Zenith
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| Gun Adept | |
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| A lifelong runner who thought he'd retired | |
| Discord | @OrionsRequiem#2524 |
| OrionsRequiem | |
| Metatype | Human |
| Street Cred | 19 |
| Notoriety | 1 |
| Public Awareness | 0 |
| CDP | 84 |
| D.O.B. | December 29th, 2046 |
| Age | 40 |
| Folder | [1] |
| Priority | Metatype - D Attributes - A Magic/Resonance - C Skills - B Resources - E |
Character Information
Summary
A Barrens raised kid who grew up in warehouses, learning to pick pockets and shoot straight. His Shadowrunner mother raised him alone until she wasn't around any more, then he lived on his own. He started running on his own at 13, using his mother's contacts. At age 17 he met a woman he left the life for, was married and had a child two years later. His wife disappeared in an assault on his home, and he raised his daughter on his own since then. Her schooling is expensive, so Zenith came out of retirement.
Goals
Replace all his old gear with better stuffBuy a proper houseSet himself and Harriot up in a safe place- Find the people that attacked his home and
find out what happened to Scarletfind Scarlet - Pay for Harriot's schooling and make sure she has a good nest egg of an inheritance.
- Avoid becoming a Saeder-Krupp Prime Agent.
- Kill whoever invented Chal'han
- Protect Shine from the forces hunting him.
Background
Ethan grew up in the Redmond Barrens alongside his mother, Madeline Quinn and was given pretty free reign. Do whatever you want, just be back by dark. His mother was a Shadowrunner who went by the street name Stiletto, and she taught him the ins and outs of the trade. Most of his friends growing up were her old running crew, but he didn't know anything else, and in the Barrens, if you've got something that keeps you safe, you don't ask too many questions about it. For years, he fell into a pattern. Pick some pockets for a soy burger, get home before nightfall, learn to either not be seen, shoot straight, or pick locks, then watch his mom get into her van with her runner team, and watch garbage trids until they got back. It wasn't a stable life, but it was his. As he got older his mother let him take on jobs, often acting as a distraction or an unseen pickpocket, though as he got more confident in his gunmanship he was allowed to take on wetwork, his mother believing that teaching him to take a life would prepare him for the world better than anything the school system could provide. Then one day, the van never came back. Ethan didn't know if the only family he'd ever known skipped town, got got, or simply needed to disappear, but either way, at 13, Ethan was alone.
Having little more than an abandoned warehouse to squat in and a rapidly dwindling amount of nuyen to bribe anyone who found him, Ethan knew that he needed to make some cash fast or else die in the Barrens like so many others before him. He knew his mother kept a spare gun in her desk, a Ruger Super Warhawk that he'd used to train with sometimes. He took the gun and started using the name Zenith based off a joke his mother used to make about how he'd one day be the top Shadowrunner in the UCAS. At the start, Zenith was bad, the Warhawk was the only tool in his arsenal. He knew how to sneak and pick locks, but he was still a kid, and he drew more attention than he wanted when he was outside the Barrens. His mother's old fixer, Ol'Tusk helped him for awhile, but he eventually made enough nuyen for an apartment and could start building up his materials. However the jobs he took were barely enough to pay rent month-to-month. Eventually, Ol'Tusk found him bigger jobs, and he had to learn that sometimes professionalism was more useful than a gun. Zenith quickly gained a reputation as a wetwork specialist who wasn't decerning about his targets so long as the money was good. This led him to many dangerous jobs, including one such job where he was meant to clean out a building of Halloweeners. During the job Zenith caught away from the rest of the team by a Halloweener with a flamethrower, trapped between a wall and the insane ganger, we was consumed in flame, and would have died were it not for his sudden Awakening, giving him an extra burst of speed that allowed him to get around the 'weener and kill him before the fire burned him away. Though he was left with a burn scar on the side of his neck from the experience.
Four years Zenith worked in the shadows. He had savings, he was actually comfortable. His reputation wasn't really known outside the Barrens, but he was content. In November of 2064, Zenith and a crew of runners had to grab test answers for a spoiled rich brat from their high school: Overlake Private High School. To this end, Zenith infiltrated the school as a student, despite lacking any education beyond basic reading and writing. The job would have gone smoothly, but Zenith got distracted. One of the "classmates" he was exposed to was an Elf noble woman named Scarlet O'Cathalain who had transferred to the UCAS from Tir Tairngire due to a "cultural exchange program". While she never admitted to it, Zenith felt like Scarlet saw right through him, and could tell that he didn't belong, but she was friendly to him regardless, sharing her thoughts about how metahumanity had the potential for goodness, from the corporate executive to the beetle addict, and that they all deserve kindness and help. Zenith was skeptical of her views, but enamored with her all the same. Even after the job, Zenith kept in contact with Scarlet, and eventually the two started dating.
