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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Radiant" data-source="post: 1520371" data-attributes="member: 12018">LiaThe heavy steel door opened slowly, squeaking in protest. Two men stepped in and it shut after them. From the inside they could here heavy bolts being set in place. It did indeed sound like a final closing and younger man looked around nervously. The old guard held a calming hand on his shoulder."Don't worry boy, she's tame, didn't have an incident in a dozen years."The younger man just shrugged and looked around. Instead of the cell he would have expected behind the door with was a stone cave and a pretty big one at that. He could see tunnels spreading from this main cave in five directions just at first glance."If she is to be of any use to us we don't need her tame. Your reports said this is still a dangerous prisoner."He takes another look around."And why is this place so huge?"The old guard just shrugs again."You just worry 'cause your suit looks out of place here. You desk people are all the same. What did ye think? We've been holding her fer longer then you lived and animals need place to run. She's more happy and we don't loose people then she's not agitated."Brushing some falling dust from his brand new leather jacket the young man steps into the nearest tunnel just to show he is not affraid."Comfort for prisoners is not our priority. How dangerous can someone be after so many years in here? I'm sure this is a waste of..."He stops in midsentece then his foot gets stuck in the remains of some animal. In the darkness it is not easy to make out but it looks suspiciously like a deer. "She didn't kill that did she?"Again the old guard just has a shrug for him."Sure did. We throw in some wild beasts her so she can knock herself out killing them. Needs that every few month or goes into a real frenzy. Not nice to see that."With an effort the younger man pulls his foot out of the remains."You feed her with living animals Mr Taggert?""Sure we do, she hunts it down so fast you can't even see it sometimes. Some guys have used this to get rid of unwanted pets that way too. Don't ye give me that look, she wants it that way. Doesn't even touch dead food. Sometimes eats some salad and vegetables though, I guess that's the human part.""You sound very comfortable considering that she killed three guardsmen in her time here.""Told you it's different now. Caged animals and stuff. Plus you just have to show some respect then everything is fine. Lia!!!"The younger man nearly drops his briefcase and Mr Taggerts shout. It is followed by a moment of uncomfortable silence. The old guard relaxes and leans on the cave wall while his companions eyes dart around nervously, trying to make out more in the gloom. At first he doesn't see a thing but then a figure emerges from the darkness. It is about the height is his waist and strolls along on four legs. Before he can get a better look the form changes. The sound of breaking bones rings through the place and fur draws back as the creature changes form. It sure must be painfull but it never looses stride, now coming forward on just two legs. Then it finally steps into the light it is women in her early thirties. Her face looks quite young but her long grey and silver hair make her appear somehwat older. She is wearing simple grey pants and shirt and walks barefoot on the cold stone. The most remarkeble thing is the fresh blood running down her chin and her soft smile reveals some more on her teeth. Her voice despite being friendly allways sounds like a soft growl lies behind it."Guten Tag meine Herren. Mr Taggert, I have just eaten but if that is for me it is much appreciated. I would have prefered a women though, you know my tastes."The young man grows pale there he stands while the guard just laughs."Is that a way to treat your first visitor Lia? This is Mr Granson and he insisted to speak to you personaly."Her smile grows broader at that."Now how could it be more interesting than the chance to finally hunt some real prey."To his credit the young man catches himself fast and speaks with more authority than any of the other two would have expected from him."Ms Schneider I will not tolerate any more of your threats. I come with a propasal but that is much too good for the likes of you but if you continue to act like this I will just leave and let you rot in this cave. How long have you been here? Alomost fifty years I have been told. I am your only chance to avoid doing it all over again. How long can you expect to live? Another hundred years perhaps? I don't think you want to spend a whole century as a prisoner. And all this..."He waves around the cave"Is just generosity from us. We could pack you in a cell with about two meters in each direction for the rest of your life. Or just execute you like the rest of those Nazi criminals caught back then. Have I made myself clear?"She growls and long canine fangs slide out, spreading her mouth slighty open but she even takes a step backwards before she sits down crosslegged on the floor."I'm listening.""Very well. The B.P.R.D. is offering you a very generous deal. We are in need of new field agents and your skills make you a very suited candidate. Also fifty years in soliary confinement could very well be considered enough punishment. At least my superiors think so. I do not so be warned for in the end it will be my decision if you ever see daylight again. If you are willing to work for us we will pardon your crimes in WW2 and you could finally get out of this place."She just glares at him from the ground."You miserable misfits want me to be your hunting dog."Now it is his turn to smile."Now didn't you do that job before?"Again she just stares at him but in the end she shrugs and her shoulders sink down in resignation."You win drecksack."