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Revision as of 12:04, 13 November 2023

Chameleon
Vladimir Badenov.jpg
Disguise and Infiltration Adept.
This place is a crucible that stomps out slag and pumps out
gold for the cunning and enterprising runner - Charon
Time to get back to Moscow Rules
Discord@Villiers
Reddit[1]
MetatypeHuman
Street Cred6
Notoriety0
Public Awareness0
Titles and Awards0
CDP34
D.O.B.June 15 2057
Age28
Folder[2]
PriorityMetatype - E
Attributes - A
Magic/Resonance - B
Skills - B
Resources - E
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Character Information

Summary

A hermetic adept, mentored by Raven, Chameleon is focused on infiltration. He has very good language and disguise capabilities. Although he is not a full blown social adept he has good social skills. After four months in the Seattle shadows he has established a small network of friends and contacts. His inquiries into the death of his parents is languishing as he focuses on avoiding the Ordo Maximus.

Goals

Long term: Find out who is responsible for his parent's deaths.

Short term: Regain inner harmony through zazen meditation at the Blue Heron Zen Community.

Both: Avoid Ordo Maximus.

Background

Vladimir was 8 years old when he understood that his parents were spies. His father Boris was a CIA officer and his mother Mary worked as an analyst for the Department of State. A year later he awakened and life became very interesting. After graduating high school he enrolled in the University of Toronto's Department of Linguistics. Vlad received both a BA and an MA in linguistics. After spending the summer in post- graduation celebration he started serious consideration of employment...and then the notification came. His parents had died in a fiery car crash after being forced off the road by another vehicle as they returned to Kirov from Izhevsk. After contacting Bill Cooper, a colleague of his father, he learned that there were several theories about the crash. The first (and most likely) involved state action by the Russian government in a counter- intelligence operation. The most likely agency would be the UGB. The UGB has primary responsibility for both foreign intelligence and internal counter-intelligence. Moreover the UGB is notorious for employing counter- intelligence assassination teams. Another possibility is the MVD which has primary responsibility for internal policing and security. The UGB and MVD are bureaucratic rivals so it is possible that it was an op to upstage the UGB. A non-state actor was another possibility although that seemed less likely. There were no apparent connections to the Vory or any corporate interests. There was, however, circumstantial evidence of a racist attack based on mistaken identity. There had been a spate of anti-semitic attacks in the region. His parents (both red heads) were returning from the annual red-head festival in Izhevsk. Bigots may have believed that their hair meant that they were Ashkenazi Jews (who have a high % of redheads)

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

  1. Mentor Spirit - Mentored by Raven, Chameleon tries to limit Raven's influence on his sense of humor.
  2. Bilingual - Both parents spoke Russian and English at home.
  3. Linguist - Started with bilingual foundation, expanded with education in linguistics.
  4. Common Sense - Crucial when limiting Raven's darker impulses.
  5. Jack of All Trades, Master of None - Alas, he can be a Lazy Learner.
  6. Trust Fund - Life insurance payout.
  7. Sensei - Sgt. Saunders knows unarmed combat
  8. Practice, Practice, Practice - Helps the disguises
  9. Natural Leader - Watching Desi doing an assault on a hardened target.
  10. Perfect Time - The same massive detonation that destroyed his wrist watch jarred something loose upstairs...
  11. Chakra Interrupter - Debuff the Mage
  12. Barehanded Adept - Adds some Touch Spells
  13. Will to Live - Resisting the allure of the White Light
  14. Catlike - Dodging security guards while sneaking in a nosferatu den hones ones nimbleness

Negative

  1. Code of Honor - Warrior's Code from watching too much Kurasawa growing up.
  2. UCAS Sin - Bestowed by his parentage.
  3. Phobia - Spiders. Ick!
  4. Wanted - Ordo Maximus - Killing a nosferatu has a cost

