Chameleon

Chameleon

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]
Metatype	Human
Street Cred	6
Notoriety	0
Public Awareness	0
Titles and Awards	0
CDP	18
D.O.B.	June 15 2057
Age	28
Folder	[2]
Priority	Metatype - E Attributes - A Magic/Resonance - B Skills - B Resources - E
#Max IGs/Ascension	11

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 five 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 Magical
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
15. Alibi - Professional Liars always prepare

Negative

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

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Threat	Date of Run
Monster Mashing At The Daze	Dawnfire		Milkrun 🍼	28 October 2085
The Fog on the Tyne	Eva		High	26 October 2085
Vault 29	J.R.		Deadly	11 October 2085
The Baddest of Dogs	lov.euphoria		High	27 September 2085
Greasing the underground	Bulldogc	All The World's a Stage Or'zet Underground	Medium	7 August 2085
The Wolf and the Bear	Scranton		Deadly	20 June 2085
Operation Darkness	Zerre		Extreme	16 June 2085
Naomi's Nefarious Negotiation	Elayne		Medium	29 May 2085
A Walk Among the Tombstones	Fangblade_		High	30 March 2085
Thin Thread and Lines	Zerre		Deadly	9 March 2085
Outsider Trading	Sample Text	Compound Interest	High	27 January 2085
Into the Pan	Fangblade_		Medium	12 January 2085
Astral Harassment	Sample Text		Medium	16 December 2084
Methodical Approach	Zerre	Rad Wars 2084	High	19 November 2084
A Foreigner in the Ring	LHOG		High	5 November 2084
Unhaunt My House	Kirk		High	15 October 2084
They Left Her Buried in the Sand	lov.euphoria		High	4 October 2084
Minime Senuisti" Part 1	youmayfire		Deadly	1 October 2084
Everybody Wants To Be A Co-Author	Kirk		High	17 September 2084
Birds and the Bees on the High Seas	lov.euphoria		Medium	13 September 2084
Cascade Cola	YouMayFireWhenReady	It's a Small Underworld After All Devil's Night	Deadly	2 September 2084
Public Safety by Committee	YouMayFireWhenReady	The Metroplex Governor Race of '84	Low	1 August 2084
Outlaw Country	YouMayFireWhenReady	It's a Small Underworld After All The Metroplex Governor Race of '84	Deadly	30 July 2084
Robble robble!	Kirk	The Metroplex Governor Race of '84	Milk	27 July 2084
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?	Keeper M	The Metroplex Governor Race of '84	High	22 July 2084
The Gambian	YouMayFireWhenReady	The Metroplex Governor Race of '84	High	20 July 2084
Free Seattle! Part 1	YouMayFireWhenReady	The Metroplex Governor Race of '84	Milk Run	13 July 2084
Fragile? It Must Be Italian! Part 2	YouMayFireWhenReady	Devil's Night	Medium	9 July 2084
Fragile? It Must Be Italian! Part 1.1	YouMayFireWhenReady	Devil's Night	Low	29 June 2084
Fragile It Must Be Italian	David A. (youmayfirewhenready)		Medium	25 June 2084
Shock Doctrine	Zerre	Contre-Révolution	Low	2 May 2084

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Colonel Berger	9	1	Networking	Spy Overwatch Officer	Pour la France !, Driven, Satellite Imagery, Service Action, Bureau des Légendes, North American Network, West Coast Focus, Pot-de-Vin, Fade to Black, Black Market Connection, Espion à Domicile, French Megacorporation Politics, Chantage, Tools of the Trade	Even
Naomi Fisk	6	5	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
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	2	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	2	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
Kate 'Lanza' Markson	6	1	Generalist	Instructor	I believe in us, UCAS Military Veteran, Cold, it's cold., Trained expert., Immunocompromised., Special Investigations., Military Tactics, N-51, Natural instructor.	Even
Everest Pike	5	1	Fixer(A, N, K, G)	Fixer/J for hire	Everyone's gotta make a living., Former Corpo, Fashion Forward, A hundred faces, a hundred names, Talk faster than they think, Elegant Weapons, Professional Courtesy, Try to see it my way	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
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
Etrius's Team	1	3	Service	Special Operation Team	Hard To reach, Wanted by SK, Special Operation Specialist, We are on this Together, Shadowrunner Team, SUT Specialist	Even

Allies

+10 Lone Star Faction

+5 Seattle Software and Special Investigations Faction

+2 NCP Faction

+2 Red Ledger 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 had 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 thrice 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 and quickstep, the tango is still too intimidating. Foxtrot it is. Learning to competently dance as both partners is more difficult than anticipated.

