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Fire Salamander
Every night I see it in my
dreams: a great flaming
lizard-like thing, black as
soot, drenched in
rainwater. It tells me
that everything is one,
that fire and water are
the same.
Frankly, I dont
understand a word of it.
When I finally wake up
screaming, Im lucky if I
didnt burn down the
bed. But Ive got a job to
get to and I have a city
full of people in need and
full of people who want to
take advantage of that. I
just cant let that
happen. So I put all that
subconscious junk aside,
grab a coffee, and hit the
streets.

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Fire Salamander

Real name:

Mythos 1

Player:

Logos 3

Nimbus of
Primordial Plasma

Upcoming
Crime-fighter

Heartthrob

City Water Worker

Expression

Mission

Personality

Occupation

Insight: Fade:

Growth: Crack:

Growth: Crack:

Growth: Crack:

Fire Salamanders skin can produce a


Fire Salamander has been battling gangs
nimbus of a burning substance that is
and petite criminals for a while now. He
neither fire nor water, but has something
can handle himself on the streets.
of both.

Handsome, bold, and kind-hearted, Fire


Salamander has a heroic charm that few
can resist.

In his everyday life, Fire Salamander is a


hard-working blue-collar employee of the
City Water Works Department.

Mystery:
How can fire and water be one?

Identity:
I must battle crime in all its forms.

Identity:
I want to help those in need.

Identity:
I need my job to survive.

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burning whips

brawl

charming

knows every street

plasma barrier

dodge

handsome

city waterways access

bright flare

athletic

brave

city official

better in damp conditions

snooping around

friendly

understands how water moves

underwater propulsion

crime world familiarity

truly wants to do good

heat resistance

(fluid dynamics in physics)


secret underwater hideout

WEAKNESS TAGS
dryness

extreme dryness
Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


instinctive plasma control
intensive heat

WEAKNESS TAGS
known vigilante
Ally

Threat

WEAKNESS TAGS
memorable face
Ally

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


streetwise

crime scene investigation

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


celebrity
sex appeal

WEAKNESS TAGS
You have no authority here!
Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


emergency services radio
head of department

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Excalibur
If you want to do good in the
world, the first thing you
need to worry about is power.
That's right. If you think life
is about hearts and puppies
or spreading good energies
with your crystal-swinging
neo-pagan friends, I've got
news for you. Life is hard,
people are cruel and selfish,
and what little good is left in
them takes a lot of time and
effort to bring out. So, if you
care about this City, if you
want to be able to change
things for the better, you
need to be able to exert some
influence on those who want
to maintain the status-quo.

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This bracelet I found, I don't


know where it came from and
I don't have the time to find
out. But I know what it is. It's
power, in an elegant piece of
jewelry. Just the way I like it.

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Excalibur

Real name:

Mythos 1

Player:

Logos 3

The Ultimate Weapon

Activist for
Social Change

A Wealthy and
Dysfunctional Family

Rich Bitch

Relic

Mission

Defining Relationship

Personality

Insight: Fade:

Growth: Crack:

Growth: Crack:

Growth: Crack:

While searching for old documents in her Excalibur heads a charitable foundation, Excalibur comes from old money. She is
family's mansion, Excalibur uncovered an working to bring better opportunities to a member of one of the City's oldest and
elaborate silver bracelet that could
the downtrodden populations of the City. most renowned families, whose wealth is
transform into any weapon she imagined. She often goes out in disguise to witness only matched by its internal drama and
life on the street in person.
strife.

Excalibur isn't a spring chicken anymore


and she's glad not to be. Life has taught
her a lesson or two about how to stay
ahead of the game, where she intends to
stay.

Mystery:
Does justice require violence?

Identity:
I cannot tolerate injustice.

Identity:
Without my family, I have no power.

Identity:
Never show weakness.

