<div style="text-align: right;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><em>"You are one monstrously unlucky bitch, Roan Quince - which makes the shit you manage to pull all the more impressive."</em></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><strong>- Jeffrey Blaker</strong></div><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 15pt;"><strong>Roan Quince</strong></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Rockerboy</span><br/><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e3/RoanQuinceCyber3.png)</div><strong>BACKSTORY:</strong>The lifestyle of a Corpo Kid never did suit Roan Quince - a fact that failed to escape the notice of her parents, William and Abigail, two of the most powerful Executives within the hidden Night City branch of the Arasaka Corporation. As their sole child and heir, it was a source of constant irritation to the Quinces that Roan failed to meet their extremely high standards in all aspects of her life; she grew up in a gilded cage, and her parents made no effort to make it more comfortable for their offspring, having come to expect her to just fall in line with their wishes without difficulty.<br/><br/>Unfortunately for the Quinces, Roan was far more rebellious and free-spirited than they imagined: when her family's long-standing feud with rival Executives in the company drew their focus, she slipped away into the streets of Night City. By the time the Corporate feud had quietened enough for the Quinces to focus on anything else, their daughter had truly vanished. Initial efforts to locate her proved unsuccessful and, in time, William called off the search, stating that his daughter would "come crawling back" after Night City had "chewed her up and spat her out"; in the meantime, he had a Corporation to help run.<br/><br/>Unbeknownst to her parents, Roan was far more resourceful and capable than expected, and she took to life as a Street Kid like one born to it. Having true freedom for the first time in her life, she set herself up in one of the more rundown, older Megabuildings in Night City: a block of cramped living quarters, shops, and utilities inhabited by some of the roughest, most distrusting denizens to reside in the local area. In spite of the hostile reception she initially received, Roan earned the respect and admiration of many of the other residents through her "no shit" attitude, and her willingness to draw the blood of anyone who caused issue for the Megabuilding or its inhabitants. During her brief time upon The Streets, Roan had stared down boostergangers, throttled a dealer with barbed wire, and engaged in pitched gun-battles with the harshest inhabitants of the neon-lit pathways of Night City: acts which not only gained her the support of her Megabuilding, but also the moniker of "Rebel Queen."<br/><br/>In spite of her newly-gained freedom, however, Roan was still a woman lost: she felt restless and angry, burdened by emotions and rages that she struggled to express or even fully understand. This inner-conflict continued to boil over into violent acts that earned Roan just as much trouble as it did respect - and after a particularly dangerous encounter with boostergangers she was discovered near-dead upon the steps of her Megabuilding. The one who found her, Ethan Abnett, was responsible for saving her life: he dragged her into her room, removed the bullets from her chest, and remained at her side for days afterwards. Because of his determined efforts to keep her alive, the two quickly became romantically involved - but even the close affections of a friend like Ethan could do little to calm Roan's growing unrest.<br/><br/>The biggest change in the young woman's life occurred when she heard the busking Jeffrey Blaker play for the first time. A middle-aged, scarred man with no cybernetics, he occasionally came to play upon the street corner closest to the Megabuilding in which Roan resided. Drawn to the musician for reasons she didn't understand at first, Roan began to visit Blaker frequently, listening to him play whenever possible. They began speaking at length, and over time shared details of their pasts. Blaker, it turned out, had once been a prominent Fixer in the area, but his enthusiasm for chrome went too far and he fell victim to cyberpsychosis - an episode which ended with the permanent mental handicapping of his wife and the death of his son. Once captured and recovered, Blaker removed every ounce of cyberware from his body and put himself into self-mandated exile upon The Streets: his own form of penance for what he had done. During this time, he developed a love for - and skill with - music, and began earning his meals through playing publicly: a process which, he confessed, also helped him quieten the dark thoughts in his own mind. Recognising in Roan an equally troubled individual, Blaker offered to teach her how to "exercise her demons" through music. Accepting eagerly, Roan quickly revealed herself to be a true musical talent, taking to the guitar, song-writing, and singing with an affinity which startled all who knew her.