Nearl

Nearl

I think i'd love you...
In every universe...
I know that for a fact...
The wind to my fire
Discord	near_light_
Reddit	Fangblade_
Metatype	Human (Nartaki)
Street Cred	50
Notoriety	1
Public Awareness	0
Ally Spirit	Halflight
CDP	80
D.O.B.	2053, December 21st
Age	31
Folder	Fangblade's Drive
Priority	Metatype - E Attributes - B Magic/Resonance - A Skills - B Resources - E
Initiations total	9

Character Information

Summary

Talulah Ashlocke Nearl is an infected Sage working for Louhi under the teachings of Kalma. Initiated in the ways of Necromancy through Wychking's ally spirit, the Lady of Pain. Balancing the worlds of life and death, she walks back from twisted path with her ally spirit Halflight, and her long term partner, Młynarz.

"To have been seen by you, to have earned your respect, to have fought by you. I know I made the right choice in my life. From now on, I won't go regretting what I've done. Thank you. Now and forever your ever-faithful student, Nearl."

Study of Necromancy

• To create balance in life and death, preserving the weight of spirit and soul.
• To seek temperance in the face of the chaos, to shred indulgence in the eye of the abyss.
• To break the chains of boundary and servitude that lie in my heart, and to seek the truth of self.

This is my covenant, and I took this vow knowing I was unwell, but through the warmth of your guidance have I slowly found my way.

Goals

Study Under Louhi's teachings and purge the bugs from the world.

Noir had always thought highly of Wychking. Having heard of her ability and efforts to destroy the invae, it rubbed off on her and instilled an urge to help. Noir was already in a rut, so finding true meaning to her life inspired her to take up the torch, as it were.

1. Learn Ally Spirit Metamagics and Art
2. Create Ally spirit formula
3. Conjur Ally Spirit
4. Teach Halflight about the world
5. Keep Halflight Safe
6. Upgrade Halflight to force 10

Retire from the shadows and work in the light with Wychking.

In November 2084, Nearl finally met with Wychking in Wichita. Their meeting was serene, almost as if the two had met before, and returned after years apart. Even though she was a fledgling, Nearl was heard, and respected. In those moments she felt a yearning and completeness that had eluded her for some time. Nearl asked that if once her training had ended, she could find a position inside of Wychking's Sphere. With moment of thought, they figured it could potentially be done, should Nearl prove her devotion to her path and goals.

Start up Silver Ash Investigations with Halflight

She had a dream once, to start a detective agency. Now, Nearl wishes to make that dream a reality, so persuaded by the actions of her mentor, and her past partners. Halflight will help, too!

Explore Młynarz's Life.

This person who, out of the black, entered into Nearl's life in 2080. Młynarz has been a stalwart ally and helped Nearl through the bleakest time's in his life. The two bonded over their experiences and work, with Młynarz even teaching Nearl how to summon and improve his ally spirit, Halflight.

Completed Goals

Understand the rumors of her family being in Seattle.

Nearl has reconnected with his sister and brother. Sadly, his brother has since passed away. All that's left is his sister, Celicy, and her niece, Koori.

Kelia Kotomine, Mother†

Miorine Kotomine, Mother†

Lath Kotomine, younger brother†

Celicy Vist, older half sister

Minerva Kotomine, younger half cousin

Manage His Infection.

Talulah feels a completeness in themselves, and while they are not cured of their infection, they feel more sound and resolute than how they had once before.

Understand Magic.

Noir was born into his magical powers. He did not earn them by might or by practice, instead inherited them from birth. One of his goals in life is to understand better understand his ability to cast and weave magic. Now he works as a Sage in the name of Kalma, bringing balance to the scales of life and death.

Further the goals of The Night Throne.

They've been working with the Night Throne, but may soon depart...

