Rhett Mercatos

Name Rhett Mercatos Age 22 Affiliation Aegis Courier Co. Job Courier Status NPC (Living) @PCs Ally (SP)

AKA: Shadow
Actor: Colton Haynes, Ref: Arrow

Concept

Streetwise Skater-Punk with a Vampire Schtick (later: actual Half-Vampire)

Tropes

Chronic Hero Syndrome; Civvie Spandex; Dance Battler; Reformed Criminal

Details

Personality

• Rescue Addiction (Compulsive Behavior)
• Devil inside makes him want to beat on people; hero complex, makes him go after crims

Background

• Orphaned
• Early drug use ended in a bad trip, after which he never touched the stuff again
• local skater of some repute (trademark "vampire" cape), but never went pro (not wanting to be beholden to sponsors)
• Rescued from gang-hit by the Angel of Knight City
• Recruited to Aegis by "Yuri"

Social Network

• Works with Raphael D'Angelo at Aegis, unaware of his secret identity or Project Spectrum
• In a (sometimes rough) relationship with Samantha since working with her at Aegis
• Dane Costen: new coworker (runner) at Aegis
• Keira Judge, coworker (boss/dispatch) at Aegis
• Unnamed coworkers at Aegis

Traits

Near-Pro-Level Freestyle/Street/Half-Pipe Skateboarder; Traceur; Street-Smart

GM Notes

• Narrative: gets turned by a vampire (orig: Svyataslav Igorevich), but resists taking life, staying in a half-state (Ref: Lost Boys). Shadow-based power set (WoD: Lasombra). The "cape" becomes his super-costume.