Mearcstapa
"To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." -- Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"
OVERVIEW
Appearance:
- Mask: A lanky figure with strawberry blond hair and blue eyes. Mearcstapa's skin is covered in freckles--not only his face, but all across his body. He dresses simply, in dark colors or greys, usually with cargo pants and a pretty bulky brown leather messenger bag slung over a shoulder. Around one wrist is a black paracord bracelet.
- Mien: The more subtle change is to his hands, his fingers elongated, with extra joints. While Mearcstapa is still freckly, he goes from pale with brown dots to dark blue-black with spots of red and green neon across his entire body. His eyes are pure, dead black without even eyeshine, as though they're holes straight into the abyss of his mind.
- Mantle: The rhythmic susurration of someone running through a cornfield--chasing or being chased.
Personality:
Mearcstapa is someone who has acquired a very distinctive set of skills, and feels most comfortable when he can lean back on them. He's clever, quick-fingered, wily and a true bullshit artist. What he is not, however, is violent, angry or hot-headed. Sure, the guy has a competitive streak a mile wide, but that doesn't translate to wanting to beat on people for the sake of beating on people. He's the sort of man who will find a solution to a tough problem that another person might call 'cheating', and feel cleverer for having spent less time/energy/effort on the matter.
Public History
- April 2015: Returned from Arcadia, arriving in Chicago, Illinois
- June 2015: Began the MarchWalker613 YouTube channel
- March 2018: Left the Winter Court to become an Autumn
- October 2019: Left Chicago after the death of Queen Idlewild, arriving in Philadelphia shortly before Halloween
RP HOOKS
- Netizen - Perhaps you've fallen into a YouTube hole and seen recordings of talks from conferences like DEFCON or Wild West Hackin' Fest, where someone talks about what red-teaming, pen testing and other physical security testing entails. There's a good chance that someone was introduced on stage as Janus Mearcstapa. Or maybe you've even come across the much smaller MarchWalker613 channel, which does shorter videos about security. Example of a conference talk Example of content on his channel
- Pen is Short for Penetration - The bulk of Mearcstapa's mundane work is actually doing physical penetration testing and social engineering for companies or individuals concerned about their security. This has led to him rubbing elbows with people in all sorts of business, and even wealthy individuals concerned about the safety of their own homes. He has friends all over the place who he's helped sure up their security.
- They're With Me, It's Okay - Mearcstapa is known to local law enforcement because of his security work--this makes him a great person to take along if you're about to actually break into a place on Freehold business, because he's great at mollifying the cops if something goes wrong. More than once, he's managed to make a potentially damning situation go away with a silver-tongued lie about someone being his partner on a red-teaming exercise.
CONTACTS
- Lux: - They are delightfully complex, and sinking through the layers of what's being shown to what simply is will be a treat. I'm beginning to think they want an attentive audience.
- Michael and Michelle: - Sweet, but a little naive. I wonder if they'll seize their agency and start making hell, or if they'll become victims of those who have been playing the game all along.
- Rabbi Cohen: - I'm certain I don't deserve the acceptance his eyes hold when he looks at me. But his reckless kindness isn't about me, is it?
- Sturm: - What does it say about me that I still crave an opportunity to impress her?
- Andy: - They're an absolute menace. A young devil. As clever as a cat and twice as contrary. I can't wait to see if Philly survives their brand of mischief.
