Name: Griffin McBride
Alias: Griffin
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Nationality: UCAS
Lifestyle: Medium
Karma Spent: 0
Current Karma: 0
Current NuYen:
Physical Description: A thin, frail, wiry man of average height and looks, he usually hides his face in the shadow of a hat, and speaks in whispers. He looks like he had better days, and that's basically true. What he went through couldn't possibly leave him physically untouched. His once black hair now went mostly gray, his eyes lost their light, and there isn't much blue in them either.
Background: Griffin was born in a decent, hardworking family of academics, and magical prodigies. His talent was apparent when he hit puberty, but it took him a lot of time to learn more about his own powers, as the finer elements of the magical profession were a lot more appealing to him. Being called a genius didn't help much, when he couldn't focus on a single task for longer than a few days. He loved to read and study though, and his eye for details and analytical skills helped him level the field. After a MIT he decided to put his skills to a better use, and become a forensic magician - a decision as much dictated by his own interests, as by a certain Lone Star detective, that he met, fell in love with and married.
Griffin and Emma lived their lives for some time, going through a lot during the crash, but managing to survive it without losing much. Until one day he was called to an awakened crime scene, among dried-out husks of metahumans. The detective in charge suspected that it was a newly opened insect hive, and forced Griffin into summoning a powerful spirit that would grant him full insight on what happened. What he found out was that it indeed was a hive. And that one of the victims was his own wife, who stumbled upon it during her investigation. The Spirit resented being used in such matter, and when Griffin's will weakened while he was experiencing the scene, he broke free, and took vengeance on his summoner. He didn't kill the mage, but instead he trapped him inside the nightmare he made him experience... His mind was broken, and he was hospitalized in one of the mental institutions, prodded by both magicians and psychiatric experts that didn't know what to do. Finally one of them managed to get through to Griffin, by gathering the shattered fragments of his mind on the mental metaplane that the Spirit imprisoned him in. And the key to his recovery was the fact, that his wife wasn't killed, but missing.
Personality: When finally he was released from the mental institution , he was a burned out shell. Instead of an active, nice and friendly guy he's an antisocial outsider riddled with compulsive behavior, and talking to things that might, or might not be there at all... Most of his co-workers shunned him, but there is a small group of Lone Star officers that still look out for him. Because he still hasn't recovered.
Attributes:
Body: 3 +++
Agility: 3 +++
Reaction: 3 +++
Strength: 2 ++
Charisma: 3 +++
Intuition: 4 ++++
Logic: 5 +++++
Willpower: 5 +++++
Edge: 3 +++
Magic: 6 ++++++
Initiative: 7 +++++++
Essence: 6
Positive QualitiesMagician - Hermetic (15)
Mentor Spirit (5) (A variant, that isn't a Dark King, but a completely mysterious presence that follows him everywhere since he was released; +2 to Perception and Assensing, and +2 for Detection spells, and -1 to resist Physical damage)
Perceptive (10)
Analytical Mind (5)
Negative QualitiesAstral Beacon (5) (His power isn't something that can be overlooked)
SINner (5)
Compulsive (10) (He's sometimes unknowingly vocalizing his thoughts, and talking to his Mentor Spirit almost all the time)
Lost Loved One (5) (Emma is still listed as missing. He's still looking.)
Flashbacks (5) (The visions he received in the hive were strong enough to be imprinted in his mind)
Active Skills:
Banishing : 2 ++
Binding : 2 ++
Summoning : 2 ++
Assensing : 2 ++
Astral Combat : 1 +
Spellcasting : 5 +++++
Counterspelling : 1 +
Arcana : 3 +++
Pistols : 1 +
Perception (Visual) : 5 +++++(++)
Data Search : 1 +
Knowledge Skills:
Magical Threats (Insect Magic) : 4 ++++(++)
Spirits : 3 +++
Magic Background : 5 +++++
Parazoology : 3 +++
Biology : 1 +
Chemistry : 1 +
Security Procedures : 1 +
Home Cooking: 2 ++
Language Skills:
English : N
Japanese : 3
Sperethiel : 2
Or'zet : 2
Personal Weapons and Armor:
Colt Government 2066 (Quick-Draw Holster, Advanced Safety System, Laser Sight, 4 clips - regular)
Lined Coat (6/6 with Fire Resistance Rating 3, Non-conductivity 6)
Clothes (Classy)
Commlink and Personal Electronics:
Commlink : Novatech Airware (3/3) with Iris ORB OS (3/3) and a Biometric Reader
Pro User Suite (Analyze 4, Browse 4, Command 2, Edit 4), PocketMage Library (Rating 3), Agent* (Rating 3)
AR Gloves, Skinlink, Subvocal Microphone, Trodes
Rating 6 Goggles (Low Light Vision, Image Link, Thermographic Vision, Vision Enhancement (Rating 3), Vision Magnification)
Rating 6 Headphones (Audio Enhancement (Rating 3), Select Sound Filter (Rating 2) Spatial Recognizer)
Certified Credstick (Standard)
Equipment:
Respirator (Rating 6)
Flashlight
Professional Camera, Macro Lens,
Film Camera
Binoculars
Spells:
Manabolt
Analyze Truth
Catalog
Hawkeye
Heal
Magical Resources:
Detection Sustaining Focus (Rating 2), Combat Fetishe, Talisman
Magical Lodge Materials (Rating 6)
Talislegger Kit, Assaying Kit, Forensic Thaumaturgy Kit
Lucifer Lamp, 5x Lucifer Lamp Bulbs (1 hour)
Resources:
Ammo:
6 full regular Colt Government 2066 clips
Lifestyle:
Griffin lives in a cozy attic apartment on the border between two districts. One of them is slowly changing into a mixture of lowlife dens and barrens, and the other one has recently gone through corporate rebuilding program, and is slowly turning into an Ares corporate community. He lives there, because this place was the first one he rented with Emma, and because he wouldn't dare to leave it, as his actions after he returned home have attracted some unwanted attention from both his metahuman, and astral neighbors. He still tends to the garden that his wife built on the roof, and his former co-workers regularly visit him, and keep an eye on his place, and the local security focused on their job.
Comforts: Middle (3)
Entertainment: Low (2)
Necessities: Middle (3)
Neighborhood: Middle (3)
Security: Middle (3)
Positive: Aspected Domain (5), Homegrown Farming (1), Workplace (1)
Negative: Haunted (4), Nosy Neighbors (2)
* The agent - Katrina - belonged to his wife, and still bears the personality of a rebel teenager that Emma gave her. But sometimes it acts weirdly, even if 'in character', though Griffin rarely notices it.
