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Character Information

Mystic Murray
Mysad combat mage
Ghoul. Troll. Mage. Adept. All you could ever ask for.
Discord	@nivencthulhu#8606
Reddit	[1]
Metatype	Troll (giant) Ghoul
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	1
Public Awareness	0
CDP	4
D.O.B.	June 10, 2056
Age	28
Folder	[2]
Priority	Metatype - A ; Attributes - B ; Magic/Resonance - B ; Skills - E ; Resources - E

Summary

An infected red mage and itinerant drifter, specializing in combat magic and beast spirits.

Goals

Find a cause that Dragonslayer approves of

Find some friends he's not worried about infecting

Get back at the corp who blew up his house

Make his deceased mentor proud

Background

Mystic Murray grew up as just another destitute Puyallup SINless, focused only on survival. Until one day an elderly shaman took Murray under their wing, teaching Mystic Murray many things--most importantly that a better future was possible.

Unfortunately, the shaman never got a chance to see that future. An encounter with a feral ghoul left the shaman dead and his protege infected. While the transformation caused Murray to Awaken, it was cold comfort after losing the only person who’d ever believed in him.

Mystic Murray holed up in the house he once shared with his mentor and tried to continue his mentor's work. The barrens of Puyallup had enough dead to keep him from starving, but only barely. More importantly, his living in the past wasn't going to bring his mentor back, and some part of him knew that. He just didn't have anything else to do with his life.

It wasn't long before the world decided to shock Murray out of his grief the hard way. A megacorp had plans to use the land he was squatting on for a new factory, and they weren't about to ask the residents for permission before they started bulldozing things. The whole block was leveled by the time he figured out what was going on.

Murray was furious. The house was the last relic of his mentor he had left. He had to take a stand.

So he fought back. But one angry ghoul is no match for a megacorp. Corpsec sent him packing with a few shrapnel scars for his trouble. Filled with righteous anger against the Sixth World, Murray was left unsatisfied. His brush with corpsec had shown him just how futile a direct approach would be, so he bided his time.

Once again he was left itinerant, forcing him to take all sorts of odd jobs to survive. Mostly the kind that only hurt decent people, but once in a while he got to take a shot at some tiny piece of a megacorporation. Those were the moments he lived for. Eventually, that energy caught the eye of a professional fixer. Sure, Mystic Murray was a blunt instrument. But with the rough edges sanded off, he had the makings of a shadowrunner.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

Mystic Adept (Red Magic): Murray subconsciously taps into the domain of red, justifying his ghoulish nature as just another part of the cycle of life.

Mentor Spirit (Dragonslayer): "This guy's been showing up, telling me the go after The Man. Not like I needed any encouragement."

Negative

Hobo with a Shotgun: Mystic Murray isn't one for the finer things in life. A cheap cigar and a troll-sized couch to crash on is all he needs.

PAC Combat Monster: He fights with the fury of a cornered animal--even when he's not backed into a corner.

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Date of Run
Of Sprints & Phantoms	Blood_Librarian		13 October 2082
Flame in the desert	Doc Mnc		26 September 2082

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Fiendest	2	2	Fixer	HMHVV Fanatic	Wanted, Infected Organizer, Lavawalker, Terrordome, Darkdweller	Even
Amelia Novak	1	1	Service	Urban Primitive	The Beast Within, Use Every Part	Even

Organizations

Allies

Enemies

In Character Information

Symbols and Signatures

Matrix Search Table

Threshold	Result
1
3
6

Shadow Community Table

Threshold	Result
1	He's huge, and he's a ghoul.
3	He's magic, following some obscure tradition
5	Mystic Murray is a Mystic Adept, like the name would suggest. He's a combat mage at heart. Loves his Zen.

SINs

Robert Graves, California Free State - R3

Appearance

Usually seen wearing a pair of sunglasses and smoking a cigar. Big, even by troll standards, but not as slender as other giants due to HMHVV bulking him up. Not a single hair on his body made it though the infection, so he's bald and devoid of facial hair. Murray has arcing pointed horns and cybereyes designed to imitate the milky cataracts of a ware-less ghoul.

Clothing

Murray wears a green bomber jacket over a ragged tank top and camo pants as street wear, and if he needs to go outside in the daytime he supplements this with a full-body cloak, hoodie, and fingerless gloves

Matrix Persona

A cheerful-looking troll wearing a Hawaiian shirt and holding a blunt.

