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==Description==
==Description==
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Something's Rotten in Frisco (City Threat)
Something's Rotten in Frisco (City Threat)
==Aspects==
==Aspects==
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*DIABOLIST MASTERMIND
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*DIABOLIST MASTERMIND (High Concept)
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*LUST FOR POWER
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*SHADOW OF A DOUBT (Trouble)
*CHARMING, BUT EVIL
*CHARMING, BUT EVIL
*FULL-TIME PHILANTHROPIST
*FULL-TIME PHILANTHROPIST
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*Mentor to [[DF:Solomon Dubois|Solomon]] and [[DF:Robin Wheeler|Robin]].
*Mentor to [[DF:Solomon Dubois|Solomon]] and [[DF:Robin Wheeler|Robin]].
*Rival collector of books with [[DF:Tolliver Pritchard|Tolliver]].
*Rival collector of books with [[DF:Tolliver Pritchard|Tolliver]].
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*Currently dating [[Deirdre Donovan]].
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*Tutored under Master Sung.
==Skills==
==Skills==
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*Lore +6
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*Alertness +2
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*Athletics +2 (+4, +6 sprinting)
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*Conviction +4
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*Craftsmanship +3
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*Deceit +5 (+7 incorporating truth)
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*Discipline +4
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*Empathy +3
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*Endurance +2
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*Intimidation +2
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*Investigation  +2
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*Lore +6 (+7 research demons)
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*Presence +3
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*Rapport +3
*Resources +5
*Resources +5
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*Conviction +4, Discipline +4, Scholarship +4
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*Scholarship +4
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*Presence +3, Deceit +3, Rapport +3
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Others default to Average (+1).
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*Contacts +2, Intimidation +2, Athletics +2 (+4), Alertness +2
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*Endurance +1, Guns +1, Craftsmanship +1, Empathy +1, Investigation +1
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==Stunts==
==Stunts==
*High Quality Workspace (Resources)
*High Quality Workspace (Resources)
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*Honest Lies (Deceit)
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*Occultist: Demons (Lore)
==Gideon's Powers==
==Gideon's Powers==
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*Evocation (Air +2 control, Spirit +1 control, Fire) -3
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*Evocation (Air, Spirit, Fire) -3
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*Thaumaturgy (Diabolism +1 complexity, Psychomancy +1 complexity, Crafting +1 strength) -3
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*Thaumaturgy -3
*The Sight -1
*The Sight -1
*Soulgaze 0
*Soulgaze 0
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*Refinement -5
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*Refinement -6
*Sponsored Magic (Hellfire) -2
*Sponsored Magic (Hellfire) -2
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*'''Spent Refresh:''' -15
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*Sponsered Magic (Kemmlerian Necromancy) -2
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*'''Spent Refresh:''' -20
==Azazel's Powers==
==Azazel's Powers==
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*Human Guise 0
 