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GALLERY
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PROFILE
Legal Name:
- Janus Mearcstapa
- (Alternate Identity 3)
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Aliases:
- Mearcstapa
- Mearc
- MarchWalker613
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Pronunciation Guide:
- may-ARK-stah-pah, permissible to shorten to may-ARK
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Apparent Age:
- 26
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Venue:
- Changeling
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Seeming:
- Darkling
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Kith:
- Hunterheart
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Court:
- Autumn (Mantle 2)
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Keeper:
- The Queen of Mirrors
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Faceclaim:
- Kendall Cleveland (photographed by Nathan Dumlao)
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Player:
- Solstice
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Public Effects:
- Fame 1 (Youtube/Security Conferences)
- Status 1 (Local Business)
- Allies 1 (High Society)
- Allies 2 (Law Enforcement)
- Court Goodwill 1 (Winter)
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Soundtrack
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"Younger", The Mountain Goats
- Set the torch aflame
- Call the night by name
- Stake out your dark position
- Lie in wait
- By the gleaming city gate
- Try not to lose sight of the mission
- It never hurts to give thanks to the broken bones
- You had to use to build your ladder
"Carousel", Flobots
- Middle of the dark and
- I'm lying all alone
- Little green spark
- Twinkle shining from my phone
- I don't know what I'm searching for
- But why not
- Wishing on a star, my hands are white hot
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LOGS
- 7th March, 2020: Lights in the Night
- 10th March, 2020: What Lurks in the Alleys
- 11th March, 2020: Spring abiltiies
- 13th March, 2020: Quiet Conversations
- 14th March, 2020: Morning Coffee and A Misunderstanding
- 16th March, 2020: A Little Breaking and Entering (as a treat)
- 19th March, 2020: Talking about education
- 20th March, 2020: A Reading For Sturm
- 22nd March, 2020: Meeting With Marjorie
- 23rd March, 2020: Interview with the Vampire
- 26th March, 2020: Safeword: Kugel
- 30th March, 2020: You Can't Always Run
- 30th March, 2020: Lux Obscura Fashion Show - Exterior
- 30th March, 2020: Breakfast in Bed
- 1st April, 2020: Poly Talks
- 2nd April, 2020: East Edge Market April 2020
- 4th April, 2020: Sealed By Paper and Word
- 6th April, 2020: A Mutually Beneficial Negotiation
- 7th April, 2020: Tonight We Dip Twice (without Fear)
- 7th April, 2020: Vampires! In! Space!
- 8th April, 2020: Multi-Tier Networking
- 9th April, 2020: Polyclusterfuck
- 10th April, 2020: Drag Everyone's Relationships into the Conversation
- 10th April, 2020: Humanity Changes, but Human Nature Remains
- 10th April, 2020: A Night of Revelations
- 10th April, 2020: If You're Fine, Then So Am I
- 11th April, 2020: A Study in Contrasts
- 12th April, 2020: Cry Havoc!
- 12th April, 2020: A Bite to Eat
- 13th April, 2020: See, I'm Not Dying
- 13th April, 2020: At My Earliest Convenience
- 14th April, 2020: Making Connections
- 15th April, 2020: Green and Pink
- 15th April, 2020: The Artist in Question
- 16th April, 2020: Pleasantries
- 16th April, 2020: Sharing and Oversharing
- 18th April, 2020: I Wish They'd Be Adults
- 22nd April, 2020: The L Word
- 22nd April, 2020: Like a Good Neighbor
- 22nd April, 2020: Boundaries and Words Defined
- 23rd April, 2020: We Thought You Were Dead
- 24th April, 2020: Shackamaxon ain't nothin to fuck with (P2)
- 24th April, 2020: Shackamaxon ain't nothin to fuck with (P3)
- 24th April, 2020: The Left Hand Directs
- 24th April, 2020: Like No One Has Been Allowed to Know You Before
- 26th April, 2020: PRP: The Viridian Code (Scene One)
- 28th April, 2020: Alexis And The Hijacked Broadcast
- 28th April, 2020: Gentryfication: Love and Duty
- 30th April, 2020: Jack of (Sweet)hearts
- 1st May, 2020: I Hope You Like A Jam
- 2nd May, 2020: Inconvenient, Those Emotions
- 3rd May, 2020: Forgiveness
- 4th May, 2020: Desire, Regret
- 4th May, 2020: Ink and Pet Names
- 5th May, 2020: Market Crash
- 6th May, 2020: Texts From Last Bite
- 6th May, 2020: Would You Want Me to Doubt You?
