision, first a series of glimpses of the time Cobra spent with Ms. Aratani, and then a vision of Cobra attending her funeral. From the description Cobra provided, Ashe got the impression that she was a kind, caring woman. During her vision of the funeral, Cobra saw her foster parents, who were showing disrespect to the deceased. Ashe put a hand on Cobra's shoulder and expressed her sympathies, as well as making note that Cobra attending that funeral definitively placed her in Toronto five years ago.

After a while, Ashe told Cobra that she had also identified the HTR company Cobra had worked for. The colors on the uniform she had seen were unique to a small, CAS based security company called Raven Security Ltd. As Ashe described the company, including their last job, Cobra suddenly objected without knowing why, insisting that it had not been the company's final assignment. Cobra suddenly developed a headache, and Ashe went to the noodle shop's kitchen to make some tea for Cobra. When Ashe returned, Cobra looked as if she were in another dream. Once roused from it, Cobra asked if Ashe could find more information about a member of Raven Security Ltd. named Julian Lynch.

After a quick matrix search following up on the matrix sites and data she'd previously found on the company, Ashe discovered that he was a former KE HTR member who left after two years. Ashe presumed he left to found Raven Security Ltd. She also discovered that he had died 10 months ago, in the Salish Sidhe Council, though no record of a conflict could be found. As Ashe relayed her findings, she saw Cobra enter another vision, this time flailing about violently. Ashe immediately tried to restrain Cobra to prevent her from hurting herself. It took all of Ashe's strength just to hold on and keep her steady. Ashe ducked as Cobra's tail flicked out and sent a table clattering across the floor. Eventually, Cobra returned to her senses, and described a vision of Julian's death, a comrade dragging a wounded Cobra away from his body, and a mana storm churning in the distance.

[[Category:Runs]]

2017-12-29T00:44:44Z

Mahrab:

Mei

2017-12-28T23:42:26Z

Mahrab:

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|data16 = Relationship (A Wuxing affiliated Triad lieutenant she does business with)
|label17 = Faction
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==Overview==
Mei was born and raised in Guanzhou (Canton), as a corporate citizen of Wuxing, Inc. She quickly became a shrewd businesswoman and a cunning negotiator, furthering these talents after her awakening as an adept. She found her way into Wuxing's talismongering division and, with Wuxing's tacit consent, made contact with Triad elements in Vietnam to establish a talislegging operation through the lawless Guangxi region. For a while, things went well, and the operation ran a healthy profit. Recently, however, Mei had a sudden and unexpected falling out with her contacts in Vietnam. Mei never learned the true cause of this, but suspects interference from the Red Dragon Triad in Guangzhou, souring relations to sabotage an operation benefitting Wuxing and their allied Triads. About year ago, a routine security sweep of all the vehicles in the parking garage revealed that her car had been fitted with a bomb, one showing signs of Triad handiwork. About a month later, while walking home from a night out, Mei was attacked in an alley, her arm broken along with other injuries before her attacker fled, the sound of KE sirens drawing near. Her assailant hadn't bothered trying to take anything. The message was clear, she needed to leave the Canton Confederation. She looked to Seattle, where the Red Dragon had recently been expelled, and requested a transfer. She now works for the Seattle division of Wuxing as a talismonger, and runs a new talislegging operation with the Wuxing affiliated Triads.

==Key Dice Pools==
* Negotiation 8 (Ranks) + 7 (Charisma) + 2 (Cool Resolve) + 2 (Modified Suit) + 1 (Black Panther) + 4 (Swag, Magical Goods): 24 [11]

* Pistols (Semi-Automatics) 4 (Ranks) + 2 (Specialization) + 6 (Agility) + 1 (Holographic Sight): 13 [6]

* Etiquette 4 (Ranks) + 7 (Charisma) + 2 (Cool Resolve) + 2 (Modified Suit) + 1 (Black Panther): 16 [11]

