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Joshua Sheppard


 

Basic Information
Level: 2
Race: Abandoned
Nationality: Outlander
Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds
Profession Private Investigator
Organisation(s)

Character Information
Face Claim: Bill Hader Strength: 12 /30
Age: 42 (Flowerbirth 275 PC) Dexterity: 13 /30
Height: 5'8" Endurance: 13 /30
Weight: 10st Luck: 9 /30
Gender: Male Intuition: 0 /3
Orientation: ? Deity Alignment: None
Relationship Status: Single until Bigfoot calls
Appearance
Josh is gaunt and usually snappily dressed, though his hair is more often than not limp and greasy, going down to his jaw. He wears large glasses that he is constantly pushing up his nose. He usually has some stubble on his face and looks tired. He is slim and seems very flexible and bendy, always climbing up onto something to get to what he wants.
Personality
Josh is...weird, in a word. Highly analytical and focused on the study of the occult, paranormal and abnormal, he is likely to totally ignore someone's social discomfort in favour of getting the most information he can out of them. Incredibly ambitious and driven, if he has a goal he will carry it through to the end, often putting himself at personal risk.

He was once married and has had friendships in the past, though how this was achieved is unclear given his abrasive personality. There is some shreds of a once-charismatic newscaster in there somewhere, in his quick talking and sometimes bursts of colloquialisms or slang. Perhaps in time he will reveal more of this side of himself, if poked enough.
History
{18-09-1997}
{Data retrieved from: {REDACTED}}
{Report is incomplete; Information post-1980 very sparse.}

1962
A healthy baby boy is born to Ms. Sheppard, a widow living in the local woman's shelter. Upon his birth she looks in his eyes and begins to scream uncontrollably and does not stop until her death 3 months later. The boy is taken to {REDACTED}.

1972
The boy, now 10 and named Joshua by his foster parents, is beginning to show signs of odd behaviour. Talking to walls, constructing strange metal frames out of scrap material. He says this is for the purpose of 'contacting the spirits in the house'. The house the family lives in is a 1954 suburban with no history of any death occurring within the home.

1972 - continued
Joshua reveals the results of his experiments. A simple message: 'I am stuck in {REDACTED CO ORDINATES}'. In order to calm their child, his foster parents agree to dig in the spot in the back yard of the home to look for this mystery spirit. To their surprise, they find a human skull. Joshua is sent back to the children's shelter, his foster parents claiming fear of their new son.

1980
After a teenagehood spent being passed between foster families, Joshua attends university - Media Studies, a choice that baffles his counsellors. However, he excels, and soon begins work at the local news station, {REDACTED} Weekly. After this point, he never mentions connections to the spirit world again.

1985
Joshua is a reporter at {REDACTED}. He accepts a promotion to become a war correspondent. Joshua marries Eliza Dalby, British Interior Designer.

1988
{Video tape: Shows Joshua reporting on the war in {REDACTED} when a child, unidentified, runs behind him. He speaks in an unknown language. Joshua seems visibly shaken.} This is his last broadcast.

1995
Joshua has not been seen for several years. Eliza reports having been sent separation papers in the mail with no return address. Rumours circulate of a trailer, green with rust marks around the wheels, around the USA - nothing concrete.
Other
Josh wears thick frame glasses like this

A rough estimate of this character's damage potential is as follows:

HP: 26

Unarmed strike:6

Physical attack with a basic weapon/attuned shifts: 16

Physical attack with an upgraded weapon/attuned shifts: 26

Physical attack with a mastered weapon/attuned shifts: 36

Magical attack with basic magic/mythical shifts: 16.5

Magical attack with upgraded magic/mythical shifts: 26.5

Magical attack with mastered magic/mythical shifts: 36.5

Abilities
  • Creation: Can create small non-magical items (up to 5 in a thread). Items disappear at the end of a thread and are very crudely made. Must be combined with a base (or higher) magical element.
    Type: Light | Rank: Basic

  • Summoning : Can summon 1 small animal (house-cat sized or smaller)
    Type: Light | Rank: Basic