Media Mentions

ShadowGrid Profile Comments

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 ===Summary===
-An infected red mage and itinerant drifter, specializing in combat magic and beast spirits. Also far quicker on the draw than a "walking corpse" has any right to be. Mystic Murray’s path to the shadows began when he befriended a shaman preaching the end of the natural order, and was infected by a ghoul in a failed attempt to defend said shaman. When he transformed and subsequently awakened, guided by the shamanic teachings of his mentor, he soon found himself being tutored by Dragonslayer and took on shadow work looking for a cause to test his abilities. Murray is a steadfast soul, naturally honest and direct, and growing into the idea of acting against the world instead of just reacting to it for once.
+An infected red mage and itinerant drifter, specializing in combat magic and beast spirits.
 ===Goals===
 Find a cause that Dragonslayer approves of
-Get an ethical food source
+Find some friends he's not worried about infecting
+Get back at the corp who blew up his house
-Shower, or at least stand outside in the acid rain with some soap
+Make his deceased mentor proud
-Prove himself to be the biggest and baddest ghoul in Puyallup
+==Background==
+Mystic Murray grew up as just another destitute Puyallup SINless, focused only on survival. Until one day an elderly shaman took Murray under their wing, teaching Mystic Murray many things--most importantly that a better future was possible.
-Meet another Red Mage to see if there’s anything left to learn
+Unfortunately, the shaman never got a chance to see that future. An encounter with a feral ghoul left the shaman dead and his protege infected. While the transformation caused Murray to Awaken, it was cold comfort after losing the only person who’d ever believed in him.
-Find some friends he's not worried about infecting
+Mystic Murray holed up in the house he once shared with his mentor and tried to continue his mentor's work. The barrens of Puyallup had enough dead to keep him from starving, but only barely. More importantly, his living in the past wasn't going to bring his mentor back, and some part of him knew that. He just didn't have anything else to do with his life.
+It wasn't long before the world decided to shock Murray out of his grief the hard way. A megacorp had plans to use the land he was squatting on for a new factory, and they weren't about to ask the residents for permission before they started bulldozing things. The whole block was leveled by the time he figured out what was going on.
+Murray was furious. The house was the last relic of his mentor he had left. He had to take a stand.
+So he fought back. But one angry ghoul is no match for a megacorp. Corpsec sent him packing with a few shrapnel scars for his trouble. Filled with righteous anger against the Sixth World, Murray was left unsatisfied. His brush with corpsec had shown him just how futile a direct approach would be, so he bided his time.
-==Background==
+Once again he was left itinerant, forcing him to take all sorts of odd jobs to survive. Mostly the kind that only hurt decent people, but once in a while he got to take a shot at some tiny piece of a megacorporation. Those were the moments he lived for. Eventually, that energy caught the eye of a professional fixer. Sure, Mystic Murray was a blunt instrument. But with the rough edges sanded off, he had the makings of a shadowrunner.
-Murray’s story begins in the cracked hellscape of Puyallup, with a destitute shaman turned street preacher and a homeless young troll drifter looking for company. The former’s name, once Murray, lives on only in Murray’s memory, and the latter was of course Mystic Murray himself, before he used that name. They met looking for shelter from the acid rain and roving gangs, and in each other found a strange kinship. The shaman taught Murray that the blasted wastes of Puyallup was what happened when man decided to put himself above beasts, and that returning to a state of primal balance is impossible. In return, Murray listened to the old man’s ramblings, and kept the two safe from harm as best he could. In this way Murray learned some understanding of how magic works, despite being mundane.
-But this arrangement was not meant to last. A feral ghoul, mad with hunger, came upon the duo while they were sleeping. By the time Mystic Murray fought it off, the shaman had been ripped to pieces and Murray was bleeding from the ghoul’s claws in a dozen locations, with infection almost guaranteed. The transformation almost destroyed his mind, but through the shamanic mantras he was able to reconcile his own identity with the gnawing hunger and push through to the other side, a newly Awakened ghoul with a new lease on life. Building his own chaotic belief system to explain what happened to him, Murray found himself on the path of Red Magic, believing himself to be in tune with his animal origins yet remaining human.
-The next few months were spent seeking out more knowledge of magic and aimlessly drifting, until the next defining event in Mystic Murray’s life hit him. The decision to use his powers and stop a Knight Errant squad from beating a certain journalist to death earned the attention of Dragonslayer. From then on Murray’s waking hours have been periodically interrupted by an ethereal yet unmistakably ripped man exhorting him to face down the evils of the world and lightning bolt their faces in. Mystic Murray still isn’t sure how to respond to that, but he’s started taking shadow work to keep flesh on the table, taking on the name Mystic Murray to honor his mentor. He earned his place in Shadowhaven after he proved his trustworthiness to Patches, and the rest is history.
 == Narrative Significant Qualities ==
 ===Positive===
-Mystic Adept (Red Magic): Murray subconsciously taps into the domain of red, fueled by all animal life on earth.
+Mystic Adept (Red Magic): Murray subconsciously taps into the domain of red, justifying his ghoulish nature as just another part of the cycle of life.
-Mentor Spirit (Dragonslayer): "There's a buff guy in my head who keeps telling me to kick more ass."
-Shoot First, Don't Ask: Murray's time on the streets didn't give him much room for things like tactical analysis. When he acts, he just acts.
+Mentor Spirit (Dragonslayer): "This guy's been showing up, telling me the go after The Man. Not like I needed any encouragement."
-Mentor's Mask: When casting spells (or using active adept powers if he gets any) spectral muscles appear over his actual muscles on his arms and flames appear around his body. If he's casting a combat spell, the aura forms a gun enveloping the hand casting the spell to "fire" the spell at his target.
 ===Negative===
 Hobo with a Shotgun: Mystic Murray isn't one for the finer things in life. A cheap cigar and a troll-sized couch to crash on is all he needs.
-Imcompetent (Biotech): "Sorry, field surgery just makes me too hungry to concentrate."
+PAC Combat Monster: He fights with the fury of a cornered animal--even when he's not backed into a corner.
 ==Run History==
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 ==SINs==
-Raul Richter, Calfree - R4
+Robert Graves, California Free State - R3
 ==Appearance==
-Almost always seen wearing a pair of sunglasses and smoking a cigar. Big, even by troll standards, but not as slender as other giants due to HMHVV bulking him up. Not a single hair on his body made it though the infection, so he's bald and devoid of facial hair. Murray has arcing pointed horns and cybereyes designed to imitate the milky cataracts of a ware-less ghoul.
+Usually seen wearing a pair of sunglasses and smoking a cigar. Big, even by troll standards, but not as slender as other giants due to HMHVV bulking him up. Not a single hair on his body made it though the infection, so he's bald and devoid of facial hair. Murray has arcing pointed horns and cybereyes designed to imitate the milky cataracts of a ware-less ghoul.
 === Clothing ===

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