<br/><br/>Realising that Roan's music was helping to calm her, as well as give some direction to her life, Blaker called upon what few contacts he still had in order to book her in to various venues as a solo act - and she became an instant hit. Channeling her troubled thoughts and clusterfuck of emotions into songs, she drew to her venues larger and larger audiences, which in turn earned her more frequent invitations to perform. In little time, the fledgling Rockerboy had begun to develop a dedicated following. A few of her more devoted groupies even impressed her enough to be invited to play alongside, and in short order they became her de facto band mates.<br/><br/>Roan had never intended to go full-impact with her music, but that choice was taken from her by her parents who, thanks to her budding reputation as a musician, had finally learned where their errant daughter was hiding. They made a single, cold-hearted demand for her to return home to her heiress lifestyle; when she refused, they reacted without thought or hesitation, forcing her eviction from her Megabuilding. When that didn't have the desired impact - there were plenty of people willing to put her up - they went one-step further: without warning, Jeffrey Blaker was kidnapped, beaten, and then executed. He reappeared after a week of silence - during which Roan had hunted for him desperately - on the outside corner of the Megabuilding with a bullet wound to the skull and a broken guitar. He was the message, and its meaning was unquestionably clear.<br/><br/>Roan was beside herself, having lost her surrogate parent and the one who had given her life a measure of direction. But as saddened as she was by Blaker's death, her anger had no measure of temperance. Roan knew in her heart that her mentor had been killed by her parents, but vengeance against them was unachievable in the immediate - and they had not been the ones to pull the actual trigger. Roan began leading a double-life: hunting for the killer by day, and pouring her all into her music by night. Her following grew, with her groupies noting a renewed, refined power and feeling in her songs that made her more and more hypnotic.<br/><br/>By tracking down and sourcing the contacts that Blaker had once spoken of, and by doing jobs for them as a means of payment (jobs in which she proved herself both reliable, efficient, and terrifyingly brutal), Roan was finally able to learn the identity and whereabouts of the low-level Corpo Exec who had hired the man on behalf of her parents to beat and kill Blaker. The Corpo was crafty and paranoid, so Roan hired a local Solo to ensure he did not escape once she made her move. Fortunately, their operation succeeded, and by the end of it the two women had the Suit in their hands. Without hesitation, and after demanding the name of the man who had executed Blaker, Roan beat the Exec bloody with a metal bar, ripped his metallic arm from its socket, and then gave his skull a lead injection. This done, she mailed the bloody metal arm to her parents - a warning of things to come.<br/><br/>A first taste of vengeance had been had, but Roan was far from sated - if anything she had become more angry, more restless, more hateful. The swift brutality of her parents, and the company they bled and breathed for, was well-known to the Rockerboy, who had experienced life both above, and below, the poverty line. She was a first-hand witness to how the world worked on both levels, and how thoroughly the Corps had forcibly changed the rules of living life to suit their needs. Roan knew that slow, gentle improvement was not something that could ever happen: the Corps would rape the world and humanity to their last ounces of life if it meant higher profits and more luxury for their upper echelons.<br/><br/>Finally, after so long of floundering in the dark and being unable to find a meaning in her life and reasoning behind her relentless anger, Roan finally found clarity: peace was something she could only ever achieve for herself over the bloodied and burning corpses of her enemies - not just her parents and the man they hired to murder Blaker, but also the foul and soul-destroying Corporation that they lived, bled, and killed for. By her parents and their actions, the Rockerboy had begun to channel her inexhaustible anger and hatred into a singular, very deadly focus.