Bear

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Bear

Ex-Yakuza Brutal Adept Brawler
"What do you want me to do now?"
Discord	@weisritter69
Reddit	[1]
Metatype	Ork (Oni)
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	0
Public Awareness	0
CDP	2
D.O.B.	July 20, 2060
Age	29
Folder	Google Drive link
Sum-to-Ten	Metatype - A Attributes - A Magic/Resonance - C Skills - E Resources - E

Character Information

Summary

Ex-Yakuza, turned Underground Fighter/Runner

Goals

Live to the next day, drink a lot of booze, and find the occasional company of a bed warming companion.

Background

Iori Tanaka was born to a pair of loving parents who wanted nothing but the best for their child. Unfortunately, those parents were also SINless, so just keeping a roof over their heads was challenging. Her parents did their best to shield her from the truth of their lives, but as she got older, she began to feel the nearly overwhelming stress of their lives. But even that kind of family life was taken from her. Hate groups target her parents, and many others like them. Many lives were lost, families destroyed, and children orphaned. She was one such unlucky child. She can remember calling for her parents after everything settled. Nobody would help her because of her very existence. A child, left alone, to fend for herself. People like her were easy pickings for early ganghood.

Having been left alone, she clung to the only people who had been willing to take her in. A small, up-and-coming gang, made up entirely of metahumans who were abandoned in the wake of Japan's fall so many years ago. Being an Oni, she reached maturity quickly, and puberty hit her hard. She grew to be strong and durable, and the bosses liked that. What started as a young girl who'd collect protection pay, turned into an enforcer. By this point, things had already started getting better in Japan for everyone, Metahumans included. But by that point, it was far too late for most of her group. And though change was happening all across Japan, People in places like hers, still got targeted by racism from other humans and cops. Though she recognized at that time, that not all humans were like that, she was of the mentality that it was safer for her to assume all humans were hateful of metahumans.

The family of Oni weren't all that respected by those outside of their community. least of all the Yakuza. WHich made it all the more stress induicing when it became apparent that the Yakuza had their eye on this Oni crew. They made it quite obvious that they wanted nothing to do with their kind. But the Oni gang had proven time and again to be able to preotect their own, from outsider, from other gangs and punks, and even the Yakuza. It was the Yakuza that gave them the most grief, mostly the young upstarts that were often proven wrong when they though they could take on an Oni by their lonesome.

It eventually got to a poiont where even the Yakuza had to recognize their prowess, and a deal was struck. They'd be accepted into the fold, allowed all the same benefits, and even given resources to set up their own home office. However, the Yakuza reps made it quite obvious that they'd never truly be Yakuza. And if it came down to it, no one would help them. A very foreboding situation.

Her life changed for the second time during a meeting. By this point, she hadn't risen in the ranks much higher than what she already had. But, due to her reputation as a brutal fighter, she'd become trusted to escort higher ranking members of the gang and higher ranking Yakuza that wanted extra muscle. This meeting was meant to get them formally recognized as a Yakuza family among by the Yakuza leaders, or so it seemed. This meant they'd have to play nice with other gangs, but otherwise maintain their existing territory. And it seemed like things were going well enough. She didn't like how it was playing out one bit. It was almost like over night the Yakuza were being overly nice and chummy for the last while. That all changed when a plan in the works was sprung. Many of them were taken down. All high ranking members first, bosses first, going on down the line until they were at people like her. Fortunately, she had advanced warning by the time they got to her and a few others she had been hanging with at a karaoke bar.

Iori and her companions were forced to fight their way out and get out of the territory. A task that wasn't easy. But once out, it was a matter of making their way to the nearest coastal city. Once there, it was a matter of burning their existing fake SINs, going where they wanted to go, and meeting contacts on the other side to get new SINs. They didn't tell one another where they went. They abandoned their old lives, choosing to start new ones.

