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===Summary===
===Summary===
An infected red mage and itinerant drifter specializing in combat magic and beast spirits. Also far faster than someone that big has any right to be. Mystic Murray’s path to the shadows began when he befriended a shaman preaching the end of the natural order, and was infected by a ghoul in a failed attempt to defend said shaman. When he transformed and subsequently awakened, guided by the shamanic teachings of his past, he soon found himself being tutored by Dragonslayer and took on shadow work looking for a cause to test his abilities. Murray is a steadfast soul, naturally honest and direct, and growing into the idea of acting against the world instead of just reacting to it for once.
An infected red mage and itinerant drifter, specializing in combat magic and beast spirits.  
 


===Goals===
===Goals===
Find a cause that Dragonslayer approves of
Find a cause that Dragonslayer approves of
Shower
 
Prove himself to be the biggest and baddest ghoul in Puyallup
Find some friends he's not worried about infecting
Meet another Red Mage to see if there’s anything left to learn
 
Find a stable relationship with someone he’s not worried about infecting
Get back at the corp who blew up his house
 
Make his deceased mentor proud


==Background==
==Background==
Murray’s story begins in the cracked hellscape of Puyallup, with a destitute shaman turned street preacher and a homeless young troll drifter looking for company. The former’s name, once Murray, lives on only in Murray’s memory, and the latter was of course Mystic Murray himself, before he used that name. They met looking for shelter from the acid rain and roving gangs, and in each other found a strange kinship. The shaman taught Murray that the blasted wastes of Puyallup was what happened when man decided to put himself above beasts, and that returning to a state of primal balance is impossible. In return, Murray listened to the old man’s ramblings, and kept the two safe from harm as best he could. In this way Murray learned some understanding of how magic works, despite being mundane.  
Mystic Murray grew up as just another destitute Puyallup SINless, focused only on survival. Until one day an elderly shaman took Murray under their wing, teaching Mystic Murray many things--most importantly that a better future was possible.  


But this arrangement was not meant to last. A feral ghoul, mad with hunger, came upon the duo while they were sleeping. By the time Mystic Murray fought it off, the shaman had been ripped to pieces and Murray was bleeding from the ghoul’s claws in a dozen locations, with infection almost guaranteed. The transformation almost destroyed his mind, but through the shamanic mantras he was able to reconcile his own identity with the gnawing hunger and push through to the other side, a newly Awakened ghoul with a new lease on life. Building his own chaotic belief system to explain what happened to him, Murray found himself on the path of Red Magic, believing himself to be in tune with his animal origins yet remaining human.
Unfortunately, the shaman never got a chance to see that future. An encounter with a feral ghoul left the shaman dead and his protege infected. While the transformation caused Murray to Awaken, it was cold comfort after losing the only person who’d ever believed in him.
 
The next few months were spent seeking out more knowledge of magic and aimlessly drifting, until the next defining event in Mystic Murray’s life hit him. The decision to use his powers and stop a Knight Errant squad from beating a certain journalist to death earned the attention of Dragonslayer. From then on Murray’s waking hours have been periodically interrupted by an ethereal yet unmistakably ripped man exhorting him to face down the evils of the world and lightning bolt their faces in. Mystic Murray still isn’t sure how to respond to that, but he’s started taking shadow work to keep flesh on the table, taking on the name Mystic Murray to honor his mentor. He earned his place in Shadowhaven after he proved his trustworthiness to Patches, and the rest is history.
Mystic Murray holed up in the house he once shared with his mentor and tried to continue his mentor's work. The barrens of Puyallup had enough dead to keep him from starving, but only barely. More importantly, his living in the past wasn't going to bring his mentor back, and some part of him knew that. He just didn't have anything else to do with his life.  
 
It wasn't long before the world decided to shock Murray out of his grief the hard way. A megacorp had plans to use the land he was squatting on for a new factory, and they weren't about to ask the residents for permission before they started bulldozing things. The whole block was leveled by the time he figured out what was going on.
 
Murray was furious. The house was the last relic of his mentor he had left. He had to take a stand.
 
So he fought back. But one angry ghoul is no match for a megacorp. Corpsec sent him packing with a few shrapnel scars for his trouble. Filled with righteous anger against the Sixth World, Murray was left unsatisfied. His brush with corpsec had shown him just how futile a direct approach would be, so he bided his time.
 
