Terrance

by **Terrance** April 15th 2013, 4:52 pm

Terrance

Personal Information

Real Name: Terrance?
Renegade name: Terrance
Title:-
Alignment: Pragmatic Good
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 6'1
Weight: 85 kg

Personality:

“Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.”
-F. Scott Fitzgerald

If ever you’d get the chance to meet him, the chances are high that whatever you have to say about him is exactly what he wanted you to think. There are almost no chinks in his mental armor, and most of his personality is a cleverly crafted façade that is subject to change to whatever fits his needs. He is a social chameleon, with the addendum that he rarely actually engages in face-to-face conversation with others, and prefers to work from behind the screens; literally.

Of course, this does not mean that Terrance lacks a personality of his own. Despite being ruthless and pragmatic, Terrance acts almost solely on moral ideals of a utilitarian nature. To do that which maximizes the safety and well-being of the world and its human inhabitants, that is his creed. To this end he is willing and able to compromise nearly anything, even if it means to sacrifice the lives of innocents in favor of the greater good. On the off-chance one would catch him off-guard however, Terrance can be surprisingly friendly and laid-back, especially when indulging himself in any of his hobbies.

Terrance has a fondness for music, art, philosophy and poetry. He prefers these things when they are tangible (books, paintings) or having a tangible source ( gramophone, live music etc), since these are things that he cannot tamper with or change with his powers, and thus to him, far more valuable.

As such, qualities he values strongly, but will always deny enjoying, are honesty and spontaneity. His world is one of lies, deceit and obfuscation, a world he has grown quite weary of, but will never compromise.

Goals

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
-Albert Einstein

Terrance’s goals usually involve maintaining the status quo and instilling balance and order into the world as much as is necessary. Important points of his agenda are the metahuman registration act, destroying all elements of magecraft and its practitioners, and taking down organizations or individuals with aspirations of world conquest and domination.
Terrance places high importance on the regulation of the metahuman population. Being one himself however, he is not hellbent on destroying all those with superhuman powers like the government-sponsored Dominus agency is/was. In order to maintain order, governments must be able to manage and track possible liabilities and assets, while still maintaining some standards of privacy and human rights.
Those whose powers stem from unconvential means, such as magic and wizardry, are always to be considered a liability and a danger to the world’s natural order. They are elements of chaos that must either be weeded out entirely or meticulously monitored and kept on a tight leash. Terrance has a great personal dislike of magic, partly because it defies any form of logic and reason. He takes a hard line in this, but is willing to make exceptions when the nature of one’s ‘magic’ can be scientifically explained rather than being just ‘magiiiiic’.
He will not however compromise in his stance against demonic, angelic or otherwise otherworldly entities. These have no place in our world, and must be wiped off its face entirely. Terminate with extreme prejudice.

Individuals or organizations, especially those consisting of metahumans (or worse, mages and creatures of magic) that plot for world domination must be destroyed. These pose a direct and clear danger to mankind, and must be dealt with accordingly. These are Terrance’s greatest enemies, and he will stop at nothing to see to their ruination.

History:

“History is the distillation of rumour.”
- Thomas Carlyle

There are no records of Terrance’s history; only whispers. And if these whispers are to believed, then he is surely a man to be feared. His name pops up every once in a while, usually connected to the trafficking of high-value information or weapons on the black market, but only in mention, never directly connected to the case.
Because no one has actually met Terrance in the flesh, not even those who claimed to have worked under his orders, and there is no trail of breadcrumbs regarding his identity or history, the body of knowledge regarding this consists only of rumours.
Some say he used to be a CIA intelligence analyst, but went rogue and started working on his own agenda. Others say he is a terrorist, a scoundrel, a black hat hacker with the sole intention to see the world burn, and some even say he is not even human. This leaves the most plausible theory to be that he does not exist at all, and is in fact only an elaborate spook story of which the origin has been forgotten.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing us he didn’t exist.

