Codename: Striped [Zhàn]

Real Name: Yi Lao-hu [meaning: Iron Tiger]

Known Aliases: Biao,

Occupation: archeologist, writer

Citizenship: Chinese/British

Legal Status: No criminal record

Identity: secret

Birthplace: Yinjiagou, China

Birthdate: 1950.08.11. [lost “real” years: 1972 – 1989]

Marital Status: single

Known Relatives:

Yi Kong-hu (father’s father)

Wu Wei-lin (mother’s mother)

Yi Zhao-hu (father, deceased)

Wu Shu-lian (mother, deceased)

Yi Yin-hua (sister)

Known Confidantes:

Known Allies:

Major Enemies: Cubs of Mahishi [Indian Demon Cult]

Base of Operations: Hong Kong, England, New York

Group Affiliation:

Past Group Affiliations: Unrevealed

Extent of Education: PhD in History/Archeology, MsC in Metallurgy, BsC in Creative Writing

Race/Type: Breed Mutant (Mystical)

Power Origin: Natal / Learned

Ht: 5’8” Hair: black/golden-brown streaks Build: Athletic

Wt: 150 Eyes: Blue/Green Skin: yellow-ish

Apparent Age: 25 True Age: 31

Other: His left eye is blue while the right is green, both blurry, not clear, like when one gazes through fog or into rushing water.

Fighting: Ex Health: 70 Mental Health: 100

Agility: Ex Karma: 100

Strength: Gd Resources: Rm

Endurance: Ex Popularity: Gd as metal-expert archaeologist

Reason: Ex Gd as fantasy author under his pen-name

Intuition: Rm Pr as a mage

Psyche: Am Looks: Ty

Known Powers:

Magic Detection: Am

Striped can detect any type of magic, but only by scent. He smells different scents for different types of magic, varying in strength by the spell’s rank and slight differences for individual users as well.

Notes: -1cs range / +1cs rank [In/Mn]; smells: Atlantean Magic – water, Chaos Magic – bloody rust, Druidic Magic – mistletoe, Faerie Magic (Seelie) – sweet spiced wine, Faerie Magic (Unseelie) – bittersweet wine, Nature Magic - wood, Magic for Order - books, Scientific Magic – electric fire, Pantheon/Asgardian - snow, Pantheon/Olympian - ambrosia, Pantheon/Heliopolitan - desert, Voodoo Magic - patchouli,

True Sight*: In

“The Eye of the Tiger”

Stunts @ In: Nightvision

Stunts @ Rm: Microscopic Vision, Tracking (by sight)

Magnetism: Rm

The White Tiger of the West is a master of Metal (elementals).

Stunts @ Rm: Reshape [he can re-shape any metallic object into new forms], Location [using the Earth’s magnetic field, he always knows where he is on the planet]

Stunts @ Ex: Magnetic Silence [shuts down everything what uses magnetism to generate sounds, like mobile phones, mp3 players, etc.], Animate [he can form tigers from metal to fight for his cause]

Animal Transformation - tiger: Am*

He can take the form of any natural tiger species, which ever existed on Earth, and can take demihuman appearance as well, getting tiger-head, paws, furry body and all, like a werewolf – in his case, a weretiger.

When he changes, he gets the following abilities at rank:

- Claws: -2cs damage [Rm] / +2cs material [Un], counts as metal for overcoming damage resistances [like silver against were-humans or cold iron against faeries]

- Climbing

- Enhanced Senses [smell, hearing]

- Hyper-running: Ty [4 area / turn]

- Hyper-jumping

Notes: power is currently limited at Ex, needs more practice

Magic: “Chinese Pantheon”, practically gotten from his ancestor, the White Tiger of the West [To the Chinese the tiger was the king of all animals and lord of the mountains. The tiger is a protector - a preserver. Guards Buddha’s teachings and mankind; observes world with clairvoyance; corresponds to the season fall, the color white, wind, the element metal, and the virtue righteousness.]

Sorcery: In

Energies: Personal & Universal

Spells: Personal: Shield/Great - Am, Heal - Am

Universal: Nature Control - Am, Plant Control – In, Animal Control - In

Talents: Multi-lingual (English, Chinese [any dialect]), Archaeology, Artist (writer), History, Metallurgy, Survival, Stamina, Theoginist, Martial Arts B/E/F [KungFu – White Tiger style]

Contacts: “aunt” Tigra, various archeologists across the globe, Dr. Grace Gamble, Hong Kong University Archaeology Institute, University of Cambridge Archaeology Institute, curator of the British Museum, some people from K’un L’un, Zhao Lin (a Chinese mystic),

Quirks:

Advantages: Mystical Heritage, Magical Aptitude (+1cs), Popularity (books)

Drawbacks: Allergy (toxic waste), Cyber-neurosis

Limitation: ?