She came to Seattle,  got her new SIN, and started her new life. It started with smaller jobs doing this, taking that here. And graduated to a short lived job as a bouncer. When that job ended due to the club getting shut down, she fell into a slump that could only be filled with alcohol at the time. Her life changed again, this time for the better, when she picked a fight with someone, during a drunken wander, after having hit up 3 different bars. She easily got her butt whooped, and was then dragged back to his place. Where she woke up with a bad hangover to the smell of coffee hitting her nose, and the sight of the troll who had kicked her butt. After being convinced that they hadn't slept together the previous night, he made sure she was alright before sending her on her way. She happened to run into him again, and the two struck up a small conversation. She was in need of money, and it was getting to a point where she was barely able to afford even to keep her landlord from getting up her butthole about the rent. Having fought her, he knew she could probably handle herself in a fight. Even as drunk as she was.

Having been told to meet him the following night, she was led into an underground fighting ring. While it had rules, death and injury were possible. After the first fight, she made enough to pay her rent for a couple months and, equally importantly, to keep up with her Hurlg addiction, one that she had been forced to slow down on considerably. Several fights later, she's able to keep up a decent lifestyle in a cheap little apartment in her little section of Redmond with a few extra comforts. Several more fights later, she was pulled aside for her first run, a run that really tested her abilities. In the end, she had proven to be useful beyond just being a fighter. This is the life she lives now. All she has to do is not gain any unwanted attention, and her current simple life will remain secure.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

Adept: Bear has awakened to the powers of an Adept, and uses them to enhance her physicality.

Battle Hardened 2: Back in Japan, she's seen some crazy stuff. It's not easy to get under her skin

Bilingual: She speaks English as well as she does Japanese.

Daredevil: Sometimes she's gotta get creative to get close to her enemy/target. That or just run headlong into some bullets.

Low-Light Vision: As an oni, she has an advantage of being able to see in low light conditions without the aid of tech or powers.

Mentor Spirit (Shark): A spirit that came to her upon her awakening. He provides her power in exchange for nothing less than the defeat of those she faces.

Shoot First, Don't Ask: Often times in her job, she has little tiome to assess the situation. Once the bullets go off,

Will to Live 1: She won't allow herself to die to some stupid shit.

Negative

Combat Monster: She will NEVER run away from a fight, once it's been started.

Striking Skin Pigmentation: This makes her easy to point out in a crowd, it's one of the reasons she wears a mask during her underground fights, or on a run.

Wanted (Yakuza): She is wanted by every Yakuza due to some bullshit. As long as she keep herself from being discovered, it typically won't cause her any trouble. She avoids Renraku runs, and places controlled by Japanese gangs.

Striking Skin Pigmentation: Due to being an Oni she has brightly colored skin. In her case it's red.

Code of Honor (Yakuza Code of Ethics): Though the Yaks never planned to make them officially any sort of officially recognized Yakuza family, her own family adopted their code of ethics, a code that guides her steps in life.

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Threat	Date of Run
Knights of Change	Asmodeus	The Metroplex Governor Race of '84	High	31 July 2084

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Roger Hendrix	3	1	Fixer	Shop owner/Fixer	Martial Artist, Former Runner, Teacher, Protector of the dowtrodden	Even
Auntie Amelia	4	1	Fixer(N,K,G,A)	Elderly Troll	Gossiper, Old Adept, Tea Horse Road, Shadow Networker, Seattle Streetwise	Even

In Character Information

Matrix Search Table

Threshold	Result
1
3
6

Shadow Community Table

Threshold	Result
1
3
5

SINs

FAKE

(Rank 4) Ichika Sato (UCAS Issued) - (Rank 4) Driver's License - (Rank 4) Adept License

Appearance

Clothing

Her typical form of wear is usually loose pants, and something over her chest. Usually just a sports bra, or chest wraps. When she is on a run, she'll usually wear a thick tank top and pants that provides her extra protection.

Matrix Persona

N/A