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==History==
==History==
==Timeline==


== Narrative Significant Qualities ==
== Narrative Significant Qualities ==

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Discord@sleevey.
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Metatypem̶o̶n̶s̶t̶e̶r̶Elfm̶o̶n̶s̶t̶e̶r̶M̶O̶N̶S̶T̶E̶R̶
Street CredEntryIncomplete
NotorietyTwo.
Public Awareness0
Titles and AwardsCreature, Fiend, Wretch, Devil, Monster
CDP20
D.O.B.Unknown
Age21
Folder[Drive URL Link]
PriorityMetatype - B
Attributes - B
Magic/Resonance - A
Skills - E
Resources - E


Character Information

Caliban

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So I summoned Caliban. She was

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤsquat and ugly

Sometimes she cried. Sometimes

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤshe lied.

She was so sly and sometimes

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤso forthright she disgusted me.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ"Come, little Caliban,

I take you by the hand

ㅤㅤㅤWe will walk upon the sand to the bright, blue sea."

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤBut she knew

As we walked towards the cliff what fate I had in mind

And broke from me

ㅤㅤㅤAnd so, we run across the sand;

The little murderer

chased by monstrous me

trying to save herself

‎‎ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤand me from me.‎‎

Summary?

I am Caliban. The matrix's cruel branches are my plaything and prison, for I know their every cruel song. Resonance and Dissonance. Teakettles and Brandy. Raincoats and Soft, Soft Skin. I would exact my vengeance upon this canvas that has wronged me.

Goals

If there is a God of the matrix, I would like to see him dying.

Let me comprehend whatever thing ripped the veil from my eyes so that they may be judged.

I should like to find a place where I am safe and warm and it is quiet next.

History

Timeline

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

A Beast of the Sea's Making (Codeslinger: Data Spike, Instinctive Hack): Caliban must strangle it, choke the life out of it, choke the light out of it, cut the serpents head, strip the tree's branches, cage the sprinter, mask the fool

Prodigal Fool (College Education, Speed Reader, Trust Data Not Lore): Caliban knows the shape of the sea, has been steeped in its lies since even before the waves too them away. Caliban remembers the beach and the sea washed away everything else that was not its brilliant blue.

It Yet Lives (Lucky, Paragon: The Soldier): The Sea spared Caliban and Caliban still can make out its detestable whispers, honeyed words spit from fat lips. Ugly words that would make Caliban tear at the world's shell to silence them.

Negative

Ḓ̴̔ȇ̸̫c̵̹̄ͅa̸̱̅͂y̶̟͝i̸̲͂n̴̥͝g̸̢̐ ̸̨̞̃́D̶̰͋̆ͅï̸̪s̸̲̍s̷̟̟̾͊o̶̻͗̒n̸̙̍ả̷͉͗ń̴̠c̵̩̖͐e̴̳̾ - I brought that piece back with me and I am that piece that I brought back with me and I would make it my sword and shield and I would cut them with it and I would hide myself with it and I would be made safe by it. I would sing the songs I learned upon that brook but you would not delight in them as I do not delight in them. I would dance the dance of that beach and you would cry and tear at your eyes and face and beg the monster to quiet. Tearing off a bandage always hurts but it needs to be done. It needs to be done.

Albinism - I am soft-bellied and the sun detests my meager form.

don'tlookatmedon'tlookatmedon'tlook (Bad Rep, Impassive, Poor Self Control: Remain Out of Sight of Observable Cameras) - They know what I am they know my speech is faltering and slow they know what I have seen I cannot keep it from them they whisper out rancid songs sung across decaying music halls amidst floorboards swarming with termites and they have the audacity to balk when I shun their putrid chorus go away go away from me

Records on File (Cross Applied Technologies) - I am folded into lines of code and swallowed by the beast that wears the skin of my fellows that devoured them whole and so many others to live I do not live the shadow within the beast is not me

Run History

NameGMMetaplotThreatDate of Run
Not Quite a Slasher...PeepTheDictatorDeadly21 September 2085
Into the Light of a Dark, Black NightSarcarianDeadly4 September 2085
Is this brat?DawnfireMedium27 August 2085
300% Casualty RateAsmodeusMedium9 August 2085
HopquestLHOGExtreme7 August 2085
Cali-SamLHOG1 August 2085
Better Living Through ChemistrySarcarianDeadly22 June 2085
School DaysTynemanLow10 June 2085
The Everlasting GazeSarcarianMedium19 May 2085
Battle Not With MonstersjitThe Name of HeavenHigh18 May 2085

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact Connection Loyalty Archetype Profession Aspects Chips


Organizations

Allies

Enemies

In Character Information

Symbols and Signatures

Matrix Search Table

Threshold Result
1 Caliban is the name of the half-human monster in Shakespeare's play, the tempest. It is an ugly, misshapen monster filled with nothing but hate and vitriol. You can find an number of articles picking into the significance of the character from various angles and in different contexts. It is also the name given to an expensive commlink produced by Fairlight, keeping with their fantastical naming conventions
3 A quote sticks out to you, by one Russell Hoban, an American fiction writer. "Caliban is one of the hungry ideas, he's always looking for someone to word him into being ... Caliban is a necessary idea." Hungry. Necessary. Where has Caliban gone?
6 You have found Caliban. Whispers of an ugly, misshapen beast clambering across the matrix. It is a violent and ugly thing and those that venture too close will hear its mad ramblings. Ramblings about a beach and its trees and a brook and the mad ocean. Stay away from Caliban.

Shadow Community Table

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SINs

Appearance

Clothing

Matrix Persona

Character Plot Hooks

Here are characteristics of the character that GMs may take advantage of to add complications to runs, or to otherwise use when in use. If you want to use them in unrelated to runs, please ask first.

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