Magnus O'Donovan

Basic Info:

Player: Stallmantic

Position: Marine Biologist

Demeanor: Tough and gritty

Nature: Kind but quick to anger

Description: A 5'5" foot tall Irishman with flaming red hair. Stocky build, fairly strong.

Stats:

Health
  • Physical Health: 7
  • Mental Health: 7
Attributes
  • Physical Defense: 5
  • Mental Defense: 3
  • Perception: 3
  • Agility: 3
  • Strength: 4
Skills

Intimidation: 2

  • Melee: 3
  • Survival: 3
  • Academics: 4
  • Science: 4
  • Medical: 4
Specialties
  • Here Fishy Fishy: 3. Magnus' expertise in everything marine gives him experience in survival in marine environments. (+3 survival in marine and aquatic environments. This bonus is reduced to +1 in only partially-aquatic environments, such as marshes and wetlands)
  • Bored Research 4. Magnus has always been fascinated by the ocean and everything in it. Magnus participated in extensive marine biological research while in college. He has a very strong understanding of how fish, whales, or any other denizen of the deep works and gains a bonus when interacting with anomalous or non-anomalous marine life. (+4 when making a knowledge check or being knowledgeable about marine life and marine biology)
  • Fancy Footwork: 3. Money wasn't the only thing Magnus gained when he was an amateur pugilist. He also picked up a few tricks to fighting, making it easier for him to land hits and harder to get hit too many times in a row. (When he takes melee damage from an opponent, +2 to his next agility roll against that opponent's melee. If he successfully rolls agility and dodges a melee attack from an opponent, he gets a +1 to his next melee roll against that opponent.)
  • Amateur Investigator: 2. To this day, Magnus maintains that his father was framed for his crime, and his lifelong quest to prove it has led to him becoming very good at piecing together clues and fragmented information. +2 to knowledge rolls about Groups of Interest, People of Interest, and anomalies he has encountered directly or indirectly on three or more runs and/or events.

Gear:

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  • Brass knuckles
  • Lighter
  • Flask of whiskey
  • Journal
  • One pen and one pencil
Equipment:

None

Possessions:

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  • On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
  • Assorted pens and pencils
  • Wardrobe
  • Clothes
  • Bagpipe
  • Guitar

Personal History:

Magnus O'Donovan was born in 1929, in Dublin, Ireland to a professor of Theology and a stay at home mother. While his mother was uneducated, she was literate and taught Magnus how to read at the age of two. Magnus and his father would frequently visit a nearby lake, where Magnus gained his love of the marine. During one of these trips, Magnus and his father were involved in the murder of another man vacationing on the lake. Magnus' father was convicted of this crime and was sentenced to twenty-four years in prison, losing his post at Trinity College.

At the age of seven, Magnus and his mother moved to Balbriggan. His mother scraped out a living as a maid, and occasionally as a prostitute to make ends meet. Because of this, and his father's imprisonment, Magnus tended to be bullied by many of the other street children. Due to these daily scraps, Magnus gained a great many fighting skills, rivaled only by his mother's tutelage when she had the time. Magnus, when not fighting, also frequented the home of the village elder to hear his tales. One of these tall tales included a monster at the lake in which his father had been accused of murder. To this day, Magnus still believes there is an SCP in Balbriggan Lake, but has found nothing.

At the age of 12, Magnus became a pugilist, fighting in underground tournaments. Training frequently, Magnus graduated to adult leagues at the young age of 13. Magnus excelled at this task and gained money which his mother forced him to place in savings for college. At the age of 16, Magnus won a major match, in which he also suffered a crippling concussion, which still has some effect on him today. After this, Magnus enrolled in Cambridge College, majoring in Biology with a minor in Marine Science.

Magnus continued his search for the monster of Balbriggan Lake even during his college years, his interests attracting Foundation attention. After graduation, on a trip to Venice, he was recruited into the Foundation to be employed in Site-77 as a scientist.

Languages

  • English
  • Celtic

Miscellaneous:

Magnus' father claimed to have been framed for the crime he committed, which Magnus steadfastly believes in. Magnus believes that his father was framed by something of anomalous nature, leading to his interest in the Foundation.

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