Aiden Connor

Scion of Lugh

Background

"Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time."

A friendly, engaging individual with a competitive streak as strong as his pension for death-defying thrills, Aiden Connor works as one of the up and coming performers in the Cirque de Soleil, his performance specializing in a mixture of the disciplines of fire dancing, fire juggling, and fast-paced acrobatics.

Aiden was born to a single mother in a small town in Western New York. Aiden's mother, Patricia Stevens, was an ex-Arkansas Beauty Queen turned Beautician and Soap Opera Enthusiast. Around when Aiden turned 5, his mom enlisted him in gymnastics as a way to have her afternoons free for Christian Singles get-togethers. Aiden, enamored with the new-found sport, seemed to learn things as quickly as someone could teach him, taking to the floor as naturally as a fish taking to water.

Shortly after Aiden turned 7, Patricia married a man named Mark Campbell, a gruff, middle-aged Buffalo beat cop. Mark and Aiden always had problems relating to one another and seeing eye to eye in any situation, a trend that would later continue through Aiden's High School years. After Patricia married, she quit her profession as a beautician to become a more devoted wife, taking care of Aiden and the general maintenance of the house. Against his step-father's wishes, calling it a sport for girls and fags, Aiden continued to take Gymnastics per his mother's final say. Mark resented the fact that Aiden always came first with Patricia, and would sometimes take it out physically on Aiden, threatening more severe violence if Aiden were to ever tell his mother about it.

By the beginning of High School, Mark and Aiden were getting into arguements whenever Aiden would come around the house, which Aiden made a point to be as little as possible, finding any activity to do as an excuse to not be home, including getting a job, joining his school's juggling club and dance team, and leading the school's Yoga club on top of going to school and having year-round sports commitments. The dynamic between Aiden, Patricia, and Mark was shaky at best, things becoming very verbally abusive between Patricia and Mark as well, though Aiden always stood by his mother, trying to be the support for her that they both knew Mark wasn't.

Despite this fact, Aiden filed for Emancipation when he was 16, convincing his mother that it would be best for everyone's sanity (his step-father needed no convincing). However, due to the increasingly dysfunctional aspects of her relationship with Mark at that point, and the absence of Aiden, Patricia quickly became an alcoholic, drinking herself into a shouting stupor almost every night.

On August 10th, 1997, Aiden's 18th birthday, he showed up to his mom and step-father's house for a small celebration of family. He got there a few hours early to find Mark, already quite drunk, yelling at his mother. He waited outside the house for a short while listening, and opened the door to the house right as Mark struck Patricia across the face. Aiden snapped, throwing Mark up against a wall, breaking his collar bone telling him to pack his belongings and get the hell out. Mark stormed out of the house, driving away peeling rubber. Later that night, it'd be reported that Mark had died in a drunk driving accident. Patricia mourned his loss for a great while. Aiden couldn't think of a better birthday present.

Shortly after, Aiden left for college in Arizona where he continued to do gymnastics. He was always among the top contenders in the NCAA, specializing in the Floor and Vault exercises. Along with doing Track and Field, in which he set unprecedented records in the Long Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault, and Javelin, Aiden was one of the most celebrated athletes at Arizona State University.

After college, as a graduation present to himself, he took a trip to Las Vegas, where after seeing a performance of the Cirque de Soleil, he decided that that's what he wanted to do. He applied as a juggler, and they told him that they had jugglers. He applied as an acrobat, and was told that that they already had acrobats. He applied as a contortionist, also as a dancer, and was again told that they already had those. He then asked if they had someone in the troupe who did all of these things, to which they congratulated him and welcomed him aboard.

Aiden has been really questioning himself since becoming a Scion and joining the NAOS group. One week, he's juggling and flying through the air and the next, he finds that he's killed several people, as have others, and everyone seems to just be taking it in stride like it doesn't even matter. Then again, it's not like he finds many others around him to have much in the way of morals or respect, not to mention any manner of professionalism. Just because one finds them self to be a godling one morning doesn't mean that you should treat others any differently, or necessarily manipulate others just because you can. People are going to start paying attention to your actions, and they're going to realize what sorts of people they want sticking around, and which ones they don't.

Band-Mates

Chiyoko: "I know I can depend on him when shit hits the fan to keep his cool and have my back, though I don't really expect him to keep his cool in any other situation. Don't get me wrong, Chiyoko is a LOT of fun and is by far my favorite person in the group, but sometimes you do need to tone things down a bit for the sake of getting things done. Everyone thinks he's a big ol' homo, but I think they're not paying close enough attention. He just likes to dress up in women's clothes, and I don't think Chiyoko would categorize himself as gay or straight or bi or whatever; I think Chiyoko's just trying to get attention, and doesn't really care what sex someone is. If I could teach him to just chill out a bit, I think we could possibly branch out on our own and get things taken care of just between the two of us as our own group."

Riley: "You know, I really don't know what to think of this guy. He seems to make a lot of gay jokes, however he's the one who's ex-military for reasons to us that are unexplained, which I think says enough right there. That mixed with the built-up rage, well, I think we can all come to our own conclusions. Not that someone being gay bothers me. Hell, most all of the guys I used to work with were gay and I've got lots of gay friends. Just, if you're going to be gay, then be gay. Don't try to hide it behind some false macho facade to try to prove how butch you are. He also seems to have a real reckless streak in him, which is going to get us into a lot of trouble, and maybe get some of us killed."

