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<small>I should like to find a place where I am safe and warm and it is quiet next.</small> | <small>I should like to find a place where I am safe and warm and it is quiet next.</small> | ||
== | ==History== | ||
== Narrative Significant Qualities == | == Narrative Significant Qualities == | ||
===Positive=== | ===Positive=== | ||
A '''''Beast''''' of the Sea's Making (Codeslinger: Data Spike, Instinctive Hack): Caliban must strangle it, choke the life out of it, choke the light out of it, cut the serpents head, strip the tree's branches, cage the sprinter, mask the fool | |||
Prodigal Fool (College Education, Speed Reader, Trust Data Not Lore): Caliban knows the shape of the sea, has been steeped in its lies since even before the waves too them away. Caliban remembers the beach and the sea washed away everything else that was not its brilliant blue. | |||
It Yet Lives (Lucky, Paragon: The Soldier): The Sea spared Caliban and Caliban still can make out its detestable whispers, honeyed words spit from fat lips. Ugly words that would make Caliban tear at the world's shell to silence them. | |||
===Negative=== | ===Negative=== | ||
Ḓ̴̔ȇ̸̫c̵̹̄ͅa̸̱̅͂y̶̟͝i̸̲͂n̴̥͝g̸̢̐ ̸̨̞̃́D̶̰͋̆ͅï̸̪s̸̲̍s̷̟̟̾͊o̶̻͗̒n̸̙̍ả̷͉͗ń̴̠c̵̩̖͐e̴̳̾ - I brought that piece back with me and I am that piece that I brought back with me and I would make it my sword and shield and I would cut them with it and I would hide myself with it and I would be made safe by it. I would sing the songs I learned upon that brook but you would not delight in them as I do not delight in them. I would dance the dance of that beach and you would cry and tear at your eyes and face and beg the monster to quiet. Tearing off a bandage always hurts but it needs to be done. It needs to be done. | |||
Albinism - I am soft-bellied and the sun detests my meager form. | |||
don'tlookatmedon'tlookatmedon'tlook (Bad Rep, Impassive, Poor Self Control: Remain Out of Sight of Observable Cameras) - They know what I am they know my speech is faltering and slow they know what I have seen I cannot keep it from them they whisper out rancid songs sung across decaying music halls amidst floorboards swarming with termites and they have the audacity to balk when I shun their putrid chorus go away go away from me | |||
Records on File (Cross Applied Technologies) - I am folded into lines of code and swallowed by the beast that wears the skin of my fellows that devoured them whole and so many others to live I do not live the shadow within the beast is not me | |||
==Run History== | ==Run History== | ||
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File:The Flesh of Caliban.jpg|Caliban's Meager, | File:The Flesh of Caliban.jpg|Caliban's Meager, Fleshly Countenance | ||
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[[Category:Player Characters]] | [[Category:Player Characters]] | ||
Revision as of 16:15, 1 May 2024
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| Discord | @sleevey. |
| [1] | |
| Metatype | m̶o̶n̶s̶t̶e̶r̶Elfm̶o̶n̶s̶t̶e̶r̶M̶O̶N̶S̶T̶E̶R̶ |
| Street Cred | EntryIncomplete |
| Notoriety | Two. |
| Public Awareness | 0 |
| Titles and Awards | Creature, Fiend, Wretch, Devil, Monster |
| CDP | 20 |
| D.O.B. | Unknown |
| Age | 21 |
| Folder | [Drive URL Link] |
| Priority | Metatype - B Attributes - B Magic/Resonance - A Skills - E Resources - E |
Character Information
Caliban
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So I summoned Caliban. She was
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤsquat and ugly
Sometimes she cried. Sometimes
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤshe lied.
She was so sly and sometimes
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤso forthright she disgusted me.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ"Come, little Caliban,
I take you by the hand
ㅤㅤㅤWe will walk upon the sand to the bright, blue sea."
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤBut she knew
As we walked towards the cliff what fate I had in mind
And broke from me
ㅤㅤㅤAnd so, we run across the sand;
The little murderer
chased by monstrous me
trying to save herself
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤand me from me.
Summary?
I am Caliban. The matrix's cruel branches are my plaything and prison, for I know their every cruel song. Resonance and Dissonance. Teakettles and Brandy. Raincoats and Soft, Soft Skin. I would exact my vengeance upon this canvas that has wronged me.
Goals
If there is a God of the matrix, I would like to see him dying.
Let me comprehend whatever thing ripped the veil from my eyes so that they may be judged.
I should like to find a place where I am safe and warm and it is quiet next.
