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Character Creation.

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Narrator
GM, 2 posts
Fri 30 Apr 2021
at 21:09
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Character Creation

Welcome to Geist the Sin Eaters: The Bleak Hearts Chronicle, in this Thread we will be discussing character concepts, I will post my typical character questioner bellow to help you flesh out your characters and I encourage you to write something of a short story to get to know your character as well as any supporting cast you may want to be relevant.

First you will need to make your Sin Eater, more commonly referred to as the Bound. This is the human character who experienced death and through the supernatural machinations of the Bargain returned to life. This is the character you will play more often then not

Next you will need to think about your Geist, the Ghost like entity with whom you made the Bargain with so that you might return to the world of the living with the Geist, it is important that you know what makes a Geist a Geist is different from 1st edition, rather then be Ghost Spirit hybrids they are an elevated form of Ghost. Now it is important that your character will no very little about your Geist however you are welcome to give me any information you want me to use pertaining to your Geist or you can just give me a concept and I will do the rest.

Lastly if you read the book astutely you will see after you have created your Bound and your Geist you should create your Krew. You can disregard most of this section as in this game you will be playing members of the Bleak Hears Krew, for more information on the Bleak Hearts please see the appropriate thread. I have already created several members of the Krew with that said if you have any ideas for living or ghostly celebrants (members of the Krew). The reason I created the Krew was to ease the process of starting the game and more importantly if your character disagrees with one of the Krews Doctrines or indeed the Archtype I have chosen it could be an interesting plot point for you to try and change this.

In this game you will be playing as novice Sin Eaters who will ultimately engage in an extensive investigation that will lead you to a conspiracy involving the Underworld itself, now with that said the content related to the Underworld will not be relevant until later in the story. While you can be a novice Sin Eater I am not putting any restrictions in place with regards to how recently you must have died or anything like that.

You do not need to worry about creating connections per say between each other as you will have the connection to one another through the Krew.

This game will include a size able prologue which will be played out individually and could cover your death, bargain, and will definitely include your recruitment into the Krew.

Now I want to make this abundantly clear, this game will delve into some possibly dark subject matter, please let me know if there is any particular content that could be disturbing to you so we can discuss it, either in your private thread, in person, or over Discord.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:44, Sat 01 May 2021.
Narrator
GM, 3 posts
Fri 30 Apr 2021
at 21:29
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Character Creation

Character Questioner

Life
1. Who are you ? What were your before the Bargain ?
2. What do you look like ? What district features do you have ?
3. Where do you come from ? How did that influence you if at all ?
4. What was your life like growing up ? Who were your friends ? Your enemies ?
5. Has faith played a part in what you became ?

Death
1. How did you die ?
2. How do you feel about having died ? How do you feel about the means that you died ?
3. Do those around you know that you died if so how did they react and what do you do now ?
4. What are your regrets ?
5. What did you take comfort in during your final moments ?

The Bargain
1. What does your Geist look like ?
2. Describe your Geist personality ?
3. Do you get along easily with your Geist ?
4. What is an odd habit of your Geist ? What about its Bane ?

A Second Chance
1. Why did you accept the Bargain ?
2. How do you feel about returning ?
3. How have you rebuilt or changed your life since the Bargain ?
4. What do you think about Ghost ?
5. The Underworld is a cold dark place and stories are always horrific, what should be done about it ?
Narrator
GM, 4 posts
Sat 1 May 2021
at 03:49
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Character Creation

Feel free to answer the above questions in your private thread either in the format I have them in above or via a short story (please keep it under 10 Pages if you go that way) or some combination of the two.

Bellow please post a general summary of your concept on a high level, for example what your character does and what your presumptive Burden might be. I would like to avoid a scenario where everyone is playing a chain smoking detective with an inclination for the Rage.
Narrator
GM, 6 posts
Mon 3 May 2021
at 17:56
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Character Creation

As is typical I will be awarding 5 Experience Points to you during Character Creation and an additional 1 - 5 Experience Points based on your participation during the Character Creation process.

At this time Geist the Sin Eaters Second Edition has two book released, for character creation we will only be using the Core Book, the book Momento Mori can be used later on in game. Other books that are permitted for you to use, Chronicles of Darkness Core and Hurt Locker.

