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|Shortblurb1= | |Shortblurb1= <center>Ward of Dunkelzhan</center> | ||
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|Archetype= Custom(N | |Archetype= Custom(K,N,A,G) | ||
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|Location= Worldwide | |Location= Worldwide, but generally North America | ||
|Metatype= Dragon | |Metatype= Dragon | ||
|AwakenedEmergedOrMundane= Awakened | |AwakenedEmergedOrMundane= Awakened | ||
|Gender= Female | |Gender= Female | ||
|PreferredPayment= | |PreferredPayment= Varies | ||
|HobbiesOrVice= New experiences, | |HobbiesOrVice= New experiences, Shiny things | ||
|PersonalLife= | |PersonalLife= Single | ||
|Faction= Draco Foundation | |Faction= Draco Foundation | ||
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[[File:Sybaris_Dragon.jpg|frameless|right|300px|alt="Sybaris's true form"]] | |||
==Background== | |||
Sybaris is a relatively young dragon, one of the last raised and mentored by Dunkelzhan in the 4th World. Growing up in a time of turmoil and change as the magic faded from the Earth, Sybaris had to be flexible and humble, at least for a dragon. Learning all she could from those willing to spend the effort, there were none she respected as much as her mentor, her parent really, Dunkelzhan. Believing deeply in his ideals, his dream of a stronger and better world, she hung on his every word. | |||
As time passed, the cycle of worlds turned, Sybaris and her kin falling into a deep hibernation, the young dragon dreaming as the world changed around her. Finally awakening in the mid 2060's, Sybaris found her prior imaginings had failed her. Even her wildest dreams of the future couldn't compare to the reality of the Sixth World. The rise of technology and industry, of corporations, militaries and more, it was so much. Too much. But most of all, Dunkelzhan was dead. | |||
The most stable rock in her life, gone forever, taken not by time in the manner of mortals, but by a car bomb. Sybaris didn't even know what a car was. She spent several years adrift, retreating inward, trying to grapple with the strange world forced upon her. Thinking, processing, moping. | |||
Eventually, she made contact with the Draco Foundation. Even though Dunkelzhan was gone, didn't mean his dream had to be. By working with those he left behind, Sybaris could make a difference in the world, something positive, something good. Anything to keep her mind busy as she works to rebuild her life. And so, now she works. | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Sybaris | A special agent of the Draco Foundation, Sybaris leads projects looking into secrets of the past. They work to protect against threats, research countermeasures, and stop others from abusing them. At times she works with teams, in others with lone operatives, the tight need for secrecy and discretion complicating matters. Apart from her work with the Foundation, Sybaris also works to expand her personal power and resources. Compared to the stereotypical ideas of dragons, she's always been a bit behind in that. With her connections and innate power though, she's making progress as best she can. | ||
==Notes for GMs== | |||
* Interacting with Sybaris is pretty far from the stereotypical, "Dragon's eat you if you slightly inconvenience them," idea. She's generally fairly decently natured. However, she still does have some pride though, and if mocked or marginalized in a notable way, she will respond. Probably not with the eating thing though. | |||
* She's a bit depressed about Dunkelzhan, her kind-of-parent, dying. Dragon's traditionally aren't great about acknowledging or admitting stuff like that though. | |||
* Sybaris was recently gifted an artifact allowing her to take a metahuman form. She's been rather excited to try out all the 'tiny person' things, and has found quite a bit of joy exploring a new state of being. | |||
* Similarly, while this world has been strange for her, she really does enjoy learning about it, and she often spends time trying new things, exploring, and seeing what she likes. | |||
* She's relatively low in arrogance for a dragon. She's old by metahuman standards, but by dragons, she's not a big deal honestly. A mixture of quality mentorship and challenging times in the past reinforced this for her. She tries to be pragmatic about things, and not fall in the hubris trap some of her kin do. | |||
* She has aspects relating to secret knowledge, like 4th world stuff and horrors, but she won't share that with people out of the loop, unless she's the one initiating it. | |||
==Aspects Description== | ==Aspects Description== | ||
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{{ | {{PositiveAspect| | ||
|Aspect= | |Aspect=Draconic Connections | ||