POWER TAGS (of bracelet)

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can transform into any weapon

good reputation

cushy bank account

tough as a nail

destructive

seasoned negotiator

access to family assets

determined

accurate

contacts in every neighborhood

family 'friends' in high places

emotionally impervious

indestructible

disguise

business acumen

bullshit detector

inconspicuous in bracelet form

good with kids

certified accountant

seductive

glamorous

WEAKNESS TAGS
abrasive personality

sore joints

WEAKNESS TAGS
very conspicuous in weapon form
Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


transform into armor
bigger explosions

WEAKNESS TAGS
unreliable allies
Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


ring of operatives
widely-supported public figure

WEAKNESS TAGS
the old wo/man will find out...
Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


wealthier than ever before
CEO of family business

Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


psionic resistance
intimidation

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Mitosis
TAG: ___________________
When youre in the ring, if
youre good, you know
that the real deal is not to
get hit. One hit - thats all
it takes. One good hit and
youre out.
Now look at me. Theres
no boxer in the world that
could mangle me up the
same way that stuff in the
yellow barrels did. There
isnt a word for what Ive
become.
Sometimes
I
think theres a whole
jungle up my ass. Its
disgusting.
So mark my words, its
not so complicated - one
good hit, and youre out.
Look at me, now: one
good hit is all it took.

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And now I'm out.

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Mitosis

Real name:

Player:

Mythos 2

Logos 2

Rapid Cell Growth

Survivability

Ex-Boxer

Biochemical Accident

Adaptation

Bastion

Training

Defining Event

Insight: Fade:

Insight: Fade:

Growth: Crack:

Growth: Crack:

Mitosis is an ever-evolving ecosystem of


his own, capable of creating all kinds of
new cells according to his current
evolutionary need.

Mitosis's external appearance is


deformed, combining pieces of bone,
plant, and indistinct tissue - but it helps
to keep him alive.

Before the crash, Mitosis was a famous


boxer and an infamous playboy. He's still
got all the moves.

The famed boxer was driving while


intoxicated after a rowdy party when his
car crashed into a truck carrying vats of
volatile biochemical agent...

Mystery:
Why did this happen to me?

Mystery:
How can I reverse my transformation?

Identity:
All I know how to do is fight.

Identity:
Im a freak. No-one can love me.

POWER TAGS

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huge

bone armor

boxing

ex-celebrity

can change his mass

hardened inner-organs

mean right hook

media connections

can grow extra limbs

rapid healing

can take a pounding

filled with rage

spore generation

weather resistant

dodge

secret admirer

instant muscle-building

can change the color and texture

gambling

cautious

analyze biochemical composition

WEAKNESS TAGS
struggles to restrain growth

WEAKNESS TAGS
exposed after right hook

WEAKNESS TAGS
emotional

always hungry
Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


can grow sensory cells

of his skin

DNA manipulation

WEAKNESS TAGS
monstrous
Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


stone-hard crust

can grow roots

Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


staggering blow

block

Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


compassionate

stronger now

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Post-Mortem
I had a life. Not sure if was
one worth living, but I had it.
And at some point some
arrogant, ignorant, smug son
of a bitch like you decided to
take it and make me into this
experiment.
I dont have a life now. You
know what that means?
That Im not going to rest,
Im not going to stop, Im
not going to think twice or
hesitate when you offer me
money or surrender when
you threaten my children.
Im not going to hold back,
flinch, or get distracted.

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Im going to find you and Im


going to do to you what they
did to me:
Im going to take your life.

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Post-Mortem

Real name:

Player:

Mythos 2

Logos 2

A Walking Dead

Helix Labs Gadgets

Assassin

Angel of Vengeance

Bastion

Relic

Training

Mission

Insight: Fade:

Insight: Fade:

Growth: Crack:

Growth: Crack:

Post-Mortem is a dead woman walking.


More accurately, she is a body
supercharged with Ion-9, an energy that
somehow allows her to think, walk, act.

When Post-Mortem woke up in an


abandoned Helix Labs facility, she found
special gear laying beside her. It is
powered by her own Ion-9 energy.

As she emerged into the world, PostMortem discovered that she is trained in
all the techniques she needs to track and
take down her enemies.

Post-Mortem is dedicated to hunting


down wrongdoers who operate in the
shadows -- in fact, anyone whose
methods remind her of Helix Labs.

Mystery:
Who was I before I died?

Mystery:
Who did this to me?

Identity:
Once I mark a target,
theres no turning back.

Identity:
No shadow is deep enough
to hide what you have done.