As this game takes place in New York City you are free to make reference to any of the other Templates we have played if you are so inclined.
Narrator
GM, 8 posts
Mon 3 May 2021
at 21:07
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Character Creation

One other thing, please provide me an example Contact that would be relevant to your character. This merit will be give to the Krew as a whole as a Krew merit.

For example, if your character is an ex gangster, a contact with Criminals would be relevant.
Charcoal Wraith
player, 6 posts
Sun 16 May 2021
at 23:56
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Character Creation

Here’s too much information about my character.

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Faith Ravenna Hyland

Concept: Teacher with Moves Like Jagger
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Nationality: Irish
Eye Color/Shape: Light Blue, Monolid (Narrow Shaped)
Hair Color: Ash Blonde
Build: Medium

Distinguishing Features: Pastel yellow flower (Gorse) and pale green leaves tattoo running along the length of collarbone just below it with the center vine traveling  down the center of her chest. Matching tattoo of a single Gorse flower a few inches below belly button.
Typical Dress: For work, nice heels, clean jeans or suit pants, polos or blouses that cover her tattoo (or a t-shirt underneath that covers it), blazer jackets and a pair of thin, dark blue metal framed glasses. For casual, sneakers, jeans or jogger pants, comfortable t-shirts that are loosely fitted and maybe a plain windbreaker.
Mannerisms: Tends not to show much emotion or have many expressions (resting bitch face), when particularly stressed might stutter
Accent: A very faint hint of an Irish accent, although can get stronger if she speaks too quickly

Education: Speech-Language Pathology Degree attained at Emerson College
Occupation: Speech Therapist at Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School (Wednesdays/Fridays), and Park Place Community Middle School (Tuesdays/Thursdays). Also coaches a dance team for the middle school, after school
Hometown: Cork Ireland (home of the Heineken Brewery)
Current Residence: Brooklyn NYC in an apartment shared with her cousin Bridget, her cousin’s boyfriend Justin, and their three kids; Walker (17), Cody (10), Jacqui (8)

Father: Colin Rory Hyland, alive, structural engineer
Relationship: Faith sees her father about once a month or so as she visits her parents for dinner at their place. She’s not particularly close with him, but not despondent either.

Mother: Shelia Grace Teagan-Hyland, alive, retired civil engineer
Relationship: The two meet once a week for an early lunch on Tuesdays in addition to the once monthly dinner at Sheila and Colin’s apartment. Faith is much closer to her mother than father, but not as close as she was to her grandparents growing up.

Siblings: None
Children: None
Grandparents, Father’s Side: Rory and Moira Hyland, deceased, raised Faith during her early childhood until her grandfather passed away.
Cousins, Father’s Side: Sean (male) Sacramento CA, Bridget (female) New York NY, Colin (male) New York NY

Best Friend: Sasha Giovanni
Clique: Emma Straggen, Christelle Varela, Lily Faust, Micaela Sastre
Vash13532
player, 2 posts
Thu 20 May 2021
at 17:25
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Character Creation

Borrowed Michie's Template

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Name: Jin Yong-Rae
Nickname: Ray

Concept: Brother looking for lost Sister
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Nationality: Korean
Ethnicity: Korean/Italian
Eye Color: Dark Brown and typically wears a pair of square glasses.
Hair Color: Black
Build: Thin

Distinguishing Features: Right hand is scarred on the back and bottom from a burn and usually wears a watch to cover some of it and draw attention away from it.
Typical Clothing: During workdays he tends to wear a grey herringbone tweed suit with oxford dress shoes. On his days off he tends to wear darker long sleeve shirts and turtlenecks with a simple jacket over it with khakis and darker colored sneakers or running shoes.
Accent: Mild Korean at times but tends to be more British from the time he spent at school.

Education: Master’s degree in history from University of Manchester
Current Occupation: Curator at the Museum of Natural History in New York.
Previous Occupation: Was a Museum Archivist at the British Museum in London for 2 years.
Hometown: Daejeon, South Korea.
Current Residence: New York City, Lower East Side Manhattan. Close enough to Chinatown to still get good food.


Family
Father: Jin Tae
Age: 61, Alive
Relationship: A tradition Asian father being disappointed in his son for not being good enough. Still keep in touch with him but the conversations are usually not pleasant.

Mother: Annetta Aurora Rossetti
*In Korean culture, you don’t usually adopt the husband’s family name*
Age: 33, Dead, She died when my sister and I were very young. Father says she died during a storm when she was trying to save someone else who was drowning.