*Supernatural Sense -1: See in the dark
*Supernatural Sense -1: See in the dark
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*True Shapeshifting -4: +4 to Deceit and Stealth
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*Wings -1
*Supernatural Speed -4: Always first for initiative, Athletics checks +2 (+4 for sprinting), move two zones without -1 penalty
*Supernatural Speed -4: Always first for initiative, Athletics checks +2 (+4 for sprinting), move two zones without -1 penalty
*Mythic Recovery -6: Recover from all physical consequences before the beginning of the next scene, never need to sleep, clear a mild physical consequence as a supplemental action thrice a conflict
*Mythic Recovery -6: Recover from all physical consequences before the beginning of the next scene, never need to sleep, clear a mild physical consequence as a supplemental action thrice a conflict
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*Mythic Toughness -6: Armor:3 against physical stress, six additional physical stress boxes  
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*Mythic Toughness -6: Armor:3 against physical stress, six additional physical stress boxes
*The Catch (Holy Stuff) +2
*The Catch (Holy Stuff) +2
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*'''Spent Refresh:''' -15
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*'''Spent Refresh:''' -20
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==Stress==
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==Specialization==
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*Physical: 3+6, Armor:3
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===Evocation===
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*Mental: 4
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*Air Power +2
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*Social: 4
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*Spirit Control +1
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*Spirit Power +1
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===Thaumaturgy===
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*Crafting Frequency +1
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*Crafting Strength +1
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*Diabolism Complexity +2
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*Necromancy Complexity +1 (+2)
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*Necromancy Control +3 (+4)
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*Psychomancy Complexity +2
==Focus Items==
==Focus Items==
*Silver SS ring (+2 offensive air control and power) (4 slots)
*Silver SS ring (+2 offensive air control and power) (4 slots)
==Enchanted Items==
==Enchanted Items==
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*Protective Eye of Horus Amulet (Epic (+7) block or Armor:3)
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*Protective Eye of Horus Amulet (Epic (+7) block against attacks or Armor:3, twice a session)
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*Tattoo of angel on his back (Legendary+1 (+9) block on any attempt to detect his diabolical influences) (3 slots)
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*Tattoo of angel on his back (Mythic (+9) block on any attempt to detect his diabolical influences, twice a session) (3 slots)
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==Rotes==
==Rotes==
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*'''Palpatine Lightning''' (Weapon:8 Legendary (+8) hellfire-boosted air attack, 2 stress, requires ring)
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{| border=1
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*'''Flaying Winds''' (Weapon:5 Legendary (+8) hellfire-boosted air attack on a zone, 1 stress, requires ring)
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! Name !! Type !! Cost !! Effect !! Notes
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*'''Electrical Travel''' (Legendary (+8) hellfire-boosted air sprint, 1 stress, requires ring)
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|-
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*'''Spell Flaying''' (Weapon:6 Legendary (+8) hellfire-boosted air counterspell, 1 stress, requires ring)
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| '''Palpatine Lightning''' || Air+ Offensive Attack || 2 || Weapon:10 physical attack on a single target || requires ring
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*'''Lightning Shield''' (Fantastic (+6) hellfire-boosted air block for three exchanges, 3 stress, requires ring)
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*'''Force Lance''' (Weapon:4 Superb (+5) spirit attack, 1 stress)
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| '''Flaying Winds''' || Air+ Offensive Attack || 1 || Weapon:7 physical attack on a zone || requires ring
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|-
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| '''Taste of Death''' || Spirit+ Offensive Attack || 3 || Weapon:6 mental attack on a zone ||
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|-
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| '''Electrical Travel''' || Air Defensive Sprint || 1 || six zones of movement through electrical lines ||
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|-
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| '''Spell Flaying''' || Air Offensive Counterspell || 1 || counters a spell of up to Epic (+8) power || requires ring
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|-
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| '''Decay Shield''' || Air Defensive Block || 3 || Fantastic (+6) block against physical attacks for three exchanges ||
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|}
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+ Necromantic and hellfire-boosted.
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==Notes==
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All of his rotes require his focus ring.
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He always goes first, with his ring he can channel Fantastic (+6) power (Epic (+7) if he's hurting someone with hell-lightning) with Legendary (+8) control, but he only has a Great (+4) defense. He usually doesn't wear his ring when he's not doing evil, so he is only bringing Great (+4) power with Fantastic (+6) control, but likes that it gets people to underestimate him. He owns a Fantastic (+6) arcane library specializing in Diabolism and has two Good (+3) arcane sanctums.
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==Stress==
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*'''Physical:''' 3+6, Armor:3
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*'''Mental:''' 4
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*'''Social:''' 4
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*'''Moderate Mental Consequence:''' Shaken
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*'''Severe Mental Consequence:''' Flashbacks
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*'''Extreme Mental Consequence:''' Shadow of a Doubt
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*'''Free Tag:''' Pushed to the Back of My Mind
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He lives in a chateauesque mansion in Pacific Heights. 68 years old (looks 50).
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==Combat==
