<div class="floatright">(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/avorae_2008/611.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Nakamura Yuriko<br/><strong>Player:</strong>Avorae<br/><strong>Nature:</strong>Bravo<br/><strong>Calling:</strong>Grease Monkey<br/><strong>Pantheon:</strong>Amatsukami<br/><strong>God:</strong>Amaterasu<br/><br/><strong>PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION</strong><br/><strong>Height:</strong>5'3"<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>102<br/><strong>Eyes:</strong>Blue<br/><strong>Hair:</strong>Black<br/><strong>Skin tone:</strong>Asian<br/><strong>Build:</strong>Petite<br/><strong>Date of birth:</strong>9-12<br/><strong>Age:</strong>23<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">CHARACTER SHEET</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>ATTRIBUTES</strong><br/>*Strength •••         Epic • <br/>Dexterity •••••       Epic • <br/>Stamina •••            Epic •• <br/><br/>*Charisma ••          Epic •<br/>Manipulation ••       Epic<br/>*Appearance ••••• Epic ••<br/><br/>Perception ••          Epic • <br/>Intelligence ••••     Epic •• <br/>Wits ••                    Epic •<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------<br/><strong>ABILITIES</strong><br/>Academics •••<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> languages known</div><div class="spoiler_body"> Japanese, English, Spanish, Russian. French, German, Mandarin</div></div><br/>Animal Ken <br/>*Art [custom detailing] •••<br/>Athletics •••<br/>*Awareness •••<br/>Brawl [Tenjin Shinyo-ryu] •• <br/>Command <br/>Control [Motorcycles] •••<br/>*Craft [Mechanics] •••<br/>*Empathy •<br/>Fortitude •<br/>*Integrity •<br/>Investigation <br/>Larceny  •<br/>Marksmanship    <br/>Medicine <br/>Melee [Naginatajutsu] •• <br/>Occult <br/>Politics <br/>*Presence ••<br/>Science [Physics] •••<br/>Stealth •<br/>Survival <br/>Thrown   <br/>----------------------------------------------------------------<br/><strong>BIRTHRIGHTS</strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Shiryou "The spirit blade" •••</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/avorae_2008/TS-DRANAGINATA22.jpg)<br/>-Grants Death sense Boon<br/>-Can strike at a distant target out to Legend x5 yards away<br/>-can be banished into an extradimensional space [1 legend to Summon]</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Ducati Multistrada ••</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/avorae_2008/2010DucatiMultistrada1200-1.jpg)<br/>-Never needs refueling<br/>-Can be banished into an extradimensional space [1 legend to Summon]</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Tinkerbell Tattoo (Right Ankle) •••</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/avorae_2008/Tinkerbell-the-vampire-diaries-25658071-588-1093.jpg)<br/>-Adds Legend to dex rolls</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> Followers ("The Queens") •••</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/avorae_2008/k1750226210.jpg)<br/>-Treat as Amazons</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> Friendship Braclet ••</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/avorae_2008/il_570xN354060282_bzab.jpg)<br/>-Summons "The Queens" [1 legend to Summon]<br/>-May completely regenerate any Followers or Guides destroyed that are linked to it.</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> Elemental Dragon Tattoo (Left Arm) •••</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/avorae_2008/art-dragon2.jpg)<br/>-Grants Safely Interred Boon<br/>-Grants Water Breathing Boon<br/>-Grants Fire Immunity Boon</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Magatama of the Heavens (Worn as a necklace) •••</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm287/avorae_2008/magatama_beads_comma_rock_crystal_gold_plate.jpg)<br/>-Grants Sun Purview<br/>-Grants Sky Purview<br/>-Grants Star Purview</div></div><br/>----------------------------------------------------------------<br/><strong>KNACKS</strong><br/><br/><strong>STRENGTH</strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Making It Look Easy</div><div class="spoiler_body">When a character performs a feat of strength, doing so takes every bit of effort the character can muster. He doesn’t just lift a blue whale by the tail and hammer throw it back into the ocean between bites of scone. He grunts and strains and struggles until he gets enough momentum behind the whale for it to leave the ground, and when he lets it go, it’s with a resounding shout of strain and a near collapse of relief as it sails out over the water.