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===Summary===
Charismatic Face with a Tragic Backstory
===Goals===
*Find The Spiral
*Kill the driver of the white pickup
==Background==
==Background==
One of the first vampires to be turned after the Awakening was the firstborn of a media conglomerate's vice president. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth and used to luxury, the usual route to the penthouse wasn't available when all hell broke loose. Trying to find an alternate route, she took one wrong turn and ended up in the deepest, darkest reaches of her psyche to escape what a bunch of psychotic street-dwelling trash were to put her through. The chaos that ensued that year and the absolute turmoil society suffered from left an infected, hospital-ridden corporate woman in a ward and out of the media's sights. Quietly disowned and swept under the rug, her existence wasn't something her father wanted to ever think about again.
Raised by wageslaves, Saturday Tao always felt constrained growing up. After her transition, she was effectively disowned by her parents, so she moved in with her aunt in Seattle. There, she was able to thrive and got a Bachelor's in Communications from UW. She managed to land an internship at EVO, and everything seemed hopeful in her life. Then, as she was crossing the street, laughing at some stupid joke one of her coworkers had made, a white pickup smashed into her body, flinging it several dozen meters. As she lay there, her coworkers screaming and crying, the world darkening around her, she saw it. A common element of the world, everything twisting in a perfect spiral. At the center, a gateway to another place. A dark, twisting plane, but one that followed perfect patterns and possessing of horrible beauty. And from that place, an eye opened, and something saw her.
 
 
Decades have passed in the Sixth World and she's gone through a lot in her quest to build herself up from nothing, at her worst ripping the throats of homeless innocents and at her best falling back into her old vices of luxury. Emotional trauma from her past has healed, yet it's also given her new purpose. Finding every last person involved, dead or alive, and desecrating their very existence has become her driving purpose, her raison d'etre. To climb from nothing back to the top and to avenge hours of suffering are both ways for her to stomp on the very concept of street scum that once dared to lay their hands on her. Over time, she tracked down two, found three had died from old age and brutally slaughtered two more, but seven more remain. She doesn't care if she ends up in front of an apartment or a grave. Either way, something will burn.
 
 
This quest of hers was what spurred her on to run the shadows without hesitation. She's often offered the most dangerous jobs because she rarely refuses them. They're the risky runs that people don't usually come back from. Still, time and time again she's survived ambushes and complete slaughters, returning as the sole survivor either through acting chops as a corpse or leaving her team to die when it was obvious they were set up. She's surrounded by death and the only one that it doesn't seem to stick to is herself. For this reason, she's found her new alias. Before, she's used Jane Doe or Blondie as nicknames in place of her birthname, which she no longer tells anyone. Instead, thinking back to her college courses, one thing sticks out to her, a lone figure bringing the dead to the afterlife.
 


Charon.
Saturday awoke in the hospital three weeks later. The internship she had fought tooth and nail for had been given to someone else, but she couldn't find a part of herself that cared. All she wanted to do now was to see that spiral again, to feel that horrible twist, and maybe, just maybe, that being that had seen her would take notice once more.


==Significant Things for Narrative==
==Significant Things for Narrative==
'''Vampirism''' - The obvious part that she doesn't attempt to hide from anyone she ends up working with. All that matters to her (and should matter to her allies) is that she'll drink enemies, not allies.
'''''High Society''''' ''(Exceptional Att-CHA, Too Pretty to Hit, Common sense, Record on File:EVO):'' Saturday is a quick learner and easily picked up the subtle politics both in the workplace and out of it.
 
'''Wanted''' - You don't think people would ignore someone like Charon, do you? There's a price on her head and it's a two-way street: both Regency MegaMedia and SpinGlobal have her head associated with a hefty reward.


'''Made Woman''' - After meeting [[Mr. Herenight]] during [[Soirée]], Charon got back in touch with him and was unceremoniously shoved into one of the local first-tier lodges, the Baroque Masquerade. They have no central meeting place and the lodge is composed of six members with Charon filling the seventh and final position.  
'''''Spiral Witness''''' ''(Mentor Spirit: The Spiral (Seducer), Mentor's Mask, Hedge Witch: Illusion):'' To see it once is enough. Like to many of its Witnesses, the being in The Spiral granted Saturday odd abilities and the desire to seek it out once more.


'''Geas''' - After the events of [https://www.shadowhaven.info/Slam_in_the_Back_of_My_Dragula an initiation ordeal] Charon was revived with blood magic and necromancy due to her extraordinary magical strength. The Lodge doesn't grant such boons freely, however, and as a result placed a geas on her to stop her from getting out of hand again. Refusing to take discreet options and risking unnecessary media exposure as well as betraying the Lodge both will trigger excruciating pain for her.
'''''A Twisted Mind''''' ''(PSC Public Broad Aspect: Drawing spirals, Flashbacks 1: White Pickup, HISTORY IS LESS CERTAIN THAN WE ARE TAUGHT)'': Saturday emerged from the hospital a changed woman: drawing spirals everywhere and pacing in a spiral pattern when stressed. Additionally, seeing a white pickup sometimes causes her to be consumed by flashbacks of the accident and her vision after.
 