==Stat Block==

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|-
! !!B!! A !! R !! S !! C !! I !! L !! W !! Ess !! Edge !! Mag
|-
|
| 2
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 8
| 3
| 3
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 5
|-
| colspan="1" |Condition Monitor
| colspan="10" | 11/9
|-
| colspan="1" |Limits
| colspan="10" | Physical 3, Mental 5, Social 9/11
|-
| colspan="1" |Initiative
| colspan="10" | 6 + 1d6
|-
| colspan="1" |Skill Ranks (Not Dicepools)
| colspan="10" |
Assensing (Aura Reading): 4(6),
Con: 2,
Etiquette: 4,
Pistols (semi-automatics): 4(6),
Negotiation: 8
|-
| colspan="1" |Knowledge Skill Ranks (Not Dicepools)
| colspan="10" |
Cantonese: N,
English: 6,
Vietnamese: 6,
Magical Theory (Geomancy): 4(6),
Corporate - Wuxing: 4,
Corporate Rumors: 4,
Smuggling(Talislegging): 4(6)
|-
| colspan="1" |Adept Powers
| colspan="10" |Astral Perception, Attribute Boost (AGI) 2, Combat Sense, Cool Resolve 2, Mystic Armor 2
|-
| colspan="1" |Gear
| colspan="10" | Berwick Suit, Argentum Coat, Black Panther (5 applications), Hyundai Shin-Hyung
|-
| colspan="1" |Weapons
| colspan="10" | Colt Manhunter, Concealed Holster
|-

|}

==Network==
===Player Characters with this Contact===

None so Far

===NPC who know this contact===
[[Category:Contacts]]
[[Category:Public Contacts]]

__SHOWFACTBOX__

Mei

2017-12-28T23:21:39Z

Mahrab:

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|data15 = Entertainment (A stiff drink and a game of dominoes)
|label16 = Personal Life
|data16 = Relationship(A Wuxing affiliated Triad lieutenant she does business with)
|label17 = Faction
|data17 = [[Faction::Wuxing]]

}}

==Overview==
Mei was born and raised in Guanzhou (Canton), as a corporate citizen of Wuxing, Inc. She quickly became a shrewd businesswoman and a cunning negotiator, furthering these talents after her awakening as an adept. She found her way into Wuxing's talismongering division and, with Wuxing's tacit consent, made contact with Triad elements in Vietnam to establish a talislegging operation through the lawless Guangxi region. For a while, things went well, and the operation ran a healthy profit. Recently, however, Mei had a sudden and unexpected falling out with her contacts in Vietnam. Mei never learned the true cause of this, but suspects interference from the Red Dragon Triad in Guangzhou, souring relations to sabotage an operation benefitting Wuxing and their allied Triads. About year ago, a routine security sweep of all the vehicles in the parking garage revealed that her car had been fitted with a bomb, one showing signs of Triad handiwork. About a month later, while walking home from a night out, Mei was attacked in an alley, her arm broken along with other injuries before her attacker fled, the sound of KE sirens drawing near. Her assailant hadn't bothered trying to take anything. The message was clear, she needed to leave the Canton Confederation. She looked to Seattle, where the Red Dragon had recently been expelled, and requested a transfer. She now works for the Seattle division of Wuxing as a talismonger, and runs a new talislegging operation with the Wuxing affiliated Triads.

==Key Dice Pools==
* Negotiation 8 (Ranks) + 7 (Charisma) + 2 (Cool Resolve) + 2 (Modified Suit) + 1 (Black Panther) + 4 (Swag, Magical Goods): 24 [11]

* Pistols (Semi-Automatics) 4 (Ranks) + 2 (Specialization) + 6 (Agility) + 1 (Holographic Sight): 13 [6]

* Etiquette 4 (Ranks) + 7 (Charisma) + 2 (Cool Resolve) + 2 (Modified Suit) + 1 (Black Panther): 16 [11]

