08-10-2017, 09:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-27-2017, 04:35 PM by Jade Harley.)
Character Name: Jakob("Ya-Cobe") Volkov
Character Source: Shadowrun OC
[spoiler]Character history:
Jakob grew up in a dystopian society, but specifically in Russia. His parents were a part of the army and weren't around most of the time when they were alive, and eventually died when he was almost 17. From then on his life was consumed with trying to give his younger sister Iyvone the life he knew she deserved.
Never seeing himself amount to anything, he focused on giving his sister every chance in the world to become something great. She went to school while he did odd jobs and mechanic work to provide her with everything she needed. Food, clothing, opportunities. He paid for her art supplies and everything. He was proud of that. Proud to be able to do anything he could for her.
Eventually, he got pulled into the Shadowrunning business as a getaway driver. Driver in general. Jakob had a long list of things he could operate and the skill to back it up. Pretty soon his pockets were full of money and he only had one person he wanted to spend it all on. His sister.
Being a Shadowrunner wasn't the safest job, he was shot at on a regular basis, but nothing seemed to scare the driver. Then came a really big job, big enough to provide everything Iyvone could ever want. It also came with a deadly risk, but Jakob couldn't say no. His little car has never been put through so much hell, but when he saw all those 0's at the end of the day, it was worth it.
Unfortunately, it had been the Russian Mobs he'd pissed off, and they weren't going to let him just slip away.
It had been a normal day, like any other. Jakob came home and walked through the door as he always did, only noticing the trip-wire after he tripped it, and a moment later he was thrown into the hall while half the building crashed down onto his left leg. He woke up to his sister screaming, his heart stopped and when he looked up he saw her desperately trying to reach out to him while the flames burned her alive. He reached out to take her hand, but when he did her formed turn to ash as it crumbled away and he realized the screams he'd heard had actually been alarms going off.
Shortly afterward Jakob's right arm was engulfed in flames, burning especially hot because of the unknown chemical in the air. After that, he can't remember much else.
Of course, he didn't remember much of anything due to the drugs. Every credit Jakob ever earned had been for Iyvone but was now dumped into saving his life. He had to be flown to a specialist in the area, his cybernetics weren't cheap, and whatever was left had gone to recommended painkillers and other medication.
Eventually, he was dumped out of his hospital bed, and between the pain of his heart, his mind, and his body, he quickly depleted through his pain killers and turned to other drugs. Bliss specifically, it dealt with the pain, and with time it even helped him to forget his dead sister. He just stopped thinking about it all together. After that, everything he did worked towards one goal, more drugs.
Oh, and food.
No longer did he care if he lived. With this freedom, it left the man to do insane things. He was a madman in battle. He was more scared of his past than he was of death. Ultimately, he was numb to the world beyond what he was doing at the time.
At some point, he found himself on the couch of an old acquaintance. She allowed him to stay for a time free, but when bills began to pile up she dragged him to work. Shadowrunner work. After some adventures together, the friend took it upon themselves to help Jakob with his past. He did a good job at avoiding the subject, but ultimately Omni was the one that stopped them from any progress, apparently entertained by Jakob enough to pull him into the Omniverse.
Physical Description: (originals only)
Standing at 5'6" Jakob is best described as lanky. With silver shaggy hair and dark gray tired eyes. He could use some sun, a good shower, and a home-cook meal most days. Normally wearing a wife-beater under a sleeveless hooded black vest-jacket with enough mid-drift to show off his skinny stomach, baggy black pants that swallowed his small frame, and trashed shoes no one would still be wearing.
Stats:
ATK: 5
DEF: 2
SPD: 0
TEC: 3
Starting Proficiencies:
Strength Proficiency (1000)
Remote Control Proficiency (600)
Starting Powers:
Survival (2000) - It's called being one lucky SOB
Starting Moves (*require pre-Approval unless basic*):
Cybernetic Arm (0 OM - Fodder)
THE PHYSICAL PROFICIENCY
Jakob lost his right arm, but in his world, cybernetic replacements are a very real thing. In fact, he lost his left leg as well but that doesn't offer any special benefits other than being able to walk. The arm is a modified representation of a sculpture his sister had made and looks a lot more buff than he actually is. As well its red chrome finish and a simple star design make this a work of art.