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He always goes first and has Great (+4) defense and magical attacks. With his ring he can channel Legendary (+8) power (+1 if hurting someone) with +6 control using necromantic hellfire-infused air. He usually doesn't wear his ring when he's not doing evil, so he is only bringing Superb (+5) power with +1 control using spirit, but likes that it gets people to underestimate him. He is also capable of diabolism, necromancy, and psychomancy at the speed and methods of evocation.
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==Notes==
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He owns a Fantastic (+6) arcane library specializing in Diabolism, two Good (+3) arcane sanctums, and one Superb (+5) one. He lives in a chateauesque mansion in Pacific Heights. 68 years old (looks 50).
==History==
==History==
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Gideon was born Helge Potthast in 1942 to Heinrich Himmler and his mistress, former secretary Hedwig Potthast. His sister, Nanette Dorothea Potthast, is two years younger. After the war, in the summer of 1945, their mother took advantage of Himmler's connections in the Lebensborn program to relocate to a maternity home in Norway. Eventually, she married a man named Edward Kindle in 1948, bores him a son (Edward Jr) in 1949, and they moved to the United States in 1953. All paperwork in the States lists Kindle as their father and his first name as Gideon (after Edward's father), while his sister became Dorothy. As a child, he has a fascination with the Nazis and popular theories about Nazi occultism lead him into an interest in the occult. Managing to acquire a common ritual at the age of 18, he bargains with a demon (Belial) for magical ability. The White Council notices his newly-acquired ability and brings him into the fold. Shortly after, in 1961, Kemmler is brought down for the last time. Stories of his past exploits are easy to come by and he spends a lot of time researching him. By the 70s, he is a full member of the White Council and takes on Robin Wheeler as his first apprentice. His attempts to get a working version of the Darkhallow ritual end in 1985 when the group of young diabolists he's been manipulating try it and fail. He abandons the Kemmlerian approach and instead researches other paths to power, eventually coming full circle to diabolic means and the Blackened Denarii.
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Gideon was born Helge Potthast in 1942 to Heinrich Himmler and his mistress, former secretary Hedwig Potthast. His sister, Nanette Dorothea Potthast, is two years younger. After the war, in the summer of 1945, their mother took advantage of Himmler's connections in the Lebensborn program to relocate to a maternity home in Oslo, Norway. Eventually, she married a man named Edward Kindle in 1948, bears him a son (Edward Jr) in 1949, and they moved to the United States in 1953. All paperwork in the States lists Kindle as their father and his first name as Gideon (after Edward's father), while his sister became Dorothy.  
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As a child, he has a fascination with the Nazis and popular theories about Nazi occultism lead him into an interest in the occult. Managing to acquire a common ritual at the age of 18, he bargains with a demon (Belial) for magical ability. The White Council notices his newly-acquired ability and brings him into the fold, apprenticed under Master Sung with Arthur Englund. Shortly after, in 1961, Kemmler is brought down for the last time. Stories of his past exploits are easy to come by and he spends a lot of time researching him. By the 70s, he is a full member of the White Council and takes on Robin Wheeler as his first apprentice. He learns Kemmlerian necromancy using books acquired from the [[Winchester House]], which he had his family's company purchase in 1980 so that he could search for the hidden wine cellar and its private entrance to the demense. His attempts to enact the Darkhallow ritual end in 1985 when the group of young diabolists he's been manipulating try it and fail. He abandons the Kemmlerian approach and instead researches other paths to power, eventually coming full circle to diabolic means and the Blackened Denarii.
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==Kindle Investment Group==
==Kindle Investment Group==
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His father was a wealthy industrialist in Norway who made a small fortune during the second world war as part of the Nazi war effort. After the war, his marriage to a woman associated with Lebensborn and his own Nazi ties led to him selling his factories and taking his wealth with him to the United States. He invested his considerable wealth in new silicon transistor technology and a number of Stanford-based technology start-ups in the 1950s, resulting in the family acquiring a massive fortune. Edward Sr died in 1979 and Edward Jr took over the operation of the family business. Gideon consented to this and was happy instead to spearhead the family's considerable philanthropic enterprises. Currently, KIG owns shares of most major high-tech firms in Silicon Valley. Edward Jr lives in Mountain View with his family.
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His father was a wealthy industrialist in Norway who made a small fortune during the second world war as part of the Nazi war effort. After the war, his marriage to a woman associated with Lebensborn and his own Nazi ties led to him selling his factories and taking his wealth with him to the United States. He invested his considerable wealth in new silicon transistor technology and a number of Stanford-based technology start-ups in the 1950s, resulting in the family acquiring a massive fortune. Edward Sr died in 1979 and Edward Jr took over the operation of the family business. Gideon consented to this and was happy instead to spearhead the family's considerable philanthropic enterprises. Currently, KIG owns shares of most major high-tech firms in Silicon Valley. Edward Jr lives in Sunnyvale with his family.
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==Sea Cliff House==
==Sea Cliff House==
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This small but well-positioned home overlooking the Golden Gate belonged to Hedwig "Hedy" Kindle, who lived there until her dead in 1981 (at age 69) with daughter Dorothy. One of his arcane sanctum is in the basement, which has a convenient access to the shore under the Golden Gate Bridge, where currents allow for easy disposal of bodies. Any questionable activities he engages in are performed here.
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This small but well-positioned home overlooking the Golden Gate belonged to Hedwig "Hedy" Kindle, who lived there until her death in 1981 (at age 69) with daughter Dorothy. One of his arcane sanctum is in the basement, which has a convenient access to the shore under the Golden Gate Bridge, where currents allow for easy disposal of bodies. Any questionable activities he engages in are performed here.
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==Rebirth==
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He was born again to Rowan on April 30, 2011 but was baptized at the moment of birth by Daisy, purging his demonic blood and Rowan's ability to influence him. Rowan abandons the baby in Golden Gate Park where it is picked up by a homeless woman who lost her child.

