John Brown

John Brown

Social Adept/Shaman
Magical Neo-A Con Man
Player	Kryosite
Metatype	Elf
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	0
Public Awareness	0
Titles and Awards	0
CDP	3
D.O.B.	February 17, 2058
Folder	John Brown
Priority	Metatype - D Attributes - C Magic/Resonance - A Skills - B Resources - E

Character Information

Summary

A Neo-A street shaman and social adept trying to get by and make the world a little better in the process, if he can. John Brown uses his immense (and magically enhanced) charisma (and a bit of occasional illusion magic) to talk his way into wherever he wants to be. Somewhat naive, he is devoted to his beliefs and genuinely believes that the corps could fall one day, and that if their control over the people were weakened, a classless stateless utopia could be formed with the technology currently available.

Goals

• Support his community of Ass End
• Survive in the corporate hellscape that is modern Seattle, and maybe find a couple people worth protecting
• Protect the spirits of the city
• Reduce corporate power, by any means necessary
• Serve Queen Elizabeth XXIII, for she is both mighty and adorable. God save the Queen.

Background

Born SINless on the streets of Seattle, Johann Sanderson lost his parents around the age of 7. After that, he grew up as part of a gang of child thieves (he would provide a distraction and beg for nuyen while others picked pockets). Life was hard, and food was scarce, but he was generally able to get enough to eat, and he grew up sturdy, if scrawny. Sometime around 18, when he was serving as the adult gang leader's second in command, someone got caught during a routine job and flipped on the gang rather than face prison. After a brutally short shootout, the leader was killed, along with those kids stupid enough to put up a fight. The rest were arrested. Johann was off trying to get answers about the missing kid when the raid happened, and came back just as the raid began. He walked past the condemned building that had been his home and the gang that had been his family and just kept walking.

At this point, the only family he'd ever known scattered to the wind, Johann survived by begging and pulling short cons on tourists. He developed a Betel habit, as the cheaply available gum let him spend more hours a day separating rubes from their pocket change and maybe get enough to eat. Of course, before long, the gum became more of an expenditure than the food, and he ended up even worse off. He was starving and begging for a meal, malnourished to the point of near-death when he first discovered his magic and met Raven. He quickly went from two-bit con man to expert social adept, a leader and negotiator who can simply ask for whatever he wants and get it, and he pledged to become strong enough to protect and support those close to him. Raven led him on a months-long walkabout through the city, eventually leading him to settle down in Ass End, where he took to neo-anarchism like a fish to water, using his magic to serve the community and discovering more about what he could do along the way. He also became food-secure for the first time he can remember, and became a bit less frail, although the years of malnutition have left a mark on him physically. However, after advancing his craft about as far as he could, he realized two deeply unfortunate truths: (a.) he could be doing more for the cause, and (b.) needed cash. Formulae, foci, and reagents all aren't cheap, and he wants to be able to build a lodge for his magic and pursue deeper mysteries of shamanism. He had heard of the runner group Black Star, and decided that he had found his calling.

Taking the name of an old radical leader of centuries past, he slowly acquired a set of basic gear and got ready to start taking on shadowruns.

After his second run, he met Queen Elizabeth XXIII, a free cat spirit and now occasional roommate, who stops by for her nightly bowl of milk.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Code of Honor: Harmony With Nature, The Shaman's Code - Opposed to the creation of unjust hierarchies, John will never bind a spirit without a consensual compact being struck.

Mentor Spirit (Raven)

Chain Breaker

School of Hard Knocks

Sensei - Ariel Lopez instructs him on the ways of summoning spirits

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Threat	Date of Run
The Dead and The Dying	Atlatl		Semi-Prime	7 September 2081
A Cruel Angel's Thesis	Ghostlin	Suffer the Children	High	19 August 2081
Shimmer Shiny Sea	Chrisst111		Medium	16 August 2081
Leave the Cage and Take the Key	Ghostlin	Adversaries	High	12 July 2081
Standing Still	Ghost	Suffer the Children		24 June 2081
Heart of Stone	ArcaneFuror		Medium	21 June 2081
On the Importance of Family	SedatedAlice		Medium	4 June 2081
The Weekend Warrior	Atlatl	The Farm and The Furious		3 June 2081
Double Grande Nachos Supreme With Chicken	Aurora			26 May 2081
WPOP Rave	Aurora			18 May 2081
Adolescent Surged Shinobi Amphibians	Doc McGuffins			17 May 2081
A Ghoulish Case Of Ghoul-Hatred	Aurora			15 May 2081
The Battle of Solace	Darklordiablo MadMan Torq!	Project Insight		14 May 2081
My Hero	Teksura	Shadow Heroes		13 May 2081
A Shadowrun Based on Crywank's A Soreness So Familiar It Soon Becomes Unquestioned	Burst	Dance Around The Fire That We Once Believed - The Ex-Firewatch Story		6 May 2081
No Grave But the Sea	Tekomandor	What Fate Weaves	High	16 April 2081
Dogs vs Cats	Doc	God Save the Queen		7 April 2081
Intern Return	Teksura			24 March 2081