Background

Talulah Ashlock Nearl was born into the secretive confines of a cult that worshiped ancient and forbidden deities. From an early age, Talulah displayed an uncanny aptitude for the arcane arts, and she was groomed to become a powerful mage within the cult's ranks. Her upbringing was characterized by strict doctrines and rituals, leaving her with a profound sense of isolation and a longing for freedom beyond the cult's oppressive boundaries. At the age of 20, Talulah's longing for liberation culminated in a daring escape from the clutches of the cult. Fleeing into the bustling underbelly of the city, she found herself struggling to survive, ultimately being drawn into the dark and dangerous world of sex work. It was during this tumultuous period that she discovered her resilience and resourcefulness, navigating the treacherous streets and honing her skills in self-preservation.

However, the shadows of her past continued to haunt her, and it wasn't long before the allure of the shadows themselves beckoned to her. Embracing the life of a shadowrunner, Talulah learned to harness her magical abilities in the pursuit of lucrative and often perilous contracts. Her experiences as a shadowrunner exposed her to the ruthlessness of the world, pushing her to adopt a hardened and pragmatic outlook on life.

Yet fate had more in store for Talulah, as she found herself unwittingly drawn into the dark embrace of vampirism. The transformative process unleashed a maelstrom of conflicting emotions within her, fueling her sense of detachment from humanity. Struggling to reconcile her newfound predatory instincts with her lingering moral compass, Talulah sought solace in the pursuit of ancient magical knowledge, delving deep into the teachings of the enigmatic Louhi.

Driven by an insatiable thirst for understanding and purpose, Talulah eventually established her own private investigation agency, Silver Ash Private Investigation. While her skills as a mage and a former shadowrunner made her an asset in uncovering secrets and solving mysteries, her ongoing inner turmoil threatened to consume her.

Battling profound feelings of disillusionment and alienation, Talulah struggled with an existential crisis, questioning her place in a world marred by darkness and deceit. Her growing resentment for the society she now inhabited fueled a deep-seated hatred, leaving her torn between the desire for redemption and the temptation to succumb to the shadows that had defined her existence. As she grapples with the complexities of her identity and the weight of her past, Talulah Nearl stands at a crossroads, her future shrouded in uncertainty and the specter of her inner demons looming ever closer.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

Nearl works as a Sage for Louhi under the teachings of Kalma, and her Mentor spirit, Death. Over the years, she has gained knowledge and power through the forms of Alchemy, conjuring, spellcasting, and all sorts of magical qualifications afforded to a trained Sage.

Astral Chameleon

Durable Preparations

Mentor Spirit: Death

Mentor Mask

Practiced Alchemist

Sensei - Arcana

Spirit Affinity

Spirit Whisperer

Witness My Hate

Nearl was also infected with the HMHVV Strain 1, and as such she is a vampire. Her mother, Heart of the Tempest is the one who willingly infected Nearl.

HMHVV1 - Vampire

Infected Powers

Enhanced Sense - Smell

Immunity - Pathogens

Immunity - Toxins

Mist form

Regeneration

Nearl, through past work and street knowledge, as garnered abilities to help keep herself alive, and below is a list of qualities aforded to her by her extensive storied past working on the streets and in brothels alike.

Shoot first, Don't ask.

Tough as Nails - Stun

Focused Concentration 3

Negative

Deaf

Gremlins 2

Simsense Vertigo

SINner - Criminal (Talulah Thomson - Knight Errant)

