UA3: Ozymandias

Ozymandias

Ozymandias AKA Ozzy

Concept: Rich boy turned Narcoalchemist

Obsession: Tuning his mind and body to the appropriate frequency to channel 'The Truth'

How He Escaped: Ozzy was away at college, on a drug-fueled vision quest, when the town vanished.

Shock Gauges:

Helplessness: 3 Hardened / 0 Failed (45% Health /35% Dodge)

Isolation: 2 Hardened / 0 Failed (50% Status / 30% Pursuit)

Self: 3 Hardened / 2 Failed (45% Knowledge / 35% Lie)

Unnatural: 5 Hardened / 2 Failed (40% Notice / 40% Secrets)

Violence: 4 Hardened / 0 Failed (45% Connect / 35% Struggle)

Stimuli:

Rage - Theft. He's had so much taken from him; Ozzy'll be damned if anyone takes more.

Fear - Bureaucracy (Tied to Helplessness). After the incident, Ozzy's life no longer existed in bureaucratic records, which greatly contributed to his slide into homelessness and despair. Now even a trip to the DMV gives him the willies.

Noble - Self improvement. Ozzy has dragged himself from the gutter to...well, a different much nicer gutter. His heart goes out to people trying to do the same thing.

Identities:

Narco-Alchemist (Features: Magic) 50%

Dark Web Drug Manufacturer (Features: Substitutes for Knowledge, Substitutes for Lie, Wealth (unique)) 40%

Gun-hoarding Prepper (Features: Substitutes for Health, Provides firearm attacks, Resists challenges to isolation) 30%

Connections:

Taylor Marley, Fuckbuddy (Favorite, 50%)

American Patriot Preppers Network, ready for the future (Guru, 40%)

Sugarfoot, the Man with the Plan (Mentor, 45%)

The Cabal, the last vestige of his old life(Responsibility, 45%)

Cassie Devereaux, In need of mental expansion (Protege, 45%)

Elements:

Sugarfoot: Narco-alchemist mentor, man who gave him his vision of the city vanishing

The Gray Men: Vague faceless being who Ozzy believes destroyed his town. Evidence indicates they're real and no just drug hallucinations.

Celozzi and Ettleson: Phoenix narcotics cops who are on Ozzy's trail.