Helena Lotjonen

Helena Lotjonen

Sex:                             Female

Ethnicity:                     Swedish

Height:                        1.83m (approx. 6 ft. 0 in.)

Weight:                       75kg (approx. 165 lb.)

Age (Visual):              22

Age (Actual):              25

Skin Color:                 White (Caucasian)

Hair Color:                  Platinum Blond

Hair Style:                  Short and neat, with bangs.

(Oro-San Notes: Updated info on her at the end of 

this document)

Clothing Style:           Typically wears simple, comfortable "everyday" clothes. When the situation requires however, she will alter her dress style as needed. Typically though, she likes large black jackets, and "John Lennon" style glasses that are reflective or blue tinted. Also wears a RealSkin™ cover on her left cyberarm. When it's uncovered, it has an orbital crystal finish. Jeans or cargo pants with many pockets are a must! Comfortable short boots or heavy "DocMartin" style shoe/boots round out her typically wardrobe. Tends to wear minimal makeup unless the situation dictates it's usage. Tends toward dynamic opposite colors rather than middle tones.  

Update:                      Since her cyberware is no longer obvious, she doesn't conceal it at all. Also, she sometimes wears a dark blue baseball cap with a steel plate in the front, ala Terry Bogard. She's also taken to wearing some silver trinkets and what not, but these change frequently. 

Carried Items:            Data Wallet (with Faked ID), Cell Phone (Boosted and Scrambled), Pocket Comp, Credstick, Sony Wearman Earrings (Crystal Dagger Style; Blue and Red Synth Crystal), Combat Knife (Concealed), Glock 30C Heavy Pistol (Concealed; Smartlinked and Smartlocked, Non-Lethal Clip loaded), Spare Clips*3 (1*Non-Lethal, 2*Lethal)

The Past to the Present:

            Helena was born on April 7th, 2025 in Goteburg, Sweden. Her parents, Karl and Lisa Lotjonen, both worked for the Swedish branch of the Militech corporation. Her childhood has spent in the Goteburg arcology, living a safe, structured corporate life, getting a nice, safe, corporate education, with the goal of being added to the corporate workforce. Throughout her early years, Helen's parents were never around, and thus, she was raised mostly by a conjunction of her peers, her corporate nannies, and her older sister, Cecilia. Cecilia, older by seven years, had shown excellent management aptitude, and thus, was being groomed toward a position in Militech's managerial department. Thus, Cecilia oversaw the home with efficiency and orderly action, and raised Helena to excel in what ever she did.

            Throughout her Militech sponsored education, Helena turned out to be a bright child with considerable physical aptitudes. Unlike her sister, Militech decided to groom her toward a career in the service of Militech's large army. Further aptitude testing showed she would excel not in open warfare as a grunt, but as a more specialized, urban soldier. Thus, throughout her teenage years, she was instructed in (in addition to normal education) urban military tactics and close quarters combat. At eighteen, after finishing mandatory high school, Militech hired her on with a four year contract.

The first year of her employment at Militech was spent in training, getting her ready for service in Militech's EPPP (Executive Personal Protection Program)1 branch, designed to protect high risk corporate individuals from harm. Helena was trained in all manners of protection and extraction. Due to her own excellent appearance, she was trained as an EPPP escort, to move directly with executives, protecting them on the spot. Here, she developed a preference for small scale weapons, such as handguns and knives, over larger, less concealable weapons. She also was taught several unarmed fighting disciplines. She breezed through the training, and while doing so, also received instruction in the primary languages of business and corporate etiquette training.

            Over the course of the next three years, Helena served as a EPPP specialist in a variety of locations, acting both solo and with full blown EPPP teams. She also acted in a more offensive roles, being part of multiple extraction teams and participating in other "gray" operations. Helena also learned a bit more of "street" sense in this time period, and worked with edgerunners and other such private operators during this time period. She began building her financial assets around this time as well, giving herself the overall goal of being able to retire from the security business before she turns thirty. During this time, she also began to get her first cyberwares, including many nanotech treatments (which are highly popular among Euro-solos)She served the full duration of her four-year term, and then at the end, parted with Militech on good terms. She placed her contract up in the shadow and corporate markets, and was quickly snapped up by Arasaka.

