Caliborn Uskglass. (Black Precinct)

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b]Player[/b]: Luc
Name: Caliborn Uskglass
Codename:

Age: 26
Height: 5’2”
Weight:215lbs
Hair: Black
Eyes: Bright emerald green.
Nationality: Caucasian.

Occupation: Police sergeant. Member of the Black Precinct, Special Operations specialist. Commander of the PI-SWAT unit.

Appearance: A tall, muscular youth. Handsome, with dark hair and eerily green eyes; The sort of eyes that look like he might’ve stolen them out of an Irish fairytale (if theft wasn’t a crime). His ears are faintly pointed, his whole air having some sort of otherworldly grace and poise. Keeps his hair cut short, just shy of a buzz cut. Keeps his face clean shaven, his body unadorned by tattoos or piercings. When working, tends to wear professional clothes; black cargo pants, black shirt and tactical vest. Sidearm always at his hip. His casual dress is very similar, thought he sidearm and the tactical bits are gone, he always has an air of “policeman” about him.

Personality: Energetic. Fickle and flighty at times. Dedicated to the law and to his job; but with a fundamental lack of seriousness. Seems to take life for granted, not giving it the due respect it deserves; that or he takes it overly seriously and in an attempt to maintain his own sanity lashes out against the downtrodden, bleak world. Doesn’t seem to have any form of internal dimmer switch. When he’s on call and working, he’s professional and serious. When not required to be, he is sometimes childish, oftentimes immature and very often a little irresponsible. Charming in the same way a hurricane is a storm. It’s not so much that he says and does the charming things, but he has such a powerful and undeniable force of personality that people tend to go along with him, and find him intoxicating to be around.

Background

Superheroes are new. Superheroes have changed the world. The world is better for them being around, even if it means more super villainy and more excitement in general. Superheroes have made everything different, they are larger than life, four colour persons or dark anti-heroes. The important thing is that they are apart and ‘greater’ then humans.
You know who used to fill that role back in the day? Fairies. The courts of fairy, the pranks, the wars and the stories between the likes of Oberon and Titania. The wrongs and backroom stories of Puck. The fear of the Huntsman. Back before heroes provided their own larger than life people, they had the Fair Folk. The fairies liked it this way damnit! They got attention, they mattered. Then it all started to change. People went away from superstition and into science, the pixies and the elves and the dwarves and the like were forced out of the world and into the places hidden away. Into the shadows of logs and the hidden crypts under forgotten crumbled castles. Immortal though, they watched and savoured it.
Fairies you see are a rule based people. Vows and oaths, courts and titles, laws and sanctions. They fell in love with the idea early on, and have devoted part of their very souls to the idea. So while most would think the rise of heroes would mean anger from them, because of the loss of fame, .it was the opposite. Suddenly, the humans had great people of their very own, titans among them who for all purposes; fought, struggled and died to maintain law and order, to defend good and right against people who worked equally hard to subjugate and destroy. It was a morality play written in the blood of the super humans.
Unrest though. Thoughts of entitlement. “Why do they have these great heroes and we sit and watch them like they were characters in books?” they asked among themselves. “Surely we are just as deserving of having heroes like that amongst us. Nay! More deserving! We did it all first, we shouldn’t be left out of this.”
So, it was decided that the people of the Fair Folk would have their own hero! Someone to boldly enforce their own laws, a peer who would be charged to enforce their arbitrary systems, to act as the mailed fist of “The Rules”. Problem is, the Fair Folk are a fickle, egotistical lot.
“None of us want to do this job. Because half the fun of having these laws is breaking them; or seeing how we can maybe break them. None of us want to be the spoilsport who has to stop us. It’s no fun being a killjoy. Whoever does this will make a great sacrifice, giving up on some of the games to make sure we all play like we should. Who will do it?”
After debate, it was agreed that no existing Fairy lord would be willing to do the job. But, if one of the great ones were to step down and bring themselves back up; they wouldn’t be their old self and might be willing to become the new role they wanted. “It was the humans who started this idea! It should be up to them to forge our hero, it’s only fair!” the Fair Folk roared. So it was done! The great lord of the Fae, stripped of his mind and power was exchanged with a human infant in a suburb of one of the filthy cities. He would have the echo in his soul of his destiny, and would forge himself into the eventual enforcer of the Fae law; the Marshall.
Though Caliborn is destined for a future of great power over the mythical realms, right now...He’s still just a potent changeling, trying to become the lawman he feels drawn to becoming.

