Gulliver

Gulliver

Gulliver, Elven Face, Magical Apprentice
Educated hostage negotiator withouth the paperwork to prove it.
Stands in front of Santa Catalena, the Hispanic Church in Redmond.
Discord	thunderbf (Thunder of Black Forest)
Reddit	[1]
Metatype	Elf
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	0
Public Awareness	0
CDP	14
D.O.B.	22. July 2067
Age	18
Folder	[2]
Priority	Metatype - D Attributes - B Magic/Resonance - C Skills - A Resources - E
#Max IGs/Ascension	1

Character Information

Summary

A young man from the poorest corner of Redmond Barrens managed to stay away from addiction and crime and to get a college education as a hostage negotiator. But, he doesn't have the papers to prove it. So, getting a job with a security firm is impossible. He just recently discovered that he is awakened. The Shadows are soon to embrace him.

Goals

(In character goals and aspirations)
Not just to wait tables. To put food on my own!
Get a job as hostage negotiatior at a security firm, or conflict negotiator for the military or a mercinary unit.

Background

Grew up in a hispanic block in Redmond and has lived there all his life. His parents were constantly high on drugs, so no one would be surprised that they accidentally enrolled him in a christian hispanic kindergarten as he was a baby. His parents didn't have any association to Spanish, except that their drug-dealer from South America had a notable accent. The lack of role models at home made Gulliver turn to good people within the church community in the search for people to look up to.
His parents both died within weeks of each other as he was 11 and he was forced to choose between "crack" or "crack the books". He decided to be great in school instead of persuing a career as a street corner pharmasist with the "high" potential of swift promotion to gutter zombie.
The Spanish speaking catholic school served a meal a day for those who went to class. Week-Ends and holidays were brutal starvation with an occational BBQ rat feast when he managed to snipe a rat in the basement.

As he grew, he rarely had time for trouble because he was studying all the time. After high-school, he didn't have the money for tuition but went to college anyway. He snuck into lectures and managed to deceive everyone that he belonged there. He completed the curriculum for hostage and chrisis negotiators. He just never got a diploma, or other credentials, nor did he ever pay a single Nooj for tuition.

Without papers, he can't get his dream-job as negotiatior for a high ranking law enforcement organization. He currently waits tables in Touristville and volunteers at his church's chrisis hotline while he tries to figure out how to escape the barrens.

Recently, he discovered that he's awakend and magically inclined. He spoke to his pastor about this and was put in contact with a Catholic Knights Order to be vetted to see if has what it takes to become a member. He apreciates what he learns during "retreats", but doesn't feel well around the members of the order. Too fanatic for his taste.
Instead of turning to the knight's order to discuss the spirituallity of magic, Gulliver has found comfort in speaking to the Jamaican musician Prince Robert (Bob) Selassie about the topic. Bob is frequently high on awakened weed. Their conversations are both deep and profund. Bob is his connection to the Obeah tradition.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

Magician, Obeah:
Just recently discovered his magical inclinations. His friend, a musician named Prince Robert (Bob) Selassie has introduced him to Jamaican culture and Obeah magic tradition.
Bilingual, English and Spanish:
Gulliver grew up in a spanish speaking block in Redmond and his English speaking parents were too high to realize they had enrolled him into a spanish speaking christian kindergarden. I think they never realized it and am certain they wouldn't have cared.
For Gulliver, this was a blessing. The nannies at the kindergaden took good care of him and the christian community has kept watchful eye on him and influenced him to not derail while growing up.
College Education:
After graduating from high-school, he snuck into college lectures and finished the curriculum for high threat hostage negotiators. Since he never registered, nor paid tuitions, he doesn't have any grades, nor diploma.
Steely Eyed Wheelman:
The only way to afford going out with his fellow students was to be the dedicated sober driver while the others got drunk and paid his cover-fees and soft-drinks. Cop-students are known to be the worst law-breakers. His drunk mates were no exeption and constantly managed to get into "situations" they had to escape from quickly. This was how Gulliver, the designated driver, realized his natural talent for driving.

