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Name Jonas Goodman Street Name Draco
Alias John Goodman Age 45
Race Human Birthplace Portland
Height 6'1" Hair Color grey
Weight 110kg Eye Color grey
Known Contacts Past Offences
Kenny Feldenstien -  Ork Secret Service agent - level 2

Mr Wallace - Elven fixer - level 2

Michael Walker - Hermetic sec mage, Yamatsu - Level 1

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Comments
An interesting man, refuses to use foci or sling physical damage spells, yet is one of the most talented wage mages the shadows have ever seen, a near godlike aptitude with sorcery. Leaving his corp because of profetional differences he found that he had been blackballed by most other corps, wanting to keep his apartment and a general comfortable lifestyle, he went underground offering his skills as a non-lethal magic user.

looks like he found somewhere cause he is pulling big nuyen even for milk runs.

 

 

Background
 

Jonas had always been interested in dragons, in school he frequently did reports and essays on dragonkind, his parents put it down to a simple childhood fixation, the way 20th century children had become fixated on dinosaurs, or how young girls often obsessed over ponies, much as his younger sister was. Jonas also slept a great deal, usually going to bed around 10 pm the evening and waking up at 8 am and even then that was his bare minimum, any less and he was terminally grumpy for days on end until he made up the sleep.

As Jonas aged his interest grew, he read every book he could find pertaining to dragons and magic, while his obsession lost its childhood edge but gained a scholarly depth, he maintained very neat and organized computer files on any newscast of dragon related news.
Jonas's family were not rich, but were happy in their corporate lives, his mother managed the secretarial pool and his father was a security watch commander for Yamatsu in Seattle. although he never ate real beef or drank real coffee Jonas was never ever hungry, this was his primary reason for signing up for Yamatsu security when he finished high school, at least for a few years until he figured out what he really wanted to do.

that "few years" was closer to twenty, his parents retired and moved out into Salish Sidhe territory with his sister, who had married an Amerindian man who raised thoroughbred race horses. while Jonas was left manning the morning front desk shift at Yamatsu, Seattle, his duties included making sure everyone had a security pass, and being nice and friendly to anyone who wanted directions. Jonas was in hell.

His frequent attempts to move up the chain of command were met with close to poor performance evaluations, often reading "although skilled, too physically slow and often too single minded in purpose" this bothered Jonas a great deal he tried harder than any of his superiors. what's more, tests on his body revealed that any cyberware was likely to be rejected by his body, ruining any chances of increasing his physical speed in order to move higher up the ranks. This continued until around August 2056 when he was asked to work overtime to provide security for "a high profile exec" visiting Yamatsu. It was the single most life altering day in Jonas's life.

The executive was Dunkelzahn, Dunkelzahn was doing some preliminary flesh pressing before his run for president of UCAS. The entire time Jonas was in the same room as the dragon, Jonas was gobsmacked by the sheer presence of the great dragon. When the entire public relations sideshow had ended, Jonas was hurrying out the last of the press trying to get in last minute questions with the dragon, after he hurried out the last reporter, he turned and found Dunkelzahn staring right at him, Jonas was unsure of what he had done, weather he had somehow offended the dragon, Dunkelzahn said to him telepathicaly "Your power and strength of will is impressive" before Jonas could regain his composure or even begin to ponder what the dragon had meant. he was gone.

Jonas sat down and contemplated what the dragon had said, he decided he needed to talk to the dragon, face to face, even if it meant his job. Jonas proceeded to the Dragons hotel. Jonas managed to get as far as the elevator exit to the floor Dunkelzahn was staying on, Jonas heard his name yelled down a corridor he turned and saw the massive tusky grin and glowing green eyes which belonged to Kenny one of his best friends from when he did his security training. the 2 sat down and chatted for a while, turned out that Kenny had gotten really sick of corp work after 6 months and applied for the FBI, where he flew up the chain of command finally ending up in the secret service. Jonas told Kenny about his life, and explained why he was here, Kenny said "I cant introduce you to the dragon, i would love to but i cant" Jonas's shoulders slumped, he looked at Kenny and saw that big dumb grin that Kenny used to sport when he had good news "but ill tell Big D that "the man who shows promise" is here, if he invites you in I cant really stop you can "

The dragon invited him in and before Jonas could ask what the dragon had meant, the dragon told him that Jonas had flattered him quite a great deal and asked Jonas how long had he had his gift. Jonas looked puzzled and enquired "gift?" Dunkelzahn replied "you mean your not masking?" after quite a bit of back and forth, enquiries and explanations Jonas looked straight at the dragon and said "so what does this all mean?" Dunkelzahn said "you have studied my kind for decades, your sence of awe in the conference room, your always feeling only happy when considering an issue concerning my kind, my boy, your inner self wishes to take the path of the wyrm" Jonas stammered "so you mean Im a shaman" the dragon chuckled and merely nodded at the amazed man. Jonas asked why when he entered the corp it had not been noticed by the mage who had assenced him. Dunkelzahn explained was that the pattern had been subtle and probably only revealed itself due to the fact that we were in such close proximity, the dragon elaborated saying "ive rarely seen an untrained mage with such raw potential"

