Chrysophilax

Name: Chrysophilax AKA John Michael Drake
Player: Norseman
Nature: Gallant
Allegiance: Whitefire Security Solutions

ATTRIBUTES

PHYSICAL (7)
Strength: 5 (8 in Nova Shape)
Dexterity: 5 (Fast)
Stamina: 5 (Resilient)

MENTAL (5)
Perception: 5 (Observant)
Intelligence: 5 (Pragmatic)
Wits: 5 (Cunning)

SOCIAL (3)
Charisma: 2
Manipulation: 5 (Persuasive)
Appearance: 2

ABILITIES
Athletics (Dex): 3
Awareness (Pre): 3
Biz (Wit): 1
Brawl (Str): 5 (Multiple Opponents)
Endurance (Sta): 4*
Etiquette (Cha): 1
Intimidation (App/Str): 1
Linguistics (Int): 1 (English; French)
Might (Str): 3
Rapport (Wit): 1
Resistance (Sta): 4*
Stealth (Dex): 3
Style (App): 1
Subterfuge (Man): 5 (Deception)
Tactics (Wit): 1

MEGA-ATTRIBUTES
Mega-Strength: 2/5 (Irresistible Force)
Mega-Stamina: 1/4 (Resiliency)

QUANTUM POWERS
Armor (L2): 5
Body Modification: Chromatophores
Claws (L1) Extra Permanent: 1
Quantum Bolt - Extra Spray (L3): 2
Sizemorph (Grow) Extra Permanent(L2): 3

ADVANTAGES

BACKGROUNDS
Contacts: 2
Dormancy: 5
Eufiber: 5
Influence: 2
Node: 2
Resources: 3

MERITS

FLAWS
Costume Fetish (1)
Debt - Favour (1)
Overconfidence (1)

(Costume Fetish isn't so much a costume as a strong preference for being in his dragon shape. If necessary he will burn a WP to overcome this urge.)
(Debt is to one of his French Nova friends. A favour done out in some African shithole.)

ABBERATIONS
Minor - Red Eyes
Minor - Scales

Suggested path: Medium - Delusion: Real Dragon!
Medium - Frigging Dragon!
Major - Permanent Power: Claws
Major - Permanent Power: Sizemorph

QUANTUM: 3
QUANTUM POOL: 26 / 26
WILLPOWER: 7 / 7
TAINT: 5 / 0 temp
HEALTH:
5 x Bruised
Hurt
Injured
Wounded
Maimed
Crippled
Incapacitated
EXPERIENCE: 0 (37XP spent)

COMBAT
INITIATIVE (Dragon): 11
MOVEMENT (Dragon): Walk: 7 / Run: 36 / Sprint: 56
SOAK (Dragon): Bashing: 28 (33 Eufiber) / Lethal: 21 (26 Eufiber)

Brawl: Automatic [25] + Strength 8 + 1d10L
Dragon Breath: [6] + 8d10L, Range: 105 meters (52 for spray)

INITIATIVE (Human): 10
MOVEMENT (Human): Walk: 7 / Run: 17 / Sprint: 35
SOAK (Human): Bashing: 5 (10 Eufiber) / Lethal: 2 (7 Eufiber)

LESSONS LEARNED

DESCRIPTION
Chrysophilax is a green dragon, though he can change his colour pattern to almost anything he wants. From tail to snout he's 7.2 meters long and weighs in at roughly two tons. Fangs and claws both seem quite sharp, and at times little fumes of smoke rises from his mouth or nostrils, as if to suggest the fire burning within.

John Michael Drake is an average looking man in his twenties, with dark blonde hair and green eyes. There's very little to distinguish him from others, though he generally wears a proper three-piece suit. At times though he shifts and shuffles a little, as if he's not quite comfortable in his own skin.

BACKGROUND
John Michael Drake real parents are unknown. In what could be a sentimental story he was discovered outside an orphanage, and shortly a childless middle-aged couple adopted him. Growing up in the Cotswolds, in a quaint English village at that, John had an idyllic childhood. He was a very imaginative child though, particularly fond of dragons and other fantastic creatures.

As he grew up he found a fondness for rugby and other sports, but he first priority was always his studies. Overall he was a reasonably well liked fellow, though mostly for his athletic skills rather than his personal charm. Given his overall good grades, and some hearty recommendations, he was admitted to Cambridge to study business administration. At the age of 19 it looked as if the world was at his feet.

That's when tragedy struck, while in a car with his parents they crashed into a large lorry. Both his parents died, but during the accident he erupted, finding himself entirely unhurt in among the twisted metal wreckage. If he had been injured the shock might ironically have been less, as it were he fell into a deep depression.

It was then that he regressed to his childhood so to speak, spending days and weeks with his dragon figurines and books. Little by little he began to change, until one day he woke up in a small field and found that he was a dragon. Normally he would have supposed that he had erupted during the accident, but John simply didn't think that far. Picking up a handful of belongings he walked out of his house and went out into the world.

How was it that he wound up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Hard to say really, but he did. There were certain mining companies that needed security and a Nova was good for that, even an unknown one. Soon rumours spread of a dragon, a man eating dragon, guarding the mines and hoarding gold. They weren't really true, but John, or Chrysophilax as he called himself didn't really care.

Other missions followed, all in Africa, all in the Francophonie. Accompanied by a couple of French Novas, both of whom had previous military experience, Chrysophilax learned the inns and outs of military life. Most of the fights in Africa were nasty, very nasty, so he pulled further into his dragon persona. The two French Novas secretly worked for the French government, well "secretly" is more accurate, everyone knew what they were really all about: Keeping the former colonies in the French sphere.

In the end he was fed up with the jungle, with the killing, with the stench. The Nova business could be far more, he knew that, so he decided to head on to the United States and see if he could find some new company there that'd give him some glamour as well as just money.

POINT USAGE
Attributes - 5NP

• +3 Strength
• +1 Dexterity
  
• +1 Stamina
  
• +2 Perception
  
• +2 Intelligence
  
• +3 Wits
  
• +3 Manipulation
  

Mega-Strength - 11XP
Mega-Stamina - 6XP
Armor - 15NP
Body Modification: Chromatophores - 1XP Claws - 1NP, 3XP
Quantum Bolt - 6NP, 5XP
Sizemorph - 9NP, 11XP
Background - 2NP
Flaws - +3BP Quantum 3 - 14BP
Willpower 7 - 1NP, 4BP
Abilities - 1NP

• +2 Brawl
  
• +4 Subterfuge