POWER TAGS

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POWER TAGS

POWER TAGS

cant die - already dead

Ion-9 blast sniper rifle

martial arts

tracking

cant feel pain

paralyzing shot

improvised weapons

interrogation

does not breathe

tracking device

stealth

battlefield tactics

needs no food or drink

structural scanner

climbing

analytical

immune to disease

force-field generator

camouflage

alert

immune to toxins

WEAKNESS TAGS
strong magnetic fields

WEAKNESS TAGS
devices lose power as she does

WEAKNESS TAGS
underworld reputation

WEAKNESS TAGS
too eager

looks dead
Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


immune to decomposition

immune to freezing

Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


cloaking device

burst shot

Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


marksmanship

eye on the door

Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


informer

safe house

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Declan L'Estrange
TAG: ___________________
I know that somewhere out
there, theres an answer, a key,
that could shed a light on all
our questions. It could explain
why we are all asleep, why we
are all blind to the truth that
everything around us is
nothing but a dream. Perhaps
its a dusty manuscript, or a
sealed urn, or a broken sword.
But its out there, I know it.
I know, because I already
found it. I found it -- and then I
lost
it.
But
something
remained,
some
sort
of
guidance that appears in the
most unexpected moments
and when it does, it changes
everything. If you saw the
things I've seen, you wouldn't
care about money, fame, or
family. You'd be focused on one
thing and one thing only
finding the truth.

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Declan L'Estrange

Real name:

Player:

Mythos 1

Logos 3

Living in a Dream

Dubious Antiques Dealer

Gunslinger

Worldly-wise

Adaptation

Occupation

Training

Personality

Insight: Fade:

Growth: Crack:

Growth: Crack:

Growth: Crack:

The world around Declan changes like a Declan searches after ancient artifacts or
dream: he can open a door at home and
texts that will explain the mysterious
find himself in a marketplace or suddenly force that guides him. To do so, he has
become invisible without warning.
set up a thriving antiques dealership.

Declans line of work has put him in


Delan has learned to take of himself in a
some sticky situations before, so he
world of betrayal and danger. He needs
always packs a pistol or two, with custom others but he keeps a close look on those
ammo created by a talented associate.
few he works with.

Mystery:
Who is guiding the dream?

Identity:
The ancients knew something,
and I'm going to find out what.

Identity:
I can't let danger daunt me
on my search for the truth.

Identity:
In the end, I can only rely on myself.

POWER TAGS

POWER TAGS

POWER TAGS

POWER TAGS

mysterious reality bending

archaeologist

a good shot

rugged

subconscious reaction speed

history

gunslinging stunts

authoritative

premonitions

ancient scripts

adhesive foam ammo

good judge of character

lucky

smuggling

explosive ammo

common sense

creative spark

business connections

cable gun extension

light sleeper

haggler

WEAKNESS TAGS
black market heat

WEAKNESS TAGS
weapon jam

WEAKNESS TAGS
arrogant

cash flow problems

WEAKNESS TAGS
no conscious control of dreams
Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


guiding whispers

deeper power over reality

Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


disabling security systems

rich

Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


leap out of harm's way

tactical coordination

Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


leadership

better off on my own

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Flicker
TAG: ___________________
What would you do if one day you're, like, walking down this
really cool neighborhood, that used to be kinda rough, but now
it's being renovated and all the indie bands are moving there,
and there's lots of gigs and really cool people hanging out in the
coffee-shops, and a lot of
organic co-ops and microbreweries...
Anyway, what would you
do, if you were walking
there and all of a sudden
you'd see the place in a
total state of destruction,
like
burning,
with
buildings
ruined
and
alarms going off... and the
next moment you're back
in
this
really
cool
neighborhood, all shocked
and, you know, PTSD. Oh,
and you also get superspeed and space-bending
powers. What would you
do?

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Flicker

Real name:

Player:

Mythos 2

Logos 2

Time-Space Warping

Expanding Senses

Hipster

Hacker

Mobility

Divination

Personality

Occupation

Insight: Fade:

Insight: Fade:

Growth: Crack:

Growth: Crack:

Flicker can affect time and space around


her, which appears to others as very fast
motion, sometimes even as if she knows
the future and acts in advance of events.

Flicker is becoming aware of more and


more parts of the City, past and present,
and a monumental future event after
which nothing will be the same.

