R. Carter

As at all crises of her strange life, sheer cosmic curiosity triumphed over everything else.

Dreaming

Despite initial appearances, this Sinner's personality is easy to handle. While her nervous demeanor can disturb others, and her mental frailty puts her at increased risk, no other Sinner is as amenable to the Company's goals. So long as she remains collected, she will be your best asset for penetrating into the depths. At the same time, it's obvious she's hiding something. Looking into her situation is discouraged per company policy, but be on guard for Distortion-related instability.

Psyche Profile

Sinner 04 considers herself a scholar of the bizarre and the esoteric, showing a constant hunger to explore and understand the depths of the City and the human mind. This is complicated by her oversensitive temperament and overactive imagination. She repeatedly engages with high-stakes, dangerous expeditions, looking to encounter things that terrify her, inventing them when they can't be found. Motivating her towards LCB missions is trivial, particularly if she is promised she won't be in direct danger. NOTE: It is irrelevant to both the Company and Sinner 04 whether this promise is true.

It is known that Sinner 04 utilizes meditative techniques and psychoactive drugs to maintain a stable mental state while on missions. This has thus far proved to be harmless, but should not be encouraged.

Outside of LCB missions, Sinner 04 is a capable antiquarian and historian of the City and the Outskirts. She enjoys philosophical discussions, particularly when they can be directed towards some nearby threat or source of fear. She also has a great interest in technology, but her esoteric leanings distinguish her from proper researchers.

Sinner 04 is a prolific though profoundly incompetent awful irredeemable mediocre writer of gimmick romance. Attempts to branch out into other genres should be encouraged. Avoid reading if possible.

-->Miskatonic Circle (Syndicate)

A now-defunct minor Syndicate originating from the District [][][] Backstreets. Specializing in both immediate and long term looting of collapsed Wings, the Company was anomalously well-informed and well-equipped. Despite making a number of enemies during both the Smoke War and the collapse of Lobotomy Corp., the Circle apparently fell apart from internal disaster. Accurate information is scarce; Sinner 04 serves as the most reliable source of information, but her account of events is self-contradictory at best.

Sinner 04's position within this syndicate repeatedly sent her into Lobotomy Corp. branch offices. During this time, she encountered a multitude of Distortions and Abnormalities, developing her current skillset. The Circle additionally engaged in combat with multiple scavenger Syndicates under the Thumb and Index, which may cause issues in controlled territories.

---->Addendum A: During a routine psychological inspection, Sinner 04 implied that the Circle's destruction was precipitated by tampering with Singularity-level technologies, which violated several Taboos among them. How this evaded the gaze of the Head is unknown. Further research into the Miskatonic Circle has been suspended indefinitely by order of the LCA.

---->Addendum B: Sinner 04 has indicated that certain other elements of the Circle may have survived it's implosion. Further information required.

Skill Profile

Sinner 04 was recruited for her extreme degree of talent as a Wing scavenger. Her ability to penetrate a fallen Wing's defenses and hazards and were enough to earn City-wide notoriety prior to the collapse of the Miskatonic Circle. She has also developed a unique skill for handling Abnormalities and Deviants, able to fight even powerful instances on even footing, despite massive disparities in strength. Her suitability for LCB's purposes is unmatched.

Outside of her specialty, Sinner 04 is still a capable combatant, able to quickly adapt to various situations and weapons presented to her. She prefers to avoid combat with humans when possible, using her environment to distract and harass, which is suitable for her role as a raider, but inefficient for our purposes. Retraining her tendencies should not be difficult.

Sinner 04 also displays an unusual degree of knowledge about the City, it's technologies, and it's history. This likely stems from the Circle's culture of erudition and study.

Additionally, Sinner 04 has displayed an abnormal capability with unusual abilities (See Page 19 - Silver Key).

Augments & Equipment

"Diggerman"
Level 2 Weapon
A durable folding shovel, with the edge sharpened. It's unclear whether it was intended to be used as a weapon or not, but it seems to work well enough.

ELDSIGN Ward
Level 2 Tattoo Augmentation
Strange and uniquely patterned tattoo augment, having the unusual property of 'hardening' the mind towards external mental influences and psychic distortion. The scientific basis behind it's functioning is unknown, but operates distinctly from the normal M-Corp methods, supporting the theory of the Circle having developed or uncovered a unique Singularity. Unfortunately, it can't help against self-inflicted mental distress.

Draft 54
Level 1 Biological Augmentation
Standard biological reconfiguration modified with unknown chemical compounds. Results are unimpressive compared to similar broad physical restructure augmentations, though it possesses abnormally high resilience against tissue death.

Akashic Record MK-03 Lite
Level 1 Mechanical Augmentation
Cheap example of M-Corp. based memory augmentation, providing the ability to mentally 'save' and 'restore' copies of memories. Has been greatly overused, leading to gradual decay, and Sinner 04 has indicated that she would like to replace it. Proposal currently being considered.

Silver Key [Effloresced E.G.O.]

"When Carter was thirty she lost the key of the gate of dreams."
An abnormally powerful innate E.G.O. manifestation, resembling a flag more than anything, composed of silver strands and smokelike visual distortions. During initial testing, it has been recorded as 'opening' objects, most notably opening 'paths' through space. According to Sinner 04, it had the capacity to 'open' the mind as well, though this attribute was not displayed, and may have been lost.

The efficiency of this E.G.O. had suffered prior to Sinner 04's recruitment, and has decreased even further since then. It's current usage is highly restricted, manifesting only partially. Even still, it's power ranks above many Abnormal E.G.O.s, and it's use should be carefully considered for mission success.

O-04-12-04

"Hieroglyph Clock"

Full Body Angelic Augment (L-Corp. Singularity)+ Distortion

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We've done it, the Gate has been prepared, all it awaits now is the key-

-wakening of potential, a complete Human Being, as though that ever mattered. Soon I'll leave the prose of this City behind for-

-the [PRESENSE] saw us-

-illusion of waves and the wind of the stars and the boiling of time something has gone terribly wrong something-

LCCB estimated O-04-12-04's threat ranking at WAW-6, standard error margin.

Abilities:

• Visual hazard, inflicting continuous mental harm on view. [CENSORED] Protocols being reviewed.
• (Speculated) Modification of combat ability with time.
• ???

Logic:

• Did not pursue Before team on retreat.
• Appeared 'alarmed and confused'.
• ???

Current location unknown.
Additional information required to draft nullification and containment plan.

Receipt

EGOist
Sinner (Syndicate)
Middle of the Pack

General Perks

Booksmart (-10)
Distortion (-30)

Sinner Perks

Tiphereth (-30)

Syndicate Perks

The New Old (-40)
Focus of the Crime 3 ("Archeology"/Wing Looting) (-45)
Viciousness of Combat (-15)

Augments

Angelic (Unreliable)
LVL 2
LVL 1
LVL 1

Tools

LVL 2

EGO

Silver Key
Extreme - Thematic - Item - Self

Distortion

Abnormal - One Trick Pony - Item/No Manifestation - Self

Organization (Former)

Urban Nightmare
Established
Local Power
Authentic Style
A Nest for Monsters

Drawbacks

Hunted (+20)