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 ====== EZRAH SCHERKENSTEIN ======
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 ===== Race and Faction =====
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 A former biologist with the [[last_frontier_university|Last Frontier University]], Ezrah Scherkenstein redirected her gift for pattern-finding from ecosystems to human behavior. In September 2626 she founded the Office for Special Operations (OfSO) in New Kourou as a quiet, client-funded problem-solving bureau: taking private commissions, vetting evidence, coordinating stakeouts, and matching cases to trusted subcontractors.
-Her headquarters — and the small apartment above it — overflow with plants. Ezrah breeds and catalogs VOI 700 D flora for solace and study; her most cherished specimen is the **Trando Orchid**, a vibrant, rare canopy blossom sacred to the [[the_trando|Trando Tribe]], which she tends with ceremonial care and never trades.
+Her headquarters — and the small apartment above it — overflow with plants. Ezrah breeds and catalogs VOI 700 D flora for solace and study; her most cherished specimen is the [[asari|Trando Orchid,]] a vibrant, rare canopy blossom sacred to the [[the_trando|Trando Tribe]], which she tends with ceremonial care and never trades.
-At her side is **Bubi**, a tamed **Croplight Lemur** (called **“Yali-Muun”** by the Orlanda Tribe): a nimble, nectar-loving primate native to the canopy fringes and elevated glowlily groves of the Orlanda Marshes and the [[tropical_forest|Tropical Forest]] of Asari. Bubi perches among Ezrah’s planters, alerts her to visitors with soft chitters, and will ferry light notes between rooms on cue.
+At her side is "Bubi", a tamed [[croplight_lemur|Croplight Lemur]] (called “Yali-Muun” by the [[the_orlanda|Orlanda Tribe]]): a nimble, nectar-loving primate native to the canopy fringes and elevated glowlily groves of the [[orlanda_marshes|Orlanda Marshes]] and the [[tropical_forest|Tropical Forest]] of [[asari|Asari]]. Bubi perches among Ezrah’s planters, alerts her to visitors with soft chitters, and will ferry light notes between rooms on cue.
-Official ties were avoided, but a handful of intrinsically motivated investigators within the [[guarding_troopers_headquarters|Guarding Troopers HQ]] quietly collaborated with her on murders, cold cases, missing-persons searches, and protective escorts. After the founding of the [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]] in 2631, OfSO was ordered closed. Publicly, Ezrah retired. Privately, she still **brokers cases**, hands out sealed envelopes to freelancers, and keeps her ledgers locked behind a tea-kitchen panel. She calls herself a **“prepared pacifist”** — averse to violence but ready to survive it.
+Official ties were avoided, but a handful of intrinsically motivated investigators within the [[guarding_troopers_headquarters|Guarding Troopers HQ]] quietly collaborated with her on murders, cold cases, missing-persons searches, and protective escorts. After the founding of the [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]] in 2631, OfSO was ordered closed. Publicly, Ezrah retired. Privately, she still brokers cases, hands out sealed envelopes to freelancers, and keeps her ledgers locked behind a tea-kitchen panel. She calls herself a “prepared pacifist” — averse to violence but ready to survive it.
 ===== Roles by Age =====
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 ==== Actions ====
-  * **Guarding Troopers Stun Gun (Ranged, non-lethal):** 9 m range; attack +4; on hit target makes DC 13 Con save or is **stunned** until end of its next turn (1 charge). Carries 3 charges; recharges at HQ only.
+  * **[[guarding_troopers_stun_gun|Guarding Troopers Stun Gun]] (Ranged, non-lethal):** 9 m range; attack +4; on hit target makes DC 13 Con save or is stunned until end of its next turn (1 charge). Carries 3 charges; recharges at HQ only.
-  * **Pepper-Mist Satchel (Utility):** Once/encounter, 3 m cone of irritant mist; DC 12 Con save or **disadvantage** on attacks for 1 round; Ezrah is immune.
