Backstory:
Born Jakob Wojowitz, he became fascinated by the movies as a young lad and changed his name to get into the business. He started as a stuntman, but though he could take a fall he didn't have the strength or coordination to succeed. Fortunately, a director noticed his good looks and put him in some bit roles in front of the camera. Now having had some success acting in a series of cheezy westerns, he is now known as "the poor mans Valentino". Using his intelligence, he began arranging stunt work and now wants to direct. He just needs the right story...
Having read Jackson Elias' works, he thinks that he has a doozy of a story; it would be perfect for a movie!
Income 1d10 ⇒ 10
Occupation: Samurai (martial artist)
Education: Bushido, Kenjutsu meaning "the method, or technique, of the sword."
Birthplace: Tokyo
Birthdate: August 14, 1900
Residence: New York
Chang Caine was the illegitimate son of a Western diplomat in Japan during the Meiji Restoration (1866-1868), who befriended the Samurai during the Satsuma Rebellion (1877). In Japan his father met his mother and resulted in the birth of their only son who stayed in Japan with his mother until he was old enough to move to the United States and look for his father. His father was re-assigned duty stations and left Chang and his mother alone in 1903, though he sent letters and financial support for many years to follow.
From an early age, friends of his father and former samurai (now police officers) taught him swordsmanship and the unarmed combat style of the Samurai. Chang wondered about his father and hoped one day to find him in New York.
In 1919, on the event of his 18th birthday, Chang decided to go and find his father, with a few copies of letters and a photograph of his father and mother.
In 1921, Chang found his father, and was welcomed secretly by the man, but publicly was de-rided as a problem and a bastard. Chang’s father had married a woman other than his mother and she could not bear to look upon him, nor was he accepted by his half-siblings.
Chang spent some time with his father learning what he could from him and informing him that his friends had discharged their duties in teaching him Bushido. The re-union was short lived however as Chang’s father died unexpectedly in 1923.
In 1924 Chang opened a small shop as a herbalist in the region of New York that would eventually become known as China Town. While working as an herbalist he was asked to assist with a number of strange cases, one in particular of a person reporting he awakened in the body of a corpse.*
*see MONOPHOBIA: A FEAR OF SOLITUDE
AN OPUSCULE OF ADVENTURES FOR LONE INVESTIGATORS IN
THE WORLD OF CHAOSIUM’S CALL OF CTHULHU™
This lead to another adventure in the haunted house which leads him to conclude that evil is an actual force within the universe.
Quirks:
Carries around an assortment of herbs of various restorative powers
Often performs kata when he is thinking or distracted.
Has a cane that is actually a Bokken or practice sword he can utilize to good effect.
Dislikes firearms as a barrier to perfecting the self.