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Fighting----- (#) Extremely high. Versed in paramilitary special forces hand to hand. Expertise with weapons of all sorts.
Agility------ (#) Quite high. Natural born athlete, combined with years of training and a superhuman aptitude. (See powers)
Strength----- (#) Moderately Superhuman (Maybe Green Goblin level).
Endurance---- (#) Moderately Superhuman. (Same as strength)
Reasoning---- (#) Clever guy. Excelled in his coursework. Easily clever enough to be a detective if his talents didn’t lie elsewhere.
Intuition---- (#) Very, very high. Downright uncanny, obviously superhuman flashes of insight and fast thinking.
Psyche------- (#) Normal, if not a little generic. Fae are kind of fickle, and he has inherited a bit of this.

Hit Points: Ignore this
Mental health: Ignore this

Resources: Police sergeant with special training and a moderate level of command. Quite well off, but not affluent. Does a hard job and is paid fairly for it.

Source of Income- See Above.

Origin of Powers: Changeling/Faerie Powers. Eventual elevation to the role of “Marshall”

Powers:
Eyes for the Law. Caliborn has a natural born, supernatural sense for the law. By looking at a crime scene, he can gain knowledge as to the people involved, the motifs, the means and all the other important criminal matters. If looking at a person, he can use this power to get a sense of whatever crimes they are truly guilty of. This power does not work on the spirit of the law, it is a power that only deals with the strict letter of the local law. Why doesn’t he use this power to solve crimes? A man is innocent until proven guilty, this power might tell him all the details, but it is not a fair means of investigation and so it would never occur to Caliborn to use this power that way. That would be against the rules.

Blessed by the Fickle Fingers of Fate. Caliborn is one of the damned luckiest people alive. He might have clover in his guts, be protected by the fates, or whatever; but whatever the reason, he is that damned lucky. This power doesn’t cause spurts of bad luck to compensate, he suffers only its benefits. From lucky shots, to correctly picking doors, to dodging out of the way of things at the last moment; if there is an element of chance..the chances favour him.

Not Human, so just “Super”. Caliborn is a Changeling, a fairy duplicate put into a crib. He isn’t human, and so isn’t limited by human notions of ‘normal’. Thus his body operates at a more fantastical level of power then it should. This gives him strength, speed, stamina and healing rates all higher than human, about equal to the level of the Green Goblin.

Nemesis Powers. Caliborn's future role in the lands beyond will be to enforce ‘The Rules” on a race of fickle, supernatural beings. As such he has to have a way to bring them to heel if need be. This power lets him attune to a target or situation and gain one or more new ‘Tricks” that allow him to deal with them or it. As an example, against an enemy who uses flames, he might gain cold-breath, to put out fires; or against a shadow being he might gain the ability to emit light or to see in blackness. Think of it like a supernatural variation on Batman’s utility belt. This power has one major drawback, it only functions against things able to cause harm to Caliborn. Against humans, it has a minimal effect. Only significant situations will encage its full power.

Equipment: Police Kit. Access to special weapons and armour, surveillance equipment, etc..etc as his jobs warrant.

Weaknesses:
You have no claim here Lawman[/i} Caliborn is a rule enforcer and a lawman. Against those who have done nothing wrong, against true innocents; he is largely powerless. His powers still operate, but he has an inbuilt, deep sense of reverence for these people and would hardly be able to bring himself to do them harm. He can cause harm to protect them or save lives, but could never inflict unnecessary harm.

Contacts: Police department folks. Dealers in occult paraphernalia and various supernatural groups. (Knows the local Goblin markets, knows who might nor secretly be a vampire, etc..etc.)

Knowledges: Versed in occult and mythological lore. Knowledge of the law and police procedure. Combat knowledge and the like. Knowledge of emergency medicine.

Skills: Trained as a Paramedic in addition to his specialist combat training.

Notable Notes:

[Trish]

BLACK PRECINCT

Player: Luc
Name: Caliborn Uskglass
Codename:

Age: 26
Height: 6’2”
Weight:215lbs
Hair: Black
Eyes: Bright emerald green.
Nationality: Caucasian.

Occupation: Black Precint Detective

Appearance: A tall, muscular youth. Handsome, with dark hair and eerily green eyes; The sort of eyes that look like he might’ve stolen them out of an Irish fairytale (if theft wasn’t a crime). His ears are faintly pointed, his whole air having some sort of otherworldly grace and poise. Keeps his hair cut short, just shy of a buzz cut. Keeps his face clean shaven, his body unadorned by tattoos or piercings. When working, tends to wear professional clothes; black cargo pants, black shirt and tactical vest. Sidearm always at his hip. His casual dress is very similar, thought he sidearm and the tactical bits are gone, he always has an air of “policeman” about him.

