aka Kalkin, Crazy Doc Sanger, Istvan, Cynonix, etc
Istvan Sanger is the first of these versions, begun in 1996 in a Call of Cthulhu game with my friends. Designed as the classic "Mad Scientist" type, he soon became more of a leader than he'd ever expected to be (or should be demanded of such a character)!
When I needed a "spooky, scary interrogator type" for a short story I was writing, I chose to use Istvan in a modified format, and he became Crazy Doc Sanger. Since then, that short story has gone from a 60 page novella to a 600 page set of volumes.
Vanya Sengihr is my Zekiran version of Sanger. Instead of a tinkerer or computer expert, Vanya is a genetic engineer. A Breeder of high degree and equally high insanity.
The Pernese Vanya takes the medical angle and tweaks it yet further. There on another world Vanya is a Healer of great ability though rather too scary for people to come to grips with.
Lastly described here is the ElfQuest/Otherforest version, which in itself is a little more odd than most. The character in question is actually ME, the creator, having arrived at the Otherforest in a new "other body". It's a long story.
Virtual Daverin -- Why would she choose to put this body on? It's tall dark and spooky, but it's from her past and she doesn't even realize it.
Cynonix ahlKhat -- the fully-furry version of Cheetah-Istvan, running from his evil creator Julian Renaud in a world which has magic, gods and fur.
Panther Lord Sengihr -- another furry type but this one is a panther among humans, genetically and magically created and abandoned deep in the mideval past of the world.
Hero Academy - superhero academy version, having a wonderful time.
Pick a Batman Episode... Sanger belongs in the Batman universe at times. Overly willing to be useful to certain types (such as... R'as a Ghul).
Myriad others...
Name: Istvan Sanger -- view him here
Rank: Scientist - comma - Mad (and, shapeshifting priest of Bastet)
Sex: Male
Age: 34
Relatives: Pavel (father), Inilla (mother), Pyotr (older brother), Ilyana (younger sister, died), Wife Cynthia Essex, Daughter Cassandra, Son Simon, Daughter Amalthea
Other Wife Nadine Mason, Daughter Ilyana
Accident Jennifer Dawson (unknown to him), Son Gareth
Feline Mates, 8 offspring -- three shapeshifters
Other Partners and offspring numerous but isolated in Ravenloft World
Hair: Raven black, to back, straight with widows peak
Skin: olive to mushroom, depending on sun-exposure
Eyes: stunning blue -- cat's pupils, not human looking
Height/Build: 6'3", lanky and not very muscular, even in half-cheetah form.
Other Features: Long face, with expressive eyes and deeply lined thin lips, prominent nose and high cheekbones, rather gaunt. Has three long scars from hairline over left eye which remain even when shifted.
Voice: quiet, commanding, deep. When in half-cat form he can speak but not very well, and as a cheetah can chirp very well thank you.
In Cheetah form: standing just over 3' at shoulder, and more than 6' nose to tail tip. Golden yellow with white belly, and lots of dark spots. Keeps his blue eyes in this shape.
In Half-Cat form: stands just over 7' tall, gaining a little muscle mass but is still very long-limbed and built for speed not strength. Keeps his black hair in this shape as well as his blue eyes.
Stats are "Human/Half-Cat/Cheetah"
STR - 9/20/16
CON - 11/13/11
SIZ - 12/15/15
DEX - 14/18/20
APP - 14
INT - 18/10/8
POW - 12 (was 13)
EDU - 23
Notable Skills: Chemistry 93, Climb //85, Escapeology 45, Electrical Repair 90, Hide //80, Library Use 79, Mechanical Repair 90, Occult 60, Heavy Machine 80, Language (english 115) Language (russian 76) Language (french 70) Language (german 11) Language (ancient Egyptian 1), Physics 90, Psychology 68, Sneak /100/97, Spot Hidden 75/, Meterology 90, Alchemy 50, Style 60, Interrogation 70, Dreaming skills, Shapeshifting 92, Whip 91, Claw 102
While teaching at Miskatonic University Istvan meets up with several locals at Kingsport and are asked to determine if a house is haunted, and if so to do something about it. This is where he meets the disgusting undead Walter Corbitt. Then, sent to Africa to retrieve an archaeological dig and meets Cynthia Essex. Begins to court her. Many other strange things ensue, including the vampires in the Essex house, Mr Oaks Hands, several Dreamlands adventures, and learning that he's been infected with felianthropy. The dreadful Babylonian Affair shows him how to keep himself alive with shapeshifting. Meets Nadine and several others, Cynthia and Nadine and he become lovers.