            Viewed by her as the quintessential Japanese corporation, Helena proved herself to her early superiors as quite competent and able to do her job. She enjoyed working in Sweden, and then later Japan for Arasaka very much. The whole attitude and the spirit of the Japanese company she found to be quite interesting, taking in very much of the culture and spirit (becoming a Zen Buddhist and following Bushido in her personal life). She continued performing admirably, and gaining more and more firsthand experience with Asian culture in general. Having done so, she was transferred to the Hong Kong branch of Arasaka. At this point, about a year into her contract, she was place under a distant relative of Saburo Arasaka, Nagano Arasaka. Now, Nagano knew that he was the only one fit to run the corporation when Saburo passed on, but he felt that he was being cheated in the meantime at the Hong Kong branch office, so, he took out his anger on his employees. A terrible administrator with a terrible temper, Nagano constantly and repetitively gave jobs of increasing hazard to Helena, all the while insulting her, be it due to her gender, her ethnicity, or her height, no matter what she did, she always earned his ire. But, her performance record was so sterling it would hurt Nagano to fire her and break the contract. So, nearing the end of the contract, Nagano set her up. He had been giving her increasingly darker and darker grey ops, until finally he put her in a black op, a job to assassinate a small time local crime figure. Finding such work distasteful, she none the less fulfilled her duty, taking the specially prepared sniper rifle for the job. Despite the fact that she checked the weapon fully, even her trained eyes missed the micro-fracture in the barrel of the rifle, near the clip. When she had readied herself for the shot, she took aim, and pulled the trigger. The micro-fracture widened considerable from the firing stress, moving the bullet not out the barrel, but into the clip, which promptly detonated all the remaining rounds, blowing off 75% of Helena's left arm. She somehow made it back to the Arasaka facility, and was rushed off to a Arasaka aligned hospital.

            When Helena awoke, her old left arm was gone, replaced with a cyber model. Helena contacted the Arasaka headquarters, and Nagano, and demanded why had her arm been replaced with a cyber arm as opposed to a vat grown replacement arm. Nagano promptly informed her that she had violated the clauses of the contract by failing her mission, and thus, should be grateful that she had received any replacement at all. He then proceeded to list all her failings, and told her that she was too "unsuited" for the security business as a "gaijin woman". At this point, she promptly told Nagano to "Suck her dick.", and had her contract to Arasaka terminated. Having left Arasaka on extremely bad terms, Helena began to work solo as a "street samurai" in Hong Kong. She took on all manners of jobs, and quickly earned a fierce reputation in the HK shadow community. She slowly worked her way up, and gained contacts and allies. In particular, for her weapons needs, she hooked up with an old military dealer operating out of a ramen shop, a Oikawa Yuji. Yuji was a dirty old coot who took a liking to Helena, and acted as her weapon supplier in the immediate year following after she had broken contract with Arasaka. During the time, she frequented the place for the food as much as the guns. It was at this point she was introduced to Yuji's assistant, Nakahito Kohgen. Yuji had recently learned that Kohgen was fond of weapons and electronics, and made an offer to Kohgen to work with Helena on a data raid on an Arasaka-held company in Hong Kong. While waiting for Kohgen to decide on the offer, Helena took another job as a bodyguard. Shortly after that job was finished, Helena returned to the ramen shop, which was suddenly attacked by unknown assailants. Though through the combined efforts of Helena and old man Yuji, the attackers were driven off, but not before the shop had been destroyed and Yuji died. Acting upon Yuji's dying request to go to take Kohgen to the American city Angel's Flight, and hook up with an old friend of Yuji's, Ruby Rhod, Helena took Kohgen and went to Angel's Flight.

            Currently, Helena works as a freelance operative in Angel's Flight, often getting her jobs through Ruby, and watching out for the younger Kohgen as he begins his shadow career.

Update:

            Initially, Angel's Flight was fine for Helena. Working with Kohgen on several varied runs made contacts and money for Helena. Edgerunning in the city wasn't all that difficult either, less stressful than Hong Kong had been for her. Then a supposedly simple run changed it all. An easy, almost routine extraction thrust Helena into a situation that even her extensive experience couldn't prepare her for...encountering the supernatural. Through a radical series of events, Helena's world was shattered...magic, demons, were creatures, and other denizens thought only to be myth and fairly tale proved all too frighteningly real. This was compounded with strange choices within her edgerunner group drove her literally crazy. 