Latest revision as of 15:26, 12 May 2012

Main/Overwhelming

Contents

Description

Good looking man in his 50s, greying at the temples, genial and self-deprecating.

Face

Something's Rotten in Frisco (City Threat)

Aspects

  • DIABOLIST MASTERMIND (High Concept)
  • SHADOW OF A DOUBT (Trouble)
  • CHARMING, BUT EVIL
  • FULL-TIME PHILANTHROPIST
  • COLLECTOR OF RARE BOOKS
  • THE PUPPET-MASTER
  • HOST OF AZAZEL

Motivation

Wants to achieve power, wealth, and immortality by any means necessary

Relationships

Skills

  • Alertness +2
  • Athletics +2 (+4, +6 sprinting)
  • Conviction +4
  • Craftsmanship +3
  • Deceit +5 (+7 incorporating truth)
  • Discipline +4
  • Empathy +3
  • Endurance +2
  • Intimidation +2
  • Investigation +2
  • Lore +6 (+7 research demons)
  • Presence +3
  • Rapport +3
  • Resources +5
  • Scholarship +4

Others default to Average (+1).

Stunts

  • High Quality Workspace (Resources)
  • Honest Lies (Deceit)
  • Occultist: Demons (Lore)

Gideon's Powers

  • Evocation (Air, Spirit, Fire) -3
  • Thaumaturgy -3
  • The Sight -1
  • Soulgaze 0
  • Refinement -6
  • Sponsored Magic (Hellfire) -2
  • Sponsered Magic (Kemmlerian Necromancy) -2
  • Spent Refresh: -20

Azazel's Powers

  • Supernatural Sense -1: See in the dark
  • True Shapeshifting -4: +4 to Deceit and Stealth
  • Wings -1
  • Supernatural Speed -4: Always first for initiative, Athletics checks +2 (+4 for sprinting), move two zones without -1 penalty
  • Mythic Recovery -6: Recover from all physical consequences before the beginning of the next scene, never need to sleep, clear a mild physical consequence as a supplemental action thrice a conflict
  • Mythic Toughness -6: Armor:3 against physical stress, six additional physical stress boxes
  • The Catch (Holy Stuff) +2
  • Spent Refresh: -20

Specialization

Evocation

  • Air Power +2
  • Spirit Control +1
  • Spirit Power +1

Thaumaturgy

  • Crafting Frequency +1
  • Crafting Strength +1
  • Diabolism Complexity +2
  • Necromancy Complexity +1 (+2)
  • Necromancy Control +3 (+4)
  • Psychomancy Complexity +2

Focus Items

  • Silver SS ring (+2 offensive air control and power) (4 slots)

Enchanted Items

  • Protective Eye of Horus Amulet (Epic (+7) block against attacks or Armor:3, twice a session)
  • Tattoo of angel on his back (Mythic (+9) block on any attempt to detect his diabolical influences, twice a session) (3 slots)

Rotes

Name Type Cost Effect Notes
Palpatine Lightning Air+ Offensive Attack 2 Weapon:10 physical attack on a single target requires ring
Flaying Winds Air+ Offensive Attack 1 Weapon:7 physical attack on a zone requires ring
Taste of Death Spirit+ Offensive Attack 3 Weapon:6 mental attack on a zone
Electrical Travel Air Defensive Sprint 1 six zones of movement through electrical lines
Spell Flaying Air Offensive Counterspell 1 counters a spell of up to Epic (+8) power requires ring
Decay Shield Air Defensive Block 3 Fantastic (+6) block against physical attacks for three exchanges

+ Necromantic and hellfire-boosted.