==Stat Block==

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|-
! !!B!! A !! R !! S !! C !! I !! L !! W !! Ess !! Edge !! Mag
|-
|
| 2
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 8
| 3
| 3
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 5
|-
| colspan="1" |Condition Monitor
| colspan="10" | 11/9
|-
| colspan="1" |Limits
| colspan="10" | Physical 3, Mental 5, Social 9/11
|-
| colspan="1" |Initiative
| colspan="10" | 6 + 1d6
|-
| colspan="1" |Skill Ranks (Not Dicepools)
| colspan="10" |
Assensing (Aura Reading): 4(6),
Con: 2,
Etiquette: 4,
Pistols (semi-automatics): 4(6),
Negotiation: 8
|-
| colspan="1" |Knowledge Skill Ranks (Not Dicepools)
| colspan="10" |
Cantonese: N,
English: 6,
Vietnamese: 6,
Magical Theory (Geomancy): 4(6),
Corporate - Wuxing: 4,
Corporate Rumors: 4,
Smuggling(Talislegging): 4(6)
|-
| colspan="1" |Adept Powers
| colspan="10" |Astral Perception, Attribute Boost (AGI) 2, Combat Sense, Cool Resolve 2, Mystic Armor 2
|-
| colspan="1" |Gear
| colspan="10" | Berwick Suit, Argentum Coat, Black Panther (5 applications), Hyundai Shin-Hyung
|-
| colspan="1" |Weapons
| colspan="10" | Colt Manhunter, Concealed Holster
|-

|}

==Network==
===Player Characters with this Contact===

None so Far

===NPC who know this contact===
[[Category:Contacts]]
[[Category:Public Contacts]]

__SHOWFACTBOX__

Mei

2017-12-28T23:20:17Z

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==Overview==
Mei was born and raised in Guanzhou (Canton), as a corporate citizen of Wuxing, Inc. She quickly became a shrewd businesswoman and a cunning negotiator, furthering these talents after her awakening as an adept. She found her way into Wuxing's talismongering division and, with Wuxing's tacit consent, made contact with Triad elements in Vietnam to establish a talislegging operation through the lawless Guangxi region. For a while, things went well, and the operation ran a healthy profit. Recently, however, Mei had a sudden and unexpected falling out with her contacts in Vietnam. Mei never learned the true cause of this, but suspects interference from the Red Dragon Triad in Guangzhou, souring relations to sabotage an operation benefitting Wuxing and their allied Triads. About year ago, a routine security sweep of all the vehicles in the parking garage revealed that her car had been fitted with a bomb, one showing signs of Triad handiwork. About a month later, while walking home from a night out, Mei was attacked in an alley, her arm broken along with other injuries before her attacker fled, the sound of KE sirens drawing near. Her assailant hadn't bothered trying to take anything. The message was clear, she needed to leave the Canton Confederation. She looked to Seattle, where the Red Dragon had recently been expelled, and requested a transfer. She now works for the Seattle division of Wuxing as a talismonger, and runs a new talislegging operation with the Wuxing affiliated Triads.

==Key Dice Pools==
* Negotiation 8 (Ranks) + 7 (Charisma) + 2 (Cool Resolve) + 2 (Modified Suit) + 1 (Black Panther) + 4 (Swag, Magical Goods): 24 [11]

* Pistols (Semi-Automatics) 4 (Ranks) + 2 (Specialization) + 6 (Agility) + 1 (Holographic Sight): 13 [6]

* Etiquette 4 (Ranks) + 7 (Charisma) + 2 (Cool Resolve) + 2 (Modified Suit) + 1 (Black Panther): 16 [11]

==Stat Block==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! !!B!! A !! R !! S !! C !! I !! L !! W !! Ess !! Edge !! Mag
|-
|
| 2
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 8
| 3
| 3
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 5
|-
| colspan="1" |Condition Monitor
| colspan="10" | 11/9
|-
| colspan="1" |Limits
| colspan="10" | Physical 3, Mental 5, Social 9/11
|-
| colspan="1" |Initiative
| colspan="10" | 6 + 1d6
|-
| colspan="1" |Skill Ranks (Not Dicepools)
| colspan="10" |
Assensing (Aura Reading): 4(6),
Con: 2,
Etiquette: 4,
Pistols (semi-automatics): 4(6),
Negotiation: 8
|-
| colspan="1" |Knowledge Skill Ranks (Not Dicepools)
| colspan="10" |
Cantonese: N,
English: 6,
Vietnamese: 6,
Magical Theory (Geomancy): 4(6),
Corporate - Wuxing: 4,
Corporate Rumors: 4,
Smuggling(Talislegging): 4(6)
|-
| colspan="1" |Adept Powers
| colspan="10" |Astral Perception,
Attribute Boost (AGI) 2,
Combat Sense,
Cool Resolve 2,
Mystic Armor 2
|-
| colspan="1" |Gear
| colspan="10" | Berwick Suit, Argentum Coat, Black Panther (5 applications), Hyundai Shin-Hyung
|-
| colspan="1" |Weapons
| colspan="10" | Colt Manhunter, Concealed Holster
|-

|}

==Network==
===Player Characters with this Contact===

None so Far

===NPC who know this contact===
[[Category:Contacts]]
[[Category:Public Contacts]]

