Gehenna
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| Machiavellian Monster | |
|---|---|
| Vivacious Vampire | |
| Black Lodge Aspirant | |
| Discord | @lhog |
| elleelleellehawg | |
| Metatype | Human |
| Street Cred | 0 |
| Notoriety | 0 |
| Public Awareness | 0 |
| CDP | 16 |
| D.O.B. | September 4th, 2054 |
| Age | 31 |
| Folder | Drive |
| Priority | Metatype - C Attributes - A Magic/Resonance - A Skills - E Resources - E |
| #Max IGs/Ascension | 1 |
Character Information
Summary
A vampire mage seeks to join the Black Lodge - the real Black Lodge, not the knock-off her parents are in.
She's not telling anybody about that, though. Nope! Just a genuinely great person, here. No problems whatsoever.
Goals
- Join the Lodge. Fully. Whatever that means, whatever that takes.
- Grow more powerful. Obviously.
- Gain friends (minions) to help her position.
Goals She Won't Admit to Herself
- Make friends. Actual friends.
- Get over her aversion to herself.
Background
A child of privilege - relatively speaking - Gehenna was born to hangers-on of the Black Lodge's outer circles. The family would host parties, make political donations, and provide behind-the-scenes support for them. This structured lifestyle was one that Gehenna resented - so she rebelled by throwing parties, sneaking out, and doing whatever she wanted. She even rebelled by selling secrets online - eventually, even getting into infobrokering circles in the shadows, trading data back and forth. All the while, she was growing as a mage - spells only, her self-centered attitude drove the spirits away.
It all went away, though, when she received the shock of her life. On the way back from a party, she was intercepted by someone who seemed to know she was coming.
A vampire. Though she couldn't have known it - and still doesn't - her parents had arranged for her to be turned without her knowledge, in the hopes that a more powerful caster as a daughter would bring them further into the Lodge's good graces. They'd promised to develop a mage in the shadows, one who'd labour to the Lodge's ends. One who could bring them filthy lucre. They documented her as dead, and explained that she should build a reputation in the shadows, to build up to proper membership.
Their daughter Vivian will obey - and use the power she gains to get out from under her thumb.
Narrative Significant Qualities
Positive
- Towering Ego (Dedicated Spellslinger, Metaviral Attunement, Too Pretty to Hit) - Gehenna considers herself to be above others, to the point that she will not deign to work with spirits and is happy to impose her will upon others.
- Relentless Gossip (Prime Datahaven Membership) - Being enough of a gossip to get good info has led Gehenna to interesting circles.
Negative
- Leaning Tower of Ego (Poor Self Control (Vindictive), Social Appearance Anxiety, Superhuman Psychosis) - Gehenna has a fragile, fragile ego. When someone challenges her or gets one over on her, she can't let it go, and anything that gives them ammo to insult her is unwelcome. Pawns should stay in their place.
- Driven (Join the Black Lodge) - Surprise of surprises, she wants to get back in her family's good graces by joining the Lodge.
- A Horror in the Mirror (Social Stress (Infected), Unsteady Hands) - Gehenna's deadly afraid of infected. Her nerves are tight as a string. And any time she's forced to acknowledge herself, she's as terrified as she is by any other infected. It's easy to leave her shaking in her boots.
Run History
| Name | GM | Metaplot | Threat | Date of Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Ace Up One's Sleeve | Sarcarian | High | 1 May 2085 | |
| Front Point & Center | Asmodeus | High | 24 April 2085 | |
| Uncle Silas Asks a Favor | Sarcarian | High | 10 April 2085 | |
| Pretty Fly For A Fly Guy | Anumati | Medium | 26 March 2085 | |
| Two Greys Make a Grey | ezene | Medium | 13 March 2085 | |
| Mostly Armless | jit | Medium | 18 February 2085 | |
| B Positive, Young Vampire | jit | Low | 17 January 2085 | |
| Shakedown Breakdown | jit | Compound Interest | Medium | 16 January 2085 |
Affiliations
Contacts
| Contact | Connection | Loyalty | Archetype | Profession | Aspects | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Smith | 3 | 2 | Fixer(N,K,G,A) | Fixer | Procurer of exotic goods, Hang gliding enthusiast, Linguist, Smuggling expert | -1 |
| Quanxi | 5 | 2 | Networking | Translator | Wanted - Triads, Private Information, Ex Triad, Identical Twins, Wuxing, Magic Tradition - Wuxing, Fae Knowledge, Awakened Hangouts | Even |
| Exeunt | 1 | 1 | Service | Street Doc | Past Paranoia, Critical Condition, Metahuman Jury-Rigger, Cyberdoc | Even |
| Star Man | 2 | 2 | Service | Free Spirit | Spirit of Guardian, Astrology Man, Just Likes a Good Time | Even |
| Stella | 2 | 2 | Gear | Cosmic Magic Talismonger | Overworked, Space?, Space!, Talismonger, UDub Grad Student | Even |
Organizations
| Contact | Position | Connection | Faction Rep | Archetype | Health | Location |
|---|
Allies
Farraday's Clinic +5 Rep
Gates of Ishtar +3 Rep
Followers of the Iron Thorns +5 Rep
Enemies
Compulsory Execution Unit -10 Rep
People of Redmond -2 Rep
In Character Information
Symbols and Signatures
If there's any symbol most associated with her, it's the shimmering stars in her eyes and the constellation running up her arm and onto her back.
Matrix Search Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | A form of torture by severing limbs. Favored by the Triads for those whom they view as traitors. |
| 3 | A relative nobody mage, with weak magical force due to the indignity of hosting used cyberware. Her eyes are stars, and her skin a constellation. |
| 6 | Thorough traces of her image place her back in the Triads just a month before she arrived in Seattle, with all limbs and ordinary eyes intact. Instead, she sported the sorts of tattoos one might expect of a member of the Triads - the type that enforce obedience. |
Shadow Community Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | A relatively weak mage. The only noteworthy thing about her is that she can at least hold a gun to make up for her mediocre casting. |
| 3 | A mage of the Cosmic tradition, with striking looks that make her memorable to almost anyone on the streets. She refuses to hide the LED tattoos and refuses to change the lenses of her cybereyes to something reasonable. Triad members have a distaste for her. |
| 5 | Burned by the tattoos the Triad once had binding her, this mage apparently had her arm cut off to escape the trap of bondage. |
Assensing Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 |
SINs
Mei Li (Fake, Rating 4, UCAS)
- Mage License (Fake, Rating 4)
- Firearms License (Fake, Rating 4)
Appearance
Short of stature, but that's not the first thing people notice. Her cybereyes have stars in them - artificial ones. Her hair is ordinarily black, but at night, it lights up: mirroring the milky way, a comet occasionally streaking along one of the strands. On her (non-cyber) hand, one small LED panel has a sun and moon, circling with the time of day. Up along her arm trail constellations, and across her full back is the entirety of the draco constellation - not that it gets shown often. It is there to replace the swirling dragons whose traces remain in the skin separating the edges of the panels.
Clothing
Long pants, heavy coats, short sleeves - something to let her arms remain free, to show the changes she's made to herself. Yue will not allow others to view her in the old light, not that many in Seattle would have even known who she was back then.
Matrix Persona
On the Matrix, she appears as a humanoid constellation - a hollow space of darkness, interspersed with stars and swirling planets.