Run History

NameGMMetaplotThreatDate of Run
Monster Mashing At The DazeDawnfireMilkrun 🍼28 October 2085
The Fog on the TyneEvaHigh26 October 2085
Vault 29J.R.Deadly11 October 2085
The Baddest of Dogslov.euphoriaHigh27 September 2085
Greasing the undergroundBulldogcAll The World's a Stage
Or'zet Underground
Medium7 August 2085
The Wolf and the BearScrantonDeadly20 June 2085
Operation DarknessZerreExtreme16 June 2085
Naomi's Nefarious NegotiationElayneMedium29 May 2085
A Walk Among the TombstonesFangblade_High30 March 2085
Thin Thread and LinesZerreDeadly9 March 2085
Outsider TradingSample TextCompound InterestHigh27 January 2085
Into the PanFangblade_Medium12 January 2085
Astral HarassmentSample TextMedium16 December 2084
Methodical ApproachZerreRad Wars 2084High19 November 2084
A Foreigner in the RingLHOGHigh5 November 2084
Unhaunt My HouseKirkHigh15 October 2084
They Left Her Buried in the Sandlov.euphoriaHigh4 October 2084
Minime Senuisti" Part 1youmayfireDeadly1 October 2084
Everybody Wants To Be A Co-AuthorKirkHigh17 September 2084
Birds and the Bees on the High Seaslov.euphoriaMedium13 September 2084
Cascade ColaYouMayFireWhenReadyIt's a Small Underworld After All
Devil's Night
Deadly2 September 2084
Public Safety by CommitteeYouMayFireWhenReadyThe Metroplex Governor Race of '84Low1 August 2084
Outlaw CountryYouMayFireWhenReadyIt's a Small Underworld After All
The Metroplex Governor Race of '84
Deadly30 July 2084
Robble robble!KirkThe Metroplex Governor Race of '84Milk27 July 2084
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?Keeper MThe Metroplex Governor Race of '84High22 July 2084
The GambianYouMayFireWhenReadyThe Metroplex Governor Race of '84High20 July 2084
Free Seattle! Part 1YouMayFireWhenReadyThe Metroplex Governor Race of '84Milk Run13 July 2084
Fragile? It Must Be Italian! Part 2YouMayFireWhenReadyDevil's NightMedium9 July 2084
Fragile? It Must Be Italian! Part 1.1YouMayFireWhenReadyDevil's NightLow29 June 2084
Fragile It Must Be ItalianDavid A. (youmayfirewhenready)Medium25 June 2084
Shock DoctrineZerreContre-RévolutionLow2 May 2084

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact Connection Loyalty Archetype Profession Aspects Chips
Katrina Smythe-Jones 6 4 Legwork University Professor Hard to Reach, Qui Regit?, Knows About Co-opetition, Knows the Neighborhood, Other People's Money, Doesn't like the Fat Lady Singing, Better with Singing, The Lessons are Paying Off, Big Frog, Small Pond Even
Charles "The Prince" Diallo 6 1 Fixer Federated-Boeing Executive Family Matters, A Man Of Principle, An Evening With Diallo Is Magic, Bermuda Triangle, Frequent Flier, Shadow Connections, Corporate Comfort, (White Picket) Fence, You Can Take an Ork From The Underground..., MOMma's Boy, Uruk-hai Even
Der Opa 6 1 Fixer Fixer Early Riser, Family Man, A Man of Principle, Forger, You Can Fake Your SINs, But For How Long?, (White Picket) Fence, Old School, A Little Birdy Told Me, Edelweiss, Shadow Connections, (Neo Anarchist) Book Club, Hermetic Shermetic, Fairy Godmother Even
Joseph Jacoby 6 1 Legwork University Professor and Political Activist My Grandkids Were Visiting, Team Tusked, A Man of Principle, The Body Politic, Student Body, Trog Historian, Ork Underground Policlub, The Big Ten, The Sponsors and the Sponsored, Damn Dedicated Debater, Community Connection, True Crime, Defending the Defenseless Even
Skinshedder 4 3 Service Free Sprite Sprite Fragile, Skinshedder, Matrix Denizen, Favored Gremlin, Loyal Friend, Untiring Even
Alessa P 4 2 Fixer Owner of The Daze The Daze, Shadow Connections, Ear to the Ground, Punk Rocker, Bootleggers Even
Genevieve LaCroix 4 2 Custom(G,N,K,A) Talismonger Talismonger, Awakened Philanthropist, Hocus Focus, Big Stick Diplomancy, Tattoo Artist Even
"CIA Bill" Cooper 4 2 Custom (K,N,G,A) CIA Handler Arm's Length, Intelligence Community, Company Man, Military Intelligence, Special Operations, Cover Identity, Q Even
Axxess 4 1 Legwork Infobroker Celebrity Rumors, Infobroker, The VIP Treatment, Seattle Night Life, At My Fingertips Even
Naomi Fisk 6 4 Custom(A,K,N,G) Dance Instructor & MeFeed Influencer Dame du Dance, Elegant Etiquette, Rumormonger's Network, Awesome Athletics, Style Sensei, People Magic, Hard to Reach, Song and Dance, Savoir-vivre, Manners Maketh Man, Dinner with The Family Even
Yoshinaga Chikara 3 2 Fixer(N,A,K,G) Yoshinaga-gumi Oyabun; Fixer Hard To Reach, Tech-savvy, Japanocorp connections, Hidden Technomancy, Veteran Yakuza, Bellevue Based Even
Lewis Fry 3 1 Custom(K,A,G,N) Lone Star Beat Cop Iterative Collaboration, Untimely Joke, Maleficarum Phobia, An Overall Lone(ly) Star, Consummate Investigator, Great Gear, That's My Area!, True Crime, The Wicked and the Corrupt, Lab Access, Working Hours, Officer of the Law Even
Mr Mirabel 3 1 Networking Naturalist and Philanthropist Always Travelling, Lover of Nature, Explorer of the Weird, great and small, Well travelled, Man of Multinational Learning, Wacky David Attenborough Even
Dr. Noison Gayle 2 3 Service Medical Researcher, Surgeon Short On Cred, He's Heard Of Hippocrates, A Real Surgeon, Went To Fancy School, Knows When To Keep His Mouth Shut, For My Special Friends, Arcane Researcher Even
Butlerusk 2 2 Networking Head Butler of Le Chateau Gateau Appropriately dressed and Passionately Connected, A Butler is the right-hand man for a reason., I answer the door, clean up the estate, and I take out the trash. Even
John Baptise 2 1 Service Taxi Driver Reliable, Voodoo, No Questions Asked Even
Manmeet Singh 2 1 Custom(G,K,A,N) Investment Banker Blissfully Unaware, Date Night, The Market is Gray, The Consequence of my SIN, Money Changer in the Temple, Insider Trading, Hopeless Romantic Even
Quentin Alvarez 2 6 Service Ganger The Fast..., ...and the Furious, Steady Hands on the Wheel Even


