Saga of the Seven Sins - The Second Cycle

[Seeker of the End]

Here's where the character submissions though. I will leave comments in the OOC thread. If you get a like from me then you're character is approved.


Here are the house rules if you need them.


-Permanent Essence can only be raised up to 6 during character Creation


-Scroll of Eratta 2.5 is required


-Ink-Monkey Charms are available


-No Merits or Flaws


-Solars and Solaroids are entitled with 9/7/6 Attributes, 40 dots of Abilities, 21 dots of Backgrounds, 35 Charms (non-solar solaroids get 5 additional charms), five dots of Virtues, and 30 Bonus points. Start at Essence 4 for free. Solars and Solaroids only have around a few decades of experience so they must buy the charms that allow them to get Essence 6 in order to reach it. Devil Tigers are allowed and Eclipses can pick up foreign charms provided they pay double the charm's XP cost. Foreign charms may be picked up for 5 bp per charm.


Solars and Abyssals: 5 Free excellencies, which you can trade in for an Ox-Body is desired.


Infernals: The following charms are free if you meet the requirements: Triumphant Howl of the Devil-Tiger, Swallowing the Scorpion, Tempest of Inward Focus, Flame of the Rising Phoenix, and Face of the Titans.


- Lunars start with 13/11/9 Attributes plus two dots to spend in caste or favored abilities, 55 dots of abilities, 27 dots of backgrounds. 60 charms/knacks, 5 virtue dots, and 45 BP. They start at Essence four and have a couple of centuries of experience.


- Sidereals start with 12/10/8 attributes, 45 dots of abilities after training (assuming you are not a Ronin), 27 dots of backgrounds, 55 charms, 20 college dots, 5 virtue dots, and 50 bp. You start at Essence 4 and have a couple of centuries of experience.


- SGambit Re-write of SMA's of the following Styles:


Prismatic Arrangement of Creation


Quicksilver Hands of Dreams


Obsidian Shards of Infinity


Charcoal March of Spiders


Plague of Hat's Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Style.


- Craft is a single Ability while Specific craft types (Craft Genesis/Craft Fate) are specialties


- Players can only have a max DV of 20 without the use of charms.


- Initiation to a circle of sorcery comes with a free spell from that circle.

 

[Sherwood]

• Attributes and Abilities
• Backgrounds and Colleges
• Virtues and Health Levels
• Charms
• Dreaming Pearl Style
• Sapphire Veil Style
• Sorcery
• Familiars
• Appearance and Background
• Experience

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  Darian – Chosen of Endings
  
  
  Str: 6 Cha: 4 Per: 3
  
  
  Dex: 6 Man: 3 Int: 6
  
  
  Sta: 3 App: 4 Wits: 4
  
  
  Abilities
  
  
  Resistance: 6 == Enduring Pain: 3
  
  
  Ride: 4 == Flying Animals: 1
  
  
  Sail: 1
  
  
  Survival: 1
  
  
  Larceny: 1
  
  
  *Lore: 3
  
  
  *Occult: 6 == Sorcery: 3
  
  
  Stealth: 3
  
  
  Craft: 3 == Fate: 1
  
  
  *Dodge: 6 == Multiple Opponents: 2
  
  
  Linguistics: 5 == Old Realm, Riverspeak, Firespeak, Forestspeak, High Realm, Guild Cant
  
  
  *Performance: 4 == Dance: 1
  
  
  Socialize: 3
  
  
  *Awareness: 3
  
  
  *Bureaucracy: 2
  
  
  *Integrity: 1 == Iron Will: 2
  
  
  *Martial Arts: 6 == Form Weapons: 3
  
  
  Medicine: 2
  
  
  Archery: 1
  
  
  Athletics: 3
  
  
  Presence: 3
  
  
  
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  Backgrounds
  
  
  Artifact: 5 – Infinite Resplendence Amulet of Starmetal linked with a Cloak of Vanishing Escape == Can store up to 2000lbs of gear in pockets of Elsewhere, adds 1 success to all Resistance and Survival rolls, for 5m can teleport the character up to (Essence) miles, +1 living creature for 5 more motes. Must be able to see where I am teleporting to
  
  
  Artifact: 4 – Perfected Kata Bracers == Add (Essence) to Acc, Dam, and Def, reduce the cost of MA Charms by 2
  
  
  Artifact: 3 - Dragonfly's Ranging Eye == Remote viewing up to one mile away, through objects out of my line of sight
  
  
  Artifact: 2 – Paired Seven Jeweled Peacock Fans == Spd 5, Acc +4, Dam 8B/4L, Def +3, Rate 3
  
  
  Artifact: 2 - Floating Ribbon == Spd 5, Acc +4, Dam 8L, Def +0, Rate 2
  
  
  Artifact: 1 – Perfected Boots == Adds 3 yards to Move actions, 6 yards to Dash actions, and +2 to Str to determine jumping distances.
  
  
  Artifact: 1 – Collar of Dawn’s Cleansing Light == Adds 2 dice to Stamina rolls to resist disease or poison
  
  
  Acquaintances: 2
  
  
  Backing: 1
  
  
  Celestial Manse: 3 – Precision of Form Gemstone == Reduces the cost of MA Charms by 2
  
  
  Connections: 3 – The Guild
  
  
  Connections: 3 – The 7th Legion of Looksky
  
  
  Connections: 2 - The Immaculate Order
  
  
  Familiar: 3 - Fire Lizard named Riku
  
  
  Familiar: 2 - Keeva the Griffon
  
  
  Manse: 3 – Freedom Stone == All grapple, hold, or throw maneuvers against the character automatically fail
  
  
  Salary: 2
  
  
  Colleges
  
  
  The Musician: 2
  
  
  The Peacock: 3
  
  
  The Shield: 3
  
  
  The Sorcerer: 3
  
  
  The Crow: 3
  
  
  The Mask: 2
  
  
  The Sword: 3
  
  
  The Rising Smoke: 2
  
  
  Known Destinies
  
  
  Melissa Davage - Guild Proctor
  
  
  
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  Virtues
  
  
  Essence: 6
  
  
  Personal: 22
  
  
  Peripheral: 56
  
  
  Familiar Link: 10
  
  
  Willpower: 10
  
  
  Compassion: 3
  
  
  Conviction: 3
  
  
  Temperance: 2
  
  
  Valor: 2
  
  
  Health Levels
  
  
  [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] 0
  
  
  [ ][ ] -1
  
  
  [ ][ ] -2
  
  
  [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] -4
  
  
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  Soak: 3B/2L base, +1B/1L from IRA, +12B/6L (+18B/12L) from Pearlescent Filigree Defense, +15B/15L/15A from Optimistic Security Practice
  
  
  Dodge DV: 10
  
  
  Parry DV - War Fan: 9/15 == Spd 5, Acc +4, Dam 8B/4L, Def +3, Rate 3
  
  
  Parry DV - Floating Ribbon: 8/14 == Spd 5, Acc +4, Dam 8L, Def +0, Rate 2
  
  
  Parry DV - Seven Section Staff: 9/15 == Spd 5, Acc -2, Dam 7B, Def +3, Rate 2
  
  
  Dodge MDV: 9
  
  
  Join Battle: 7
  
  
  Move Distance: 9 yards
  
  
  Dash Distance: 18 yards
  
  
  Jump Distance: 11 yards
  
  
  For ten motes, the Lesser Sign of Saturn adds (Essence) to the raw damage of attacks made by the Sidereal and all allies within (Essence x10) yards, rather than adding levels of damage in Step 10. With an anima banner at the 11-15 mote range, it only costs five motes. With an anima banner that is fully manifest (16+ motes), this costs only one mote to activate
  
  
  
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  Charms
  
  
  Resistance
  
  
  Water and Fire Treaty – 5m, 1wp, 1bhl, 127e, Indefinite = Offers protection from various elements
  
  
  Water and Fire Legion – 128e, Until Next Calibration = Bind an elemental to protect an Intimacy
  
  
  Someone Else’s Destiny – 4m, 128e, Instant = Shift disease or poisons from my character to another person
  
  
  Shield of Destiny – 3m, 1wp, 128e, Instant, Combo-Ok = Reduce post-soak damage by (Dex + Resistance), then counter with an unblockable undodgeable attack that does damage equal to the successes rolled
  
  
  Optimistic Security Practice – 5m, 129e, One Scene, Combo-Ok = add (Essence + Resistance) to B/L/ and Agg soak
  
  
  Heartless Maiden Trance – 8m, 1wp, 129e, Indefinite = Does not need to eat, drink, or even breathe during the effect of the Charm.
  
  
  Storm's Eye Stance - 10m, 1wp, +3m per target per action, 130e, One Scene
  
  
  Ox-Body Technique x6, Permanent
  
  
  Ride
  
  
  Ordained Bridle of Mercury - 10m, 1wp, 130e, Until the bridle is put on = Turns an animal into a Familiar.
  
  
  Spirit Shape Companion - 10m, 1wp, 3xp, 130, Instant = Upgrades a familiar into a lesser God to serve the character.
  
  
  Yellow Path - 2m, 132e, One Journey = Fate arranges the most expeditious route to a destination
  
  
  Glory Path - 8m, 132e, One Scene = Allows a mount to travel at Dash speeds without tiring
  
  
  Athletics
  
  
  Forgotten Earth - 1m, 153, Instant, Combo-Ok = Triple leaping distance for one jump
  
  
  Occult
  
  
  Mark of Exaltation – 3m, 169e, One Scene = Light from Caste mark shines out to (Essence x50) yards to reveal intangible spirits, adds one to my Appearance in Social Combat with spirits
  
  
  Telltale Symphony – 5m, 169e, One Scene = Charms, sorcery, and other magic give off a strange music that is nevertheless fitting to their aspect and nature. Spirits ring with the soft tintinnabulation of bells, while artifacts hum in low tones. Other than its purely auditory nature, this Charm functions as All-Encompassing Sorcerer’s Sight (Exalted, p. 222).
  
  
  Incite Decorum - 2m, 169e, One Scene, Combo-Ok = Spirits cannot instigate hostilities towards the Exalt without paying a Willpower surcharge
  
  
  Unweaving Method - 5m, 1wp, 1lhl, 170e, Instant, Combo-Ok = Dexterity + Occult attack, Acc 0, Dam +4A/2, Rate 1, Range (Essence x10) yards. It cannot be blocked or dodged, but does not target creatures of death, such as ghosts, Abyssals, or Ghost-Blooded.
  
  
  Terrestrial Circle Sorcery – 170
  
  
  Celestial Circle Sorcery – 170
  
  
  Stealth
  
  
  Soft Presence Practice – 4m, 1wp, 170e, One Scene = May spend up to (Essence) per tick on Obvious Charms and not flare my anima
  
  
  Walking Outside Fate – 5m, 1wp, 171e, Indefinite = Character is effectively invisible, and can be targeted by attacks capable of hitting unseen targets.
  
  
  Awareness
  
  
  Prior Warning - 6m, 173e, Five Hours = May make a Per + Awareness roll to detect danger (Essence x 2) minutes beforehand
  
  
  Integrity
  
  
  First Integrity Excellency
  
  
  Preservation of Resolve -
  
  
  Unwavering Well Being Meditation -
  
  
  Creation Preserving Will -
  
  
  1st Martial Arts Excellency - 1m+
  
  
  Propitious Martial Arts Excellency - 2m+, 1wp = Every two motes spent on Propitious (Ability) Alignment reduces the cost of the first three Excellencies by one, to a minimum of zero. A character cannot spend more than twice her permanent Essence on this Charm. Propitious (Ability) Alignment is incompatible with the Fateful Excellency: while employing this Charm, one cannot apply Essence Auspicious to any dice pool involving that Ability. If a character does so, the Propitious Alignment immediately ends. On the other hand, every dot a character has in an Ability’s corresponding astrological college reduces the cost of Propitious (Ability) Alignment by one mote, to a minimum of 1. Thus, a Sidereal with Essence 3 and four levels of the Mask could spend two motes, and get the same results as if she spent six motes on Propitious Stealth Alignment.
  
  
  Fateful Martial Arts Excellency – 1m+ = The target number decreases by one for every mote the player spends. For one mote, any roll of 6 or higher becomes a success; two motes grant success on rolls of 5 or higher. This Excellency cannot reduce a target number below 4.
  
  
  Alternatively, the player can spend one Willpower point and enough Essence to reduce the target number to 3. This grants an “auspicious success”: the player forgoes the actual roll but transforms every die in the dice pool into an automatic success instead.
  
  
  Wish List
  
  
  Efficient Secretary Technique
  
  
  Occult Excellencies
  
  
  
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  Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Style – Rope Dart, War Fan, Whip, Floating Ribbon – No Armor Allowed
  
  
  Demure Carp Feint – 4m, One Action, Combo-Ok = Gives bonus DV equal to the Defense trait of the weapon. If it is 1 or less, the DV bonus is +2.
  
