[OOC] [6E] Stormy Waters NPCs

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GLITTER, ANCIENTS ENFORCER, CONNECTION 5 Name & Principle Alias "Glitter" Ethnicity & Metatype Caucasian Elf DOB 2046 Sex Female Height Tall Build Athletic Nationality None Description: It takes a particular kind of maddness to learn to weild a monowhip accurately from a racing motorbike but it is something that Glitter has mastered with lethal precision. Uses: Gang activities Places to Meet: On the road Contact: Commcode

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Bushbreaker, smuggler, connection 3 Name and Principle alias: Jamal Redrock, "Bushbreaker" Ethnicity and Metatype: latino Orc (Crow Orc tribe) DOB: 17 April, 2059 Height: 1.9m Build: More runner than weight lifter, by orc standards Nationality: Salish-Sidhe Description: From a family of smugglers, he is stepping into the heart of the business as the older generation starts to fade. He was away for a couple of years (see Run!), and came back somewhat more confident, and much more comfortable with those outside of his tribe. He even picked up certain rakishness. His new strategic and customer focus has been a pleasant surprise to his elders. He is unapologetically an orc in appearance, with no effort made to look smaller or 'tamer' for the comfort of humans. He has a sly sense of humour in even the most stressful situations, and has even started to flirt. Also a big baseball fan. She was in the simulations partially documented in Run! Preferred Runners: Orcs, Orzhet speakers, and those who aren't too full of themselves Uses: Human and material smuggling between Seattle and Salish-Sidhe territories, Crow Orc news, or beers and baseball talk Places to Meet: Tusks and Taters (restaurant in the Orc Underground), Bleachers (sports bar in North Bend, Salish-Orc territory) Contact: Commcode for a favoured few, through the family by contacting "Marv’s Towing and Salvage" and asking for “Darrel or Darryl to come do a pick up.” Available: Most any time, if he isn’t on a job, on a date, or partying (~60%)

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Dot, storyteller, connection 3 Name -and Principle alias-: Dorothy Walker, "Dot" (nickname, not street alias) Ethnicity and Metatype: Caucasian Troll DOB: 13 Nov, 2052 Height: 2.4m Build: Slight by Troll standards Nationality: UCAS Description: A slight troll with bohemian/artsy style sense (preference for flowing dresses, and colourful hats at times). She works in Toronto as a script-writer for trid shows, technically as a freelancer but recently she's been almost fully contracted by Ares Entertainment subsidiaries. Her specialties are coming-of-age stories and average people overcoming extraordinary circumstances, but she's been in the writers room of a variety of shows. Her vocation is as a storyteller. She loves stories, reading them, collecting them, listening to them, creating them, and most of all telling them. She is an entrancing storyteller, to the degree that some have suspected her of being a social adept (she isn't). She was in the simulations partially documented in Run! Preferred Runners: Ones willing to share their stories, or who have access to physical copies of rare books Uses: Entertainment business gossip, access to hardcopy libraries, dealing in moderately rare books (she doesn’t have the capital for the really rare stuff), or hearing a good story Places to Meet: Toronto: University of Toronto Library, Balzac Café on Spadina street, ‘Kick-Axe’ axe throwing club in the docklands east, walking along the Toronto lakefront (true to her name, she likes walking). On set for productions: on site, or at a nearby cafe, bookstore, or library Contact: Message in the Storytellers Union matrix host, message left at Balzac Café, or for the fortunate few commlink Available: mornings, evenings, weekends – she has a day job (usually)

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Glitter, Ancients rookie, connection 2 Name -and Principle alias-: Gem Ethnicity and Metatype: African-American Elf DOB: 2050s most likely Height: 1.9m Build: athletic Nationality: Sinless (Seattle based) Description: Dark skinned even for her ethnicity, with bio-luminescent tattoos on her limbs and face, blades in her fingers, and an iron-will to survive. She doesn’t make a point of it, but she is from the streets of the Puyallup barrens and spent several years as a joygirl, along the way learning a lot about the harsh side of meta-humanity. She was absent from the streets for a couple of years, but came back a lot more mature, experienced, and ruthless (see Run!). Despite her background she was provisionally accepted into The Ancients and has recently been made a full (but still very junior) member. She is too cynical to love the Ancients, but she is dedicated to building a place for herself there, and looks up to some of the more senior female members such as Glitter and (looking way up) Sting. She hopes to achieve similar prominence and power some day. Preferred Runners: none, really. They are sources of randomness and danger that Gem doesn’t need in her life. But she does value people who she can trust, so once you’ve proven yourself she may be willing to listen, but proving yourself will be much harder if you are male presenting (it isn't that she trusts women, she just distrusts men more). Uses: Basic information on the Ancients, a ride on the back of her bike, or information on the joygirl trade Places to Meet: Talisker’s (bar in Takoma favoured by some in the Ancients), Mrs. Chips (cosmetic ’ware and low level medical care, where Gem used to help in exchange for discounts, and still has a relationship of some sort with the owner) Contact: Link (40%), leave a message at Mrs. Chips (100%, but might take several days) Available: Low to medium -- the Ancients like to keep their newbies busy, but she's been in long enough to have some solo time