Equipment:

Personal Weaponry:

Special/Unique Weaponry:

Magic Item:

62 => 3 items

1. 00 => creatures; 33 => mount

2. 00 => creatures; 23 => mount =>

he has a chariot drawn by two huge, pale tigers, which can travel to anywhere through the ancient forest of the White Tiger by unknown means [Teleport/Gateway, passing through the ancient forest of the White Tiger of the West]

Speed: Ex Control: Gd Body: Rm Cover: -

3. 99 => creatures; 92 => familiar => a normal sized Pallas’ Cat - Touba

F: Ty A: Gd S: Pr E: Ex R: Ty I: Ex P: Ex

It can talk aloud either on Chinese or English, but the latter is used with heavy Chinese accent.

Spells: Personal: Admittance – Am,

“You didn’t think that you could ban me from your room or from my food, did ya?”

Density Control–Self – Ex,

“No, you can’t lift me from my pillow, you fool.”

Universal: Bands – Rm,

“No, you can’t leave me. Stroke me further, slave, but more gently.”

Other Accessories:

*High-end home PC (office package, photo-editor, connection to University databases)

*various antique metal objects, including but not limited to swords, knives, coins, statuettes, etc.

Transportation:

See Magic Items (chariot); plus probably some conventional car

Home:

*a flat in Hong Kong

*a house in England

*a loft in New York

Background:

Personality:

Yi Lao-hu is a confident, sometimes bluntly genuine person, who likes to share his knowledge about history and archaeology. His direct approach caused some problem in his past, and prolly will do that in the future, too, but usually he has someone around who can explain or re-phrase his words to smoothen their edge. In spite of his nature he likes to have someone around, basking in their admiration. He gladly offers his help if that is in his power, often refusing payment for kind words.

He likes various shades of green and red colors, and casual clothing, thanks to his field and/or laboratory work, but he can handle the more elegant situations as well.

He transfers 10% of his any income to a foundation which works for saving tigers in the world, doing this anonymously, of course.

Quirks: Shenist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_folk_religion], likes extremely spicy/tang foods, likes Dixieland/Ragtime

Hobbies: writing (fantasy books; pen-name: Wymond Whitefall), reading (history/fantasy preferred), researching new alloys, travelling

History:

The Yi family lived in the mountains around Yan’an since centuries, preserving and treasuring the secret that they’re descendants of one of the old nature gods, the White Tiger of the West.

Some of the family members inherited abilities, how they called, what surfaced after they reached adulthood, even fewer, mostly those who were born in the Year of the Tiger had magical knowledge as well.

Not long after his birth the family moved to Hong Kong, though, to move away the growing power of the communists of Yan’an, who returned after the leaving of the US Army.

The father was a police officer, while his wife worked as a nurse. They had two kids, Lao-hu and his younger sister, Li-fen.

The young Yi Lao-hu was born in the Year of the Metal Tiger, strongest connection to the ancient ancestor from all; this predicted both strong powers and strong enemies. He was a smart and agile boy, and spent his time equally with school-lessons and kung-fu training.

His parents died in shooting during the celebration of their anniversary in a restaurant. The investigation later revealed that it was revenge from an earlier police case. The grandparents took the guidance over them.

He went onto the Cambridge University, learning history and archaeology, along with metallurgy and writing, straining himself to his limits with all those different classes. He hasn’t got much life, but he was determined to be successful to help his family.

Not long after the first few years on the University, his powers began to manifest and that caused problems in his life. He had to finish his writing classes sooner than he wanted to free up time for the growing need for practice self-control.

He struggled and won. He could finish his studies before he returned to his grandparents, just to be sent back to the original homeland, for further training. This became stranger how he expected, as he was sent to a journey to the Himalaya, and landed in a strange new dimension, called K’un L’un.

There he was trained in every ability what he had, in every skill he had learned before and became what he is now, a true child of the White Tiger. He even met with him once, in a wild dream.

Years passed until he was sent back, just to notice that how much year had passed while he was away. His sister was now as old that everyone thought that she is his aunt or mother.

Yi Lao-hu got his doctorate and began to work as an archeologist, continuing his new life as a mage as well. He became known by his advanced knowledge about identifying metal alloys and placing them perfectly in time.

He wrote two fantasy novels from his adventures under a pen-name, what was released at first in Britain but then became more successful than he ever expected.