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]
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 Follower of outdated ideals, she would never disrespect "the old way": fighting with bow and fists.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 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 establishing a link with the city and a manifestation of its will
• Be a part of the change, giving power back to the people or at least trying
• Working on smoothing her edges and become a better person despite her condition

Background

Kai's early life is basically uneventful as it gets. Born in a loving family of AA wageslaves (and UCAS SINners) that sadly never got to enjoy much quality time with their only child, got raised more by trids then their parents, the most boring, Sixth world family ever. The first spark of oddity was around the child's 6th birthday, when they got their very first commlink, a Sony Angel. It was an instant crush. Spending days trying to push new buttons, do new things, in general pushing the boundaries of that tech further and further.

Seeing the passion in their children the family decided to do some overtime shift and save up that extra cash, to make sure that maybe, just maybe, with those funds going into paying for a better school, Kai could live a life better then theirs. Their only child took this blessing very seriously, and studied hard, REALLY hard, to make it into EVO's young prodigy program. Basically, the AAA corp periodically scoops up potentially talented hackers from technical schools, promises them a future in the company, and gets a stream of high performing idiots who accept to get paid well below the rates they deserve cause they are still blinded by the hope of moving up the ranks. Usual corp drek. Kai managed to get inside, and while outside they were the most talented kid on the block, here they were just one of the many. The competition was fierce, but Kai was terrorized by failure, so they kept putting more and more effort in what they did.

2 years in, it came the realisation that a regular meatbrain, no matter how talented, could only get you so far, and thus Kai started using (and abusing) nootropic substances, soon finding out about psyche. That edge right there, THAT was what it was missing. With this newfound brain juice, the competition with the fellow interns stopped looking like a bloody free for all, and more like a managaeble fight for the spotlight with the other 2 or 3 truly talented kids with a surrounding background noise of mediocrity.

After that, years kept passing, but the hope for a truly great work position started to fade. With their family still sustaining them and paying for rent and other necessary expences, Kai was able to get some kickass mods, all with the very specific purpose of pushing their brain further and further, to be the best decker that EVO office ever saw.

And it kinda worked! Kai was, in fact, very good at the job. But with grandeur comes boredom, and that underlying feeling that you are being gravely underestimated. So, they did what all deckers do, and started trying to contact the shadows.

Picking up cyberduels for fun here and there, they realized that wow, those EVO teachers may have been full of drek, but taught how to codesling quite nicely. Those escapes were enough for Kai to assess their position in the Matrix food chain (which would be above most AA spiders but below the upper crust of shadowrunner hackers), and with some estimations, they realized that it could have been enough to get running with a profit aproximately 3 times better then what they were already earning, with margins of improvement.

Seeing with their own eyes how crazy good corps can be at tracking down people, when Kai finally "got extracted" the first urge was to go in places where no one could track them.

This was the start of a new life. Biosculpt into a body they never saw. Acquire guns. Change place often. Make your DNA untraceable, turn to the sleaze game to avoid trouble, have AT LEAST 5 contingency plans ready to go. the only 2 luxuries where only living in places with AC and AR fashion subscriptions and getting a cat (the mother was allergic and they really wanted one for a long time). And now, after all the dust settled, and the old SIN was burned, it is time to show Seattle what this little decker is made of.

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.

One Trick Pony: Called Shot (Pin)

• Bow and arrows have been a natural extension of her body since she was 5, and while lacking the rigorous training needed to master a martial art, she had more then enough time to practice the art of impaling her enemies

Perfect Time

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

Negative

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 appretiate if she showered every once in a while

Lightweight

• When it comes to keeping down her alcohol, Koshei falls under the elf stereotype

Superhuman Psychosis

• Well, to put it pluntly, she is a sick magic vampire ninja whose arrows can pierce concrete, and they are not

Run History

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

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Haruki Uchida	5	2	Fixer	Fixer	Cyberware, Bioware, Fake SINs, Infobroker Contacts, Armor Accessories, Shiawase Brand Equipment	Even

In Character Information

Symbols and Signatures

Everything about Apex on Matrix follows a clear pattern: geometrical shapes, pure whites, golden decorations.

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

Apex is a 1,67 m (5'6') human non binary person. After a long and careful biosculpting process, their body appears very lithe and devoid of either evident muscle mass or volumionus curves. Despite their past under the hands of very capable plastic surgeons, everything else about Apex is pretty standard, from their white, almost elven like long hair, to their ice blue eyes to their pale skin.