Once again he was left itinerant, forcing him to take all sorts of odd jobs to survive. Mostly the kind that only hurt decent people, but once in a while he got to take a shot at some tiny piece of a megacorporation. Those were the moments he lived for. Eventually, that energy caught the eye of a professional fixer. Sure, Mystic Murray was a blunt instrument. But with the rough edges sanded off, he had the makings of a shadowrunner.  


== Narrative Significant Qualities ==
== Narrative Significant Qualities ==


===Positive===
===Positive===
Mystic Adept (Red Magic): Murray subconsciously taps into the domain of red, fueled by all animal life on earth.  
Mystic Adept (Red Magic): Murray subconsciously taps into the domain of red, justifying his ghoulish nature as just another part of the cycle of life.  


Mentor Spirit (Dragonslayer): "There's a buff guy in my head who keeps telling me to kick more ass."
Mentor Spirit (Dragonslayer): "This guy's been showing up, telling me the go after The Man. Not like I needed any encouragement."


Shoot First, Don't Ask: Murray's time on the streets didn't give him much room for things like tactical analysis. When he acts, he just acts.
===Negative===
===Negative===
Hobo with a Shotgun: Mystic Murray isn't one for the finer things in life. A cheap cigar and a troll-sized couch to crash on is all he needs.
Hobo with a Shotgun: Mystic Murray isn't one for the finer things in life. A cheap cigar and a troll-sized couch to crash on is all he needs.


Imcompetent (Biotech): "Sorry, field surgery just makes me too hungry to concentrate."
PSC (Combat Monster): He fights with the fury of a cornered animal--even when he's not backed into a corner.


==Run History==
==Run History==
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|Name=Gord "Twitch" Rodney
|Name=Fiendest
|Loyalty=2
|Chips=Even
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{{HasContact|
|Name=Amelia Novak
|Loyalty=1
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==Matrix Search Table==
==Matrix Search Table==
{{SearchTable|
{{SearchTable|
|LowResult=
|LowResult=Nothing useful--he hasn't made enough of an impact to be easily searched
|MidResult=
|MidResult=Someone with the handle Mystic Murray soliciting work on a bounty hunter's forum
|HighResult=
|HighResult=Footage of a massive ghoul launching energy blasts at a bulldozer as workers flee the scene. The footage ends when the person holding the camera decides to run as well.
}}
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==Shadow Community Table==
==Shadow Community Table==
{{SearchTable|
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|MidResult=He's magic, following some obscure tradition
|MidResult=He's magic, following some obscure tradition
|HighThreshold=5
|HighThreshold=5
|HighResult=Mystic Murray is a Mystic Adept, like the name would suggest. He's a combat mage at heart. Loves his Zen.  
|HighResult=Mystic Murray is a Mystic Adept, like the name would suggest. He's a combat mage at heart. Loves his Zen, hates the megas, simple as.
}}
==Assensing Table==
{{AssensingTable|
|Result1=His aura burns a sickly yellow. He's somehow sick and extremely fit at the same time. He's awakened.
|Result2=You detect some headware.
|Result3=He's afflicted with HMHVV.
|Result4=Essence of 4.6ish, Magic of 4.
|Result5=He's a strain III Infected, if you couldn't guess already.  
}}
}}


==SINs==
==SINs==
Raul Richter, Calfree - R4
Robert Graves, California Free State - R3


==Appearance==
==Appearance==
Almost always seen wearing a pair of sunglasses and smoking a cigar. big, even by troll standards, but not as slender as other giants. Not a single hair on his body made it though the infection, so he's bald and devoid of facial hair. Murray has the signature pale skin and claws of a ghoul, but often uses Facial Sculpt to hide his blindness and scabrous face, instead appearing as a blonde, handsome troll.  
Usually seen wearing a pair of sunglasses and smoking a cigar. Big, even by troll standards, but not as slender as other giants due to HMHVV bulking him up. Not a single hair on his body made it though the infection, so he's bald and devoid of facial hair. Murray has arcing pointed horns and cybereyes designed to imitate the milky cataracts of a ware-less ghoul.  


=== Clothing ===
=== Clothing ===
Murray wears a green bomber jacket over a ragged tank top and camo pants as street wear.
Murray wears a green bomber jacket over a ragged tank top and camo pants as street wear, and if he needs to go outside in the daytime he supplements this with a full-body cloak, hoodie, and fingerless gloves


===Matrix Persona===
===Matrix Persona===
A cheerful-looking troll wearing a Hawaiian shirt and holding a joint
A cheerful-looking troll wearing a Hawaiian shirt+trunks and smoking a blunt.
 
