Koschei

Koschei

Mystical adept, combat/stealth
"They never see it coming"
Discord	@Shitpostbot3000#9033
Reddit	Scranton Anchor
Metatype	Elf Banshee
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	1
Public Awareness	0
CDP	22
C.D.B.	27/10/2061
Age	23
Folder	[1](Drive)
Priority	Metatype - C Attributes - C Magic/Resonance - C Skills - C Resources - C

Character Information

Summary

Koschei is an hot headed mysad that took the ideals of the chaos tradition to their logical extremes, "feeling" magic on her skin while walking down the street, talking to others, and being one with the city. Follower of outdated ideals, she would never disrespect "the old way": fighting with bow and fists. Ok, hers is a dynamic tension bow laced with military grade polymers and her arrows are alchemically prepared nightmares with more distructive potential then assault cannon rounds, but that doesn't matter, does it?

On a short term

• Upgrade the gear (putting some mods on the bow, getting a steady supply of monotip heads and seeker shafts)
• Get some proper magical stuff (enchanting gloves, some foci, some alchemical tools)
• Survive until she finally gets to learn how to regenerate like older vampires do

On a long term

• Becoming more and more attuned with the World, truly understanding if it has a will, and if so, what is the purpose she has in its vision
• Rise in rank in the Vory hierarchy, and make it never sway from its "noble" tenets
• Working on smoothing her edges and become a better person despite her condition

Background

Katerina's life started from the love Mikhail, a Vory avtoritet with magical powers, and Summer, an elf joygirl. For the Vory code, one cannot be part of the organization and have a family, so her father was forced to abandon her and her mother, quite literally, on the streets.

The mother's services were very requested, and thus the young daughter never went to bed hungry, but the squallor of that lifestyle marked her. Not being able to access education, she had a lot of free time, that she used to roam the streets.

Yes, a 5 y.o. left to just chill in the alleys of Everett is a disaster waiting to happen, but everyone there knew who her father was, and while he was not there for her, they wouldn't take the risk to anger "Mik the demon". So, she had a chance to feel the flow around her. The energy that spanned across those lowly barrens, from the diseased rats to the plants choking under layers of concrete, everything had a voice, and everything made sense for her. It is not uncommon for awakened to reveal their nature at an early age, but for her it was particularly staggering, given her complete lack of direct knowledge of magical theory.

She was clearly drawn to the chaos tradition, not relying to any set of rules or symbols to manifest her magic, just advancing her understanding through sheer trial and error. Her go to alchemical components are pigeon feathers, shards of glass and StufferShack brand bacon flavored soybars, and she wouldn't have it any other way.

At the age of 14, her mother passed away, leaving her completely alone and orphaned. She will never know if it was through her father's beggings, simple compassion or some sick twist of fate, but the same organization that left her in the streets offered a way out.

The deal was simple: let Hikari, a boyevik, take her in under her wing and see if she had a useful skillset, and if she thought that Katerina was ready, at her 17th birthday, she would have her officialy become a Vory shestyorka. The young elf took the deal, and quickly realized how much of an harsh teacher Hikari was. Every waking hour where she was not directly involved in some activity, she would make Katerina study, try out spirit summoning, casting spells, using fists, pistols, rifles and bows at the firing range, attempt to pick pockets or sneak.

In those 3 years, Katerina showed little aptitude towards the more astral bound practices, but proved herself a great fighter, to the point where her teacher asked help from former friends to make her learn some Kyujutsu techniques. At her birthday, she was sent to her first mission, simple stuff, sneak into an apartment, steal a betaware cyberarm stored in its original cache under this dude's bed, and get out. She did exactly that, and that was the first step taken towards becoming a true made woman.

In the following years, her superiors realized how much of a nightmare she could be on the field, and decided to let her loose way more often, resulting in more and more bloodshed on her hands, bloodshed that she for one welcomed, after all it was about protecting the interests of her family.

In one of those more gruesome jobs, she was supposed to be part of the support team that overlooked a particularly hot negotiation between the russians and some members of the Triads. It all happened so quickly, someone taking something out of his pocket, Katerina putting an arrow through his skull, and all hell breaking loose in a second. They were outnumbered in that firefight, but somehow, probably out of sheer survival instinct, the adept managed to kill much of the opposing force, as did one of theirs. Only a single person standing on each side of the room, her, and a man with an AK, paler then the others. He knows his mag is empty, so instead of reloading, starts to run towards her at breakneck speed, she has no time to react, and is quickly overwhelmed by the man, who, much to her surprise, sinks his teeth deep into her neck. The deep pain sharpens her senses, allowing for her to land a single punch to the throat to get an opening, retrieve her bow and kill him with a clean headshot.

In the following days, weird symptoms start to arise, and in no time, it is evident that the assailant was a vampire, and she is now a banshee. This infection put her into a state of deep depression and hopelessness, that led her to re-evaluate everything about her life.

