Zombie

Zombie

Ex-Halloweener Face
The Pumpking's #1 Fan
Discord	@disco goblin#9660
Reddit	[1]
Metatype	Dwarf
Gender	Spooky (They/Them)
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	4
Public Awareness	0
D.O.B.	October 30th, 2057
Age	27
Folder	[2]
Priority	Metatype - B Attributes - D Magic/Resonance - B Skills - B Resources - E

Character Information

Summary

A face and illusionist hedge witch, Zombie's spent most of their life as a member of the Halloweeners' rank-and-file. Unlike many of their peers Zombie truly bought in to the gang's ethos; they treat Halloween with an almost religious reverence, and believe that capturing its essence is their defining purpose in life. They saw Pumpking Jack's arrival as a horror trid brought to life, and betrayed their gang to join up with the Starscreamers.

Now the Pumpking is gone, and Zombie's been left high and dry. With nowhere to go and their name at the top of the Halloweener's shit list, they've turned to running as a way to make ends meet. Jack's disappearance has given them a crisis of faith, and they're now left questioning what "Halloween" truly even means. If the messiah of fear couldn't even bring it about, then what chance does someone like Zombie stand?

Goals

• Scare the ever loving drek out of people
• Learn the true meaning of Halloween
• Get an explanation for Jack's disappearance, and find themselves a new muse
• Don't get burned alive

Background

Tanya "T" Chen was born deep in the Halloweener's Redmond territory, and got exposed to the gang from a very young age. Growing up poor, T spent much of their early teens working the streets and pushing the Weener's trademark BTLs. When their talent for magic awakened at 17, they were jumped in for real and became a made member of the gang. Although their reasons for joining were originally pragmatic (better to light the fires than to be the one getting lit), the life of hard drugs, concussions, and constant terror eventually sent their psyche careening off the deep end.

T became obsessed with the concept of horror. While most of her gang mates treated Halloween as an excuse for violence and cheap thrills, T viewed the holiday as a religious sacrament. Horror movies became the lens through which they viewed the world, a method of coping with the harsh realities of the gang life. All the senseless violence that they'd grown up around, that they were now participating in, it had to mean something. And it did. Everything that T did was a means to an end, a way of bringing about "true Halloween". What that actually is, only they seem to know.

Needless to say, they took Pumpking Jack's arrival as a sign from god. The shadow spirit was straight out of T's trids, and treated Halloween with the reverence it deserved. He was inspired, a muse that T's flailing sanity could latch on to. Without a second thought, they turned their back on their crew and joined up with the Starscreamers. They were ecstatic to find a group that shared their driving ethos, and with the help of some shadow karma they grew stronger than they ever had before. In only a few short months, though, it all came crashing down.

The details of Jack's plots weren't shared with the rank and file. As far as T knows the spirit just up and vanished, leaving a fractured and leaderless gang behind. The remaining Starscreamers lacked the spark that Jack had once had, and as Nightmare's Halloweeners enacted their retribution T decided to flee. They're currently hiding out in Touristville, taking shadowruns under the name "Zombie" to make ends meet while sorting out their crisis of faith. Jack had been Halloween personified, and yet even he couldn't bring it about. All of the things that T's done... if Halloween never comes, then what did any of it even mean?

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

Shockingly Well Spoken (Alibi, Closer, Honest Face, School of Hard Knocks): Being a face in the Halloweeners isn't an easy gig. You either learn to lie under pressure, or you end up starring in the gang's next snuff film.

Walking Haunted House (Hedge Witch: Illusion): Zombie's magic is, above all, a form of self expression; they've spent years refining their illusions to capture the purest essence of horror. The downside of this is that they never learned to do anything else.

Friend of Chaos (Mentor Spirit: Chaos): Chaos has been guiding Zombie ever since they awakened, egging them on to cause more havoc and horror. They usually appear in the form of various characters from Zombie's vintage horror trids.

Negative

Pissed off all the Wrong People (Bad Rep): Being an ex-Halloweener is bad enough. Being a traitor ex-Halloweener who joined up with a world ending shadow spirit? Yeah, that rep's gonna stick.