Initiations

Initiation 1

Masking

Initiation 2

Fixation, Advanced Alchemy

Initiation 3

Advanced Greater Ritual Casting, Greater Ritual

Initiation 4

Centering

Initiation 5

Flexible Signature

Initiation 6

Necromancy, Reckless Necro Conjuring

Initiation 7

Invocation Art, Summon Ally Spirit Ritual

Initiation 8

Cleansing

Initiation 9

Apotrophic art and Extended masking metamagic

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Date of Run
Crime Brûlée	Villiers		13 April 2085
Nothing but the Turks	AnuBonk		7 April 2085
Hold on for me	TidanShock	The Arrival	4 April 2085
OUTS - It Takes Two to Tango	Villiers	All The World's a Stage	30 March 2085
Crab Bucket	Anumati		17 March 2085
RATS- Spectacular Spectacular!	Villiers	All The World's a Stage	13 March 2085
Over The Border and Through The Woods	Sample Text		9 March 2085
RATS A Night at The Opera	Villiers	All The World's a Stage	27 February 2085
Chromecast and Furious	Draknic		26 February 2085
Blue Grass and Red Necks	Villiers		4 February 2085
Jumping Jimmy G	LHOG		29 November 2084
Hegemony of the Food Chain	Asmodeus	Swarming Season	20 November 2084
Redmond Retroviral Retrieval	Lotus		16 November 2084
An Eerie's Waltz	Zerre		30 October 2084
Crashing the Cultists' Campaigning	LHOG		24 October 2084
Stars of the midnight Ranger	TidanShock	The Arrival	18 October 2084
Unhaunt My House	Kirk		15 October 2084
A Dark night in DuPont	Lotus		14 October 2084
Are you a Bringer?	LOV.Euphoria		13 October 2084
Wetwork of the Wurst Kind	Villiers		8 October 2084
Enemy of my Enemy of my Enemy	TidanShock	When the hunters came to town	8 October 2084
Guiding North Star	Asmodeus		2 October 2084
Knowledge is Power - And Fashion!	lov.euphoria		8 September 2084
Gargamelle Bubble Chamber	John		4 September 2084
The 0th Law of Thermodynamics	John	The Metroplex Governor Race of '84	19 July 2084
Nabbing the Knockoffs	LHOG		14 July 2084
Who Can Say No To This Face, Part 3	TidanShock	When the hunters came to town	28 June 2084
From ashes born anew	TidanShock		11 June 2084
Kidnapping is very not-good	Archtmag		6 March 2084
Spying is better than Scrying	Zerre	Contre-Révolution	25 January 2084
Let's Maintain Integrity	Kaigen87		24 January 2084
Trouble at Squatters Gym	Kaigen87		18 January 2084
Blood for the Newly Born	Doc MNC		15 January 2084
Ladies of the Night Part 1	TidanShock		13 January 2084
Holding the Rempart	Zerre	Operation Hell's Gate	3 January 2084
Detour to Phoenix	Draknic		2 January 2084
Early October	Archtmag		16 March 2083
Belly of the Beast Part 1	Draknic		10 March 2083
An Ancient Forgotten Memory	Aurora		9 March 2083
The brother´s call	KaterSalem	Enemy within	9 March 2083

Affiliations

Trusted contacts

For some reason or another, Nearl trusts these people more than the other contacts she knows.