+  * **Pepper-Mist Satchel (Utility):** Once/encounter, 3 m cone of irritant mist; DC 12 Con save or disadvantage on attacks for 1 round; Ezrah is immune.
-  * **Call the Net (Bonus/Encounter):** If an allied “subcontractor” is within 18 m, Ezrah grants them **advantage on one Investigation or Sleight of Hand check** this round (pre-planned protocols).
+  * **Call the Net (Bonus/Encounter):** If an allied “subcontractor” is within 18 m, Ezrah grants them advantage on one Investigation or Sleight of Hand check this round (pre-planned protocols).
 ===== Special Abilities =====
-  * **Prepared Pacifist:** The first time Ezrah is targeted each encounter, she may impose **disadvantage** on that attack (duck-behind-planter reflex).
+  * **Prepared Pacifist:** The first time Ezrah is targeted each encounter, she may impose disadvantage on that attack (duck-behind-planter reflex).
-  * **Case Architect:** While Ezrah is present, allied PCs gain **+1 to Investigation** and **+1 to Insight** checks in social or crime-scene contexts.
+  * **Case Architect:** While Ezrah is present, allied PCs gain +1 to Investigation and +1 to Insight checks in social or crime-scene contexts.
-  * **Orchid Lore:** Tests related to VOI 700 D flora gain **advantage**; when dealing respectfully with Trando guides about canopy plants, PCs gain **+1 to Persuasion** if Ezrah vouches for them.
+  * **Orchid Lore:** Tests related to [[the_planet_voi_700_d|VOI 700 D]] flora gain advantage; when dealing respectfully with Trando guides about canopy plants, PCs gain +1 to Persuasion if Ezrah vouches for them.
-  * **Companion — Bubi, Croplight Lemur (“Yali-Muun”):** Keen low-light senses; soft alarm chitter (alerts on approaching footsteps or unfamiliar scents). Once per scene, if Bubi is present, one ally may **reroll a failed Perception check** to notice a small, moving detail (swinging thread, glint, insect trail). Can carry/return tiny items (keys, notes).
+  * **Companion — Bubi, Croplight Lemur (“Yali-Muun”):** Keen low-light senses; soft alarm chitter (alerts on approaching footsteps or unfamiliar scents). Once per scene, if Bubi is present, one ally may reroll a failed Perception check to notice a small, moving detail (swinging thread, glint, insect trail). Can carry/return tiny items (keys, notes).
 ===== Motivations and Goals =====
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   * **Moral Compass Under Pressure:** She insists on non-lethal solutions and evidence chains; reward players who respect her code.
   * **Flavor & Utility via Bubi:** Silent alarms, note-passing, and vantage-point scouting in rafters/planters — but fragile; protect the lemur to keep Ezrah cooperative.
-Sample complications:
-  * A Guarding Trooper collaborator is reassigned in the Gamma Age — Ezrah needs the party to keep an unsolved thread alive.
-  * The Trando Orchid blooms off-cycle, drawing unwanted attention from smugglers and a black-market botanist who covets Bubi as well.
 ===== Related Pages and Further Information =====
-  * [[office_for_special_operations_headquarters|OfSO Headquarters (New Kourou)]]
+  * [[office_for_special_operations|Office for Special Operations]]
+  * [[headquarters_of_the_office_for_special_operations|OfSO Headquarters (New Kourou)]]
+  * [[the_tinkerer|Martin "The Tinkerer" Gaugnon]]
   * [[new_kourou|New Kourou]] · [[guarding_troopers_headquarters|Guarding Troopers HQ]]
   * [[last_frontier_university|Last Frontier University]]
-  * [[the_trando|Trando Tribe]] · [[trando_orchid|Trando Orchid]]
+  * [[the_trando|Trando Tribe]] · [[asari|Trando Orchid]]
   * [[croplight_lemur|Croplight Lemur]] (a.k.a. “Yali-Muun” of the [[the_orlanda|Orlanda Tribe]])
   * [[beta_age|Beta Age]] · [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]]
   * [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]]