  
  Pearlescent Filigree Defense – 1m per 2L/3B soak, One Scene, Combo-Ok
  
  
  Lethal Paper Fan Attack – 3m, Instant = Reduce the Speed of the attack by one (minimum of 3) and +2 to Accuracy
  
  
  Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Form – 5m, One Scene = Add extra dice to Performance and Presence rolls equal to the number of props active, maximum of (Essence)
  
  
  Flurry of August Leaves Concentration – 2m per weapon, 1wp, Instant, Combo-Ok = Flurry of up to (Essence +1) attacks out to a range of (Essence x5) yards away
  
  
  Resplendent Sash Grapple Technique – 4m, Instant or until Clinch ends, Combo-Ok, Counterattack = After a successful Parry, can counterattack with available props. Can be used to instigate a Grapple attack with a prop
  
  
  Vindictive Concubine Pillow Book – Permanent = Can choose to not inflict damage with an attack, but instead, the target makes a (Wits + Dodge or Larceny) against the level of successes scored on the Martial Artists attack. If the target fails, armor falls off and is unusable for Soak until put back on
  
  
  Fragrant Petal Fascination Kata – 6m, 1wp, One Scene, Combo-Ok = Mental attack using (Manipulation + Martial Arts + Performance) dice. Those with an MDV lower than the successes are entranced by the display
  
  
  Seven Storms Escape Prana – 5m, 1wp, Instant, Combo-Ok, Counterattack = Teleports up to (Essence x5) yards away
  
  
  Cup of Pearl and Wine Ascension – 10m, 1wp, One Scene, Combo-Ok = Physical transformation into a dragon
  
  
  Master's Hand Envisioned Anew - Permanent = Adds a new Form weapon to the Martial Arts style (DotFA Lords of Creation pg 157)
  
  
  
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  Sapphire Veil of Passion Style - Urumi or Floating Ribbon - No Armor Allowed - From the Glories of the Most High text
  
  
  THE FLOATING RIBBON (ARTIFACT ••)
  
  
  The urumi is a rare martial arts weapon—a sword with an extremely long, flexible blade, wielded like a hybrid of sword and whip. Its artifact equivalent, known as the floating ribbon, possesses a nine foot long, silk-thin blade of alloyed magical material attached to a carefully weighted handle. The blade has a heavier tip, allowing it to be deftly wielded to make sudden stabbing attacks, or to guide the path of the blade. The wielder may also reflexively pay one mote to extend the length of the blade out to a distance of 10 yards for a single attack.
  
  
  Speed 5, Accuracy +3, Damage +5L, Defense 0, Rate 2
  
  
  Into Infinite Depths - 6m, Instant, Combo-Ok, pg 27 = The character immediately gains the following knowledge about one individual: what manner of being the target is (Solar Exalt, god, raksha, etc), which martial arts styles he knows at least one Charm from, which martial arts styles he knows up to the Form-type Charm, which martial arts styles he has mastered, whether he has any Intimacies toward the martial artist, and the nature of those Intimacies, if they exist.
  
  
  For the rest of the scene, the martial artist gains a +2 bonus to her DVs and MDVs against any opponent she has evaluated in this manner. Into Infinite Depths may be activated as an innate power, which does not count as a Charm activation if Sapphire Veil of Passion Form is active.
  
  
  Eternal Infatuation Dance - 8m, Indefinite, Combo-Ok, Counterattack, pg 28 = This Charm may be activated in response to any social or physical attack. The martial artist vanishes in a swirl of collapsing sapphire ribbons, appearing one yard away from her attacker. In the case of long-range social attacks (such as those delivered through sorcery), the Charm‟s maximum allowable range of movement is (Essence x 20) miles. This action incidentally acts as a perfect dodge upon activation against physical ranged attacks of which the martial artist is aware, assuming the attack can be dodged. Subsequent ranged attacks during the remainder of the Charm's duration must be defended against normally.
  
  
  As long as the martial artist does not voluntarily move away from the individual whom she activated Eternal Infatuation Dance to approach, she may stay within one yard of him at all times, regardless of his movement rate or any exotic movement abilities employed.
  
  
  Yellow Dragon Flight - 13m, 1wp, Instant, Combo-Ok, pg 28 = The martial artist enchants an unarmed attack with aggressive, penetrating power. The attack is considered unblockable, ignores soak derived from armor, and in addition to inflicting standard damage, ignites a number of the targets motes equal to the martial artist's (Essence x 2). These motes are not only lost, but also immediately applied as raw lethal damage which ignores armor, but is soaked separately from the original attack. If the target lacks sufficient Essence, or lacks Essence at all, this aspect of the attack is wasted.
  
  
  Black Dragon Coils - 5m, 3wp, Instant, Combo-Ok, pg 29 = Channeling her understanding of the female principle of Essence, she enhances an unarmed parry against any attack she can perceive, even unblockable attacks, rendering the defense it provides perfect. Additionally, the martial artist regains one channel of any Virtue of her choice for every five motes or fraction thereof the opponent spent on the blocked attack. For example, if an opponent spends one to five motes, the martial artist regains one channel. If an opponent spends 6 to 10 motes, the martial artist regains two channels (one for the first set of five motes, and another for the remainder in the second set of five motes).
  
  
  Dissolution of Value - 15m, Indefinite, Combo-Ok, pg 29 = Rooting herself in the midst of her opponents, the martial artist's anima erupts into a series of spiraling ribbons that brush aside the attacks of her foes. While this Charm persists, no penalties of any kind may reduce her DVs. (As always, inapplicability is not a penalty.) Characters attacking her from behind in a press also do not gain a free unexpected attack. Dissolution of Value automatically ends if the martial artist moves more than one yard from the point where she activated this Charm.
  
  
  Satisfying Idle Fantasy - 10m, One Scene, Combo-Ok, pg 30 = Wrapping herself in self-indulgent dreams of her own triumph, the martial artist denies opponents the ability to hold themselves superior to her. No penalties may apply to her dice pools when she attacks any character she has evaluated with Into Infinite Depths during the course of the scene, save for multiple action penalties. Additionally, when any of her attacks inflict damage, the target must pay one Willpower or accept an Intimacy toward the Sidereal. (This Intimacy represents lust if appropriate to the character's gender preferences, uneasy fascination otherwise.)
  
  
  Sapphire Veil of Passion Form - 13m, One Scene, pg 30 = The martial artist executes a languid kata, hesitates a moment, and then erupts into a shuddering battle pattern. Her anima unfolds into a towering, shifting array of cerulean and sapphire ribbons, which twine about her body even as they strain for the sky. She levitates a finger's length above the ground as she moves, incidentally gaining perfect balance and the ability to move safely over hazardous terrain. Players of all characters who possess any sort of Intimacy toward her, positive or negative, must fail a Compassion roll or pay one Willpower per attack made against her. If she manages to strike any character who possesses no Essence or Willpower (non-Essence users are not evaluated for current Essence, only Willpower) with an unarmed attack, that character is immediately rendered unconscious for (attacker‟s Martial Arts) hours as a Crippling effect. Finally, she gains five motes whenever her DV refreshes.
  
  
  Someone Else's Consequence - 15m, Instant, Combo-Ok, pg 30 - Advanced students of the Sapphire Veil of Passion are among Creation‟s more careless fighters (and lovers), unconcerned with the consequences of their actions. This Charm may be activated when the martial artist successfully strikes an opponent with an unarmed attack, levying one of the following effects:
  
  
  • The martial artist immediately terminates the effects of all unnatural mental influence from which she suffers, transferring them to her target, who must then deal with them as he is best able.
  
  
  • The martial artist immediately terminates the effects of all Poison and Sickness effects from which she suffers, transferring them to her target.
  
  
  Silken Rope Trick - 15m, 1wp, One Scene, Combo-Ok, pg 30 - Moving through a swift kata, the martial artist weaves sapphire threads out of her own Essence, which quickly knot around her. She is unable to take Dash or Jump actions while this Charm is in effect. More beneficially, she adds her Martial Arts rating in successes to all rolls to establish or control a grapple. Any character who enters a grapple with her (even one who initiated the grapple by attacking the martial artist) automatically gains an Intimacy of lust toward her, regardless of standard sexual preferences. This unnatural Emotion effect costs three Willpower to resist, or two if the character is not of the sex to which the target is normally attracted. Finally, all rolls by opponents to establish control of a grapple suffer an external penalty equal to the martial artist‟s Appearance if her last action was to hold an opponent.
  
  
  Joy in Ownership - 20m, 2wp, Instant, Combo-Ok, pg 31 - The martial artist gently touches a target she has rendered unconscious during the scene, manipulating the flow of his Essence through the chakra points known as the gates of desire. Upon awakening, the target gains a second Motivation to “Love and obey (the martial artist).” Her memories are also altered so that she believes the martial artist is an old friend or lover (whichever is appropriate to her normal sexual preferences). Memories that might contradict this belief are suppressed.
  
  
  Resisting this unnatural mental influence re- quires that the target spend three Willpower within the space of a scene, over a number of scenes equal to (10 - target‟s Essence). While Joy in Ownership remains in effect, the target is metaphysically considered to be the martial artist‟s property.
  
  
  Sapphire Binding Pattern - 16m, 1wp, Instant, Combo-Ok, pg 31 - This Charm may be invoked to enhance a hold during a grapple. Spinning ribbons of sapphire Essence around her target, the martial artist impedes her Essence flows for the rest of the scene. One of the following effects is applied:
  
  
  • All of the target‟s actions are reduced to 0 dice if not supplemented by a Charm or stunt.
  
  
  • A mote surcharge equal to half the martial artist's Appearance is added to all of the target's Charms. This effect may be applied only to targets of lower Essence.
  
  
  • The target's Dexterity is considered to be 0 for the purpose of calculating Move and Dash actions, and his Strength to be 0 for the purpose of calculating Jump actions.
  
  
  These effects last until the end of the scene, and this Charm may be re-applied to the same target over the course of repeated hold actions in order to inflict additional effects.
  
  
  Memories of Intimacy - 15m, Instant, Combo-Ok, pg 31 - Try as they might, the martial artist's former conquests cannot shake that status. This Charm supplements an unarmed attack, rendering it unblockable and undodgeable if any of the following criteria apply to the target:
  
  
  • The martial artist has defeated the target in combat at some point in the past (defined as having rendered the target unconscious, or the target having voluntarily admitted defeat or surrendered
  
  
  to the martial artist on the field of battle, even if only in a sparring match).
  
  
  • The target carries an Intimacy of any sort for the martial artist.
  
  
  • The martial artist owns the target.
  
  
  • The target suffers from any Crippling effect inflicted by the martial artist.
  
  
  If two or more of these criteria apply to the target, the attack is also considered unexpected.
  
  
  Thousand Desire Ribbons - (10m, 1wp), Permanent, pg 32 - Coming to understand the pinnacle of desire, the martial artist steeps himself in the inconsequential motives that shift the world. This Charm allows the martial artist to pay a (+10m, 1wp) surcharge when activating Sapphire Veil of Passion Form, upgrading it with the following capabilities:
  
  
  • The martial artist gains the ability to solidify and control the sapphire ribbons of her anima, treating them as starmetal floating ribbons. Each time her DV refreshes, she gains a pool (equal to half her Essence) of reflexive martial arts attacks with these ribbons, which she may unleash at any time using her full dice pool. This pool refreshes along with her DV, and may not exceed (Essence/2) actions.
  
  
  • The range on all urumi or floating ribbons the martial artist employs extends to (Essence x 10) yards. No motes need be paid for this benefit.
  
  
  • Any character wounded by an urumi or floating ribbon wielded by the martial artist feels the pain transformed and transported into a kind of transcendent ecstasy. The distraction from this overwhelming sensation changes all wound penalties from internal to external until the end of the scene, as a Crippling effect.
  
  
  
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  Terrestrial Circle Sorcery
  
  
  Disguise of the New Face – 15m
  
  
  Open the Spirit Door – 15m +5m per additional target
  
  
  Spirit Sword - 20m = Spd 4, Acc +2, +10L, Def +2, Rate 3, Lasts one Scene
  
  
  Sapphire Circle Sorcery
  
  
  Summon the Heavenly Portal – 35m
  
  
  Whirlwind of Fate - 20m = Roll Int + Occult. Each success on that roll grants 2 successes towards a goal
  
  
  
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  Spoiler

  

  
  
  
  Riku the Fire Lizard
  
  
  Str: 2 Dex: 4 Sta: 2
  
  
  Per: 2 Int: 2 Wits: 3 Willpower: 5
  
  
  Health Levels -0/-1/-2/I
  
  
  ATK Bite: Spd 6, Acc 4, Dam 2L Rate 1
  
  
  Dodge DV: 4
  
  
  Soak: 2L/4B
  
  
  Mutations
  
  
  Man-Thought Evolution = Increases Int to 2
  
  
  Thought Speech Link = Able to mentally communicate to Darian
  
  
  Fire Adaptation = Protected from all extremes of hot weather
  
  
  Night Vision
  
  
  Thick Skin = Adds 2L/2B to Soak
  
  
  Abilities
  
  
  Athletics: 3, Awareness: 3, Dodge: 3, Integrity: 2, Investigation: 2, Martial Arts: 1, Presence: 1, Resistance: 3, Stealth: 3, Survival: 4
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  Keeva the Griffon
  
  
  Str: 7 Dex: 5 Sta: 5
  
  
  Per: 4 Int: 1 Wits: 4 Willpower: 8
  
  
  Health Levels: -0/-0/-1/-1/-1/-2/-2/-2/-4/I
  
  
  ATK-Bite Spd: 6, Acc: 10, Dam: 11L, Rate: 3
  
  
  ATK-Claw: Spd: 9, Acc: 9, Dam: 9L, Rate: 3
  
  
  Dodge DV: 5
  
  
  Soak: 6L/9B
  
  
  Abilities
  
  
  Athletics: 6, Awareness: 5, Dodge: 4, Martial Arts: 4, Presence: 2, Resistance: 4, Stealth: 2 (Flying +3), Survival: 4
  
  
  Mutations
  
  
  Thought Speech Link = Able to mentally communicate to Darian
  
  
  Fire Adaptation = Protected from all extremes of hot weather
  
  
  Night Vision
  
  
  Wolf's Pace
  
  
  Feathers
  
  
  Wings
  
  
  Huge
  
  
  Talons
  
  
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  Darian
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Balancing lightly on the balls of her feet, Darian felt the sweat running down her body as she sparred with her sifu, Aiken. She tensed, then lashed out with a rapid kick. Aiken blocked it easily, and observed in a casual tone, "Have you completed your analysis of the lines of alliance with the Markuran clans?" He then followed up with a series of punches.
  
  
  Darian winced at the sudden pain from the strike that penetrated her defense. "Yes, Master. With the birth of Jens Larson, the line now has a successor," a spin kick shoots out, and is easily blocked, "so the Crowley line will not be in a position to take control of the market."
  
