Kara
Archetype | |
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Combat/off face/off mage | |
Player | [1] |
Metatype | Elf |
Street Cred | 0 |
Notoriety | 0 |
Public Awareness | 0 |
Titles and Awards | 0 |
D.O.B. | 2060-04-05 |
Folder | [2] |
Priority | Metatype - D Attributes - C Magic/Resonance - B Skills - E Resources - A Prime slot from ExtraLife 2016 |
Character Information
Summary
Tanky valkyrie who shoot good, stab good, and mage bad.
Goals
Explore and develop her magical talents.
Move out of this shithole apartment on a permanent basis.
Background
In 2074, Scandinavian Airlines cut their pre-flight checks for four of every five flights as a cost saving measure in order to stay competitive with the AAA Airlines. The measure was incredibly effective - the manager who made the plan saved the company millions, receiving a promotion and a big fat christmas bonus for his efforts.
In 2076, this inspection routine meant that the airline mechanic on duty missed that a bolt holding the left wing to the hull of the aircraft was due to be replaced. The bolt had been part of the routine inspections three years prior, but was cut as it was not critical to the wing staying attached to the plane. Which was true. Unfortunately, when the bolt detached from the plane during flight SK4432 as it was climbing to altitude, the bolt tumbled into the engine, jamming the turbine, and sending the plane careening into the sea. The mechanic on duty was fired and sentenced to ten years in prison for gross negligence and manslaughter. The manager's name did not come up in the court's ruling.
Among the passengers on the plane were 16 year old Ingvild Fredriksen and her parents, on their way to a holiday in Germany. When the left engine exploded, the debris penetrated the left side of the aircraft's hull, killing the father Harald instantly, and skewering Ingvild's left arm. Her mother, Marianne, either died in the impact or drowned - the autopsy was inconclusive. The trauma of this grenade-like explosion combined with the following airplane crash caused Ingvild's magical talents to awaken, and they were exceptionally powerful. So powerful, in fact, that despite seventeen fragments penetrating her torso and limbs.the blunt trauma from a hard airplane landing in water, and being starved of oxygen for four minutes, her magic kept her alive long enough for Emergency Response teams to arrive on site.
Unfortunately, that was a fact that would only become clear later. After the surgeons had performed life-saving cybersurgery, replacing failing organs, limbs, and installing brainware to help cope with the brain damage, almost smothering this magical flame in the process.
Ingvild, the sole survivor of the airplane crash, was left to fend for herself. She took to mercenary work in Europe, and developed a reputation for being very protective of her team members, even if they were just other paid muscle. She was nicknamed "Kara" by a german mercenary she worked with once, a corruption of the name of the Valkyrie Kára, and the name stuck. Eventually she saved up enough cash to have a friend of hers pull some strings with the Scandinavian Union's branch of the SIN registry, replacing the biometrics of her old SIN. She's come to UCAS to try and start over.
Narrative Significant Qualities
- Distinctive Style (elaborate Norse carvings on cyberware)
- Compulsion (Bail out a friend or teammate in trouble)
- Mentor Spirit (Bear)
- Favored (Scandinavians)
- Phobia, Moderate (Planes)
- Thrill Seeker
- Keeps track of how many she kills and how many she saves
Run History
Name | GM | Metaplot | Threat | Date of Run |
---|---|---|---|---|
Of Gangster and Cleaners | axiomshift | Medium | 20 March 2084 | |
Of Cults, Criminals and Crazy Knights | Eva | Deadly | 6 March 2084 | |
Looney Tunes | DocMcGuffins | Semi-Prime | 31 May 2081 | |
Stolen Time | Chrisst111 | 28 May 2081 | ||
WHO DARES SUMMON ME? | Teksura | 7 May 2081 | ||
Drug Resupply in the Fallen's Land | JD | 25 March 2081 | ||
The Nightmare... | Doom | 12 March 2081 | ||
The Collectors: Give Me A Man After Midnight | Ghostlin | The Collectors | 7 March 2081 | |
The Gift Horse | tkul | 7 March 2081 |
Affiliations
Contacts
Contact | Connection | Loyalty | Archetype | Profession | Aspects | Chips |
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Perfect Authentic Cadence | 5 | 2 | Custom(G,A,K,N) | Cybersurgeon | Monad, Cyberlimbs, Cyberware, Geneware, Medical Gear, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Street Doc | Even |
Alessa P | 4 | 3 | Fixer | Owner of The Daze | The Daze, Shadow Connections, Ear to the Ground, Punk Rocker, Bootleggers | Even |
Alias | 5 | 2 | Gear | SIN Forger | SIN Forger, Police Contacts, Disguise Enthusiast, Hacker, Infiltrator, College Educated | Even |
Halvor Ingvarsson | 4 | 3 | Custom(G,K,A,N) | Talismonger | Wanted, Enchanter, Planeswalker, Sons of Odin, Thaumaturgist, Norse Tradition | Even |
Jaqueline Morrison | 5 | 2 | Custom (G,A,N,K) | Tailor | Tailor, The Clothes Make The Man, Armorer, Upper Class Boutique, Pragmatic Accesorizing, Jet Set Lifestyle | Even |
David Squire | 4 | 1 | Custom (K,N,A,G) | KE Captain | By The Book, Thin Blue Line, Blue Code Violation, Seedy Underbelly, War on Drugs, Go For a Taste | Even |
Chuck Person | 3 | 4 | Gear | Weapon merchant | Welcome to Gun Show!, Ammo Nation, More Dakka, BFG | Even |
Organizations
Allies
Enemies
In Character Information
Symbols and Signatures
Norse imagery, particularly scenes from norse mythology featuring women.
Matrix Search Table
1: Not a lot. They haven't really done much.
3: She's in a shooting club in Snohomish
6: There was a mercenary matching her description and MO operating in Europe, but they haven't been active in a few years.
Shadow Community Table
5: Used to be a mercenary operating in Europe, or something like that. Is usually quite protective of her team.
SINs
Anniken Hjelmsfjord (Scandinavian Union), R4
Appearance
Lithe scandinavian woman. Usually wears sleeveless clothing, showing off cyberlimbs with extensive engravings, mostly in Futhark or relating to Norse mythology, but she also has a Valknut covering her right shoulder, with one thin black line for each person she has killed, and one thin white line for every life she has saved. Currently, there are 11 black lines and 8 white lines.
Clothing
Short sleeved shirt and vest (Berwick+Argentum)