-Lia Schneiderage: 112height: 1.84mweight: 69kghair color: silvery greyeyes color: yellow-Abilities:Str 18 (+4)Dex 18 (+4)Con 18 (+4)Int 10 (+0)Wis 10 (+0)Cha 12 (+1/2)Cost: 26pp-Skills:Acrobatics 1Balance 1Bluff 1Climb 1Demolitions 1 Escape Artist 1Gather Information 1Handle Animal 1 Hide 1Intimidate 1Jump 1Language (English, German)1Listen 1Medicine 1Move Silently 1Open Lock 1Read Lips 1 Ride 1Search 1Sense Motive 1 Spot 1Survival 1Swim 1(note: Lia has amassed a wide range of skills in her long life but most have suffered a lot from the lack of practice during her impronment.)Cost: 11-Feats:AttractiveHeroic SurgeTrack(note: originally she should also have Instand Stand, Move by Attack and Lightning Reflexes but she got older and out of practice so having to stand up with a groan sometimes really fits.)Cost: 6-Super-Feats:DarkvisionImmunity: Aging (Lia does age but it is inceredibly slow)ScentUltra-HearingIdentity Change (Lia can trasnform into a grey wolf at will)Cost: 10-Combat: Base Attack 4Base Defense 5Cost: 19-Super Powers:-Base Power: Lycantrope (these are powers usable in both forms since Lia can cause her fangs and claws to grow even from her human body).Man Power: Natural Weapon (cost 2) Level 4Extra: Regeneration (cost 1) Level 4Extra: Super Senses (cost 1) Level 4Extra: Combat Sense (cost 1) Level 4Extra: Super Charisma (cost 1) Level 4total cost: 24-Base Power: Wolf FormMain Power: Leaping, Flaw: only as wolf(Cost 1) Level 2Extra: Bouncing (Cost 1) Level 2Extra: Running (Cost 1) Level 2total cost: 6-Flaw: Vulnerable to SilverBackground:Part 1: turn of the centuryLia is a werewolf, born in the late 19th century. She grew up in an unremarkable village in the Schwarzwald there life was not too dfifferent from how it had been in the dark ages. Life was usually harsh and short. No one knows much about her life back then, not even herself. Too much of it got lost in her endless nichts of hunting in the dark forests. The only thing she stil clearly remembers was the time then a huge wolf attacked and bit her. She barely escaped with her life. The time afterwards is a blur then she was struck with a mysterious sicknes and spent weeks in terrible pain as her blood changes and her bones broke and regrew to adapt to her new existence. One day she suddenly jumped up straight from her bed with incredible speed. She stared at her family with strange yellow eyes before she changed into a grey wolf right before their eyes and escaped into the forest with one leap through the window.She never looked back. Life had been harsh to her as long as she could remember and she saw no sense in fighting her new condition for the sake of others. In fact she revelled in it. Their was no real daner for her and it did not take her long to aquirre enough hunting skills to never have to hunger again even in the deepest winter. That was the easy part, even the animals where scars, the human prey had the helpfull habit of allways being in their villages there you can find them easy enough. For dozens of years Lia was one of the demons that plague the night, hunting animals and humans without making a difference. She never looked back and with time became closer to an animal than the human she had once been.Part 2: the third ReichAncient evils plagued the forests of souther germany as long as humanity could remember and those who even bothered to think about it where sure that they are as evil as it can get. The Nazis proofed them wrong.It was at this time that Lia got curious about humanity again. She had never seen or even imagined cities of the size they built now. Looking down to the city of Freiburg curiousity overcame her and she once again walked among humans. And how intrigued she was. For there she met the new rulers of the country. Ruthless, cruel, efficient and lacking any regard for other life, the Nazis seemed like the peak of humanity for a monster like her.What impressed her even more was that they managed to catch her during her first trips to the city. From there she was delivered to the secret occult projects but she was no relucatant experimental rat. She soon found an agreement with the military leader of the complex and was one of the first "freaks" used by the germans to sow terror behind enemy lines or scout out and kill important individuals.For her life was perfect. She belonged to the destined rulers of the planet and with her gifts she belonged to the elite of these chosen. Of course it didn't last.The undefeatable armies where forced backwards step by step in the west or simply died from cold and starvation in the east. Lia did not see most of that though. For her the turning point was then B.R.P.D agents located the secret labratries of her organization and started a raid. With them their newest agent, the demonic creation of another Nazi experiment that rebelled against them. The last thing she remembers of that night (and the short moment of glory of a bunch of delusional psychopaths) is a huge red fist smashing her through a wall and half a dozen soldiers with silver bullets waiting behind it. She so hates silver bullets.Part 3: a new milleniumTo her own surprise Lia woke up again. Then the B.R.P.D agents found her still breathing they returned her to their own station. She found herself in prison and in the beginning also as a test subject. Someone must have decided that she was worth keeping, maybe because of the huge success their first freak was. On the other hand no one ever came around to make a final decision what to do with her so Lia has spent about half a century in a cage. Her captors showed more comapasion than she expected though and so her "cage" was mostly a network of caves under a B.R.P.D station that allowed her a lot of movement and probably kept her from simply going insane.What effect such a long time in prison, by all normal means a lifetime, had on her remains to be seen.Recently the B.R.P.D offered her a chance to get out again. If she agreed to join their new supply of freaks she would get out again.After half a century without daylight she was not exactly in a position to refuse...Personality:bla bla,more to comeAppearance:After over a hundred years of live Lia looks like a women in her late twenties or maybe early thirties. Her grey and silver hair allways prevent her from looking really young. She is rather tall and her human body has been changed by the decease into the perfect match for her wolf form. She carries almost no unneeded body fat and even then she just layed around and ate in her cell for month she allways looked like a profesional athlete. Her eyes are yellow and wolflike even in human form and today she covers them mostly with sunglasses. The other reason for that is that she has spent a lifetime in a gloom and finds the sun almost unbearable bright.She usualy dresses in simple clothes, grey shirts, grey or blue jeans and light shoes.</blockquote>

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