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Dewey, Corp janitor, connection 1 Name -and Principle alias-: Duy Pham, usually called "Dewey" Ethnicity and Metatype: Vietnamese descent, human DOB: 2041 Height: 1.65m Build: slight Nationality: UCAS Seattle Description: A small man with thinning hair and irregular teeth, but a big smile and a lot of energy. Surprisingly cheerful and upbeat, and excited when he gets to actually do something. His native language is Seattle city-speak, and while he understands English, he is at best difficult to understand for anyone who isn't used to the accent and vocabulary of the urban downtrodden. He is a sinner, about the one thing going for him in life, and he has worked menial jobs for various companies in the MCT grouping, for the last few years as a janitor at a manufacturing and warehouse complex in northern Redmond near the boundary with Snohomish. He claims he has all good performance reviews. He took part in the simulations partially documented in Run!, but unlike most of the participants he has no regrets, it has been the great adventure of his life where he got to experience life beyond Seattle (he doesn't seem to mind that they were mostly doomed to unhappy endings?). On the rare occasion that he gets to meet anyone else who was in the simulations he is quite happy and excited. Preferred Runners: Runners, as real, breathing, people (as opposed to in a trid) are not really in his experience. He likes people who will spend time to interact with him, even more if they will share some of his (terrible) home made wine. But a bit of excitement would also be good. Uses: MCT gossip (if you can understand what he says), janitorial practice, cheap wine, usually cheerful company Places to Meet: Aoiran, a Yakuzza operated bar and betting parlour near his small MCT provided dorm. Or by comcode if you have it, but he only takes voice calls. Contact: Look for him at Aoiran Available: Low to medium -- wage slave hours time to sleep, occasionally time to drink, it doesn't leave much

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JACK, FENCE, CONNECTION 5 Name & Principle Alias "Jack" Ethnicity & Metatype Mixed Race Human DOB 2049 Sex Male Height Average Build Average Nationality None Description: It's always handy to know someone who can take that liberated piece of hardware off your hands with no awkward questions getting in the way of a good business deal. Jack has the contacts to make things disappear and equally can often lay his hands on some more exotic purchases that the denizens of the shadows have need of in the pursuit of their daily lives... Preferred Runners: Ones with cash to burn Uses: Fencing goods, aquiring 'hard to find' items Places to Meet: Out of the way spots in Downtown or Tacoma Contact: Commcode

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MR CHAN, SAFEHOUSE MASTER, CONNECTION 5 Name & Principle Alias Mr Chan Ethnicity & Metatype Oriental Human DOB 2042 Sex Male Height Short Build Average Nationality UCAS Description: Occasionally a bolt hole is needed and Mr Chan provides for a variety of budgets, from coffins to truly oppulant Downtown lofts. Supposedly independant of any major 'organisations' his services don't have strings attached and provided you are discrete and come with a recommendation from a reputable fixer he can get you a place to stay in short order. Uses: A safe place to stay Places to Meet: Virtually once you've been vetted Contact: Commcode

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CHEMIST, STREET CHEMIST, CONNECTION 3 Name & Principle Alias The Chemist Ethnicity & Metatype African American Human DOB 2051 Sex Male Height Tall Build Athletic Nationality None Description: He specialises in providing chemical compounds to the shadows... sometimes that is as crude as the latest designer drug, but his real passion lies in the creative uses of chemicals to change the world. He maintains a neutral position with the various factions in the street and the syndicates value him as such, or so they say... Uses: Chemicals of all sorts Places to Meet: Downtown Contact: Commcode

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Tipperman, Former Company Man, Connection 4 Name & Principle Alias Matthew Mayfield, "Tipperman" Ethnicity & Metatype Mixed ethnicity Dwarf DOB 2026-11-11 Sex M Height 118cm Build stocky Nationality Now SINless, previously NeoNet, Novatech, and UCAS Description: Weathered brown skin, full bushy black beard, black hair worn short, he is almost always wearing a hat to help cover a scar on the right side where not much hair grows. He walks with good energy and grace, but often looks a bit tentative when picking up objects, as if he wasn’t quite sure where his hands are. (although once he is handling things he is very deft). It is an open secret that back in the day he was a company man for Novatech and then NeoNet, rumour says he even worked directly with Samantha Villiers sometimes when she was running the Seattle operations for the company. However around a decade ago things began to fall apart for him. What is somewhat publicly known is that someone burned out his headware, a while later he retired, then a few years ago he resurfaced to briefly work as a runner before settling with The Tribe (Tom Smart's crew) up in northern Redmond. Only a much smaller circle know that the damage to his headware also damaged surrounding brain tissue, causing him various issues. He soldiered on in the biz, while taking part in an experimental nanite based treatment to help regenerate the damaged brain tissue. Then his nanites became corrupted (possibly by fragments of CFD based code? He's not sure), leading to bouts of irrational behaviour. He abruptly resigned from NeoNet before this cost anyone their life and moved himself to Glow City where he hoped nobody would look for him. His body refused to die, however, and the radiation seemed to slow down the damage from the nanites. During this time he helped several old colleagues escape the slow motion collapse of NeoNet. He later saved a technomancer either from suicide or attempted murder, and she in turn eventually helped eliminate his nanite infestation. Note that in his prime his connection rating was higher, but now a lot of his information and contacts are dated, and his memory is patchy in places. Preferred Runners: Professionals, which in his view of the world means ones who don't cause excessive death and destruction Uses: Information on security regimes, demolitions and other uses of 'engineering', contacts with some other old-timers in the shadows, information on what NeoNet used to be up to. Places to Meet: Randomly chosen bars or restaurants in either Touristville or Snohomish (he still knows how to maintain operational security, so expect last minute changes of venue, jammers, back rooms, and the like) Contact: Send a message with contact info to Tom Smart of The Tribe, then Tipperman will get back to you Available: Almost always, after a bit of a delay. He takes his errands for The Tribe very seriously and will take care of those before taking any sort of meet.

