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Maia Guarao is a medium. She was mentored by [[Dead Jack]], caretaker of the [[untended graveyard]].
 
 
{{Character sheet/Steel Town
 
{{Character sheet/Steel Town
 
| player        = Dave
 
| player        = Dave
 
| charactername = Maia Guarao
 
| charactername = Maia Guarao
| highconcept  = Amateur medium
+
| high concept  = minimum wage medium
 
| trouble      = Hard to close my third eye
 
| trouble      = Hard to close my third eye
 
| template      = Minor Talent
 
| template      = Minor Talent
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;; Running with a bad crowd
 
;; Running with a bad crowd
 
;; Mentored by Dead Jack
 
;; Mentored by Dead Jack
;; Overly sensitive to outside emotions
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;; Don't tell ''me'' what I can't do
 
;; Evelyn Dick's axe
 
;; Evelyn Dick's axe
 
;; Cooler heads prevail
 
;; Cooler heads prevail
| skills4 = Empathy  :: Lore
+
| skills5 = Empathy
| skills3 = Alertness :: Discipline
+
| skills4 = Discipline :: Lore
| skills2 = Investigation :: Stealth :: Weapons
+
| skills3 = Alertness :: Deceit :: Stealth
| skills1 = Conviction    :: Fists   :: Endurance :: Athletics :: _____
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| skills2 = Contacts  :: Conviction :: Investigation
 +
| skills1 = Athletics  :: Burglary   :: Endurance     :: Rapport :: Weapons
 
| stunts=
 
| stunts=
;; Natural Empath // -1 // Empathy checks to evaluate a target's emotional state are at +1, and take one time increment less than usual.
+
;; Natural Empath
;; Face in the Crowd // -1 // Stealth checks to blend in and hide among a crowd are at +2.
+
;; Face in the Crowd
;; Ghost Speaker             // -1
+
;; Ghost Speaker
;; The Sight               // -1
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;; The Sight
;; Item of Power // +2 // Evelyn Dick's axe: when wielding the axe, the following powers are gained:
+
;; Soulgaze // 0 // Application of The Sight
;; Cloak of Shadows // -1
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;; Item of Power :: Evelyn Dick's axe // +2
;; Incite Emotion (betrayal) // -1
+
;; Cloak of Shadows
;; Supernatural Sense // -1
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;; Incite Emotion :: betrayal
 +
;; Supernatural Sense :: smell fear
 
| physical = 3
 
| physical = 3
 
| mental  = 3
 
| mental  = 3
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| refresh  = 2
 
| refresh  = 2
 
}}
 
}}
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Maia Guarao is a medium. She was mentored by [[Dead Jack]], caretaker of the [[untended graveyard]].
 +
{{relationship | was mentored by | Dead Jack }}
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{{relationship | rents a room from | David Shu}}
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<!-- {{relationship | made a deal with | a dragon}} -->
  
 
== Background ==
 
== Background ==
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My dad always spoke strongly and frequently against the increasing numbers of middle-eastern and other non-white people in Hamilton, so even when Rushad and I started sort-of dating I never told my family about him. I spent more and more time out of the house, hanging with him or some older kids I knew. We drank and we smoked cigarettes, we loitered and shoplifted. Then one day one of the guys showed up with a big book under his arm and a big grin on his face, and told us about magic. That was when all of our lives changed.  
 
My dad always spoke strongly and frequently against the increasing numbers of middle-eastern and other non-white people in Hamilton, so even when Rushad and I started sort-of dating I never told my family about him. I spent more and more time out of the house, hanging with him or some older kids I knew. We drank and we smoked cigarettes, we loitered and shoplifted. Then one day one of the guys showed up with a big book under his arm and a big grin on his face, and told us about magic. That was when all of our lives changed.  
  
'''Phase aspect:''' {{Aspect | Ran with a bad crowd}}
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'''Phase aspect:''' {{aspect | Ran with a bad crowd}}
 
<!-- Persian names of interest:
 
<!-- Persian names of interest:
AMARDAD: Immortality; Av. Ameretat; Pahl. Amurdad
 
ADAR: Fire; name of an angel. Av. Atar, Pahl. Atur
 
AZAD: Noble
 
AZARKEVAN: Fire of Saturn; name of a famous dastur
 
DIVBAND: Binder of demons
 
ISHVAT: Desired
 
JAHANSUZ: Burner of the world; name of hero Barzu's son
 
 
RUSHAD: One whose soul is joyous, i.e. deceased
 
RUSHAD: One whose soul is joyous, i.e. deceased
 
Source: http://www.avesta.org/znames.htm
 
Source: http://www.avesta.org/znames.htm
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=== What shaped me ===
 
=== What shaped me ===
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'''Phase aspect:''' {{aspect|Mentored by [[Dead Jack]]}}
 +
 
=== My first adventure ===
 
=== My first adventure ===
 +
{{Background story | Shades of Sorrow | aspect = Don't tell ''me'' what I can't do }}
 
=== Whose path I have crossed ===
 
=== Whose path I have crossed ===
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{{Background story | Princess Undine | aspect = Evelyn's axe }}
 