|Description= | |Description= While still relatively minor in the draconic community, her position in the Draco Foundation has provided the contacts to contact more important dragons. +2 to Networking and Knowledge Tests involving other dragons, their speakers, and assorted servants. Also drakes. | ||
| | |}} | ||
{{PositiveAspect| | |||
|Aspect=Visitors from Beyond | |||
|Description= The worlds beyond hold friends and allies, but also threats beyond imagining. Sometimes both. +2 to tests involving metaplanes, spirits, and extraplanar or multiplanar organizations. | |||
|}} | |||
{{PositiveAspect| | |||
|Aspect= Arcane Steward | |||
|Description= As part of her responsibilities, she must keep track of objects of power. +2 to tests involving powerful artifacts, esoteric rituals, and locations of great magical power. | |||
|}} | |||
{{PositiveAspect| | |||
|Aspect= Illuminati Wrangler | |||
|Description= The depressing thing stopping secret cabals from doing evil deeds is how many there actually are. +2 to tests involving megalomaniacal magical groups, political conspiracies, corporate cooperations, and anything similar. | |||
|}} | |||
{{PositiveAspect| | |||
|Aspect=Borne of Magic | |||
|Description= While no-where near as skilled as the Greats of her kind, Sybaris has learned more of magic than most ever will. +2 to any tests relating to magic or magical knowledge. | |||
|}} | |}} | ||
{{PositiveAspect| | {{PositiveAspect| | ||
|Aspect= | |Aspect=Academic Informants | ||
|Description= | |Description= There's nothing a professor likes more than to talk. Sybaris encourages her agents to let them. +2 to any tests involving members of academia, scientific or magical researchers, and research sites. | ||
|}} | |}} | ||
{{PositiveAspect| | {{PositiveAspect| | ||
|Aspect=The Enemy | |Aspect=The Enemy | ||
|Description= One of the greatest threats to all life, the Horrors must be stopped. Still, for now at least, the information must be kept to trusted individuals. If you know the questions to ask though, she very well might answer. +2 to tests regarding Horrors and the Scourge | |Description= One of the greatest threats to all life, the Horrors must be stopped. Still, for now at least, the information must be kept to trusted individuals. If you know the questions to ask though, she very well might answer. +2 to tests regarding Horrors and the Scourge. | ||
|}} | |||
{{PositiveAspect| | |||
|Aspect=A Fish Out Of Temporal Water | |||
|Description= As someone alive then, Sybaris knows things about the 4th World. Accurate things, not what passes for accepted history in the modern day. +2 to any tests related to the 4th World, it's denizens, and history. | |||
|}} | |||
{{PositiveAspect| | |||
|Aspect=Money and Where to Find It | |||
|Description= As Sybaris studies and invests in this strange economic system, she's built a wealth of connections looking to do business with a new dragon. +2 to tests involving corporations, banking, and finance. | |||
|}} | |||
{{PositiveAspect| | |||
|Aspect=Return to Nature | |||
|Description= Despite everything she's grown to enjoy in this new age, at times she deeply longs for her life before. While so much of it is gone forever, she can at least spend some time away from the cities. +2 to tests involving nature, travel, and land administrations. | |||
|}} | |}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:18, 24 January 2023
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| Contact Owner | Archtmag |
|---|---|
| Owner's Discord Name | Archtmag |
| Connection | 9 |
| Public Contact? | Yes |
| Archetype | Custom(K,N,A,G) |
| Location | Worldwide, but generally North America |
| Metatype | Dragon |
| Gender | Female |
| Awakened/Emerged | Awakened |
| Age | Young Dragon |
| Preferred Payment Method | Varies |
| Hobbies/Vice | New experiences, Shiny things |
| Personal Life | Single |
| Faction | Draco Foundation |
| Aspects | The Enemy A Fish Out Of Temporal Water Borne of Magic Draconic Connections Illuminati Wrangler Visitors from Beyond Money and Where to Find It Arcane Steward Academic Informants Return to Nature |
Background
Sybaris is a relatively young dragon, one of the last raised and mentored by Dunkelzhan in the 4th World. Growing up in a time of turmoil and change as the magic faded from the Earth, Sybaris had to be flexible and humble, at least for a dragon. Learning all she could from those willing to spend the effort, there were none she respected as much as her mentor, her parent really, Dunkelzhan. Believing deeply in his ideals, his dream of a stronger and better world, she hung on his every word.
As time passed, the cycle of worlds turned, Sybaris and her kin falling into a deep hibernation, the young dragon dreaming as the world changed around her. Finally awakening in the mid 2060's, Sybaris found her prior imaginings had failed her. Even her wildest dreams of the future couldn't compare to the reality of the Sixth World. The rise of technology and industry, of corporations, militaries and more, it was so much. Too much. But most of all, Dunkelzhan was dead.