<br/><br/>Roan returned to her old apartment - something she was able to do when the local administrator was threatened into compliance by the other residents. She continued to play her music, it being a channel for her anger and passion - but her message had shifted, becoming less about rebirth and awakening and more about rebellion and the need for violent, merciless change. Her followers grew in number. Intending to rip the bloody, beating heart out of Arasaka - and all corporations like it - the Rockerboy began playing for a larger audience, intending to convince them of what they already knew in their hearts - and also to warn them about the bloody path she was about to blaze. Though she began promoting the band under the name Parabellum - "Prepare for War" - they were always known among the true fans simply as Roan Quince, or Rebel Queen.<br/><br/>Though most of Roan's friends and fans celebrated her sudden drive, focus, and anti-Corporate message, not everyone close to her found themselves able to encourage her vendetta: Ethan Abnett, who had remained her stable input throughout her more troubled times, was unable to handle the Rockerboy's sudden, all-consuming fixation with revenge. At first he tried to appeal to her sense of self-preservation, but it quickly became clear that she cared little about her own safety - or even the safety of others, at least where damaging the Corporations was concerned. In the end, Ethan gave Roan an ultimatum: it was him, or Arasaka.<br/><br/>She didn't help him pack his things, though she did give him one hell of a shiner on the way out of her apartment.<br/><br/>In spite of her rejection of him, Ethan remains to this day protective and affectionate towards the Rockerboy, perhaps in the impossible hope that she might one day give up her vendetta and settle for less deadly adversaries - like the boostergangers or common, Night City thugs - or even just focus on her musical career, which he had always believed would take her far. Others in the Megabuilding, and outside of it - particular those numbered within her fanbase - are dedicated to Roan's cause, and come to her gigs dutifully to hear her spread her anti-Corporate message.<br/><br/>Whilst her growing library of music does include a wealth of songs focused on things besides her hatred for the Corporations, Roan has had little time in recent nights to focus on anything other than her intense desire for revenge. When not translating her rage into song to prevent it from spilling over into actual violence, she is formulating a plan of action to track down and deal with her next target: the man who pulled the trigger on Blaker. Understanding that this individual is likely to be more difficult to take down than a low-level Exec, Roan is proceeding with a greater degree of caution, this time going so far as to involve other mercenaries to ensure that the capture and execution concludes exactly as it should. Once the man is finally lying dead in a gutter, Roan can turn her sights upon her true targets: her parents, and their beloved Arasaka Corporation.<br/><br/><strong>PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:</strong>A woman barely into her twenties, Roan Quince cuts an alluring figure. Slender of build, she nevertheless moves with a surety of purpose that speaks of a deep-seated confidence, and she talks with a voice that radiates charisma, drawing and keeping the focus of all she speaks to. She doesn't often smile, but her eyes burn with a furious passion that seems scarcely under control. Long, straight brown hair curtains an attractive face, and stretches down just past her shoulder blades.<br/><br/>Despite being a Rockerboy, Roan does not frequently bend to new fashion trends - unless they match her personal tastes. Instead, she favours practical, yet appealing, attire that suits a woman who wrestles first-hand with the harsh demands of The Streets. The simplistic nail necklace, however, is a must: she is almost never seen without it. Unlike many others, she sports almost no chrome, save for the Biomonitor buried in her left inner-forearm - one of the few gifts from her former input Ethan Abnett that she's actually kept. Whenever out and about, Roan always dons her light armourjack and carries her pistol tucked into the waistband of her bottoms: evidence of the pragmatic caution that she had picked up early on during her time on The Streets.