  
  Aiken reached out, grabbed Darian’s wrist, and threw her across the room. She was able to twist about and land on her feet. "I don't believe you have taken into consideration the pressures being placed on them by the other trade houses. You will need," with a slight pause, he blocks several strikes and his eyes widened as one punch actually connected, "to re-evaluate your information. Not bad, by the way. Your form is much improved."
  
  
  Between gasps of breath, she said, "Thank you, Master."
  
  
  Aiken moved smoothly forward and continued to pressure Darian. "You are still having trouble sleeping, aren't you?"
  
  
  He knew! How? Pain flashed in her head as Aiken's foot smacked into her skull. With a groan, she rolled over and sat up. "Y-yes, Master. The dreams continue."
  
  
  "You struggle with your desire to regain your lost memories. Trust in the role that the Maidens have given you to perform, and your dreams will fade with the completion of your work."
  
  
  She sighed. "I try, Master. It is not so easy for me to turn away from the questions that trouble me."
  
  
  He placed a hand on her shoulder. "Darian, you are my most promising pupil. You are also one of the most frustrating. I fear you will be the death of me."
  
  
  "Oh, no Master! I could never hurt you!"
  
  
  He rolled his eyes. "That's not quite what I meant." He stands and tosses her a towel to wipe away the sweat of the workout. With a casual air, he asks, "Have you reconsidered our offer of a position with the Bronze Faction?"
  
  
  "No, Master. The issues are not clear for me. I just need more time to decide."
  
  
  "Then you will have to make your deliberations as you pack."
  
  
  Her eyes snap to the face of her Master. "Pack? I don't understand. Have I upset you? Am I being reassigned to a new master?"
  
  
  "No. I feel that it is time for you step out of the confines of Yu-Shan and stretch your legs. I have some work for you to do in Creation. As a servant of the Maiden of Endings, you will be given a list of people that have tried to alter their destiny from the plan given by the Loom. You are going to end their disruptions."
  
  
  "You mean-"
  
  
  "Use your judgment, of course, but yes, they are to be sanctioned to prevent tangles in the Loom. The Pattern Spiders don't like their work being disrupted."
  
  
  Darian could feel the excitement rushing thru her. "Shouldn't Cain be the one to go? He has been working with you for much longer."
  
  
  Aiken nodded. "True. But, he does not have your eye for improvisation. Finish cleaning yourself up and come to my office. I'll have more information for you there."
  
  
  Cleaned and appropriately dressed, Darian opened the door to her room on her way to speak with Aiken and was surprised to see Cain leaning against the opposite wall. "I hear that you have been chosen to take care of a list for Aiken." He was angry, but was keeping it in control.
  
  
  "Yes. I'm on my way to get the details. If you will excuse me..."
  
  
  But he didn't move. "He chose you. I find that hard to believe."
  
  
  "So do I. But, at least I know enough not to question our Master on such things."
  
  
  His hand slammed into the wall next to Darian. "This should be my mission! I have been training with that old fool for longer than you! I am ten times the fighter than you are! Why you?"
  
  
  She opened her mouth to reply, but was interrupted by Aiken walking around the corner. "Because I chose her, that's why. Perhaps I'm just being an old fool. Come, Darian. We have much to discuss."
  
  
  Cain shot a glare fierce enough to level mountains. In a harsh whisper, "I will not forget this insult! You will suffer my anger!" He then stormed off, leaving Darian smiling at his back.
  
  
  With her bags packed and the list of her targets firmly in mind, Darian set off to Creation, traveling under the disguise of an Outcaste Dragon-Blooded. So much easier to explain the occasional display of Essence, after all. She set off, determined to show her sifu that he made a proper choice, and perhaps, be able to unlock the dark memories trapped deep within her mind.
  
  
  That was many years ago. Now, Darian has had several centuries of experience under her belt as a member of the Fivescore Fellowship, using her talents to make adjustments to the Loom of Fate. For a time, the Chosen of the Maiden of Endings had taken her sifu up on the offer of a position in the Bronze Faction, and diligently worked to keep the excesses of the old Solar Deliberative from ever coming forth once more. But, as the years went by, she became more and more confused. Was this version of Creation really better? The more she traveled about and had the chance to get her hands dirty with the details of her work, the more she began to realize that perhaps she made the wrong choice. It was a gradual shift in her thinking, but finally, Darian took the drastic step of cutting off some of her ties from the Bronze Faction, and declared herself an Independent agent of Destiny, not tied to either the Gold or Bronze.
  
  
  Needless to say, this did not sit well with her sifu, Aiken. No longer looking at Darian as his favorite pupil, he redoubles his efforts to make the ‘perfect’ student in her old rival, Cain. This refusal to acknowledge her concerns and simply throw her aside helped to reinforce her thoughts that the madness that affected the old Deliberative has made its way into the halls of Yu-Shan. Disillusioned and disheartened, Darian now looks for what her true purpose in Creation will be. Perhaps it lies with the Lunars and the so called Silver Faction? Only time will tell.
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  5 points banked
  
  
  

 

[Rykon]

• Character
• Appearance and Background
• Core Stats
• Combat Stats
• Attributes and Abilities
• Sidereal Charms
• Mantis Style
• Throne Shadow Style
• Scarlet Patterned Battlefield Style
• Prismatic Arrangment of Creation Style
• Sorcery
• Backgrounds
• Astrology

• 
  
  
  Name: Renost
  
  
  Age: 247
  
  
  Sex: Male
  
  
  House: Battles
  
  
  Concept: Martial Arts Sifu
  
  
  Motivation: To unify the Five-Score Fellowship behind an all inclusive plan
  
  
  Anima Banner: A warm red glow like smoldering coals
  
  
  Languages
  
  
  Firetongue
  
  
  Old Realm
  
  
  Guild Cant
  
  
  High Realm
  
  
  Riverspeak
  
  
  Forest-tongue
  
  
  Intimacies
  
  
  War(Recreational Study)
  
  
  Sidereals(Fellowship)
  
  
  Bronze Faction(Concern)
  
  
  Gold Faction(Hesitant Embrace)
  
  
  Solars(Tolerance)
  
  
  Lunars(Curiosity)
  
  
  Demons(Disgust)
  
  
  Elementals(Partnership)
  
  
  Gods(Cynicism)
  
  
  Celestial Incarnae(Gratitude)
  
  
  Guild(Academic Interest)
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Background Story
  
  
  Spoiler

  For many years of his training Renost spent vast amounts of time just getting to know his fellow chosen, the gods at his inherited estate, and lastly the books in his predecessor's library. So much of the literature and ideologies surrounding him were fiercely Bronze Faction, though some Gold Faction Sidereals made small, if token, efforts to speak to him. It seemed odd at first, so many of his fellows outside the Bronze Faction always seemed so fake to him. So, it was no surprise he dedicated himself to his old Sifu and the teachings of what the age of Bronze was able to preserve. It came as a great shock to many of his coworkers when he finally announced adherence to Gold Faction philosophies. Even they were dumbfounded that one Exaltation which has stayed devout to Bronze ideals since the Usurpation now seemed to have a change of heart.
  
  
  Unfortunately for Renost, interaction within his own Faction has been hard won, many do not trust him still despite his assertions of sincerity. To him they were the only choice that could align with his vision, a world in which all Exalts could work in unison again. Only now, has Renost achieved any sort of rank in the Faction but only because of his studies and powers of assisting others in their martial pursuits. Even when teaching young Sidereals in the arts of Battle, Renost often feels the gaze of his peers sneering over him.
  
  
  With such a near universal level of distrust of his peers, they are completely unfounded, at least according to Miriana, his secretary and companion.
  
  
  "They seem so afraid of you indoctrinating their potential recruits to one side or the other. Yet, they haven't even bothered to look at the data."
  
  
  "Oh, what do you mean Miri?"
  
  
  "Out of 7 students, 5 are independent and the other 2 have unchanged loyalties since they began training here."
  
  
  "Yeah that sounds about right. The only things we teach here other than fighting are factual information and etiquette as per the standard initiation of young Viziers."
  
  
  "Shame the Independents aren't more organized, they might give you some support in the bureaucracy than the overwhelming levels of oversight they keep exacting on you."
  
  
  "That's not entirely fair Miri, Sanguine Leap had an awful reputation toward the end."
  
  
  "You are not Sanguine Leap, and even if your ideas have similar scent, you spoke them publicly rather than them being dragged out in a Bureau of Seasons audit."
  
  
  "Fair enough, though speaking of seasons, it's about time I head back to Gem. Maidens forbid one house get the upper hand on another and ruin the economy for another half decade."
  
  
  Miriana responded with a sigh and a hug, "Just no more Falling Blossom Style alright?"
  
  
  "I've already conceded that failed experiment, it was awful. Why people even survive to practice that style I can't even begin to comprehend, certainly made for a very bloody tournament opener though."
  
  
  Renost smiled then passed through the backdoor, back out on to the guild run streets.
• 
  
  
  Permanent Essence: 6
  
  
  Willpower: 10
  
  
  Personal Motes: 24
  
  
  Peripheral Motes: 61
  
  
  Skin Mount Amulet Motes: 10
  
  
  Attuned Motes: 13
  
  
  Compassion: 2
  
  
  Temperance: 1
  
  
  Conviction: 3
  
  
  Valor: 3
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Attacks
  
  
  
  • Punch
  • Kick
  • Clinch

  • 
    
    
    Speed: 5
    
    
    Accuracy: +1(22)
    
    
    Damage: +0(12B/L)
    
    
    Defense: +2
    
    
    Rate: 3
    
    
    
  • 
    
    
    Speed: 5
    
    
    Accuracy: +0(21)
    
    
    Damage: +3(15B/L)
    
    
    Defense: -2
    
    
    Rate: 2
    
    
    
  • 
    
    
    Speed: 6
    
    
    Accuracy: +0(21)
    
    
    Damage: +0(12B/L)
    
    
    Defense: -
    
    
    Rate: 1
    
    
    
  
  
  
  Defense Values
  
  
  DDV: 9
  
  
  PDV: 12
  
  
  MDV: 10
  
  
  Soaks
  
  
  Bashing: 8(28/14 counts as armor)
  
  
  Lethal: 8(28/14 counts as armor)
  
  
  Aggravated: 5(19/14 counts as armor)
  
  
  (Note: Parentheses values comes from adding both Battles Anima + Orichalcum Sheathing Stance)
  
  
  Health
  
  
  -0 x[][][][][][][]
  
  
  -1 x[][]
  
  
  -2 x[][]
  
  
  -4 x[]
  
  
  KO
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  

  Physical	Social	Mental
  Strength: 6	Charisma: 6	Perception: 4
  Dexterity: 6	Manipulation: 3	Intelligence: 3
  Stamina: 3	Appearance: 4	Wits: 4

  
  
  

  Journeys	Serenity	Battles	Secrets	Endings
  Resistance: 6	Craft: 3 (+1 Magitech, +1 Fate)	Archery: 3	Investigation: 1	Awareness: 3
  Ride: 3	Dodge: 6	Athletics: 3	Larceny: 1	Bureaucracy: 5
  Sail: 0	Linguistics: 5	Melee: 6	Lore: 6 (+1 The Guild)	Integrity: 3
  Survival: 3	Performance: 6	Presence: 6	Occult: 6	Martial Arts: 6 (+3 Unarmed)
  Thrown: 0	Socialize: 6	War: 6	Stealth: 3	Medicine: 0

  
  
  
• 
  
  
  General Charms
  
  
  First Excellency: Martial Arts, Performance, Lore
  
  
  Fateful Excellency: Martial Arts, Performance, Lore
  
  
  Resistance Charms
  
  
  Ox-Body Technique(x6)
  
  
  Someone Else's Destiny
  
  
  Ride Charms
  
  
  Yellow Path
  
  
  Dodge Charms
  
  
  Absence
  
  
  Duck Fate
  
  
  Avoidance Kata
  
  
  Trouble-Reduction Strategy
  
  
  Performance Charms
  
  
  Heart-Brightening Presentation Style
  
  
  Athletics Charms
  
  
  Forgotten Earth
  
  
  Presence Charms
  
  
  Force Decision
  
  
  Occult Charms
  
  
  Terrestrial Circle Sorcery
  
  
  Celestial Circle Sorcery
  
  
  Awareness
  
  
  Prior Warning
  
  
  Expected Pain
  
  
  Bureaucracy
  
  
  Icy Hand
  
  
  Terminal Sanction
  
  
  Martial Art Styles
  
  
  Mantis Style (10 Charms)
  
  
  Throne Shadow Style (5 Charms)
  
  
  Scarlet Patterned Battlefield Style (6 Charms)
  
  
  Prismatic Arrangement of Creation Style (7 charms)
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Leaping Mantis Technique
  
  
  Iron-Arm Block
  
  
  Mantis Form
  
  
  Grasping Claw Method
  
  
  Grasping Mantis Defense
  
  
  Joint-Locking Technique
  
  
  Joint Disabling Attack
  
  
  Flying Mantis Kick
  
  
  Crushing Claw Technique
  
  
  Unfolding Retribution Stance
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Lotus Eye Tactics
  
  
  Lion Mouse Strategem
  
  
  Sifu's Useful Fingers
  
  
  Throne Shadow Form
  
  
  Secret Lesson Revelation
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Unassailable Rebuff Position
  
  
  Impeccable Patterned Deployment
  
  
  Glance and Stride
  
  
  Without Strategy Arrangement
  
  
  Scarlet Patterned Battlefield Form
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Exalt Ways: Eclipse Solar,
  
  
  Dawn Solar, Secrets Sidereal,
  
  
  Full Moon Lunar, Changing Moon Lunar,
  
  
  Water Aspect Terrestrial, Wood Aspect Terrestrial
  
  
  God Ways
  
  
  Spell Shattering Palm
  
  
  Orichalcum Sheathing Stance
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Spoiler

  Under Construction
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Under Construction
• 
  
  
  Connections 2 - The Guild
  
  
  Acquaintances 2 - The Guild
  
  
  Salary 4
  
  
  Backing 2 - Gold Faction
  
  
  Ally 2 - Minor Celestial Goddess "Miriana, goddess of southern street fighters" - Resident Secretary
  