You can take the Goon out of the 'Weeners... (Distinctive Style, Uneducated, PSC: Thrill-Seeker, Lack of Focus): Zombie is a former Halloweener, which means that they've spent much of their life doing incredibly dumb shit. This is reflected in both their personality and their tattoos, two crude sleeves and a full back piece that anyone who knows what to look for can clock as belonging to the gang (Knowledge: Street Gangs with a threshold of 3).

Secretly a Nerd (Dependent: Inconvenience): Zombie has a massive, ever-growing collection of horror memorabilia. They dream of one day using it to open a haunted house.

An Artist at Heart (Signature: Zombie Head): Even though they're supposed to be in hiding, Zombie just can't resist leaving a stylized zombie head at the sight of their most impressive accomplishments. After all, what kind of artist doesn't sign their work?

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Threat	Date of Run
Recruiting For The Skeleton War	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	Low	3 October 2082
Gland Theft Alto	CutierThanThou		Medium	30 August 2082
Zombie Initiation: OSHA Violation	Niven		Medium (Initiation)	13 August 2082
Dance among the Fading Memories	Draknic	When You Reach Me	Medium	11 August 2082
Shut up and take his Money!	Syphilen		Low	2 August 2082
Attack Inside Attack!	Aurora		High	1 August 2082
The Sad Facts of Chet Hughs	Pat		Low	1 August 2082

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
Mack and Hack	1	1	Custom(A,K,N,G)	Halloweener Troublemakers	Those Two Idiots, With The Power Of Friendship, ... And This Gun I Found, King Of The Pumpkin Patch	-4
Black Cat	5	1	Gear	Black Marketeer	Burnout Adept, Black Market Connections, Gun Runner, Gang Leader, Demolition Expert, Back Alley Chop Shop	Even

Allies

Mack and Hack: Formerly two of Zombie's best friends, them joining up with the Starscreamers put a serious strain on their relationship. The good times haven't been forgotten, but Zombie's gonna have to work to earn their trust back.

Enemies

The Halloweeners: The 'Weeners don't exactly take kindly to traitors. Zombie doesn't know what they'll do with her if she's caught, but a life of horror trids gives her some pretty good ideas.

In Character Information

Symbols and Signatures

Zombie Head: Zombie's signature is a stylized, decapitated zombie head. When they feel like they've created a truly inspired scare, they'll either incorporate it into their illusions or spray paint it at the scene.

Matrix Search Table

Threshold	Result
1	Braiiinnnnssss.....
3	Reports of recent "supernatural" activity in and around Touristville. Ghost sightings, apparitions, lots of urban legend type stuff. A few images of a stylized zombie head graffitied around many of these sites.
6	You find a blog for vintage horror trids written under the user "DayOfTheDead". The website is decorated with the same zombie head seen in Touristville. Also, you get a face match on a police report from a few years ago investigating a Halloweener drug ring.

Shadow Community Table

Threshold	Result
1	A face and former ganger. Likes wearing special effects makeup on runs.
3	They used to be a Halloweener, and one of the gang's few true believers. Seems like they left on pretty bad terms though. They're some sort of mage, and seem to really favor illusion magic.
5	They're a black mage and a former member of the Starscreamers. Have fun working with 'em!

SINs

Wes Raimi (R4 Fake, UCAS): A college dropout and aspiring filmmaker. Works as a tattoo artist in Redmond.

• Mage License
• Concealed Carry Permit

Appearance

Zombie is a thin, black-haired dwarf of Chinese descent. They have two crudely done tattoo sleeves, along with a full back piece detailing various horror imagery

Clothing

Their typical attire consists of some kind of slasher movie tank top under a blood red suit jacket. They frequently wear gaudy makeup that borders on special effects, sometimes including fake cuts or custom contacts.

Matrix Persona

Zombie's matrix persona is, well, a zombie. Like many of their creations, the thing is so over the top that it veers into being cheesy.

ShadowGrid Profile Comments

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