Strider

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Warlock of the Silver Ladder

Born: January 29, 1980

Age: 33

Titles/Memberships: Disciple of Space (maybe Adept of Space)

Various nicknames and aliases:

Concept: Cryptopoly information provider (Virtue: Hope, Vice: Pride)

Physical description: A paragon of business-like efficiency: white shirt, black tie, black jacket, sunglasses.

Nimbus: Burning flames filled with eyes, surrounding and watching you from every direction; distant screaming always from behind.

Timeline

Awakened: 2006

Initial Master: Harp, Harmony (deceased), Shu

1995-2000: Dropped out of school, not a time Strider likes to talk about.

2000-2004: Known as an information broker, provides information to politicians, big business, law enforcement.

2004-2006: Becomes increasingly involved in providing information to the Cryptopoly, working with occult groups.

2006: Awakened, joins Silver Ladder.

2004-2009: As an Acolyte Strider follows the directions of the Silver Ladder, helps new mages Awaken, and learns the ways of the Cryptopoly. He is working towards the Legacy of The Pure Sovereigns until an incident in 2009.

2009: Joins the Reality Stalkers and gains the first attainment.

2010-2013: Heavy use of the Cryptopoly to monitor information that needs to be dealt with by mages, working with other cabals to pass the information on to those who can take action.

Basically, Strider uses his own network, plus the resources of the Cryptopoly, to stay on top of what is happening in the city. When "interesting" events occur, he then usually passes the information onto one of the more adventurous cabals, such as the "Boondock Mages" or the Ardent Compass to investigate. If necessary, Strider can provide backup mostly either transport (Space/portals) or healing (Life).

Please contact me if you think you would have got information from Strider in your background at some point, and we can work something out.

Recent events

2011

Floods have a way of covering up things, but they can also uncover things better left hidden. In the wake of the 2011 floods, Strider received reports through his network of some strange happenings in western Brisbane, possible related to an ancient aboriginal site that had been revealed by the floods.

Strider passed the information on to Watchlight, as he has done many times in the past, who was then able to arrange an investigation, discover the history of the site, and find a spirit that had been released and taken over a local gang leader and preparing to sacrifice some hostages on the site. After Strider did a bit more investigation to find the gang's current whereabouts, Watchlight and some other mages were able to confront and defeat them, rescue the hostages, and then heal the possessed person, driving the spirit from them.

2012

Strider learnt through his contacts about a number of disappearances and assaults around the Jupiters Casino precinct on the gold coast, culminating in a death which the police were trying to keep quiet due to some occult aspects. Not being able to find much more out through scrying, but confirming with his contacts that it was a "monster", Strider contacted [Sean’s character] and filled him in on the situation, knowing he worked with a few other mages who might be able to look into the situation.

It can be difficult for Strider to work out what [Sean’s character] might go for, and sometimes the answer comes back as “not interested” (which tends to frustrate Strider), however in this case [Sean’s character] said he wouldn’t mind a holiday down the Coast.

[Sean’s character] led a group of other mages down to spend their days on the beach and their nights staking out the area. It wasn't long before they found a ghouled high roller who was taking some recent losses rather personally. Even with their magic and enhanced guns, it took quite a bit to take the big guy down.

2013

• ?

Rumours

• Has contacts everywhere; if it happens, Strider hears about it
• Has a shady past; may have had some run ins with the law when he was younger

Inspirations and Soundtrack

• The Matrix
• Men in Black
• Jumper

OOC Info

Member Information
Player:	Sly Gryphon
Number:	AU 2013010009 (9861-132)
Domain:	Brisbane

• Still a work in progress (until the chronicle starts)