With the cheetahs in his life, and becoming a priest to Bastet, he and his harem begin to breed. By 1897 he has three children, Cassandra, Simon and Ilyana. There may be another child, a boy, in the Fey lands. By 1900, there are several cheetahs living on the Ranch, and he has in fact bred with some of them.
It gets complicated. In 1912, Istvan disappears without a trace from his lab. While others at home attempt to find him through magical and technological means, he is actually isolated in the Ravenloft Universe and cannot escape. There, he remains for more than 150 years (his time). By the time Ilyana finds him and manages to bring him back, his whole family has died or is so old they do not know him. He has apparently not aged a bit, nor has Ilyana -- or Simon who seems to have vanished from Africa, though few people are ready to go looking for his sorry ass.
He and the rest of the Sanger crew have a reunion. That may or may not ever show up online. Hope for it.
Name: Istvan Sanger, aka Crazy Doc Sanger, Van, etc -- View him here
Rank: Medical Doctor, Inventor, Interrogator for Alabaster Incorporated
Sex: Male
Age: 61
Relatives: Parents both killed, Pavel (father) and Inilla (mother), older brother Pyotr, younger sister Ilyana (dead before age 2), Son Marten (with Lucinda), Daughter Cassandra (with Daverin), Son Simon (with Brianna) ((Also: Carramba High School's version Simon with Keenae Sengihr of Zekira))
Hair: Raven black, to back
Skin: tanned olive
Eyes: stunning blue
Height/Build: 6'3"/Long limbed but very muscular, no fat
Other Features: face is long and dramatic, handsome; has long, dark nails on both fingers and toes, often barefoot, usually wearing nice things, though has a huge closet full of clothing that no one sees him wear, and that are duplicated Virtually.
Voice: deep and resonant, highly expressive. Can whisper or shout with equal force. Often refuses to use abbreviated speech (I would instead of I'd), and often seems to have a strangely dark hint of anger or fear to his voice.
Sanger was born to Russian parents who migrated during some pretty bad shit to America. There, he was given some of the first hyperintelligence treatments, which led both to his technical abilities and memory, and his very permanent sexual psychosis. Seduced by the creator of the treatment, Byers, and made into a twisted slave for a time. He was working for the Institute for Human Advancement (under Byers) until his ‘perversions’ got him tossed. Shortly thereafter Jeff Engle hired him on as a interrogator and full-time bodyguard. That latter position turned somewhat sour but Jeff has never let him off staff. Sanger does not leave the Alabaster building, but he is allowed whatever visitors are brave enough to go there. He simply loves to extract information at the cost of skin art, tattoing or scars which he removes from his subjects.
Character Location- Sanger lives in the Alabaster Inc building found in a large LA looking city. He has half a floor to himself, for security reasons. His virtual site is exactly the same as his real world pad, without the tattoos and with a better stock of some rather unusual vintages of virtual spunk, collected from any virtual visitors.
Name: Vanya Sengihr -- his picture is above
Rank: Breeder 6th Degree / Bonder
Sex: Male
Age: /250
Relatives: Parents both killed, Sengihr (father) and Inilla (mother), older half-brother Pyotr (mother's son), older half-brother Ilya (father's son); Father's brother Darkhanis Paveh; Offspring detailed here.
Hair: Raven black, to back, straight with widows peak
Skin: dark brown
Eyes: stunning blue
Height/Build: 7'9"/Long limbed but very muscular, no fat
Other Features: face is long and dramatic, handsome; has long, dark nails on both fingers and toes. Wears expensive, elegant clothing if at all possible. When possible as well, wears nothing at all.
Voice: deep and resonant, highly expressive. Can whisper or shout with equal force. Often refuses to use abbreviated speech (I would instead of I'd), and often seems to have a strangely dark hint of anger or fear to his voice. As an Outsider much later, his voice simply becomes a whisper, and rarely rises above that.
INT - 119 APP - 81
EDU - 86 CHA - 77
STR - 82 SOC - 73
HEA - 79 AGG - 88
AGI - 84 SAN - 30
REA - 139 COU - 73
POWER RANK - 2/ GP- 23
PSIONICS - minor - Pain Tolerance, Speed
PSIONICS - major - Genius, Senses (sight, hearing 3x; touch mutation, smell 2x), Enhanced Scores
PSIONICS - special - Body Sense and Control
PSIONICS since OutSided - Ghost Attraction, can use ghosts of nearby Zekirans as power source for their powers, through his body. Side effect: turns something nearby white (usually clothing).
