Birth Name: Mark Washington

Nova Name: Steel Wind
Series:

Eruption: Trauma

Nature: Paragon

Allegiance: Seven Samurai

Strength: 3, Might 1

Dexterity: 4, Athletics 3, Martial Arts 3, Melee 3, Stealth 1

Stamina: 3, Endurance 3, Resistance 3

Perception: 2, Awareness 3

Intelligence: 2, Linguistics 1 (Japanese, English), Medicine 1

Wits: 4, Arts 1, Biz 1, Rapport 1

Appearance: 3

Manipulation: 1

Charisma: 3, Command 1, Etiquette 1, Perform 2

Backgrounds: Attunement 2, Eufiber 1, Influence 2, Resources 2

Willpower: 8

Taint: 2

Aberrations: Aberrant Eyes (solid silver orbs)

Quantum: 3 (2 Tainted Quantum)

Quantum Pool: 26

Mega-Attributes: Strength 1 (Thunderclap), Stamina 1 (Adaptability),

Dexterity 1 (Enhanced Move), Wits 1 (Multi-tasking)

Quantum Powers: Armor 5, Immolate 1 (Bashing, electrical)

Mark Washington is an unusual name for a man who stars in a Japanese

action adventure and is actually half-Korean and half-Vietnamese, and

a native of New Zealand. But, his complicated lineage aside, he chose

to be a professional wrestler in the New Zealand fight circuit but went

nowhere, but to Malaysia to study Muay Thai, hoping that the popular

martial art would make a good ‘ringside schtick’ to help him stand out

from the hundreds of other wannabe prime-time stars waiting on the wrong

side of the ropes. Unfortunately, he was only 2 months into training

when he came down with a malarial strain that left him on death’s bed.

He did in fact actually die, but he considers the ravages of the disease

to be a forge that remade him into the man he is today. The first change,

and the one that remains scarred on him for all time, is eyes of steel, to

reflect the steel that replaced his old narcisstic soul. His body-pride

stripped away by the disease, which left his body wasted and weak

from his original 250 lb chiseled perfection, revealing a much more

powerful man whose self-image wasn’t based on the steroids or hair-gel

or an oil-slicked body.

Spotted in real training by a Japanese businessman to master the more

spiritual aspects of Muay Thai, Mark was offered an unusual job. Soon

a program called The Seven Samurai appeared on Japanese television

and became a brief runaway success, spawning action figures, comics

deals and more, eventually moving to limited international success long

after the fickle Japanese markets had found a new flavor of the month.

Currently in an anime and manga run, with the original actors only

being requested for Con appearances or voice-overs (and not all of

them even!), Mark is now in Australia, where the anime-styled cartoon

series is based.

At his insistence, Mark’s character, designed to emulate the Japanese

element of Metal, was to be an actual Samurai, and he studied the

actual precepts of Bushido fanatically. Far more than his actual

producers wanted, but it did not detract from the show and they

ended up reasonably happy with his versimilitude, even if they tried

to keep him in metallic form and from preaching about honor and

such too much… Mark is a vegetarian and is learning the basics of

Japanese brush-painting, finding the simplicity to be evokative of

his own transformations.

Regarding the rest of his ‘team,’ currently also (mostly) gathered in

New Zealand to do voice-overs, Mark finds Yama to be a good friend,

if a bit sad at times, Shima to be a soulmate some days, but distant at

others, like a child, Torii to be dangerous and somewhat one-sided

in her thinking and Zhan to be quiet and reliable. The twins, Yin and

Yang seemed to be rather secretive and quite literal reflections of their

name-sakes. He never found out their names, almost never saw them

out of costume and has no idea where they went, having not seen

them since the month before they learned of the shows cancellation.