Things moved pretty fast, getting married in a small ceremony after a year and a half, prompted somewhat by Scarlet's discovery of a pregnancy. The two of them were a bit scared by the prospect of having a child, but they eventually agreed to try it together, and within six months, Harriot Quill was born. Zenith retired, and just became Cedric Quill, the name on his Fake SIN, he missed the thrill of Shadowrunning, but he also knew that Scarlet and Harriot were safer if he just took odd jobs that stayed on the light side of the law. After four years of going straight, and having a family life, Zenith and Harriot had gone out to see a new Trid in the theatre, but when they got back, the door to their apartment building was busted in and when they got back to their door, it had obviously been cracked. Furniture was overturned, blood was spattered on the floor and plates and glasses were shattered. Worst of all, Scarlet was missing. She'd disappeared and Zenith couldn't get any information about the investigation. Zenith was despondent, and while he had to take care of Harriot, he felt his life falling apart. Social Services attempted to take Harriot away if Zenith didn't take therapy and appropriate social care with his daughter. This forced him to give up the search using legal means, Cedric Quill was under too much scrutiny to do what needed to be done.
Assuming that whoever had done this came from his past as a runner, Zenith took what cash he had saved up and started renting a new apartment in Tacoma. He focused on raising Harriot, and when she was asleep, he started diving back into the Shadows, trying to uncover anything about his wife. It's been 11 years since that day, and Zenith has started taking on jobs again. Apparently the old adage is true "Only retired Shadowrunner is a dead Shadowrunner".
Narrative Significant Qualities
Positive
Adept - Ethan awakened shortly after his mother disappeared, leveraging his new powers to increase his value on runs.
Hawk Eye + Shoot First, Don't Ask + Perceptive - His paranoia has made it almost impossible to surprise him.
Sharpshooter + Strive for Perfection + Perfect Time - He gets bored with regular shots. He wants to challenge himself in a gunfight.
Daredevil - Zenith does foolish things for kicks. He's spent his life running the shadows and any chance to spice things up fuels his adrenaline addiction.
Alibi + Social Chameleon - Since first joining the Haven, Zenith has been forced to solve more problems with talking than violence, and has improved his social skills to avoid killing his way through problems.
The Invisible Way - Zenith is an expert infiltrator and assassin, his magic has taken him in a way where being unseen is the best course of action and his magic has molded around this notion.
Lucky - A misnomer at best, Zenith's luck tends to get him out of trouble that his stupidity gets him into.
School of Hard Knocks - Zenith grew up on the streets of the Redmond Barrens and learned all he could from the downtrodden and disenfranchised, which includes knowledge that has come in handy through his Shadowrunning career.
Negative
Dependant (Demanding) - Harriot is a 16 year old Elf, she's smarter than Zenith, and has learned that her father is a shadowrunner, but not the extent to which he markets himself as a wetwork specialist. She has recently Emerged as a technomancer and attends Twin Peaks Private School in Bellevue.
Emotional Attachment - His mother's Ruger Super Warhawk, it's been modded since Zenith started using it, but it's something he'll never part with willingly.
Driven: - Looking for his lost wife Scarlet. He is almost compulsively pulled towards any threads that might have something to do with her. Often to his own detriment or near-death.
Social Stress (Red-Haired Elves): - Between his missing wife and his daughter, Zenith has a hard time dealing socially with red-haired elves. Often avoiding their gaze and trying to avoid engaging with them at all.
Uneducated - Growing up on the streets is not conducive to a regular learning experience. What Zenith lacks in book smarts, he makes up in street smarts, but the former bites him at times.