Johnathon: "Look, I know you're some big computer game programmer or designer or whatever, but get down off of your fucking high horse. Seriously. You're no more special than anyone else here and you're going to have to look that concept in the eye and accept it. That's about all I have to say about him."

Lora: "Lora's a sweet girl who's just a little bit overwhelmed by everything going on around her. I think there's some real potential with her to not be just a successful Scion, but an overall good person. She looks out for those around her and has a deep thirst for knowledge and truth. I think once she shirks off her shyness and lack of self-confidence (A bit of an anti-Riley, really), she's going to be really awesome. I'm just waiting for Chiyoko to give her a bit of a makeover, and see what she thinks of herself then."

Vlad: "This guy seems to be maybe not all there and is a bit of a loose cannon. I can never be quite sure what he's going to do or what he's going to say in any given situation, and that makes me more than a little uncomfortable. I mean, I don't really have anything against the guy as a person per se, but again, we need to be operating as a whole, functional, coordinated group and with someone taking completely unwarranted action in any given situation? That makes things a bit difficult. Maybe I should talk to him about maybe communicating with someone else before he decides to take the lead on his own."

Characters Stats

• Calling: Carnival Fire Dancer; Nature: Bravo
• Attributes: Str 3, Dex 5, Sta 3; Cha 5, Man 2, App 2; Per 2, Int 2, Wits 3
• Abilities: Academics 1, Art (Dance) 4, Athletics 4, Awareness 2, Command 3, Control (Car) 1, Empathy 1, Fortitude 2, Integrity 3, Larceny 1, Melee 2, Occult 2, Presence 4, Survival 1, Thrown 4
• Legend: 3
• Epic Attributes: Epic Dexterity (2), Epic Charisma (2), Epic Strength (2), Epic Wits (1)
• Knacks: Lightning Sprinter (Epic Dexterity), Untouchable Opponent (Epic Dexterity), Benefit of the Doubt (Epic Charisma), Never Say Die (Epic Charisma), Hurl to the Horizon (Epic Strength), Uplifting Might (Epic Strength), Social Chameleon (Epic Wits)
• Boons: Sky's Grace (Sky 1), Wind's Freedom (Sky 2), Fire Immunity (Fire 1), Bolster Fire (Fire 2), The Unlidded Eye (Magic 1)
• Willpower: 5
• Virtues: Expression 3, Intellect 2, Piety 1, Courage 3
• Join Battle: 8; Soak: 3B/2L/0A; Dodge DV: 8(10); Move: 7 yds; Dash: 15(30) yds; Jump: 9 yards vertical, 18 yards Horizontal; Lift: 3300 lbs.
• Attacks: Aidanconnadh (Thrown: Spd 4, Acc 13, Dam 5L, Rng 120; Melee: Spd 4, Acc 8, Dam 5L, +0 Def)
• Health Levels: -0 / -1 / -1 / -2 / -2 / -4 / Inc.
• Languages Known: English, French, and Portuguese
• Other Notes: Aiden has three relics as follows:
  • Aidanconnadh (Relic 5 Spear): Speed 4, Acc +1, +2L, Rng 15; Purviews: Fire; Unique Abilities: Speed +2; Adds Legend rating to all Dex + Thrown rolls made with the spear; Aidanconnadh will automatically return to it's wielder after an attack has been made
  • Spéirgeata (Relic 2 Torc): Purviews: Sky; Unique Abilities: Adds rating in Legend to Wits + Awareness rolls.
  • Uaithne (Relic 1 Whiskey Flask): Purviews: Magic;

Experience Points

Earned: 37 Pregame: 5 Pilot - The Recruitment: 10 Ep. 1 - First Mission (pt. 1): 5 Ep. 1 - First Mission (pt. 2): 5 End of Episode 1: 5 I can has spudz (Ep. 1 - pt. 2): 1 3-die Stunt (Ep. 1 - pt. 2): 1 Ep. 2 - The Dead Walk (pt. 1): 5

Spent: 32; Unspent: 5 Epic Strength (Rank I), 10xp: The Recruitment Presence (Rank IV), 5xp: The Recruitment Epic Strength (Rank II), 5xp: First Mission (pt. 1) Epic Wits (Rank I), 8xp: First Mission (pt. 2) Sky (Rank I [Sky's Grace]), 4xp: First Mission (pt. 2)

Wishlist

Attributes 

Epic Wits (Rank II) 4xp
Wits (Rank IV) 12xp
Perception (Rank III) 8xp
Epic Perception (Rank I) 10xp
Manipulation (Rank III) 8xp
Epic Manipulation (Rank I) 10xp

Abilities

Occult (Rank III) 3xp
Awareness (Rank III) 4xp
Empathy (Rank II) 2xp
Integrity (Rank IV) 5xp
Marksmanship (Rank I) 3xp
Medicine (Rank I) 3xp
Command (Rank IV) 6xp
Survival (Rank II) 4xp
Melee (Rank III) 4xp

Occult (Rank IV) 5xp; Awareness (Rank IV) 6xp; Empathy (Rank III) 4xp; Marksmanship (Rank II) 2xp; Marksmanship (Rank III) 4xp

Other

Enech (Rank I) 3xp
Magic (Rank II [Bona Fortuna]) 8xp
Magic (Rank II [Evil Eye]) 8xp
Legend (Rank IV) 24xp;
Willpower (Rank VI) 10xp

Enech (Rank II) 4xp;

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Relics

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Residence