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. Chameleon uses Zazen to regain his inner harmony, his Wa. When stressed he sometimes chants Om Mani Padme Hum (praise to the jewel in the lotus).

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? Try Dame du Dance, he's learning to dance the Fox Trot.
2	Chameleon? Quentin says he's considering becoming a Buddhist. Goes to The Blue Heron Zen Center.
3	Chameleon? Dude needs to chill. Rants about vampires and necromancers get old.
4	Chameleon? Last I heard he was in the SOX working for N-51
5	Chameleon? Mercs and short cons. Steady work

SINs

Vladimir Borisovich Badenov: UCAS. Viktor Lazlo: UCAS Level 6 Fake. David Owlfeather: Sioux Nation Level 6 Fake. Athena Drakos: UCAS Level 5 Fake. Temporary Personae: Burner SINs of variable level.

Appearance

Vladimir: His natural appearance is pale skin, athletic build, strawberry blond hair, blue eyes, human facial features. Viktor Lazlo: Athletic build, café au lait skin, black hair & moustache, brown eyes. David Owlfeather: Athletic build, tanned skin, black hair, brown eyes. Athena Drakos: Athletic build, café au lait skin, black hair. He has an additional set of rehearsed persona that use Burner SINs.

Favored Shape Changes

Astral Appearance

He masks his aura and foci 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 Personae.

Matrix Persona

Vladimir Borisovich Badenov: The Fool. Viktor Lazlo: The Joker. David Owlfeather: Mystc Warrior. Athena Drakos: Robo-Bunny

Character Plot Hooks

Here are characteristics of Chameleon that GMs may take advantage of to add complications to runs, or to otherwise use when he is in play. If you want to use them in other runs, please ask first for Heart Throb. Use the rest freely.

Aspect	Information	Related Run(s)
No Fang Policy	25,000 Nuyen Bounty Ordo Maximus. Chameleon didn't pull the trigger on that nosferatu but he cheered. Now he's switched to wood pulp rounds in his machine pistol and avoids vampires. The working SIN he was using on the run in Cincinnati, Viktor Lazlo, has been semi-retired and he now starts a job as a female ork, Athena Drakos.	Minime Senuisti" Part 1
Joined the White Light Club	Zazen Meditation at Blue Heron Zen Community. Being clinically dead was a shock. He meditates twice a day when possible, and attends group meditation on Sundays when not on the job. He still hasn't fully regained his Wa. Thinking about taking a permanent residency instead of maintaining a bolt hole.	Everybody Wants To Be A Co-Author
Mentor & Muse	Dance and Acting lessons at Dame du Dance Studio with Naomi Fisk. Life only brings one true sensei and Chameleon's is a N-51 unarmed combat instructor. Naomi is his mentor & muse for two different areas, dance and acting. He attends Dame du Dance thrice weekly when not on the job. Naomi has helped with cosmetics on the job as well. Chameleon would like to expand Naomi's MeFeed presence; it's important to her and she's very important to him.	Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
Heart Throb	Chameleon is a physically healthy metahuman. Maintaining good mental health requires ongoing emotional and physical intimacy with another metahuman. A friend like Quentin helps but Chameleon is a cis male. He needs a girlfriend. He has good social skills so normally it would not be a difficult quest but he's not a normal person with a normal job. How would he broach the topic of what he really does for a living? He is a legally licensed Adept, Private Investigator, and Bounty Hunter. But...	None yet but Hope Springs Eternal.
Family Matters	He needs to get close to the Red Vory to investigate the deaths of his parents. He's been socializing with the local Russian community at the Volga Bath House and Spa.	None yet
Blood Brother	Quentin Alvarez is one of Chameleon' best friends and literal blood brother; shared trauma forms strong bonds. Quentin helped him dodge a treacherous team mate. Time to do something nice in return.	Unhaunt My House