Flicker is a young woman with a radical


taste and a flare for the strange and the
different. She prefers carving her own
path in life to following the main stream.

Flicker can manipulate computers just as


well as she manipulates the time-space
(no mojo here, just skill and experience).

Mystery:
What should I do with all this power?

Mystery:
What is 'THE RIOT'?

Identity:
I want people to accept
and admire my eccentricity.

Identity:
I want to be free,
rather than obey the system.

POWER TAGS

POWER TAGS

POWER TAGS

POWER TAGS

super-speed

flashes of what was here before

trendy

computers

tear the time-space apart

flashes of beyond

free thinker

network communications

short-range teleportation

flashes of tomorrow

city nightlife

hacker connections

act just before it happens

perfect spatial sense

into music

smartphone or tablet

good catcher

flashes of other parts of the City

fashionable carry-all bag

data mining

time-space thump

WEAKNESS TAGS
time-space overload

WEAKNESS TAGS
known vigilante

WEAKNESS TAGS
tries too hard

WEAKNESS TAGS
can be traced

overconfident about her abilities


Ally

Threat

Ally

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


already gone

jam someone in a time loop

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


inter-dimensional sense
omniscient

Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


empathetic
inventor

Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


government database access
penetration software

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Remove a weakness tag

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Evolution

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tag and one weakness tag


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Nemeses

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Kitsune
TAG: ___________________
Hi, I'm _______, Kit's best friend. I'm writing for Kit because Kit
hardly ever speaks or writes. Kit mostly doodles in class. In case
you haven't figured it out, Kit's not really a boy or a girl. Kit says
Kit's a fox, but I don't think Kit's the kind of fox you would
normally think of.
Besides being really funny, Kit's got
some cool tricks up Kit's sleeve. Kit
can parkour like no-one I've ever
seen, just bouncing off the walls.
Sometimes I worry about Kit
because you don't see Kit for days.
Kits gets into all kinds of trouble
looking for the place Kit came from
and trying to figure out what Kit
should do.
The only thing that keeps Kit coming
back to school is Kaito, a student in
our class. When Kaito is around, Kit
becomes very quiet and intense but
I'm quite happy about it because if it
weren't for Kaito, I don't know what
would become of Kit

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Kitsune

Real name:

Player:

Mythos 3

Logos 1

Messenger of
Good Fortune

Ninja, After a Fashion

Fox Spirit

Kaito

Expression

Mobility

Subversion

Defining relationship

Insight: Fade:

Insight: Fade:

Insight: Fade:

Growth: Crack:

Kitsune is a messenger from another


world, sent to the City to help anyone
who has suffered from misfortune. Either
that or that's what Kitsune says to itself.

The City streets are like a forest to


Kitsune. It can quickly and quietly get
anywhere it wishes and if needs be cut
through anything in its way.

Like with all fox spirits, Kitsune's colorful


aura has a mesmerizing effect on
mortals: they can mistake it as its real
appearance or stare at it endlessly...

Kitsune is in love with a mortal called


Kaito. To be closer to him, Kitsune goes
to high-school every day and pretends to
be a student, but rarely ever speaks.

Mystery:
How can I relieve the suffering of
mankind?

Mystery:
How can I return to
the realm of the Gods?

Mystery:
What forces prevent the Gods from
helping mankind?

Identity:
I love Kaito more than anything else!

POWER TAGS

POWER TAGS

POWER TAGS

POWER TAGS

bless with good fortune

parkour artist

illusory appearance

high-school rumors

take away good fortune

nimble as fox

mind reading

face always hidden

make gold

moves in the shadows

induce hypnotic trance

daring

healing touch

makeshift katana

make hypnotic suggestion

__________ , best friend

sense lucky opportunity

darts

stronger against simple-minded

excuses

summon fox helpers

WEAKNESS TAGS
not for complex manipulation

WEAKNESS TAGS
Freezes up when sees Kaito

targets become enamored

WEAKNESS TAGS
powers do not work on

WEAKNESS TAGS
fragile

gods or other spirits


Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


the more the merrier
nourish the hungry

Ally

Threat

Ally

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


katana whirlwind attack

sleep ointment (for darts)

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


illusory environment
meaner fox helpers

Ally

Threat

IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS


popular

put on an impressive show

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