<br/>  The name of this Knack, however, speaks for itself. Any action the character can perform as a feat of strength, he can perform as if it’s no effort at all. He can lift the heaviest weights with one hand while using his other hand to cover a yawn. He can throw a spear into orbit with a flick of his finger. He can scoop the beached whale up in one hand and send it skipping like a stone out into the deep water where it can move freely (if dizzily) once again. Since such feats of strength are so easy, the character can execute multiple actions while performing feats of strength.</div></div><br/><strong>DEXERITY</strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">And the Crowd Goes Wild</div><div class="spoiler_body">By the luck of the divine genetic draw, the character is superbly suited to athletic pursuits. She excels at any sport she plays, even if she’s never so much as heard of it before. Running, jumping, climbing, swimming… any athletic pursuit is second nature to her. As a result, any dice the character has in Athletics are considered to be automatic successes when the player rolls a dice pool that includes Athletics. Bonus dice granted by an Arete (see Scion: Hero, p. 149) are also counted as successes automatically if the player spends a point of Legend when her character performs the action. Values that derive from a character’s Athletics rating (such as Dodge DV or the feats of strength total) are not affected by this Knack, nor are any Boon activation rolls that might call for Athletics </div></div><br/><strong>STAMINA</strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Extended Youth</div><div class="spoiler_body">At the physical age at which the character takes on this Knack, her body no longer physically or visibly ages. Her hair doesn’t turn gray or thin out, her skin doesn’t wrinkle, she doesn’t get liver spots, nothing sags due to gravity. Until the character becomes a God,she looks like she looked at that mortal age. (Taking this Knack after the character becomes a God would, admittedly, be a little silly.) </div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Self Healing</div><div class="spoiler_body">The Scion’s player spends a point of Legend to repair a single level of damage. That damage can be bashing or lethal, and the healing takes place in an instant without leaving a scar. (Aggravated damage is beyond the power of this Knack to heal.) Scions who are interested in building their reputation and spreading their legends quickly find this Knack to be one of the more effective tools of doing so, as bruises, lacerations and bullet holes vanish before astonished onlookers’ eyes </div></div><br/><strong>CHARISMA</strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Girls Just Wanna Have Fun</div><div class="spoiler_body">This Knack is a character’s trusty Get Out of Jail Free card. When the character gets into trouble with some angry witness or authority figure be it the police, a mortal parent, one’s long-suffering spouse, etc. he need only shrug haplessly, grin foolishly or do likewise. (His player also spends a point of Legend.) At that, the offended party decides that whatever the character did wasn’t really that bad. The character gets a slap on the wrist, a stern warning or no punishment at all, depending on when he chooses to use it. This Knack doesn’t work on anyone with a higher Legend rating, though. Also, if the character wants to use it against someone with an equal Legend rating, his player must roll (Charisma + Presence+ Legend) against a roll of the potential victim’s(Willpower + Integrity + Legend).