After two months of pondering, she decided that the Vory wasn't responsible for what happened, and were the only family she had left, and thus remained in their ranks, however, she cut the number of works she would partake in, favoring a solo career. And as for how to live as a banshee, she decided to return to the roots, to her lifestyle from when she was still naive and hopeful. So she left her house behind, and came back to the streets, hoping for the World to show her the way. After some months, she is still looking for purpose, but has a name, "Koschei", The Undying King of Russian floklore, and a code to prevent her from descending into a beast, to only drink for those she kills for the jobs, and only kill those who deserve it.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

Infected: Banshee

• Despite her struggling with accepting her new reality, the HMHVV has undeniably improved her capabilities, sharpening her already great senses and reaction times, and providing her with the blessings of being dual natured.

Made (Wo)man (Vory)

• If a bit far from the stereotype associated with the organization, Koschei is about as Vory as it gets: she respects the codes, she obeys her orders, and she is merciless when needed

Perfect Time

• Maybe it is the magic, maybe it is just natural talent, but Koschei can really make every millisecond count

Negative

Code of Honor: Avenging Angel

• If you hurt her or her family, she will absolutely, positevily, annihilate you. But she still has a hard time killing those who don't deserve it

Combat Junkie

• Despite her spiritualist demeanor, Koschei is a fighter at heart, and would never dream to leave a good chance to prove herself

Hobo With A Shotgun

• Koschei swears that being one with the streets is a way towards enlightenment, but most of her friends would really appreciate if she showered every once in a while

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Threat	Date of Run
Six Gets Headhunted	Aurora		High	14 September 2082
The FBI Is Totally Fine	Aurora		Semi-Prime	21 August 2082
White And Red And No Blue	Aurora		High	11 August 2082
The Ghost of the Sprawl	Sleevey		High	10 August 2082
Mutaquality	Sleevey		High	18 July 2082
Bayou Bonanza	PatGriffin	Dead Gods Stir	High	2 July 2082
Minima de Malis	Zerre de Seattle		Medium	14 June 2082
A Literal Milk Run	Aurora		"Milk*" (It was High)	10 June 2082
Raging Bull	Sarcarian	It's Always Wednesday in Seattle	Prime	4 June 2082
Buoys Are For Saturday	Cutier Than Thou		Milk Run	30 May 2082
Road Kill	Sleevey		Low	26 May 2082

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Svyeta	4	3	Fixer(G,K,A,N)	Fixer	Magic Tradition (Chaos), Foci (Qi), Yakuza Pariah, Common Sense, Vory Boyevik, Kyujutsu Enthusiast, Magical Threats	Even

In Character Information

Symbols and Signatures

The most important symbolism for Koschei is, of course, the one associated with the Vory. She bears many of their tattoos:

• A St Mary holding Jesus on the back, because she is a criminal since she was a child
• A skull fitted with a cybereye and a small dragon circling around it, because she is an assassin and has killed both augmented and awakened targets
• A pair of small blue eyes on the ribs, in the left side of her chest, signaling her homosexuality. It used to be a mark of shame in soviet times, but she chose to make it herself and bears it with pride
• Two sets of letters on the fingers, "ОМУТ" on the right (acronym of от меня уйти трудно, or it is hard to escape from me) and "МИР" on the left (меня исправит расстрел, "only execution will correct me", it means that she will never stop being a criminal)

Matrix Search Table

Threshold	Result
1	An elf mysad
3	An elf mysad with Vory ties, that likes to be sneaky and uses a bow
6	Same as above, but with mentions about her being actually a banshee, and pictures of her writer tag spray painted near lots of runner hangouts

Shadow Community Table

Threshold	Result
1	A sneaky bastard that shoots well
3	A mysad infiltrator and fighter that accepts all jobs involving sticking it up to the Man, no matter if they suit her skillset
5	An idealist mysad banshee that when is not begging some poor talislegger for some free reagents or picking pointless fights with drunk wageslaves is actually a reliable ninja

Assensing Table

Threshold	Description
1	Awakened, almost perfect health. Moodwise it's either incredibly cheerful or a rage fueled murder machine, no inbetweens.
2	No cyberware. Her aura is shifting between pink and green hues, and carrying some power.
3	No alpha cyberware. Infected with HMHVV strain I. Her aura has some slight darker regions that fade into small black dots
4	No beta cyberware nor bioware. Essence and magic both at a clean 6
5	No genemods, nor anything, she is completely implat free! HMHVV is still taking hold, and as of now it is tempting to put her anabolism in overclock (regeneration?)

SINs

SIN	Issuer	Rating	Licenses
Lena Tolsoj	UCAS	1	None

Appearance

Koschei is a 1,82 ('5'9') elf woman, with pale skin and two eerily golden eyes. She sports a bob cut of clearly dyed pink hair, and most usually black nail polish

Clothing

Very punk but unkept. Given her lifestyle, frequent washings and changes are not an option, so she mostly uses a piece of clothing for as long as it lasts. The lone exception is her ballistic mask, a gift from a friend of hers that inscribed it with runes that evoke luck and strenght.

Matrix Persona

Whatever is the default setting on her commlink

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