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===Summary===
===Summary===
Ikari's shadowrunning activity is generally informed by their Shinto leanings, which have led them to becoming a staunch environmentalist and Marxist anti-capitalist / corporatist. Their egalitarian attitude extends to their kami, who they loathe to bind. Ikari's principles compel them to avoid paying rent, opposed as they are to the very concept, but also to avoid producing emissions, which they accomplish by riding a bicycle everywhere. The side benefit of this is that Ikari doesn't have to bind to any particular area, which aside from being uncomfortable would probably depress them as they experienced directly the dilapidation of the sprawl.
Leviathan runs to keep himself in comfort, using his physical and magical gifts to neutralize threats and targets and get paid. Since he does not own most of the tools a vampire might use to keep themselves mostly functional during the day and he is otherwise quite durable, he generally prefers to engage in runs almost entirely after dark. While his embrace of dark magic and status as a vampire means he has few qualms about killing, he generally accepts that not all combat needs to be lethal, and is proficient in subduing combat. After all, you need to be alive to have your essence drained.


Ikari, self-titled for the rage of the natural and spiritual world, tends to conserve their hatred for those who directly consist the corporate superstructure, and generally prefers not to use lethal force on those who they do not despise.
Leviathan, so-named in reference to the biblical sea monster, is nonetheless capable of subtlety, and well able to move around without being immediately noticed, although his stature and vulnerabilities to sunlight and wood make him much less effective at blending into a social situation.


===Goals===
===Goals===
Establish communism.
Stay fed.


Save the world.
Advance himself.


Stay the frag alive.
Evade the law.<br />


==Background==
==Background==
Ikari, born to two superstitious salaryhumans in Western Japan, who as a result brought their "magical" child to a sequestered shrine before they were registered for a SIN, where after many years held in suspense they Awakened as a mage at the age of thirteen. From this young age, Ikari observed the slow degradation of the astral world as caused by the pollution of Japan, and used their meager matrix access to become politically conscious. Quickly become not only politically engaged but politically extreme, Ikari's violent magical reaction to the arrival of an esteemed corporate guest to the shrine resulted in their rapid expulsion not only from the shrine but, effectively, from the country as a whole. Thanks to their parents cosmopolitan employment and frequent visits, Ikari's knowledge of English allowed them to burn their scant savings on a one-way trip to the what they viewed as the world's center of criminal activity, Seattle.  
Benjamin Moses was born and raised in Everett, overlooking the Sound. His parents were honest, god-fearing dock-workers who had little time for their kid, so the young Benjamin was a 'latchkey kid', absorbing 5th-world media handed down from his grandparents and from the the local pirates. Thanks to the difficulty local authorities had in determining his age by sight, he started working at a young age, loading and unloading on the shady part of the docks. One night, Benjamin saw a woman on a faraway jetty, followed her for no apparent reason to a storage shed, and got drained for everything he had. He woke up the next night a vampire and an adept, the stress of the hunger having awakened him, and quickly set about beating someone to near-death and draining their blood. Rapidly fleeing the scene, Benjamin used his cursory knowledge of the local dives and hideaways to set himself up, dragging unsuspecting dockworkers returning home into empty alleys and killing them afterwards to cover his tracks. Eventually, the heat grew too much for him in his hometown, and he had to look for a way out of the district to somewhere where people were looking for him somewhat less aggressively. He was contacted by Ziz, who in exchange for a few 'favors' (unsubtle assassinations) had him smuggled into Auburn. Adopting the street name Leviathan, Benjamin now takes work as a shadowrunner both to pay back Ziz and maintain his new marginally-less horrible lifestyle.    


==Narrative Significant Qualities==
==Narrative Significant Qualities==
Social Stress (Talking About the Environment) - Ikari becomes visibly angry when the subjects of pollution, climate change, and corporate control over the natural world, which can be jarring when the conversation is not already going in that direction.
Vampire (Non-Human) - A rarity even among the infected, Leviathan's HMVV Strain 1 expresses as vampirism.


Astral Beacon - Ikari considers their oversized astral signature a gift, given its tendency to attract wild spirits to them.
Mentor Spirit (Shark) - Although his dark magic tradition does not necessarily revere animal spirits in-and-of-themselves, the cultural mark of the shark as an unthinking, unfeeling murder machine as depicted in movies like ''Jaws'', and the use of the term to refer to decisive, unemotional actors makes it a perfect fit for a dark adept.


Social Appearance Anxiety - While Ikari is generally aware of the natural aesthetic advantages of their Dryad metatype, they are also well aware of the corrosive effect their lifestyle has on their appearance.
Catlike - Leviathan, as is usual for a killer of his type, needs to be stealthy to survive.
 
Illiterate - Leviathan grew up in a working-class family and worked under-the-table at a questionably-legal shipping operation. He, unusually for a troll, can't read.
 
Compulsive (Combat Monster)- Fighting makes Leviathan feel ''alive'', and his ego rests on his prowess in combat. He finds it difficult as a result to flee from combat.
 
Wanted - The "Everett/Auburn Exsanguinator" has been the subject of a bit of coverage on the local news, and the city of Seattle has a sizable bounty on it. That's him.