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Fire Mage	3	3	Fixer	Black Lodge Network Specialist	Black Lodge Loyalist, Black Lodge, Black Mage, Magical Theory, Spirits, Astral Topography, Metaplanar Denizen	Even
El-Ahrairah	5	2	Fixer	Ex-Assassin	Family Bonds, Infected, Syndicate, Technomancy, Shadow Magic, Private Investigations, Armor Clad Faith, LGBTQ Organizer	Even
Ivan Kolchev	6	2	Fixer	Ex Military Owner of Small Merc Outfit	Russian Born, Duty, Honor, Sacrifice, Guns Gun Guns, You make strange friends on the battlefield, Drugs are good at tempering the body for battle, but keep the spirit clean., I trust my Kalashnikov with my life., You know I love a good explosion.	Even
Rahmi	4	1	Generalist	Lt. In the Grey Wolves	This is Home, I like my Drinks, I know where that is!, Do not hurt my friends., My home is in my heart.	Even
Sandalphon	6	4	Custom(K,N,G,A)	Corporate Envoy	Tir National, Telestrian Industries, Corporate Court, Black Ops, Metaplanar Denizen, Elvar, Seelie and Unseelie Courts, Pitch Black, Pure White	Even
Amducias and Orobas	3	3	Generalist	House Stilray Cleaners	Sourcerror Technomancy, Necromancer Mystical Adept, House Stilray - Lesser Goetia, Fae Courts	Even
Adem Quel	2	2	Service	Personal Driver	Personal Driver, Vehicles, Your Vehicle	Even
Minerva Kotomine	1	2	Fixer	Office Receptionist	Reception!, Info broker!	Even
Loputyn	1	4	Custom(A,G,K,N)	Parabotanist	Bored and bratty, Fixated and faulty, Elvar Fae...?, Un/Seelie Courts, Astral Navigator, Master Alchaparabotamist	Even
Celicy Vist	4	1	Fixer	Vampire Taskmage	Born in Blood, Stained in Red, Bound by Blood, Purpose Fed, HMHVV-1 Vampire, Necromancy, Cults, Foci, France, Magical Threats, Drakes, Saedar-Krupp, Forbidden Gear	Even
Lady of Pain	6	3	Legwork	Death God	Matrix Offline, Honor First, Necromancer, Bard, Metallurgy, Corpse Catalogue, Autopsy Aspirant, Forensics, Invae Investigator, Underworld Understudy, Ritual Reanimator	Even
Sylphiette	2	4	Fixer	Burnout	Noblesse Oblige, Street Gangs, Fence, Infobrokers, Love thy subhuman self, Non ware Gear, Drugs	Even
Otsdarva	4	2	Custom(A,G,K,N)	Barrier Mage	Chaos Magic, Manipulation Magic, Fixated Master Alchemist, Advanced Alchemy, Magic Lodges	Even
Johan Liebert	6	1	Gear	Coroner	Sociopathic Tendancies, Prejudice: Mundane, Ritual Equipment, Morgue Supplies, Foci, Necromancy, Erased, Talismonger, Magical Forge, Forbidden Gear, Spirit Formulae	Even
Femmetocelle	1	3	Service	Decker	Terminally online, Curiosity of the other	Even
WRN3	4	2	Service	Feedback Seer	Technomancer, Matrix Search, Electronics Hardware, Reticent, Hosts, Infected Sympathizer, Vision through the feedback	Even

Other contacts

Perhaps it was a single gig, perhaps she knew them before she became a vampire and a necromancer... either way, these are contacts that Nearl has in her commlink but rarely, if ever calls.

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Młynar	4	2	Service	Knightclub Leader	France, Knowledge of Gangs - Occitanie, Government Connections - Southern France, Eclessian Knightclub, Awakened	Even
Amelie and Jean-Baptiste	5	1	Fixer(A,N,K,G)	Infected Cabal Leaders	Ghoul Royalty, Vampire, SK Kid, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Corporate Kid	Even
Crazy Eight	8	1	Networking	Casino Owner	Example Negative Aspect, Casino Owner, Curious little thing, Triad Networking, Wanna make a bet?, In the Shadows, High Roller	Even
$p1keslinger	4	2	Custom(K,N,G,A)	White-Hat Hacker	Matrix Native, Deep in the Weeds, You'll Never Turn Me, Yeah, I've been around., High and Mighty	Even
Xyvis	2	1	Service		Bat Shifter, Hard to Call, Very Good Listener, Moonlit Mage, Learning Time!	Even
Rev. Toby Newton	3	4	Networking	Catholic Priest	Charitable, Homebody (Redmond), Priest, Street Medic	Even
Alessa P	4	3	Fixer	Owner of The Daze	The Daze, Shadow Connections, Ear to the Ground, Punk Rocker, Bootleggers	Even
Ella "Unraveled" Wyatt	1	1	Legwork	Recovering BTL Addict	Unreliable, Recovering Chiphead, Redmond, Gang Relations, BTLs, Vice Knowledge	Even
Hez-kukra	5	2	Fixer(G,N,A,K)	Sons of Sauron Fixer and Black Clinician	Anger Issues, Once Burned, Twice Shy, Us or Them, Good Trouble, Uncle Sauron, A Common Enemy, Ork Forges, Wizard of Isengard, Secrets of the Uruk-hai, What Can Men Do Against Such Reckless Hate?, Advantage of Angband, The Fire of Orthanc	Even
Geneva	3	1	Gear	Ganger Boss	Red District Sinner, Fetters and Chains, Bazaar's Business, Secure spots, Beggars can be choosers, Dealing with the bringers	Even