            To compound matters, she had a run-in with her nemesis from Arasaka, Nagano further damaged her will. Although she was successful in the encounter, trouncing him badly, he made a death defying escape. This wrecked Helena's confidence and weakened her hold on reality. For a time, she completely broke away from her edgerunning group and isolated herself in a remote Northern California safe house she set up earlier. She fell deeper and deeper into the depths of her mind, as the fragile illusion that was her reality broke further and further apart. 

            But at the core of the madness, beneath the terror of it all, she found a truth to clutch onto, to hold onto. The truth was simple...monsters, magic, demons...they all do exist...but so did billions of people who could easily be victimized and destroyed by these forces at any time. This revelation scared Helena to no end, but then she realized something else. She wasn't powerless in the equation. Far from it. She could make a difference. Her body had been adapted by the nanites within her to adapted her to the rigors of fighting the supernatural. She could fight back, and maybe make a stand for innocent people.

            Armed with this knowledge, Helena slowly but surely pulled herself back from the edge of madness, and from the depths on insanity. Clawing her way back to reality with a will forged from her old self and tempered by her recent experiences, she became stronger than ever before. She vowed never again to allow herself to succumb to such feelings of weakness and lose sight of hope. She also made the decision that she couldn't fight the supernatural alone. She may have worked solo before, but those days were over, she realized. There were things out there with more power and influence then all the megacorps put together, and she knew that if she were to stand any chance, she'd need to get as many allies as possible.                

Behind the Scenes Profile: (updated material is in italics)

What kind of personality does your character have?

            Helena is a very "professional" person. Her work and things that need to be done get the highest priority in her life. If some obstacle stands in her way, she finds a way to over come it. Not one to be held back, she is very pro-active, and dislikes inactivity. She makes sure she is busy doing things that need to be done. She keeps her feelings and emotions very controlled, and dislike people who inquire to much into her personal affairs. She is generally friendly however, and is personable. The only times she will ever show dislike or distaste is in people she regards as unprofessional or foolish. This hasn't changed much, as Helena still does her best to be professional, and not go over board with her feelings. However, she now knows that a certain amount of emotional release is important, as bottling up feelings can destroy someone. So, does let her feelings be known, when they need to be.

What are your political beliefs?

            Having been raised and working in Socialist countries the majority of her life, she supports socialism and some of it's derivatives. No change.

Where are you living now?

            Currently, Helena is living in Angel's Flight. She has one main house, and has set up several "safe houses" throughout the city. Unknown.

What is your current relationship with your family?

            Helena doesn't keep in touch with her parents much, but maintains communication with her sister Cecilia. No change.

How are they doing?

            Her parents are both alive, still in Sweden, still working for Militech. Cecilia also works for Militech still, but has since been transferred to there New York branch. No change.

What is your current social status?

            Helena lives comfortably, but not well. Typically, she puts the majority of her earnings into various saving accounts, preparing for retirement someday. With the sudden upheavals in her life and changes in things she has to do, this has changed slightly. She still does her best to maintain her finances, but has been forced to use her savings to help in her travels and quests. Supernatural lifestyles don't come cheap, after all. 

What are your current religious beliefs?

            Helena still embraces Zen Buddhism, but can not actively practice as much (Buddhist temples are in short supply, so it seems). She still also maintains her disciplines of self-improvement and such that were gained from following Bushido. This has become more a part of Helena's life, since the change. Having some measure of faith helps her get through the rough spots when the drek hits the fan, so to speak.

What is your current profession?  (What do you do for a living?)

            Helena acts a street samurai (freelance solo who works the streets primarily). She doesn't have a steady employer, instead, working on a contract by contract basis. Sometimes, she will take campaign contracts (more than one run per contract), but is now wary of long term contracts thanks to Arasaka. Helena still does do the occasional run and whatnot, but this typically only happens when she can fulfill more than one objective with the run (in example, extract a scientist from a corp is the objective she's given, banishing the demon whom supervises the scientist is her goal). She also now does some supernatural runs as well, hiring herself out to various individuals whom need her. A bodyguarding assignment for a house bound mage? No problem. Helping to take back stolen magic artifacts? It's all good. Helena just keeps doing what she needs to to keep going, either raising some hell or banishing it. 

