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===Goals=== | ===Goals=== | ||
Driving Goal: Get his life back - the money, the power, the influence<br> | |||
'''Short Term Goals'''<br> | |||
Use the Shadow Haven to re-establish himself.<br> | |||
Get money in order to set himself up at least somewhat reasonably<br> | |||
<s>Good lord, get a Fake SIN</s><br> | |||
<s>And a fragging car!</s><br> | |||
Ok, get a better car, frag!<br> | |||
'''Long Term Goals'''<br> | |||
Return to the trappings of wealth (High Lifestyle, fancy car, etc.)<br> | |||
Master his new vampiric powers<br> | |||
Avoid getting scanned with his Real SIN and burned for being Infected<br> | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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What else could someone ask for when they already have the best of everything? More, clearly. And so he pushed, and pushed hard - and partied even harder. What was occasional drug use turned into a mild novacoke addiction; what was occasionally expensive trips or women turned into ended up almost flat broke. It was during those mid twenties years of excess that the Seducer, under the guise of the demoness, Lillith, came to Alex. In exchange for the excess he was already living, she promised him power to hold on to the life that was already starting to tumble out of his grasp. | What else could someone ask for when they already have the best of everything? More, clearly. And so he pushed, and pushed hard - and partied even harder. What was occasional drug use turned into a mild novacoke addiction; what was occasionally expensive trips or women turned into ended up almost flat broke. It was during those mid twenties years of excess that the Seducer, under the guise of the demoness, Lillith, came to Alex. In exchange for the excess he was already living, she promised him power to hold on to the life that was already starting to tumble out of his grasp. | ||
Perhaps obviously, he accepted; and in doing so only added more momentum to the tailspin that was the trajectory of his life. It was not long after that Horizon fired him - he'd made one too many enemies and, despite his silver tongue, could not talk his way out of it. In an eyeblink, all the glitz and glamour of his life was gone. The rent was due, the car note was due, and the addiction was due - so clearly that one got paid first. | Perhaps obviously, he accepted; and in doing so only added more momentum to the tailspin that was the trajectory of his life. It was not long after that Horizon fired him - he'd made one too many enemies and, despite his silver tongue, could not talk his way out of it. In an eyeblink, all the glitz and glamour of his life was gone. The rent was due, the car note was due, and the addiction was due - so clearly that one got paid first; the consequence of this would pay out dividends in both his health as well as his lifestyle. Already not particularly physically-minded, the slender lawyer lost even more weight and muscle mass becoming even thinner. | ||
In a whirlwind month, the now down-and-out Harker found himself scraping together enough nuyen to get a place out in the Plastic Jungle of Redmond. But fate, it seems, is not without a sense of humor and after yet another bender down at one of the local bars, Harker was wandering himself back to the tiny shitbox of an apartment when he turned into the wrong alley. The blur that happened before him was so fast that he doesn't even particularly remember the details, only the vague daze of waking up the next night feeling sicker than he ever had before and with the strange and sudden cravings of a newly infected Vampire. | In a whirlwind month, the now down-and-out Harker found himself scraping together enough nuyen to get a place out in the Plastic Jungle of Redmond. But fate, it seems, is not without a sense of humor and after yet another bender down at one of the local bars, Harker was wandering himself back to the tiny shitbox of an apartment when he turned into the wrong alley. The blur that happened before him was so fast that he doesn't even particularly remember the details, only the vague daze of waking up the next night feeling sicker than he ever had before and with the strange and sudden cravings of a newly infected Vampire. | ||