  
  Artifact 5 - Infinite Resplendence Amulet
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Attunement: 5 motes
  
  
  • Base effect +1B/1L Soaks, +1 to Resistance and Survival for resisting environments, toxins, and diseases
    
  • Orichalcum: +4 to Appearance
    
  • Moonsilver: Replace soak bonus to +5B/+5L, +2 dice to Stealth, +2 dice to Larceny for disguise
    
  • Starmetal: Store up to one ton of objects that can fit in pockets in Elsewhere
    
  • Jade: +1 Might when Commander, count as 5 relays when acting as a relay
    
  
  
  Artifact 4 - Perfected Kata Bracers
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Attunement: 8 motes
  
  
  • Add Essence to Accuracy, Damage, and Defense of unarmed attacks and form weapons of active form charm
    
  • Starmetal: reduce cost of style charms of active form charm by 2
    
  
  
  Artifact 2 - Skin Mount Amulet
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Increase peripheral mote pool by twice the rating of the socketed hearth stone
    
  • Socketed: Home's Hearth (Rating 5)
    
  
  
  Manse 5 - Home's Hearth (Sidereal)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Once per day, it allows the bearer to teleport himself and up to fi ve other people to or from the stone’s manse. The stone can transport the bearer and his companions from anyplace in Creation to the manse in the blink of an eye. However, teleportation from the manse is limited to 100 miles’ range. Also, while the stone can transport characters both to and from the Wyld, this carries some danger. To do so, the bearer’s player must roll (Wits + Occult). Failure results in the characters all landing somewhere random in the Wyld. A botch additionally renders the stone useless for 48 hours, neither permitting another teleportation attempt nor granting Essence
    
  
  
  Manse Powers:
  
  
  • Divine Observatory (2): reduce difficulty of all astrology rolls by 1
    
  • Otherworldy Gate (4): portal to Creation Manse
    
  • Temple (3): Temple to Mars
    
  • Magical Conveniences (1): Advanced training facility
    
  
  
  Manse 3 - The Stone of Resilient Bamboo (Wood)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Bearer heals one bashing or lethal every hour, soaks lethal with full stamina
    
  
  
  Manse Powers:
  
  
  • Repair (-2): Requires full day of maintenance monthly, can be done by individual with instructions. Probably involves the Otherworldly gate
    
  • Otherworldy Gate (4):
    
  • Temple (3): Temple to Mars
    
  • Magical Conveniences (1): Advanced training facility
    
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Colleges
  
  
  The Captain 1
  
  
  The Gull 1
  
  
  The Ewer 1
  
  
  The Gauntlet 3
  
  
  The Quiver 3
  
  
  The Shield 3
  
  
  The Guardian 1
  
  
  The Key 1
  
  
  The Mask 2
  
  
  The Sorcerer 1
  
  
  The Treasure Trove 1
  
  
  The Rising Smoke 1
  
  
  The Sword 1
  
  
  

 

[Sherwood]

With the tabs, the first one should be [ tabs][ tab=title] without the extra space, of course


then, at the end, reverse it. [ /tab][ /tabs]


I have to say, you have a ton of health levels! Wow.

 

[Seeker of the End]

It's funny that you're saying that considering how high your Parry DV was last game. Stupid Third-Arm glaive...

 

[Sherwood]

I wasn't complaining, just impressed that it will take one hell of a pounding to take him down.

 

[Seeker of the End]

True... But that was a joke, sorry! By the way, the moment I get your backstory your sheet should be good to go Sherwood.

 

[Rykon]

I also gave the character the ability to perfectly soak what would be lethal blows for 3m, the dodge is just there for extended defense and bad touch. Honestly though, its the immobilization hypnosis, and memory/belief control this build allows that just makes me smile. Also the idea of a might 3 unit of mice/rabbits. I could turn this into Bunnies and Burrows or Mouse Guard fairly quick if we felt like humiliating an opponent.

 

[Sherwood]

[QUOTE="Seeker of the End]True... But that was a joke, sorry! By the way, the moment I get your backstory your sheet should be good to go Sherwood.

[/QUOTE]
I knew I was forgetting something! I'll have a story up for Darian shortly.

 

[WarDragon]

Viktor Vlastislav Konrad Mikhailas Xavier von Drakholdt


Age: 53 (looks like early 20s)


Gender: Male


Motivation/Urge: Protect Creation from itself (by ruling it, of course).


Intimacies: Power (lust), Drakholdt (fond nostalgia), Maxim (desire to humble), Opal (fascination), Amirah (sorrowful remembrance), Xentair (comradeship), Ligier (profound respect), She Who Lives In Her Name (regretful fondness), the Ebon Dragon (contempt), other Yozis (betrayed anger) Reclamationist Infernals (vengeful contempt), Solar Exalted (frustration), First and Forsaken Lion (determined opposition), Raksi (disgusted jealousy)


Caste: Draconian (former Defiler)


Favored Yozis: Malfeas, She Who Lives In Her Name


Favored Abilities: Bureaucracy, Integrity, Larceny, Martial Arts, Presence


Posting Color: Blood red.


Theme Song:


[media]



[/media]
Appearance

Viktor is a tall, lean man who appears to be in his early twenties due to the rejuvenating power of the Infernal Exaltation. Dark haired and pale skinned, his aristocratic features are emphasized by a neat beard, and usually set in a stern mask. This stoic expression can shift without warning into incandescent fury when pushed, or more rarely, laughing triumph. He dresses to suit his station in a leather coat of black river dragon hide accentuated with gold and rubies, which has been thaumaturgically rendered fireproof. He typically hides his claws under a pair of gloves (not expensive ones, as they need be frequently replaced). His eyes were once blue, but have changed into slit-pupiled orbs of reptilian yellow. When he is angry or annoyed in recent days, smoke trickles from his nostrils.

• History
• Attributes and Abilities
• Backgrounds
• Charms and Spells
• Virtues and Essence
• Combat
• Panoply
• BP and XP

• 
  
  
  Drakholdt is a small, but well-situated and better armed fortress town in the Southwestern mountains just north of Gem. Built by the Shogunate to guard the southernmost safe pass to An-Teng and the Silent Crescent, the fortress itself sits halfway up the slope of a mountain, overlooking a valley kept fertile by rains from the west. By sheer serendipity, the mountain itself and those nearby were found to contain a plentiful supply of rubies and sapphires, with smaller veins of gold and iron; this was what catapulted Drakholdt from a backwater watchpost to a thriving fief. The barony took its name from having once been ruled by a Northern Terrestrial with delusions of grandeur, but its rulers had been mortal for the past century. In modern days, the Baron is technically a vassal of the Despot of Gem, though the Rankar line have both been too busy pressing their rivalry with Paragon to put much pressure on Drakholdt (that Drakholdt provides some very fine soldiers doesn't hurt either).
  
  
  The previous Baron Drakholdt had two sons, Viktor and Maxim; everyone expected that Viktor, the elder by a year, would succeed his father. Everyone, including Viktor himself. He was a strong, serious-minded, dedicated young man, while his brother Maxim preferred to fritter away the family's money in taverns and brothels. Oh, they had the same tutors and no expense was spared in hiring the very best to educate the young heirs; men and women learned in history, natural philosophy, spirit lore, military tactics, even a sifu to instruct them in the use of tiger claws, the family's traditional weapon. However, Maxim never quite seemed to apply himself enough to truly excel, letting his brother pull further and further ahead in every field.
  
  
  Even on the few occasions he took a break from studying with his tutors and his father to join Maxim in recreation, Viktor charmed the girls his brother had failed to woo, and win back the money he lost at cards. The older they got, the deeper this divide became, and they quarreled often. Maxim continued his debauchery, and Viktor his preparations to succeed their aging father, each secretly resenting the other. This came to a head one night, in Viktor's twenty-third year, when the barony was under increasing pressure from Gem to provide money and troops to repel an escalating series of raksha-backed barbarian raids on Gem's caravans and outlying towns.
  
  
  Maxim had come home drunk again, to find his brother the only one awake in the castle poring over reports and ledgers, and the two exchanged harsh words...
  
  

  "Yes, Maxim, I am still awake. I have to be; Father is ill, none of the chancellors can make the decisions that will save us, and you are... well, you."
  "Whazzat supposed to mean?"
  
  
  "You know perfectly well what I mean, brother. I have to be the responsible one, because you don't know what the word means. Even if you insist on ignoring your duties as heir secondary, you could at least take up a trade of some kind; you're not suited as an officer or a priest, but we can always use more miners and carpenters."
  
  
  "Huh? What did you just say, ya puffed-up prig? You want me to... work? Out in the sun, like... like a peasant?!"
  
  
  "Yes, how silly of me, Maxim. No one could ever mistake you for a peasant... largely because the peasantry are actually useful. While you have only ever been a drain on Drakholdt. You're doing it now in fact, keeping me from finishing the work needed to keep the barbarians and the Despot off our backs. If you're not going to help me, then just go throw up and sleep it off."

  ...and the younger stormed off, cursing his brother, weeping with rage and shame. No one saw Maxim except at meals for days after that. When the baron's troops departed for the fighting a week later, he set off, fully sober for the first time in months, in the front rank of Drakholdt's troops. Viktor, regretting his words but too proud to admit it, led another division into the mountains to cut off the raiders' reinforcements from the west, certain that he had sent his brother to his death. But Fate had a different plan in mind.
  
  
  Viktor von Drakholdt returned home, having fought a horde half again the size of his own army to a stalemate. He returned to find the keep in celebration, for Maxim von Drakhold had driven his foes in rout; his new determination had proved sufficient catalyst to activate the long dormant blood of the barony's founder, and he had become one of the Chosen of Danaa'd, a Prince of the Earth. While he was happy that his brother lived, Viktor was not thrilled, to say the least, with all of the results of this happy event...
  
  

  "Viktor, my son! We are blessed this day! Your brother has been Chosen, and our future is secured!"
  "It... is true then? I hardly dared credit the stories I was told..."
  
  
  "It is true, brother. And I have you to thank for it. If you hadn't shamed me as you did that night, I never would have found the strength to rise up to our heritage. In the very moment, everything that you and our tutors tried to pound into me all these years just... fell into place."
  
  
  "Truly the Dragons have shown their favor to us, my sons! Now, we must begin making preparations for the coronation! Naturally, I will not gainsay their wisdom in choosing Drakholdt's next leader."
  
  
  "What? You cannot be serious! Maxim may be one of the Dragon-Blooded now, but one victory does not a ruler make! I have spent my entire life preparing for it, and you could have years left... if I am not ready, then he..."
  
  
  "Enough, Viktor! Surely you can see that we must all bow to fate, and the revealed will of Heaven. Your brother will be the new baron, and he will lead us to an era of prosperity."
  
  
  "With you as my chief adviser, of course, my Brother. I would have none other at my right hand."
  
  
  "I... No. Exalted or not, I will never bow to you, you ignorant, indolent fop! I will not be party to this madness! You can't throw everything away on this... accident of fate! You cannot do this to our lands, our people! You can't do this to me!"
  
  
  "Viktor Vlastislav, do not turn your back on your father and your new baron! Where are you going?"
  
  
  *ptah* "To my chambers to pack. If Maxim becomes the ruler of Drakholdt tomorrow, then this sunset will find me far from it."

  And thus, Drakholdt, vassal of Gem, passed to the rulership of Baron Maxim Mattias Vladimir Borislav Adalbert, and Viktor Vlastislav Konrad Mikhailas Xavier von Drakholdt departed his ancestral home. The next few years passed in something of a blur, as he wandered aimlessly across the South and West of Creation, doing whatever he had to to survive. His aristocratic pride guttered lower and lower as he accepted menial labor, jobs as a scribe or lowly guard, combing through picked-over ruins, even stooping to petty crime once or twice. It did not help his finances that he drank himself into a stupor every time he heard a reminder of the home and family he left behind.
  
  
  That part of his life came to an end one day in a seedy bar in the Tengese port city of Dragon's Jaw. Just starting to get drunk, Viktor overheard an ambitious group of men planning to break into an undefiled Solar Tomb on a nearby island, and something they said jogged a long-forgotten memory. He approached the group, and impressed them enough with scraps of knowledge that they made him a partner in their ramshackle enterprise. Astonishingly enough, his schooling returned to him quickly, and he was actually able to bypass the outer layer of the tomb's defenses; once inside, his other training took over, and he instinctively coordinated the motley crew's efforts. They escaped with a sack of minor artifacts and several pounds of gold and gems from an untouched room, with only a single casualty (and, had the Jade Prison already been broken, the rest of this story would possibly be quite different).
  
  
  This feat of daring and ingenuity restored his self-confidence, and Viktor set off to redefine himself as a true Scavenger Lord, one of those bold men who live by plundering the dusty glories of a fallen age. Over the next fifteen years, he built a competent team of delvers, a collection of scars, a head of prematurely white hair, and a reputation as brilliant and dangerous. Brilliant, dangerous, and... unlucky. Though he was fairly successful, the "big find" always seemed to elude him. Leads didn't pan out, or other Scavengers beat him to the punch. It is fair to say that this period in his life was rewarding and frustrating in equal measure.
  
  
  Soon enough, the frustration began to outweigh the rewards. Having passed his fortieth year in a young man's game, Viktor found himself falling farther behind his new rivals... the succession of Drakholdt all over again, in slow motion. He began taking greater and greater risks to keep up. Enraged by a string of failures and desperate for that one great find that would set him up to get out of the game, he returned to Dragon's Jaw, and hired a ship to the very Solar tomb that gave him his start. This time, however, the expedition was less successful.
  
  
  The outer layer of traps had reset themselves, but he had taken their measure years before. The inner rooms, however, proved more difficult. Nearly every defense claimed a part of his crew before being defeated, and they began to wonder if the treasures they found were worth their lives. Finally, they were forced to turn back by what at first they mistook for a mere statue, but was in reality a Demon of the Second Circle; two of the group's thaumaturges gave their lives to ward the creature back long enough for the tattered remnants of the delving crew to escape with what they could carry. But even that proved in vain, as one of Viktor's greatest rivals was waiting for them in the entry hall, with more men than he had begun with.
  