Dunkelzahn asked his aide to call the head of magical resources at Yamatsu security, and demanded he get to the suite right away. The head of magical resources was very unhappy, at being ordered around by someone with no legitimate authority over him, and when Dunkelzahn requested that Jonas be inducted for magical training, the smug hermetic mage refused and told Dunkelzahn that he chose who he wanted and wouldn't let someone else tell him what's what, the dragon smugly replied with "well you can either accept my suggestion, or ill train this man in forms of magic you have never even heard of and then let him take your job from your pathetic hands" the mage dejectedly accepted and quickly left.

Jonas and Dunkelzahn spoke infrequently up until the dragons death, Dunkelzahn was pleased to hear that Jonas was one of the most promising students yamatsu had ever had, he also hinted at getting him a job at one of the magical organizations he held great sway with. However before that could come to pass, Dunkelzahn gained the presidency and was killed shortly after.

This upset Jonas a great deal, it was as if his totem itself were dead, his training slumped and he nearly washed out of the training program. this continued for a few months before he received a visit from Nadja Daviar who had a letter form Dunkelzahn, a letter which he penned the night he was voted in as president, it read "you are destined for great things Jonas, your force of will alone dwarfs mine... not really but it was nice to read wasn't it. I doubt ill be able to talk to you much in the near future, but remember that even if we don't talk or even loose contact, that your magic never came from me, it came from the deepest reaches of yourself, you weren't born a dragon, but you have the heart of one. Dunkelzahn - President of UCAS...  P.s you wouldn't believe how much of a rush it is to write that last bit, even for me"

Jonas turned his life around, he graduated from the magic program with a middle of the road grade. and he was also put through a teaching course, because his superiors believed him in a unique position to teach mundane assets how to work effectively with magical. Before long he was promoted to "magical combat instructor" and he worked hard, teaching mages how not to get themselves killed by a Shadowrunner slinging magic, if ever the situation arose, he taught lessons the hard way, with stun spells, battering his students on a combat range till they learned their lessons, before long, even mundane guards were going through a truncated course because it improved their life expectancy if something did happen.

However, the manager of magical assets still disliked Jonas, and made his life constantly difficult, refusing to hire other wyrm shamans, made it difficult for Jonas to get access to the shamanic library, made an issue of Jonas's need for extended sleep. and overall as a pain in the ass. an argument about magical traditions brought the entire situation to a flashpoint, the final straw was when the manager claimed that Jonas was nothing more than a mundane looser that a powerful being had pitied, this lead Jonas to challenging his boss to a showdown. According to most sources the fight would have put cheesy action trid to shame, Jonas mopped the floor with his boss, he quit there and then left citing professional differences and was heard to say "if this is what I have to do to get professional respect, I will go where my skills will be valued" he approached the Draco foundation, Nadja Daviar spoke with him and offered him a job as "deniable assets" Jonas was shocked at the idea that he become a shadowrunner, Nadja explained that the foundation needed a reliable ear to the ground in the shadows, and that while some shadowrunners are psychopaths, some are much like him, only without a contact like her, she suggested that at some time in the future, the Draco foundation will look after you, but now, you have a perfect cover story as to why a shaman of your talent is slinging mana for hire.

she gave him the number of a fixer her friend Ryan Mercury claimed was a good and honorable man and cast him into the shadows.

 

 

Attributes  Edges/Flaws Skills
Body-5

Quickness-4

Strength-4

Intelligence-5

Charisma-4

Willpower-6

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Essence-6

Reaction-4

Initiative Die-1

Combat Pool-7

Spell Pool-5

 

Sensitive system (magicaly active) -2

Bad reputation Corporate (same as standard bad reputation, but only applies to corporate personel) -1

Refusal to use Foci/Fetishes -3

Focused concentration +2

Aptitude, sorcery +4

Submachine gun-5

Sorcery -6

Conjuring- 3

Athletics 4

Etiquette/Corporate 3/5

Instruction/Sorcery 2/4

 

Spell Design 5

Security Systems 5

Dragons 6

Mega corporate Security 5

Magic 4

Languages
English 5

English W/R 5

 

 

Known Magic Known Augmentations Known Gear
Known and accomplished Wyrm shaman

 

Stunbolt -5

Increased reflexes +2 Ini die.- 3

Heal. - 4

Smoke Cloud. - 5

Thunderbolt - 4

Physical barrier (appears as sheet of crackling lightning) - 5

none 1 month high lifestyle

Gold Docwagon contract

2 x Heckler & Koch 227 smg's (1 hidden in safe deposit box at bank)

smg sling

5 x fine clothing

Victory "rapid transit" heavy jumpsuit (2/4)

Form fitting half body suit (3/1)

Mortimer greatcoat (4/2)