Riley McArthur

The Hapless Hero

Shieldmaiden of Rage

Riley is more or less a normal young girl. She grew up on Little Island with her family, attends school and helped out in the library. Thing is though, she’s also a hero! Or destined to be at least – it’s a thing that happens to some McArthur’s you understand. Riley loved the idea when she was little. She’d be just like her great, great uncle she thought…! But now, a smidge older, she has the feeling that her destiny is very dark indeed and she has decided that being a hero is a terrible idea after all.

…only, trying to avoid destiny rarely works. And not acting the hero is a little like lying to herself as well. Woe is her!

Mundane Skills

[3]	Superior Hapless Heroics
[2]	"Rest and food fix everything!"
[1]	Skaldic Heart
[2]	Shine
[-1]	Avoiding trouble

Will: 8/8

Miracle Points: 1/1

Health Levels and Wounds

Normal Levels: [   ][   ] 
Tough  Levels: [   ]
Divine Levels:  N/A

Strifekind: Spearkind
Star-Splitter

General character notes.

Inventory!

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Arc Traits

Mortal Aspect (0)

[2]	Bond	"It's...it's the right thing to do!"	Riley’s at her best when she’s working toward some noble or selfless purpose. If she’s doing the right things for the right reasons – if she lives up to her destiny! – then she can draw on the very best of herself.
[X]	Affliction	"There's no escaping destiny..."	It isn’t looking like Riley’s heroic destiny will be a comfy ride. And some McArthur’s meet grisly ends vanquishing some nasty or another. Riley’s looks dark, imposing (maybe even important!) but…she can’t turn away.

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Perks

Accessory (Star-Splitter): You can take a wound instead to protect Star-Splitter! This can work if someone tries to misuse it, destroy it or permanently take it away.

Connections

[1]	Ayumu Mori	Kindred spirit
[1]	Lily Watanabe	Bestest friend
[1]	Lilith Ivanov	Hijinks causing nemesis
[2]	The McArthur's	Family

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Experience and Issues

General XP Actions

Sympathetic Action	Try to comfort or reassure someone frozen up from emotion, the spotlight or shock!
Foreshadowing	You notice that you’re paying a lot of attention to something.
Discovery	You’re doing something you’ve never done, or exploring somewhere new and it impacts you!
Reaction Shot	Something happens...react to it!
Ritual	Participate or react to one.
Transition	React to one.

Emotion XP: Awww!

Genre

Adventure Fantasy

Genre XP Actions

Science, Faith and Sorcery	Come up with a theory about how something works and then test it out!
Decisive Action	Decide to do something...decisively!
Wicked Action	Decide to do something...that's wrong!
(Be in) Trouble	Where something really scary is happening.

Bonus XP opportunity: Turn back!

Issues

On-going Issues

[2]	Vice
[1]	Hollow	Who am I really?

Unspent XP: 24

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Riley's seen thirteen winters - growing up on Little Island, where the days are always halcyon. She's a middle child in a large family; too large and too hectic. A good family, but one where you always have to fight for attention and where the much older or the much younger have the sway.

She loves to read, she enjoys cooking, likes cosy naps and can't help but help people. She's a hero! But she'd never admit that - went off that idea a long time ago. Even if avoiding that facet of herself is just a big lie. Even if avoiding it just makes her life miserable. Even if she can't avoid it. She still lies to herself.

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Arc

Aspect Story: The Hero

Riley's tale isn't one of becoming a hero, that's something she already is, but of accepting it. She jumped at the call and is now searching for a way out - instead of shouldering her responsibilities. She needs to come to terms with her destiny, accept it, and face it with her head held high.

XP: 50/100

• SBURB complete.
• Down complete(reward - accessory).

Quests

Lead a Normal Life

Type of Quest:	Chibi
XP:	9/15

Riley's basic-quest involves her trying to lead a normal life. She wants to go to school, hang out with her friends, have fun and maybe be a little bit goofy. Even if the world were falling apart - in defiance of her destiny and the forces arrayed against her - she desperately just wants to enjoy things that are quiet, peaceful and normal. That's just who she is.

• Riley has a catchphrase she uses when things are alright and everything's going well: "This is so relaxing~!" She gets 1XP when she uses this catchphrase.

Refusal of the Call

Type of Quest:	Aspect (1)
XP:	19/35

Destiny holds you, its bride and martyr. You struggle, but the chains just wind ever tighter - choking, choking, choking...

The HG can award you 5 XP towards this quest when:

• You accept, or at least are clearly tempted by, someone’s offer to help you fight off/resist your destiny.
• You stand in the shadow of an enemy’s fortress or cathedral.
• You give yourself into someone else’s hands, making yourself terrifyingly vulnerable either physically or emotionally.

1/chapter, you can earn a bonus XP towards this quest when:

• Talking with someone about the principles that are the most important to you
• Describing yourself as a helpless pawn of fate
• Wondering if you’re actually good or evil
• Trying to replace or repair torn clothing on a tight budget
• You’re overburdened — you work too hard, and with too little
• You get confused about who and where you are
• Fretting over whether you’re actually on the wrong side

Taming the Untamed Wild

Type of Quest:	Shepard (1)
XP:	17/25

A strange and terrible world stretches out before you - full of wonder and danger. Tame it or be tamed!

The HG can award you 5 XP towards this quest when:

• Discover some terrible secret or great danger about LOFAR.
• Become isolated - trapped, lost and alone - in LOFAR.

1/chapter, you can earn a bonus XP towards this quest when you:

• Patrol LOFAR and guard your home.
• Catalogue or explore LOFAR.
• Imprison someone or something.
• Present yourself to 'your public'; put on airs for their benefit.
• Declare what must be done!
• Get attacked or suffer from the elements!

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Planet

Riley's world is the Land of Flame and Rivers - a vast and endless landscape of fields separated by wide, rushing rivers. Some of the fields are burning, sending trails of smoke rising into the sky; the others seem to be quiet and serene.

Dream Planet

Riley sees nothing in her dreams, but her soul is pulled to Derse, the Dark World. Vicious, ruthless and hard - life on Derse is a bitter struggle. Something that will suit this budding hero well.

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