Personality: Energetic. Fickle and flighty at times. Dedicated to the law and to his job; but with a fundamental lack of seriousness. Seems to take life for granted, not giving it the due respect it deserves; that or he takes it overly seriously and in an attempt to maintain his own sanity lashes out against the downtrodden, bleak world. Doesn’t seem to have any form of internal dimmer switch. When he’s on call and working, he’s professional and serious. When not required to be, he is sometimes childish, oftentimes immature and very often a little irresponsible. Charming in the same way a hurricane is a storm. It’s not so much that he says and does the charming things, but he has such a powerful and undeniable force of personality that people tend to go along with him, and find him intoxicating to be around.

Background

Superheroes are new. Superheroes have changed the world. The world is better for them being around, even if it means more super villainy and more excitement in general. Superheroes have made everything different, they are larger than life, four colour persons or dark anti-heroes. The important thing is that they are apart and ‘greater’ then humans.
You know who used to fill that role back in the day? Fairies. The courts of fairy, the pranks, the wars and the stories between the likes of Oberon and Titania. The wrongs and backroom stories of Puck. The fear of the Huntsman. Back before heroes provided their own larger than life people, they had the Fair Folk. The fairies liked it this way damnit! They got attention, they mattered. Then it all started to change. People went away from superstition and into science, the pixies and the elves and the dwarves and the like were forced out of the world and into the places hidden away. Into the shadows of logs and the hidden crypts under forgotten crumbled castles. Immortal though, they watched and savoured it.
Fairies you see are a rule based people. Vows and oaths, courts and titles, laws and sanctions. They fell in love with the idea early on, and have devoted part of their very souls to the idea. So while most would think the rise of heroes would mean anger from them, because of the loss of fame, .it was the opposite. Suddenly, the humans had great people of their very own, titans among them who for all purposes; fought, struggled and died to maintain law and order, to defend good and right against people who worked equally hard to subjugate and destroy. It was a morality play written in the blood of the super humans.
Unrest though. Thoughts of entitlement. “Why do they have these great heroes and we sit and watch them like they were characters in books?” they asked among themselves. “Surely we are just as deserving of having heroes like that amongst us. Nay! More deserving! We did it all first, we shouldn’t be left out of this.”
So, it was decided that the people of the Fair Folk would have their own hero! Someone to boldly enforce their own laws, a peer who would be charged to enforce their arbitrary systems, to act as the mailed fist of “The Rules”. Problem is, the Fair Folk are a fickle, egotistical lot.
“None of us want to do this job. Because half the fun of having these laws is breaking them; or seeing how we can maybe break them. None of us want to be the spoilsport who has to stop us. It’s no fun being a killjoy. Whoever does this will make a great sacrifice, giving up on some of the games to make sure we all play like we should. Who will do it?”
After debate, it was agreed that no existing Fairy lord would be willing to do the job. But, if one of the great ones were to step down and bring themselves back up; they wouldn’t be their old self and might be willing to become the new role they wanted. “It was the humans who started this idea! It should be up to them to forge our hero, it’s only fair!” the Fair Folk roared. So it was done! The great lord of the Fae, stripped of his mind and power was exchanged with a human infant in a suburb of one of the filthy cities. He would have the echo in his soul of his destiny, and would forge himself into the eventual enforcer of the Fae law; the Marshall.
Though Caliborn is destined for a future of great power over the mythical realms, right now...He’s still just a potent changeling, trying to become the lawman he feels drawn to becoming.

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Fighting----- Fantastic (30)
Agility------ Incredible (40)
Strength----- Remarkable (20)
Endurance---- Incredible (40)

Reasoning---- Remarkable (20)
Intuition---- Spectacular (50)
Psyche------- Excellent (14)

Hit Points: 130
Mental health: 84
Resources:

Source of Income- Black Precint Detective

Origin of Powers: Changeling/Faerie Powers. Eventual elevation to the role of “Marshall”

Powers:
Eyes for the Law- Caliborn has a natural born, supernatural sense for the law. By looking at a crime scene, he can gain knowledge as to the people involved, the motifs, the means and all the other important criminal matters. Roll Intuition, once per crime scene, to determine the trusts and machinations behind it. Need a Super Crit for the whole story, buty a Yellow gives a good lead. However, this power does not provide EVIDENCE, and so this alone does not make for a legal arrest.
*Perceive Guilt- If looking at a person, he can use this power to get a sense of whatever crimes they are truly guilty of. However, this carries dangers;

Blessed by the Fickle Fingers of Fate- Fantastic(30) Luck. Caliborn is one of the damned luckiest people alive. He might have clover in his guts, be protected by the fates, or whatever; but whatever the reason, he is that damned lucky. This power relates only to good luck directly in relation to his own actions. He can spend an action immedeatly after a roll and roll this ability (no penalty for multi actions, one attempt per roll). On a Yellow or better the targeted roll result increases by one color. The numerical outcome does not change.


