Calla
By Josh Hilden
Calla Marie Campbell was born in the City of Lazlo to a single mother living in the neighborhood of Upper Lakeside. Callas mother, Danica, was an employee at the local Armstrong Factory who had to work very hard to make ends meet. The identity of Callas father was never a secret, he was a man that Danica had met at a local Hockey game, his name was Tor Nido, and he had been killed in a traffic accident three months after he and Danica had begun dating. Or so everyone believes. (see below)
There was a lot of love in the Campbell household and it became clear to everyone that Calla was something special. Her enormous physical attributes, coupled with her prodigious mystical talents, tagged Calla at an early age for a future of incredible potential. If truth is to be told though, Calla wanted none of it. She was girl of strong will and was determined to follow her own path. Callas Mother and the administrators of the school she attended assumed that Calla would accept a full scholarship to the Lazlo University of Mystic Arts upon graduation from High school. But instead Calla informed her mother she intended to see the world, and the day after graduation she booked passage to the Eternal City in England and began almost twenty years of travel.
Call saw and experienced many things during her journey. She traveled across Europe and Africa, went sight seeing in South America, fought vampires in Mexico, and romped all over North America. Things were great until she received word from a High School friend that her talents would be of use in the Kingdom of Tolkeen.
Calla went to Tolkeen.
The war in Tolkeen had it's effects all over the continent of North America, and many who went to fight learned that they had darkness within them that they never suspected. But Calla maintained her core goodness throughout the war, during the Sorcerers Revenge she refused to participate in the slaughter but she never abandoned her post. During the fall of the Kingdom of Tolkeen Calla worked herself to exhaustion helping civilians escape the carnage. In the final hours she depleted her magic and found herself surrounded by a company of Coalition Deadboys, she knew this was the end. As she braced herself for the final battle a portal opened and a man dressed as a viking warrior from the history books emerged and slew the CS troops with lightning and thunder, as Calla passed out she thought she heard the man say, “sleep my dearest heart, your duty here is done.” But that had to be a dream ... right?
When Calla awoke she was with a group of refugees heading south to get around the CS forces besieging the remnants of the Kingdom. Three weeks later they arrived on the shores of lake Ontario and entered Lazlo. In the months following the end of the Tolkeen CS war Calla began agitating for the Militarization of the Free State of Lazlo, and people listened to her. Recently Chairman Plato himself authorized the Formation of a Lazlo Special Operations Battalion (SOB) and placed Calla in charge of organizing and commanding it, giving her the rank of Colonel.
Parentage: While Callas mother was indeed a normal human woman, her father is in fact Thor the Asgardian God. Calla is unaware of her fathers true nature, although she is suspecting that she is more than just a gifted human warrior. Thor takes great pride in the deeds of his only known daughter, and has kept a firm eye on her since her birth. It was in fact her father that engineered Callas possession of Aten. Thor's direct intervention to save his daughters life during the Tolkeen war has had unforeseen repercussions, Lord Splynncryth had agents on the ground who became aware of the Gods interference on the mortal plane and who it was that Thor came to aid.
Name: Calla Marie Campbell
Rank: Major in the Army of the Kingdom of Tolkeen (retired), Colonel in the Lazlo Defense Forces Special Operations Battalion (SOB)
Race: Demigoddess (half human)
Attributes: IQ 21, ME 20, MA 21 PS 50 (Supernatural), PP 16, PE 28, PB 28, SPD 21
Alignment: Principled
MDC: 338 SDC: 226 (On SDC Worlds) HP: 136 (On SDC Worlds)
Perception: +3 Attacks per Melee: 8
Height: 6 feet (1.8 meters) Weight: 138 pounds (62 kilograms) Age: 37 Lifespan: 1000 – 4000 years
Disposition: Calla is warrior, her first impulse with confronted with an obstacle is to knock it flat on it's butt. But she is also a woman of great joy, she likes classical music (Her love affair with Elvis Presley has lasted for more than 20years) and is a closet groupie of Chairman Plato ... his wings are sooo cute.
Description: Calla is a complete Knockout. All through her school career she was surrounded in a cloud of admires, but Calla hasn't allowed that to go to her head. Her long dark hair frames a head of Elvish features, because the people of Lazlo know that her mother is a human they believe that Calla has a genetic mutation that has lead to positive results.
