CyberPunk 2020

[Phoenix Taichou]

Here will follow an example Bio, how I'd like you all to do yours. Only fill this out once you've worked on your character with me and I give you the go ahead to write it up. As per normal RP rules, send the bio to me first and I'll okay it if there's no problems.

I'll point out here I'm going for more of a realistc approach than a metagaming approach. A lot of the bio is optional, so you can essentially only write what someone would see if they'd just met them (ie, they wouldn't know their skills, hidden cybernetics, family history) and you can reveal this during the game, as long as I know all this information beforehand.

Name: [Pretty Self Explanatory]
Role: [This will be Solo for all of you, but otherwise would be something like Media, Rockerboy/girl, Cop, Netrunner etc]
Age: [How old your character is - this was determinted as part of the Lifepath]
Appearance: [This will be your physical description of your character, which should include what you rolled/picked for Clothes, Hairstyle and Affectations]
Ethnicity: [Where you are from, can be general (Africa) or more specific (Nairobi, Kenya)]
Languages: [What languages you speak. Optional. Everyone speaks their native language and StreetSlang, which you can count as a mashup of a Universal language and English, used primarily in Night City, America, and spatterings around the "civilized" world.]

Outstanding Attributes: [Pick two or three of your highest stats and write them here as an indication of your characters better attributes. This is optional but useful for the others to know
Outstanding Skills: [Again, optional, but write as many skills as you want the others to know you have. This helps the other players to know what you can and can't do, but you can leave this out for ingame panic
when you all realise nobody knows how to hack a security panel to shut down those machine gun turrets ]
Favoured Weapons: [Everyone is a fighter in CyberPunk, even the MedTechies and Medias. Post here your favourted TYPE of weapon (ie, rifle, shotgun, pistol, you can make it slightly more specific, such as heavy pistol, assault rifle, sniper rifle)]
Cybernetics: [Write here your overt cybernetics - those that are on show, obvious, or that you otherwise make no attempt to hide. Those that are hidden, or your character makes a conscious effort to hide, do not put them here, that way it'll be a surprise for the others ]

Family History: [Write here your family history, using the results from the Family Background rolls/picks. This will be your history up until around 16. Include your Siblings that were rolled for. Extensive background is optional]
Background: [Write here your characters background using the results from the Lifepath rolls. This will be 16 to your current age. Extensive background optional.
Personality & Motivations: [What your character is like, how they react to others, what they find most important in life, basically build on your rolls/picks from the Motivations section.]

[Pyra]

Name: Skaði "The Viking" Guðrún
Role: Solo
Age: 25
Appearance: Long blond hair and mirrorshades are the first things you notice when you see her face, which while not unattractive is not striking in an attention grabbing way. Behind the mirrorshades are a pair of eyes of a blue that isn't vivid enough to confirm one or more of them being cyberoptics. Brown boots, a white vest and urban pattern pants and jacket suggest someone who prefers form to function or likes to appear as such. Seeing her however you wouldn't consider that it is part of a style. If it were, her left arm would be chromed and not layered with armour and the knife on the back of her belt and pistol in an ankle holster would probably look more aggressive.
Ethnicity: Norwegian
Languages: StreetSlang, Norwegian

Outstanding Attributes: Body
Outstanding Skills: Combat Sense, Awareness, Athletics
Favoured Weapons: Axe, FN-RAL
Cybernetics: Left Arm is cybernetic and armoured. The observant will notice signs of a sub-dermal polymer skin weave.

Family History: Skaði was brought up in the Scandinavian peninsula by her mother and father. Her parents travelled in the frozen north of Europe out of necessity rather than choice. They lived free, and without deception but they did not live honestly and that was how Skaði was brought up. The family survived of what they could forage and find and what others were not strong enough to protect. Most honest folk thought of them as bandits and that sort of reputation attracts that sort of person. Soon there were plenty of 'friends', and that took the Skaði's parents down a more criminal route that they'd have liked. The more criminal the activity the more those in authority like to crack down on it and eventually someone betrayed the group to save their own skin. Many arrests where made, Skaði and her sister Gerðr managed to escape and managed to make of with a few weapons in the process.
Background: Begin raised among criminals Skaði has no problems breaking the law for money. As such she has worked with various criminals to earn more than enough to live. The criminal influence has had negative effects on Skaði, though it has been many years since she got over her addiction, she still hates drugs and users. While she values her own safety, she is not above taking risks to get a job done which she proved with the loss of her arm during a hit.
Personality & Motivations: Some people get into crime because it's the only way they know how to live. Skaði could use that excuse, but that is all it would be. She likes the money and she enjoys using her own strength (physical and mental) to overcome challenges. Some would be put of by the fact that their tests of strength often hurt people, but of given the chance they'd hurt her so Skaði doesn't mind it. Perhaps it is because she doesn't mind hurting people she comes across as cold at best and hostile at worst even to those she likes.