- 6th May, 2020: Here Comes The Sun
- 8th May, 2020: Thai'd One on at Lunch
- 8th May, 2020: Frolicking Horses and Rollicking Flowers
- 9th May, 2020: Hard Words
- 9th May, 2020: You Ever Seen a Ghost?
- 10th May, 2020: In My Head About it
- 11th May, 2020: Hugging it out
- 12th May, 2020: Shark Attack
- 14th May, 2020: Hunters of Demons
- 14th May, 2020: Necking and Other Intimate Acts
- 15th May, 2020: Hints and bright shirts
- 17th May, 2020: We're Really That Cut Off?
- 19th May, 2020: Gentryfication: Aftermath
- 21st May, 2020: Gentryfication: A Doll, A Volcano, Some Lights
- 22nd May, 2020: Gentryfication: Going Invisible
- 22nd May, 2020: Polybiusamory
- 23rd May, 2020: Do Vampires Dream of Sanguine Sheep?
- 24th May, 2020: Safe Harbor
- 26th May, 2020: What We Do for the Aesthetic
- 1st June, 2020: The Perfect Homecoming
- 2nd June, 2020: The Hugs Are Helping
- 2nd June, 2020: Approaching the Harbor
- 3rd June, 2020: Waffles And Work Talk
- 4th June, 2020: I've Got the Skull for It
- 5th June, 2020: Is That A Winter Lesson?
- 6th June, 2020: Jack's Birthday Celebration
- 7th June, 2020: Stargazing
- 8th June, 2020: Raise a Glass
- 8th June, 2020: Business, a Subject Change, Avoidance
- 10th June, 2020: Free To Recline
- 12th June, 2020: MIP: Mearcstapa Improvement Plan
- 12th June, 2020: Gentryfication: The Fire Burns
- 13th June, 2020: Hashing Through the Fucked Up Bits of Our Brains
- 14th June, 2020: Not a Drop to Drink
- 14th June, 2020: A chat with a cat
- 16th June, 2020: This Shit Doesn't Deserve To Be Easy
- 16th June, 2020: Shopping and Gossiping
- 28th June, 2020: A New Name Of Your Own
- 29th June, 2020: Player Killer: Out of Bounds
- 29th June, 2020: Double-Doggy Dare
- 30th June, 2020: Player Killer: Fuckin' Nightmare Panther Monster
- 30th June, 2020: Player Killer: Treading Water
- 4th July, 2020: It's Complicated On Facebook
- 4th July, 2020: Nothing But Polite
- 7th July, 2020: Negotiating a Fair Payment
- 7th July, 2020: Finishing Touches
- 13th July, 2020: A Test of Politeness
- 15th July, 2020: Lean on Me
- 16th July, 2020: A Private Consultation
- 19th July, 2020: You are my Content, and I am Content
- 19th July, 2020: No Reason To Be Stressed
- 20th July, 2020: Difficult Enough to be Interesting
- 21st July, 2020: An Uncertain Place To Stand
- 23rd July, 2020: Emotions Are Not Optional
- 25th July, 2020: Coffee and Catching Up
- 28th July, 2020: I Am My Beloveds's and They Are Mine
- 29th July, 2020: What You'd Like Them to Cease to Have
- 29th July, 2020: Reconnecting
- 30th July, 2020: I'd Want To Be A Hero
- 2nd August, 2020: Your Happiness Will Come Back
- 2nd August, 2020: Donuts & Diaries
- 4th August, 2020: We're Both Time-Travellers
- 8th August, 2020: Not Scary My Ass
- 9th August, 2020: A Place to Recharge
- 10th August, 2020: The Nose Pokey Type
- 15th August, 2020: Pigeon Tangents And Gender Thoughts
- 19th August, 2020: Dinner Together Day
- 20th August, 2020: People Worth Knowing
- 18th December, 2020: Two Changelings and a Vampire walk into UGC...
- 21st December, 2020: Benefits of Union Membership
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