Basic Overview
- Name: Zachary Allen Penn, aka "The Ronin"
- Gender: Male
- Race: Human (Mage)
- Tradition: Orphan
- Essence: Questing
- Rank and Title: Persona Non Grata
- Arete: 4
- Date of Birth: May 17th, 1983
- Cabal(s): Don't make me laugh.
- Chantry(s): Banned from as many as would listen.
- Occupation: Vagrant, odd-jobber (security, handywork, and machining when he can get it.)
- Creation Date: January 5, 2016
- Status: Active
RP hooks
Philosophers and Free Thinkers: Zach wanders around and thrives on opportunities to debate moral philosophy with anyone and everyone. He's a decidedly secular humanist, feminist, and social-contract theory subscriber.
Among mages: Zach Penn, dubbed "The Ronin" by the Order of Hermes' House Tytalus, is a notorious Orphan troublemaker. Some say he's Nephandi, others say he's just vanilla evil. Everyone agrees he's an asshole. He got the nickname for his habit of wandering - apparently aimlessly - and challenging any fellow mage he happened upon to Certamen. He lost a lot, but he's also won a fair bit, and for whatever reason, the Order of Hermes saw fit to ban their membership from dueling with him ever again. After whatever kerfluffle precipitated that course of action, he was also banned from basically every chantry in Europe, and many in North America and beyond. tl;dr - if you see this guy in town? Lock up your chantry and keep an eye on your libraries. The man is a menace.
Among Gaians: Those connected to New York City's Garou enough to hear gossip might have heard of a certain Black Fury kin who was, in classic soap opera fashion, the interest of a slew of 'rou who really ought to have known better. This guy cohabitated with her, and it came out that he was a Mage after she was abducted by Mages. (He was involved somehow, but it's not clear how, exactly.) This guy liaised between the Sept and a third group of mages when the pack tasked with recovering the kin couldn't find her. Mage Group #3 apparently hated the kidnappers, and with their help, the kin was recovered.
Apparently the whole 'liaison' thing had something to do with a favor this guy owed the pack in question. Those REALLY into New York City sept gossip could discover that he was the victim of a bane possession that he was able to partially fight off, but he couldn't actually shake the thing without this pack's intercession.
He apparently left New York shortly before the sept was destroyed during the BSD uprising.
Troublemaker: If you ever want someone to show up and... erm... spice up a scene? Feel free to grab Zach. He gets around and has a keen eye for active trouble. He has zero qualms about sticking his nose into other people's business as long as it looks like that business involves something he'd object to (which is rather a lot).