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[b]Name:[/b] Jiangli Lao

[b]Codename:[/b] Runner

[b]Color Scheme:[/b] [color=0054a6]0054a6[/color] [color=a0410d]a0410d[/color]

[b]Age:[/b] Early thirties

[b]Gender:[/b] Male 

[b]Personality:[/b] 
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[*] Industrious
[*] Stubborn
[*] Maverick
[*] Relentless
[*] Chain-smoker
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[b]Short Biography:[/b]

Once upon a time, there was a talented Agent rising through the ranks of the Prohibitum. Jiangli Lao made waves straight out of the academy as he brought down several criminal mages and Painstakers in his rookie year alone. 

After a few more years of distinguished service, Jiangli was fast-tracked into a special response unit for magical incidents too much for Policus or individual Agents to handle. 

The special response team's first and only mission was an unmitigated disaster. What had thought to be a turf war between Painstakers of rival criminal organizations escalated into an utter bloodbath as a battle between a large nightmare and several Cleaners spilled onto the battle and added to the chaos. 

Faced with a battle on multiple fronts, Jiangli's captain made the order to focus on the Painstakers, despite the threat of the Nightmare tearing its way through Cleaners, Painstakers, and fellow Agents alike. Jiangli followed orders nevertheless and withdrew with the rest of his squad once the Painstakers were neutralized, leaving the weakened Cleaners to endure the nightmare's assault, but protested to his superiors upon returning to headquarters. However, the higher-ups determined that the captain had made the right call in the situation. 

Jiangli was incensed. Why couldn't they see that the nightmares were a threat equivalent to or even greater than any Painstaker? Rogue mages could at least reason; nightmares were utter beasts set on nothing but destruction. With no hope of support from the Magus Prohibitum, Jiangli abandoned the Agent ranks and set off in search of a way to track down and join the Cleaners. 

[b]Magic Style:[/b] 

[u]Temporal Distortion[/u]
Jiangli's personal brand of chronomancy revolves around creating localized fields of temporal distortion that either accelerate or drastically slow down anything that passes through them, allowing him to bypass a mage's PRF so long as they physically touch the field that he erects. His distortions take the form of runic circles drawn in the air, and any physical object that passes through one is affected by his chronomancy. Jiangli typically prefers to use fields of acceleration while on the offensive, while decelerating attacks on the defensive. 

[b]Membership:[/b] One year

[b]Equipment:[/b] 

[u]Heavyware Raptor Suit Mk. 8[/u] - A well-balanced armored exoskeleton designed to be adaptable to most battlefields. Provides a happy medium of speed and protection compared to light and heavy armor lines. 

[u]Serrated Motor Blade[/u] - A sword with motorized, serrated blades that run along the edge of the blade. In other words, a chainsword. The blade is a Thremont prototype with a motor powered by will alone. Taken by Jiangli years ago as a battle trophy during his days as an Agent. 

[u]Heavyware Executor EMT[/u] - The precursor to the Punisher model, but still preferred over the Punisher by veteran marksmen. More difficult to use than the Punisher, with only a ten round magazine and a heavier frame, but fires a larger caliber to compensate. Fires HE, AP, and subsonic ammunition. 

[b]Relationships:[/b]

[u]End[/u]
Fellow pistol aficionado. Socializes on a semi-regular basis with her, bonding over their shared love of heavy pistols and mutual disgust of Advent's creations. 

[u]Voice[/u]
A tragic soul. Jiangli's not particularly bothered by the implants. He'd seen worse during his time as an Agent, and from much nastier people at that. 

[u]Advent[/u]
No. Just fucking no. Jiangli knew he'd be working with Painstakers when he signed up, but this tests his limits. If the threat of Nightmares wasn't the only thing keeping the group together, he would have brought this sick bastard in months ago. 

[u]Warthog[/u]
Respects him as a veteran with a damn sight more field experience than his own. Sticks to a professional relationship. 

[u]Zer0[/u]
A nice kid, but too young to be doing this kind of thing. Wish she'd get off his ass about the smoking, though. He needs his vices. 

[u]Hex[/u]
Tolerable. Jiangli doesn't show it, but he's still slightly hesistant to work with Painstakers after so long as a Prohibitorium Agent. Still, it wasn't as if he could fault her for developing magical abilities without warning. Hopefully she manages to stay outside of the law's reach while still a Cleaner. 

[b]Character Impressions:[/b] 

[b]Theme Song:[/b] 
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9VT9Bfdg1g[/youtube]