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*Awakened pugilist descending into madness.
*Awakened police detective descending into madness.
*Gray-washed present day paladin.


==Ancestry | Awakened | Novice/0 Adv==
==Ancestry | Awakened | Novice/0 Adv==
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==Attributes==
==Attributes==
'''Agility''' [[file:d8b.png|20px]] || '''Smarts''' [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || '''Spirit''' [[file:d6a.png|20px]] ||  '''Strength''' [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || '''Vigor''' [[file:d6a.png|20px]]
'''Agility''' [[file:d8a.png|20px]] || '''Smarts''' [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || '''Spirit''' [[file:d6a.png|20px]] ||  '''Strength''' [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || '''Vigor''' [[file:d6a.png|20px]]


==Derived Stats==
==Derived Stats==
Pace [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || Run [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || Parry [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || Size [[file:d0a.png|20px]] || Toughness [[file:d5a.png|20px]]
Pace [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || Run [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || Parry [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || Size [[file:d0a.png|20px]] || Toughness [[file:d7b.png|20px]] '''(1)'''


==Core Skills==
==Core Skills==
'''Athletics''' [[file:d8b.png|20px]] || '''Common Knowledge''' [[file:d4a.png|20px]] || '''Notice''' [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || '''Persuasion''' [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || '''Stealth''' [[file:d8b.png|20px]]
'''Athletics''' [[file:d8a.png|20px]] || '''Common Knowledge''' [[file:d4a.png|20px]] || '''Notice''' [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || '''Persuasion''' [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || '''Stealth''' [[file:d8a.png|20px]]


==Other Skills==
==Other Skills==
'''Driving''' [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || '''Fighting''' [[file:d8ba.png|20px]] || '''Shooting''' [[file:d12a.png|20px]] || '''Thievery''' [[file:d4a.png|20px]]
'''Driving''' [[file:d6a.png|20px]] || '''Fighting''' [[file:d8a.png|20px]] || '''Shooting''' [[file:d12a.png|20px]] || '''Thievery''' [[file:d4a.png|20px]]
*Shooting is Dirk's exhaustion talent
*Shooting is Dirk's exhaustion talent


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==Hindrances==  
==Hindrances==  


*Insomnia: watching his brother get more embroiled in organized crime.
*Insomnia: Taking care of Brock's family and finding Brock's killer for closure.
*Trauma & Hunted: "Bones", a top lieutenant in the crime family that Cesar is wrapped up in. He is an avid gambler, and got his Moniker from rolling them bones, but Orso knows it is more that that. On the night Orso healed the combatant, Bones was there...
*Trauma: Brock's murder and mugging. He was there, he saw the thing first hand and it scared him into doing nothing at the time. He is ashamed for that.  
*Vulnerable: Cesar, Orso's little brother. They live together, but Orso sees him less and less as time moves on.
*Hunted: Kрасный (Krasnyy) the short little fat man with a red beret
*Vulnerable: Brock had a wife and two daughters. One is a teenager, and the other is four year old.


==Traits==  
==Traits==  
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==Edges==
==Edges==
:'''Brawler''': + 1 die type to unarmed damage; +1 toughness
:'''Connections''': Police associated, CIs and other contacts he has made as a detective. / SWADE p50
:'''Martial Artist''': + 1 die type to unarmed damage; +1 t hit unarmed; Natural Weapons
:'''Trademark Weapon''': +1 to Athletics (throwing), Fighting, or Shooting total with a specific weapon; +1 Parry while weapon is readied. / SWADE p44
:'''Humiliate''': 1 free reroll when using Taunt


==Madness==
==Madness==
:'''Healing''' | PP (3) | Range (Touch) | Duration (instant)
:'''Shapechange''' | PP (3 - for a d6) (+2 for d8, +4 for d12) | Range (Touch) | Duration (instant)
::Trappings: ''Fractured/rewritten time''
::Trappings: ''Drawing power from The Ways''
::Description: ''Restores Wounds less than an hour old.''
::Description: ''Change into forms he knows or has seen.''


