Oracle

Oracle

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Blind Healer
(Short Blurb)
Discord	@TheSplendidSerpent
Reddit	[1]
Metatype	Elf
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	0
Public Awareness	0
CDP	0
D.O.B.	02/21/2053
Age	32
Folder	[2]
Priority	Metatype - D Attributes - A Magic/Resonance - A Skills - D Resources - E
#Max IGs/Ascension	1

Character Information

Summary

A young elven mage and expatriate from a wealthy Tir Tairngire family, disowned after running away with an oni mercenary. Alone and truly independent for the first time in his life, the pampered elf is doing his best to learn how to stand on his own two feet.

Goals

Protect His Family - It's taken time, but Oracle has managed to rebuild some semblance of a family after being cast out from his old one. His highest priority is keeping the people he loves safe. From outside threats, and from themselves if he can. Maybe with enough magic and enough money, he'll even manage to succeed.

Keep his Double Life Secret - Oracle's wife Kotomi used to be a shadowrunner herself, or something very close. An ex-mercenary, she's seen the gritty underbelly of society, killed a lot of people, and managed to get out with her skin and dignity mostly intact. She's ready to settle down now and live a normal life, no longer having to wonder if each day will be her last. If she ever found out her husband was sinking into that lifestyle himself, putting the normal life she's worked so hard to secure at risk, to say there would be hell to pay would be an understatement.

Get Out Alive - Oracle never wanted to become a shadowrunner. He wants the quiet life. To settle down and live a normal, comfortable existence with his wife, even have kids one day. Once he has some money put aside, enough to support his wife's business, move into a nicer neighborhood, and put a litter of oni children through college, he plans on tying up any loose ends and leaving shadowrunning behind. The scary thing is getting out clean seems less possible with every run, and as he continues this lifestyle he finds himself liking it more and more...

Acquire a Bottle of Taéngelé - It wasn't too long ago Oracle lived the high life in Cara'Sir, satisfying every craving his hedonistic little heart desired. That life is well behind him now, but there is still one craving he can't kick: Taéngelé. Something about the smooth, rich taste of the rare alcohol simply calls to him. Unfortunately it can be hard to find, especially since Tir Tairngire forbids its sale to outsiders and comes down hard on black market vendors. Still, for just one more taste...

Background

Oracle was born in Cara’Sir, the second youngest of five children to a wealthy and affluent family. A congenital defect of the optic nerve meant that no amount of money or cyberware would ever let the young elf see, but a second freak accident of birth would grant him a chance at a semi-normal life: Magic. He developed abilities quite young and showed a natural aptitude for it as well. As soon as he was old enough his family hired tutors to help him understand his power, and quite soon he was able to see the world through the second sight all magicians call assensing. It wasn't perfect of course, at once more and less than sight, yet at an advisors instruction he further learned how to see through the eyes of others to further level his abilities with the able-sighted.

Overcoming his condition was hardly a miracle of course, even if he had been born without magic he would likely have lived a comfortable life. Oracle was born into a privileged upper class in a society where elves were already a privileged upper class. He inherited the Comital social rank, and would go on to confirm his place as a Count in the Rite of Progression. His father, Malcolm Astor, was a war hero and a board member of the New Dawn Corporation, a name with enough pull for his children to build off of or simply coast by on if they so chose. The entirety of his life had been set up for him from birth, and yet he still found a way to lose it. Oracle’s family, particularly their patriarch, always reached above their station. Their social climbing would leave the family wealthy, well connected, and suffering no lack of enemies. Oracle became used to the presence of armed bodyguards early in his life, but none would stand out significantly until he met Kotomi Yoshimura. An oni mercenary who had done previous work for the family, Kotomi was hired to be Oracle’s bodyguard as he traveled abroad to further his education. For the first time in his life being out from under the prying eyes of his parent’s, and depending on her not only for protection but her sight, Oracle found himself growing closer to his grizzled orkoid bodyguard. Eventually, their relationship grew to be quite intimate.

It would turn out, unfortunately, that Oracle was not as far from the eyes of his family as he thought. Kotomi received a message informing her that her employment and guest pass into the tier were both immediately terminated, and shortly after Oracle would receive a message from his father with a simple choice: return home immediately, and without his trog lover, or do not come home at all. He made his choice, and has been living with his oni girlfriend (and now wife) ever since.

For a time Oracle traveled the former united states with Kotomi as she sold her services to the highest bidder, using his knowledge of medicine and magic to make sure she survived whatever foolish decisions she made. As time went on though and Kotomi aged she decided it was time to settle down before she was too old to enjoy a normal life… or too slow to get her chance to see it. They bought a nice place in Seattle’s Ork Underground where Kotomi had family, and decided to try out the legitimate life. Sadly “legitimate life” had its own pitfalls. While assassins and gangers may not have been hunting them, a far more deadly foe was on their trail now, the tax man. Kotomi had to go into debt to open her own place of business, and for the first time in his life Oracle had to find a real job. Luckily his wife's nephew, an oni going only by the name Wayfarer, had connections with a local detective agency and was able to pull some strings to get him hired. Oracle had only met Wayfarer once under… unusual circumstances, but he seemed a good enough sort.

Well, the oni’s air of legitimacy was only skin deep it seemed. Arcane Eye PI, the agency the ex-military oni vampire worked for, was shock of all shocks involved in less than legal activities. Oracle wasn’t new to shadowrunners, his wife had been one after all, but the idea of becoming one himself had hardly ever crossed his mind. Still, they seemed to rake in quite a bit of cash. Far more than he would ever see in a more legal profession. Oracle thought on he and his wife’s money problems, and decided he did not want to spend the rest of the short time the two had together worrying over bills. If he had to put his life at risk to get the happy life and family he so wanted, well, then so be it.