  
  He could have fought. He could have struggled, risking it all to play the gamble to the end and escape one of the richest men in the West. Or potentially, a Chosen of the Sun, for the Jade Prison had been opened only days before. Instead, he broke. The once-proud heir to Drakholdt, once-daring Scavenger Lord surrendered his treasure. He did not even resist when his own men turned on him, leaving him beaten as they joined with his rival.
  
  
  He stayed there in the empty tomb, a broken man... when Sketh came to him. The Gethin whispered to him in words as oily as its hide, of how unjust it was for a man of his noble stature to be brought so low, of how the very creators of the universe understood his pain. It offered him a second chance. It offered him revenge. And with nothing left to lose, Viktor Vlastislav Konrad Mikhailas Xavier von Drakholdt accepted the demon's offer.
  
  
  Five days later, he emerged from the Chrysalis Grotesque, as the very first Defiler, looking not a day older than when he had first left his home. The first thing he did was find the rival who had just humiliated him, and burn him to a cinder with Malfean hellfire. Then, one step ahead of the Tengese constabulary, he went back to the tomb, and asked the bound demon for directions to the nearest Hell Portal. Receiving them from the bemused guardian, Viktor made his way to Malfeas to begin his training in the use of his new abilities.
  
  
  It did not take long for him to realize that he wanted no part of the Yozis' endgame. Though he was willing to go along with their methods, and some steps along the way (the elimination of the Deathlords, destabilizing the Scarlet Dynasty, and so forth) aligned with his own goals, Viktor intended to remake the world in his own image, not that of a pack of howling mad, broken god-monsters. "Hell is a nice place to vacation," he is quoted as saying, "but I wouldn't want live here the year round." He accepted a few missions that were compatible with his goals and sensibilities, took his time coming back in between, learned from demonic masters of the various arts, and generally took full advantage of the opportunities offered him.
  
  
  In particular, he was a great admirer of Ligier, and earned that worthy soul's regard by his success and understanding of an aristocrat's responsibilities. The Green Sun showed Viktor the favor by altering an old Elemental Lens he had kept as a souvenir into an Infernal aspect, and when he was badly injured in a battle with a Solar Circle, it was Ligier who forged his new heart. It was also during this time that he first met the Opal, an Elder Lunar who often trafficked with Hell. She seemed strangely fascinated with him, and though they spoke several times, Viktor always wondered what she was planning for him, and his own schemes left little time for dalliance. The two always parted ways when they both returned to Creation.
  
  
  And in truth, it was there that he spent most of his effort during those first heady years of Exaltation; building his power base in Creation. He knew well from his time as both a prince and a scavenger that power and wealth are often one and the same, and so it was wealth which he most ardently pursued. Using his Pyrian magic, Viktor began to set himself up as a merchant prince; the jewels and firedust he shaped from base matter in the Wyld desert were traded for slaves, who found a new life in the prayer-mills of Malfeas. The Infernal relics and reagents those slaves bought were then sold to the Guild, financing the next expedition to the Wyld. Combined with occasional dips back into the Scavenger trade, he quickly grew to command a considerable level of financial clout.
  
  
  He used part of that wealth to become the primary patron of the Emerald Adder Company, a mercenary group with a long and consistently impressive record. It took no small bit of doing to seduce them away from the lucrative contracts of the Despot, but some of the Adders had once served in Drakholdt's guard, few had any fear of Hell... and all knew the scent of true power when they came upon it. Viktor at first merely bought their loyalty, but then proceeded to truly earn it. After fighting alongside his hirelings in a number of battles, the Emerald Adders swore their personal fealty to him... and began accepting the occasional other contract once again, to add to their new lord's coffers. Someday, he schemes, they shall form the core of his great army.
  
  
  Still, things did not go all his own way during this time. Meddling Solars, Lunars, and Sidereals, the occasional Wyld Hunt, and irksome divinities proved thorns in his side. More than once, he was forced by circumstance to ally with a coven of his fellow Warlocks, whether to accomplish his own goals, or to keep up the appearance of furthering the Reclamation. The pirate-turned-Slayer, predictably enough, was a boor of the worst sort, utterly drunk on power and license, without a hint of culture. Don't even him started on the Fiend... There were, however, a pair of bright spots. One, a curious and driven Scourge who would later become known as Xentair, who shared and spurred Viktor's interest in manipulating Essence and delving into the origin of their own powers, opening pathways the Yozis had never thought of. The other...
  
  
  The other was Amirah. Amirah... she was beautiful of course, but that was the least of her attractions. Daughter of a Delzhan nomad chief, the Malefactor could be as refined as the highest-born Dynast, or as tempestuous as Adorjan herself. Mischievous, cunning, silver-tongued, capable of frightful cruelty and steadfast loyalty, she was like no other woman Viktor had known. He found himself entranced, and she was equally attracted to his brilliance and ruthless ambition, among other qualities. The two were working together more and more closely as time went on, weaving their separate schemes together into a whole... in short, though it took him quite some time to recognize the unfamiliar sensation, he had fallen in love.
  
  
  Shortly after he and Amirah were wed (in spite of Opal’s attempt to crash the party), Viktor and his two companions were considering splitting off from the others, and from Hell, entirely and striking out on their own. The Defiler and Scourge felt they were on the verge of some great breakthrough, thanks in no small part to Amirah's encouragement, and Viktor was beginning to think, at long last, the time to return to Drakholdt was near. Before they could set their plans in motion, however, they were called to a final conclave at the Conventicle Malfeasant.
  
  
  Opal visited the trio in Chiarosco, and warned them off. Viktor and Xentair were not the only Green Sun Princes who had swallowed the scorpion, cutting their ties to Lillun, and all of Hell had shaken with the Yozis’ rage when they sensed their leash being slipped.. The fallen Primordials panicked, when their Chosen refused to return to Malfeas to be slaughtered. A few of the most loyal Infernals were given the task of murdering their brethren. Great battles were fought, as the newest Exalted Host warred with itself. The trio were embroiled in one such battle when their former coven-mates caught up with them; though Viktor and Xentair survived, Amirah did not. And her death was the catalyst for their ascension.
  
  
  The two went their separate ways; Viktor retreated into the depths of the Pole of Fire, weaving a chrysalis of gems and gold about himself. Months later, he emerged, reforged, with a roar, and a laugh that shook the firmament. The nearby Raksha fled, Hesiesh stirred fitfully in his sleep, and Malfeas and Yu-Shan alike cried out in shock.
  
  
  Baal-Shazash was born.
  
  
  In the time since, Viktor has been renewing old contacts, gathering his resources, and of course, hunting down Amirah’s killers; the Slayer (and the small island she had dominated for the Yozis) was burned by his newfound power, but the Fiend eludes him yet. Viktor thought he felt his old friend Xentair’s hand guiding him at times, but has not laid eyes on him since.
  
  
  The most important of those contacts was a certain Lunar, who had her own designs for the Realm's destruction; though he had not realized it through all the years of their acquaintance, Opal's Exaltation was bonded to his. Viktor expected mockery and triumph from her at the news of Amirah’s death; instead, she offered him what no one else ever had in all his life: comfort. She told him that she had guarded his Chrysalis as he slept, and borne witness in secret to his awakening, she assured him that there was nothing more he could have done, and she aided him in his hunt. Though she was far different from Amirah, Viktor found himself coming to care for Opal as well...
  
  
  It was shortly after killing the Slayer that they heard rumors of a group of artifacts called the Seven Sins, with the potential to endanger the world, even more than the schemes of the Yozis and Neverborn. Viktor could not allow that to happen if there was to be a world for him to rule, and he knew that only one person could be trusted with so much power...
  
  
  
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  Attributes
  
  
  Strength 7 (3), Dexterity 6, Stamina 7 (3)
  
  
  Charisma 4, Manipulation 1, Appearance 4
  
  
  Perception 2, Intelligence 5, Wits 3
  
  
  Abilities
  
  
  Martial Arts 6 (claws +1), War 3
  
  
  Integrity 5 (3),Presence 5 (threats +1), Resistance 2
  
  
  Investigation 2, Lore 5, Occult 6 (essence attacks +2)
  
  
  Athletics 2, Awareness 3, Larceny 3
  
  
  Bureaucracy 3, Linguistics 2 (Native: Flametongue, Learned: High Realm, Old Realm)
  
  
  
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  Backgrounds (24 / 24)
  
  
  Artifact 4 (Green Iron Heart)
  
  
  Artifact 3 (Infernal Lens)
  
  
  Cult 3
  
  
  Followers 4 (Emerald Adder Company)
  
  
  Henchmen 4
  
  
  Spies 3
  
  
  Wealth 3
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  Baal-Shazash (23)
  
  
  1st Draconic Excellency x6
  
  
  Ascendancy Mantle
  
  
  Effortless Baal-Shazash Dominance
  
  
  Sorcerous Enlightenment of Baal-Shazash x2
  
  
  Knightbane Strike
  
  
  Rending Dragon Claws
  
  
  Scouring Inferno Breath
  
  
  External Heart Firestorm
  
  
  Unfurling Wings of Fire x2
  
  
  Prey-Scything Swoop
  
  
  Scorched-Earth Strafing Run
  
  
  Gem-Studded Scales
  
  
  Hoard-Bound Hide
  
  
  Obdurate Adamant Scales
  
  
  Whiff of Greed and Fear
  
  
  Heart-Wracking Countenance
  
  
  Apocalypse Fire-Wyrm Shintai
  
  
  Malfeas (11)
  
  
  By Pain Reforged
  
  
  Purity of Madness Defense
  
  
  Scar-Writ Saga Shield
  
  
  Nightmare Fugue Vigilance
  
  
  By Agony Empowered
  
  
  Impervious Primacy Mantle
  
  
  Crowned With Fury
  
  
  Insignificant Embers Intuition
  
  
  Green Sun Nimbus Flare
  
  
  Kissed by Hellish Noon
  
  
  Wrath-Stoked Bonfire Soul
  
  
  She Who Lives In Her Name (5)
  
  
  Factual Determination Analysis
  
  
  Essence-Dissecting Stare
  
  
  Mind-Hand Manipulation
  
  
  Principle-Invoking Onslaught
  
  
  Will-Crushing Force
  
  
  Kimbery (2)
  
  
  Intolerable Burning Truths (Hate Springs Eternal)
  
  
  All Things Betray
  
  
  Heretical
  
  
  Triumphant Howl of the Devil Tiger
  
  
  Swallowing the Scorpion
  
  
  Tempest of Inward Focus
  
  
  Flame of the Rising Phoenix
  
  
  Face of the Titans
  
  
  Spells
  
  
  Emerald Circle: Slave-Spawn Summons
  
  
  Celestial Circle: Sapphire Countermagic
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  Virtues
  
  
  Compassion 1 - “It is best to be both loved and feared... but if one or the other must be found wanting, it is safer to be feared.”
  
  
  Conviction 5 (4) - “I will claim what is rightfully mine; stay out of my way, or I shall walk through your ashes.”
  
  
  Temperance 3 - “One who does not control himself, controls nothing.”
  
  
  Valor 3 - “I do not fear; I instill fear.”
  
  
  Willpower 10 / 10
  
  
  Essence 6
  
  
  Personal: 28 / 28
  
  
  Peripheral: 47 / 47
  
  
  Committed: 5 peripheral to Infernal Lens, 8 peripheral to Green Iron Heart, 10 peripheral to Mind-Hand Manipulation; already deducted from maximum.
  
  
  
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  Attacks (human form)
  
  
  Clinch - Speed 6, Accuracy 13, Damage 7B, Defense -, Rate 1
  
  
  Kick - Speed 5, Accuracy 12, Damage 10B, Defense -2, Rate 2
  
  
  Punch - Speed 5, Accuracy 13, Damage 7B, Defense +2, Rate 3
  
  
  Exceptional tiger claws - Speed 5, Accuracy 14, Damage 10L, Defense +1, Rate 4
  
  
  Rending Dragon Claws - Speed 5, Accuracy 16, Damage 13L/2, Defense +3, Rate 4
  
  
  Scouring Inferno Breath - Speed 4, Accuracy 13, Damage 26L/2, Defense - Rate -, Area 60 x 30 yards, ignores mundane armor
  
  
  Telekinetic Blow - Speed 5, Accuracy 17, Damage 12B/2, Defense +0, Rate 5, Range 16
  
  
  Telekinetic Clinch - Speed 6, Accuracy 17, Damage 12B/2, Defense +0, Rate 1, Range 16
  
  
  Telekinetic Blade - Speed 5, Accuracy 17, Damage 12L/2, Defense +0, Rate 5, Range 16, Overwhelming 2, Piercing, Aggravated damage to Creatures of the Wyld
  
  
  Attacks (Fire-Wyrm form)
  
  
  Claws - Speed 5, Accuracy 16, Damage 19L/2, Defense +3, Rate 4, Piercing, ignores Hardness
  
  
  Bite - Speed 5, Accuracy 15, Damage 23L/3, Defense +0, Rate 1, Piercing, ignores Hardness, can Clinch
  
  
  Scouring Inferno Breath - Speed 4, Accuracy 13, Damage 26L/2, Defense - Rate -, Area 600 x 300 yards, Piercing, ignores Hardness, ignores mundane armor
  
  
  Join Battle: 8 (+6 successes for 3m with All Things Betray)
  
  
  Defenses
  
  
  Dodge DV: 6
  
  
  Parry DV: 8 telekinetic, 9 Rending Dragon Claws
  
  
  Soak (human form) - 15L/16B (includes Exceptional buff jacket)
  
  
  Soak: (fire-wyrm form) - 32L/32B
  
  
  Hardness: 0L/7B human, 10L/10B fire-wyrm
  
  
  Dodge MDV: 11
  
  
  Parry MDV: 4 (5 if threatening)
  
  
  Health
  
  
  - 0 [ ]
  
  
  - 1 [ ] [ ]
  
  
  - 2 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
  
  
  - 4 [ ] [ ] [ ]
  
  
  Incapacitated [ ]
  
  
  
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  Cult
  
  
  Viktor's cult consists of his mercenary followers and the network of spies he has built up, as well as numerous demons and pitiful humans throughout Malfeas (and a few in Creation), who are awestruck by his defiance of the Yozis.
  
