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Part man, part machine, all dangerous. Sometimes its hard to tell where the Street Samurai's meat body ends and his cyber enhancements begin. Tough, strong, frighteningly fast, and trained in the arts of combat and tactics. He's a hyper-efficient killing machine who can handle about any situation he gets into. Whether former military, former corp, or former something he won't discuss, these days he's a freelance street operative who prides himself on his strict sense of honor.
"Sell out my client? Better be retirement money, 'cuz I'd be selling out my career." - Street Samurai.
Faction: Neutral
Super Name: Street Samurai
Real Name: Tachi Ken (Goes by Mack if people ask.)
Base of Operations: New York, New York
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Weight: 145 lbs
Age: 60, but appears to be in 30's. Mack has stopped aging ever since the nanobots were injected into his system.
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'11
Super Power Origin: Cyborg
Identity: Public
Place of Birth: Kyoto Japan
Known Aliases: Cyber-Ninja, The crazy Asian
Group Affiliation: A member of The Vagabonds.
Grid Points: A: 6, D: 4, EP: 5, FA: 6, I: 5, MP: 5, SP: 5, STM: 7, STR: 5
Did You Know?: Street Samurai enjoys listening to classical music.
History
Mack was born the third son of a noodle-maker in Kyoto, Japan; but after many years of living on streets infested by gang violence, he decided to become a strong warrior. After his parents' death in his 13th year, he took a sword and the name Street Samurai. He went to train under the powerful Chairmen of the Tojo clan, Kazuma Kiryu "the Dragon of Dojima"
Mack was a powerful force on the battlefield, and rumors of him spread like wildfire, heralding him as the warrior that could mow down foes like fields of wheat, and he was noted by Goro Majima and Sotaro Komaki as a great warrior. He received numerous Yakuza commendations and eventually reached the rank of 4th in command of the Tojo Clan. But all along, his only true desire was a worthy opponent.
After leaving the Tojo clan, Mack continued to fight in every gang war in Japan as a hired mercenary. Eventually Mack became bored with his life in Japan and felt that his life had lost its purpose. His friends in the Tojo Clan tried to reach out to him and even offered him his old position back if he choose to return. He did for a while. It was obvious that he was not happy with his life. Kiryu suggested that Mack should travel the world, and fight all of the worlds greatest fighters. Mack became obsessed with this idea, and decided to put it into action.
Rebirth
At the age of 34 Mack was injured horribly in a freak accident while saving the life of Kazuma Kiryu's adopted daughter Haruka. Kazuma refused to allow Mack to pay the ultimate price for his nobility, and he through the help of many allies found the capital to fund a recovery program that would save Macks life. Even Kiryu didn't know what that would mean for his longtime friend however, the program was led by a mad scientist known as Mr. Mazzo.
Mazzo was indeed able to repair Mack, but at what cost? Most of Macks body was depleted in the accident and could never be restored without drastic measures. Nanobot technology was needed, cutting edge research and an enormous budget turned a humble Samurai into an advanced cyborg. Macks body has been turned into the perfect killing machine, always advancing itself, always learning from past mistakes, always evolving into the best possible structure for extreme survival.
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History
Born in 1810 in Ireland, Jebediah O'Rourke, the son of a prominent city official in Dublin, moved to the newly free Colony of Georgia when he was 22 years of age. Getting work as a lawyer, Jebediah moved to the railroad town of Terminus five years later, moving his offices to the sleepy new town of Decatur once his practice was established.
There he built his reputation as a smart, fair lawyer and, when it came time for court officials to be appointed, Jebediah was the first on peoples lips. Jebediah was a stubborn man, however, as was discovered when he took the bench for the first time. He was known for ruling the way he had thought best, despite how others tried to sway his decision. He soon grew to be an extremely stern, somber judge whose presence alone was a deterrent to crime and swindling in Decatur.
As Magistrate O'Rourke aged, it was quite clear that some unseen force was taking its toll on him. To his closest friends, Jebediah admitted that he was staying alive "out of sheer cussedness" as he called it, and that he feared what waited for him beyond the veil of death because of what he said was an ancient family curse.
Jebediah stayed alive through the Civil War, becoming well known for his longevity and tenacity and because of this fair reputation (and lack of open sympathy for the Confederate government, with whom O'Rourke had never really agreed with). To the surprise of few, Jebediah was re-appointed Magistrate by the Union government that moved through after Atlanta fell.
Still, Jebediah lingered on until the Reconstruction claimed him. One night a band of hooligans that Jebediah had punished with a sharp fine several years at prison camp came upon Jebediah as he studied the law in his chambers at the Decatur Courthouse. Thirty-seven knife wounds finished him off in short order, and the city's press firmly believed that the slaying was a result of his ruling against the KKK. His friends worried that his "family curse" had caught up with him. Of the two, both were right.
Jebediah was slain by his grandfather, Kieran Riorche, a wraith skilled in Puppetry and vindictive as all hell. The family curse that Jebediah spoke of in life was the habit of his ancestors to use the Monitor's art of Soul Pact to bind themselves to them, thus creating a Guardian Wraith of the bloodline that followed the family wherever it went. Riorche's grandfather made him a wraith by tormenting him in dreams using Keening. Jebediah's grandfather had given Jebediah "the treatment" as well, making him dread death so much that in the end, he was trapped in it.
Kieran was soon lost in the Fourth Great Maelstrom, and Jebediah used notoriety to gain prestige and position in the Hierarchy. Soon, he was appointed to the post of Magistrate, one of three in the Necroplis, and he served this post ever since. Jebediah swore that he would never cause his grandson to become a wraith like his grandfather had done to him. This still did not prevent, James O'Rourke, his grandson from also becoming a wraith. Even though it was not him who had done the deed.
Jebediah has also mastered the art of Puppetry and has taken a new host body, as he wanders the world of the living reeking vengeance on any man or woman who faces his judgment and falls short of his verdict.
"Off to the big house son... No not any earthly prison... The big one full of fire in brimstone!"
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