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: Lifepath</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Cultural Region:</strong> North America | <strong>Known Language:</strong> English<br/><strong>Personality:</strong> Analytical, passionate, rebellious, and violent.<br/><strong>Dress &amp; Personal Style:</strong> Generic Chic | <strong>Hairstyle:</strong> Long and straight<br/><strong>Affectation You Are Never Without:</strong> Simplistic nail necklace<br/><strong>What Do You Value Most?:</strong> Your word | <strong>How Do You Feel About Most People?:</strong> People are obstacles to be destroyed if they cross me.<br/><strong>Most Valued Person in Your Life?:</strong> A teacher or mentor (Jeffrey Blaker) | <strong>Most Valued Possession You Own?:</strong> A recording (Memory Chip containing Jeffrey Blaker's songs)<br/><strong>Original Family Background:</strong> Corporate Execs | <strong>Your Environment:</strong> In a Corporate luxury "starscraper," high above the rest of the teeming rabble.<br/><strong>Your Family Crisis:</strong> Your family is cursed with a hereditary feud that has lasted for generations.<br/><strong>Your Friend:</strong> 1; based in the Megabuilding | <strong>Relationship:</strong> A former lover (Ethan Abnett).<br/><strong>Your Enemies:</strong> Parents and their Paid Killer | <strong>What Caused It?:</strong> Abandoned old way of life - in retaliation, they caused the death of a close friend and mentor (Jeffrey Blaker). | <strong>What Can They Throw at You?:</strong> A powerful Corporation (Arasaka).<br/><strong>What Are You Gonna Do About It?:</strong> Kill them, and then utterly destroy the Corporation they have lived and bled for.<br/><strong>Your Tragic Love Affair:</strong> 1 | <strong>What Happened?:</strong> A personal vendetta came between you and your lover (Ethan Abnett).<br/><strong>Life Goals:</strong> Destroy your parents, and all the Corporations bleeding mankind dry - starting with Arasaka.<br/><strong>What Kind of Rockerboy Are You?:</strong> Musician (Singer, guitarist, and songwriter).<br/><strong>Are You in a Group, or a Solo Act?:</strong> Group (Parabellum) | <strong>Where Do You Perform?:</strong> Seedy Dive Bars<br/><strong>Who's Gunning for You &amp; Your Group?:</strong> Corporate enemies who don't like your message.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><strong>CHARACTER STATISTICS:</strong><br/><strong>Real Name:</strong>Roan Quince<br/><strong>Aliases:</strong>Rebel Queen<br/><strong>Role:</strong>Rockerboy |<strong>Role Ability:</strong>Charismatic Impact 4 |<strong>Reputation:</strong>1 |<strong>Improvement Points:</strong>5<br/><strong>STATS:</strong>Intelligence 7, Reflexes 7, Dexterity 6, Technique 8, Cool 8, Willpower 7, Luck 2/2, Movement 6, Body 6, Empathy 5/5<br/><strong>Hit Points:</strong>45/45 |<strong>Seriously Wounded Wound Threshold:</strong>23 |<strong>Death Save:</strong>6 |<strong>Humanity:</strong>50/50 (-0 Humanity maximum due to cyberware)<br/><strong>Critical Injuries:</strong>None |<strong>Addictions:</strong>None<br/><strong>Skills (Base/Level):</strong>Athletics +8/2, Brawling +12/6, Composition +13/6, Concentration +9/2, Conversation +10/5, Deduction +10/3, Drive Land Vehicle +10/3, Education +9/2, Evasion +12/6, First Aid +10/2, Gamble +10/3, Handgun +10/3, Human Perception +10/5, Language (English) +11/4, Language (Streetslang) +9/2, Local Expert (Your Home) +10/3, Melee Weapon +8/2, Perception +9/2, Personal Grooming +12/4, Persuasion +14/6, Play Instrument (Guitar) +14/6, Play Instrument (Singing) +14/6, Stealth +8/2, Streetwise +10/2, Wardrobe & Style +11/3<br/><strong>Cyberware:</strong>Fashionware (Biomonitor), Internal Cyberware (Contraceptive Implant)<br/><strong>Armour &amp; Weapons:</strong>Mustang Arms "Mark III" (Heavy Pistol, Damage 3d6, Heavy Pistol Magazine 8; ROF 2; Hands Required 1; Concealable? Yes), Light Armourjack (Body Location, Stopping Power 11/11, Armour Penalty 0)<br/><strong>Equipment &amp; Personal Gear:</strong>Agent (+2 to Library Search, +2 to Wardrobe & Style if trends are followed), Audio Recorder, Basic Ammunition (Heavy Pistol) x 40, Carryall (Duffel Bag), Computer (Desktop), Disposable Cell Phones x 2, Electric Guitar, Jeffrey Blaker's Memory Chip (Musical Recordings), Memory Chip x 4, Personal CarePak, Pocket Amplifier, Radio Scanner/Music Player<br/><strong>Fashion:</strong>Generic Chic Clothing (Bottoms, Top, Jacket, Footwear) x 3, Leisurewear (Bottoms, Top, Footwear)<br/><strong>Eurobucks:</strong>1,720eb |<strong>Lifestyle:</strong>Kibble |<strong>Housing:</strong>Cargo Container (Megabuilding) |<strong>Total Monthly Cost:</strong>1,100eb