Clothing

Everything just SCREAMS ex-corporate, from the go-to run outift composed of a long grey trenchcoat paired with a scarf made out of true wool, denims and boots to the everyday clothing filled with that "sober-and-practical-but-still-elegant" vibe that permeates the wardrobe of every arrogant wageslave-who-thinks-they-are-hot-drek.

Matrix Persona

When not on situations where an odd looking avatar would bring unwanted attentions, Apex's go-to avatar these days is a robotic entity composed of floating, extremely cutting edge sci-fiesque parts.

ShadowGrid Profile Comments=====Summary=

Koshai is a physical adept with ties with the Vory, specialized in combat and stealth. The go to approach for combat is hit and run tactics, often involving the use of her enhanced mobiliy, while for inflitration it is often used the combination of the greater invisibility spell and her parkour skills

Goals

• Getting herself a big house in a nice part of town and maybe a stable relationship, better if with a fellow shadowrunner
• Open up a black market weapon shop to make easy money while still being connected to the shadows
• Increase her magical power and combat skills just for the fun of self perfection

Background

Born as Lena Baranov, daughter of Mikhail, a ex Vory Lideri weapon dealer, and Stefania, a stripper, Koshai's birth was already kind of a big deal. As for the rules, you cannot be a Vory member and have a family, so from the moment he became a dad, Mikhail was outcast from the organization, at least formally. In fact he maintained a stable work relationship with them, but as an outsider, which allowed the young Lena to learn and absorb much of the culture. In fact, Koshai assobed so much that instead of toys, she played with the father's firearms, assembling and disassembling them at incredible speed and hitting targets at the range like nobody that age should be able to do. The discovery of being a physical adept, at the age of 13, came to no one's surprise, and was celebrated with the first shot of vodka of her life. She quickly started the shadowrunner career, mostly to follow the footsteps of the father, but choosing to avoid directly becoming involved with the Vory itself, since that would have limited her freedom, but still following their mannerisms and rules. That carrer got her to, well, die, at the age of 17. It was a huge mess, the Johnson wanted a quick smash and grab in a store, but who knew it was under the protection of the fucking Yakuza. They sent one of theirs best assassin after her team and the whole runner squad was whiped out. She was left on the cold concrete of seattle with her eyes utterly destroyed by the enemy's blade and her whole intestine just spilling out of the stomach. She blacked out and found herself awake two hours later on that same street, the clothes ripped out and lying in a pool of blood, but alive and well. That's when the name was picked: "Koshai", the Undying, an evil figure of the russian folklore.

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Alexey Dorosov	5	3 (Made Man)	Fixer	Vory Fixer	Vory Networker, More Machine Than Ork, Armed To The Tusks, Cybork, Trog Networker, Prototype Collector	Even
Alias	5	1	Gear	SIN Forger	SIN Forger, Police Contacts, Disguise Enthusiast, Hacker, Infiltrator, College Educated	Even

In Character Information

Symbols and Signatures

The most important symbolism for Koshai 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)

The other set of symbols and meanings comes from her mentor spirit, the Oracle. Originally the relationship between the two of them was very distant and kind of an oversight, but since the first time the Oracle allowed her to regenerate, she has chosen to deepen the bond, assuming the mentor's mask. It shows itself in the form of a glowyng and ghastly third eye made of purple energy opening on her forehead, which shines through her custom balistic mask, giving the impression of a cyclops.

Matrix Search Table

Threshold	Result
1	A nocturna adept
3	An adept bastard who loves to sneak in, overwhelm the enemy with reckless full auto fire, and get out before anyone realizes what's happening
6	Same as above, but with mentions to the thermographic vision and smoke grenades and her regenerative abilities

Shadow Community Table

Threshold	Result
1	An infiltrator and ranged combat expert
3	An adept with sneaking skills and guerrilla tactics from Seattle
5	A Redmond based nocturna physical adept, with invisibility and other sneaking abilities, who fights with tactics that make use of her overall great accuracy and high mobility

SINs

Lena Tolsoj, UCAS citizen, Adept license

Appearance

Clothing

Mostly practical stuff when outside of work, an Armante suite paired with a custom black ballistic mask used to make her mentor's mask appear even more eerie

Matrix Persona

A cutting edge looking biped combat droid, decked head to toe in high tech weaponry (gotta scare those noobs in coldsim VR fps games right?)