    • Citizenship Ability
    The world is new to you, and you to it. During PQ/PQ+/KQs/Drops, you roll with advantage on luck-based rolls and receive an extra name during drops. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of each post)
    Items
    Companion
    Player Post Count: 198
    KQs: 0
    PQ+s: 0
    Mini Events: 2
    SWEs: 0
    PQs: 1
    Player MP: 0
    King's End
    • The Barrows - No thread
      • The Last Step - No thread
      • Meadowreach - No thread
    • Queen's Gambit - No thread
      • Eye of Fire - No thread
    • Mourn - No thread
      • The Dreaming Well - No thread
    • Boondocks - No thread
      • The Castaway Exchange - No thread
      Explored: 0/9
    Halo
    • The Citadel - No thread
      • Palace - No thread
      • Snowcloak - No thread
    • Tundra - No thread
      • Sea of Glass - No thread
      • The Fangs - No thread
      • The Frostfields - No thread
      • Svaturis Bay - No thread
      • The Hollow Forest - No thread
      • The Greenwing - No thread
      Explored: 0/10
    Hollowed Grounds
    Torchline
    • Ahi Coast - See The Light
    • Haulani - No thread
      • The Hanged Man - No thread
      • Rae's Fingers - No thread
    • Arclight Ocean - No thread
      • Underwater City - No thread
        • The Spiral Marketplace - No thread
        • Drowned Gardens - No thread
        • Razortooth Basin - No thread
        • Moonkissed Reef - No thread
      • Kuali'i Isles - No thread
      • The Maw - No thread
      • Apopo - No thread
      • Metacarpal Island - No thread
      Explored: 2/18
    Stormbreak
    • City Area - No thread
      • The Celestine - No thread
      • The Tower - No thread
      • The Spyglass - No thread
      • Judgement's Needle - No thread
      • The Archive - No thread
      • The Collegium - No thread
      • Pacifist Plaza - No thread
      • The Silk Houses - No thread
        • The White Hart - No thread
        • Mother Molly's - No thread
      • Trinity Temple - No thread
      • Eye of the Storm - No thread
    • The Falling - No thread
      • Skyport - No thread
      • The Grotto - No thread
    • City Gates - No thread
      • The Righteous Climb - No thread
      • The Dragon's Nest - No thread
      Explored: 0/19
    The Draig Cordillera
    • The Draig Cordillera - No thread
      • Amphitheatre - No thread
      • Infinity Fields - No thread
      • Caido's Lighthouse - No thread
      • Weightless Waterfall - No thread
      • Summit - No thread
      Explored: 0/6
    Hak Etme
    • Hak Etme - No thread
      • The Furnace - No thread
      • Boneyard - No thread
      • Sunshine Pools - No thread
      • Sea of Dreams - No thread
      • Suvahasi - No thread
      Explored: 0/6
    The Feverlands
    • The Feverlands - No thread
      • The Hanging Tree - No thread
      • Tar Pits - No thread
      • The Sallow Swamp - No thread
      Explored: 0/4
    Oerwoud
    • Oerwoud - No thread
      • Tanglefoot - No thread
        • Leap of Faith - No thread
        • The Mistbanks - No thread
      • Undergrove - No thread
        • The Peepholes - No thread
      • Brittlebone Bridge - No thread
      • Wishtide Waterways - No thread
      Explored: 0/8
    The Climb
    • The Climb - No thread
      • The Crust - No thread
        • Angel's End - No thread
        • Lava Pits - No thread
      • The Burrows - No thread
        • The Mountain's Roar - No thread
        • Soulfire Reach - No thread
        • Obsidian Cathedral - No thread
        • Frey's Breath - No thread
      Explored: 0/9
    Greatwood
    • Greatwood - No thread
      • Sidhe Village - No thread
        • Observatory - No thread
