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Revision as of 03:06, 22 June 2018

Zhao Lin (Scenesys ID: 266)
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"A boat can float in water, but it can sink in it too."
Profile
Full Name: Zhao Lin
Gender: Male
Species: Mutant
Theme: Original (OC)
Occupation: Wandering martial artist
Citizenship: People's Republic of China
Residence: None / Varies
Education: Homeschooled / Master Jin Chun
Status: Approved
Groups:
Other Information
Apparent Age: 26 Actual Age: 26
Date of Birth 18 April 1999 Actor:
Height: 172.8 cm Weight: 99.7 kg
Hair Color: Grey Eye Color: Blue
Theme Song: {{{Song}}}

Profile

Having made his way into the United States by way of a shipping container, Zhao Lin is searching the streets of New York for the man who killed his Master. All he has to go on is a name, Xiang, and the symbol of a serpent circling a skull. He has no home and no money, so he currently lives as a vagrant, wandering the back alleys in a drunken stupor until he can find evidence of the man he seeks. He knows he came to NYC, but he does not know where to find him - and the city is much larger than he expected.

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Description

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Zhao Lin, Master of the Drunken Fist style of gongfu, stands at a height of 172.8cm, and weighs in at 99.7kg. Lin is most easily recognized for his unusual animalistic features, no doubt the result of a genetic mutation. His body is covered head to foot in short fur, pattered in smokey grey and white, with black rosettes, much akin to an Asiatic snow leopard. His ears are positioned nearer the top of his head, triangular in shape. His eyes are a deep sapphire blue in color. He has a muzzle, full of fangs and sharp teeth.

He has an athletic form, with broad shoulders and toned muscles. His hands are human-like in shape, though their backs are covered in fur, and there are rough pads on the inside of his palms and fingers. Each finger ends in a retractable claw as well. He has a tail, the appendage roughly four and a half feet in length. It is non-prehensile, often just flitting about as though it has a mind of it's own. His legs are strong, lean and muscular like the rest of him - for what can be told beneath the coating of fur that covers him. His feet are plantigrade, though he has only four toes, rather than five.

Currently, Zhao Lin is attired in a worn Tang-style jacket with long sleeves and a mandarin collar. It is black in color, and while ordinarily fastened with Chinese frog buttons, Lin has opted to leave his open. Beneath it he wears a dirty no-longer-white t-shirt tucked into a pair of baggy pants. Around his hips is a corded belt, from which hangs a light brown gourd canteen. On his wrist is a bracelet of black beads. He wears nothing on his feet.

History

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Zhao Lin was born on the streets of a small city in China, near the northern border of Tibet. When he was still young enough to only vaguely remember his parents, he was given over to his Master, Jin Chun, to learn martial arts. He was taught several styles of gongfu, but when he came of age, his Master revealed to him the secrets of zui quan, or drunken boxing. His life on the streets was rough, and Lin was constantly getting himself in trouble - and, subsequently, punished by his Master. This small city he lived in was one where nearly everyone is taught some form of martial arts, and while there was a rivalry among schools for which was the greatest, Zhao Lin and his Master knew that their's was a secret art that could defeat any other. Using his skills as a drunken boxer, Zhao Lin was able to escape many dangers, and became a protector of those on the streets who had no other to defend them. He lived his life as a beggar, using it and his constant drinking as a disguise to hide his martial prowess. He had been content to remain in China, in his home city, but the tragedy of his Master's murder sent him far abroad, in search of the ones responsible for his death.

ZUI BA XIAN

Zui Ba Xian, the Drunken Eight Immortals, embody the heart of Daoist drunken fist. The style Zhao Lin uses is a complete system comprised of eight forms, each representing one of the eight immortal characters:

Lu Dongbin, the leader of the eight immortals, with a sword on his back that dispels evil spirits, sways back and forth to trick the enemy. He is the drunkard with internal strength.

Li Tieguai, the cripple, walks with an iron cane, feigns the weakness of having just one leg, to win the fight with one powerful leg.

Han Zhongli, the strongest immortal, carries a large cauldron of wine, tackles the enemies with strength.

Lan Caihe, sexually ambiguous, carries a bamboo basket, attacking the enemies with swaying waist, mostly feminine postures.

Zhang Guolao, old man Zhang, donkey rider, with his entertaining postures on the donkey, and his donkey's lethal swift double kicks.

Cao Guojiu, the youngest immortal, a clever, controlled fighter, locks and breaks the joints, attacks the deadly soft parts of the enemy body.

Han Xiangzi, flute-playing immortal, denying and countering the enemy attacks with powerful wrists.

He Xiangu, Miss He, flirting with the enemy to cover her short-range attacks, evading the enemy attacks with the twisting body.

A demonstration of each of the forms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CtAHLGlRbI
When combined: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74OBuMA2qEk

Personality

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Abilities

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ALCOHOL TOLERANCE
Zhao Lin is a drunken boxer, and the training for that requires -a lot- of alcohol. His poison of choice is rice wine, and over the years he has built up quite a tolerance to it's effects. Even Zhao Lin has his limits, however. Alcohol gives him power in bursts, but if he stops drinking for an extended period of time, the after-effects will set in with a vengeance.

