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About Nora O'Leary

Theme - The Great Chicago Fire of 1871

Nora O'Leary

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Aspects:
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The High Concept - Barnyard Bounty Hunter:
Work and money was scarce for a family of Irish immigrants so being self sufficient was almost a necessity and that wasn't lost on Nora. Growing up with farm animals as the main source of her diet quickly taught her to respect the symbiotic relationship she and her animals, she kept them fed and they would do the same for her. Humans on the other hand offered no such deal, hateful creatures that would go out of their way just to disturbed one another.

After moving away from her home and not having any animals of her own to rely on Nora turned to the other certainty she knew of. No matter they where people would cause problems and she could turn a profit dealing with those problems.

The Trouble - The Devil's Own Luck:
Luck of the Irish is a cruel contradiction for Nora, anytime she gets involved something goes wrong for her and those around. Bad luck is what inevitability lead her into making a deal with the devil and fleeing her home in an attempt to protect her family from her own presence.

Bad things happen around Nora and that's why she does what she can to make sure she is always around bad people.

The Bargain Aspect - Saving The Family Name:
It was a normal October night, Nora was doing one last check around the barn before going to bed. Her lantern burned dully as she drowsily made her rounds until fate intervened, a single misstep sent Nora and her lantern tumbling into the hay-strewn ground turning their barn into a blaze that pierced the night sky.

Panicked she ran for help knowing James would still be awake with his gambling buddies but the first person she ran into was a complete strange. His voice was cold and calm as he spun beautiful tales about how he could ensure her family would be safe from the fire and the law if she was willing to strike a deal. Knowing she would never be able to live with herself if her family had to pay for her mistakes Nora accepted without a second thought.

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Stunts:
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• Miss Fortune: When you succeed with style on a defend action against an opponent’s Fight roll, You get to attach the Jinxed situation aspect to your opponent with a free invoke, instead of just a boost.

• Black Cat: Gain +2 to Speed when using it to Defend against an opponent’s Fight roll.

• Animal Instincts: Use Survival in place of Charm when dealing with nonhuman animals.

• Unshackled Fate: When someone is compelled by one of their aspects, and you are affected by the results of that compel, once per scene you may gain a fate point, just as if you'd been compelled.

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Trained:
+4 = Speed (Athletics)
+3 = Fight
+3 = Investigate
+2 = Brawn (Physique)
+2 = Survival
+2 = Shoot
+1 = Brains (Lore)
+1 = Grit (Will)
+1 = Gamble (Burglary+Deceive)
+1 = Menace (Provoke)

Untrained:
+0 = Occult (New/Parts of Lore)
+0 = Resources
+0 = Stealth
+0 = Contacts
+0 = Tools (Craft)
+0 = Charm (Empathy+Rapport)

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History:
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The eldest of three children born to Irish Immigrants Catherine O'Leary and Patrick O'Leary, Nora was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She lived a farm-life and enjoyed spending time with the animals, it was people she couldn't stand. Chicago had no lack of Anti-Irish sentiment but Nora had a lack of patience for these people, she quickly became a well-known "scrapper" not willing to deal with any of the insults slung at her or her family...which in hindsight likely didn't help the stereotypes of the Irish being violent.

Nora's great mistake was what caused her to flee her home and as an assumed casualty of the fire no one would come looking for her, meaning should could leave her family with the knowledge they would be protected by her deal.

After leaving home out of fear of her family's safety the self-exiled woman set off to create a new life for herself. Viewing the lawless land in the west as the perfect place for someone like her she set off for the Mississippi were she began dishing out her own law in an attempt to forgive herself for the sins of her past.