Ashley Simon
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Pantheon: Aesir
God: Odin
Nature: Gallant
Concept: Goddess of Lost Souls
Calling: Finder
Virtues
- Courage: 2
- Endurance: 2
- Expression: 1
- Loyalty: 4
Virtue Extremity:
Legend
- Permanent: 4
- Pool: 14
- Magic: 0
Willpower
- Permanent: 7
- Temporary: 4
Attributes
Physical: Strength 2( ) Dexterity 2(2) Stamina 3( ) Social: Charisma 4( ) Manipulation 3(2) Appearance 2( ) Mental: Perception 4(3) Intelligence 4(2) Wits 3(1)
Abilities
[ ]Academics: 2 [ ]Craft: 0 [ ]Melee: 0 [ ]Animal Ken: 2 [ ]Empathy: 3 [X]Occult: 3 [X]Art: 0 [X]Fortitude: 2 [ ]Politics: 1 [ ]Athletics: 2 [X]Integrity: 2 [X]Presence: 2 [ ]Awareness: 3 [X]Investigation: 3 [ ]Science: 1 [ ]Brawl: 1 [ ]Larceny: 1 [ ]Stealth: 2 [ ]Command: 1 [ ]Marksmanship: 2 [ ]Survival: 3 [ ]Control: 0 [ ]Medicine: 2 [ ]Thrown: 0
Specialties:
Combat
- Join Battle: 6
- Parry DV: 4
- Dodge DV: 4
- Soak: 0A/2L/3B (Hardness 0L/0B)
- Health Levels: 011224I
- Wounds: 0
- Move: 3, Dash: 12, Jump:
Weapons
Unarmed, Light - Accuracy +1; Damage +0B; Parry +1; Speed 4
Unarmed, Heavy - Accuracy -1; Damage +3B; Parry -2; Speed 5
Glock - Accuracy +1; Damage +3L; Range 20; Clip 15; Speed 4; Piercing
Birthrights
Ricky (Creature 1/Guide 2) – A talking dog. He became quite intelligent one day at the shelter, and before long he was taken home by some strange old man, for his daughter. Odin named him Richard and told him a lot about mythology, Fate and death, so that his daughter would have someone she might listen to.
Ashley's Eyepatch (Relic 2) [Magic, Mystery] – Dad has a sense of humor, apparently. Or he wanted to teach her a lesson. When Ashley wears the eyepatch, she is given some of Odin's sight without having to make such a permanent loss as he did.
Walking Stick (Relic 1) [Psychopomp] – Have stick, will travel. Ricky says that he thinks that the stick got its shape when Sleipnir was tied to a post and tried to get away. Ashley says that's bullshit. Dad probably just kicked some dwarf into whittling her a stick.
Odin's Necktie (Relic 1) [Death] – This is a perfectly normal necktie, printed with a rope pattern. When worn, it looks not a little reminiscent of a noose.
Boons
Psychopomp 2
- 1 - Unerring Orientation - Ashley has a perfect sense of direction, can study maps and remember them, all that fun stuff. For a point of Legend, she can divine the route from wherever she is to wherever she considers home, or if she doesn't know where she is, to the last place where she did know where she was. Hero p. 146
- 2 - Where Are You? - Perception + Awareness. If Ashley is in electronic communication with someone, she knows where their end of the communication took place. Hero p. 146
Magic 2
- 1 – Ariadne's Thread – 1 Legend, Perception + Survival. Declare a target and track that target unerringly for one day per success. Hero p. 154.
- 1 – The Unlidded Eye – 1 Willpower, Perception + Occult. See magic and the bonds of fate, determine others' Legend scores. Hero p. 154.
- 1 – Measured Foe – 1 Legend, Perception + Empathy. For each success, know target's highest Purview or Epic Attribute. Companion p. 80.