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===Positive=== | ===Positive=== | ||
*Gifted and Talented: Exceptional Attribute (MAG), College Education | * Life of the Party: Too Pretty to Hit, Alibi, Closer, Social Chameleon | ||
*Darkest Shadows: Mentor Spirit (Seducer), Infected (Vampire) | * Gifted and Talented: Exceptional Attribute (MAG), College Education | ||
* Darkest Shadows: Mentor Spirit (Seducer), Infected (Vampire), Metaviral Attunement (Vampire) | |||
===Negative=== | ===Negative=== | ||
*Bad Life Choices: Addiction (Mild, Novacoke) | *Bad Life Choices: Addiction (Mild, Novacoke) | ||
*Bad Attitude: Did you just call me dumb? | *Bad Attitude: Did you just call me dumb?, PSC (Vindictive) | ||
*Had It All, Lost it All: Driven (Get His Old Life Back | *Had It All, Lost it All: Driven (Get His Old Life Back), SINner (Limited Corp, Horizon) | ||
==Run History== | ==Run History== | ||
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|Name=Anne-Marie Leveux | |Name=Anne-Marie Leveux | ||
|Loyalty=1 | |||
|Chips=Even | |||
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|Name=Bubblegum | |||
|Loyalty=1 | |Loyalty=1 | ||
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===Organizations=== | ===Organizations=== | ||
<!-- See: Template:GroupContactTable for the group contact template. --> | <!-- See: Template:GroupContactTable for the group contact template. --> | ||
+10 Faction Crimson Crush | |||
+2 SpinGlobal | |||
-5 Faction Skraacha | |||
+2 The Grey | |||
+1 Psionic College | |||
===Allies=== | ===Allies=== | ||
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{{SearchTable| | {{SearchTable| | ||
|LowThreshold=1 | |LowThreshold=1 | ||
|LowResult= | |LowResult=No runner rep to speak of | ||
|MidThreshold=3 | |MidThreshold=3 | ||
|MidResult= | |MidResult=Some vague chatter about being a decent face but little else | ||
|HighThreshold=5 | |HighThreshold=5 | ||
|HighResult= | |HighResult=Known as being close to a "Speaker Adept" from his first few runs, and also that he basically will avoid a fight as much as possible. | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Assensing Table== | ==Assensing Table== | ||
{{AssensingTable| | {{AssensingTable| | ||
|Result1= | |Result1=Awakened. Seems vaguely frail. Generally ill at ease. | ||
|Result2= | |Result2=No cyberware. HMHVV Strain 1 (Vampire) | ||
|Result3= | |Result3=Addiction, Mild - Novacoke. | ||
|Result4= | |Result4=Magic 7 | ||
|Result5= | |Result5=N/A | ||
}} | }} | ||
==SINs== | ==SINs== | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| '''Alexander Harker''' | | '''Alexander Harker''' | ||
| | | Horizon | ||
| Real | | Real | ||
| Mystic Adept, Drivers, Law | | Mystic Adept, Drivers, Law | ||
|- | |||
|- | |||
| '''Michael Stone''' | |||
| UCAS | |||
| R3 | |||
| Mystic Adept | |||
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|Aspect 1 | |Aspect 1 | ||
| | |Driven | ||
| | |Invictus will do almost anything to gain money, power, wealth, or fame within the shadows. What was an up and coming lawyer is now an up and coming runner. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Aspect 2 | |Aspect 2 | ||
| | |Dark Shadows | ||
| | |Black Magic, Seducer Mentor, and a vampiric hunger. He hasn't killed anyone, yet, but how long will he be able to hold onto his soul? | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Aspect 3 | |Aspect 3 | ||
| | |Invictus, Esquire | ||
| | |Lawyer specializing in corporate contract law and ready to argue the finest point to get what he wants. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Aspect 4 | |Aspect 4 | ||
Latest revision as of 22:21, 30 July 2025
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| Infected Mystic Adept Face | |
|---|---|
| Down and out | |
| Hung out to dry | |
| Discord | Robinton |
| Wiki User | Tesslerj |
| Metatype | Human (Vampire) |
| Street Cred | 0 |
| Notoriety | 1 |
| Public Awareness | 0 |
| CDP | 14 |
| Folder | [1] |
| Priority | Metatype - E Attributes - B Magic/Resonance - A Skills - B Resources - E |
| #Max IGs/Ascension | 5 |
| # Optional Infected powers allowed | 4 |
| Essence(Current/Max) | 9/12 |
Character Information
Summary
Some stories of the shadows are about heroes. Noble figures rising up out of the shadows to do great and heroic things.