__SHOWFACTBOX__

2017-12-27T06:48:38Z

Mahrab:

{{Infobox
|title = Ashe
|image= [[File:A3.png]]
|header1= Archetype
|header2= Markswoman/Infiltrator
|header3=
|header4=
|label5 = Player
|data5 = Clayton [https://www.reddit.com/user/mahrab]
|label6= Metatype
|data6 = Elf
|label7 = Street Cred
|data7= 3
|label8 = Notoriety
|data8 = 0
|label9 = Public Awareness
|data9= 0
|label10 = Titles and Awards
|data10 = 0
|label13 = D.O.B.
|data13 = May 19th 2052
|label14 = Folder
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|label16 = Priority
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}}

=Character Information=

===Summary===
A sneaky, shooty infiltrator adept with a dark past as an Ares assassin. Ashe found herself unknowingly attached to the periphery of Ares' program to weaponize insect spirits, in a... problem solving capacity. She faked her death and escaped Ares after learning the truth, and now finds herself in the shadows of Seattle. Her specialties are infiltration and combat.

===Goals===
* Build a new life for herself in the shadows of Seattle
* Escape her past with Ares

== Narratively Significant Qualities ==
* Bilingual - Ashe is Chinese-American, and grew up speaking both English and Cantonese.
* Mentor Spirit (Oracle) - Ashe has been visited by Oracle in her dreams since shortly after awakening as an adept. Oracle provided guidance when Ashe struggled to learn her new powers early on, and pushed Ashe to learn the truth of her last assignment with Ares, which resulted in her fall to the shadows.
* Big Regret - Ashe is a former Ares black ops agent, who was an unwitting part of Ares' project to weaponize insect spirits.
* Creature of Comfort (Middle) - Part of how Ashe has coped with her fall from corporate grace is by surrounding herself with the material comforts she grew up with. A middle class environment is the lowest level that will not serve as a jarring reminder of how she's fallen.
* Phobia (Bees/Wasps) - During one of the specimen collection missions Ashe was attached to, she was attacked and nearly killed by a wasp spirit - impaled through the abdomen by a pure form's stinger.

==Run History==
* Polling Places - 11/17/2017
* The Hunter and the Hunted - 12/3/2017
* Pyro [Semi-Prime] - 12/17/2017
* A Growing Concern - 12/23/2017

==Affiliations==
None

===Contacts===
* [[Madame Butterfly]] - Connection 4, Loyalty 3 - Fixer
* [[Tiffany Biliquis]] - Connection 6, Loyalty 1 - Swag(Talislegger)
* [[Nina Gniewek]] - Connection 6, Loyalty 1 - Swag(Gun Runner)

===Organizations===
None

===Allies===
None

===Enemies===
None

=In Character Information=
'''Backstory:'''

In 2018, when The Peoples' Republic of China dissolved, and tensions rose to a boiling point between the Canton Confederation and its new neighbors, an Ares scientist named Chiu Huiling requested and received a transfer to the UCAS. She was transferred to an Ares facility in Denver to work on a project, and while there raised a daughter named Ling Chiu. She went on to become a mid-level executive at Ares' Denver division, and raise a daughter of her own, Hana Chiu.

Hana grew up in Denver as a proud, born and raised Ares corporate citizen, going to school in the Ares education system. It was during early high school that her life took its first major turn. During a routine screening, Ashe tested positive for awakened talent, and her education was diverted to a special program to cultivate her abilities. She struggled to use her powers, initially, the techniques her instructors taught her didn't seem to work for her. Eventually, a voice came to her in her dreams, suggesting new approaches and techniques to unlock her abilities. These suggestions were phrased in the form of questions for Hana to puzzle out, and only offered partial solutions, but each one brought her closer. Eventually, with Oracle's guidance, Ashe came to master her powers. Upon demonstrating her successful mastery of her first adept power for her instructors, she found her vision shifting, with strange new colors and perceptions entering her awareness. As she realized that her perception had shifted to the astral plane, she saw the astral form of a woman wearing a plain white dress and a purple veil, standing behind that of her instructor. The astral form of Oracle removed her veil and disappeared with a smile, leaving Hana with the gift of astral sight.

