Nathan Cross

[Nathan Cross]

Nathan - Cross

Details
Full Name: Nathan Cross
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 35

Birthdate: 19th of Frost, 86th Year of the Age of Steel
Birthplace: Zaichaer

Fluencies: Common, Synskrit
Conversationals: None
Ineptitudes: None

Appearance

Nathan stands at about 5’8”, has a well-formed leaned muscular physique due to his training regimen. His medium-length brownish hair which he rarely kept combed unless he has to. A full-sleeve tattoo covering his left arm, the tattoo’s design intertwined with his cardinal runes tattoo. Regarding his clothing, he tends to stick with what makes him comfortable trading quantity for quality.

Nathan's right hand has been removed, cauterized at the wrist.

Personality

Nathan believes that you got to make use of the hands you're dealt. Can’t always wait for a good hand to seize the day. Make the most of what you've been dealt with, and also that you’re not always dealt a bad hand, but you gotta be ready when life dealt you a good hand least, it gets over your head. He also believes that there’s no such thing as useless information, just bad use of information. There are many roads that lead home, the same as there’s no one way to success. But when life does hit you really hard in the face, always know where the nearest hospital is. He considers his moves carefully. Nathan is someone who will not stick with a repetitive method but chooses to adapt to the situation. But he doesn't disregard tried and tested methods that are successful in the past. He always makes it a habit of learning from his mistakes and the mistakes of others to better himself. He is loyal to people he considers family. He could be quick-tempered at times.

History

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What can I say about myself? I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I guess that’s just how it is when your father works for the Grand Marshal. What kind of work you ask? I’m not sure myself, from what I overhear is that he was tasked with putting the bad guys to sleep. Well, that’s what he told my five-year-old self. He always told me what an honor it is to be serving his state and his Grand Marshal, and that everything that we have is thanks to that.

In the weeks leading up to my sixth birthday, my father has been spending less and less time at home, and when he did, he was always up in his workplace with his co-workers, always with their map and the colorful pins that frequently changes place, dotted throughout the map. As the days pass more and more of father’s friends from the office began staying at our house, all of them carried guns. It’s for our good he always says.

One afternoon he came home. With a tired face, but underneath that tiredness, some sort of peace could be seen. He plops down in his favorite chair, looks at the map while opening a bottle of his favorite drink. I came running to him. He picked me up and places me on his lap. He looked at me and smile, it was the first time in a long while that I’ve seen his smile. As he hugged me he said, “It’s almost over.” Tears rolling down his cheeks. I didn’t understand what he meant at that time. But as I stood there looking at the slab of stone in that dark, gloomy, and rainy Cuvindas afternoon, I understand one thing, it was never over.

I must’ve lost time and didn’t realize that the rain wasn’t dripping on my head anymore. I looked up and saw a black umbrella over my head.

“He was a good friend, it’s hard to find a good friend nowadays. Especially a good friend who cooks the best steak that I’ve ever tasted.” The person beside me said.

“The best steak in all of Zaichaer that even the Grand Marshal himself approves of.” The words left my mouth. I fought back the tears that began rolling down my cheeks.

“Why are you here?” the person asked. I remained silent. “After all this time,” the person continued.

“This is the last place on Ransera that I want to be in.”

“So, why are you here?”

I paused, wondering why I return home. I remember my father’s smile, as he told me "It’s almost over". I remembered the man that appeared out of thin air behind him and plunged a blade through his heart. I remembered my mother’s cry as she pushed me out of the carriage as another person spew fire from their hands and burned the carriage. I remembered the pillars of earth that crushed my father’s friends. If only my uncle came in time if only, they would still be alive. “To finish what he started.” I replied as I turn to the person beside me. I still remember his face, he looks thirty years older than what I remembered. I knelt on one knee and bowed my head, “Grand Marshal”.

“Beware that when hunting monsters, you do not become monsters” the Grand Marshal replied.

I guess he knew that my uncle has saved me and brought me out of the city to avoid the same fate as his older brother, it also helps my uncle do his job better without having to worry about collateral damage. My uncle brought me to Kalzasi’s Order of Reconcilliators’ branch. He told me the truth of what he and my father did for the State. They hunt criminals, especially unlicensed mages and either kill them or brought them before the Order. He also taught me that to hunt mages, one must think like a mage and as I grew older he inducted me into the two sparks that he has, traversing and summoning. I knew that he can do more than those two but he only inducted me into the two. He said that it’s the two magic that has kept him alive.

“Sometimes we have to become a monster to defeat one.”

That’s perhaps the last time I will meet the Grand Marshal face to face. The Order member who was there with the Grand Marshal made an oath of the sort. More of like selling your soul to the State, similar to those contracts you made when you summon an Infernal. I made sure to read the fine print and clarify it with the Order member. The contract’s more or less about me protecting and serving in the interest of the State and if at any time I would deviate and have malicious intent toward the State that will somehow cause instability in the State then, well you know that’s it, end of the line for me.

I’d say it’s great to be back home. Especially when you’re on good terms with the State. The next morning the office of the Grand Marshal had issued my permit for magic usage. They love their permits. Well, that’s good, right? Order instead of chaos.