==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.
 
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|Dragonslaying
|Mystic Murray holds a serious grudge against whichever corporation bulldozed his house, a grudge which ultimately drives his entire shadowrunning career. His efforts to figure out who was ultimately responsible stalled out, but he'll follow any leads he finds. What he doesn't know yet is that the chain of shell companies leads from an unrated construction company to Hochtief Inc, and from Hochtief to Saeder-Krupp.
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|Day Tripper
|Mystic Murray takes Zen, a hallucinogenic and psychedelic drug, like candy. The guy's dealing with low-level hallucinations most of the time. Between his dual-natured sight and the drugs, he sees a lot of things that aren't really there.
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|-
|Gaia is An Animal
|Murray's specific branch of animistic Red Magic uses a very loose definition of "animal" that claims everything to metahumans to plants to the biosphere itself. Actual animals are where he draws most of his strength and inspiration from, but anything that consumes and reproduces is the domain of Red Magic to him. One aspect of this doctrine is that he doesn't really believe that plant spirits are a distinct class of spirits, instead believing that they're just misguided spirits of other UMT leanings. This doctrine might get him into trouble one day.
|
|-
|Cannibalistic Humanoid Under-Dweller
|Mystic Murray lives in a series of disused tunnels under Puyallup. He mostly sources his food from the already-dead left that result from Puyallup's inhospitable conditions, but has hunted people for trespassing in "his" tunnels. He--and his stretch of tunnel--hasn't earned a reputation for this yet, but it may become a problem down the line.
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|Aspect 5
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==Media Mentions==
==Media Mentions==

Latest revision as of 10:44, 19 July 2024

Mystic Murray
Mystic Murray.png
Mysad combat mage
Subterranean Animist
Ghoul. Troll. Mage. Adept. All you could ever ask for.
Discordnivenbee
Reddit[1]
MetatypeTroll (giant) Ghoul
Street Cred0
Notoriety1
Public Awareness0
CDP8
D.O.B.June 10, 2058
Age27
Folder[2]
PriorityMetatype - A
Attributes - B
Magic/Resonance - B
Skills - E
Resources - E
#Max IGs/Ascension11
# Optional Infected powers allowed19


Character Information

Summary

An infected red mage and itinerant drifter, specializing in combat magic and beast spirits.

Goals

Find a cause that Dragonslayer approves of

Find some friends he's not worried about infecting

Get back at the corp who blew up his house

Make his deceased mentor proud

Background

Mystic Murray grew up as just another destitute Puyallup SINless, focused only on survival. Until one day an elderly shaman took Murray under their wing, teaching Mystic Murray many things--most importantly that a better future was possible.

Unfortunately, the shaman never got a chance to see that future. An encounter with a feral ghoul left the shaman dead and his protege infected. While the transformation caused Murray to Awaken, it was cold comfort after losing the only person who’d ever believed in him.

Mystic Murray holed up in the house he once shared with his mentor and tried to continue his mentor's work. The barrens of Puyallup had enough dead to keep him from starving, but only barely. More importantly, his living in the past wasn't going to bring his mentor back, and some part of him knew that. He just didn't have anything else to do with his life.

It wasn't long before the world decided to shock Murray out of his grief the hard way. A megacorp had plans to use the land he was squatting on for a new factory, and they weren't about to ask the residents for permission before they started bulldozing things. The whole block was leveled by the time he figured out what was going on.

Murray was furious. The house was the last relic of his mentor he had left. He had to take a stand.

So he fought back. But one angry ghoul is no match for a megacorp. Corpsec sent him packing with a few shrapnel scars for his trouble. Filled with righteous anger against the Sixth World, Murray was left unsatisfied. His brush with corpsec had shown him just how futile a direct approach would be, so he bided his time.

Once again he was left itinerant, forcing him to take all sorts of odd jobs to survive. Mostly the kind that only hurt decent people, but once in a while he got to take a shot at some tiny piece of a megacorporation. Those were the moments he lived for. Eventually, that energy caught the eye of a professional fixer. Sure, Mystic Murray was a blunt instrument. But with the rough edges sanded off, he had the makings of a shadowrunner.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

Mystic Adept (Red Magic): Murray subconsciously taps into the domain of red, justifying his ghoulish nature as just another part of the cycle of life.

