Ajax

"Ajax? Yeah, I know 'im. He's some sorta rich wizkid gone wrong, and I do mean wizkid; he slings mojo. I think he's a shaman. Anyway, he seems like a decent enough fella to have a drink with. I hear tell he was shafted by some suit. Nothing new, neh? He did a little hard time, just enough to get some info and a line on the shadows. I hear he does a little shadow work now. He can be a cold bastard, though, so try not to get in his way when he's on the job, unless you got yourself some magical protection on tap. More than that will cost ya more than a glass of this cheap synthahol drek."

Physical Description

Current Stats

Character Progression

• Karma award for Run 0 & Run 1 (3 sessions)
  • Base karma: 11
  • Storytelling: +2+1+1
  • Total: 15
• Joined Order of the Steel Lodge (Magical Group), -3 karma [12/15]
• Achieved Grade 1, -9 karma [3/15]
• Upped karma by +1 per previous session, +3 karma [6/18]
• Run 2 (1 session), +5+1 karma [12/24]
• Bought Spell Design 3, -6 karma [6/24]
• Learned Chaos 3, -6 karma [0/24]
• Run 3 Cameo appearance, +1 karma [1/25]
• Intermediate Run 4 +10 karma [11/35]
• Final Run 4 karma adjustment +0 Karma (player missed the first two sessions of Run 4)
• Run 5 [missed]
• Run 6 +3 karma [14/38]
• Warstory for Run 6 +1 karma [15/39]
• Run 7 +4 karma [19/43]
• Levitate 2 +2 karma [17/43]
• Detect Life 3 +3 karma [14/43]
• Lightning Bolt 3 +3 karma [11/43]
• Car 2, -4 karma [7/43]
• Interrogation 2, -4 karma [3/43]
• + 4 karma [7/47]
• + 4 karma run 9
• +4 karma run 10 [15/55]
• -8 karma bonding weapon focus 2 [7/55]
• -4 karma for Clubs 2 [3/55]
• +7 karma for run 11 and warstory [10/62]
• -10 for bonding power focus 2 [0/62]

Contacts

Buddy: Bagger McTeague (Fixer): Bagger was Nils' cellmate in prison. Bagger explained Shadowrunning to Nils while in prison. Bagger was released from prison soon after Nils (having started significantly before him) and immediately called him for a job. Nils works through Bagger frequently. Bagger is willing to let Nils build up a "tab" when he's short on nuyen if the items aren't too big. In return, Nils helps out when Bagger needs Magical backup, just like in prison, but an even more valuable commodity now that Ajax is out of prison and free from the state-mandated Sleeper drug regimen.

Contact: Tawny Li (Talismonger): Tawny Li is an Elf of Asian and African-American heritage. Her shop is in Bellevue, near the edge of Redmond. It is close enough to Redmond that she gets some rougher types as customers, which is part of what attracted Ajax as he tried to make a foray into the world of shadows. Regardless, Tawny seems to always have what supplies Ajax has needed or she's been able to get it the same day. Ajax has not yet asked for her anything strange, though.

Possible contact: Silver (High-priced Elven Prostitute)

Lifestyle

High paid through JUL2058

Weapons and Equipment ( ____ k¥ left)

Weapons	Explosives Grenades, Concussion (2) Grenades, IR Smoke (4)
Clothing & Armor Lined Coat (4/2)	Electronics Handset Unit Cell Phone
Tools	Surveillance and Security Flashlight (pocket) Microtransceiver (Flux 4, Encryption 4)
Surveillance Measures & Countermeasures	Security Devices
Survival Gear	Skillsofts and Chips
Cyberwear/Bioware	Biotech/Medical
Magical Equipment Shamanic Lodge 6 Expendable Combat Spell Focus 4	Vehicles