Negative

Allergy, uncommon, moderate, strawberries:
Delicious, but seldom worth the itch.
Bad Credit:
Long periods without food makes one ignore credit lines.
Reduced Sense (Smell)
Growing up in a S#iT hole, eating BBQ-ed rats when the stomach is empty makes some senses go numb ...Luckily!

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Threat	Date of Run
Or'zet! An Opera in Three Acts: Resolution	Villiers	All The World's a Stage	Milkrun	14 September 2085
Or'zet! An opera in three acts: confrontation	Villiers	All The World's a Stage	Deadly	7 September 2085
His Cousin Vinny	Villiers	The C in UCAS is for Corruption	High	11 August 2085
Repairing the Supply Chain	Villiers		High	10 August 2085
300% Casualty Rate	Asmodeus		Medium	9 August 2085
A Lieutenant's Petty Vengeance	Eva		Medium	1 August 2085
Just Get Me a Gorram Sandwich	Eva		Low	27 July 2085

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Alessa P	4	2	Fixer	Owner of The Daze	The Daze, Shadow Connections, Ear to the Ground, Punk Rocker, Bootleggers	Even
Alexander-James Brodrick Johnson III	4	3	Networking	CorpKid	Party all Night... What time is it?, Everybody's Friend., Did Someone say Drugs?, Brodie J IN THE HOUSE!, Ride Wrecked? Brodie J's got it!, Oh yeah! I have a job!, Good looks, Money, and a savant-level understanding of rocket physics	Even
Gator	4	3	Custom(A, N, K, G)	Biggest, Baddest Alligator this side of the Equator	See you later, Alligator, Learned From The Best, See You, Swamp Cowboy, “Is that a gator with a sniper rifle?”, “Is it wiring an explosive??”, “Why won’t it die?”, “Did it bring friends?”, “Holy Dre-”, "It's like there's an army of them!", "They're in the lake! Get away from the shore!"	Even
Amrei Veidt	6	1	Generalist	S-K Prime Operative	Actually a Spy, Deck Jockey, Delta Clinic Access, Former Shadowrunner, Information Broker, One Step Ahead, Prime Datahaven Membership, Saeder-Krupp Employee, Fresh off the Assembly Line	Even

In Character Information

Matrix Search Table

Threshold	Result
1
3
6

Shadow Community Table

Threshold	Result
1
3
5

Assensing Table

Threshold	Result
1	Healthy, Happy, Hungry. Awakened.
2	No 'ware detected, possibly sustaining some increase attribute (ask out of character)
3	No alphaware detected. Magic is higher or lower than yours (Gulliver's is 3).
4	Essence is 6. Magic is 3. No maladies. Possibly sustaing spells on himself (ask OOC)
5	No delta or nanotech. No technomancy detected. No toxins detected (unless he's taken any).

SINs

"They" snached his fake SIN at the last check-point. He hasn't been able to afford a new fake yet.

Appearance

R20 Tokens

Clothing

Tries to look proper and professional. Good enough for Redmond, but too cheap for downtown. Gotta get a shadow-job and start climbing the latter. Shirts are allways ironed with starch, shoes allways well polished, hair allways styled, face allways shaven. Clean. Has added small details to the his attire which don't look expensive but really raise the mood and show that he's not ignorant to commonly accepted business attire, just too broke to fit in perfectly.

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.

Aspect	Information	Related Run(s)
Aspect 1	Eager to earn a buck.	Just finished his training and needs to get a real job. Waiting tables is not for long-term.
Aspect 2	High Treat Negotiator.	Trained negotiator who is looking for practical experience and the opportunity to earn regular engagements.
Aspect 3	Iglesia Hispanica de Redmond.	Gulliver will allways protect the church and community he grew up with.
Aspect 4	Catholic Order of Knights.	Gulliver recently discoverd his magical inclinations and a knightly order associated with the Catholic Church has gained interest in him. He apreciates the attention but does not intend to join if they offer to take him in. They are too fanatic for his taste.
Aspect 5