Countess Aevrrudan, a 'noble'-merchant-field journalist from the Julian Protectorate... Aevrrudan Vargr Female age 38 Str 5 Dex 9 End 7 Int 11 Edu 10 CHA/Soc 12 Ri Va Homeworld Carouse-0 VaccSuit-0 Computer-0 Trade-0 Admin-1 Advocate-0 Comms-2 Diplomat-1 Investigate-1 Persuade-2 Broker-0 Astrogation-0 GunCombat(Shotgun)-1 Stewart-0 Streetwise-0 Recon-1 Science(Linguistics)-0 Art (Dance)-0 2 terms Nobility(Administrative) Rank=1 Nobility Event: You rule wisely, have a silver tongue or sponge off your family's wealth with skill. Gain an Enemy and +2DM to your next Advancement Nobility Mishap: You've been injured in an accident ('accident' or Enemy?) and will lose one point of Strength attribute. 1 term Merchants(Free Trader) Rank=0 Merchant Mishap: A sudden war destroys your trade routes and contacts, forcing you to flee that region of space. Gain GunCombat(any)-1 2 terms Entertainer(Journalist) Rank=2 Entertainer Event: One of your creative works is stolen and the investigation brings you into the criminal underground. Select a skill. Entertainer Event: You have accepted an opportunity to criticize or even bring down a questionable political leader on your homeworld. You gain an Enemy and 1 Social (Cha). Benefits: 10000, 2 Ship Shares, Blade, Blade, Intelligence, Social, TAS Membership Backstory: Born to wealthy and high-Charisma ruling family, Countess Aevrrudan was quickly sent to high-placement schooling, finishing school, and even dance school to impress the peer families of her Rich, Asteroid cluster of her origin. She was put into a ruling position over a single quadrant of that world's second asteroid belt and ruled wisely for eight years. An accident with an airlock wrenched her shoulders from the exertion of holding onto a ladder for dear life as the section of the station decompressed. She managed to punch an emergency bulkhead closure in time. The damage was done to her upper body strength. She suspected her younger brother's pack of trying to ghost her earlier than she could arrange for her abdication from the chair. Her funds from those two terms earned her a place on an A2Lm "stretched" Far Trader outbound for the stars. Four years of running trade netted little as her homeworld was invaded by jealous aggressors from a nearby state. Abandoning the dangerous space lanes, Countess Aevrrudan took her vessel to a NetCom news agency and used her standing to gain a field correspondence position. Her younger brother's pack struck again and intercepted and jammed one of her best reports. It seems her brother's best pack-mate became infatuated in her but was spurned by the career-minded Countess. This suitor had connections to the underground and black market that tunneled all the way to the Third Empire of Gashikan where Vargr are hated and hunted. She traced the dealings and has almost enough proof to implicate and publicize the former suitor. Just one more crucial step and she can go to the authorities, namely the family head and shame both her suitor and -by association- her ambitious younger brother, despite her parents' warnings that things might turn out unjustly. Politics. Her suitor's family is attached to the Diplomatic Corps to Gashikan. Now, her brother wants her dead and her former suitor wants to do worse to her. However, due to her current place in the public eye, they can do little.... for now . Notes: This character is an excellent heroine character or a damsel caught in the deepest of nobility intrigues. A player should keep in mind she will pull no punches in the world of news reporting as objective view, integrity reporting, and full transparency is key to keeping the viewers ratings. Her very high Charisma means she is alluring, carousing, and can loosen the most wary adversaries. She is not too modest to use her beauty and charms to lull her targets into spilling their guts - figuratively and literally. Being from the Julian Protectorate, Countess Aevrrudan has accepted the equality and integrated culture of humans with Vargr. She will even accept a panet relationship, should she find someone between her missions. This makes her both a viable love interest, adventuring companion, and a silver-tongued reputation-slayer. Words are her greatest weapon.