</div></div><br/><strong>MANIPULATION</strong><br/><br/><strong>APPEARANCE</strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Center of Attention</div><div class="spoiler_body">Whether he’s Hugh Jackman on the set of The View or the Phantom of the Opera going unmasked at the masquerade ball, the Scion commands the attention of everyone in the room. This Knack is best used when making an important entrance, but it can also serve as a wonderful broad-spectrum distraction. The character walks into a room, the player spends a point of Legend, and all eyes in the room (as well as the eyes of people watching remotely via live security camera broadcast) turn the character’s way. For every Legend point spent, the character can hold everyone’s attention for a number of minutes equal to his Epic Appearance dots. The onlookers can carry on with what they’re doing and keep talking among themselves, but their attention remains fixed on the Scion. Titanspawn and Scions can resist this Knack. They may spend a point of Willpower to direct their attention elsewhere. Should the Scion with Epic Appearance spend another point of Legend to continue the effect over subsequent sets of minutes, the resisting party must spend matching amounts of Willpower to keep from being distracted.</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Game Face</div><div class="spoiler_body">This Knack functions identically to Dreadful Mien (see Scion: Hero, p. 133), but functions for characters with positive Epic Appearance. Just because they’re handsome or beautiful doesn't mean they can’t be scary as hell when they snarl at their foes or flash a razor-edged, you-know-I’m-going-to-kill-you smile.</div></div><br/><strong>PERCEPTION</strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spatial Attunement</div><div class="spoiler_body">The Scion is so aware of his surroundings that his other senses (primarily those of hearing and smell) compensate for his eyes in identifying nearby objects outside his line of sight. The Scion could recognize the person sneaking up on him by that person’s telltale scent and mark exactly how far away that person is by the sound of his passing. With one quick glance around the room, the Scion could mark in his mind exactly where every wall and piece of furniture is within. Having done so, he could then navigate the room with his eyes closed, even slipping through a milling crowd of people without bumping into anyone or anything. To a certain extent, the character can perceive what’s going on around him in a 360-degree arc. Also, he suffers no penalties for fighting blind as long as he can hear or smell his opponents </div></div><br/><strong>INTELLIGENCE </strong> <br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Fast Learner</div><div class="spoiler_body">By buckling down and intently studying certain subjects,the Scion internalizes them in a fraction of the time it would take a lesser intellect. In so doing, he cuts the experience point cost for purchasing dots in Academics, Medicine,Occult, Politics or Science in half, rounding down. </div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Star Pupil</div><div class="spoiler_body">The Scion is now a better student than ever before. Not only does he learn the prerequisite Knack’s listed subjects far more rapidly than normal, he now learns Athletics, Brawl, Craft, Control, Investigation, Larceny, Marksmanship, Melee, Survival and Thrown at the reduced experience point cost. Having a Scion teacher with the Teaching Prodigy Knack doubles the reduction again, just as it does for the prerequisite Knack. </div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Renaissance Woman (Control)</div><div class="spoiler_body">This Knack allows the Scion to consolidate their Abilities of Art, Craft, Control and Science into a single Ability. For instance, a Scion who had three dots in Art (Guitar) who took this Knack would suddenly have three dots in all forms of Art. He would pick them up instantly, instinctively knowing how to play the piano, sing, dance, do comedy improv, etc. A Scion who had 4 dots in Science (Biology) would suddenly have equal knowledge in chemistry, astronomy, etc. This Knack can be taken multiple times, each one allowing the character to consolidate a different Ability. If the Ability already has multiple aspects, like a character with 3 dots of Control (Automobile), and 2 dots of Control (Airplane) should discuss the loss of the lesser one with the Storyteller, as with the 10th dot of Animal. </div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Renaissance Woman (Craft)</div><div class="spoiler_body">This Knack allows the Scion to consolidate their Abilities of Art, Craft, Control and Science into a single Ability. For instance, a Scion who