Maneater

Maneater

Physical Adept, bodyguard, disposal.
Even prey can make a choice
Either give up...
Or give chase
Discord	@miuted
Reddit	Miut3d
Wiki User	Miuted
Metatype	Shapeshifter: Tigrine ((Human))
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	2
Public Awareness	0
CDP	0
D.O.B.	2077-12-24
Age	7
Folder	https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ovMopNegA9F63i3-6beKv58OSngcKuOm?usp=sharing
Priority	Metatype - C Attributes - A Magic/Resonance - B Skills - D Resources - E
#Max IGs/Ascension	1

Character Information

Summary

A terrible victim of circumstance, Maneater is a shapeshifter that ever struggles between her awakened intelligence and the call of the beast. Years being trained as a glorified attack animal have left her with a struggle for self-control, and an appetite for humanoid meat. Craving a better life where she is free from the urge to devour, and waging a bloody war against people like those who have wronged her- Maneater has found her current place in Seattle in service to an unlikely friend, pledging herself to his aid in the life of Shadowrunning in return for companionship and assistance with her gross affliction, taking small steps towards her greater ambition to completely abolish illegal activities involving animals worldwide- however a daunting and insurmountable a task that may be.

Goals

- Dismantle various methods of underworld trade and entertainment involving animals, including but not limited to: fight rings, exotic smuggling, experimentation and testing, and general abuse.

- Repair her broken mind and seek out a more positive relationship with humans and metahumans, rather than viewing them as cattle.

- Assist Grackle in searching out friends to call his own- and ensure that he never has to feel alone.

- Survive... Despite it all.. Survive.

Background

As a cub, Tara had been taken from her mother early at a breeding mill for the purpose of being sold. She holds almost no recollection of her time in the markets, the memories all blurring together- the only remnants being of cages and a near constant starvation.

Thankfully as a cub, it didn't take long for her to be taken up- bought in Las Vegas by one of the local crime lords. He was a member for a smaller subsection of the Triads, looking for a flashy 'pet'. Despite her place at her Master's side, she was treated like little more than a street mutt. Chained, often muzzled, kept in a dark enclosure with no regular food and dirty waters. Knowing nothing else, she was complacent, obedient to a degree throughout her youth. She wasn't fed often, but when she was- there were great, bloody feasts that she relished in, filling her belly as much as she could before the next period of nothingness.

In her adolescence, 2-3 years into her life now, as her teeth and claws had grown more fierce and formidable- so too did her psyche. At her master's side, she began to recognize the disparity between her and the humanoids that surrounded her every day life. They were fat, happy- they did not need muzzles or chains- why? Why was it that they were permitted to thrive while she festered? What made her undeserving of that right? She began to internalize the inequality, forced to try and close an ever widening divide, blaming herself for a lack of worth.

For this, there was no hesitation to her obedience when finally put to work. Now a fully-grown tigress, and a smart one at that, she'd become a weapon for her master. She devoured his enemies, fought for his protection, becoming more ferocious with every passing order- yet still, every night her only companions were those four empty walls. It took a few more years for her to recognize that it wasn't her fault for not being good enough, it was theirs for not recognizing it. Worthless, idiot humans, pridefully flaunting about status and power- when real strength was standing right before them.

It took years of further obedience, letting her anger and rage bubble and fester with every passing night spent starving in that cage- but eventually it paid off. They grew content, incompetent, and they underestimated her capacity to seek retribution. Freeing her from her muzzle with the trust that she would no longer need it after having played nice for so long- all it took was one bite to end years of torment.

In her escape after the assassination, she was gravely injured. She wandered the deserts of old Nevada for days. Her attempts at hunting were unsuccessful, most of the prey here was smaller, faster- and she was unused to eating anything that wasn't delivered to her on a tray or bound up and helpless. It wasn't long before the familiar sensation of starvation began to set in, only this time there was nobody around to sate it. Was this how she was fated to die? Perhaps she truly wasn't that strong after all.

Just on the verge of death was when she was found, nearly skeletal, by a gnome that would serve as little more than a toothpick- not that she would have the energy to hunt him regardless. When she passed out, she figured that she would never wake up- only that wasn't quite the case. Taken to an abandon mine, she found that the gnome- despite her initial snarling and warnings- was determined to see her to health. What fear he had seemed not to deter him, as even despite that, he would feed her. She was hesitant to trust again, hesitant that she would find herself back in a cage... But she slowly came to understand that this... help.. Wasn't conditional.

Upon her recovery, she was offered the chance to join the gnome- and for the first time it was her choice what she would do in her life- and she owed it all to this tiny little snack.