During her magical training, a talent assessment revealed that Hana would be well suited to covert ops work. After graduation at age 18, her life took its second major turn as Hana was assigned to a covert ops training program and quickly found herself working as a junior black ops operative. After a few years of successful black ops assignments, Hana found herself unknowingly attached to the periphery of Ares' program to weaponize insect spirits. Her role was primarily to eliminate those outside the company who might discover the program, and to clean up witnesses to the tests. Occasionally, however, she was also assigned as an auxiliary to units sent to capture insect shamans or insect spirits. Initially, Ashe was unaware of the true nature of her assignment, believing the story she had been given that it was an effort to develop weapons to better fight insect spirits. She believed what Ares told her when they said that her targets were threats to and enemies of the company, and believed that the assignments to capture insect spirits and insect shamans were intended to capture subjects for study and weapon testing.

Over time, however, details didn't add up, and Oracle constantly pushed her to investigate why. She couldn't resist Oracle's urging forever. A surprising number of her targets had been journalists, more than had been the case on other projects, and one of the subject collection assignments she had been attached to involved an ambush by a cabal of spider shamans. Spider shamans hated insect spirits, and should have had no reason to obstruct a project aimed killing them. There was also the fact that the majority of the specimen collection missions targeted shamans rather than spirits. It seemed like the spirits themselves would make better test subjects, unless... Ares was using the shamans to summon spirits to test weapons on? The thought of Ares giving human sacrifices to insect shamans to practice their craft was revolting, but Ashe suppressed her misgivings. Ares was making the world a safer place, and if they had to resort to uncomfortable means to achieve that end, so be it.

Further investigation revealed that several personnel on the project who had been transferred away to undisclosed assignments, including individuals Ashe had known, had actually been transferred to something called the 'Special Assignment Battalion", which, to Ashe's surprise, was attached to the project. Why did they need to create a special assignments battalion when they already had special operations personnel, including Ashe, assigned to the project? As she investigated further, what little she could learn about the SABs assignments seemed to reveal that they had little to do with the goals of the project. It seemed as though they were being used as a general purpose special operations unit, rather than a special operations unit attached to a project.

Answers came when Ashe received another assassination assignment, another enemy of the company, with less explanation than usual. Ashe hadn't even left the briefing room before feeling the familiar tug of Oracle at the back of her mind, pushing her to ask why. After terminating her mark, she was able to search his commlink and find documentation confirming that he had been an Ares employee, a Sys-Op attached to the project who had grown inquisitive. His commlink also contained a list of those transferred to the Special Assignments Battalion. Ashe was shocked and disgusted to see the names of several of the insect shamans she had helped capture listed as members of the battalion. Her horror grew as other documents revealed records of Ares allowing those same shamans to invest the operatives assigned to the special assignments battalion with insect spirits. There were notes documenting observations of the investment process, and the "success" or "failure" of those processes. She even found a roster of the membership of the special assignments battalion, detailing what type of insect spirit each member had been invested with, including those she had once called friends. It was here that her life took its last major turn. She couldn't go back after seeing those documents. How long would it be before she received her own transfer to the SAB? What would they do if they learned she had browsed those documents? Hana destroyed the commlink as her mission required, and made contact with a notorious gang operating nearby, one that had a reputation for executing its enemies in cruel and unusual ways. She stuck a deal with them to stage an execution: immolation by white phosphorus, a method sufficient to destroy any evidence of the deception. Hana stole a body from a morgue, a female Asian elf about her height and weight, and met her new 'friends' for the transaction. As she watched her old life go up in flames, she decided what her new name would be: Ashe.