had three dots in Art (Guitar) who took this Knack would suddenly have three dots in all forms of Art. He would pick them up instantly, instinctively knowing how to play the piano, sing, dance, do comedy improv, etc. A Scion who had 4 dots in Science (Biology) would suddenly have equal knowledge in chemistry, astronomy, etc. This Knack can be taken multiple times, each one allowing the character to consolidate a different Ability. If the Ability already has multiple aspects, like a character with 3 dots of Control (Automobile), and 2 dots of Control (Airplane) should discuss the loss of the lesser one with the Storyteller, as with the 10th dot of Animal. </div></div><br/><strong>WITS</strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Eternal Vigilance</div><div class="spoiler_body">Similar to the Environmental Awareness Knack(see p. 64), a Scion with this Knack is never taken by surprise by unexpected attacks. He joins battle as soon as the attack occurs, and he applies his full DV to his own defense. It doesn't matter whether the attackers use supernatural means of concealment or not. They simply cannot catch him off guard. Unfortunately, this Knack doesn't help the Scion’s comrades. The Scion reacts as the surprise occurs, but he does so practically subconsciously and not in time to warn anyone else. What’s more, this Knack works even if the Scion is asleep, though to a lesser extent. If the Scion is sleeping and someone tries to spring an unexpected attack, the player rolls the Scion’s full dice pool to notice the attack as he would if the character were awake (awake and didn't have this Knack, that is). If the roll succeeds, the character wakes just in time to react to the attack, though still not in time to warn anyone else. </div></div><br/>----------------------------------------------------------------<br/><strong>BOONS</strong><br/>----------------------------------------------------------------<br/><strong>VIRTUES</strong><br/>Duty •<br/>Endurance ••<br/>Intellect •••<br/>Valor •••<br/><br/><strong>LEGEND</strong> •••<br/>Legend Pool 9 / 9<br/><br/><strong>WILLPOWER</strong> ••••• •<br/>Willpower Pool 6/6<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------<br/><strong>COMBAT</strong><br/>Join Battle:5 [+1 auto] <br/>Dodge DV:6<br/>Mental DV:5 <br/><br/><strong>SOAK</strong><br/>Bashing:5 <br/>Lethal:4 <br/>Aggravated:2 <br/><br/><strong>ATHLETIC</strong><br/>Move:6<br/>Dash:13<br/>Vertical Leap:7 <br/>Horizontal Leap:14 <br/>Lift:550lbs [+500lbs]<br/><br/><strong>WOUNDS</strong><br/>[][][][][] 0<br/>[] -4<br/>[] Inc<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------<br/><strong>WEAPON:</strong>Clinch<br/><strong>SPD:</strong>6<br/><strong>ACC:</strong>10[+1 auto]<br/><strong>DAM:</strong>5B<br/><strong>DEF:</strong>N/A<br/><strong>RNG:</strong>N/A<br/><strong>Tags:</strong> P<br/><br/><strong>WEAPON:</strong>Light punch<br/><strong>SPD:</strong>4<br/><strong>ACC:</strong>11[+1 auto]<br/><strong>DAM:</strong>5B<br/><strong>DEF:</strong>5<br/><strong>RNG:</strong>N/A<br/><strong>Tags:</strong><br/><br/><strong>WEAPON:</strong>Heavy punch<br/><strong>SPD:</strong>5<br/><strong>ACC:</strong>10[+1 auto]<br/><strong>DAM:</strong>8B<br/><strong>DEF:</strong>4<br/><strong>RNG:</strong>N/A<br/><strong>Tags:</strong><br/><br/><strong>WEAPON:</strong>Shiryou <br/><strong>SPD:</strong>5<br/><strong>ACC:</strong>11[+1 auto] <br/><strong>DAM:</strong>9L<br/><strong>DEF:</strong>5<br/><strong>RNG:</strong>N/A<br/><strong>Tags:</strong><br/>----------------------------------------------------------------<br/><strong>Trophies</strong><br/>----------------------------------------------------------------<br/><strong>BONUS SPENT</strong><br/>3-Renaissance (Wo)Man [Control]<br/>3-Renaissance (Wo)Man [Craft]<br/>4-Intelligence <br/>3-Tinkerbell Tattoo<br/>1-Empathy 1<br/>1-Integrity 1<br/>3-Followers ["The Queens"]<br/>2-Friendship Bracelet<br/>4-Epic Appearance<br/>3-Elemental Dragon Tattoo<br/>3-Magatama of the Heavens<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------<br/><strong>EXP SPENT</strong></div></div><br/><strong>CHARACTER DESCRIPTION</strong><br/>Yuriko is a rather short female, standing only 5'3", with a petite and sinewy build. Her skin is a healthy Asian tone, her beautiful face framed by a nimbus of shoulder length black hair and set with a pair of dark blue eyes.