  
  Green Iron Heart (Artifact ••••)
  
  
  A whirling clockwork master-piece of glittering vessels and gears, this mechanism of radiant green iron replaces the fleshly heart in its owner’s chest. Its owner lacks a heartbeat, and those who listen for it may discern that the heart whirs and ticks like a clock, its pace never changing even in the thrall of desire, wrath or terror.
  
  
  The heart’s boundless power adds four dots each to its owner’s Strength and Stamina, while its unremitting drive increases her Integrity by two dots and her Conviction by one. Alas, a mechanical heart has little room for sentiment in its metal chambers. Thus, the owner’s Compassion rating drops by one. Attuning a green iron heart costs eight motes of Essence.
  
  
  Henchmen
  
  
  Captain Karal Ken'ichi: leader of the Emerald Adders, son of a Lookshyan exile, Ken'ichi took the struggling mercenary company his mother founded, and, through blood, sweat, and tears, built it into one of the most sought-after forces for hire in the South. Remarkably tough, steady and dour for a Wood Aspect, he swore service to no master, taking bids from the Perfect, the Despot, and other petty lords for years.... until he was hired by the strange new Anathema who inspired his loyalty as none other. Now, the stoic, businesslike mercenary begins to feel as though there is more life than profit and reputation; in service to his new lord, he is finding a type of pride he has never known... he is becoming a patriot, of a nation yet unborn. (Favors Dodge, Resistance, War.)
  
  
  Silent Dancing Ember: she had another name once, when she was merely a low-born Varangian servant. Outgoing, a lover of shiny things, and addicted to risk, she chafed at the limits placed on her by the strict caste system from an early age. She rebelled by masquerading as a casteless, and selling her employers' secrets and treasures for the thrill of the challenge. When she Exalted as a Fire Aspect, her criminal escapades only grew bolder, until she was eventually caught and sentenced to death... not for spying or theft, but for stepping outside her caste. Amirah had heard of the daring burglar, and the Malefactor “called in some favors” to effect her release, and recruited Ember to her own spy network. When that network absorbed Viktor's as the two Infernals became closer, Ember was placed in charge of the legion of spies, and reveled in the challenge. She feels a deep gratitude to her lord and lady for giving her such opportunities, and intends to follow them either to the pinnacle of Creation, or down in flames. (Favors Awareness, Stealth, Larceny.)
  
  
  Maxim Matias Vladimir Borislav Adalbert von Drakholdt: Viktor has not yet subjugated the third henchman to which his background rating entitles him, but he does have plans...
  
  
  Unwoven Coadjutor
  
  
  The unfortunate Gethin who bore Viktor's Exaltation found that his gratitude was short-lived. It lasted, in fact, only as long as his first bout of Torment, after which he locked the creature in a tiny box in his mind in his rage at being controlled. Sketh soon went quite mad, and was entirely consumed when Viktor underwent his final transcendence.
  
  
  Anima
  
  
  Vlastislav's totemic anima is the image of his Titanic self unveiled; a massive, heavy-bodied, four-legged and bat-winged dragon, formed of red and black fire.
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  Bonus points: 30/30
  
  
  Backgrounds (3)
  
  
  Charms x2 (6)
  
  
  Essence 4 to 6 (14)
  
  
  Virtues (2)
  
  
  Willpower 5 to 10 (5)
  
  
  Experience points: 0/6

 

[Random Word]

• Appearance
• History
• Intimacies and Virtue Flaw
• Backgrounds (7 BP)
• Abilities (2 BP)
• BP/XP Expenditure

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  Fire-Kissed Opal's true human form is currently a voluptuous young woman in her mid 20's with a regal and haughty demeanor. Hair the colour of the ocean depths cascades down to the small of her back, concealing brilliant blue rings which run from the nape of her neck to the base of her spine set against skin subtly shifting from white to black with her mood, often contrasting sharply with her almond complexion. The spiral and ring motif repeats throughout the tattoos which adorn her body. Her eyes shine with the same brilliantly intense blue as her rings, flecked with small amounts of white, and take on a predatory aspect when she detects the scent of the arcane.
  
  
  Her hair often ends in small braids tied with silk pennants, each embroidered with the name of a Sidereal she's fought, the silk the colour of their assigned Maiden; most are purple or red. Pennants trimmed in silver are those she's defeated, pennants in black are those she was defeated by but spared for some inscrutable purpose, or escaped through the aid of another. Pennants with no trimming have thus far ended inconclusively.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Her war form is subdued, causing the ring pattern to extend across the entirety of her skin, her hair to coalesce into four long suckered tentacles, and her eyes to become yellow orbs with black slitted irises.
  
  
  
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  272 years provides ample time for memory to fade, but some never do. Fire-Kissed Opal still remembers the taste of his paramours lips as they parted for the final time, though her tear streaked face has long since fled. He recalls the bright orange paper lanterns drifting out over the bay on the night’s breeze on the first night of the week long Fire Festival leading up to his sacrifice, dancing with wild abandon as music filled the air, the taste of grilled spiced meats and candied peppers, but most of all he remembers Cathak Ramira.
  
  
  He watched spellbound as she punctuated each flowing step with brilliant gouts of flame, effortlessly leapt a dozen metres into the air, and urged the musicians on to ever faster tempos in an effort to keep pace with her. He remembers the fire she stirred within him, the smouldering passion of her eyes as they locked with his, how he struggled to resist for his city and his love, knowing all the while he had never wanted anything in his entire life as much as he wanted her.
  
  
  He faintly remembers the soft whispers of their conversation, tangled in the sheets on her yacht, filled with tales of the splendour of the Realm and insincere promises to take him with her. She tired of him after two nights, leaving him utterly alone on the docks to contemplate the full magnitude of his failure. He remembers meeting her once again, now an instructor at the House of Bells, their roles reversed. She no longer took his breath away, for he had seen the terrible rapacious beauty of the Fae, the raw unbridled fury of the elemental poles, the splendour of Yu Shan, and the endless silver sands of Cecelyne beneath a green sun. He wrapped her around his finger and left, feeling sick and disgusted with himself. She did not remember the beautiful barbarian boy she had left alone on the docks two centuries ago.
  
  
  His next memory is the rough feel of the rocks beneath his skin and the taste of blood and salt as he washed ashore, beaten to within an inch of his life, on the barren isle to which he was exiled. The Volcano Goddess would never have approved of a sacrifice so sullied, and his people would have only days to find a suitable replacement to outdo their rivals to the north. He remembers how the anger and the pain gave him the strength to pull himself up against the seemingly insurmountable languor of ignominious failure and the loss of everything he knew. He remembers convincing a Nymph to spare his life and allow him to drink from her freshwater spring in exchange for daily entertainments, learning to harvest mollusks and spear small shoal fish to quell the gnawing hunger in his gut, and long desolate nights spent staring up at the bright firmament and contemplating which of the stars was responsible for his unenviable fate.
  
  
  He remembers the raging storm shattering the crudely lashed together flotsam he called a raft, the fire in his limbs and the ice in his lungs during his vain attempt to swim the remaining distance home, the radiant silver figure that stood like a moonbeam dancing atop the waves reaching down to clasp his hand as the last of the air escaped his lungs, her incredible strength as she drew him up to draw his Second Breath. She spoke to him briefly of a Creation filled with wonders in need of protection, of a destiny greater than his small island could contain. As she faded back into moonlight, so too did his desire to return home, and in sacrificing the foundation of his world he awoke to the Essence flows which permeate all Creation. Before disappearing entirely, she touched his brow, imparting upon him the knowledge of how to call upon the children of her lover. The storm, he recalls, felt like nothing more than the gentle caress of an old friend.
  
  
  The pack that rescued now-her from the Wyld Hunt noted her sorcerous ability and, in payment for an ancient favour, delivered her deep into the Eastern jungles to the city of Mahalanka and the often eccentric but indisputably effective tutelage of Raksi. She vividly recalls the awe of first laying eyes upon Raksi, the feeling of belonging, of once again being loved, needed, essential. She remembers retching violently the first time she learned where her food came from, of being torn between the wonderful feeling of being Raksi’s new found favourite pupil and her desire to flee into the jungle, of the loving caress of Silent Heart, and her burning seemingly unquenchable desire to learn more of Sorcery. She stayed, and upon attaining the Celestial circle, she sacrificed the shield that had seen her through her studies - she could never again hide behind necessity to justify the suffering of others by her own inaction. The cold fury in Raksi’s eyes when she informed her of her intent to leave has been burned indelibly into her memory for all eternity. She remembers the grim satisfaction of punching Silent Heart off a fifth floor balcony when he attempted to cast a spell to prevent her departure. She will always remember the fire in her heart which compelled her to seal away her prodigious sorcerous skill before a broken mirror in which she feared she saw a reflection not her own.
  
  
  He remembers ancient libraries, pacts writ in vitriol and blood, secrets snatched from the Underworld, and surreptitious visits to Yu-Shan. He remembers convincing Grela, Mistress of the Hunt that Sidereals were perhaps the most worthy game of all, and promising to dedicate his hunts to her in return for permission to use her form; diving off the back of Herikus, Lesser Elemental Dragon of Fire, and into the maw of a Fae Behemoth to reclaim a swath of the southern desert and its first age secrets from the Wyld; providing the social finesse to keep her often heretical and seditious Guild-backed Argent Standard teahouses open and well respected throughout the southern Threshold; spying on Bronze faction sorcerous experiments in the Heptagram under the guise of a demon before being identified by a Sidereal instructor, causing massive damage to several floors in the ensuing brawl before escaping; Thwarting Bronze Faction assassination attempts; Aiding those they fated to fail and hindering those they fated to succeed; Seizing valuable tomes from amidst the fall of Thorns; but in nearly three centuries of wonder never has she been so transfixed as when she first laid eyes on her Prince of Hell.
  
  
  She remembers the deafening roar of the demon host as they were paraded down the boulevard of brass accompanied by no less than two Jouten in a cavalcade of splendour fit to stagger the most jaded denizens of Malfeas. Fire-Kissed Opal had eyes for none of it save one. The moment she laid eyes on him she felt something grip her soul and pull the very core of her being towards him, and in all the years since it has never once slackened, only built momentum. In an instant her world shifted and before where there was one she now had two overriding goals: Dismantle the Bronze Faction and win the heart of the man whose wedding party counted Ligier and two Jouten amongst it. To this day, Fire-Kissed Opal descends into gales of laughter when she recounts what she did next: She jumped. Luna knows how she did it, but from her vantage high above she cleared the packed crowds, the celebrants marching down the broad boulevard, and the massive palanquin, shedding her demon form to adopt her true form in midair. She landed at his feet, descending to one knee to gracefully absorb an impact which deformed the brass beneath. All of her senses were eclipsed by his perfection, but retellings say there was absolute silence as she rose to her feet, her iconic Anima flaring, her beauty rivalling that of the Argent Madonna herself in that moment. She uttered a single phrase, reverently, “You are mine.” Accounts vary on exactly how long the following silence lasted - Fire-Kissed Opal only knows she spent it committing every detail of his face to memory - but there is no disagreement as to what happened next. The Brass Dancer pirouetted gracefully and struck her so hard across the face that her body sailed three hundred metres before it struck the ground and rebounded. She remembers only the anguish of the sudden absence of Viktor’s visage. She pulled herself to her feet and wiped the blood dribbling from her lips in time to send the first wave of a seemingly endless horde of Blood Apes sailing over their peers. As her fist met a haymaker levelled by Orabilis she turned to Viktor and screamed, defiantly, “I will find you!” before vanishing. She remembers the agony of her dematerialized flight through Malfeas, not because of any infliction by her pursuers but because she knew in her heart she was going the wrong direction.
  
  
  The madness passed when she threw herself in a cold river somewhere in Creation and stopped to think, but every few months she would be possessed with the notion that Viktor was in grave danger and she must protect him at all costs. Inevitably it would pass after a day or so of hard travel, leaving her projects in disarray. Resigned to her fate and unable to deny she wanted very much to see him again, she would comb Creation for suitable gestures to pry him away from Amirah, even if only for a moment. She remembers fondly the weeks spent finding a suitable Behemoth and convincing its Raksha creator to reshape its severed horns into a massive heart, dictating sonnets to Viktor's many virtues for it to inscribe. A quick visit to Malfeas, some subtle manipulations in Gem, and a short jaunt to the Elemental Poles via the gates of Yu-Shan disguised as the God-Blooded daughter of Qin-Jian was all that was required to deliver a brass basket filled with Celestial Wine chilled in everlasting ice, flowers from each of the Elemental Poles which when mixed made a potent aphrodisiac, and a memory stone imprinted with Maxim making a grave faux pas at a major fete in Gem. She thoroughly enjoyed these short vacations from her seemingly unwinnable personal crusade against the Bronze Faction.
  
