Orion Maynard

### Relatives

Colton Maynard (father), Katerina Maynard (mother, deceased), Lowry Maynard (identical twin sister), Jack Maynard (uncle)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Raw Umber color

**Basic Information**

* **Pronouns:** He/Him
* **Age:** 28
* **Zodiac Sign:** Libra
* **Tarot Card:** Reversed V - The Hierophant
* **Fear:** Unaffiliated, but his family has been touched by the Slaughter.
* **Job:** Reception for the Magnus institute along side Rosie.
* **Player:** Raye
* **Playlist:** Stains of Fear
* **Character Tag:** orionmaynard

## Friends and Allies

**Work Friends**

* Rosie
* Roger Kline
* CJ Eden
* Ramon Clarke

**Gym Buddy**

* Lark Davies

## Notable Events

* TMA Fears Events
	+ During a required outside of work outing, Orion met Roger, Caitlin, CJ, and Ramon for the first time at a pub with his friend, Lark. Soon after, Caitlin left in a slight huff. The others followed after her, only to hear soon after that she had died in a car crash.
	+ A message was left by the deceased Caitlin, prior head of HR. This message was left in a box, which was given to Roger by Elias. The group got together, and watched the video message, which boiled down to a call for them all to visit a woman named Sable Scheiffer. On the train ride to Sable's work place, the team played way too many ice breakers, and bonded a bit more. Sable works at a funeral home, and tells them to retrieve a broach from an abandoned house. The team reluctantly agrees, and they make their way over.
	+ At the house, Orion breaks in by breaking in a window. The house is rotted, old, and all around disgusting. Lark has an "unfortunate encounter" with a supposed flesh sack, and panics. The team splits up to find the broach, and uncover 3 more dead bodies upstairs. Upon finding the broach, the party ran from the house and back to the Scheiffer Funeral Home. They return the broach, and Lark is taken out of the room by Orion and CJ. The group parts way for the day, with Orion taking Lark to the gym so they can get some emotions out. The two talk for a bit about the encounter, and Orion tell Lark about his plan to make a statement the following day.
	+ The night after the encounter, Orion made sure to text Lark saying they got home. Right when they left to outside, a spider jumped him, making him fall unconscious. Hours later, memories came flooding in. First the lunch with Uncle Jack, with all the repercussions of that day coming with it. Then the rest of the team. Roger, then Lark, then Ramon, then CJ. From gender crises, to car crashes, to funerals, it all was revealed.
	+ The group woke up in one of Ramon's family warehouses, all but Roger. On Roger's unconscious body, a note signed by someone named A talk about the web tree incident being a mistake. The group recovered, and headed out to Lark and her sister's flat. They all cleaned up, somehow discovering a growing red cyst on Roger's arm. CJ opens up about his experience at a retail store, which he did actually make a statement about. Orion makes an offhand comment about helping get CJ top surgery which doesn't go as quiet as intended. The team all talks, bonds, and learns more about CJ's old drag persona (including his death drop).

## Cypher Abilities

**Descriptor Sentence:** Orion Maynard is a tough warrior who looks for trouble.
**Warrior Abilities**

* **Tier 0**
	+ Effort: 1
	+ Physical Nature: You have a Might Edge of 1 and a Speed Edge of 0, or you have a Might Edge of 0 and a Speed Edge of 1. Either way, you have an Intellect Edge of 0.
		- *Edge in Might and Speed from Extra Edge*
	+ Cypher Use: You can bear 2 cyphers at a time.
	+ Practiced With All Weapons: You can use any weapon.
* **Tier 1**
	+ Bash: This is a pummeling melee attack. Your attack inflicts 1 less point of damage than normal, but dazes your target for one round, during which time the difficulty of all tasks it performs is modified by one step to its detriment.
	+ Needs No Weapons: When you make an unarmed attack (such as a punch or kick), it counts as a medium weapon instead of a light weapon.
	+ Practiced in Armor: You can wear armor for long periods of time without tiring and can compensate for slowed reactions from wearing armor. You can wear any kind of armor. You reduce the Speed cost for wearing armor by 1. You start the game with a type of armor of your choice.
	+ Extra Edge: Your physical nature grants you an Edge of 1 in both Speed and Might, rather than one or the other.

* **Tier 2**
	+ Advancements: +1 to effort, +2 to recovery rolls, +4 to stat pools, +1 to edge
		- *+2 to Intellect, +1 to Might, +1 to Speed*
		- *+1 to Intellect Edge*
	+ Mighty Blow: You strike two foes with a single blow. Make separate attack rolls for each foe, but both attacks count as a single action in a single round. You remain limited by the amount of Effort you can apply on one action. Anything that modifies your attack or damage applies to both of these attacks.
	+ Successive Attack: If you take down a foe, you can immediately make another attack on that same turn against a new foe within your reach. The second attack is part of the same action. You can use this ability with melee attacks and ranged attacks.

**Tough Abilities**

* Resilient: +1 to Armor
* Healthy: Add 1 to the points you regain when you make a recovery roll.

**Looks for Trouble Abilities**

* **Tier 1**
	+ Brawler: You inflict 1 additional point of damage in melee (including with your bare fists).
	+ Wound Tender: You are trained in healing.
* **Tier 2**
	+ Protector: You designate a single character to be your charge. You can change this freely every round, but you can have only one charge at a time. As long as that charge is within immediate range, he gains an asset for Speed defense tasks because you have his back.
	+ Straightforward: You are trained in one of the following tasks (choose one): breaking things, climbing, jumping, or running.

## Background

In the city of Bristol, twins were born to Colton and Katerina Maynard. Their mother died during the process, with the two kids being named Lowry and Kate Jr., one after the mom the other after the father's passed mother. The two grew up together, as Kate chose his own name as time went on to be Orion. His father accepted it, but never respected it. His uncle Jack, however, was very accepting from the get go. So Uncle Jack became Orion's surrogate father figure; if his father was going to act like he was dead, he would find another father. Jack was always a weapons enthusiast, who collected different types of knives between his plumbing job. This passion somewhat passed onto Orion, for a while at least.

When Orion was age 17, the two of them had met up for lunch, like usual. The two of them had lunch, and it was nice, friendly, and happy. Uncle Jack always had such a unique smile, which used to make Orion happy to see. When the next day came, things changed. Learning from the news and not even his father that his uncle was arrested, it shook him. Maybe it was the fact that he seemed so relaxed earlier, or that Orion was brought into questioning in the aftermath to recount the last encounter that his uncle had before the attempt, or that the same smile his uncle has given Orion was the one shown in his mugshot, but he’s never been exactly fond of knives or blades objects in the aftermath. That passion was bright, but now that weapons knowledge leaves a sour taste in his mouth.

When Orion left for university in London, he cut off most ties with his father, but still occasionally chatted with Lowry from time to time. 4 years ago, he started working at the Institute. Started as just a job to hold him over so he could pay for the testosterone and top surgery, but it's grown on him. 3 years ago, he was able to start hormone therapy. 1 year ago, the final big tie to Kate was removed. He's worked reception alongside Rosie for the whole time, scheduling statement dates and meetings. He was there for the "worms" or whatever it was, he was there for the police investigation into Jonathan Sims, and he's been here for the chaos outside of the Archives. He doesn't touch the archives, even if their head has been proven innocent, that's still too much for Orion to deal with.