=== Who appeared in my dreams ===
 
=== Who appeared in my dreams ===
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{{Background story | All Fall Down | aspect = Cooler heads prevail }}
 +
 +
=== Developments ===
 +
 +
Changed high concept to {{aspect|minimum wage medium}} to reflect her string of minimum-wage jobs.
 +
 +
== Relationships ==
 +
 +
=== Jack Marks ===
 +
 +
Jack came to my rescue when I was overwhelmed at Evelyn Dick's house. ([[Shades of Sorrow]])
 +
 +
=== Anton ===
 +
 +
=== Allan Tarik ===
 +
 +
I helped Allan find a missing tarot deck after a dream led me to him. ([[All Fall Down]])
 +
 +
=== David Shu ===
 +
 +
Together we found some items missing from the museum. ([[Princess Undine]])
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
  
{{Characters in Steel Town}}
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<!-- {{#widget:twitter | id=369894086611705856 }} -->
 +
 
 
[[Category: Characters who see dead people]]
 
[[Category: Characters who see dead people]]
 
{{DEFAULTSORT: Guarao, Maia}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT: Guarao, Maia}}

Latest revision as of 16:46, 6 May 2014

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Maia Guarao
High Concept minimum wage medium
Trouble Hard to close my third eye
Template [[template::Minor Talent]]
Aspects
Skills
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                 Template:))
Great (+4) Discipline :: Lore Template:((#set: has skill = discipline :: lore ; 4
                 Template:))
Good (+3) Alertness  :: Deceit :: Stealth Template:((#set: has skill = alertness  :: deceit :: stealth ; 3
                 Template:))
Decent (+2) Contacts  :: Conviction :: Investigation Template:((#set: has skill = contacts  :: conviction :: investigation ; 2
                 Template:))
Average (+1) Athletics  :: Burglary  :: Endurance  :: Rapport :: Weapons Template:((#set: has skill = athletics  :: burglary  :: endurance  :: rapport :: weapons ; 1
                 Template:))
Points used 15 remaining Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". total Template:((#show: Steel Town |? skill points Template:))
Stunts
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format=template template=SMW stunt line
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FP 2 Refresh 2
physical
 
 
mental
 
 
social
 
 
mild moderate serious extreme

{{#set: campaign = Steel Town }}{{#set: is in campaign = Steel Town }}{{#set: has name =Maia Guarao}}{{#set: has status =active}}{{#set: player = Dave | is a = PC | PC in campaign = Steel Town }}

Maia Guarao is a medium. She was mentored by Dead Jack, caretaker of the untended graveyard. {{#set: has relationship = Dead Jack ; was mentored by }}{{#set: was mentored by = Dead Jack }}{{#set_internal: Is relationship of

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  | Has description= was mentored by 
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{{#set: has relationship = David Shu; rents a room from }}{{#set: rents a room from = David Shu }}{{#set_internal: Is relationship of

  | Has name= David Shu
  | Has description= rents a room from 
  }}

Background[edit]

Growing up[edit]

I grew up in Hamilton, youngest of a pretty big Portugese family. I had six older brothers and no sisters, so most of the time I was either ignored or coddled by my dad, either ignored or bullied by my brothers, and worked like an ox by my mom. Home life was kinda rough on me. We didn't have much money, and there were all sorts of demands on me: social and religious stuff, and of course my mom and I were the only ones thought fit do do any housework.

I didn't have a lot of friends at school — most of the kids there were from big catholic families too, and they didn't see anything wrong with the assumption that a boy's job was to be strong and smart, and a girl's job was to clean up after the smart and strong men in her life. But in high school there was a boy who was different. His name was Rushad, and he was Persian. I thought it was kind of funny, having heard that men from the middle east oppressed women so much, that he was the only boy I felt comfortable with.

My dad always spoke strongly and frequently against the increasing numbers of middle-eastern and other non-white people in Hamilton, so even when Rushad and I started sort-of dating I never told my family about him. I spent more and more time out of the house, hanging with him or some older kids I knew. We drank and we smoked cigarettes, we loitered and shoplifted. Then one day one of the guys showed up with a big book under his arm and a big grin on his face, and told us about magic. That was when all of our lives changed.

Phase aspect: Ran with a bad crowd

What shaped me[edit]

Phase aspect: Mentored by Dead Jack

My first adventure[edit]

{{#ask: Shades of Sorrow

     |?title = 
     |?blurb = 
     |?content = 
     |mainlabel=-
     |format=array | propsep= [edit]

}}

Shades of Sorrow


Phase aspect: {{#set: has aspect=Don't tell me what I can't do}}Don't tell me what I can't do

Whose path I have crossed[edit]

{{#ask: Princess Undine

     |?title = 
     |?blurb = 
     |?content = 
     |mainlabel=-
     |format=array | propsep= [edit]

}}

Princess Undine


Phase aspect: {{#set: has aspect=Evelyn's axe}}Evelyn's axe

Who appeared in my dreams[edit]

{{#ask: All Fall Down

     |?title = 
     |?blurb = 
     |?content = 
     |mainlabel=-
     |format=array | propsep= [edit]

}}

All Fall Down


Phase aspect: {{#set: has aspect=Cooler heads prevail}}Cooler heads prevail

Developments[edit]

Changed high concept to minimum wage medium to reflect her string of minimum-wage jobs.

Relationships[edit]

Jack Marks[edit]

Jack came to my rescue when I was overwhelmed at Evelyn Dick's house. (Shades of Sorrow)

Anton[edit]

Allan Tarik[edit]

I helped Allan find a missing tarot deck after a dream led me to him. (All Fall Down)

David Shu[edit]

Together we found some items missing from the museum. (Princess Undine)

Links[edit]

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