And some stories of the shadows are about the people who have been cast down into them, forced by fortune or fate to delve into the darkest parts of the world as they try to survive. For Invictus, a name meaning 'Unconquered', it is a story about the slow and gradual degradation of someone cast out of the normal, every day, life and into the shadows - and just how deep into the darkness of his own soul he will go.
Goals
Driving Goal: Get his life back - the money, the power, the influence
Short Term Goals
Use the Shadow Haven to re-establish himself.
Get money in order to set himself up at least somewhat reasonably
Good lord, get a Fake SIN
And a fragging car!
Ok, get a better car, frag!
Long Term Goals
Return to the trappings of wealth (High Lifestyle, fancy car, etc.)
Master his new vampiric powers
Avoid getting scanned with his Real SIN and burned for being Infected
Background
Alexander Harker had it all. A successful law degree from MIT&T, an up and coming career as a corporate attack lawyer for Horizon's PR division, the flat in downtown, money, women, drugs, cars.
What else could someone ask for? Magically gifted from a young age and well on his way to leaning into the Speaker's Way, life seemed like it was on the up for a young Alexander Harker. There was only one problem - he got greedy.
What else could someone ask for when they already have the best of everything? More, clearly. And so he pushed, and pushed hard - and partied even harder. What was occasional drug use turned into a mild novacoke addiction; what was occasionally expensive trips or women turned into ended up almost flat broke. It was during those mid twenties years of excess that the Seducer, under the guise of the demoness, Lillith, came to Alex. In exchange for the excess he was already living, she promised him power to hold on to the life that was already starting to tumble out of his grasp.
Perhaps obviously, he accepted; and in doing so only added more momentum to the tailspin that was the trajectory of his life. It was not long after that Horizon fired him - he'd made one too many enemies and, despite his silver tongue, could not talk his way out of it. In an eyeblink, all the glitz and glamour of his life was gone. The rent was due, the car note was due, and the addiction was due - so clearly that one got paid first; the consequence of this would pay out dividends in both his health as well as his lifestyle. Already not particularly physically-minded, the slender lawyer lost even more weight and muscle mass becoming even thinner.
In a whirlwind month, the now down-and-out Harker found himself scraping together enough nuyen to get a place out in the Plastic Jungle of Redmond. But fate, it seems, is not without a sense of humor and after yet another bender down at one of the local bars, Harker was wandering himself back to the tiny shitbox of an apartment when he turned into the wrong alley. The blur that happened before him was so fast that he doesn't even particularly remember the details, only the vague daze of waking up the next night feeling sicker than he ever had before and with the strange and sudden cravings of a newly infected Vampire.
Out of cash, essence, and options, he did the only thing left to him. He called in what last few favors he had through his old Horizon networks, and got himself some work - his first few jobs in the shadows were entirely unglamourous, but every runner team has a need for someone to milk the johnson for more money, or talk their way past some security guard. And if they missed the sliiiiight panic in his eyes, well, he'd learned from the best courtrooms how to keep a cool head.