==Equipment/Gear==
==Equipment/Gear==
===Armor===
===Armor===
:Riot Shield - Parry +3; Cover -4; "Found" it during a riot and claimed it as his own. Hangs on his apartment wall. Face covered with various stickers/decals courtesy of Cesar.
:Ballistic T-Shirt - Armor 1, Torso only


===Weapons===
===Weapons===
:Unarmed: Str+d6 damage; +1 to Fighting
:Unarmed: Str+d4 damage
:Pocket Knife: Str+1d4 damage; throwable
:.45 ACP Pistol : 2d6+2 (includes Trademark Weapon)


===Gear===
===Gear===
:
:.45 ACP Pistol
:Ballistic t-shirt
:radio
:older police uniform
:detective's badge
 
==Housing==
:Basement Apartment in a multistory building. 2 bedroom 1 bath. Month to Month lease been there for several years. Close to the precinct.
 
==Transportation==
:1970 Plymouth Barracuda - needs paint, new seats, and other things, but still a muscle car.


==Advances==
==Advances==
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==Backstory==
==Backstory==
Orso is what one might charitably call "slow". His coordination, both mental and physical, is suspect at best, but he's almost preternaturally talented in the ring.
Dirk started out on the streets like so many others. Was pressured into joining a gang. He learned standard snatch and grab as well as other skills. He served time in Juvie. His trouble making actions caused him to be removed from his parent's home and become a ward of the state.  
 
Orso grew up letting his fists do the talking, but has always been skilled at convincing folks that a good ol' "conversation" was necessary. His younger brother, Cesar, and Orso's parents went missing when they were young and, rather than let the state separate them, they never reported it to the police. While he did his best to protect and guide his younger brother, Orso couldn't scrape together enough time, money, and willpower to keep the bills at bay.


Nearly at his breaking point and directly after a "conversation" went South, resulting in him losing yet another minimum wage job, Orso was approached by a debt-riddled boxing coach. Orso agreed to the possibly literally criminally bad contract, and began letting his fists do their talking in earnest. He both won and lost, but was paid regardless and was finally able to catch up with the bills.
When he was 16 he met an elder gentleman who had gone down the path that he had so far. Brock convinced him to learn from the example and to avoid prison. Dirk had little aptitude or desire for traditional education, but he was a quick study. Brock taught him to use the skills of his youth and become a useful member of society. He became a cop. He quickly rose to detective with his natural ability and knowledge of criminal behavior. He works a variety of crimes, but mostly he is tossed theft of all types. His goal was to become a member of the Major Crimes squad.  


Much like their parents, Cesar got embroiled in the mafia. Still young, he was mostly a lookout, but with each passing day gets pulled in deeper. Orso has no clue what to do about this; after all, his own bookie has him getting wrapped further and further into the mafia and criminality. The danger his younger brother is in - both physical and criminal - takes its toll on Orso's sanity. He wracks his meager brains over many a sleepless night, working over the heavy bag in their one-room flat, just trying to find a way to keep Cesar safe.
That was till that fateful day. Brock was murdered. From the outside, it looked like a brutal mugging. But that didn't sit well with Dirk. He knew Brock was an excellent fighter; he taught Dirk much of his self-defense skills. He also knew that Brock didn't have a lot of money that would be worth taking. If it were a mugging, he would have just handed it over. It was just money. Money was a tool to the old man. No, this was something else. An enemy? It was only when his dreams came that night that remembered what really happened.


A few months back, things took a turn for the weird. A lucky punch, or unlucky one depending on your point of view, sent his opponent reeling to the mat. The man's jaw was clearly fractured, and he looked like he wasn't breathing. While not kind per se, Orso isn't heartless. He knelt over the dying man and just wanted to take it back. And it was. Time fractured, leaving the man uninjured, but with Orso clearly remembering both branching paths.
That night, Dirk couldn't sleep—at least Dirk thinks that is when it started. He had horrid dreams. They involved a short, fat man with a red beret—one like Prince used to wear before he dumped his name. The little fat man kept taunting Dirk in the dream. It was partly annoying, partly disturbing, and mostly frustrating. The next night Dirk went for a run because he couldn't sleep again. He could swear he saw the fat little guy at the corner of the alley where Brock was murdered. Dirk is ashamed to admit it, but he froze. It was so horrific, blood gushing, screaming, it was the most gruesome thing he had ever seen. It was happening right there in front of him. Brock died, and there was nothing he could do about it.