Relationship: I was 2.

Sister: Jin Iseul
Nickname: Sue
Age: 30 Twin, Missing
Relationship:Growing up alongside her, she was always treated by my father with preferential treatment despite being twins. But she treated me as an equal and brought me along to a lot of events she was involved in.

Friends
Rhys Preston – Still works at the British Museum, was a graduate with him for the same degree.
Joseph Pratt – Fellow Work Colleague at the New York Museum.
Wei Lai – Drinking buddy he met at Chinatown, meets for karaoke on occasion.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:25, Thu 20 May 2021.
Charcoal Wraith
player, 7 posts
Sat 22 May 2021
at 01:19
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Character Creation

Mark, maybe Faith met Jin (is that his first name or last?) while chaperoning for one of the schools she works at, not that much came of it, but coincidences can be fun. I imagine the curator would take some time out to meet with a big group of kids from a field trip or at least the teacher in charge or something. Just throwing ideas out because why not. I know the ties before coming together as a Krew don’t matter too much.
Vash13532
player, 3 posts
Sat 22 May 2021
at 02:32
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Character Creation

Jin is the last name of the Family, Asian names are usually family name then given name (Yong-Rae, I go by Ray as a nickname).

But that does sound good. Chaperoning to the museum on a field trip to the would work as a way of knowing you from before we became a Krew. I think I could have even been doing tour group duty because we were short staffed on the day you were around. Or we could have had a passing conversation while the kids were looking at the exhibits.

I still think its neat to know each other before we came together as a Krew, even if it is in a small way, it gives an idea as to who the person is outside the Krew.
Firestorm016
player, 2 posts
Thu 27 May 2021
at 00:04
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Character Creation

Name: Jason Alexander Hamilton
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Nationality: Pacific Islander
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Build: Average


Distinguishing Features: Completely missing his left arm.

Typical Clothing: Nice, plain tee-shirt and a pair of shorts in warm weather, slacks for when it's cool, and a sweater or jacket for when it's cool. Often his coats and jackets have one of the sleeves tucked into a pocket to at least give a more normal outward appearance.

Education: Associate's Degree, several certifications in Computer Science
Current Occupation: Disability
Previous Occupation: IT Specialist for United Healthcare
Hometown: New York, New York
Current Residence: Queens, New York


Family
Father: Michael Hamilton
Age: 58, Dead.
Relationship: Hard working financier who spent so much time destroying his body through overwork, than spending time at home.

Mother: Angelita Huertas
Age: 56, Alive, Estranged
Relationship: Stay at home mom, driven to the workplace. Wrongful conviction on drug possession had her deported back to the Philippines.

Sister: Emily Alyssa Hamilton
Age: 19, Dead.
Relationship: Was the major motivating factor in his life until she passed out of state.

Friends (Estranged)
Luke Miller - Head of IT for United
Jimmy Rodriguez - Former Coworker
This message was last edited by the player at 00:21, Thu 27 May 2021.
Narrator
GM, 25 posts
Thu 27 May 2021
at 00:35
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Character Creation

Ok now that everyone has posted something about their Characters please post bellow what you think your Concept will be and what kind of character you will be playing IE Mental, Physical, or Social and lastly what Burden you are looking to take.
Vash13532
player, 4 posts
Thu 27 May 2021
at 00:52
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Character Creation

I will probably be playing a Mental character and I think that my burden will most likely be The Kindly. I doubt it will change but I may if I find something more fitting for my character.

In terms of concept I can describe it as Museum curator brother looking to find lost sister. I feel its more complex than that but its hard to describe it in a short sentence.
Firestorm016
player, 3 posts
Fri 28 May 2021
at 19:43
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Character Creation

I'm unsure, but I think my character will probably start as a mental character or mental/social hybrid with the goal of transforming into a more social character. His burden is the Abiding.

General Concept: Becoming someone to honor his sister's memory
Narrator
GM, 26 posts
Wed 2 Jun 2021
at 03:53
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Character Creation

Ok seems like we have some interesting characters in the works here and so far it seems like no one is stepping on anyone’s toes per-say. So at this point I’m gonna go ahead and open the floor up to you guys if you any questions or comments you want to make.

Provided we gather this weekend I would plan on possibly making characters.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:54, Wed 02 June 2021.
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