Narrative Significant Qualities
Positive
- Life of the Party: Too Pretty to Hit, Alibi, Closer, Social Chameleon
- Gifted and Talented: Exceptional Attribute (MAG), College Education
- Darkest Shadows: Mentor Spirit (Seducer), Infected (Vampire), Metaviral Attunement (Vampire)
Negative
- Bad Life Choices: Addiction (Mild, Novacoke)
- Bad Attitude: Did you just call me dumb?, PSC (Vindictive)
- Had It All, Lost it All: Driven (Get His Old Life Back), SINner (Limited Corp, Horizon)
Run History
| Name | GM | Metaplot | Threat | Date of Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Curious Ascension of Epsilon Grey | J.R. | Deadly | 30 July 2086 | |
| Failure to A&R&R | J.R. | Or'zet Underground | High | 30 May 2086 |
| Kyra's No Good Very Long Walk | Archtmag | Medium | 11 May 2086 | |
| Rave Reviews | Villiers | Deadly | 27 April 2086 | |
| Fizzician, Shield Thyself | SeniorScore | Medium | 10 April 2086 | |
| Guess We're Doing Deadshots Now | Asmodeus | Medium | 21 March 2086 | |
| Goblin Diplomacy | LHOG | Medium | 10 March 2086 |
Affiliations
Contacts
| Contact | Connection | Loyalty | Archetype | Profession | Aspects | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Powers | 6 | 1 | Fixer | Horizon Talent Agent | Musical Talent, Corporate Deals, Keep it Classy, Fake SINs, Insider Knowledge, Horizon Agent, Hired Muscle | Even |
| Ashley Davis | 5 | 2 | Service | Lawyer | Working Hours, Defense Attorney, Law and Punishment, Multiple Degrees, Contacts with the Pawns, Legally Blond, Objection, Your Honor!, Savvy Shrink | Even |
| Damien | 2 | 4 | Gear | Talismonger | Talismonger, Black Magic, Awakened for Hire | Even |
| Anna Van Der Pelt | 6 | 1 | Fixer | Talismonger | Awakened Fixer, Awakened Philanthropist, Big Stick Diplomancy, Drake Sympathizer, Hocus Focus, Talismonger | Even |
| Anne-Marie Leveux | 2 | 1 | Service | Smuggler | Smuggler, Gun Bunny, Drugs are for Winners | Even |
| Bubblegum | 1 | 1 | Gear | Fake SINner | Corporate Forger, SINner, Nothing Lasts Forever, Knows How She Got Here | Even |
Organizations
+10 Faction Crimson Crush
+2 SpinGlobal
-5 Faction Skraacha
+2 The Grey
+1 Psionic College
Allies
Enemies
In Character Information
Symbols and Signatures
Invictus, regardless of his actual bank account, carries himself like he is the absolute most social, most wealthy, person around - which, given the contrast of his meager beginnings, is often vaguely ridiculous. Even his runner name, chosen by him to convey a sense of majesty and dignity, is merely a sign of his sense of ego.
His magic, likewise, has all the trappings of what one would expect of an ego driven Black Mage. Everything, and literally everything, is about power. Over the world, over himself, and most importantly - over others.
Matrix Search Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 3 | |
| 6 |
Shadow Community Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | No runner rep to speak of |
| 3 | Some vague chatter about being a decent face but little else |
| 5 | Known as being close to a "Speaker Adept" from his first few runs, and also that he basically will avoid a fight as much as possible. |
Assensing Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | Awakened. Seems vaguely frail. Generally ill at ease. |
| 2 | No cyberware. HMHVV Strain 1 (Vampire) |
| 3 | Addiction, Mild - Novacoke. |
| 4 | Magic 7 |
| 5 | N/A |
SINs
| SIN | Issuer | Rating | Licenses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Harker | Horizon | Real | Mystic Adept, Drivers, Law |
| Michael Stone | UCAS | R3 | Mystic Adept |
Appearance
Clothing
Despite his living situation that he absolutely does not speak of, when showing up to meets or jobs he is dressed "runner professionally" in a Mortimer of London suit and with his ever present cane.
Matrix Persona
Very little to speak of - while he knows how to use commlinks and the like, Harker has never really dived into the matrix all that much beyond sending paralegals to do matrix searches for relevant case law
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 | Driven | Invictus will do almost anything to gain money, power, wealth, or fame within the shadows. What was an up and coming lawyer is now an up and coming runner. |
| Aspect 2 | Dark Shadows | Black Magic, Seducer Mentor, and a vampiric hunger. He hasn't killed anyone, yet, but how long will he be able to hold onto his soul? |
| Aspect 3 | Invictus, Esquire | Lawyer specializing in corporate contract law and ready to argue the finest point to get what he wants. |
| Aspect 4 | ||
| Aspect 5 |