==Run History==
==Run History==
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==SINs==
==SINs==
Ikari's semi-nomadic lifestyle means that they don't actually have any kind of SIN, real or otherwise.
Leviathan's literally underground lifestyle and lack of financial resources has led to his not owning a SIN at all, neither fake nor real.


==Appearance==
==Appearance==


===Clothing===
===Clothing===
Leviathan dresses like what he is, a proudly amoral hulking vampire. He likes black and dark blue, thick clothing, and chrome accents.


===Matrix Persona===
===Matrix Persona===
As a vampire, Benjamin can't swim, but he enjoys doing it on the matrix. His persona reflects this, a cross between a great-white shark and a towering metahuman.


==Media Mentions==
==Media Mentions==

Latest revision as of 14:02, 9 March 2020

Leviathan
Leviathan.jpg
Archetype
Vampire Serial Killer
Troll Unarmed Adept
Player[1]
MetatypeTroll
Street Cred0
Notoriety0
Public Awareness0
Titles and Awards0
CDP6
D.O.B.31 October 2058
Folder[Drive URL Link]
Priority
Metatype - B
Attributes - A
Magic/Resonance - B
Skills - E
Resources - E

Character Information

Summary

Leviathan runs to keep himself in comfort, using his physical and magical gifts to neutralize threats and targets and get paid. Since he does not own most of the tools a vampire might use to keep themselves mostly functional during the day and he is otherwise quite durable, he generally prefers to engage in runs almost entirely after dark. While his embrace of dark magic and status as a vampire means he has few qualms about killing, he generally accepts that not all combat needs to be lethal, and is proficient in subduing combat. After all, you need to be alive to have your essence drained.

Leviathan, so-named in reference to the biblical sea monster, is nonetheless capable of subtlety, and well able to move around without being immediately noticed, although his stature and vulnerabilities to sunlight and wood make him much less effective at blending into a social situation.

Goals

Stay fed.

Advance himself.

Evade the law.

Background

Benjamin Moses was born and raised in Everett, overlooking the Sound. His parents were honest, god-fearing dock-workers who had little time for their kid, so the young Benjamin was a 'latchkey kid', absorbing 5th-world media handed down from his grandparents and from the the local pirates. Thanks to the difficulty local authorities had in determining his age by sight, he started working at a young age, loading and unloading on the shady part of the docks. One night, Benjamin saw a woman on a faraway jetty, followed her for no apparent reason to a storage shed, and got drained for everything he had. He woke up the next night a vampire and an adept, the stress of the hunger having awakened him, and quickly set about beating someone to near-death and draining their blood. Rapidly fleeing the scene, Benjamin used his cursory knowledge of the local dives and hideaways to set himself up, dragging unsuspecting dockworkers returning home into empty alleys and killing them afterwards to cover his tracks. Eventually, the heat grew too much for him in his hometown, and he had to look for a way out of the district to somewhere where people were looking for him somewhat less aggressively. He was contacted by Ziz, who in exchange for a few 'favors' (unsubtle assassinations) had him smuggled into Auburn. Adopting the street name Leviathan, Benjamin now takes work as a shadowrunner both to pay back Ziz and maintain his new marginally-less horrible lifestyle.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Vampire (Non-Human) - A rarity even among the infected, Leviathan's HMVV Strain 1 expresses as vampirism.

Mentor Spirit (Shark) - Although his dark magic tradition does not necessarily revere animal spirits in-and-of-themselves, the cultural mark of the shark as an unthinking, unfeeling murder machine as depicted in movies like Jaws, and the use of the term to refer to decisive, unemotional actors makes it a perfect fit for a dark adept.

Catlike - Leviathan, as is usual for a killer of his type, needs to be stealthy to survive.

Illiterate - Leviathan grew up in a working-class family and worked under-the-table at a questionably-legal shipping operation. He, unusually for a troll, can't read.

Compulsive (Combat Monster)- Fighting makes Leviathan feel alive, and his ego rests on his prowess in combat. He finds it difficult as a result to flee from combat.

Wanted - The "Everett/Auburn Exsanguinator" has been the subject of a bit of coverage on the local news, and the city of Seattle has a sizable bounty on it. That's him.

Run History

NameGMMetaplotDate of Run
Hardcore Convenience StoreOB29 May 2081
Sound CheckTeksura1 March 2081
Reformation Hunt 16 19DarklordiabloThe Reformation20 February 2081

Affiliations

Contacts

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Contact Connection Loyalty Archetype Profession Aspects Chips
Ziz 5 1 Fixer Evil Genius View From Above, Dark Mage, Inside Connections, Bloodthirsty, Outside Connections, Shrouded In Shadows -1
Maksim 1 1 Service Taxi Driver Taxi Driver, Silent 0


Organizations

Allies

Enemies

In Character Information

Symbols and Signatures

Matrix Search Table

Shadow Community Table

SINs

Leviathan's literally underground lifestyle and lack of financial resources has led to his not owning a SIN at all, neither fake nor real.

Appearance

Clothing

Leviathan dresses like what he is, a proudly amoral hulking vampire. He likes black and dark blue, thick clothing, and chrome accents.

Matrix Persona

As a vampire, Benjamin can't swim, but he enjoys doing it on the matrix. His persona reflects this, a cross between a great-white shark and a towering metahuman.

Media Mentions

ShadowGrid Profile Comments