<br/><br/>Her clothing style can best be described as that of an updated ‘50’s bad boy with hip hugging low-rider jeans which allow the band of her black thong to peek through and a simple white midriff tee graces her chest. Of course you can not forget the piece de resistance the monogrammed black leather jacket. This in her case is a picture of Sailor Moon riding a Harley fat boy with the phrase ‘Every hero needs a legend’.<br/><br/><strong>HISTORY</strong><br/>Yuriko was born and  raised in the Nakano ward of Tokyo, Japan. Her father was a simple shopkeeper and well liked staple of the community. Her mother, Rika, was a caring and loving housewife who was a former gravure idol. Yuriko grew up with her elder sister (Akane), elder brother (Seiichi), and parents in a modest house. All the children were talented in their own ways but Yuriko stood out, displaying a talent for mechanics that earned her a full scholarship to the Kanazawa Institute of Technology. Yuriko excelled at other forms of technology as well and looked forward to a promising job after graduation. Then tragedy struck....<br/><br/>In her final year of college Yuriko's family was attacked. Yuriko survived and made a full recovery however she lost her father. The police were never able to prove who did it.<br/><br/>Without the influence of her father in her life, Yuriko drifted from education to running the streets, befriending a small, all-female Street Racing  Syndicate known as  **The Queens** . Working with them on a couple of different "events", Yuriko was initiated into the group.<br/><br/>While working as a street messenger, Yuriko had an encounter that started a change in her life. She was hired to deliver a package to the Ise Jingū shrine in Mie Prefecture. Arriving at the shrine she was meet by by one of the priestess whose grace and beauty took her breath away. Becoming totally infatuated with the beauty before her Yuriko ended up spending the entire night at the temple as she discussed and learned much about their beliefs.<br/><br/>By the time the first of the suns rays had made it's appearance Yuriko was filled with renewed energy and upon returning home immediately reapplied for college to finish out her degree. Unbeknownst to her though the shrine maiden she encountered was the first time that she meet her true mother the Goddess known as Amaterasu.<br/><br/>It would be a good year later that Yuriko would meet her true mother again in the second encounter that solidified her change in life. Having finally graduating from college the **Queens** had decided to celebrate the occasion by throwing an impromptu car show show at the Akihabara shopping Arcade.<br/><br/>Having gathered up there best rides they headed down to their local spot to have pictures taken by the various tourist that stopped there when suddenly a man drove two-ton truck into a crowd at the crossing of Kanda Myōjin-dōri and Chūō-dōri streets. While Kanda Myōjin-dōri was open to traffic, Chūō-dōri was closed to vehicular traffic for the convenience of shopping pedestrians, a practice observed every Sunday and during holidays.<br/><br/>As people tried to help the victims the man jumped out of the truck brandishing a knife and began to attack the helpers as he screamed in some unknown archaic tongue.  Without thinking of her own safety  Yuriko rushed the attacker and catching him by surprise was able to subdue him until the police arrived though she did get cut on her arm as a result.<br/><br/>As she was being treated for her injuries during the scuffle she realized that the nurse treating her was the shrine maiden from the year before. The nurse/shrine maiden then explained who she truly was. She also explained that the guy who attacked the arcade was a titan cultist that was hopped up on eitr and that she was not only proud that she had finished college but was quite impressed that she was able to take the cultist down.<br/><br/>Filled with many questions Yuriko spent another full night in the company of her mother. As the morning approached her mother placed several gifts upon the bed and gave  her a simple kiss upon the forehead which filled Yuriko with power she never knew exited before then.<br/><br/>Since then Yuriko has taken on these new challenges with the same bravado as anything else she has come across.