Organizations

Contact	Position	Connection	Faction Rep	Archetype	Health	Location
Seattle Software and Special Investigations	Operation Malkuth Div Lead	2	1	Security Firm	Maintaining	Seattle
The Night Throne	Network Specialist	2	41	Infected Underground Cabal	Maintaining	Redmond

Allies

Caption text

Faction	Rep	Info
Erika	5	Nearl's mentor, Wychking works for Erika, and it is one of Nearl's Twin Mirror Fantasies to join with them someday.
Black Lodge	2	Was suggested to join by Someone. Having nearly attained 10 magic, Nearl is quickly becoming a useful tool...
People of Redmond	4	Having saved the people of Redmond from multiple different gangs, as well as being as generous as she is, the people are pleased with her at this time.
Sons of Sauron	1	She had the gall to take KE head on, and the Sons of Sauron thought that was way cool.
Red District ((The Spire))	20	She chose to side with the people as opposed to the company that owns the spire.

Enemies

• -10 Laesa Rep
• -2 Halloweeners
• -20 Genqo Pharmaceuticals

In Character Information

Spirits

Tuulikki, Tuoni, Ajattara, Surma, Hiisi

Matrix Search Table

Threshold	Result
1	A 1 star review of a Neo Curry restaurant with the name Oona Lovelace saying 'NEO CURRY SUCKS! GAVE ME FOOD POISONING!"
3	A once deleted but retrieved through cache post about a young nartaki looking for a transgender support group and place to live in Redmond in the year 2075 under the name "Kolya Kotomine"
6	Rumors of a mage stolen away from SK durring a midnight raid on a blood magic cult. Is Noir the blurred out boy in these images?

Shadow Community Table

Threshold	Result
1	Surtr is a magician for hire that has a very low bar for things he won't do.
3	Noir Larvor is in league with the Night Throne, and an infected Runner
5	Noir used to be known as Fia Fields and ran under the name Bonfire.

Assensing Results

Hits	Information Gained
1	Nearl is Ill, they are awakened.
2	No Cyberware, R4 Power Foci, R6 Casting and Centering Foci, R3 Alchemy Foci.
3	No Cyberware, infected with HMHVV1 - Vampire
4	No bioware or cyberware, Essence 12, Magic 8, Necro Magician.
5+	No Cyberware, Gene treatments, nanotech.

SINs

Fake Sin - Kolya Kotomine - R6, UCAS

• Fake R6 - Mage Licence
• Fake R6 - Private Investigator Licence
• Fake R6 - Firearms Licence
• Fake R6 - Concealed Carry Licence

Appearance

Clothing

A well dressed Sage, wearing a tan peacoat, beige button up paired with a deep red tie and gold tie clip. Dark red suspenders with golden clasps holds up her high waisted suit pants, a dark brown paired with a leather holster and belt. Paired with brown leather shoes.

Matrix Persona

A yellow shield featuring a stylized flaming helmet surrounded by coffin nails that Noir uses for magical drams.

Gallery

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  Nearl's Current outfit

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  Nearl using her weapon foci in astral combat

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  Noir's first attire

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  Noir's Second attire

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  Noir's dreamed third attire

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  Proposed third outfit

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  Noir's fourth outfit

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  Noir's fifth attire

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  Noir with her sword from Ez-Azael

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  Noir's logo feature many coffin nails as drams

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  Noir performing alchemy in early 2083

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  Nearl's outfit as she started working as a private investigator

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  Noir's custom battle armor

Short Stories

Past In Flames

Dying Light

It Could Have Been Me

Premature Death

Character Plot Hooks

Here are characteristics of the character that GMs may take advantage of to add complications to runs, or to otherwise use when in use. If you want to use them in unrelated to runs, please ask first.

Aspect	Information	Related Run(s)
Aspect 1
Aspect 2
Aspect 3
Aspect 4
Aspect 5