Then, behold:<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Dr. Alberto Casa</div><div class="spoiler_body">Name: Dr. Alberto Casa<br/>Motivation: Heal the world, physically and mentally<br/>Intimacies: Victims (Protective Kindness), Oppressors (Righteous Indignation), MSF (Brotherhood), The Unconquered Sun (Wary Gratitude), his family (Slightly Strained Love)<br/>Caste: Twilight<br/>Anima: Vitruvian Man<br/><br/>Attributes:<br/>Strength 3<br/>Dexterity 4<br/>Stamina 3<br/>Charisma 3<br/>Manipulation 2<br/>Appearance 3<br/>Perception 4<br/>Intelligence 5<br/>Wits 3<br/><br/>Abilities:<br/>Archery 0<br/>Firearms 0<br/>Martial Arts 2<br/>*Melee 5<br/>Thrown 0<br/>War 0<br/><br/>*Integrity 5<br/>Performance 1<br/>Presence 2<br/>*Resistance 5<br/>*Survival 5<br/><br/>*Craft 5 (all five basic elements, plus Magitech)<br/>*Investigation 1<br/>*Lore 5<br/>*Medicine 5<br/>*Occult 5<br/><br/>Athletics 1<br/>Awareness 1<br/>Dodge 0<br/>Larceny 0<br/>Stealth 1<br/><br/>*Bureaucracy 5<br/>Drive 1<br/>Linguistics 3 (Anglo-Frisian, Gallo-Rhaetian, Great Lakes Bantu; West Iberian is native)<br/>Ride 0<br/>Sail 0<br/>Socialize 2<br/><br/><br/>Backgrounds:<br/>Backing 2 -<br/>Influence 2 - Dr. Casa's reputation in MSF is superb even if they're starting to wonder what his deal is<br/>Resources 3<br/><br/>Equipment:<br/>Doctor's bag (with several sturdy scalpels)<br/>Basic survival gear<br/>Modest residence near Murcia<br/>Not very impressive car<br/><br/>Virtues:<br/>Compassion 3<br/>Conviction 3<br/>Temperance 2<br/>Valor 2<br/><br/>Limit Break: Red Rage of Compassion<br/>Limit: 0/10<br/><br/>Essence: 3<br/>Willpower 8/8<br/>Personal Motes:<br/>Peripheral Motes:<br/><br/>Thaumaturgy:<br/>Art of Alchemy (Master)<br/><br/>Charms:<br/>Martial Arts:<br/>First Martial Arts Excellency<br/><br/>Melee:<br/>First Melee Excellency<br/>Infinite Melee Mastery<br/>Hungry Tiger Technique<br/><br/>Integrity:<br/>Third Integrity Excellency<br/><br/>Resistance:<br/>Durability of Oak Meditation<br/>Iron Skin Concentration<br/>Iron Kettle Body<br/><br/>Craft:<br/>Second Craft Excellency<br/>Craftsman Needs No Tools<br/>Peerless Paragon of Fire<br/>Peerless Paragon of Water<br/><br/>Lore:<br/>Second Lore Excellency<br/>Third Lore Excellency<br/>Harmonious Academic Methodology<br/><br/>Medicine:<br/>Second Medicine Excellency<br/>Infinite Medicine Mastery<br/>Flawless Diagnosis Technique<br/>Wholeness-Restoring Meditation<br/>Ailment-Rectifying Method<br/>Body-Purifying Admonitions<br/>Instant Treatment Methodology<br/><br/>Bureaucracy:<br/>Second Bureaucracy Excellency<br/>Speed the Wheels</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Background</div><div class="spoiler_body">An intelligent man from the southeast of Spain, Alberto Casa grew up in a well-off family.  His father and grandfather had both been prosperous doctors, and he found himself pushed toward a medical career as well.  Fortunately, as he enrolled at the University of Santiago de Compostela, he found that the field suited him.<br/><br/>Even as Alberto's career proper took off, though, he always felt like something was missing.  He'd saved lives, and it was hard to beat that, but it all seemed too...short-sighted, perhaps.  In the end, to his family's utter shock (and varying states of approval), he volunteered with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders).<br/><br/>Dr. Casa enjoyed his work quite a bit more after that, although it was much more stressful to say the least.  It was during a field mission near central Africa that everything changed.  While Dr. Casa and his colleagues were busy working overtime into the night with a group of refugees, they were shocked to hear the sounds of gunfire approach as a local warlord decided to make his presence known.<br/><br/>The doctor didn't know what to do -- until everything went golden, and a voice spoke: "My child.  Though you may seek righteousness, you surely also know that you cannot heal the world if you will not right its wrongs.  Now, lift your hand and protect those you wish you aid."<br/><br/>Then he knew what to do.  And his scalpel was in his hand and there was a great deal of blood and screaming and then, suddenly, the gunfire was over and everyone was staring at him.  Nobody was inclined to argue, though, as he patched up the wounded and cleaned things up and went on to lead the water engineers as well.<br/><br/>He's been on at least one other field mission since then, to great success.  Dr. Casa's superiors in MSF are catching on that something weird is happening, though, and he's about to take a leave of absence.  There's more to fixing the world than doing things hands-on.  Education is crucial to make the world the best it can be, too.<br/><br/>But more than that...Dr. Casa has seen a thing or three out there, even before he started having all the dreams of just what he was and could do, and he's pretty damned sure he's not the only kind of oddity in the world.  He's got to know, one way or the other.</div></div>