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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8553585" data-attributes="member: 30538">Jules Pendrake<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-d5kwHjk/0/ae0e5312/M/sample-29f6ff39ba36f4a110ac2b29498c8224-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />A bit more than two decades ago, a daughter was born to the royal family of one of the many petty kingdoms of Don, an large island on the World More Sorcerous. Her birth was the fulfillment of a prophecy made by the great sage Mardwyn, who appeared to the king and queen shortly afterward and commanded them to give her into his care, which they did reluctantly. Two days later, the great sage appeared before them again and repeated the command, and all three were startled to learn that the child of prophecy had been kidnapped by an imposter.That imposter, a wicked aunt for once, knew that there was nowhere in the world she would be able to hide the child from Mardwyn, and so decided to hide her beyond the world. She had made some tentative contacts with visitors from another world, and gave the baby girl to them. When Mardwyn at last caught up with her, she had erased all knowledge of these events from her own mind and could tell him nothing of help, leaving him stymied. The aunt was punished for her deeds, but this only strengthened her determination to avenge herself.Of course, none of this is known to the woman registered under the name Jules Pendrake in the databases of the Sprawl. As far as she or anyone else knows, she is the product of genetic engineering, and given a name, instead of a number, at the whim of one of the executives responsible for the project. She grew up to become one of the best corporate security operatives that the Sprawl has ever seen, mercilessly defending their operations from anyone, from freelancers to rival corps, who tried to hinder them. Never once did she question the idea that the stability that her corp -- not all the other ones, just hers -- provided was worth all of this.And then a psychopathic monster from another world took over her corp, and Jules was forced to flight. Over the course of the next two years, she was exposed to a great deal of the realities of the Sprawl; chiefly, that there was very little difference between the corp that had raised her and the others, and that the stability that any of them provided was largely illusory. She also learned about cooperating with people she had been trained to view with contempt. Ultimately, Nephren-Ka was defeated and set to flight, but she had very little to do with that.In the aftermath, she found herself disgusted that the corp leadership intended to get things back to normal, without having learned anything from any of the events that had happened in this interlude. Jules promptly quit. Of course, as she was under a lifetime contract, that was something she could not legally do, so she did it illegally. She has ended up holed up with the android investigator known as Wilmarth, providing muscle for her brains.Having learned about the existence of people who fight for justice on various worlds that the Sprawl has sought to exploit, Jules intends to become such a figure in the Sprawl. She has a long way to go before she gets there; nothing in her life experience has taught her anything about showing mercy to enemies, or compassion to the weak. To her credit, though, she recognizes this failing and is trying to correct it. While Wilmarth is possibly even more cynical, she also has a better understanding of such matters, and Jules is trying to learn from her example.She genuinely hopes that maybe she -- or maybe they -- can light up the night.Jules Pendrake -- PL 9Abilities:STR 6 | STA 6 | AGL 7 | DEX 3 | FGT 11 | INT 4 | AWE 4 | PRE 4Powers:Superhuman: Leaping 3 (60 feet); Regeneration 2; Speed 3 (16 MPH) - 8 pointsAdvantages:Accurate Attack, Agile Feint, All-out Attack, Defensive Attack, Equipment 8, Fast Grab, Fearless 2, Improved Defense, Improved Disarm, Improved Grab, Improved Initiative, Improved Trip, Leadership, Power Attack, Takedown.Equipment:Blaster Rifle (Ranged Damage 8).Skycycle: Size Medium; Strength 4; Speed 7 (air); Defense 15; Toughness 5; Features Remote Control, Senses 3 (direction sense, radio, time sense), Subtle Flight - 24 pointsSkills:Acrobatics 6 (+13), Athletics 8 (+14), Close Combat: Unarmed 1 (+12), Deception 6 (+10), Expertise: Streetwise 6 (+10), Insight 8 (+12), Intimidation 6 (+10), Perception 8 (+12), Ranged Combat: Blaster 6 (+9), Technology 7 (+11).Offense:Initiative +11Unarmed +12 (Close Damage 6)Blaster Rifle +9 (Ranged Damage 8)Defense:Dodge 10, Parry 12, Fortitude 9, Toughness 6, Will 9Totals:Abilities 90 + Powers 8 + Advantages 20 + Skills 31 + Defenses 12 = 161 pointsOffensive PL: 9Defensive PL: 9Resistance PL: 9Skill PL: 9Complications:Justice--Motivation. Lacking in Mercy, Compassion, and Forgiveness. Hunted by the Authorities.<a href="https://youtu.be/kDqp5RxTUrI" target="_blank">There is a city that this darkness can't hide,</a><a href="https://youtu.be/kDqp5RxTUrI" target="_blank">There are the embers of a fire that's gone out</a><a href="https://youtu.be/kDqp5RxTUrI" target="_blank">But I can still feel the heat on my skin,</a><a href="https://youtu.be/kDqp5RxTUrI" target="_blank">And this mess that we're in, well you and I,</a><a href="https://youtu.be/kDqp5RxTUrI" target="_blank">Maybe you and I</a><a href="https://youtu.be/kDqp5RxTUrI" target="_blank">Can light up the night.</a></blockquote>

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