MUTATIONS - Hard Nails, Oversensitivity (touch x4), Occasionally Homicidal/Suicidal
All other information is as below, in his personal exposition.
I was born on the planet of Zekira, the Land of Zerin, the Area of Ka, and the city of Emer (we usually just say Zerin/Ka/Emer, everyone on Zekira knows this!) in the year 10285. I became a Breeder (that's scientist to you mundane Earth folk) and I recieved my 6th Degree certificate enabling me to work with genes and cells exclusively when I was about 24. Yes, that was earlier than most people get that far advanced, but I was Bred to be intelligent... I was also Bred by a very cruel, hateful man, and he shall we say took too many liberties with me in the years that I spent with him. He murdered my parents, and attempted to bring me into virtual Slavery to him -- he couldn't make me an actual Slave because I was already set in Breeding too well financially -- but finally I broke away and spent much of my life afterwards attempting to regain my sanity.
I was helped along the way by my beautiful lover Mirage, and my uncle Darkhanis Paveh. Through the years, I have been a scientist, Breeder, father, interrogator (a job which I still enjoy, much to my friends distress), and something of an inventor.
In the time that I was originally alive, I created and help birth over 200 children for couples (occsaionally triples, and even one with eight parents...) and additionally sired more than 60 myself. (I understand that this would be seen as horrific to Earth folk, but Zekirans are notoriously infertile, and our population was never very high, every fertile man and woman was expected to contribute!)
When my situation with my employer Engell fell apart, I divested my life's work from Alabaster, and moved fully into my parents old Holding in Emer, what has long been referred to as the Inheritance of Snow. Though I do hate the cold, it is very pretty up there in the huge mountains of Emer, and my children, theirs, and their own grandchildren all share the duties of working the Inheritance into a wonderful Healing and Breeding facility, as well as remaining a home.
I was born there, lived there briefly as a child, left it alone for nearly a century, and then returned... And I died there.
One of the quirks of Zekiran life is that we are heavily psionic. The stronger the psionic power, usually the more mutated the body is, and often the longer a dead person's spirit lingers in the world to watch the living. Those with little to no power simply fade away and cannot be recalled after a while.
But there are those with powers stronger than all that. A Breeder by the name of Archeria (who wasn't actually a Breeder when I knew her, she was an Animal Master...) was working to keep the world populated by interesting and unusual people. I suppose that she decided that I was to be among them, along with several people I had known and others both before I lived, and long after.
She had access to a cloning facility, which was amazing since cloning a Zekiran is extremely difficult, as we are apt to spontaneously mutate during the process! However she had taken it to quite an art, and found samples from the Breeder's Network of us.
She created new bodies, and due to another intervention of hers, all of these bodies (there were upwards of 14 of us to begin with) became functionally immortal.
Then, one of her other Bred creations, a girl whose name escapes me since she herself died nearly 14 thousand years ago... She had the ability to call souls from their resting place, and actually insert them into new host bodies.
She did this to me, and now I am not at peace. I am not at rest.
And I cannot die Again.
Vanya visits Pern briefly in this format to Hydee's Pernese Dragon adoptions, and Blue Ruarth is the resulting Impression!
Name: Vanya -- view him here
Rank: Master Healer (weyr injuries)
Sex: Male
Age: 36
Relatives: Parents both killed, Sengihr (father) and Inilla (mother), older half-brother Pyotr (mother's son), older half-brother Ilya (father's son, fostered after Sengihr's death); Son Marten (with harper Lucinda), and other children scattered (pre and post current age)
Hair: Raven black, to back
Skin: dark brown
Eyes: stunning blue
Height/Build: 6'3"/Long limbed but very muscular, no fat
Other Features: face is long and dramatic, handsome; has long, dark nails on both fingers and toes
Voice: deep and resonant, highly expressive. Can whisper or shout with equal force. Often refuses to use abbreviated speech (I would instead of I'd), and often seems to have a strangely dark hint of anger or fear to his voice.