Powers and Abilities

“Scientia Potentia est.”
-Sir Francis Bacon

Powers:

Telepathy:
Terrance has the ability to mentally transfer and receive information. Besides allowing him to telepathically interact with others and serve as a telepathic relay between members of a group, this power also enables him to covertly extract information from people’s brain, be it voluntary or not (requires player’s permission, otherwise NPC only). Terrance does not require visual range. He can find people’s minds telepathically.
The range of this ability is around 3 miles, though forceful extraction requires close physical proximity (at least 70 ft.).
The only exceptions to the range rules are those whom he has telepathically interacted with for longer periods of time. Prolonged telepathical contact with others creates a link between him and them which allows him to bypass the range limiters entirely, thus enabling worldwide telepathic communication and information exchange with these individuals.
Technopathy:
Besides his ability to interact with the minds of sentient (or semi-sentient) life-forms, Terrance is also able to mentally interact with complex machinery. He can interact with computer systems using only his mind, though this does not give him instant access or control. Although hacking no longer requires specific tools, it is still dependent on the user’s intelligence and skill at hacking. Considering Terrance’s absurd level of intellect this point might as well be null.
The range of this ability is around 1000 ft. Visual contact is not required; compatible technology can be sensed.

Abilities

“Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.”
- Arthur C. Clarke

Super-genius Intellect :
Terrance is extraordinary brilliant. In fact, he could be counted among the most intelligent beings on the planet. Even without his mental link to his spy satellite network and quantum computer (see items) he is an intellectual heavyweight almost without peer.
Computer Specialist/Master Hacker
Terrance is an expert at pretty much everything computer-related, and basically any technology existing, regardless of its complexity.
Expert Intelligence Analyst
Terrance is very skilled at both the procuring and analysis of intelligence on enemies, allies and any other parties, and using this for his own purposes. He can create extremely elaborate plots, triggering chains of events on a global scale without anyone ever knowing he had a hand in it-beyond what he wants them to know, of course.

Weaknesses

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
-Sun Tzu

Combat:
Terrance is extremely vulnerable in combat, and has little to no offensive or defensive capabilities. In battle he must rely solely on his gadgets and allies.

Power Grid:
STR:2
DUR:2
SPD:2
INT: 10
OCC: -
FS:2
Telepathy:5
Technopathy:5
Wealth:5

(32 points spent, point transfer from trashed character Blacksmith)

Items:

Name: Yog-Sothoth
Description: A network of incredibly powerful quantum computers created by Terrance, allowing him to process incredible amounts of data within the blink of an eye. Very useful for hacking nigh impenetrable security systems, though that is only one of the many applications such a ridiculously powerful computer would have to offer. Terrance has several of these, one in each base/hideout.
The computers share information through data-teleportation, which is basically instantaneous downloading and uploading unrelated to ‘the internet’ or any other traditional method.
Each of these runs on a self-sustaining energy-source.

10 INT, 5 Wealth

Name: The Prying Eyes (part of Yog-Sothoth network_
Description: A series of spy satellites in orbit around earth that are able to monitor the world in high-definition. These satellites are linked up to the Yog-Sothoth network, and as such are inaccessible through any other means. Every satellite is heavily armored and outfitted with a cloaking field protecting it from nearly any form of detection.

8 INT, 5 Wealth

Name: Man-Machine Interface
Description: Cybernetic implants in Terrance’s brain have given him a mental link with the Yog-Sothoth network and anything connected to it, allowing him to technopathically connect to them regardless of distance. This is the reason for Terrance’s extreme capacity for processing information and his vast knowledge seemingly bordering on omniscience.
A failsafe measure is provided that allows Terrance to sever this link semi-permanently (until cybernetics have been manually updated by himself).

9 INT

Name: Data Screw
Description: Small objects that are indistinguishable to common screws, by all but the most discerning eyes; when placed properly they pose as a conduit for Terrance’s technopathic powers, being connected to his MMI. Any technology in a 100 ft. radius of a data screw can be monitored and controlled by Terrance, though not with the same ease and efficiency if his power would be used normally.

9 INT

by **Chellizard** April 15th 2013, 5:02 pm

Okay. Approved and moved. (:

by **Chellizard** April 17th 2016, 2:22 pm

trashed upon request/revamp.

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