History
Narrative Significant Qualities
Positive
A Beast of the Sea's Making (Codeslinger: Data Spike, Instinctive Hack): Caliban must strangle it, choke the life out of it, choke the light out of it, cut the serpents head, strip the tree's branches, cage the sprinter, mask the fool
Prodigal Fool (College Education, Speed Reader, Trust Data Not Lore): Caliban knows the shape of the sea, has been steeped in its lies since even before the waves too them away. Caliban remembers the beach and the sea washed away everything else that was not its brilliant blue.
It Yet Lives (Lucky, Paragon: The Soldier): The Sea spared Caliban and Caliban still can make out its detestable whispers, honeyed words spit from fat lips. Ugly words that would make Caliban tear at the world's shell to silence them.
Negative
Ḓ̴̔ȇ̸̫c̵̹̄ͅa̸̱̅͂y̶̟͝i̸̲͂n̴̥͝g̸̢̐ ̸̨̞̃́D̶̰͋̆ͅï̸̪s̸̲̍s̷̟̟̾͊o̶̻͗̒n̸̙̍ả̷͉͗ń̴̠c̵̩̖͐e̴̳̾ - I brought that piece back with me and I am that piece that I brought back with me and I would make it my sword and shield and I would cut them with it and I would hide myself with it and I would be made safe by it. I would sing the songs I learned upon that brook but you would not delight in them as I do not delight in them. I would dance the dance of that beach and you would cry and tear at your eyes and face and beg the monster to quiet. Tearing off a bandage always hurts but it needs to be done. It needs to be done.
Albinism - I am soft-bellied and the sun detests my meager form.
don'tlookatmedon'tlookatmedon'tlook (Bad Rep, Impassive, Poor Self Control: Remain Out of Sight of Observable Cameras) - They know what I am they know my speech is faltering and slow they know what I have seen I cannot keep it from them they whisper out rancid songs sung across decaying music halls amidst floorboards swarming with termites and they have the audacity to balk when I shun their putrid chorus go away go away from me
Records on File (Cross Applied Technologies) - I am folded into lines of code and swallowed by the beast that wears the skin of my fellows that devoured them whole and so many others to live I do not live the shadow within the beast is not me
Run History
| Name | GM | Metaplot | Threat | Date of Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Quite a Slasher... | PeepTheDictator | Deadly | 21 September 2085 | |
| Into the Light of a Dark, Black Night | Sarcarian | Deadly | 4 September 2085 | |
| Is this brat? | Dawnfire | Medium | 27 August 2085 | |
| 300% Casualty Rate | Asmodeus | Medium | 9 August 2085 | |
| Hopquest | LHOG | Extreme | 7 August 2085 | |
| Cali-Sam | LHOG | 1 August 2085 | ||
| Better Living Through Chemistry | Sarcarian | Deadly | 22 June 2085 | |
| School Days | Tyneman | Low | 10 June 2085 | |
| The Everlasting Gaze | Sarcarian | Medium | 19 May 2085 | |
| Battle Not With Monsters | jit | The Name of Heaven | High | 18 May 2085 |
Affiliations
Contacts
| Contact | Connection | Loyalty | Archetype | Profession | Aspects | Chips |
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Organizations
Allies
Enemies
In Character Information
Symbols and Signatures
Matrix Search Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | Caliban is the name of the half-human monster in Shakespeare's play, the tempest. It is an ugly, misshapen monster filled with nothing but hate and vitriol. You can find an number of articles picking into the significance of the character from various angles and in different contexts. It is also the name given to an expensive commlink produced by Fairlight, keeping with their fantastical naming conventions |
| 3 | A quote sticks out to you, by one Russell Hoban, an American fiction writer. "Caliban is one of the hungry ideas, he's always looking for someone to word him into being ... Caliban is a necessary idea." Hungry. Necessary. Where has Caliban gone? |
| 6 | You have found Caliban. Whispers of an ugly, misshapen beast clambering across the matrix. It is a violent and ugly thing and those that venture too close will hear its mad ramblings. Ramblings about a beach and its trees and a brook and the mad ocean. Stay away from Caliban. |
Shadow Community Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 3 | |
| 5 |
Assensing Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 |
SINs
Appearance
Clothing
Matrix Persona
Character Plot Hooks
Here are characteristics of the character that GMs may take advantage of to add complications to runs, or to otherwise use when in use. If you want to use them in unrelated to runs, please ask first.
| Aspect | Information | Related Run(s) |
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| Aspect 5 |
Gallery
Caliban's Meager, Fleshly Countenance
