Chiun (Student of Shinanju) - Enlightened Blessed (Harrowed) Martial Artist
Quote: Posse Member "Chiun, you're incredible!"
Chiun: "No...I am bet-ter dan dat."
Description/Background: Chiun, Son of Chiun, is a Korean. He seems to think this is enough of a description to satisfy queries into his background. What he's doing in the Wasted West is anybody's guess - and he certainly isn't telling (but it may have something to do with a mysterious book on rice farming that he refuses to let others read). Chiun looks to be in his late 20's, standing about 5',6'' with a thin slender build (weighs in at 130 lbs. soaking wet). He keeps his head clean shaven and usually sports an expression of faint disgust on his face when dealing with others. He speaks in heavily accented broken english, and has difficulty with many consonant blends (for example "Pathetic." comes out "Pa-tet-tic.").He feels superior to all those around him, with the exception of animals whom he feels are secretly plotting against him (to which he gives the benefit of the doubt). He is currently undergoing testing by his Father and Sifu (Chiun) to become the next Master of Shinanju (no one's quite sure what THAT means either). The religious beliefs that he follows seem to be closer to Islamic than Budhist beliefs. His posessions are generally non-exsistent - things seem to only last about a week in his hands before they are lost or need to be replaced. He constantly spouts off on "making the mind and body a weapon" instead of relying on "infernal devices", though his fellow posse members are slowly realizing that this just means he has no concept of how to use them. Although he never seeks a leadership role, he is constantly offering unsolicited advice and observations of how things could have been done differently when a situation goes awry. Chiun only recently became Harrowed from a fatal wound to his posterior having finally decided upon the appropriate course of action when unarmed and confronted with an automaton.
Post Mortem Note: Chiun was lost in a freak accident with a hideously overeffective junker energy weapon (wielded by a member of his own posse) while battling against cancerous plague zombies in the ville of Dango, AZ...his body was never recovered.
Corporeal: D: 1d10, N: 3d12, S: 4d10, Q: 4d10, V: 2d8
Bow: 5, Disarm: 3, Speedload Bow: 1, Throwin' Bullet: 5, Climbin': 1, Fightin' Shinanju: 5, Sneak: 3
Swimmin': 1
Mental: C: 2d8, K: 4d6, M: 1d8, S: 2d8, Sp: 4d12
Search: 1, Trackin': 1, Area Knowledge: Korea: 2, Language: Korean: 2, English: 1, Scroungin': 1
Faith: 5, Guts: 3, Chi: 5
Edges: Martial Arts Training (from Deadlands: Great Maze)(3), Enlightened(2), Quick Thinker(2),
Arcane Background: Blessed(3), Two Fisted(3), Veteran - bollixed(0)
Hindrances: Habit - correcting others(1), High Fallutin' (Korean)(2), Oath - Shinanju(1), Poverty(3)
Self Righteous(3), School Rivalry(2), Sifu - Rare(2), My Kung Fu is Superior(3),
-2 on animal related skills (Joker)
Chi Abilities: Abundance of Pecking Birds(2), Blood of Gold(1), Many Arms of the Spider(1),
Sieze the Pearl of Death(4), Venom Punch(2), Wind Blows Over the Earth(1),
Monkey Goes to the Mountain(1)
Prayers: Dervish, Two Places, Protection, Holy Roller
Gifts: Portents, Favored, Humility, Zeal, Self Discipline, Comforted
Harrowed Powers: Burrow(1), Sleep of the Dead(1)
Coup: +6 to sneak rolls in urban settings, can recognize cancer in living beings by sight
Wind: 20 Pace: 12 Chi: 48 Grit: 3
Gear: Book on Korean Gardening, "Hill Billy" clothing (when you claim poverty, you take what
your friends buy for you), bow, quiver of arrows (24), nunchaku, bo staff