Marius "Rake" Helker - Whisper

Marius Helker



Bio

Playbook: Whisper
Alias: Rake (Sarcastically given to him by the soldiers in his unit, as he was seen as kind of a stick in the mud)
Look: A focused, tall and wiry, red-haired man. Marius tends to wear long coats and collared shirts. He keeps his hair and beard short. His very straight posture and clipped walk betray his upbringing and military background.
Heritage: Skovlan - Nobility. Marius was part of a large noble family in Skovlan. As far as he knows, he and his sister Ashlyn are the only two left, their family's assets seized by Imperial Authorities after the Unity War.
Background: Military - Skovlan Spirit Corps. Marius served in the Skovlan Military as a ghost hunter, protecting the regular troops from possession and assault by supernatural forces.
Vice & Purveyor: Stupor, Traven's smoke shop, Coalridge. Marius smokes Dream Smoke or, when particularly stressed, Black Lotus to unwind.

Status Trackers

Stress: 5/9

Traumas: 0/4

Level 1 harm (less effect):
Level 2 harm (-1D):
Level 3 harm (needs help):

Healing Clock: 0/4

Abilities & Skills


Insight: 2/4 - 5/6 xp

Hunt: 1/4
Study: 1/4
Survey: 0/4
Tinker: 0/4

Prowess: 3/4 - 0/6 xp

Finesse: 1/4
Prowl: 1/4
Skirmish: 2/4
Wreck: 0/4

Resolve: 2/4 - 0/6 xp

Attune: 3/4
Command: 2/4
Consort: 0/4
Sway: 0/4

Special Abilities - 0/8 playbook xp

Compel: You can Attune to the ghost field to force a nearby ghost to appear and obey a command you give it. You are not supernaturally terrified by a ghost you summon or compel (though your allies may be).
Tempest: You can push yourself to do one of the following: unleash a stroke of lightning as a weapon—summon a storm in your immediate vicinity (torrential rain, roaring winds, heavy fog, chilling frost/snow, etc.).

Equipment & Armor

Current Load: light (3) / normal (5) / heavy (6)

Equipment

[o] Fine lightning hook
[o] Fine spirit mask
[o] Electroplasm vials
[o] Spirit bottles (2)
[o] Ghost Key
[o] Demonbane charm

[o] A Blade or Two
[o] Throwing Knives
[o] A Pistol [o] A 2nd Pistol
[o][o] A Large Weapon
[o] An Unusual Weapon
[o][o] Armor [o][o][o] +Heavy
[o] Burglary Gear
[o][o] Climbing Gear
[o] Arcane Implements
[o] Documents
[o] Subterfuge Supplies
[o][o] Demolition Tools
[o] Tinkering Tools
[o] Lantern

Armor Uses

Armor: [o]
Heavy Armor: [o]
Special: [o]

XP Triggers

- Every time you roll a desperate action, mark xp in that action's attribute
At the end of each session, for each item below, mark 1 xp (in your playbook or an attribute) or 2 xp if that item occurred multiple times.
- You addressed a challenge with knowledge or arcane power
- You expressed your beliefs, drives, heritage or background
- You struggled with issues from your vice or traumas during the session

Misc.


Money

Coin: 0/4
Stash: 5/40

Strange Friends

^ Nyryx, a possessor ghost. Nyryx was a regular at Traven's smoke shop. Marius met her there and they quickly fell in together. When she died of an overdose, Marius hid her body from the Spirit Wardens so her spirit wouldn't be destroyed. They've been off and on since her death, as her frequent change of hosts makes Marius somewhat uncomfortable.
V Flint, a spirit trafficker. Flint was one of the crew's first marks. Though he holds the whole crew in disdain, he saw Marius as a kindred spirit and hasn't gotten over that particular betrayal.
= Scurlock, a vampire
= Setarra, a demon
= Quellyn, a witch

Questions for Gathering Information

• What is arcane or weird here?
  
• What echoes in the ghost field?
  
• What is hidden or lost here?
  
• What do they intend to do?
  
• What drives them to do this?
  
• How can I reveal [X]?
  
• What's really going on here?
  

Planning & Load

Assault: Point of Attack
Deception: Method
Stealth: Entry Point
Occult: Arcane Power
Social: Connection
Transportation: Route

Goals, drives & ambitions

- Gather enough wealth to recapture the material comforts of his youth
- Help the Skovlander refugees in Doskvol
- Find a way for Nyryx to have a permanent body without turning into a vampire

Session 1 XP

At the end of each session, for each item below, mark 1 xp (in your playbook or an attribute) or 2 xp if that item occurred multiple times.

- You addressed a challenge with knowledge or arcane power - 2/2

• Used arcane power to find the Grinders' cylinder in the Atreas' hold
  
• Used arcane power to begin a long-term project: find hidden passages through Silkshore
  

- You expressed your beliefs, drives, heritage or background - 2/2

• Mentioned Military Veteran background (Almost saluted the Astreas' captain, Memories of The War brought up by the box's influence, Commanding the Gondoliers)
  
• Mentioned Noble heritage (Commanding the Gondoliers)
  
• Expanded on heritage links with Ash
  

- You struggled with issues from your vice or traumas during the session - 0/2

Session 2 XP

- Every time you roll a desperate action, mark xp in that action's attribute

• Roll for Compel on the first floor of 54 Beech Street - Resolve
  
• Roll for Prowl to escape the 54 Beech Street manor - Prowess
  
• Roll for Compel in the street in Six Towers - Resolve
  

At the end of each session, for each item below, mark 1 xp (in your playbook or an attribute) or 2 xp if that item occurred multiple times.