Organizations

Allies

+10 Lone Star Faction

+2 NCP faction

Enemies

-10 Ordo Maximus faction

In Character Information

Capitol Hill is a densely populated residential district in Seattle, UCAS. One of the city's most popular nightlife and entertainment districts, it is home to a historic gay village and vibrant counterculture community. Diverse Capitol Hill is packed with hip bars, eateries and gay clubs, plus laid-back coffee shops and indie stores. Volunteer Park, atop the hill in a historic mansion district, has walking trails, a plant conservatory, panoramic city views and the art deco Asian Art Museum. It abuts Lake View Cemetery, where the city’s founders (and Bruce Lee) are buried. Kids play in the wading pool at smaller Cal Anderson Park. The Volga Bath House and Spa is within easy walking distance.

After four months in Seattle Chameleon saved enough money to buy a Chrysler-Nissan Jackrabbit. Freed from the shackles of public transportation he is able to switch to live zazen at the Blue Heron Zen Community three days a week. He can easily drive to Tacoma for ballroom dance lessons from Naomi Fisk at Dame du Dance and now goes twice a week. He is determined to master the five International Ballroom (Standard) dances: waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, tango and Viennese waltz. He is comfortable with the waltz styles, foxtrot and tango are still too intimidating. Quickstep it is.

Symbols and Signatures

Derived from Zen Buddhism, the Enso (Zen Circle) simply means a circle or circle of togetherness. Traditionally, the circle is drawn with only one brushstroke and is one of the most common subjects in Japanese calligraphy.

Enso.jpg

Matrix Search Table

Threshold Result
1 Athena Drakos has Vashon Island AR subscription - Casual and Berwick - Business
3 Athena Drakos is an adept bounty hunter licensed to use automatic weapons and carry concealed weapons.
6 Athena Drakos' address is a UCAS Postal Service box in Capitol Hill

Assensing Table

Threshold Result
1 Mundane [masking]
2 As RAW
3 As RAW
4 As RAW
5 As RAW


Shadow Community Table

Threshold Result
1 Chameleon? Quentin says he's considering becoming a Buddhist. Goes to The Blue Heron Zen Center.
2 Chameleon? He went dark after he got back from Cincinnati.
3 Chameleon? Last I heard he was in the Mojave Desert. Looking for Flowers.
4 Chameleon? Dude needs to chill. Rants about vampires and necromancers get old.
5 Chameleon? Even Quentin doesn't know & he tells Quentin everything.

SINs

Vladimir Borisovich Badenov: UCAS. Viktor Lazlo: UCAS Level 6 Fake. Athena Drakos: UCAS Level 5 Fake. Temporary Persona: Burner SINs of variable level.

Appearance

Athletic build. His natural appearance is pale skin, strawberry blond hair, blue eyes, human facial features. Viktor Lazlo: Athletic build, café au lai skin, black hair & moustache, brown eyes. Athena Drakos: Athletic build, café au lai skin, black hair. Burner SINs: as needed.

Vladimir Badenov.jpg Thurston Howell Jr.jpg Athena Drakos.jpg Burner 10.jpg Burner 7.jpg Burner 19.jpg Burner Sin 3.jpg Burner 16.jpg Burner 14.jpg Burner 18.jpg

Astral Appearance

He masks his aura as mundane as normal practice. He uses flexible signature and flux as necessary.

Clothing

Prefers Vashon Island clothing; Ace of Coins for formal or business, Urban Explorer for casual. Both AR enhanced. Berwick dress for morphologically female Persona.

Matrix Persona

Vladimir Borisovich Badenov: The Fool. Viktor Lazlo: The Joker. Athena Drakos: Robo-Bunny

The fool.jpg Joker1.jpg Robo Bunny.jpg

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