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SLYCE, GANGER, CONNECTION 3 Name & Principle Alias "Slyce" Ethnicity & Metatype Mixed race orc DOB 2062 Sex Female Height Tall Build Slight Nationality None Description: Slyce is the leader of an all female gang called the Harpies operating in and around Touristville in Redmond. They have clout beyond their size as they have a handle on multiple smuggling routes coming from outside the 'plex through Redmond and into Bellevue. This includes telesma and some hard to find reagants coming in and tech going out. Uses: Smuggling Places to Meet: Touristville

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DANI, WANDERING HEALER, CONNECTION 3 Name & Principle Alias "Dani" Ethnicity & Metatype Caucasian Elf DOB Unknown Sex Female Height Tall Build Slim Nationality None Description: Some have mistaken her for a spirit as she moves with unearthly grace through the ash wastes of Puyullap and the southern areas of the 'plex. She appears without warning and offers aid to those in need, taking nothing in return. Some have said she is attoning for something otherwise why would anyone be so selfless in the Sixth World, and of course there are wilder rumours about her purposes. Those who have saught to take advantage of her have been quickly persuaded that she has sufficient power to defend herself and she has left more than a few gangers limping home with their tails tucked between their legs... Preferred Runners: Hooders Uses: Magical healing Places to Meet: Southern Seattle Contact: She will find you

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ETCH, PROFESSIONAL CLEANER, CONNECTION 5 Name & Principle Alias "Etch" Ethnicity & Metatype Mixed Race Human DOB 2058 Sex Female Height Tall Build Slim Nationality None Description: Shadowrunners make a mess, and where there's a mess there exists a service to clean it up. Etch represents one such independant contractor who specialises in making problem scenes disappear, for an exhorbitant price! As such she is a skilled infiltrator, using a formidable combination of magic and tech. Preferred Runners: Quiet ones Uses: Cleaning up a mess Places to Meet: Hopefully you never do Contact: Commcode or via a Fixer

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WILDSONG, STREET MYSTIC, CONNECTION 3 Name & Principle Alias Wildsong Ethnicity & Metatype Caucasian Human DOB 2060 Sex Female Height Short Build Small Nationality None Description: Wildsong is a strange mystic who wonders the Puyallup ash wastes using wild magic to re-green the ash wastes one small blade of grass or hardy shrub at a time Uses: Strange ramblings about mystic energies, occasional healing, reagents Places to Meet: Puyallup

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MATTHEW FORN, MATRIX SECURITY CONSULTANT, CONNECTION 5 Name & Principle Alias Matthew Forn Ethnicity & Metatype Caucasian Human DOB 2045 Sex Male Height Average Build Average Nationality UCAS Description: Forn is a rare breed, a freelance security specialist trusted by smaller firms with their matrix protection. A former runner he understands the hacks they are likely to face and prefers the legitimate side of the business with less chance of getting shot at. That's not to say he doesn't dabble in the shadows any longer, and provided it isn't targeting one of his clients he's prepared to share matrix tips and tricks with upcoming deckers Uses: Matrix security procedures and IC design Places to Meet: Matrix Contact: Commcode

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DEWFALL, CHANGELING TECHNOMANCER, CONNECTION 3 Name & Principle Alias "Dewfall" Ethnicity & Metatype Caucasian Changeling DOB 2048 Sex Female Height Small Build Slight Nationality None Description: Dewfall was thirteen when Halley's Comet first re-appeared and she apparently hasn't aged a day since, which is great for going unnoticed but not so much for buying a drink. Set apart by her metagenes, she became further separated from society when the new matrix protocols came online and she realised that the strange feelings she had were her nascent technomantic powers, dormant until the wireless matrix came into fruition. Uses: Technomancy Places to Meet: Matrix Contact: Commcode