'''Local Fame''' - By this point, the Crow of Seattle has become something of an urban legend. Some claim to have seen her around, others think she's just a myth and plenty of blonde human women exist so it's purely a coincidence if anyone claims to have met her. After the publicized fight filmed from a news helicopter lent credence to the legend, people tend to believe in her being real a little bit more.


'''''Ow''''' ''(1 reaction)'': Being hit by a truck hurts
==Run History==
==Run History==
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===Contacts===
===Contacts===
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{{HasContact|
|Name=Silas Vespasiano
|Name= Radius
|Loyalty=4
|Loyalty=3
|Chips=Even
|Chips=Even
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|}}
{{HasContact|
{{HasContact|
|Name=Mr. Herenight
|Name=Squeals McPhillips
|Loyalty=4
|Loyalty=1
|Chips=-2
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{{HasContact|
|Name=Agamemnon
|Loyalty=5
|Chips=Even
|Chips=Even
|}}
|}}
{{HasContact|
{{HasContact|
|Name=Amelie and Jean-Baptiste
|Name=Lacy, the Worst Employee Ever
|Loyalty=2
|Loyalty=4
|Chips=Even
|Chips=Even
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|}}
{{HasContact|
{{HasContact|
|Name=Zigzag
|Name=Ether
|Loyalty=2
|Chips=Even
|}}
{{HasContact|
|Name=Anything Andy
|Loyalty=2
|Chips=-1
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{{HasContact|
|Name=Frank Goldman
|Loyalty=1
|Loyalty=1
|Chips=Even
|Chips=Even
|}}
|}}
{{HasContact|
{{HasContact|
|Name=Yoon Myung-ju
|Name=Juliette Burns
|Loyalty=1
|Loyalty=1
|Chips=Even
|Chips=Even
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|}}
}}
}}
===Organizations===
===Organizations===
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|Group=Black Lodge
|Position=Lodge of Nostradamus Initiate
|RepBonus=7
|RepExpense=0
|DateJoined=2082-05-06
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|+Faction Reputation
!Faction!!Reputation
|-
|Painted Trees
|5
|-
|Yellow Lotus Triad
|3
|-
|Kenran-Kai
|2
|-
|Saeder-Krupp
|2
|-
|Team Alpha
|2
|-
|Mothers of Metahumans
|2
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|Ghoul Liberation League
|2
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|Red Dragon Triad
|1
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|Federated-Boeing
|1
|-
|Wuxing
|1
|-
|Skraacha
|1
|-
|Sons of Sauron
|1
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|Halloweeners
| -5
|-
|Cutters
| -7
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|Black Vory
| -10
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==Matrix Search Table==
==Matrix Search Table==


{{SearchTable|
{{SearchTable|
|LowResult=Greek mythology has a ferryman called Charon, taking the souls of the dead across the river Styx from the world of the living to the realm of the dead.
|LowResult=An obsolete term for a genus of marine sponges
|MidResult=Footage from illegal urban brawls, security cameras and declassified security reports show a woman with long, blonde hair in a high fashion coat taking an inhuman amount of gunfire and ripping security guards in half with her bare hands. Reports of her being shot through the chest and walking away unharmed have caused a theory to erupt that she may be a ghost.
|MidResult=A news broadcast about a restaurant, at 34:12, an offscreen man calls "Spiretta" and a brunette facing away from the camera looks up.
|HighResult=A criminal going by the same name has a massive bounty placed on her by both Regency MegaMedia and SpinGlobal. Few have attempted to collect it.
|HighResult=A user by this name is frequently on metaplanar discussion boards, speaking about a plane called Torment, and spirals that she sees in visions.
}}
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{{SearchTable|
|LowThreshold=1
|LowThreshold=1
|LowResult=Charon's well connected with various Infected factions and has been directly in conflict with various paranormal threats from other infected to insect spirits. She often makes antiquated remarks about pre-Matrix era Internet trends.
|LowResult="Never heard of someone like that, chummer. Sounds like a video game character."
|MidThreshold=3
|MidThreshold=3
|MidResult=Remarked by many to be a vampire from the pre-2000 era, she's one of the closest things the shadows get to a living fossil. She's probably seen it all at one point or another.
|MidResult="Went on a run with that lady once. She drew a bunch of spirals everywhere and made an Opfor pass out. Probably a mage"
|HighThreshold=5
|HighThreshold=5
|HighResult=Known to go after oddly specific people in various factions, it's suspected that Charon has a kill list she's working through. Her previous victims have always been exsanguinated and left with the message 'YOU'RE NEXT' near their corpses.
|HighResult="Illusionist and Dark Mage. Worked for EVO awhile back as a negotiator. She scares me."
}}
}}