It took her some time to come around, initially declining- but without the ability to hunt, she would follow the gnome from a distance. No matter what, she was always welcomed a spot by his flame, a meal without a necessary performance. And so, she followed him, all the way to Seattle- eventually gaining an understanding of Shadowrunning, and taking up the occupation as she finds out how exactly she wants to live in her newfound freedom.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

Mentor Spirit (Wolf (Alt)) - (Flavored as a Tiger instead) Her struggle for survival has led her to seek out guidance, ending up in service to a spirit of a creature not unlike herself- who occasionally imparts with her cautionary warnings in dire scenarios, and encourages practical (If occasionally immoral) solutions.

Mentor's Mask (Adept) - Using her abilities dons her with an inky black mask that imparts on her a more demonic and frightening look, emphasizing her inner beast more clearly.

High Pain Tolerance 1, Resistance to Toxins, Agile Defender - Years of abuse has left her a bit more durable, if a little more broken mentally.

Balance Receptor, Broadened Auditory System (Ultrasound), Low-Light Vision - She a tiger, she do tiger things.

Negative

Addiction (Moderate) (Anthropophagy) - Despite her efforts to turn to more ethical meal options, she's been eating human and metahuman alike for so long that it's subconsciously become her preferred choice. If gone too long without satiating this desire, she usually ends up with shakes, nausea, sleep deprivation, and irritability. Recently she's barely managed to curb this urge to once every two weeks, yet it remains an ever present part of her.

Social Stress (Crowds) - Being a people eater, it is difficult for her to hold her composure around large groups. She also retains some underlying trauma of people, though this aversion only typically arises when outnumbered.

Superhuman Psychosis - With humanoids being her only meal for years of her life, and the rather swift end of her master at her own teeth- she's started to view the mundane as weak cattle. This is something, after Grackle's help, that she has tried to overcome in recent years, but instinct still tells her that she's at the top of the food chain- and treats disrespect a bit more ferociously than average.

Uneducated - You 'toopid

Run History

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Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Chloe Green	2	4	Fixer	Fixer	Activist, Environmentalist, Rich Brat	Even

Organizations

Triads (formerly)

Allies

Grackle

In Character Information

Matrix Search Table

Threshold	Result
1	Little besides articles on unrelated tigers and the history of man-eating animals.
3	Wild Tiger on the loose in Seattle! Escapee from zoo? Be careful when traversing forested areas and bring Repellant!
6	Occasional reports of relatively recent animal attacks in Seattle, though authorities can't be certain as there are never bodies left behind.

Shadow Community Table

Threshold	Result
1	A new arrival in Seattle, a shapeshifter, physical combatant known for only operating in her animal form
3	Makes a residency out in the less populated and more forested areas of Snohomish- but where exactly is hard to discern. There is no obvious address.
5	A Maneater, quite literally. Responsible for the occasional disappearance in Seattle, usually documented gangers or criminals.

Assensing Table

Threshold	Result
1	Awakened
2	No Cyberwear, Adept
3	No Alphaware
4	No Bioware, Essence 6, Magic 6
5	No Deltaware, No Gene Treatments, no Nanotech. Not a Technomancer.

SINs

Wu Min [Rating 4]

Appearance

Tara is a siberian tiger and thus is pretty damn big, standing on her hind legs she can reach about 12 feet in height and weighs about 600+ pounds. She has no noticeable augmentations, but occasionally will be decorated in various pieces of jewelry when needing to look more appropriate for expensive areas- such as gold ear-cuffs or a bejeweled, gold-chain collar. She often takes an alibi of belonging to Grackle as an exotic pet- though she tries to remain as independent as she can

In combat, she wears critter armor that covers a great deal of her body- shrouding most of it with a cloak that rests along her back. Attached to the armor is a basic commlink she uses with a trode patch behind one of her ears, and a sensor collar.

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  Mentor's Mask, art by @nameno92372763, dream tiger concept by @govy9807, both on twitter.

Character Plot Hooks

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Aspect	Information	Related Run(s)
Disclaimer	Tara "Maneater" is a character who's goal is struggling with the immorality of her urges, trying to satiate them while also attempting to do good in the world. I'm not looking to recover her addictions straight away, as it is majorly integral to her early character. As such, occasionally she may try to sate her hunger on a run only if the opportunity presents itself. I do not go out of my way to cause conflict on a table, and Tara will normally try to operate in private- but instances may happen where her activities could upset other player characters and I am fully comfortable with and expect that when playing with others! I really only have intentions of bringing her on more private runs so I don't foresee major conflicts happening, but in the event that such a thing may be concerning for a GM I figured I'd place something here just as reassurance that I am aware of the probability of consequences or conflict, and understand that it may affect my rate of acceptance on runs.
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