This, in conjunction with the strange things he sees on those sleepless nights, understandably made Orso question his own sanity. After seeing the business-suited skeleton laughing and carousing at one of his matches, Orso's pretty much convinced that sanity is a distant dream at this point.
Brock's family lives in the same multistory apartment building that Dirk lives in. They are just on an upper floor.


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Dirk Johnson[edit]

  • Awakened police detective descending into madness.

Ancestry | Awakened | Novice/0 Adv[edit]

Pos Traits: Adaptable, Jaded, Exhaustion Talent, Madness

Attributes[edit]

Agility || Smarts || Spirit || Strength || Vigor

Derived Stats[edit]

Pace || Run || Parry || Size || Toughness (1)

Core Skills[edit]

Athletics || Common Knowledge || Notice || Persuasion || Stealth

Other Skills[edit]

Driving || Fighting || Shooting || Thievery

  • Shooting is Dirk's exhaustion talent

Wealth[edit]

|| || || || || ||

Hindrances[edit]

  • Insomnia: Taking care of Brock's family and finding Brock's killer for closure.
  • Trauma: Brock's murder and mugging. He was there, he saw the thing first hand and it scared him into doing nothing at the time. He is ashamed for that.
  • Hunted: Kрасный (Krasnyy) the short little fat man with a red beret
  • Vulnerable: Brock had a wife and two daughters. One is a teenager, and the other is four year old.

Traits[edit]

  • Adaptable
  • Jaded
  • Exhaustion Talent
  • Madness

Edges[edit]

Connections: Police associated, CIs and other contacts he has made as a detective. / SWADE p50
Trademark Weapon: +1 to Athletics (throwing), Fighting, or Shooting total with a specific weapon; +1 Parry while weapon is readied. / SWADE p44

Madness[edit]

Shapechange | PP (3 - for a d6) (+2 for d8, +4 for d12) | Range (Touch) | Duration (instant)
Trappings: Drawing power from The Ways
Description: Change into forms he knows or has seen.

Equipment/Gear[edit]

Armor[edit]

Ballistic T-Shirt - Armor 1, Torso only

Weapons[edit]

Unarmed: Str+d4 damage
.45 ACP Pistol : 2d6+2 (includes Trademark Weapon)

Gear[edit]

.45 ACP Pistol
Ballistic t-shirt
radio
older police uniform
detective's badge

Housing[edit]

Basement Apartment in a multistory building. 2 bedroom 1 bath. Month to Month lease been there for several years. Close to the precinct.

Transportation[edit]

1970 Plymouth Barracuda - needs paint, new seats, and other things, but still a muscle car.

Advances[edit]

Backstory[edit]

Dirk started out on the streets like so many others. Was pressured into joining a gang. He learned standard snatch and grab as well as other skills. He served time in Juvie. His trouble making actions caused him to be removed from his parent's home and become a ward of the state.

When he was 16 he met an elder gentleman who had gone down the path that he had so far. Brock convinced him to learn from the example and to avoid prison. Dirk had little aptitude or desire for traditional education, but he was a quick study. Brock taught him to use the skills of his youth and become a useful member of society. He became a cop. He quickly rose to detective with his natural ability and knowledge of criminal behavior. He works a variety of crimes, but mostly he is tossed theft of all types. His goal was to become a member of the Major Crimes squad.

That was till that fateful day. Brock was murdered. From the outside, it looked like a brutal mugging. But that didn't sit well with Dirk. He knew Brock was an excellent fighter; he taught Dirk much of his self-defense skills. He also knew that Brock didn't have a lot of money that would be worth taking. If it were a mugging, he would have just handed it over. It was just money. Money was a tool to the old man. No, this was something else. An enemy? It was only when his dreams came that night that remembered what really happened.

That night, Dirk couldn't sleep—at least Dirk thinks that is when it started. He had horrid dreams. They involved a short, fat man with a red beret—one like Prince used to wear before he dumped his name. The little fat man kept taunting Dirk in the dream. It was partly annoying, partly disturbing, and mostly frustrating. The next night Dirk went for a run because he couldn't sleep again. He could swear he saw the fat little guy at the corner of the alley where Brock was murdered. Dirk is ashamed to admit it, but he froze. It was so horrific, blood gushing, screaming, it was the most gruesome thing he had ever seen. It was happening right there in front of him. Brock died, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Brock's family lives in the same multistory apartment building that Dirk lives in. They are just on an upper floor.

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