Not Human- Caliborn is a Changeling, a fairy duplicate put into a crib. He isn’t human, and so isn’t limited by human notions of ‘normal’. This is the reason for his physical ability and it cannot be negated. It also protects him from the banal natures of the mortal world, such as cold iron and church bells. However, it also protects him from many mundane diseases and toxins, and other things that affect the weak forms and minds of mortals. +4cs vs metal effects

Nemesis Power- Incredible(40) reactive temporary powers. When an ability is used against Caliborn (not nessecarily an attack; just counter to his efforts & to his knowledge) he can spend an action and roll this ability. On a Yellow, he gains a counter-ability at the same CS as the ability in question. -1 on a Green, +1 on a Red. This new power lasts until Caliborn has no firther use for it. Caliborn may have more than one such power, but he rolls at -2 for every Nemesis he currently has. Caliborn can use this on an ability he has merely witnessed that has not yet been used against him; such use is at -2. If Nemesis Power is rolled as a multi-action, the first success is the one that counts.

Glamour- As a closet faerie, Caliborn has access to their magic at his own expense. He may spend HP to produce magical effects. He has not learnt many of these.
*Hidden Hand- 1 HP to move 1 pound of matter 1 foot. He may add another pound or another foot for an additional HP. (i.e., 1 HP moves a 1-lb object 1 foot. 2 HP moves a 1-lb object 1 foot or a 1lb object 2 feet. 3 HP moves a 2-lb object 2 feet.) This is not an attack. This ability is never stronger than the physical grip of a person and can only be used on largely unattended objects.
*Fae Healing- Spend an action and any number of HP; 1HP spent heals 10HP of damage. Works on robots and golems and such as well.
**Fae Restoration- Spend a full round and any number of HP; 1HP regenerates 1HP of damage. (Regeneration restores lost tissues and parts that were lost as part of the injuries.).
*Faerie Lights- 1 HP gets a remote-controlled point of light roughly the size of a ping pong ball. He can make these appear on the other sides of windows or under lampshades and such to make them seem like ambient light without giving himself away.


Equipment:

Black Precint Badge- Caliborn is an official detective of Los Angeles County.

Squad Car- A police-modified Fiat 500L. Drives on sidewalks and staircases!

Service Weapon- .40 Ciappa Rhino with long blued barrel. +1 to attack, Remarkable (20) damage, 6 rounds, 1 action to reload. When concealed, the weapon requires a Red result to be detected.
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Wands, Wings, Floaty Crownie Things- REDACTED


Weaknesses:

You have no claim here Lawman- Caliborn is a rule enforcer and a lawman. Against those who have done nothing wrong, against true innocents; he is largely powerless. His powers still operate, but he has an inbuilt, deep sense of reverence for these people and would hardly be able to bring himself to do them harm. He can cause harm to protect them or save lives, but could never inflict unnecessary harm. Caliborn must roll Psyche to overcome this. He is vcery bad at hostage situations and must roll Psyche to operate in them.
Caliborn caqnnot use hin Nemesis Power on someone who is truly innocent of any meaningful wrongdoing.
Good thing he has a gun.

Once a Fairy always a Fairy- While the banalaties that plague fae do not do him actual harm, he still really does not like them. Cold iron and church bells and the such are extremely unpleasant. Additoonally, more potent anti-fae effects may threaten him.

In the Closet- Caliborn does not know he is a fairy. It will likely be shocking and upsetting to him and his unwitting-adoptive parents when it is found out and they all must accept he was born that way.


Contacts: Police department folks. Dealers in occult paraphernalia and various supernatural groups. (Knows the local Goblin markets, knows who might nor secretly be a vampire, etc..etc.)
Caliborn can call in a 'speed check'.

Knowledges: Versed in occult and mythological lore. Knowledge of the law and police procedure. Combat knowledge and the like. Knowledge of emergency medicine.

Skills: Trained as a Paramedic in addition to his specialist combat training.

Notable Notes:


Caliborn is a fairy cop.

The Chief cannot say Caliborn's first or last name. From day to day he may be Calidor Muskass or Kalborne Ughsacks or calvin Asswax.