Name and/or Alias: Joshua Lentel, aka Stigma, aka Todd
Age & Gender: Male, 32
Race: Human
Height & Weight: 5?10, roughly 180 lbs
Type: Gunslinger Adept / Face
Appearance: Joshua usually keeps his raven black hair just long enough to gather at the nape of his neck, pulled back away from his dark brown eyes. He is of slightly above average height and build, with a compact musculature. His pale skin juxtaposes his dark hair, but he normally keeps the majority of his skin covered. Whether it be a classy and tasteful designer suit, or his no-frills operator gear, he always ensures that his trappings look good, even when they don?t. Most times, however, he looks like any other inhabitant of the world, if a bit better dressed.
History: Born to a family that had holdings in more than a few corporations in the 2020s, Joshua?s formative years were that of privilege and relative power in Seattle. In 2058, however, his family?s reach outstretched their grasp, and his parents were brought low by a corporate competitor. Afterwards, he was taken in by his estranged uncle, who had given up the good life for that of a Shadowrunner. His uncle trained him to use his magical affinity (which was a family trait) to augment the practical arts, like shooting things, moving quickly, and being quiet when you don?t want to be heard. While being trained by his uncle, Joshua (now Todd) was utilized as a go-between for contacts and other, more unsavory transactions. Here he learned the art of being the mouth that talks, the ears that listen, and the eyes that see, as well as the face that presents.
After ten years of working and learning, Todd decided to peek his head out from under the proverbial rock, and discovered that he had inherited what was left of his family?s estate. He used the money to establish his own small piece of the world, and to fund his own small armory worth of weapons.
Over the next ten years, he has established himself a bit of a record with Mr. Johnson, taking care of all manner of jobs. Whenever a Corp body was found in his wake, Christian crosses were found burnt into their foreheads, searing shut the bullet holes.
Reason to be here/things to do: Shadowrunning is the life Joshua has lived and understands. And getting to the bottom of who called the hit on his parents.
Notable skills: Joshua is a plain-sight infiltrator of remarkable skill. While he lacks the bells and whistles of similarly capable ?techs? (as he calls them) whom are able to physically change their appearance at will, he is a master of metahuman manipulation. He can charm and deceive his way through all but the most vigilant and steadfast of manned security, and can get his hands on the tools to bypass unmanned security. In a fight, he utilizes his adept abilities to finish exchanges quickly and efficiently. Not one to hunker down and engage in a firefight, he seizes initiative and concludes his end of an exchange, and promptly vacates the area, after marking his kills, of course.
Equipment: Joshua only keeps what is necessary for his task on his person at any given time. Most any piece of tech he may need he either has in his estate, or has a contact that can get it for him, although there are a few concessions to his ?don?t carry anything you don?t need? policy. Most notably, he carries a Cavalier Scout on himself at all times, as well as more than a few fake SiNs. When on a job that may require some wet work, he carries his personalized Browning 58p tripower, which has been modified to accept a silencer, although he has been known to utilize the Ares Predator. He also has at his disposal a Barret M-121 with bipod attachment, for when he just simply must make do.
Contacts: Joshua has very few contacts as himself, only keeping in contact with a mediaphile named Twitch.
Todd, however, has many contacts he knows through his now-retired uncle, as well as an assortment he has gained on his own. Any number of contacts are at his disposal for just as many uses, at varying cost. Many may not like him, for any given reason, but they know his money?s good, and that he doesn?t take kindly to being told to fuck off.
Other: The years have started to take their toll. His constant search for the man that called the hit has turned him into a grizzled man. He keeps holding onto hope, though, that some day he might get to pull the trigger on the one responsible.