- 2 - Evil Eye - 1 Legend, Manipulation + Presence. For each success, the next roll the target makes is penalized by Ashley's Presence. Hero p. 154
Mystery 1
Knacks
Epic Dexterity
- Lightning Sprinter - Ashley can spend a point of Legend to double her Dash and move over water or mud up to shoulder-height with no penalty while dashing. Hero p. 127
- Trick Shooter - When Ashley takes an Aim action, she receives twice the bonus dice and ignores the difficulty penalty to either disarm an opponent with a ranged special attack or mark her opponent without causing damage. Hero p. 128
Epic Manipulation
- Overt Order - Ashley can spend a Willpower to make somebody do something. Divine beings can spend Willpower to resist. Hero p. 131
- Stench of Guilt – Ashley can sense the presence of secrets. Hero p. 132
- Takes One to Know One - Ashley knows when someone tells her a lie. Hero p. 132
Epic Perception
- Perfect Pitch - Ashley can identify sounds perfectly. Hero p. 134
- Scent the Divine – Ashley can spend a Legend to be able to smell Divine ichor. Companion p. 56
- Telescopic Senses - Ashley can perceive things at a significantly greater range than normal. Demigod p. 64
- Unfailing Recognition – Ashley can automatically recognize anyone to whom she is Fatebound. Hero p. 134
Epic Intelligence
- Perfect Memory – Perfect memory, enough said. Hero p. 136
Epic Wits
- Instant Investigator – Ashley can spend a point of Legend, take one look around a crime scene, and roll Wits + Investigation to analyze it instantly. Hero p. 136
Bonus Points 3 – Epic Perception Knack: Scent the Divine 1 – Necktie (Relic 1) 1 – Ricky (Creature 1, Guide 2) 2 – Empathy 3 1 – Occult 3 2 – Survival 3 1 – Fortitude 2 1 – Integrity 2 1 – Presence 2 2 – Willpower 7 XP Awards Week 1 - 7 XP Week 2 - 7 XP Week 3 - 6 XP Week 4 - 11 XP + 1 for the 'I totally ruined the ST's plan for the second session' award, Legend 3 Week 5 - 6 XP Week 7 - 5 XP Week 8 - 6 XP Week 9 - 11 XP, Legend 4 Week 11 - 5 XP + 1 for persuading Simon to consider putting sex aside until ''after'' saving the world XP - 15/66 5 - Epic Manipulation: Overt Order 2 - Stealth 2 3 - Command 1 4 - Epic Perception 2: Perfect Pitch 4 - Epic Manipulation 2: Takes One to Know One 5 - Epic Dexterity 2: Trick Shooter 4 - Epic Intelligence 2: Fight with Your Head 8 - Psychopomp 2: Where are You? 8 - Epic Perception 3: Telescopic Senses 8 - Magic 2: Evil Eye
Background: Ashley's whole life has been dedicated to finding people, ever since she lost her dog at the age of five. Cute little Ashley cried her eyes out then went out to find the dog. Nobody knew where she was for over twenty-four hours, then girl and dog reappeared, unharmed save prodigious hungers. Ashley never did anything quite that stupid again, but she went on to become first a lifeguard, then a park ranger, then an agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. She made it her mission to find people and return them to their rightful places.
She found her heritage quite literally. A young boy had gone missing after a blow-up in school. There were warnings of suicidal tendencies. He had to be found soon or the worst could happen. Ashley found him a few hours after the report came in. The boy had worked faster than the people searching for him, and he had hung himself from a tree. With him was an old man with one eye who told Ashley the most stupid fantasy she had ever heard. Titans? And gods? And she was his daughter, this crazy old man who said he was Odin? She would have shot him, except somehow she knew that it wasn't him who kidnapped and killed the boy. So she waited for her colleagues to arrive and help her deliver the boy's corpse to his family.
When Ashley arrived home, she found, of all things, a dog. A talking dog no less. Attached to the dog's collar was an eye patch with a note that told her to wear it when she wanted to see things in perspective. The dog informed her that he had been sent by her father to guide her through her new life. The fact that she was having a conversation with a talking dog was what got Ashley to accept that the old man wasn't crazy. At worst, it was she who was crazy, probably broken by the stress of the job and never to become sane again. At best, she had discovered her true purpose in life. So she accepted her father's mission.
Description: Ashley can come off as a bit severe. Some people might even call her a tight-ass. She holds herself rigidly upright when work needs to be done, and holds everyone else to the same high standard, much to the irritation of nearly everybody else. Her hair is cut short and neat. Her clothes, no matter what she wears, are always selected for maximal effectiveness in the field while still giving off the appearance of a professional.
As she grows in power, I'm thinking of having this demeanor strengthen as well, to the point where it's just a little off-putting, especially so when she starts getting and using more Epic Charisma and Epic Manipulation.
Personality: Fact is, Ashley's demeanor is mostly a side-effect of the job. She has discovered that fewer people get lost and die when she is at optimal effectiveness, so she strives for that at all times, even in private to an extent (though she has had some amazing drunken parties with Ricky telling stories). Ashley isn't as no-nonsense these days, though. Before she met her real father, she was down-to-earth in all things. What mattered was the here and now and the real world. This whole Scion thing has loosened her up a little, though she maintains that she's more effective when she's acting professional.
She is a bit of a White Hat, to tell the truth. She also has no Death, in spite of being ostensibly Deathy. This is because, even with her dad's necktie, she hasn't really accepted that people dying is part of his gifts to her. Over time, she'll learn that she can't be such a big damn hero, and come into her role as a shepherd for the dead.