Skills: Healer Skills -- specializing in internal injuries, bone setting, skin disorders and nerves. Other Skills -- he is versed in hand to hand combat, and is extremely fast with reflexes which are enhanced by experimentation from his old Master healer. He has a very strong sex drive, and is barely able to control it, however he has taken sex play to an art. He is highly literate, but has been taught only by his Master. He has also been taught many lies, including that Fire Lizards are annoyances only, Dragons are dangerous and aggressive toward people and should be avoided, and that Harpers spread nothing but lies. He is slowly re-learning many things about the people around him and the world as it really is.
History: that's for later. For a glimpse into both the future and the past, read the "Scary Story" HERE.
Pets: originally, Vanya was not interested in having any pets, but he likes felines, and recently he was given two fire lizard eggs. They both hatched into beautiful healthy flits, first was Blue Echo, named for his coloration (being an echo of Vanya's eyes). Next was Bronze Courage, a joke of a name because he came from his egg for food only with great prodding. Both of them love to rest on either shoulder, and Echo gives off Vanya's current emotions true to his name, and does so loudly. Courage is more likely to fly to someone else's shoulder and play, but he always comes back.
Goals: to stay with Windtoss Weyr, perhaps as their Weyrhealer? Wants to continue gaining a grip on real life, with the help of others in the Weyr. He also wants to have more children, as Marten is not anywhere near him at the time, and unlike how his demeanor might show, he does love being a father. Another goal: to see his old Master dead dead dead.
Current Events: from his diligent work at the Weyr, Vanya has been awarded his Weyrhealer status. As such, he is responsible for the care and welfare of every inhabitant -- and he takes this work quite seriously. He and several others killed a pack of "weyr-wolves", huge canines which had come to the Weyr after the recent flood.
AFTER THIS POINT, WINDTOSS IS DESTROYED, AND VANYA IS NO LONGER A PART OF IT. BLAME THIS ON ALEC JOHNSON and MEMBERS OF WINDTOSS.
But how does this explain blue Sixth?
After the current events played out, Vanya learned of the birth of his son with Master Healer (then Journeywoman) Bryn. It was Vanya's insistance that the child be brought to him, and her obvious refusal to do so and have him fostered in the care of her own friends' care that drove Vanya a bit over the edge. He'd spent several months under the Weyr while he was not on duty, practicing and growing restlessly insane.
Learning that the child was no longer even in the company of his own mother, as Bryn returned to Windtoss alone and rather ill, Vanya began to seek out the locale of the boy. As he did so, others also became aware of it. Namely one Master Healer Renaud, his old master. Using the child as bait, Renaud lured Vanya (very easily) back to him. The current whereabouts of the child are unknown, but it is certain that if he lives, he will be seriously traumatized by the events of his young infancy.
Vanya and Renaud fought, leaving only one standing. Now as a killer in a Healer's robe, Vanya was looked upon as a complete outcast, and as such was returned to Windtoss for one last moment of pain. From there he was taken by former-friend weyrlingmaster D'ra and his green Chucnewelth to a distant area. In time as well as in space.
For what happens after that point, one must enter Alabaster Weyrhold's realm.
Name: Blackbuck -- see what he looks like here
Rank: Outcast wanderer
Gender: Male, very much so
Age: impossible to determine, immortal
Relatives: too many to name, over 35 of them (bottom of page)
Hair: rich black, to past waist, straight
Skin: deeply tanned
Eyes: vibrant blue
Height/Build: just over 5' tall (that's a foot taller than everyone else)/muscular and wiry, with long limbs
Description: more wide-eyed than his other-universe counterparts. Rarely smiles. Wears self-made furs and leather, enjoys getting gifts of clothing from those who still like him.
Voice: rarely speaks, but needs to since he cannot properly telepathically "send" his thoughts. Gruff and deep, often snide
STR - 16
CON - 18
SIZ - 9
INT - 20
POW - 18
DEX - 24
APP - 17
Notable Skills: Healing Lore (90), Mechanical Lore (75), Communicate (90), Perception (130), Stealth (110), Dodge (100), Throw (90), Manipulate (110), Hunt (hands- 115), Tanning (60), Trapping (70)
Weapons Skills: Hand Attacks (70-100), Kick Attacks (50-90), Whip (80), Thrown Knife (90)
Magic Powers: Sending - recieve only (160) send only (54), Healing *internal only (60), Soak Pain (anti heal self only 54), Flesh Shape (18), Shield self only (50), Mindsnare *perception only (60), Astral perception only (54), Deep Sense (78), Self Shape *organs/health (20)
Blackbuck is a complete anomaly in the Otherforest. He should not exist. At least, he and Snowdrift should not exist at the same time. However they do, due to the expert manipulation of matter and genetics (and magic) of Alorel. Splitting Snow and Blackbuck apart was a matter of syphoning memories off of people and getting enough mass to create two bodies where there had been only one.
