Coda

Coda Garrido Alonso

"The stranger at my fireside cannot see

The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear; He but perceives what is; while unto me

All that has been is visible and clear." -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Haunted Houses

The Man

• Day trader. Freelance.

• Passionate nerd about infrastructure of all things. Want to hear all about trains? Roads? Bridges? Our crumbling sewer system won't someone think of the children for god's sake? Coda will happily go on about it. At length. He goes to city hall meetings as a concerned citizen. It's a whole deal.

• Drives a Nissan Leaf. The perfect car for an environmentally conscious guy who can't afford a Tesla!

• Has been in San Francisco all his life.

The Mage

• Euthanatos Lhaksimist

• Awakened 10 years ago.

• Apprenticeship for 5. His mentor's name is John Random.

• John is a curmudgeon. Coda copes by seeming to take very little very seriously. John went on vacation almost immediately after declaring that Coda was a Chela now. Call him only if the world was ending, that sort of thing.

• Coda himself had a stellar reputation for being a high integrity fellow until Rune. He chased the (Nephandus? Maurader? Rumors aren't clear) Morrigan all the way to New York. Morrigan died in the confrontation. Coda brought Rune in.

• Coda did not approve of Rune's sentencing. He fought against it. He said Rune was innocent. He visited Rune regularly. He may have used up some political capital to make the sentence lighter than it was.

• Coda's reputation is now okay-to-neutral-to-not-great. He's been living with Rune for five years, for his own reasons, working closely with him. Those who are inclined to judge Rune harshly are inclined to paint him with the same brush. On the other hand he's still known for high integrity, and he is known for being a pretty damned good investigator and person to have on your side when you've got a problem. YMMV, Your Opinion May Vary.

RP Hooks

Day Trade the Day Away - Need your money managed? While Coda mostly makes his own money for himself he does have a professional trade account and can take on clients. He doesn't, not often: he's discerning about who he'll help. But those he does help? Have a tendency to make bank.

Dances Like Commander Shephard - It's awful. Really. And he wants to figure out how to do it better. Are you the one who can help?

Unlikely Investigator - Day trading pays the bills. What he's really passionate about is helping people who need it. Finding lost items. Finding lost people. Sometimes trying to solve the murders of people nobody else cares about. If you've got a problem and no one else can help, and so on.

Infrastructure Nerd - Do you also have a passion for infrastructure issues? Are you involved in local politics? Rune's a concerned citizen and a dedicated nerd for all things civic infrastructure. He's very involved in local politics as a result.

Are You a Haighter? - Coda lives somewhere in Haight-Ashbury and is often seen in shops and businesses around the neighborhood. Maybe we've run into each other?

Contacts

Rune Closest friend. Biggest liability.

Gallery

Name:	Coda Garrido Alonso
Apparent Age:	30
Ethnicity:	Latino
Nature:	Idealist
Demeanor:	Trickster

Relevant Quotes

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate,

I am the captain of my soul.

- Invictus, by William Ernest Henley

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