Ashe fled to Seattle to start a new life as a shadowrunner, the only career her sill set and need to fly below the legal radar lent themselves to. She made contact with a woman named Tiffany Biliquis. Ashe needed to sell off a few pieces of high end gear that would raise too much attention for a new shadowrunner, and it just so happened that Tiffany was looking to buy a few of those pieces for some of her clients. They met at the Butterfly Effect, with Tiffany booking Ashe as a guest at the club, and negotiated the deal. Ashe wasn't in a position to drive a hard bargain with Tiffany, and she knew it; that was probably the reason Tiffany was interested in buying from Ashe instead of her usual suppliers, Ashe sold the equipment to Tiffany at a sweetheart price, pending inspection of the goods, and agreed to provide security on one of her more dangerous shopping trips, in exchange for a place on Tiffany's contact list and the information that the proprietor of The Butterfly Effect, Madame Butterfly, was a fixer with very particular requirements for runners who wished to be considered, and the information she would need to find the host. Ashe made contact with a local decker named Bishop. The stark white, tuxedo clad matrix avatar agreed to put Ashe on the host's invite list. Wishing to prove herself personally as well, Ashe procured a bottle of fine bourbon and a box of fine dark chocolates, infiltrated Madame Butterfly's office, and left the offering on her desk with a card. She then left a note for Madame Butterfly on the host, appraising her of the gift, and requesting consideration as one of her runners.

With a fixer and a supplier in hand, Ashe acquired a small, one bedroom efficiency in the most tangled up knot of side streets and back alleys she could find in Capitol Hill, and commissioned a fake SIN, Sheila Cheng (chosen in honor of the pirate queen Ching Shih, who fought the law and won). There was no going to back to her old life now. For better or worse, she had fallen from corporate grace and into the shadows.

'''Current Events:'''

12/18/2078

After nearly dying during a run against an Ares black site, Ashe reevaluated some of her priorities in her new life, and how the people she's met fit into them. She asked her friend, Cobra, on a dinner date to the Orchid, and the two are currently seeing each other.

12/23/2078

After helping to extract a squad of ex-Firewatch personnel who were being hunted by Ares black ops forces, Mr. Johnson gave Ashe a commlink and offered her a job alongside them. He knew about her past association with Ares black ops, and offered to recruit her for that reason. Ashe declined the job offer, but can reach Mr. Johnson using that commlink if she has a change of heart. Unbeknownst to Ashe, Mr. Johnson worked for Spinrad Global.

12/24/2078

Ashe confides in Cobra that she is a former Ares black ops agent. She does not share any details about her former work, or where she is from.

==Symbols and Signatures==
* Ashe sometimes uses a stylized image of a red fox as a signature, when she does not want to leave a name.
[[File:AsheSig.png]]

==Matrix Search Table==
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==SINs==
Sheila Cheng - R4
* Licenses: Adept, Blades, Drivers. Firearms, Concealed Carry, Private Investigator
* Named in honor of the 19th century pirate queen Ching Shih, who fought the law and won in the most definitive way possible.

==Appearance==
Ashe is a young, Chinese-American, elvish woman. She is 6'0", making her a little short for an elf, and is of slender build. She typically wears her hair tied back in a ponytail, and always has a well composed and professional appearance.

[[File:Ashe_Zoe_Executiv_Suite.jpg|Ashe's favorite suit, a Zoe Executive Suite]] [[File:Ashe_Qi_Focus_Attr_Boost_AGI.jpg|Ashe's Qi Focus, depicting a phoenix]]

=== Clothing ===
Ashe dresses professionally, but still stylishly and pragmatically. Her current favorite is a Zoe Executive Suite.

Examples of her typical style can be found here. [https://www.pinterest.com/claytonbarham/ashes-general-fashion/]

Examples of her Equipment can be found here. [https://www.pinterest.com/claytonbarham/ashes-equipment/]

===Matrix Persona===
Ashe's matrix persona is an elvish woman with vulpine features, wearing an elegant red evening gown and opera gloves.

[[File:AsheMatrixAv.png]]

===Astral Form===
Ashe's astral form is a shadowy silhouette of herself, with a faint white glow about her body and a faint purple glow about her face. There appears to be something like a large bruise or scar on her astral form's abdomen.

===Tastes and Style===

Trid Genre: Mysteries, Detective Noir

Music: Classic Rock, developing an increasing appreciation for certain subsets of Punk Rock

Food: Margaritas, Chinese (especially Cantonese), Southwestern Tex Mex (especially a big burrito smothered in green chili), Country Cooking (especially chicken fried steak and sausage gravy)

Past Times: Amateur Bartending

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