The modifications that have been put into it makes it deadly. (All of Jakob's 5 ATK is right here in this little arm) Jakob has used it to lift a mini fridge, carry said mini fridge up to a factory catwalk, and then throw said mini fridge at some poor guy. (He lived if you call crippled from the knees down living.)
Commonly used with his Crowbar to make someone's day very bad, he can easily end a common man with a single punch. (If he can hit them, that is.)
Crowbar (300)
Requires Physical Prof
While it's super useful as a common crowbar, this 8-inch piece of solid metal makes for a great club. Especially when in the robotic hand of Jakob. It moves as fast as he can swing it often at someone's head or kneecaps and has been used to pop off anything from a common lock to the jaw of some guy who was on the wrong side of the fight. (Yes, he was living at the time.)
Fodder: A special grip on its side allows him to stick it to anything and often it is to his metallic leg while he's not using it to ruin lives. If it is ever lost or broken, it only takes him a couple seconds to summon another one as it's a pretty simple object.
T1-Power UP: Kamakazee (1000)
Jakob's an addict to Bliss, but it's not the only drug he's smuggled into the OV. It comes in injection form, a pre-measured dose in a self-injecting 'epi-pen' like needle which he shoves into his body, usually his leg or chest, and in a matter of seconds, the drug takes effect.
ATK: +2
DEF: +1
SPD: +2
TEC: +0
(Spent OM: 4600)
(Level: 2)
Why does this character have to be a prime?
Jakob is someone I would want to play regularly and develop as a character properly.
What role do they play in your story?
Besides enriching all our lives with his antics? He and Ash come from the same world, and that should be interesting.
Are they an A, B, or C-Lister?
OC[/spoiler]
Character Source: Shadowrun OC
[spoiler]Character history:
Jakob grew up in a dystopian society, but specifically in Russia. His parents were a part of the army and weren't around most of the time when they were alive, and eventually died when he was almost 17. From then on his life was consumed with trying to give his younger sister Iyvone the life he knew she deserved.
Never seeing himself amount to anything, he focused on giving his sister every chance in the world to become something great. She went to school while he did odd jobs and mechanic work to provide her with everything she needed. Food, clothing, opportunities. He paid for her art supplies and everything. He was proud of that. Proud to be able to do anything he could for her.
Eventually, he got pulled into the Shadowrunning business as a getaway driver. Driver in general. Jakob had a long list of things he could operate and the skill to back it up. Pretty soon his pockets were full of money and he only had one person he wanted to spend it all on. His sister.
Being a Shadowrunner wasn't the safest job, he was shot at on a regular basis, but nothing seemed to scare the driver. Then came a really big job, big enough to provide everything Iyvone could ever want. It also came with a deadly risk, but Jakob couldn't say no. His little car has never been put through so much hell, but when he saw all those 0's at the end of the day, it was worth it.
Unfortunately, it had been the Russian Mobs he'd pissed off, and they weren't going to let him just slip away.
It had been a normal day, like any other. Jakob came home and walked through the door as he always did, only noticing the trip-wire after he tripped it, and a moment later he was thrown into the hall while half the building crashed down onto his left leg. He woke up to his sister screaming, his heart stopped and when he looked up he saw her desperately trying to reach out to him while the flames burned her alive. He reached out to take her hand, but when he did her formed turn to ash as it crumbled away and he realized the screams he'd heard had actually been alarms going off.
Shortly afterward Jakob's right arm was engulfed in flames, burning especially hot because of the unknown chemical in the air. After that, he can't remember much else.
Of course, he didn't remember much of anything due to the drugs. Every credit Jakob ever earned had been for Iyvone but was now dumped into saving his life. He had to be flown to a specialist in the area, his cybernetics weren't cheap, and whatever was left had gone to recommended painkillers and other medication.