Because this really disturbed a lot of people, they tend to stay away from each other. Personality wise he is much more open and friendly -- or at least he tries to be -- than the other versions of himself. He could, if given friendship and time, be as good a leader and well-loved as Snow herself. But since they are *the same person in two bodies* it tends to throw off people's view of him.
He is the only version who does not have some horrid actual past, since he did not exist until Snow left the Otherforest and returned *as him* instead.
Human
Male (very)
Feels Like a Nut (of course!)
Instructor, tenured for 12 years (no matter when you get there, he's been there longer than you.)
Homeworld: Earth/Body Dancing Version
Appearance: You know the drill. It's nothing new here. He came from Alabaster in the Body Dancing universe, and looks just like that one only hasn't aged since he was 60, and doesn't look more than 40. In fact sometimes he looks like he's in his 30s, it just depends on if Angelino is with him or not. He laughs more often, smiles a whole lot more, and generally is nicer here than anywhere else.
Smarts/Greymatta: 8
Bod/Feets: 7
Relationship With Students: 4 (with Other Staff: 6)
Luck/Nuts: 2
Driving: 0 (can you believe this guy? He's never learned to drive...)
Looks: 6
Cool/Mouth: 5
Bonk/Meat: 6
Knacks, Skills and Clusters
Scare You +3, Attract the Wrong Types of People +2, Guilt, Guilt, Guilt +4, Pose +4, Interrogate +10 (yes, you read that right, 10. He will Fuck You Up.) Anatomy +5, Pain and Pleasure +5, Computers n Stuff +3, Teach +3
Powers
Alabaster Connections - treated as "Favor", "Connections" and "Filthy Rich" though he doesn't use any of them unless he absolutely must. He prefers to make his own money, find his own friends, and pay back Jeff Engell on his own time.
Teaching Schedule
1 - Prep, no class
2 - Posturing/Weight Training (gym)
3 - Practical Anatomy (physical Sciences)
4 - Advanced Interrogation (physical sciences)
5 - Posturing/Weight Training (gym)
6 - Practical Anatomy (physical sciences)
7 - Advanced Interrogation (physical sciences)
8 - Office Hours (wandering around, occasionally found in Admin building)
Also teaches "Tantric By Design" after school hours (yes, it's a real adult class), and occasionally on demand.
Traits/Bent
Fucked up. Very pleased to be teaching again and has a great time doing it. Has terrible motion sickness in any vehicle, hence lack of driving skill. Rooms with Angelino Gabriella on campus for a reason... Knows he's "damned" but since his old world didn't have a god, he's relatively safe if he dies here. Of course Angelino wouldn't let that happen anyway.
History
Doc Sanger found himself "not" on his old Earth somehow. It's a mystery. But it's one which he is very willing to explore. Something he noticed right away (other than the fact that aliens, furries, superheroes and magic-users were all present and accounted for on this world) was that his "spiritual" side had been ripped open. Though it seems very strange for a guy like Sanger to suddenly be extremely close friends with a guy like Gabriella, if one looks at who Angelino really is, it's pretty obvious. (He's an angel. Gabriel, in fact. Yes, that one.)
With the newfound energy and enthusiasm for teaching that he has, Sanger immerses himself in work and truly enjoys being on campus. There is very little to threaten him here, since Jon is long dead (if he existed on this world to begin with, which is doubtful) and he can keep himself occupied with happy-sex more often than not. He has in fact screwed his way through most of the staff and willing local adult population.
He is more than willing to wait for Angelino to come around... No, they are still "platonic" friends. He also has sired children here, one notably which is a genrehopper along with his mother from Zekira - Simon Sengihr (yes, the one who bonded a white dragon from Talor's last clutch) when Keenae was visiting Twoarth. He's a bit concerned that his son is a Slave on Zekira (in this continuity anyway), and makes one or two somewhat failed attempts to free him on visits to the distant planet.
In this version of the world, Daverin and Brianna are MUCH younger - Teens in fact, and students. What fun... He'll just have to wait for them to grow up too. He doesn't however have a prior son here, Martin is still on the Body Dancing earth when he comes here.