[Ciaran]

Name: Jensen Dante
Role: Solo
Age: 26
Appearance: First impressions are usually about his celebrity style good looks - from his chiselled cheekbones, strong jaw and almost perfect physique... something that matters to Jensen a lot. His cold brown eyes stay concealed behind his aviator sunglasses, with his brown hair combed back professional (though, not slicked). He wears a brown biker jacket with red details, a white vest with a Kevlar vest concealed underneath, dark blue jeans and heavy black boots.
Ethnicity: Anglo-American
Languages: StreetSlang, English

Outstanding Attributes: BODY, ATTR, COOL
Outstanding Skills: Atheletics, Combat Sense, Brawling, Handgun
Favoured Weapons: S&W Magnum, Winchester Rifle
Cybernetics: Fangs

Family History: Born into a family of secrets, crime and deception, Jensen hides his past from others – despite this, he led a rather happy life before the death of his parents. His father was a wealthy crime lord of infamous proportions, which led to himself and his wife’s brutal murder at the hands of a rival mafia. Jensen’s father kept his “business” secret from his entire family, with the exception of Jensen, who was to take over the family business once he was old enough.  This lead to Jensen and his sister being raised by the criminals from his Father’s mafia. Jensen prefers not to talk about his past, including his sister and parents.
Background: Jensen eventually escaped the combat zone, with most people think that he’s probably dead by now. Most of Jensen’s background includes various romantic involvements, affairs and hot dates, partly due to his stunningly good looks. He was imprisoned at the age of 19 for 5 months, though he never says why he was imprisoned – rumour has it that it was something to do with torture... For a few years, Jensen led a relatively good life of crime and sex. He finally met the love of his life and married her at the age of 25, but the marriage was cut short after his wife committed suicide (or so it seems). Exactly a year after, now at 26, tragedy struck again, as his lover after has gone mysteriously missing.
Personality & Motivations: Cold, aggressive, antisocial, narcissistic, selfish and arrogant are the best words to describe Jensen.  His motivation is to claim his power, fortune and place as head of his father’s mafia.

[Zirak]

Name: William “Wil” Hinley
Role: Solo
Age: 25
Appearance: Wil is fairly tall at 6’ 1” and has a wiry, but toned, frame and it’s obvious at a glance that he keeps himself in shape. His hair is an inky black and is mid-length, below his ears but above his shoulders. He tends to wear it free and this, combined with his usually unshaven face, gives him a scruffy look. His left eye is a bright blue while his right is a blood red, hinting at coloured lenses if not a little more. A slightly worn brown trench coat, brown fingerless gloves, heavy black boots and worn black trousers complete the look of someone who has spent plenty of time on the fringes of civilisation, not quite urban but not completely wild either.
Ethnicity: European
Languages: English, StreetSlang

Outstanding Attributes: REF, BODY
Outstanding Skills: Handguns, Combat Sense, Brawling, Melee
Favoured Weapons: Colt AMT Model 2000, Kendachi MonoKnife
Cybernetics: None you foo's know about. XP
Family History: William was born to a British crime family that had moved to America to exploit bigger and better opportunities on the larger continent. In order to survive the tough competition from rival gangs and corporations alike the family was forced to adopt a harsher policy to survive. As Wil wasn’t the first born he was swiftly taken from his parents and brought up as an “Enforcer” for the family, tasked with using casual – or swift – violence to, well, enforce the family’s various dubious businesses and dealings. Bodyguard, leg-breaker, forceful negotiator...any role that required an application of violence he was trained for and tasked for. As a result the family business grew into a small, but profitable, organisation that was well-respected in their local part of the city but still made certain enemies, as is inevitable in the line of work the family operate.
Background: As a result of his upbringing he barely knows his parents, knowing only to respect and obey their orders. The eldest son was educated in taking over the family business as an heir and the disdain he feels for Wil started early. Believing him to below his social standing he often went out of his way to express this and a growing resentment developed between them. The second son was tasked with the same jobs as Wil, though he rarely mixed with him, save for the odd job they would have to handle as a pair. As he is still part of the family bloodline Wil will always be ranked higher than the most successful “non-related” family member, but will never amount to anything more than an Enforcer, caught in the space between two different types of life. The only solace he found as he grew up was his mentor, a servant the family had brought over from England. He taught Wil most of what he knows and practically became a surrogate father for him as he grew up. His mentor is perhaps the only person Wil would listen to over his older family, due to the bond they have developed.
Personality & Motivations: William is not shy to using violence to get his way, that having been how he has operated for most of his life, but he is calm and controlled. His upbringing has instilled a certain level of discipline that keeps his trigger finger holstered, until he feels violence is necessary. He doesn’t tend to show emotion except around his girlfriend, the only person he feels he can really open up to, someone not related to his family business in any way. As he is now getting older Wil has begun to question his direction in life and the yearning he has felt to break away from the strict regime of his family has grown stronger. He wants to forge ahead on his own, preferably with Sally at his side.