Mentor Spirit (Dragonslayer): "This guy's been showing up, telling me the go after The Man. Not like I needed any encouragement."

Negative

Hobo with a Shotgun: Mystic Murray isn't one for the finer things in life. A cheap cigar and a troll-sized couch to crash on is all he needs.

PSC (Combat Monster): He fights with the fury of a cornered animal--even when he's not backed into a corner.

Run History

NameGMMetaplotThreatDate of Run
Broken CageEvaDeadly16 October 2085
Kilo One ConcealmentAsmodeusFestering InfestationMedium19 July 2085
Of Sprints & PhantomsBlood_LibrarianHigh13 October 2082
Flame in the desertDoc MncMedium26 September 2082

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact Connection Loyalty Archetype Profession Aspects Chips
Fiendest 2 2 Fixer HMHVV Fanatic Wanted, Infected Organizer, Lavawalker, Terrordome, Darkdweller Even
Amelia Novak 1 1 Service Urban Primitive The Beast Within, Use Every Part Even
Dr. Davies 4 1 Fixer Director of Billing at UW Medical Parasite, Fell off a crash cart, Patch job, Doctor of accounting, Domineering, Donated to science, Outsourcing Even


Organizations

Allies

Enemies

In Character Information

Symbols and Signatures

Matrix Search Table

Threshold Result
1 Nothing useful--he hasn't made enough of an impact to be easily searched
3 Someone with the handle Mystic Murray soliciting work on a bounty hunter's forum
6 Footage of a massive ghoul launching energy blasts at a bulldozer as workers flee the scene. The footage ends when the person holding the camera decides to run as well.

Shadow Community Table

Threshold Result
1 He's huge, and he's a ghoul.
3 He's magic, following some obscure tradition
5 Mystic Murray is a Mystic Adept, like the name would suggest. He's a combat mage at heart. Loves his Zen, hates the megas, simple as.

Assensing Table

Threshold Result
1 His aura burns a sickly yellow. He's somehow sick and extremely fit at the same time. He's awakened.
2 You detect some headware.
3 He's afflicted with HMHVV.
4 Essence of 4.6ish, Magic of 4.
5 He's a strain III Infected, if you couldn't guess already.

SINs

Robert Graves, California Free State - R3

Appearance

Usually seen wearing a pair of sunglasses and smoking a cigar. Big, even by troll standards, but not as slender as other giants due to HMHVV bulking him up. Not a single hair on his body made it though the infection, so he's bald and devoid of facial hair. Murray has arcing pointed horns and cybereyes designed to imitate the milky cataracts of a ware-less ghoul.

Clothing

Murray wears a green bomber jacket over a ragged tank top and camo pants as street wear, and if he needs to go outside in the daytime he supplements this with a full-body cloak, hoodie, and fingerless gloves

Matrix Persona

A cheerful-looking troll wearing a Hawaiian shirt+trunks and smoking a blunt.

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)
Dragonslaying Mystic Murray holds a serious grudge against whichever corporation bulldozed his house, a grudge which ultimately drives his entire shadowrunning career. His efforts to figure out who was ultimately responsible stalled out, but he'll follow any leads he finds. What he doesn't know yet is that the chain of shell companies leads from an unrated construction company to Hochtief Inc, and from Hochtief to Saeder-Krupp.
Day Tripper Mystic Murray takes Zen, a hallucinogenic and psychedelic drug, like candy. The guy's dealing with low-level hallucinations most of the time. Between his dual-natured sight and the drugs, he sees a lot of things that aren't really there.
Gaia is An Animal Murray's specific branch of animistic Red Magic uses a very loose definition of "animal" that claims everything to metahumans to plants to the biosphere itself. Actual animals are where he draws most of his strength and inspiration from, but anything that consumes and reproduces is the domain of Red Magic to him. One aspect of this doctrine is that he doesn't really believe that plant spirits are a distinct class of spirits, instead believing that they're just misguided spirits of other UMT leanings. This doctrine might get him into trouble one day.
Cannibalistic Humanoid Under-Dweller Mystic Murray lives in a series of disused tunnels under Puyallup. He mostly sources his food from the already-dead left that result from Puyallup's inhospitable conditions, but has hunted people for trespassing in "his" tunnels. He--and his stretch of tunnel--hasn't earned a reputation for this yet, but it may become a problem down the line.
Aspect 5

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