[Nathan Cross]

S K I L L S

Skill	Skill Level	Proficiency
Summoning (SP)	50/100	Journeyman
Traversion (SP)	50/100	Journeyman
Acrobatics (SP)	20/100	Novice
Unarmed Combat: Mixed Martial Arts (SP)	20/100	Novice
One-Handed Combat: Blades (SP)	20/100	Novice
Running	5/100	Novice

Thread	Points Awarded	Points Spent	Running Total
Starting Package	+100	0	100
Summoning	0	-25	75
Traversion	0	-25	50
Acrobatics	0	-20	30
Unarmed Combat	0	-20	10
One-Handed Combat	0	-10	0
Approval Reward	+15	0	15
One-Handed Combat	0	-10	5
Running	0	-5	0
Website Update 6/16/22	+50	0	50
Summoning	0	-25	25
Traversion	0	-25	0

[Nathan Cross]

K N O W L E D G E

Lores

Acrobatics (2)

• Acrobatics: Running is one of the core principle of acrobatics (Approval Reward)
• Acrobatics: Freerunning vs running (Approval Reward)

Negotiation (2)

• Negotiation: Make them an offer they can't refuse (SP)
• Negotiation: Negotiating with an infernal is not as complicated as it looks (SP)

Running (1)

• Running: Running builds up endurance and stamina (Approval Reward)

Summoning (16)

• Summoning: To make a contract (SP)
• Summoning: Name is a powerful tool in a summoner's arsenal (SP)
• Summoning: The four sphere: Infernal, Celestial, Wild, Eldritch (SP)
• Summoning: Specializing in a sphere of influence is less taxing on the summoner (SP)
• Summoning: Dragonshard as an alternative source of payment for Infernal summons (SP)
• Summoning: The Aidolon (SP)
• Summoning x10 (Website Updat 6/16/22)

[Nathan Cross]

I N V E N T O R Y

Items
Starter Package: General Starting Package

• 1 Set of Clothing (Coat and footwear included)
  

  Abjinurium Edged Ring

  
  Item Type: Runeforged Artifact
  Quality: Greater
  Charges: 4
  
  A silver ring that is edged with the black and electric blue gemstone of abjinurium. It was presented to Nathan upon his completion of Reconciliator Training. The ring is specifically tied to Nathan’s aether signature and thus its abilities can only be unleashed by Nathan. The band of the ring has three pictograph runes inscribed upon it. The ring's abilities can be activated by pressing the corresponding pictograph rune and then clenching the fist. The ring is reinforced with steel qualities and can stand up to a considerable amount of duress before breaking. It is imbued with the following properties:
  
  1. Abjure (1 Charge) - By pressing the first rune on the band, it will release a pulse of energy drawn from the abjinurium edge. This pulse will nullify the effects of (1) Apprentice or lower level magic that is not actively being channeled. The effect is completely extinguished. Magic that is actively being channeled by a mage or an artifact is simply suppressed for up to (1) minute before returning to normalcy. This ability can only affect (1) magical effect at a time. Multiple effects require multiple uses of Abjure.
  
  2. Shield (1 Charge) - By pressing the second rune on the band, the properties of the abjinurium edge will be projected into a shield roughly the size of an average Heater shield , centered on the ring. Magic up to the Apprentice level of mastery will be blocked by the shield. It will last for up to (1) minute.
  
  3. Sanctuary (2 Charges) - By pressing the third rune on the band of the ring, Nathan can be coated in a layer of abjuration type magic. His body is fully covered and he is rendered protection against magic up to the Journeyman level of mastery. This effect will last up to (5) minutes.
  
  Provided the ring is not damaged, charges expended return at the rate of 1 Charge every 4 hours.
  
  
  
  Housing
  A 400 sq. ft. suite of room in his East End apartment
  
  
  Ledger
  1. Starting Gold, 500 gp. 500 Total
  
  

[Nathan Cross]

Gabrielle Stradiva

Details

Race: Human
Age: 20 years old
Height: 5’5”
Weight: 99 lbs

Relation to PC: Companion
NPC Type: Companion NPC
Influence: 6

Description:

Gabrielle stands at about 5’5”. With her brown-colored eyes and mid-length hazelnut-colored hair adorning her head. She dresses according to the situation, always keeping it simple yet elegant, opting for quality over quantity.

Her father was a member of the Engineering Corps. A child prodigy, at a young age, her father saw her aptitude and natural talent that would be very useful for the engineering corps and to replace him when he retires. He then initiated her into artificing, runeforging, and scrivening. She received her formal education from The Arcaeneum and the Greater Institute of Zaichaer. After finishing her basics, she joined the Order of Reconciliator. She is a very keen observer and curious person and will always get irritated if she could not figure something out. When she is focused on something, she gets in the zone and doesn’t care about what’s happening around her. She gets bored easily with people who don’t interest her but she acts polite and attentive while in truth her mind is elsewhere. She could be demanding and short-tempered when working on something, which was heavily influenced by her father. She doesn’t trust people easily and tends to stick with those that she trusts.

Her father is one of Nathan father’s best friends. The Stradivas manage to survive the counterattack of the mages at the 90th year of the age of Steel Incident. After her father’s passing Nathan took her in.

Skills
Artificing (50/100)
Clockwork (50/100)
Gadgeteering (50/100)
Runeforging (50/100)
Scrivening (50/100)

Starting Package:

• One set of Clothing (SP)

Ledger:
1. Starting gold, +450 gp. 450 Total