Trace

Trace

Famous Social Adept Private Investigator
"They're Gone Without a Trace"
Discord	@YouMayFireWhenReady
Reddit	[1]
Metatype	Elf (Dryad)
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	0
Public Awareness	0
CDP	4
D.O.B.	July 23rd 2057
Age	28
Folder	https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1epbEtWrqPZFWdY2uTRiWo6h9ToHW05DR?usp=sharing
Priority	Metatype - B Attributes - A Magic/Resonance - B Skills - E Resources - E
#Max IGs/Ascension	0

Character Information

Background

Ruadhán (Rue-on) Ó Cleirigh (Oh-Cleary) was born in 2057 as part of an Amalgamated Studios corporate experiment. Amalgamated Studios were looking for tricks to produce the next wave of hit simsense stars. Finding metas who were able to ace tridscreen and sim-tests was an ever-constant challenge for Amalgamated so it was only a matter of time before an executive came up with the shameful scheme of paid breeding programs.

Amalgamated Studios put out its strangest casting call, looking for pairs of individuals that could produce "ideal" offspring to suit a whole range of studio needs in the future: tough-guy action film orks, the stalwart and funny dwarf sidekicks, the lovable "I AM TROG" trolls, and (most of all) the sensuous and irresistible elves. Then they took the idea further, asking: "What if we could distill some of that "innate meta authenticity" and repackage it in a more consumer-friendly package?

Ruadhán's parents were a pair of cynical Dryads (his father from Tír na nÓg and his mother from Tir Tairngire) who were willing to join Amalgamated Studios and their secret breeding program, agreeing to produce as many babies as the studio was willing to pay for as long as they didn't have to raise them. Shortly after Ruadhán was born the CEO of Amalgamated Studios learned about the plan and horrified (about the possible social media blowback were it to be discovered) he ended the program. To purchase participants ongoing silence Amalgamated Studios kept both of Ruadhán's parents on the corporate payroll, but gave them no job responsibilities. Before long both slipped into addiction.

Taking Ruadhán and the first generation of "studio babies" on as corporate wards, Amalgamated Studios raised Ruadhán within the glittering heart of Tinsel Town. Not wanting to waste an opportunity, Amalgamated Studios carried on with the first and only generation of their breeding program, sending the meta children to be trained and given every opportunity to excel in the creative arts. Ruadhán was as naturally gifted as any young child actor the studio had ever worked with but lacked, entirely, the desire to be a film star. Frustrating his Amalgamated handlers Ruadhán continued to shirk his responsibilities in his acting classes. Still insistent on his eventual turn into a star, and willing to be patient, Amalgamated Studios subjected Ruadhán to Metatype Modification in order to pass him off as a human. They hoped that he'd retain his innate elven charisma but that it could be packaged in a more "globally selling" form. Even at seven Ruadhán was resentful of the changes made to him against his will, and he refused to ever, ever work for Amalgamated Studios. Luckily for him, he'd immediately get his wish.

Crash 2.0 shook the world and in the chaos, a rising corporate force by the name of Horizon swallowed up Amalgamated Studios. Horizon had no interest in carrying on the quasi-child-slavery of Amalgamated Studios. They integrated Ruadhán's addicted parents into their corporate world, along with the young boy, but allowed him to chart his own future. Bright and deeply curious by nature Ruadhán excelled in school and, liberated from the pressures of one day being a professional actor, created his own path.

By the time he finished university Ruadhán was brilliant, empathetic, and exceptionally affable. Horizon put him on the payroll as a producer but worked him as a studio fixer. Ruadhán took to the life of a studio fixer like a fish takes to water. The problem solving, the crisis management...these were all things he loved and excelled at. Unfortunately for Horizon Ruadhán was too good at his job. Soon he yearned for real challenges, yearned to actually help people. He began to see Horizon more clearly for what it really was, years of propaganda slowly peeling away day by day. But it took Beca Biretta to finally sever the last threads of goodwill he had for Horizon.

Rebeca (Beca) Biretta and Ruadhán had grown up together, literally, from the moment they were both born. Originally the "ork baby" of Amalgamated Studios breeding program she, like Ruadhán, had been plunged into a series of transformative vats as a young girl. Amalgamated hoped to retain something of the "edge" and "forceful charisma" of an ork while smoothing down the (tusk) bite enough to make a star palatable for all audiences. While Ruadhán had grown to accept his changed appearance, Beca struggled from the very beginning. She felt like she was trapped in the wrong body. She, like Ruadhán, was blessed with incredible charisma and personal magnetism but unlike Ruadhán she tried her very best to excel and impress first Amalgamated Studios and, later, Horizon. Horizon flagged her as "The Next Big Thing" and prepared her career trajectory accordingly.

Eventually, it was too much, and all the stress and grief caught up to Beca Biretta. She came to Ruadhán in the middle of one rainy night and begged him to run away with her, to leave Horizon and the whole entertainment industry behind. Though he had become disillusioned with Horizon Ruadhán didn't know if he had it in him to abandon the only family he had ever known, and told Beca so. And Beca, smeared with makeup and tears, reminded him that she was the closest thing to a real family he'd ever had. Ruadhán, shaken and upset, told her to give him the night to think about it. Beca left. He never saw her again.

When one of Beca's handlers found her dead in the morning it became the scandal of the year for Horizon. Gossip columnists and conspiracy theorists flocked to the topic on the Matrix, speculating that her official cause of death (own life taken) was a cover for any number of nefarious purposes.

Ruadhán was devastated.

He left Horizon's employ believing (or forcing himself to believe) that Horizon was complicit in her murder. And from that day on he poured all his energy into his work, becoming Trace: a now-Matrix-famous private investigator. Trace is famous for being able to solve any case, no matter how big or small, and for doing his work pro bono for the poor and oppressed. Naturally this life and work bled into shadowrunning and soon he was balancing both in his life.

But he has never forgotten about what Horizon did to Beca.

He has never forgotten how he let her down when she needed him most.

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Threat	Date of Run
Everybody Wants To Be A Co-Author	Kirk		High	17 September 2084
Wine Tasting in K-Town	Villiers		Medium	10 September 2084

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