Horror Factor: 9 (When recognized as a Demigoddess)
Experience Level: 8 OCC: Ley Line Walker
Natural Abilities: Fire and Cold resistant (do ½ damage), Regenerate 1D6X5 MDC per minute, Super Strong, Super Tough, Trust and intimidate 65%, Charm and impress 86%
Skills of Note: Language American 98%, Language Dragonese 98%, Language Spanish 98%, Climbing 98%/82%, Math Basic 98%, Land Navigation 79%, Wilderness Survival 87%, Pilot Automobile 88%, Lore Demon and Monster 87%, Lore D-Bees 82%, Lore Indians 82%, Lore Magic 82%, Lore Religion 87%, Literacy American 82%, Literacy Spanish 82%, Literacy Dragonese 82%, WP Sword, WP Paired
Secondary Skills: Mythology 77%, Prowl 72%, Pick Locks 77%, Pick Pockets 72%, Streetwise 59%, Literacy Gobbley 77%, Language Gobbley 97%, Writing 72%
Combat Skills: Hand to Hand Martial Arts, Boxing
Combat Abilities: Restrained Punch 1D6X10 SDC, Normal Punch 6D6 MDC, Power Punch (counts as two attacks) 2D4X10 MDC, Back flip, Back flip escape, Body Flip/Throw 1D6 (Opponent loses one attack and initiative), Karate Kick, 2D6 MDC, Leap Kick (counts as two attacks) 3D8 MDC,
Bonuses: +3 to Initiative, +5 to parry, +6 to dodge, +4 to roll with punch or fall, +5 to pull punch, +3 to strike, +2 to entangle, +2 to disarm, Critical Strike on 18-20, +11 to save versus magic, +4 to save versus psionics, +7 to save versus Horror Factor, +48% to save versus coma/death, +2 to save versus possession and mind control, +3 to save versus curses
Magical Knowledge: All Standard Ley Line Walker Abilities (see pages 113-116 of Rifts Ultimate Edition)
Spell Knowledge: Level 1 – Globe of Daylight (2), See the Invisible (3), Thunderclap (4), Level 2 – Throwing Stones (5), Extinguish Fire (4), Concealment (6), Level 3 – Armor of Ithan (10), Energy Bolt (5), Impervious to Fire (5), Level 4 – Carpet of Adhesion (10), Fire Bolt (7), Magic Net (7), Level 5 – Superhuman Strength (10), Superhuman Endurance (12), Superhuman Speed (10), Level 6 – Call Lightning (15), Impervious to Energy (20), Teleport: Lesser (15), Level 7 – Fly as the Eagle (25), Invulnerability (25), Sub Particle Acceleration (20), Level 8 – Eyes of the Wolf (25), Luck Curse (40), Magical Adrenal Rush (45)
Permanent P.P.E. Base: 248 Spell Strength: +2
Psionic Knowledge: Mind Block (4), Object Read (6)
I.S.P. : 92 (Minor Psionic)
Weapons and Equipment: Calla relies entirely upon her magical abilities and her Rune Sword.
Aten – Lesser Rune Weapon
Aten is a newer rune weapon, less than five hundred years old, forged somewhere in the Three Galaxies by a colony of Asgardian Dwarves. The sword was presented to Grall Shalasha, a Wulfen warrior that had earned much honor amongst the powers that be of the United Worlds of Warlock (UWW). Grall wielded Aten through many heroic and famous adventures until he was murdered by agents of the Splugorth Kingdoms an Aten was taken from him. Aten reappeared on Rifts Earth in the hands of an escaped elderly slave from Atlantis who gave the weapon to Calla after meeting her and realizing that she had the blood of a god in her veins, specifically the Asgardian God of Thunder Thor. Unknown to the slave Aten had sensed the blood of Asgard flowing near him and influenced the slave to travel to Lazlo and find Calla in hopes of eventually going home.
Aten's plans have changed since bonding with Calla, he has come to love her like a daughter and is full committed to serving her. Aten has used his abilities to send word of his location and who he is serving to the realm of Asgard but he has yet to receive instructions. Aten is unaware of Thor's plans regarding his daughter.
IQ: 24
Alignment: Scrupulous
Personality: Aten is still a kid at heart, he enjoys a good joke and is the master of the witty come back. If truth be told this facet of his personality can sometimes drive Calla a little crazy. In reality Aten is a wise and noble person, in life he had been a Chiang Ku Dragon that allowed himself to be bonded to the blade before he died. He loves Calla and has begun to think of her as his own daughter, it is only a matter of time before Aten reveals Calla's past to her regardless of whether he receives orders from Asgard or not.
Description: A long two handled sword with a curving blade, colored blue and silver with an ivory and gold pommel and hilt. The blade is covered in faint white runes.
Properties:
· Telepathy with wielder (5 mile range)
· Indestructible
· Wielder and blade can sense one another's location (25 mile radius)
· +2 to all savings throws
· +5 to strike
· +3 to Parry
· 1D4X10 MDC Damage
· Fire 12 Energy Blasts (Treat as magical fire) per 24 hour period, 1D6X10 MDC Damage, Range 300 feet
· Cast Armor of Ithan spell (equal to 12 level) on the wielder once every 6 hours
· Can communicate with the realm of Asgard, unknown to Aten Thor receives all of his messages