All of his rotes require his focus ring.

Stress

  • Physical: 3+6, Armor:3
  • Mental: 4
  • Social: 4
  • Moderate Mental Consequence: Shaken
  • Severe Mental Consequence: Flashbacks
  • Extreme Mental Consequence: Shadow of a Doubt
  • Free Tag: Pushed to the Back of My Mind

Combat

He always goes first and has Great (+4) defense and magical attacks. With his ring he can channel Legendary (+8) power (+1 if hurting someone) with +6 control using necromantic hellfire-infused air. He usually doesn't wear his ring when he's not doing evil, so he is only bringing Superb (+5) power with +1 control using spirit, but likes that it gets people to underestimate him. He is also capable of diabolism, necromancy, and psychomancy at the speed and methods of evocation.

Notes

He owns a Fantastic (+6) arcane library specializing in Diabolism, two Good (+3) arcane sanctums, and one Superb (+5) one. He lives in a chateauesque mansion in Pacific Heights. 68 years old (looks 50).

History

Gideon was born Helge Potthast in 1942 to Heinrich Himmler and his mistress, former secretary Hedwig Potthast. His sister, Nanette Dorothea Potthast, is two years younger. After the war, in the summer of 1945, their mother took advantage of Himmler's connections in the Lebensborn program to relocate to a maternity home in Oslo, Norway. Eventually, she married a man named Edward Kindle in 1948, bears him a son (Edward Jr) in 1949, and they moved to the United States in 1953. All paperwork in the States lists Kindle as their father and his first name as Gideon (after Edward's father), while his sister became Dorothy.

As a child, he has a fascination with the Nazis and popular theories about Nazi occultism lead him into an interest in the occult. Managing to acquire a common ritual at the age of 18, he bargains with a demon (Belial) for magical ability. The White Council notices his newly-acquired ability and brings him into the fold, apprenticed under Master Sung with Arthur Englund. Shortly after, in 1961, Kemmler is brought down for the last time. Stories of his past exploits are easy to come by and he spends a lot of time researching him. By the 70s, he is a full member of the White Council and takes on Robin Wheeler as his first apprentice. He learns Kemmlerian necromancy using books acquired from the Winchester House, which he had his family's company purchase in 1980 so that he could search for the hidden wine cellar and its private entrance to the demense. His attempts to enact the Darkhallow ritual end in 1985 when the group of young diabolists he's been manipulating try it and fail. He abandons the Kemmlerian approach and instead researches other paths to power, eventually coming full circle to diabolic means and the Blackened Denarii.

Kindle Investment Group

His father was a wealthy industrialist in Norway who made a small fortune during the second world war as part of the Nazi war effort. After the war, his marriage to a woman associated with Lebensborn and his own Nazi ties led to him selling his factories and taking his wealth with him to the United States. He invested his considerable wealth in new silicon transistor technology and a number of Stanford-based technology start-ups in the 1950s, resulting in the family acquiring a massive fortune. Edward Sr died in 1979 and Edward Jr took over the operation of the family business. Gideon consented to this and was happy instead to spearhead the family's considerable philanthropic enterprises. Currently, KIG owns shares of most major high-tech firms in Silicon Valley. Edward Jr lives in Sunnyvale with his family.

Sea Cliff House

This small but well-positioned home overlooking the Golden Gate belonged to Hedwig "Hedy" Kindle, who lived there until her death in 1981 (at age 69) with daughter Dorothy. One of his arcane sanctum is in the basement, which has a convenient access to the shore under the Golden Gate Bridge, where currents allow for easy disposal of bodies. Any questionable activities he engages in are performed here.

Rebirth

He was born again to Rowan on April 30, 2011 but was baptized at the moment of birth by Daisy, purging his demonic blood and Rowan's ability to influence him. Rowan abandons the baby in Golden Gate Park where it is picked up by a homeless woman who lost her child.