Run History
Affiliations
Contacts
| Contact | Connection | Loyalty | Archetype | Profession | Aspects | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns | 5 | 2 | Fixer | Street Fixer | Black Market Connections, Former Shadowrunner, Redmond Barrens, Novacoke Addict, Street Smarts, Shadow Community | Even |
| Black Cat | 5 | 4 | Gear | Black Marketeer | Burnout Adept, Black Market Connections, Gun Runner, Gang Leader, Demolition Expert, Back Alley Chop Shop | Even |
| Ghaz | 2 | 0 | Legwork | Skraacha Sheriff | Cavalry's Here, Skraacha Sheriff, Coffin House | -1 |
| Amrei Veidt | 6 | 5 | 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 |
| Argent | 1 | 3 | Fixer | Street-level Fixer | Silver Tongue, Elven Blood | Even |
| Sarah Snow | 3 | 1 | Fixer | Fundraiser and Housewife | Novacoke?, Novacoke!, Dinner Parties of Metahumans, Flawless Skin, On Retainer, Fundraiser | Even |
| Kenneth "Flamesaw" Murphy | 2 | 4 | Custom(A,G,N,K) | Ganger / Tough Guy | Not the Brightest Bulb, Firesaw, Fraggin' Handsome, People Pleaser, WAIT I'm a runner too! | Even |
| Corf | 1 | 1 | Service | Helpful Lil' Minecart | Rail-bound, Small, Living Transport, Underground, Wild Spirit, Smol | Even |
| Bellerophon | 4 | 2 | Generalist | Professional Paracritter Hunter | Artificer, Fantastic Beasts (and Where to Find Them), Pegasus, Reagent Hunter, The Most Dangerous Game | Even |
| Deulara Leorel | 4 | 2 | Networking | OtherCon Representitive | EVO Hatred, OtherCon Folk, Protector Of The People, Leader Of The Pack, Wolf Ears | Even |
| Saint Nick | 2 | 3 | Gear | "Santa Claus" | Blissfully Unaware, KRIME Konnections, Milk and Cookies, Spirit of the Season, We Got Guns | Even |
| Freya | 5 | 2 | Custom(G,A,K,N) | Hacker Extraordinaire | Master SIN Maker, Burner ID, FAKE is my Middle Name!, My Search Function is Powered by Nuyen, Hacking is my other middle name, I eat Hosts for lunch. | Even |
| Anything Andy | 6 | 0 | Generalist | Generalist | Smuggler, Black Market Rumors, Trog-Net, Bootleg Electronics, Bootleg Cyberware, Bootleg Weapons, Bootleg Armor | -1 |
| Mush | 4 | 1 | Fixer | Black Magic Man, Black Magic Circles, Focus Fanboy, Fetish Gear, Discretion is the Watchword | 0 | |
| Wusan | 5 | 2 | Service | Overlord of the Seas | Ocean Bound, Master of the Sea, Purifier, Trick or Treat, Caller of Tides, Ocean Awareness, Sense of Humor, Spirit Bound, Sense of Duty, Sense of Honor | Even |
Organizations
Allies
| Organization | Reputation | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Skraacha | +6 | Shares valuable information |
| Ancients | +4 | Occasional Agent |
| OtherCon | +3 | Saved a Squirrel |
| Saeder-Krupp | +4 | "Valuable Asset" |
| Gianelli Family | +5 | Robbed a yacht |
| The Burns' Coven | +2 | Stole some birds |
| The Black Lodge | +10 | Unwitting Agent |
Enemies
| Organization | Reputation | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Cutters | -10 | Killed a half-dozen |
| Tamanous | -70 | Destroyed a long-standing facility |
| Lone Star | -5 | Broke children out of jail |
In Character Information
Symbols and Signatures
Ruger Super Warhawk: The classic revolver and his signature weapon. While not ideal for his stealth work, when things go loud it has always been his trusted companion
Matrix Search Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | Zenith (noun): the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body |
| 3 | A well-known hitman operating out of the UCAS. |
| 6 | A long-time thief and assassin operating out of the Seattle Metroplex. |
Shadow Community Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | An infiltrator and gunman. Has a reputation as a professional |
| 3 | A street kid from the Redmond Barrens, grown into one of the most well-known assassins in the UCAS |
| 5 | Has been hoarding nuyen like a dragon for several years, however stays away from criminal associations. |
SINs
Cedric Quill (Rank 6) - Adept License, Concealed Carry, Firearms, Bodyguard and Drivers - Tied to UCAS (Seattle)
Arthmael O'Cathalàin (Rank 6) - Adept, Driver's, Firearms, Concealed Carry, Security Consultant - Tied to Tír Tairngire
Appearance
Clothing
Matrix Persona
The default persona that comes with whatever commlink he has.
Quotes
"If you do magic long enough you learn to be pretentious"