Post by Charles Warren on Dec 27, 2010 12:17:12 GMT -5
Geena Yang
(aka Tong Tong)
4th Level Fast Hero\2nd Level Shadow Slayer
Geena was born an orphan and raised at the Nanjing Children's Welfare Institute. Although, she knows nothing of her birth parent's, she has a feeling that she was the first born and was given up so that the couple might try again for a boy.
At the time of her birth, the city of Nanjing was in a crisis created by an unknown chemical waste spill in the area.
At the orphanage, Geena came under the care of Director Mayzhu Xin, who took a special interest in her. Over the years, Geena learned that Mayzhu was obsessed with orphans and protecting them from a horrific force she called Shadow.
As Geena grew, Mayzhu told her many secret stories of the horrors of Shadow, telling her that she was preparing her for a coming darkness. But Mayzhuu harbored other secrets too. She closely guarded the fact that she was lesbian and that she was a secret member of the mystical Chinese Triad known as Wo Shing Wo, The White Dragons. According to Mayzhu, the White Dragon's primary goal was to protect the people from Shadow, although the public viewed them as a criminal organization.
At the age of:
Age 3- Geena suffered from a mysterious Shadow illness that nearly claimed her life. Her fever dreams were plagued with horrific images, but she did not die. And as a result of defeating this illness, Geena is now immune to any disease.
Age 4- At the age of 4, Geena became convinced that a creature in the sewers was watching her. And for a period of months, many people disappeared, including two orphans from the Institute. In the end, the creature broke into the orphanage and kidnapped Geena, fleeing into the sewers. But three White Dragons rescued her, hunted down the creature and destroyed it. After this experience, Geena developed a phobia of sewers and tunnels. ( -1 penalty ) as they create flashbacks of this childhood horror.
Age 6 - The Chinese government raided the Institute, arresting everyone. However, Mayzhu was able to escape with Geena. Fleeing to Hong Kong, the two were able to pay to be smuggled into the United States.
Taking the name of Martha Yang, and passing Geena off as her daughter, Mayzhu was able to get a job with Anvil Studios, a film company in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Posing as a researcher for horror and occult films, Martha was actually using her position to research Shadow incursions.
Unknown to Geena, Martha made contact with a likeminded occult group, known as the Black Phoenix Tong and began working with them. Doctor Arthur Cho, the leader of the Tong began using the film company for some unknown occult reason. Either the transmission of occult images into the public or as some sort of shadow ritual.
At age 9 - Martha is unemployed when unknown forces shut down the film company. Martha finds work in Silicon Valley, north of San Francisco in an electronics manufacturing factory.
At age 11 - Geena begins to study martial arts in an effort to impress Emily Tate, a schoolmate that she has developed a crush on. Emily is constantly harrassed by her older sister Madison, who is a martial artist. Geena learns martial arts in order to try to impress Emily, by keeping Madison in check.
At age 12 - People begin to be killed in the area surrounding Geena's school. Thre are 11 victims in all, mostly the homeless, but the last victim is Emily Tate. Martha and Geena hunt the flesh golem down and destroy it.
At age 16 - Geena begins volunteering at a homeless shelter. She befriends a strange homeless man named Elijah who is somehow in tune with Shadow. He gives her a sealed book, which becomes the first of her occult collection. Geena begins actively searching out occult information and collecting occult items. As a result she learns how to open the book.
She discovers that the book contains a bound shadow spirit named Melech. Through study she is able to communicate with this spirit and sometimes get it to do her bidding.
By the age of 18- Geena is an expert with the Kusari-gama. Three more flesh golems attempt to hunt her down, but she fights destroys them.
At the age of 19- There is a rash of homeless kidnappings. Geena rescues Elijah and discovers that the kidnappers are the Black Phoenix Tong. Elijah claims that Martha was with them.
Confused and not sure what to do, Geena follows her adopted mother to Black Phoenix Tong ritual to see if what Elijah has said is true.
Other things
Geena has absorbed the power of the lightbringer from the Codex Illuminatus. Now she is the bearer of the Dragon Blade. She now possesses dragon chain tattoos that move up her arms and across her shoulderblades. At will they leap into her hands and become a +2 magical kasura-gama.
Geena also possesses a +1 Talisman of Protection.
The Lovejoy Deck: Geena has access to this Tarot Deck which contains the ghost of Harry Lovejoy. Indentify 3/Day plus other helpful knowledge.
Game Stat Results
-Immune to disease
-Fear of sewers and some tunnels -1 morale penalty due to flashback
-Can choose a Martial Arts school from Martial Arts Mayhem
-Book of Melech ( As many times a day as her Charisma modifier, Geena can attempt to either ask a question of Melech or ask a task of Melech. A DC 15 charisma check. Result d100 01-33: Answers a question, 34-66: Perform a task, 64-99: Melech wreaks havoc, 100: Something horrible happens
- Kusari-gama: +3 to hit and damage when using one.
- +1 Knowledge Occult
- Exotic weapon proficiency Kursari-gama feat for free
Adversaries
Shadow
The White Dragons Triad
Chinese Ministry of State Security
Flesh Golems
Black Phoenix Tong
Contacts
Martha Yang ( Mayzhu Xin ) - adopted mother
Dr. Arthur Cho - Black Phoenix Tong leader
Madison Tate - rival martial artist
Elijah - homeless friend with occult visions
Jacob Clarke - co-worker at homeless shelter. Has a crush on Geena