How dangerous could it possibly be?

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

Privileged Family Name: Even outside of Tir Tairngire, his family name has pull. For good and ill.

Negative

Distinctive Style: Oracle always has been happy to be the center of attention, and everything from his way of dress to his mannerisms are finely tailored to leave an impression... unfortunately, thats not often a good thing in the shadows.

SINner: Oracle hasn't been burned from the system yet. Though most of his records may be held by the hermit kingdom of Tir Tairngire, he retains a digital footprint.

Blind: Oracle's flesheyes have been defective since birth, it is only through assensing and magic that he may see the world.

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Threat	Date of Run
Shenanrigans	TidanShock		Deadly	13 July 2085
Snake beneath the Flower	TidanShock		Deadly	13 June 2085
Ratatorky	TidanShock		Low	18 May 2085
The D-Team	TidanShock		Deadly	11 May 2085
You're up to bat	TidanShock	The Life and Times of One Kevin Crimes	High	20 April 2085

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Amadou Zheng	5	2	Fixer	MCT's Magical Middle Manager	All for the Bottom Line, The Boss is the Boss, Corpo Connections, Wannabe Crime Lord, Fell Through the Cracks, Can't Spell "Smuggler" Without "Smug", Lawyer Up, Livin' the Dream, Working Relationships, Big Ego, Small Man	Even
Alejandro Contreras	3	4	Gear	Shamanic Talismonger	East Bay, Shaman, Talismonger, United Talismongers Association	Even
Annar le Mael	6	1	Service	Doctor	Modus Operadi, Talismonger, Court Healers, Alchemy, Maintained Rituals, House Calls, Medical Experimentation	Even
Ghaz	2	3	Legwork	Skraacha Sheriff	Cavalry's Here, Skraacha Sheriff, Coffin House	1
Raytheon	5	2	Service	Mercenary/Security	Brothers in arms, Hate what is in front of you, Love what is behind you, BANG! BANG! BANG!, Beep Beep Boop	1

Organizations

Contact	Position	Connection	Faction Rep	Archetype	Health	Location
Arcane Eye	Magical Investigator	1	6	Magical Private Investigation Agency	Maintaining	Central Downtown, Seattle

Faction Reputation

Faction	Reputation
Cutters	+2
Lakewood Giants	+3
Skraacha	+3
Astral	+2

Allies

Wayfarer

Miut

Weevil - Deceased

Manashoe - Deceased

Ronin - Missing

In Character Information

Matrix Search Table

Threshold	Result
1	Tir Tairngire expatriate with expensive tastes.
3	Bounces between residences in the Orc Underground
6	Still active national SIN connection, real name Fionn Astor

Shadow Community Table

Threshold	Result
1	Shamanic spellcaster operating in the Orc Underground
3	A rich kid who bounced outta one of the Tir’s and shacked up with an Oni mercenary.
5	He was disowned by his wealthy family back in Tir Tairngire, it was a whole big scandal.

Assensing Table

Threshold	Result
1	Awakened
2	No cyberware, Magician
3	No alphaware
4	No bioware, Essence 6, Magic 6
5	No deltaware, gene treatments, or nanotech. Not a technomancer.

SINs

Fionn E. Astor (National SIN, Tir Tairngire)

 - Mage License
 - Summoner License
 - Private Investigator License

Ciran A. Wright (Fake SIN, Rating 4)

 - Mage License (Rating 4)
 - Summoner License (Rating 4)

Appearance

A pale, lithe, young man who stands 6’3”. His face is angular yet youthful, with a straight grecian nose and thin pursed lips. He has large, pale blue eyes set deep in his skull, and long wavy dark hair.

Clothing

Oracle’s tastes in clothing testify to his origins, too rich for his humble station and too strange for typical UCAS fashions. He favors gold and white, colors pristine and cherubic (And clothing easily cleanable, because by the end of most runs they are no longer so pristine). He wears flowing, loose clothes that hang off his thin frame, usually accompanied with a designer cloak and delicate gloves. A white headdress covers his naturally dark hair to keep it from clashing with his chosen fashion, and a gold colored upper face mask covers his unseeing eyes. He often adorns himself with expensive jewelry, but the only piece he always has to hand is a simple bronze and amber ring.

Matrix Persona

An elf in white robes, the face always obscured in the darkness of the hood it wears.

A separate commlink and persona used in his personal life is himself, but with cat ears and tail.

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)
Aspect 1	The family that disowned him still expects he will come crawling back one day.
Aspect 2	His wife Kotomi is unaware of his shadowrunning life, and certainly wouldn't be happy if she found out.
Aspect 3	Oracle's family had many enemies in Tir Tairngire and beyond. Disowned or not, some might still have an interest in him.
Aspect 4	Oracle's father has his fingers in many pies, friends in places high and low. From military, to gangers, to corpo, any could have Astor money backing them, particularly if they are connected to Tir Tairngire.
Aspect 5

ShadowGrid Profile Comments

Miut - If you heard some weird crashing noises coming from the side of your house last night, sorry that was me. I fell in the trash bin trying to wrestle out an old beat up piece of scrap. Come to think of it, I think I got jabbed by something sharp (hoping it wasn't a needle) so can you come by soon to check me out??? Thanks.

Manashoe - Might be one of those spirit-kissing shamans, but damn if he isn't someone I'd want around. Very least, his mouth can get people in and out of trouble all the same, and - if you ask me, I still think he's doing something with Amadou, he's slightly more tolerable when Oracle talks, there has to be some reason that his better half wouldn't be ecstatic to hear about.