What are your current hobbies?

            Helena is a collector of Japanese items of all sorts. Primarily, she collects old samurai items (swords, armor, stories), old animes (like EVA, Vision of Escaflowne, SMJ, etc.), and old music (like TM Revolution, Glay, and X-Japan). She likes  rock and roll music, anything with a good beat and lots of guitar. She drinks sometimes, but prefers light stuff like wine coolers and mixed drinks, and drinks within the limits of moderation. Kohgen also recently got her addicted to console video games, which are her guilty pleasure. Recently, with the change, she's also began intently studying legends and myths, trying to learn more about the "bigger world".

What do you do to relax?

            Helena enjoys going out to the various dance clubs and such, and has a fun, social time when she through with the business at hand. When she's very tense, she instead prefers to close off the outside world, and do some serious mediation and practice meditate forms of the martial ways she knows. She uses these things to help her focus and bring her world back under control. Again, these things have become even more important to her. When she needs to, she goes clubbing and lets go of the world for a bit, losing herself in the pounding music and the moves, experiencing an almost transcendence of spirit. She continually practices the martial arts, focusing her mind, body, and soul, refining her will. She's found that the discipline that the martial forms give her has helped her in her battles with the supernatural greatly. 

What kind of people do you "Hang out" with?

            Generally, Helena associates somewhat with the whole party-go'er/nightclub scene, but otherwise, she is generally with the local shadow community. Recently, she has done her best to make forays into the supernatural communities and groups, but met with mixed results. The strange nature of her body combined with the high amount of superstitions that the supernatural community holds to has made it difficult for her to find acceptance within their groups. Undaunted, she keeps trying, for better or for worse. 

What skills or abilities do you have that are useful to the party?

            Helena's training is group based. More importantly, as the proverbial "point-woman" of the team, she would often act as the on-site leader. She knows how to organize, and prepared a group for there job. She acts and functions even better as a second in charge, providing advice and analysis to a better leader. She's also a great operative for "quiet ops", because she has a natural dislike of excessive violence, excessive loss of life, and heavy weaponry. With her new body, Helena has become much more lethal and also able to meet different types of supernaturals on equal terms. More over, she has learned quite a bit of flexibility in mingling her old skills with her new abilities, which means she has a trump card over both the supernatural (by using edgerunning skills and tactics), and edgerunners  (by using supernatural skills and tactics). All in all, her uniqueness of experience and ability is her greatest strength.

Behind the Scenes, For The Future:

After all the game sessions are over, what will your character do?

            Keep working the shadows, trying to ensure her prosperity and financial well being. Who knows? Maybe go out and find the right person while she's at it. This has completely changed. Now, Helena will actively continue fighting the supernatural. As long as the threat exists, and she's able to face it, she'll do so. There can be no other way... 

What are your character's goals in life?

            1.         Become wealthy enough to retire and live without fear of being poor.

            2.         To remove the majority of the cyber ware from her body.

            3.         Start a family, one that will last.  

1. Learn more about the world as it truly is. 

2. Increase her resources in the fight with the supernatural.

3. Try and find someone like herself, whom shares the same type of body and modifications (ie, cyber-evolved). 

What will your character be doing 5,10, or 20 years from now?

            5 years...still more fighting...

What kind of skills/abilities do you see your character learning in the future?

            Probably diversifying her edge running talents, by learning some electronic and medical disciplines. Also, improving her sharp combat skills. Developing better control of her powers, along with increasing her knowledge of the supernatural.

What kind of jobs will your character have in the future?

            Same edge running jobs, until she meets her goals...Same supernatural jobs, until she can achieve some of her goals and find a way to live peacefully. 

How do you expect your character to die?

            Two ways. Violently in pursuit of her goals, or peacefully having achieved them. No change.

Post Mark Sidestory Notes: 

Although this isn't the best summary, here is what happened during the Mark Sidestory. 

If you want more detailed info, ask me in person. 

Bob's summary is as follows:

Helena: One of the cyber evolved, living in a symbiotic relationship with the cybernetic nanites in her body.

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