Shadowrun character idea

If you're not familiar with Shadowrun, it is a pencil and paper base role-playing game placed in 2072, where the world has gone to hell, and countries have been split into zones. Fantasy races have emerged along with the release of magic, and technology is running rampant.

In the Shadowrun setting megacorporations control the lives of not only their employees, but command entire armies. Technology is highly advanced and Cybernetically enhanced body parts or augmented parts grown in a vat then implanted in place of natural organs are common. Now when conflicts arise, the corporations, governments, even wealthy individuals, and organized crime subcontract their dirty work to specialists, those who then perform "shadowruns", or missions undertaken by deniable assets without identities or those that wish to remain unknown. The most skilled of these specialists, called shadowrunners, have earned a reputation for getting the job done. They have developed a knack for staying alive, and prospering, in the world of Shadowrun.


CHARACTER CONCEPT: ROACH

Name: Roach AKA Loki
Race: Human
Gender: Male

SINless for as long as he can remember, Roach surfaced on the streets as the trainee of a street doctor. His past before then was completely unknown. With no family or friends to speak of he learned the way of the shadows through shady deals and quick operations in the back of large vans and burned out buildings. This line of work, however, quickly became boring for him, and he began seeking other avenues to sooth is desire to learn. Leaving the shadows to peruse a more scientific knowledge, Roach grew quickly in the corporate world under the name Loki Gands. ‘Loki’ was in and out of scientific communities of the corporations, jumping between companies as new salary offers and promises that he be able to continue his work.

Human testing is never something people took kindly to. The reason Roach got his name is actually very simple. Because test subjects weren’t readily available, he began testing specific chemical compounds on roaches. A cockroach’s ability survive nuclear radiation and other toxic chemicals allowed him to attempt to create incredibly powerful toxins that even his insects could not survive. This infatuation with poisons and toxins gained him positions within many companies; companies that would allow him to work in secret to create and test whatever he would wish with more scientific efficiency. This too would prove inadequate in his eyes.

Dropping his old name and reverting to his old name, Roach hit the ground running. His research in how the human nervous system functioned couldn’t be tested without using real human subjects. Many called his methods crazy, and maybe they were right. Without a doubt, something wasn’t right in his head. Humans were nothing but living test tubes for his research, and because of this, Roach created many toxic compounds of both lethal and nonlethal potency. Roach took assassination runs on a frequent basis. Runners on his team seldom didn’t return if they “Didn’t pull their weight on the mission” for seemingly unknown reasons. Using his smooth, persuasive nature, he conned his way into many facilities and groups to pull off the runs. To get test subjects, these targets proved useful. They would die, and his research would be furthered by it.

Insanity eventually caught up with Roach. His research was never documented either digitally or on paper. Everything he learned; everything he did to people, he simply memorized. Even though he stopped his research, Roach can’t help but see other people as expendable. Life is seemingly worthless; except to learn from, and with. Several months into his renewed shadow running career, his research was completely dropped and he vanished off the radar. No one knows where he went, or for what reason. Perhaps his mind slipped, and he simply wandered off into the darkness. All we know is that recently he came back.

A renewed man on the surface, Roach was calm and smooth. The shadows proved to be a suiting home for him still, but this time as a Face, instead of a cold killer. Some say the insanity is still there. Fellow runners admit to his couth nature, yet sadistic undertone. To this day, Roach has yet to meet a team that didn’t ‘accidentally lose a member’ during the run. Indeed, he is still a man of great mystery.