  
  She remembers her terror upon finding the bloody aftermath of the battle which claimed Amirah's life, arriving a full day too late, certain Viktor had died with her having foolishly let him out of her sight scant weeks ago. She was overjoyed to see him alive, and then devastated to learn of his loss. Despite her stubborn unwillingness to share, Opal had made no secret of how much she liked Amirah. Opal had lost lovers before, and seen those scarred much worse than her retreat into a shell. She did not expect Viktor to express this quite so literally, but found the quiet contemplation of her solemn vigil over his Chrysalis lonely but soothing to a part of her that had not communed so directly with nature for a very long time. For months she eschewed Human form entirely. Since his emergence she has never quit her vigil for longer than two weeks at a stretch, severely curtailing her efforts against the Sidereals. She remains conflicted about this, but Viktor's sudden interest in the potentially Creation-defining Sins all but ensures she will not let him out of her sight for the foreseeable future.
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Virtue Flaw: The Curse of the Mother Hen
  
  
  The Usurpation (Righteous Indignation)
  
  
  The Bronze Faction (Disgust)
  
  
  The Immaculate Order (Disgust)
  
  
  Sidereals (Mistrust)
  
  
  Viktor (Love)
  
  
  Raksi (Fear)
  
  
  Secrets (Covetous Longing)
  
  
  Water Courts (Protective)
  
  
  Herikus (Friendship)
  
  
  Books (Treasures)
  
  
  Wine (Savours)
  
  
  Flying (Unease)
  
  
  Birds (Dislike)
  
  
  Darian (Lust)
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Allies 3 - Herikus, Lesser Elemental Dragon of Fire (Obsessions and Forges)
  
  
  Reputation 5 - Revolutionary and Bane of the Realm
  
  
  Solar Bond 5
  
  
  Heart's Blood 3
  
  
  Connections (Yu-Shan) 3 - Qin-Jian, Archon of Libraries and Archives, Chief Librarian of the Celestial Archives; Crimson Shifting Sands, Southern Oyabun of Deception and Lies; Dutiful Keystone, Minister of Public Works in the Bureau of Humanity.
  
  
  Backing (Crossroads Society) 3 - Though regarded as an eccentric amongst eccentrics for her refusal to make use of her Sorcery, she has nonetheless recovered a wealth of lost knowledge and is perhaps the foremost expert on Sidereal arts in the Silver Pact.
  
  
  Artefact 5 - Sleight of Mind (https://www.rpnation.com/threads/saga-of-the-seven-sins-the-second-cycle.98239/page-18#post-2756048)
  
  
  Manse 4 - Earth Aspected Manse producing a Gem of Adamant Skin
  
  
  Manse 3 - Fire Aspected Manse producing a custom Hearthstone that restores 3 WP per day
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  As attached character sheet
  
  
  Specialties:
  
  
  Intelligence (Usurpation) 3
  
  
  Appearance (Representing Her Mate) 2
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  BP (43/45):
  
  
  Willpower - 5
  
  
  Virtues - 3
  
  
  Essence - 14
  
  
  Attributes - 12
  
  
  Abilities - 2
  
  
  Backgrounds - 7
  
  
  XP:
  
  
  5 xp earned/3 xp spent
  
  
  Appearance Specialty (Representing Her Mate) [3xp]
  
  
  

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[Lord-Leafar]

Silent Blade | Solar Night Caste

• Personal Info
• Background Story
• Attributes & Abilities
• Panoply
• Essence/Willpower/Virtues
• Charms
• Combat & Equipment
• BP & Exp

• Name: Saif
  
  
  Nicknames: Silent Blade / Shadow Sentinel
  
  
  Caste: Night
  
  
  Anima: A ghostly shadowed figure with razor sharp tendrils of darkness
  
  
  Concept: Dark Crusader
  
  
  Motivation: Personify an ideal of justice by striking fear into the heart of evil and scare humanity into righteousness
  
  
  Intimacies: Crime (Dislike) Justice (Ideal) Prune humanity of it's corruption (Goal) Bullies (Dislike) Slavery (Dislike) Realm (Pity)
  
  
  Age: 35 (looks like mid twenties.)
  
  
  Appearance:
  
  
  
  

  
• IN CONSTRUCTION Here's a few details of my character, he was a the son of a rich guild member and slave trader from Nexus. One fateful day the caravan he was traveling with was attacked, his family killed and ironically enough he was sold into slavery. He spent a couple of years as a slave, changing ownership a few times until he was brought along by his master down south. It was during this years where he saw the worst humankind has to offer. One day he escaped his master's home and drifted into the desert where he was found by a group of elite clan of assassins who took him into their care, teaching him and treating him as one of their own. Years later, he came to excel at their training, and guided by the lessons in life he had learned to this point, took a massive decision that changed his life forever, aware of the ruthlessness of the assassins he grew up with, and of the vice in their hearts, he destroyed the clan and Exalted in the process.
  
  
  Taking on a new name and identity, he would cease to be a mere human, an individual, but rather strive to become an ideal, a symbol that would endure. He now wanders the land as a black crusader, putting fear into the hearts of evil men and women, knowing he's hiding in the shadows, waiting to strike at the root of Creation's corruption.
• ATTRIBUTES(9/7/6)
  
  
  
  Strength ••••(••)*
  
  
  Dexterity •••••
  
  
  Stamina •••

  
  
  

  Charisma ••••
  
  
  Manipulation •••
  
  
  Appearance ••

  
  
  

  Perception •••
  
  
  Intelligence •••
  
  
  Wits ••••
  
  
  *Artifact Bonuses.
  
  
  ABILITIES(40)
  
  
  
  Dawn: 13
  
  
  Archery 3
  
  
  Martial Arts
  
  
  Melee 5
  
  
  Thrown 5
  
  
  War

  
  
  

  Zenith: 15
  
  
  Integrity 5
  
  
  Performance
  
  
  Presence
  
  
  Resistance 5
  
  
  Survival 5

  
  
  

  Twilight: 10
  
  
  Craft
  
  
  Investigation 3
  
  
  Lore 2
  
  
  Medicine
  
  
  Occult 5

  
  
  

  Night: 15
  
  
  Athletics 4
  
  
  Awareness 5 (+2)*
  
  
  Dodge
  
  
  Larceny 2
  
  
  Stealth 5

  
  
  

  Eclipse: 2
  
  
  Bureaucracy
  
  
  Linguistics 2
  
  
  Ride
  
  
  Socialize
  
  
  * Artifact Bonuses
  
  
  SPECIALTIES
  
  
  Melee (Orichalcum Blades) +3
  
  
  Stealth (Wearing Armor) +1
  
  
  Linguistics (Native: River Speak + Old Realm, High Realm)
• BACKGROUNDS (21)
  
  
  Artifact •••••
  
  
  Artifact •••••
  
  
  Artifact •••
  
  
  Manse •••••
  
  
  Manse •••
  
  
  ARTIFACT
  
  
  - "Incandescent Will" Reaper Daiklaive ••••• (3m)
  
  
  Made from the core of a scale of Sol Invictus' ancient draconic form, it projects a beam of white burning light with all the mechanics and stats of a regular reaper beam klaive with some additional features.
  
  
  Spoiler

  - Any non magical weapon used to block an attack from IW gets destroyed.
  
  
  - Non magical weapons have their Parry DV's to defend against IW are halved (rounded down)
  
  
  - If natural weapons are used to defend against IW, the character suffers 2 levels of lethal damage and suffers amputation.
  
  
  - Non magical armor/inanimate structures suffer a reduction to B/L soak equal to the raw damage of the attack.
  
  
  - All attacks are considered Holy, dealing Aggravated damage to Creatures of Darkness
  
  
  - Anyone slain by the blade immediately enters lethe, leaving no ghost behind.
  
  
  - Armor of the Unseen Assassin ••••• (8m)
  
  
  
  
  
  Sensory Augmentation Visor: +2 Awareness/Essence Sight
  
  
  Exomuscular Fibers: Doubles user's ground speed, +2 Strength
  
  
  Adaptive Camouflage: +4 Stealth
  
  
  Cloaking Device: 5m/per hour. Diff 4 to notice user in movement, Diff 8 to notice stationary. Considered invisible and imposing -2 external penalty on attacks.
  
  
  Destiny Interdiction Field: Blocks Loom of Fate and Sidereal Astrology. Sidereal charms can't drain or grant Willpower.
  - Aegis Inset Amulets • | Reduce attunement of armor by 2m.
  
  
  - Hearthstone Bracers •• | +2 Damage with all attacks, and +3 dice=(+2) to Parry DV.
  
  
  MANSE
  
  
  - Gem of Perfect Mobility ••••• | Reduce the speed of all actions made. Incompatible with Extra Action Charms. [set on Incandescent Will]
  
  
  - Freedom Stone ••• | Immunity to clinches, holds, and restrains. [set on Hearthstone Bracers]
• Essence ••••••
  
  
  Personal: 25
  
  
  Peripheral: 46
  
  
  Peripheral Total: 58
  
  
  (Committed Total 12)
  
  
  Spoiler

  - 8m Armor of the Unseen Assassin
  
  
  - 4m Orichalcum Hearthstone Bracers
  
  
  Willpower ••••• •••••
  
  
  Virtues
  
  
  Compassion ••
  
  
  Conviction •••••
  
  
  Temperance •••
  
  
  Valor •••
  
  
  Virtue Flaw: Heart of Flint
  
  
  Limit [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  1st Melee Excellency | 1m per 1 dice
  
  
  1st Resistance Excellency | 1m per 1 dice
  
  
  1st Investigation Excellency | 1m per 1 dice
  
  
  1st Athletics Excellency | 1m per 1 dice
  
  
  1st Awareness Excellency | 1m per dice
  
  
  1st Larceny Excellency | 1m per dice
  
  
  1st Stealth Excellency | 1m per die
  
  
  3rd Integrity Excellency | 4m
  
  
  Infinite Melee Mastery | 2m per 1 dice, 1wp
  
  
  Divine Transcendence of Melee
  
  
  
  
  
  Trance of Unhesitating Speed | 2m or 3m per attack
  
  
  Buy extra attacks of up to (Ess +1)
  
  
  Flashing Vengeance Draw (Martial) | 3m
  
  
  Add (Ess 5) to JB, ready a weapon and first attack is unexpected.
  
  
  
  
  
  Hungry Tiger Technique | 1m
  
  
  Extra successes count three times when adding raw damage.
  
  
  Golden Destruction Cut | -
  
  
  Enhance HTT.
  
  
  One Weapon Two Blows | 3m
  
  
  Repeat steps 7-10 of damage to deal damage twice.
  
  
  Fire and Stones Strike | 1m per dice
  
  
  Spend up to (Strength) motes, when striking add one die per mote spent to post-soak damage.
  
  
  Rising Sun Slash | 4m (10m)
  
  
  Makes one attack undodgeable or unblockable, or both for 10m.
  
  
  Call the Blade | - (1m)
  
  
  Summon a weapon from (Ess x10) yards or (Ess x2) yards while in battle. Ready it reflexively.
  
  
  Summoning the Loyal Steel | 1m
  
  
  Banish weapon to Elsewhere.
  
  
  Honored Companion of the Sun | - (1m to draw)
  
  
  Selected weapon becomes permanently attuned, can be reflexively called to wield and has (Ess) bonus to Acc/Damage/Def/Rate
  
  
  Minimum damage increases by 1, 10's count double for damage.
  
  
  Dipping Swallow Defense (Martial)| 2m
  
  
  Ignore Penalties to Parry DV against one attack.
  
  
  Bulwark Stance (Martial) | 5m
  
  
  Ignore penalties to Parry DV until next action.
  
  
  Protection of Celestial Bliss | 3m
  
  
  No DV penalties on chosen weapon, Defense +2 and able to invoke a Perfect parry up to (Ess5/2=3) times before charm ends.
  
  
  Heavenly Guardian Stance | 8m
  
  
  Perfect Parry (Conviction Flaw)
  
  
  Perfect Blade Aegis (Martial) | -
  
  
  Parry DV is permanently raised by 2.
  
  
  Final Sunset Stance (Martial)| 1m
  
  
  Increase DV by 1 for 1 tick. Each attack parried gives 1 free reflexive attack, max Dex (5) +3
  
  
  
  
  
  Flashing Draw Mastery (Martial)| -
  
  
  Add 1 sux to JB rolls. Reflexively draw or ready a weapon. All attacks made on the first tick of action have Speed 3.
  
  
  Swarm-Culling Instinct (Martial) | -
  
  
  Make a reflexive attack against opponents who got a lower JB roll.
  
  
  Shrike Saving Discretion (Martial) | -
  
  
  Reflexive attacks earned through SCI are saved to be used at another time.
  
  
  
  
  
  Integrity-Protecting Prana (Hardy)| 5m, 1wp
  
  
  Negates Shaping Effects for 1 day.
  
  
  Temptation Resisting Stance | 6m
  
  
  Increase Dodge MDV by Temperance.
  
  
  Elusive Dream Defense | 5m
  
  
  Perfectly negates mental influence.
  
  
  
  
  
  Durability of Oak Meditation (Hardy)| 2m
  
  
  Add (Ess[5]+Resistance[5]=10) to B/L soak against 1 attack.
  
  
  Immunity to Everything Technique | 6m, 1wp
  
  
  Negates poison and sickness effects for a scene.
  
  
  Ox-Body Technique x5 | -
  
  
  Extra Health Levels
  
  
  
  
  
  Hardship-Surviving Mendicant Spirit (Hardy) | 10m
  
  
  Negate Environmental external penalties to survival rolls. Negates any source of Environmental Damage.
  
  
  Element-Resisting Prana (Hardy)| -
  
  
  Enhances Hardship-Surviving Mendicant Spirit.
  
  
  Steadfast Elemental Emperor Stance (Hardy) | -
  
  
  Enhances Hardship-Surviving Mendicant Spirit.
  
  
  
  
  
  Monkey Leap Technique | 3m
  
  
  Jump with movement action, and double all jump lengths for a scene.
  
  
  Foe-Vaulting Method | 1m
  
  
  Add Athletics (+4) to reestablish surprise.
  
  
  
  
  
  Spirit-Detecting Glance | 3m
  
  
  See dematerialized entities.
  
  
  Spirit-Cutting Attack | 1m
  
  
  Attack dematerialized spirits, deal Agg damage to all spirits.
  
  
  Ghost-Eating Technique | 2m
  
  
  Consume spirits permanently, add HL inflicted in motes to be used on free activations of GET.
  
  
  Magic-Shattering Strike | 15m
  
  
  Shatter a Spell or Sorcerous effect/charm, if successful receive (spell's circle x 4) or (charm's min essence + 2) motes.
  