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Joseph Speaks-With-Rivers	5	2	Custom(G,A,K,N)	Talismonger	Enchanter, Urban Shaman, Talismonger, Talislegger, Teacher, Painted Horse Lodge	Even
Tellestra O'Byrne	3	2	Fixer(N,K,G,A)	Danaan Agent	Scary Woman, High Society Elf, Playing Both Sides, Tir Operative	Even
Juan Lopez	5	1	Custom(G,A,K,N)	Forger	Fake ID, Master Forger, Matrix Presence, Relaxed Life, Unsuspected, Burner SIN	Even
Handy Andy	4	2	Fixer(G,A,K,N)	Neo-A Weapons Dealer	Black Star Fixer, Community Weapons Manager, Have You Considered Something a Bit Bigger?, The Best Stuff's In The Back, Stay Safe Out There!	Even
Queen Elizabeth XXIII	6	3	Legwork	Free Spirit	Alley Cat, Anarkitty, Queen of the Cat's Paws, Tails from the Astral, Gossiping Free Spirit, Purrceptive Prowler, Cat and Mouse, Mew-sic of the Spheres, Hungry Free Spirit	Even
Ariel Lopez	4	2	Generalist	Shamanic Talismonger	Shaman, Teacher, Enchanter, Hell's Kitchen, Poor Networker, Survivalist, Ritualist	Even
Bold	2	3	Custom(K,A,G,N)	Super Hero	Blissfully Unaware, Superhero, Mob Buster, Gang Buster, City Watch	Even
Doctor O+	4	2	Custom(G,A,N,K)	Street Doc/Organlegger	Medical, Illegal, Organlegger, Ghoul Organlegger, Armorer, Ware, Rarities	Even
Chipper	4	2	Service	Subterranean Shinobi Master	Not All There, Rival to EVO, Witty Sensei #1, Bach #2, Mozart #3, Handel #4, Haydn #5	Even
Corf	1	1	Service	Helpful Lil' Minecart	Rail-bound, Small, Living Transport, Underground, Wild Spirit, Smol	Even
Mint	3	2	Fixer	Farm Operations Officer	Construction Contractor, Green Thumb, Beacon of Hope, Earth Aspect	Even
Felipe Chandler	3	2	Custom (K,N,A,G)	Child Psychologist	Drugs, Child at Heart, Psychology, Doc Wagon	Even
Mary Claire	3	1	Fixer	Fixer/Club Girl That Never Grew Up	Gossip, Infobroker, Drugs, Nightlife Denizen, Corporations, Hard to Reach	Even
Sean Dempsey	2	2	Custom (K,N,A,G)	Adjunct College Professor	Rugby Hooligan, Celtic Mythology Professor, I Spend Most Of My Time At University	Even
Jet Set	6	1	Custom(A,G,K,N)	C-5 Galaxy Owner/Operator	Time/Distance, Island Hopper, SAR Squad, JP-5 for Blood, Mister Missile, Aircraft Sensei, Fulton Extraction???, Care Package Inbound, Heavy Lift💪	Even

Organizations

Contact	Position	Connection	Faction Rep	Archetype	Health	Location
City Watch	Reserve Member	2	15	Super Heroes	Maintaining	Puyallup
Solace	Member	1	18	Church of all Faiths	Bruised	Touristville

Allies

• 1 Rep with Ex-Firewatch
• 4 DocWagon Rep

In Character Information

SINs

John Winters - A Rating 6 fake SIN, a wagemage for SK

*has Rating 6 fake licenses for Automatics and being a Mage

Appearance

Whipcord-thin and short for an elf, John Brown's trid-handsome face is marred only by the bluish stain his Betel habit has left on his teeth. His hair would look shaggy on someone less attractive, but he manages to make it look ruggedly handsome or disheveled and lost, depending on what he's going for at the time, and his eyes are a piercing shade of emerald green. He shows signs of years of malnutrition for those who know what to look for, but has been eating fairly well for the past few years, and doesn't appear quite as gaunt as he used to.

Clothing

Armored Jacket over old band T-shirts, combat fatigues,

Matrix Persona

Unknown

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