Ayden Stephens
Tean of Oppidania
Dreamzoo
Pooka Wilder
Description
Mortal Seeming
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 185 lb.
Ethnicity: Black
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Short simple black
Clothing: Black casual
Comportment/Cadence: Threatening
Distinctions: A young and good-looking urban Black man, he dresses the part in street-savvy attire, including a hat with the brim pulled low over suspicious eyes, and a swagger that boasts he's the top rooster in these parts
Supernatural Qualities: Indeed, he's so gangstar-aggressive that even most other urbanites pale and recoil from his in-your-face attitude; even Redcaps aren't usually this mean
Accoutrements: Light jewelry, sawed-off shotgun
Traits: Appearance 3; Style 1; Intimidation
Fae Mien
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 195 lb.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown and black fur
Clothing: Brown archaic
Comportment/Cadence: Threatening
Supernatural Qualities: The urbanite's dark skin becomes dark, short-hair fur, brown and black, while his ears become keen and alert triangles atop an elongated skull with a mouth full of sharp dog teeth; his eyes don't lose any of that pent-up anger, and a growl frequently reverberates those black lips; his voile consists now of nothing more than old, brown knickerbocker breeches laborers and miners once wore, complete with overall straps but no undershirt, while his aggressive attitude that even Redcaps don't usually comport seems fitting to his junkyard dog ferocity
Accoutrements: Spiked collar, sawed-off shotgun
Traits: Appearance 3; Style 1; Intimidation
Animal Form
Height: 3'1"
Weight: 170 lb.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown and black fur
Supernatural Qualities: In his truest Pooka form, he becomes a well-bred, healthy-looking Great Dane dog, though irritable rippling growls still frequent his sharp-toothed muzzle, so that spiked collar truly fits him
Traits: Appearance 3; Intimidation
“Yeah, that ain't gonna fly, flyboy.”
History
Date of Birth: March 27th, 1985
Home: Washington-Wheatley, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Family: Moe and Carol Stephens (parents), Da'shana (younger sister)
Chrysalis: Observed Injustice (Ayden was always recognized as Bone Gnawer Kinfolk by the Garou, and he often hung with the Hood; his Chrysalis was a result of seeing Pentex-paid crooked cops attacking the Gnawers near their caern; his Glamour surge blasted forceful bursts of shared outrage that helped the Gnawers defeat the police without breaking the Veil, mainly by helping scare them off), 2000
Mentor: Stepper Bleek
The Test: Trial by Influence (the Tribe didn't really know what Ayden had become but knew he was something else; a Pooka Grump was drawn to the Glamour and took Ayden under wing to explain it all and oversee his instruction; however, as soon as his mentor finished with it all, including what Ayden thought was a childishly silly ceremony for the Saining, he returned to the Hood)
Comrades: Arnold Meadows, Aurora Summers, Dario Bird, Marquis Stoneman, Remington Key, Moses Schroeder, Miranda Lawson, Brooke Taylors, Katylin Meresy
Key Event #1: War (and oh did Ayden earn his ghetto points, protecting his boys, most of whom were just humans, against rival gangs, cops, and sometimes worse, like Pentex-hired fomori scum)
Key Event #2: War (indeed, he helped the Gnawers battle a urban-specced Pentex First Team plus its police/SWAT reinforcements; Ayden employed both street-savvy grit and guns and fae magic to help his people survive)
Transition: Victory (with that threat temporarily passed, Ayden was given wherewithal to run little gang ops adjacent to the Hood and Tribe's interests, which he did while maintaining close friendship with the local Hood leadership)
Remembrance
Magnitude: Ayden's memory is sadly limited; he recalls only a few decades to his previous life.
Details: In that last life, he remembers helping fan the flames to riots in Kansas City after Dr. King was assassinated. In the course of those riots, racist cops shot him dead.
Chimera
Spiked Collar
Appearance: A leather strap that matches his fae mien and transforms into his animal form, though vanishes in his mortal Seeming. Sharp steel spikes encircle the band.
Origin: Inherent
Bunk Styles
Style: Tricks & Treats
Examples: Smoke a joint, narrate every action, laugh in your enemy’s face, loose a crazed roar
Significant Others
Names: Katylin Meresy, Brooke Taylors, Miranda Lawson, 2012
Nature: Erotic
Katylin
Brooke
Miranda
Weakness
Junkyard Dog
Ayden's got no time for nonsense or schemers or people wanting to hold back him and his extended fam.
Likelihood of Corruption
Average.
Though he's Kin to the Bone Gnawers and maintains a loose connection to a local Pooka motley, he's often wrapped up in his "street fam", aka gang, and the criminal activities they get up to just to get by.
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