  
  
  
  
  Panoptic Fusion Discipline | 4m
  
  
  All attacks add +3 bonus from Aim actions, and DV's raise by 1. Aim actions convert 1 die into 1 six per tick.
  
  
  Surprise Anticipation Method | 1m
  
  
  Succeeds Awareness rolls against surprise attacks.
  
  
• ATTACKS
  
  
  "Incandescent Will" Reaper Beam Klaive* (Tags: O[3] )
  
  
  Speed 3 Accuracy 24 Damage 17L Defense 23 Rate 9
  
  
  * Stats enhanced by Honored Companion of the Sun
  
  
  DEFENSES
  
  
  DodgeDV 5
  
  
  ParryDV 14 (Perfect Blade Aegis) / 16*
  
  
  *+1 from Panoptic Fusion Discipline/+1 from Protection of Celestial Bliss
  
  
  ARMOR & SOAK
  
  
  Hardness 4B/4L
  
  
  Soak 15B/9L/8A (+10B/L with charm activation)
  
  
  
  
  
  Armor of the Unseen Assassin | Soak +8L/+12B Hardness 4L/4B Mobility -0 Fatigue 0
  
  
  Health Levels
  
  
  -0/-1/-1/-1/-1/-1/-1/-1/-2/-2/-2/-2/-2/-2/-2/-2/-2/-2/-2/-2/-4/Incapacitated
• Bonus Points: Total 30/30
  
  
  15 pts - Favored Abilities +15
  
  
  7 pts - Essence +1
  
  
  5 pts - Willpower +5
  
  
  4 pts - Virtues +4
  
  
  Experience 1 spent /5 total
  
  
  1 exp - Larceny 2

 

[Seeker of the End]

All players are rewarded 5 xp.

 

[Rykon]

• Character
• Appearance and Background
• Core Stats
• Combat Stats
• Attributes and Abilities
• Charms
• Backgrounds

• 
  
  
  Name: Maxton Hearthhand
  
  
  Age: 40 (19 physically)
  
  
  Sex: Male
  
  
  Caste: Dawn
  
  
  Concept: Professional Fighter
  
  
  Motivation: To unite the south apart from the Realm's influence
  
  
  Anima Banner: A red furred tiger with golden stripes throws it's head back and roars
  
  
  Languages
  
  
  Flametongue
  
  
  Riverspeak
  
  
  Guild Cant
  
  
  Old Realm
  
  
  Intimacies
  
  
  Battle(Thrill)
  
  
  Guild(Respect)
  
  
  Chiaroscuro(Homesickness)
  
  
  Celestial Exalts(Curiosity)
  
  
  Unconquered Sun(Gratitude)
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  [image Forthcoming]
  
  
  Background Story
  
  
  Spoiler

  Maxton grew up the son of a mercenary in Chiaroscuro. It wasn't until his nineteenth year, when he had started taking contracts of his own, that he had exalted. He was on the road on protection detail for a merchant prince, when the convoy and walked into an ambush. Through quick hustling and relentless swordplay, Maxton slaughtered the hiding archers while the rest of his allies tried to beat back a rushing ground force. As the outcaste Dragonblooded that lead the group charged the merchant prince himself, Maxton ran him through with a sword hot with Solar radiance. When the prince rose, Maxton had been promoted into a special place within the guild, often leading defense forces for important officials. Up until recently, Maxton had been diligently serving as platoon leader for an unofficial guild detachment surveying Paragon.
• 
  
  
  Permanent Essence: 6
  
  
  Willpower: 10
  
  
  Personal Motes: 28
  
  
  Peripheral Motes: 61
  
  
  Skin Mount Amulet Motes: 16
  
  
  Attuned Motes: 12
  
  
  Compassion: 1
  
  
  Temperance: 1
  
  
  Conviction: 3
  
  
  Valor: 5
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Attacks
  
  
  
  • Punch
  • Kick
  • Clinch
  • Daiklave

  • 
    
    
    Speed: 3
    
    
    Accuracy: +1(X)
    
    
    Damage: +0(X)
    
    
    Defense: +2
    
    
    Rate: 3
    
    
    
  • 
    
    
    Speed: 3
    
    
    Accuracy: +0(X)
    
    
    Damage: +3(X)
    
    
    Defense: -2
    
    
    Rate: 2
    
    
    
  • 
    
    
    Speed: 3
    
    
    Accuracy: +0(X)
    
    
    Damage: +0(X)
    
    
    Defense: -
    
    
    Rate: 1
    
    
    
  • 
    
    
    Speed: 3
    
    
    Accuracy: +4(19)
    
    
    Damage: +5/2(8/2)
    
    
    Defense: +3
    
    
    Rate: 4
    
    
    
  
  
  
  Defense Values
  
  
  DDV: 7
  
  
  PDV: 12 (includes +3 from Thunderbolt Shield)
  
  
  MDV: 11
  
  
  Soaks
  
  
  Bashing: 8
  
  
  Lethal: 8
  
  
  Aggravated: 7
  
  
  Health
  
  
  -0 x[]
  
  
  -1 x[][][][][][][][]
  
  
  -2 x[][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
  
  
  -4 x[]
  
  
  KO
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  

  Physical	Social	Mental
  Strength: 3	Charisma: 4	Perception: 3
  Dexterity: 6	Manipulation: 2	Intelligence: 2
  Stamina: 3	Appearance: 3	Wits: 5

  
  
  [/td] [/td]

  Dawn	Zenith	Twilight	Night	Eclipse
  Archery: 0	Integrity: 5	Craft: 0	Athletics: 3	Bureaucracy: 1
  Martial Arts: 0	Performance: 0	Investigation: 0	Awareness: 5	Linguistics: 3
  Melee: 6 (+3 Sword and Shield)	Presence: 0	Lore: 1	Dodge: 1	Ride: 0
  Thrown: 0	Resistance: 6	Medicine: 0	Larceny: 0	Sail: 0
  War: 6	Survival: 5	Occult: 1	Stealth: 0	Socialize: 0

  
  
  
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  General Charms
  
  
  First Excellency: Melee, War, Integrity, Resistance, Survival, Dodge, Athletics, Awareness
  
  
  Second Excellency: Melee
  
  
  Infinite Ability Mastery: Melee
  
  
  Ox Body x 6
  
  
  Melee Charms
  
  
  Hungry Tiger Technique
  
  
  One Weapon Two Blows
  
  
  Sun-Sword Concentration
  
  
  Dipping Swallow Defense
  
  
  Bulwark Stance
  
  
  Fivefold Bulwark Stance
  
  
  Heavenly Guardian Defense
  
  
  Protection of Celestial Bliss
  
  
  Guardian Sunfire Catechism
  
  
  Guarding Star Tactics
  
  
  Call the Blade
  
  
  Iron Raptor Technique
  
  
  Summoning the Loyal Steel
  
  
  Thousand Arms Prana
  
  
  Perfected Battle Array
  
  
  Solar Counterattack
  
  
  Ready in Eight Directions Stance
  
  
  Blind Impulse Strike
  
  
  Survival Charms
  
  
  Hardship Surviving Medicant Spirit
  
  
  Eternal Elemental Harmony
  
  
  Element-Resisting Prana
  
  
  War Charms
  
  
  Heroism-Encouraging Presence
  
  
  Tiger Warrior Training
  
  
  Legendary Warrior Curriculum
  
  
  Integrity Charms
  
  
  Integrity Protecting Prana
  
  
  Phoenix Renewal Tactic (Valor)
  
  
  Glory to the Most High
  
  
  Resistance Charms
  
  
  Durability of Oak Meditation
  
  
  Iron Skin Concentration
  
  
  Spirit Strengthens the Skin
  
  
  Adamant Skin Technique
  
  
  Immunity to Everything Technique
  
  
  Awareness Charms
  
  
  Keen Sight Technique
  
  
  Surprise Anticipation Method
  
  
  Athletics Charms
  
  
  Thunderbolt Attack Prana
  
  
  
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  Wealth 3:
  
  
  Wealth acquired through contracts and prize fighting
  
  
  Backing 2:
  
  
  Mostly off the record Guild Agent
  
  
  Mentor 3:
  
  
  Renost of the Gold Faction
  
  
  Manse 5:
  
  
  Gem of Perfect Mobility
  
  
  Manse 3:
  
  
  The Freedom Stone
  
  
  Artifact 2:
  
  
  Daiklave (Orichalcum)
  
  
  Artifact 2:
  
  
  Thunderbolt Shield (Orichalcum)
  
  
  Artifact 2:
  
  
  Skin Mount Amulet
  
  
  Artifact 2:
  
  
  Skin Mount Amulet
  
  
  Artifact 1:
  
  
  Orichalcum Chain Shirt (soaks of 7L/5B 3L/3B hardness)
  
  
  

 

[Seeker of the End]

Character looks good so far to me. Approved.

 

[SephirothSage]

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Dr. Nyumetsu Sashin


*UNFINISHED*


Age: 47 (Looks roughly 21)


Gender: Male


Motivation: Regain the sense of companionship and love he once had with his beloved wife and companions.


Urge: Corrupt and Twist the Dragon Blooded, breaking them to the will of the Yozi.


Intimacies: Science (My one remaining joy.), Sorcery (Beautiful, but insufficient.), The Neverborn (Burning, Nigh Infinite Hatred), Necromancy (A False Promise), The Yozi (Disgust at their infighting and broken natures), Himself (Contempt and self hate), His lost companions (Aching regret and passionate care.), his (un)dead wife (Regret, Love, Hate for what she's become.).


Caste: Defiler


Favored Yozis: The Ebon Dragon


Favored Abilities: Integrity, Performance, Presence, Resistance, War


Posting Color: Dark Green


Theme Song: [media]





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Appearance

A beautiful man, in most every way. His features are fine and delicate, as if he was crafted by an intentional hand rather than some mistake of genetics. His face is pale and gentle- both clearly masculine in the lines of his chin and the definition of his features, and at once beatific. His hair is smooth and soft, swept as a mound of tousled gold above his brow. His eyes shine green- emerald orbs of ponderous intellect that gleam like mirrors- reflecting what the onlooker is in themselves, rather than truly showing anything of what lays within them. His build is similarly lithe and graceful; his form one of clean lines and lacking in angles- and yet.. still, there is something ever odd about him.

• History
• Attributes and Abilities
• Backgrounds
• Charms and Spells
• Virtues and Essence
• Combat
• Panoply
• BP and XP

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  Once upon a time in the Scavenger Lands, there was born a beautiful baby boy, in a small village. His birth was not noble by any official records, but his father was a merchant of local renown with minor membership in the guild; and the wealthiest man in the small town- therefor, a man of great local respect and renown. Nyumetsu grew up in wealth and prosperity- his family respected, his wealth later in life nearly assured, and prosperity upon his home. He grew swiftly, it seemed in those days, enjoying a quiet and peaceful life. He came to love reading most of all, though he spared the necessary time to appease his father with his tutors on more boring arts such as economics and business-craft.
  
  
  But more than his books, more than medicine and the lore of ages past, what he most treasured in his childhood was the friends he made in the village when he was let out of the manse to play with them. Annaiya, Honjo, Narine and Li-Bo where their names; children his age from the village. The daughter of a doctor who had moved in from the north, the son of a local smith, the daughter of a priest and the son of a farmer who wanted to join the army. They made a motley band as they played and traipsed through the village, growing to be the fastest of friends- and between Nyumetsu and Annaiya, more than that. Nyumetsu was the motley bands leader, of sorts- the one whose plans and tricks they would execute more often than not, and whose personality seemed to be the guiding force of the group most of the time- but he would just as often let one of the others lead for a time.
  
  
  And so his childhood went on- in peace, friendship, and learning. He was taught well on many things, raised by loving- if strict- parents, and wanted for so very little- except excitement and adventure. It was a quiet place, his village; near enough to Lookshy to avoid the greatest conflicts of the Scavenger Lands famed internal strife, within the protective envelop of that great power. He and his friends all desired adventure, fame, glory. A chance to make real names for themselves- each had dreams of their own. Nyumetsu, for his part, wanted to help people with his mind; to find old lore that could be used to help make the world better, and to create new idea's to make life easier.
  
  
  *UNFINISHED*
  
  
  
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  Attributes
  
  
  Strength 1 , Dexterity 5 , Stamina 3
  
  
  Charisma 3 , Manipulation 3, Appearance 5
  
  
  Perception 3 , Intelligence 6 , Wits 4
  
  
  Abilities
  
  
  
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  Backgrounds (11 / 21)
  
  
  5- Savant
  
  
  3- Past Life
  
  
  3- Cult
  
  
  
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  Heretical
  
  
  Spells
  
  
  
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  Virtues
  
  
  Compassion 2 - “I want to love... I want to feel... but it hurts so much to try. Better to forget how, better to kill my heart...But I don't want to- but it's what's smart, but...!”
  
  
  Conviction 3 - “I have let many things hold me back over the years. I am done with it. I failed to step up when I should have in the past- and no more. Come, world- I am done changing for you- you shall change for me!”
  
  
  Temperance 1 - “I know better... I shouldn't.. but.... I want to- and... Curiosity may kill the cat- but satisfaction brings him back! Bah... let me drown my sorrows, at the very least... I have altogether too many.”
  
  
  Valor 3 - “What is there left to fear in this world..? My soul is dead- and my body meaningless, without true purpose.... So come, yeh monsters. Come yeh filth. You are naught to me- and I will stand before you all without a tremor.”
  
  
  Willpower 10 / 10
  
  
  Essence 6
  
  
  Personal:
  
  
  Peripheral:
  
  
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  Attacks (human form)
  
  
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  Defenses
  
  
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  Health
  
  
  - 0
  
  
  - 1
  
  
  - 2
  
  
  - 4
  
  
  Incapacitated [ ]
  
  
  
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  Cult
  
  
  
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  Bonus points: 27/30
  
  
  14- Essence 6
  
  
  4- Intelligence 6
  
  
  4- Charisma 3
  
  
  5- Willpower 10
  
  
  Experience points: 0/6