ENHANCED ENDURANCE
Zhao Lin is a drunken boxer, and part of that training has led him to be able to endure more physical punishment than ordinary. His endurance increases the more liquor he has imbibed, but only until he begins to sober up.

ENHANCED REFLEXESENHANCED REFLEXES
Again, having trained his body for his entire life, particularly in drunken boxing, Zhao Lin's reflexes are near the peak of human capability. Typically, if he can see an attack coming, Zhao Lin will be able to avoid it, or with the use of drunken boxing, feign being hit and use that as a means to maneuver about.

ENHANCED SENSES
Being a mutant with the senses of a feline, Zhao Lin has a superior sense of smell and hearing compared to ordinary humans. He is also capable of seeing better in low light, but is still inhibited in total darkness.

ENHANCED STRENGTH
Zhao Lin has trained his body his entire life, and in addition to his genetic mutations, it has given him a heightened limit to his physical strength. To venture a guess, I would place him roughly on par with Punisher or Colossus(unarmored) in terms of raw physical strength, able to lift about 550lbs.

Skills

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IMPROVISED WEAPONS
Bottles, chairs, fireplace pokers, really anything he can get his hands on that will do in a pinch. Zhao Lin does not use weapons himself, but will use objects around him in defense of himself or others from those that do.

MARTIAL ARTS
Zhao Lin is a master of the art of Zui Quan, or drunken boxing. He is also trained in several other forms of kung fu, including(but not limited to) praying mantis, wing chun, and mok gar.

STEALTH
Having lived much of his life as a beggar, he knows how to be unseen when he wants to be. This applies primarily to urban environments, as that is where he utilized them the most.

TUMBLING
As a master of drunken boxing, Zhao Lin is an expert at the art of tumbling. Frequently in fights, he will duck, roll, weave, and dodge out of the way of blows, using these skills to maneuver himself around his opponent(s) and get an advantageous position.

Resources

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BLACK MARKET
Being from the streets of China, Zhao Lin has access to the black market, both there and in NYC, through the contacts he's made with other vagabonds like himself.

HOMELESS NETWORK
Though they live on the streets, the friends Zhao Lin has made living with them are able to provide him with information about the activities of the noteables in the city.

Weaknesses

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ALCOHOL
Zhao Lin can't refuse a drink. Or a challenge to drink. While he has a lot of tolerance for the drink, too much will overwhelm even him, leaving him in a helpless, drunken stupor.

POISONS
Due to having a stronger ability to metabolize alcohol, Zhao Lin's body will also metabolize other injested poisons at a faster rate. Anything he drinks will affect him twice as fast as it would an ordinary human.

Logs

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Title Date Scene Summary
The Night of the Quake Pt2 July 23rd, 2019 After Zhao Lin's saving of Vanessa from a rough crew, much whiskey was consumed.
Serpent Reunites With Leopard May 30th, 2019 Summary needed
The Night Of The Quake May 30th, 2019 Zhao Lin saves Vanessa from attackers. Jean-Claude Van Damme was not harmed in the making of this scene.
A Spar of Action April 15th, 2019 Diana spars with a Drunken Master of Martial Arts
It's 5pm Somewhere! July 31st, 2018 Summary needed
Parking Lot Punches July 19th, 2018 Summary needed
An Unexpected Caller July 15th, 2018 Summary needed
Drunkard at the Docks July 4th, 2018 Summary needed
Faith in Harlem July 3rd, 2018 Summary needed
Making up for lost time June 30th, 2018 Yin puts Carrie Kelley through some torturous training to make up for being in space, and they meet Zhao Lin during a break.
Street Meet June 26th, 2018 Summary needed
First Meetings June 24th, 2018 Summary needed
Pizza Run June 22nd, 2018 Rogue runs into an old acquaintance and they share some pizza and catch each other up-to-date on what they've been up to for the past several months.
The Life and Time of Cindy Moon November 5th, 2017 A bunker in the sewers holds a secret.
Creepy Creatures November 5th, 2017 Peace is kept in Sunnydale, despite a small catfight.
Enough is enough November 3rd, 2017 Summary needed
Invasion of the Whisperers, Chapter IX November 2nd, 2017 Zhao Lin and Caroline Ramsey meet in Luke's Bar, bigotry ensues. Title unrelated.
The Battle of Brooklyn, Part VI November 2nd, 2017 Summary needed
The Amulet of General Fang Guo October 29th, 2017 Summary needed
Harlem Fight June 4th, 2017 Summary needed
Gateway to Dragons June 3rd, 2017 Summary needed
The Leopard and the Snake May 24th, 2017 Summary needed
Shopping Trip May 17th, 2017 Summary needed
An Offer May 14th, 2017 Summary needed
Rousing the Bar May 13th, 2017 Summary needed
Wednesdays are the Worst May 10th, 2017 Summary needed
Cats and Dogs in New York May 7th, 2017 Zhao meets someone new while roaming a park and it is tradition, when meeting a fellow martial artist, to challenge them.

Cutscenes

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Title Date Scene Summary
Several Months Ago... May 19th, 2017 Summary needed

Gallery

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