- You addressed a challenge with knowledge or arcane power - 2/2

• Used arcane power to recon the manor at 54 Beech Street
  
• Used arcane power to locate The Emerald Gem within 54 Beech Street
  
• Used arcane power to Compel a ghost to get information about the gallery at 54 Beech Street
  

- You expressed your beliefs, drives, heritage or background - 2/2

• Noble heritage: "Ignore them, acknowledging the help will draw suspicion."
  
• Military background: "It reminds him of the woods of Skovlan, when he was hunting spirits with his old unit during the war, never sure whether he was the predator or the prey..."
  
• Skovlan heritage/beliefs: looked into the refugees' situation in Doskvol.
  
• Noble heritage: strives constantly to maintain his manners despite his new station in life.
  

- You struggled with issues from your vice or traumas during the session - 0/2

Session 3 XP

- Every time you roll a desperate action, mark xp in that action's attribute

• Roll for Hunt to take out the lantern on the Abourkir's gun deck - Insight
  

At the end of each session, for each item below, mark 1 xp (in your playbook or an attribute) or 2 xp if that item occurred multiple times.

- You addressed a challenge with knowledge or arcane power - 1/2

• Looked into the ghost field to see the recent past near the brig
  

- You expressed your beliefs, drives, heritage or background - 2/2

• "He missed the heft of his old Skovlander knife, but this Akorosian blade would do just fine for the grim work ahead."
  
• "He remembered a similar scene he'd seen in Skovlan. He and his unit has pursued a particularly dangerous rogue spirit all the way to enemy lines."
  
• "The confined space, the Akorosi soldiers, it brought up too many bad memories."
  

- You struggled with issues from your vice or traumas during the session - 0/2

Session 4 XP

- Every time you roll a desperate action, mark xp in that action's attribute

• Roll for Attune to use a ghost to possess a Bluecoat - Resolve
  
• Roll for Sway to to talk down the demon Twice-Dead Tom - Resolve
  

At the end of each session, for each item below, mark 1 xp (in your playbook or an attribute) or 2 xp if that item occurred multiple times.

- You addressed a challenge with knowledge or arcane power - 2/2

• Used a ghost (Trace) to possess a Bluecoat for the rope switch
  
• Used the ghost (Trace) to scare the pursuing Bluecoats
  
• Gathered Information from a Ghost in Mistshore Park
  

- You expressed your beliefs, drives, heritage or background - 2/2

• "Rake hits the floor, his war-won reflexes kicking in."
  
• "It was an old trick he'd learned from the head of the Skovlan Spirit Corps."
  
• "Rake brought his hands to his mouth and mimicked the call of a Skovlan Grey Owl"
  

- You struggled with issues from your vice or traumas during the session - 0/2

Session 5 XP

- Every time you roll a desperate action, mark xp in that action's attribute

• Roll for Attune to Compel dead maiden in Redfog Tower - Resolve
  

At the end of each session, for each item below, mark 1 xp (in your playbook or an attribute) or 2 xp if that item occurred multiple times.

- You addressed a challenge with knowledge or arcane power - 2/2

• Compelled Ghost of dead maiden in Redfog Tower
  
• His eyes locked onto a valve, as he recalled the schematics he'd memorized from Ash's find.
  
• Summoned a fog to hide our escape.
  

- You expressed your beliefs, drives, heritage or background - 2/2

• Sibling interaction with Ash in a flashback
  
• The man had a strange look on his face, a look Rake had seen many times etched upon the face of comrades after particularly harrowing battles during the War. So much for 'fun'.
  
• "At least, that's what my tutor used to say." He wasn't sure Ash would remember the old, sinister man their parents had hired to hone Marius' budding sensitivity to the ghost field.
  

- You struggled with issues from your vice or traumas during the session - 0/2

Session 6 XP

- Every time you roll a desperate action, mark xp in that action's attribute




At the end of each session, for each item below, mark 1 xp (in your playbook or an attribute) or 2 xp if that item occurred multiple times.

- You addressed a challenge with knowledge or arcane power - 1/2

• Compelled Ghost attacking Ash
  

- You expressed your beliefs, drives, heritage or background - 2/2

• His comrades in arms during the war had always said that the wait was the worst part of battle. At the time he'd disagreed.
  
• Expressed guilt at having failed to protect his sister.
  

- You struggled with issues from your vice or traumas during the session - 0/2

Session 7 XP

- Every time you roll a desperate action, mark xp in that action's attribute




At the end of each session, for each item below, mark 1 xp (in your playbook or an attribute) or 2 xp if that item occurred multiple times.

- You addressed a challenge with knowledge or arcane power - 0/2


- You expressed your beliefs, drives, heritage or background - 1/2

• Noble: Tutors taught him the art of diplomacy
  

- You struggled with issues from your vice or traumas during the session - 0/2