===Enemies===
===Enemies===
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|-
|[[Kera]]
|Charon turned her into a vampire, betrayed her colleague and probably screwed up her entire life. To no-one's surprise, Kera wants her dead.
|-
|<s>Killian</s>
|<s><sub>Full name unknown.</sub> brown-haired, tall Caucasian male. One of Charon's Nemeses.</s> '''Deceased.'''
|-
|<s>Erik</s>
|<s>'''Full Name:''' Erik Steward. '''Aliases:''' Issac Foxwell, Ol' Tusk. Former African-American East Bay Dragons biker and one of Charon's Nemeses. Goblinized during the Awakening into an orc and is currently a member of Skraacha.</s> '''Deceased.'''
|-
|<s>Richard</s>
|<s>'''Full name:''' Richard Woolsey. Male pattern baldness, prefers wearing suits. One of Charon's Nemeses. Businessman with sick vices, presumed to have received Leonization treatment.</s> '''Deceased... ?'''
|-
|<s>Garik</s>
|<s>'''Full name:''' Garik van Louv. Russo-American, caucasian, brown corn rows. Member of the Vory. One of Charon's Nemeses. Ex-con pre-Awakening.</s> '''Deceased.'''
|-
|Benny
|<sub>Full name unknown.</sub> Irish-American, caucasian, was on parole for assault and murder in 2011. One of Charon's Nemeses.
|-
|<s>Lavernius</s>
|<s>'''Full name:''' Lavernius Jackson. Mexican-American, green eyes. One of Charon's Nemeses. Presumed SINless.</s> '''Deceased.'''
|-
|Ray
|'''Full name:''' Ray Finsworth. British immigrant, brother of Rey Finsworth. Albino. One of Charon's Nemeses.
|-
|Rey
|'''Full name:''' Rey Finsworth. British immigrant, brother of Ray Finsworth. Albino. One of Charon's Nemeses.
|-
|<s>Hollis</s>
|<s>'''Full name:''' Hollis Oswald. '''Aliases:''' Harold Martain. One of Charon's Nemeses, lived in a Horizon care home for the elderly.</s> '''Deceased.'''
|}


==Assensing Table==
==Assensing Table==
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| style="text-align:center; background-color: #595959" |1
| style="text-align:center; background-color: #595959" |1
|Awakened, brimming with life and often feeling melancholic. '''<small>(Astral Bouncer: Dark Magic Tradition)</small>'''
|Awakened, confident, and curious.
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color: #595959" |2
| style="text-align:center; background-color: #595959" |2
|Physical adept and exceptionally dark and malicious aura. '''<small>(Astral Bouncer - The Athlete's Way)</small>'''
|MysAd, Spiral-shaped, disturbing aura.
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color: #595959" |3
| style="text-align:center; background-color: #595959" |3
|Infected with HMHVV I, Essence and Magic likely to be higher than the observer's. Bears three astral signatures; earring, ring, belt buckle. '''<small>(Astral Bouncer - Initiate Grade 7)</small>'''
|Healthy. Essence and Magic 6. A mask in her bag has an astral signature, as do her spiral earrings.
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color: #595959" |4
| style="text-align:center; background-color: #595959" |4
|Essence varies between 6 and 12, Magic of 14. Earring is a spellcasting focus, ring is a masking focus. '''<small>(Astral Bouncer - Infected Power: Regeneration)</small>'''
| Mask is a spellcasting focus, earrings are qi
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color: #595959" |5
| style="text-align:center; background-color: #595959" |5
|No ware of any type, grade or category. She's also not a technomancer. '''<small>(Astral Bouncer - Mentor Spirit: Death)</small>'''
|No ware of any type, grade or category. She's also not a technomancer.
|}
|}


==SINs==
==SINs==


*'''Rebecca Corax''' - Rating 6, Horizon; Adept, PI, Firearms, Driver's and Bounty Hunter's licenses included.
*'''Elizabeth Mac Morain''' - Fake, Rating 4, Ares, Mage
*'''Sabaiyel Yarrick''' - Rating 1, UACS; Emergency identity made to help cover up her supposed death.


*'''Saturday Tao''' - UCAS, real
==Media Mentions==
==Media Mentions==


* In 2012, there was a news article about her death, but it's hard to find nowadays. Most of it was in physical newspapers 'Deceased' sections, since the Internet was efficiently scrubbed of most mentions of her.
* In 2082, Charon was in breaking news, rampaging throughout Puyallup against heavy Knight-Errant resistance and ending up in the sewers while fighting some Catholic Temple warriors. News reported her to be dead. Again.


