Melissa, otherwise known as "Shark", is a Brujah from Night City in 2020.
History[]
Melissa grew up on the street. She has no memory of her life anywhere else, only the time she spent surviving the streets. She feels this is what has made her extremely deadly.
For as long as she could remember, the Megacorps were the Enemy. Every part of them fell into this category, from the tall buildings in the center of Downtown to the suits that wandered in the unsafe areas. She especially liked dealing with them: they had money, and-if you asked right (say, with a gun), they would give it to you. When she saved enough money, she bought herself some cybernetic enhancements.
A few street-op jobs rolled in; she got more money and bought more metal. She still hated the Megacorps, but had no hopes of stopping them.
One night, she was with some friends at a rundown bar in the Combat Zone, talking about the need to destroy the Corps and the total inability to do so that she perceived. This went o n long into the early morning.
As she was leaving, a voice filtered out of the shadows. “What if you had eternity to fight them?” She turned, her pistol already in her hand, but no one was there. “Don’t shoot, I’m offering you a way to fight back.”
The speaker turned out to be a Brujah who was impressed by Shark‘s desires and dreams. By morning, Shark was also a Brujah. Raven, her Sire, stayed with her for a year before moving on to other places. Her pack was wandering as a group of Nomads. Shark wanted to stay in Night City.
Shark would like nothing better than to either drive Carlo and Helen out of Night City or kill them. She is currently working on the Anarchs, attempting to get them to work together to topple the stranglehold the Camarilla and the Megacorps have on the city.
She has also told two of her human friends about her condition. They have not passed the word to others, but this action could (and would!) cause Princess to call a Blood Hunt on her, although such a hunt would probably not extend far into the Zone.
Image[]
A tall, lean, muscular woman of feral beauty (even if the beauty was from a Biosculpt parlor).
Roleplaying Hints[]
Treat other Anarchs as equals unless they get out of hand. If they do, give them a chance to calm down, then explain why they should not misbehave.
You want to see both the Megacorps and the Camarilla out of the city.
Character Sheet[]
Notes: She has the following pieces of Cyberware: Neuralware Processor, Kerenzikov 2, Muscle & Bone Lace, Smartgun Link, one pair of Interface Jacks, Sharkgrin Special and Skinweave.
Influence: Plenty among the Anarchs and some of the street types. Very little anywhere else.
Reference[]
- WW: White Wolf Magazine 37, p. 57-58