Starting Stats

Background

He is Nils van Otterloo to his family, neighbors, the couple that sits next to him at the symphony, and his coworkers. Others know him as Ajax, the shaman shadow runner. Nils is an average looking elf, 6' tall, medium build with black hair cut high and tight so there is no mistaking his features for anything other than an elf. He has an average build and deep blue eyes. He is the younger son of Martin van Otterloo II. The van Otterloo family migrated to Seattle from Europe when they decided that their family was no longer safe in Amsterdam during the Euro-Wars. Having made a fortune over two centuries dealing in imports and exports (a van Otterloo can be traced all the way back to the East India Trading Company of the 18th century), the family found it easier than most to pick-up completely and move abroad to "safer" havens. A brief stop in Tir Tairngire preceded a final move to Seattle. Nils' older brother, Martin III, was groomed to inherit the family business. As such, much attention and devotion was spent preparing him for when he would take over his father's duties. Nils, while never neglected, was never quite shown the same extent of attention. He was often forced to fend for himself, fight his own fights, and make his own way. In this way Nils was allowed to find his own vocation. Attending the same university that had seen 5 generations of van Otterloo's matriculate through its hallowed halls, Nils was not immediately shuttled into a business program. Rather, when he showed an inclination toward the sciences, he was allowed to pursue a major of Physics with the hope of attaining a nice corporate R&D job after graduation. This was seen as acceptable to his family who saw the potential for Nils to work his way up through the corporation and attain a respectable level within the corporate world. With his life seemingly on the right track, his own, Nils was able to dedicate more time than Martin III to learning about his shaman abilities that were found on his mother's side of the family. Nils would dedicate hours to studying the magic ways and learning to tap into the mystic forces all around him.

Upon graduation from college Nils found himself employed quickly and easily (most likely due to his family and his pedigree) at Global Technologies. More importantly he found himself on the company fast track. He was invited to luncheons and golf games with execs and was frequently given the choice of any research project. This did not sit well with his less fortunate coworkers who sought to find themselves in his place, but only had hard work and dedication to help them. While Nils had not been bred for the corporate jungle the way his brother had, he still had a ruthless business sense (probably a genetic trait at this point). Nils was quick to pounce on a coworker's fault or error and use it to his advantage. This did not make him friends in the company. Nils found he had plenty of executive support for his climb to the top, but his ruthlessness in his work and his dealings in the company drew the ire of his subordinates who often found themselves bearing the brunt of his machinations. This would ultimately lead to his current situation…

Currently Nils lives in a wretched little apartment with nothing to call his own, but his magic and his thoughts; a far cry from his luxurious rooftop apartment. After spearheading a massive R&D initiative into the latest generation of SimSense home technology, called RealSense, Nils was riding high in the company. Then, people began dying. The RealSense experience was so intense that it was giving homebodies hoping to find thrills in the safety of their home heart attacks and strokes. Some people were lucky and managed to only go completely insane. The company was slapped with a global class action suit. A fortune in development costs was lost…and someone had to take the heat. Nils was set up perfectly to take the fall. A rival of his in the company, who adeptly concealed his identity, began to manufacture a paper trail that showed that Nils knew of the danger of the system to the human psyche, but suppressed the warnings. Nils found himself in a whirlwind of scandal. The company hung him out to dry. He was brought up on criminal charges. With help from his family's lawyers the charges were reduced, but he spent 1 year in prison; it was hard time, not a forced vacation in some rich criminal country club. The civil suit that followed wiped out any money he had.

In prison, Nils formed a friendship with his cellmate, a resourceful fixer named Bagger. Bagger is an opportunist and having a shaman cell mate made things interesting for him, particularly after he found a way to control Nils' regulatory drug dose. Through Bagger, Nils learned more about shadowrunning. He knew the corporation used shadowrunners to perform jobs (corporate espionage, sabotage, etc.), but in prison he met actual runners and heard their stories. After being released he found that his family had convinced the corporation to retain him, but at a significantly lower position. It would take a miracle for Nils to work his way back up the company. He immediately began plotting to uncover the identity of the person who set him up and destroy that person's life, as his was destroyed. In doing this he knew he would also be able to find his way back to the top of the corporation. In the meantime, Nils began shadowrunning partly for the thrill, partly for the nuyen, mostly to put his magic to use and hone his abilities.