The most stable rock in her life, gone forever, taken not by time in the manner of mortals, but by a car bomb. Sybaris didn't even know what a car was. She spent several years adrift, retreating inward, trying to grapple with the strange world forced upon her. Thinking, processing, moping.
Eventually, she made contact with the Draco Foundation. Even though Dunkelzhan was gone, didn't mean his dream had to be. By working with those he left behind, Sybaris could make a difference in the world, something positive, something good. Anything to keep her mind busy as she works to rebuild her life. And so, now she works.
Overview
A special agent of the Draco Foundation, Sybaris leads projects looking into secrets of the past. They work to protect against threats, research countermeasures, and stop others from abusing them. At times she works with teams, in others with lone operatives, the tight need for secrecy and discretion complicating matters. Apart from her work with the Foundation, Sybaris also works to expand her personal power and resources. Compared to the stereotypical ideas of dragons, she's always been a bit behind in that. With her connections and innate power though, she's making progress as best she can.
Notes for GMs
- Interacting with Sybaris is pretty far from the stereotypical, "Dragon's eat you if you slightly inconvenience them," idea. She's generally fairly decently natured. However, she still does have some pride though, and if mocked or marginalized in a notable way, she will respond. Probably not with the eating thing though.
- She's a bit depressed about Dunkelzhan, her kind-of-parent, dying. Dragon's traditionally aren't great about acknowledging or admitting stuff like that though.
- Sybaris was recently gifted an artifact allowing her to take a metahuman form. She's been rather excited to try out all the 'tiny person' things, and has found quite a bit of joy exploring a new state of being.
- Similarly, while this world has been strange for her, she really does enjoy learning about it, and she often spends time trying new things, exploring, and seeing what she likes.
- She's relatively low in arrogance for a dragon. She's old by metahuman standards, but by dragons, she's not a big deal honestly. A mixture of quality mentorship and challenging times in the past reinforced this for her. She tries to be pragmatic about things, and not fall in the hubris trap some of her kin do.
- She has aspects relating to secret knowledge, like 4th world stuff and horrors, but she won't share that with people out of the loop, unless she's the one initiating it.
Aspects Description
| Aspect | Description |
|---|---|
| Draconic Connections | While still relatively minor in the draconic community, her position in the Draco Foundation has provided the contacts to contact more important dragons. +2 to Networking and Knowledge Tests involving other dragons, their speakers, and assorted servants. Also drakes. |
| Visitors from Beyond | The worlds beyond hold friends and allies, but also threats beyond imagining. Sometimes both. +2 to tests involving metaplanes, spirits, and extraplanar or multiplanar organizations. |
| Arcane Steward | As part of her responsibilities, she must keep track of objects of power. +2 to tests involving powerful artifacts, esoteric rituals, and locations of great magical power. |
| Illuminati Wrangler | The depressing thing stopping secret cabals from doing evil deeds is how many there actually are. +2 to tests involving megalomaniacal magical groups, political conspiracies, corporate cooperations, and anything similar. |
| Borne of Magic | While no-where near as skilled as the Greats of her kind, Sybaris has learned more of magic than most ever will. +2 to any tests relating to magic or magical knowledge. |
| Academic Informants | There's nothing a professor likes more than to talk. Sybaris encourages her agents to let them. +2 to any tests involving members of academia, scientific or magical researchers, and research sites. |
| The Enemy | One of the greatest threats to all life, the Horrors must be stopped. Still, for now at least, the information must be kept to trusted individuals. If you know the questions to ask though, she very well might answer. +2 to tests regarding Horrors and the Scourge. |
| A Fish Out Of Temporal Water | As someone alive then, Sybaris knows things about the 4th World. Accurate things, not what passes for accepted history in the modern day. +2 to any tests related to the 4th World, it's denizens, and history. |
| Money and Where to Find It | As Sybaris studies and invests in this strange economic system, she's built a wealth of connections looking to do business with a new dragon. +2 to tests involving corporations, banking, and finance. |
| Return to Nature | Despite everything she's grown to enjoy in this new age, at times she deeply longs for her life before. While so much of it is gone forever, she can at least spend some time away from the cities. +2 to tests involving nature, travel, and land administrations. |
Dicepools
| Dicepools | |
|---|---|
| Knowledge Checks | 17 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety |
| Active Checks | 9 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety |
| Gear Acquisition Checks | 7 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety |
| Networking Checks | 13 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety |
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Narrative Significant Runs
| Name | GM | Metaplot | Date of Run |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ordoing One Ordo | Archtmag | 11 November 2083 |