        • The Bodega - No thread
        • Undercroft - No thread
      • The Stone Symphony - No thread
        • Sunken Gardens - No thread
        • The Saltkiss Estuary - No thread
      • The Wildwood - and through the trees
      Explored: 2/13
    Joshua's Threadlog
    0 active · 22 closed · 0 need replies · 22 total
    Thread Participants Posts Last Post
    I feel like the world got smaller
    in The Spire on 05-10-2020
    		 Osozo 20 Last post by Osozo
    on 06-16-2020
    Trick or Treat! - Josh's Home
    in Domiciles on 04-13-2020
    		 NPC 7 Last post by Joshua
    on 04-19-2020
    I have a vision of a man-made object
    in Aumakua on 04-08-2020
    		 Remi 19 Last post by Joshua
    on 05-11-2020
    no matter how dark the world
    in Fields on 04-06-2020
    		 Weaver 30 Last post by Joshua
    on 05-17-2020
    Just a part to listen to in excess
    in The Labyrinth on 04-06-2020
    		 Delphia 13 Last post by Joshua
    on 05-15-2020
    Seeking Merman for Experiments, Non-Sexual
    in Hale Ka’aila on 04-05-2020
    		 Maru 7 Last post by Joshua
    on 04-29-2020
    [Mini Event] See The Light
    in Ahi Coast on 04-05-2020
    		 Remi, Saiden, Deimos, Jigano, Melita, Nate, Sunjata, Quanil, Rance, Seren 31 Last post by Jigano
    on 04-15-2020
    Searching for Something
    in The Settlement on 04-04-2020
    		 Delphine 18 Last post by Joshua
    on 04-24-2020
    Hit me with your best shot
    in Shrine on 04-02-2020
    		 Frey 10 Last post by Frey
    on 04-07-2020
    [Mini Event] Spiritus Ludos
    in The Outskirts on 03-31-2020
    		 Loren, Amalia, Melita, Lily, Oliver, Delphia, Weaver 10 Last post by Melita
    on 04-05-2020
    [PQ] color of rust
    in Ironbolt Penitentiary on 03-28-2020
    		 Loren, Deimos, Sunjata, Weaver 36 Last post by Deimos
    on 04-04-2020
    In every myth theres a little bit of truth
    in The Spire on 03-27-2020
    		 Lily 21 Last post by Joshua
    on 05-22-2020
    [se] it could be bunnies
    in Atheneum on 03-21-2020
    		 Loren 24 Last post by Joshua
    on 04-12-2020
    just your standard stroll through the park
    in Glade on 02-21-2020
    		 Oliver 21 Last post by Oliver
    on 04-04-2020
    Paranoia is just good common sense!
    in Domiciles on 02-19-2020
    		 Deimos 26 Last post by Deimos
    on 04-02-2020
    and through the trees
    in The Wildwood on 02-19-2020
    		 Alina 29 Last post by Alina
    on 04-04-2020
    Queen of the Blood Suckers
    in Shrine on 02-19-2020
    		 Random Event 3 Last post by Joshua
    on 02-19-2020
    a spoonful of sugar helps the paranoia go down
    in The Settlement on 02-17-2020
    		 Amalia 19 Last post by Joshua
    on 04-08-2020
    The Moon's Request
    in The Outskirts on 02-12-2020
    		 Nate 23 Last post by Joshua
    on 04-06-2020
    reflections still look the same to me
    in Oasis on 02-12-2020
    		 Amun 52 Last post by Joshua
    on 04-06-2020
    [open] Bring hither your sun and your summer
    in Crimson Cataract on 02-11-2020
    		 Maea 24 Last post by Joshua
    on 03-19-2020
    [Open] Working on a Unified Theory
    in The Spire on 02-11-2020
    		 Kaimana, Oia'i'o 11 Last post by Oia'i'o
    on 02-19-2020
    0 active · 22 closed · 0 need replies · 22 total

    Joshua's Forum Info
    Joined: 02-11-2020
    Last Visit: 06-19-2020, 10:23 PM
    Total Posts: 198 (0.13 posts per day | 0.13 percent of total posts)
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    Total Threads: 11 (0.01 threads per day | 0.12 percent of total threads)
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    Time Spent Online: 1 Day, 18 Hours, 8 Minutes

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