Eventually, he was dumped out of his hospital bed, and between the pain of his heart, his mind, and his body, he quickly depleted through his pain killers and turned to other drugs. Bliss specifically, it dealt with the pain, and with time it even helped him to forget his dead sister. He just stopped thinking about it all together. After that, everything he did worked towards one goal, more drugs.
Oh, and food.
No longer did he care if he lived. With this freedom, it left the man to do insane things. He was a madman in battle. He was more scared of his past than he was of death. Ultimately, he was numb to the world beyond what he was doing at the time.
At some point, he found himself on the couch of an old acquaintance. She allowed him to stay for a time free, but when bills began to pile up she dragged him to work. Shadowrunner work. After some adventures together, the friend took it upon themselves to help Jakob with his past. He did a good job at avoiding the subject, but ultimately Omni was the one that stopped them from any progress, apparently entertained by Jakob enough to pull him into the Omniverse.
Physical Description: (originals only)
Standing at 5'6" Jakob is best described as lanky. With silver shaggy hair and dark gray tired eyes. He could use some sun, a good shower, and a home-cook meal most days. Normally wearing a wife-beater under a sleeveless hooded black vest-jacket with enough mid-drift to show off his skinny stomach, baggy black pants that swallowed his small frame, and trashed shoes no one would still be wearing.
Stats:
ATK: 5
DEF: 2
SPD: 0
TEC: 3
Starting Proficiencies:
Strength Proficiency (1000)
Remote Control Proficiency (600)
Starting Powers:
Survival (2000) - It's called being one lucky SOB
Starting Moves (*require pre-Approval unless basic*):
Cybernetic Arm (0 OM - Fodder)
THE PHYSICAL PROFICIENCY
Jakob lost his right arm, but in his world, cybernetic replacements are a very real thing. In fact, he lost his left leg as well but that doesn't offer any special benefits other than being able to walk. The arm is a modified representation of a sculpture his sister had made and looks a lot more buff than he actually is. As well its red chrome finish and a simple star design make this a work of art.
The modifications that have been put into it makes it deadly. (All of Jakob's 5 ATK is right here in this little arm) Jakob has used it to lift a mini fridge, carry said mini fridge up to a factory catwalk, and then throw said mini fridge at some poor guy. (He lived if you call crippled from the knees down living.)
Commonly used with his Crowbar to make someone's day very bad, he can easily end a common man with a single punch. (If he can hit them, that is.)
Crowbar (300)
Requires Physical Prof
While it's super useful as a common crowbar, this 8-inch piece of solid metal makes for a great club. Especially when in the robotic hand of Jakob. It moves as fast as he can swing it often at someone's head or kneecaps and has been used to pop off anything from a common lock to the jaw of some guy who was on the wrong side of the fight. (Yes, he was living at the time.)
Fodder: A special grip on its side allows him to stick it to anything and often it is to his metallic leg while he's not using it to ruin lives. If it is ever lost or broken, it only takes him a couple seconds to summon another one as it's a pretty simple object.
T1-Power UP: Kamakazee (1000)
Jakob's an addict to Bliss, but it's not the only drug he's smuggled into the OV. It comes in injection form, a pre-measured dose in a self-injecting 'epi-pen' like needle which he shoves into his body, usually his leg or chest, and in a matter of seconds, the drug takes effect.
ATK: +2
DEF: +1
SPD: +2
TEC: +0
(Spent OM: 4600)
(Level: 2)
Why does this character have to be a prime?
Jakob is someone I would want to play regularly and develop as a character properly.
What role do they play in your story?
Besides enriching all our lives with his antics? He and Ash come from the same world, and that should be interesting.
Are they an A, B, or C-Lister?
OC[/spoiler]
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Warning: Anything that involves Ash should be rated M. Possibly higher.
Erik Vrell : Ash has a 'love' fourth dimensional shape
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