Aiden Connor

Scion of Lugh

"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.

• Calling: Carnival Fire Dancer; Nature: Bravo
• Attributes: Str 3, Dex 5, Sta 3; Cha 4, Man 2, App 3; Per 2, Int 2, Wits 3
• Abilities: Academics 1, Art (Dance) 3, Art (Harp) 1, Athletics 4, Awareness 2, Brawl 1, Control (Car) 1, Empathy 1, Fortitude 2, Integrity 2, Larceny 1, Melee 1, Occult 3, Presence 4, Survival 2, Thrown 4
• Legend: 3
• Boons: Wind's Freedom (Sky 2), Fire Immunity (Fire 1), Bolster Fire (Fire 2), The Unlidded Eye (Magic 1)
• Epic Attributes: Epic Dexterity (2), Epic Charisma (2), Epic Strength (1)
• Knacks: Cat's Grace (Epic Dexterity), Untouchable Opponent (Epic Dexterity), Benefit of the Doubt (Epic Charisma), Never Say Die (Epic Charisma), Hurl to the Horizon (Epic Strength)
• Willpower: 5
• Virtues: Expression 3, Intellect 2, Piety 2, Courage 2
• Join Battle: 8; Soak: 3B/2L/0A; Dodge DV: 8; Move: 7 yds; Dash: 15 yds; Jump: 8 yards vertical, 16 yards Horizontal; Lift: 1150 lbs.
• Attacks: Aidanconnadh (Spd 5, Acc 10, Dam 5L, Rng 30)
• Health Levels: -0 / -1 / -1 / -2 / -2 / -4 / Inc.
• Other Notes: Aiden has two relics as follows:

Aidanconnadh (Relic 4): Speed 5, Acc +1, +2L, Rng 15; Purviews: Fire; Unique Abilities: Speed +1; Aidanconnadh will automatically return to it's wielder after an attack has been made

Spéirgeata (Relic 2): Purviews: Sky; Unique Abilities: Adds rating in Legend to Wits + Awareness rolls.

Uaithne (Relic 1): Purviews: Magic;

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