[[Category:Player Characters]]
[[Category:Player Characters]]

Latest revision as of 14:38, 29 September 2021

Spiretta
Spiretta.webp
Spiral Witness
Player[1]
MetatypeElf
Street Cred0
Notoriety0
Public Awareness0
Titles and Awards0
CDPExpression error: Missing operand for -.
D.O.B.09.01.2057
Age28
Folderhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SAkODIvNSRRvycvCMtnwe0cdvDYL-alX?usp=sharing


Summary

Charismatic Face with a Tragic Backstory

Goals

  • Find The Spiral
  • Kill the driver of the white pickup

Background

Raised by wageslaves, Saturday Tao always felt constrained growing up. After her transition, she was effectively disowned by her parents, so she moved in with her aunt in Seattle. There, she was able to thrive and got a Bachelor's in Communications from UW. She managed to land an internship at EVO, and everything seemed hopeful in her life. Then, as she was crossing the street, laughing at some stupid joke one of her coworkers had made, a white pickup smashed into her body, flinging it several dozen meters. As she lay there, her coworkers screaming and crying, the world darkening around her, she saw it. A common element of the world, everything twisting in a perfect spiral. At the center, a gateway to another place. A dark, twisting plane, but one that followed perfect patterns and possessing of horrible beauty. And from that place, an eye opened, and something saw her.

Saturday awoke in the hospital three weeks later. The internship she had fought tooth and nail for had been given to someone else, but she couldn't find a part of herself that cared. All she wanted to do now was to see that spiral again, to feel that horrible twist, and maybe, just maybe, that being that had seen her would take notice once more.

Significant Things for Narrative

High Society (Exceptional Att-CHA, Too Pretty to Hit, Common sense, Record on File:EVO): Saturday is a quick learner and easily picked up the subtle politics both in the workplace and out of it.

Spiral Witness (Mentor Spirit: The Spiral (Seducer), Mentor's Mask, Hedge Witch: Illusion): To see it once is enough. Like to many of its Witnesses, the being in The Spiral granted Saturday odd abilities and the desire to seek it out once more.

A Twisted Mind (PSC Public Broad Aspect: Drawing spirals, Flashbacks 1: White Pickup, HISTORY IS LESS CERTAIN THAN WE ARE TAUGHT): Saturday emerged from the hospital a changed woman: drawing spirals everywhere and pacing in a spiral pattern when stressed. Additionally, seeing a white pickup sometimes causes her to be consumed by flashbacks of the accident and her vision after.

Ow (1 reaction): Being hit by a truck hurts

Run History

No runs yet. This list will auto-populate when this character is tagged in a run AAR.

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact Connection Loyalty Archetype Profession Aspects Chips
Radius 3 3 Legwork University Professor Occultist, Academic contacts, Magical prodigy, Watchers Everywhere Even
Squeals McPhillips 4 1 Service Taxi Union President Burn rubber, Greasy clientele, Rainbow Night Sky Highway, THE FUZZ! Even
Lacy, the Worst Employee Ever 1 4 Gear Stop Quick Cashier I'm on my break, Doesn't Check IDs, That's not mine!, Not like--TOO ambitious Even
Ether 5 1 Fixer Fixer Smuggler, Armorer, Vehicles, Elven Blood, Ganger Network, Seattle Underworld Even
Juliette Burns 4 1 Generalist Socialite Black Magician Black Magic Theory, High Society, Manipulation Magic, Sorcery Foci, Blackmail Even


Organizations

Matrix Search Table

Threshold Result
1 An obsolete term for a genus of marine sponges
3 A news broadcast about a restaurant, at 34:12, an offscreen man calls "Spiretta" and a brunette facing away from the camera looks up.
6 A user by this name is frequently on metaplanar discussion boards, speaking about a plane called Torment, and spirals that she sees in visions.

Shadow Community Table

Threshold Result
1 "Never heard of someone like that, chummer. Sounds like a video game character."
3 "Went on a run with that lady once. She drew a bunch of spirals everywhere and made an Opfor pass out. Probably a mage"
5 "Illusionist and Dark Mage. Worked for EVO awhile back as a negotiator. She scares me."

Enemies

Assensing Table

Threshold Description
1 Awakened, confident, and curious.
2 MysAd, Spiral-shaped, disturbing aura.
3 Healthy. Essence and Magic 6. A mask in her bag has an astral signature, as do her spiral earrings.
4 Mask is a spellcasting focus, earrings are qi
5 No ware of any type, grade or category. She's also not a technomancer.

SINs

  • Elizabeth Mac Morain - Fake, Rating 4, Ares, Mage
  • Saturday Tao - UCAS, real

Media Mentions

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