Bright Shining Lie

Basic Info

Title: Bright Shining Lie
Caste/Aspect: Day caste Abyssal exalt
Concept: Mercy Killer
Motivation: To relieve the suffering of all Creation by bringing it to a peaceful death
Intimacies:

• The Walker in Darkness (respect and admiration)
• The Underworld (rapturous wonder)
• The People of Creation (mercy)
• Cathak Yuusuka ("she has such sad eyes for someone so beautiful")

Appearance:

Bright Shining Lie stands about five and a half feet tall, and appears to be in her mid teens, although there is an odd look in her emerald eyes that clashes with her youthful features, or, for that matter, with the peaceful expression on her face. Her ash-blonde hair is tied back in a ponytail; her bangs are trimmed above her eyebrows. Her form is lean and athletic, displaying good muscle tone on the few visible parts of her body, and she moves with an easy, almost feral, grace. XP: 99 gained / 99 spent

Current Stats

Attributes

Strength  ●        Charisma     ●●●●    Perception   ●●●●●
Dexterity ●●●●● ●  Manipulation ●●      Intelligence ●●●
Stamina   ●        Appearance   ●●●     Wits         ●●●

PHYSICAL:

• Strength 1 (poor strength; lift 80 lbs)
• Dexterity 5 (almost inhumanly swift and graceful)
• Stamina 1 (unexceptional stamina; soak 2 bashing / 1 lethal)

SOCIAL:

• Charisma 4 (powerful, swaying almost anyone to her cause)
• Manipulation 2 (
• Appearance 3 (fair appearance)

MENTAL:

• Perception 5 ()
• Intelligence 3 ()
• Wits 3 ()

Abilities

Archery             Integrity   ●      Craft              Athletics  ●  Bureaucracy ●●●●●
Martial Arts ●●●●●  Performance ●      Investigation ●    Awareness     Linguistics ●●●
Melee               Presence           Lore          ●●●  Dodge         Ride        ●
Thrown     ●        Resistance  ●      Medicine           Larceny       Sail        
War                 Survival    ●      Occult        ●●●  Stealth       Socialize   ●●

CASTE ABILITIES

• Athletics 1 (can keep his balance on treacherous ice)
• Awareness 5
• Dodge 4
• Larceny 1
• Stealth 4

FAVORED ABILITIES

• Investigation 1
  • Criminal Profiling +2
• Martial Arts 3 ()
  • Against Exalted +3
• Performance 1 ()
• Occult 1 ()
  • Ghosts +1

OTHER ABILITIES

• Bureaucracy 1 ()
• Integrity 1 (can see through a well-made sales pitch)
• Linguistics 1 (speaks High Realm, Old Realm, Flametongue and Riverspeak)
• Lore 1 ()
• Resistance 1 (can keep his head after a night of hard drinking)
• Socialize 1 (could obtain minor favors through flattery or blackmail)
• Survival 1
• Thrown 1 (can probably hit the bulls-eye on a stationary target)

Willpower and Virtues

Willpower: 8 (unwavering & resolute)
Virtues:

• Compassion: 4 ""
• Conviction: 3 ""
• Temperance: 2 ""
• Valor: 1 ""

Essence and Anima

Essence: 2

• Personal Essence: 17
• Peripheral Essence: 42 (32)
• Committed Essence: 10

Anima Banner

• At full iconic splendor, Bright Shining Lie is surrounded by a whirling maelstrom of soulsteel chains, some mere broken links, others a foot more in length; scraps of shadow also howl through the tempest that encircles her, spectral moths flit through the storm, and the abyssal herself is limned with dark fire, emphasizing her motions, and leaving a flicking trail of shadows behind her with each move she makes.
• When Ellisande’s anima becomes iconic, golden roses grow from her footsteps, flower and blossom with petals of pure essence. Warm summer breezes cause the petals to spiral around her, and prismatic butterflies swirl about in a dance of light and life.

Charms

ATHLETICS: Raiton's Nimble Perch
AWARENESS

DODGE

• Flitting Shadow Form
• Flickering Wisp Technique

INVESTIGATION

• First Investigation Ex

LARCENY

• First Larceny Ex
• Face drinking bite
• Solar Impersonation Style

LINGUISTICS:

• Scathing Cynic Attitude

MARTIAL ARTS:

• First MA Ex
• Blood-scenting Hunger
• Shrouded Claw Attack
• Lunging Phantom Method
• Hungry Ghost Form
• Air Dragon's Sight

STEALTH:

Panoply

Combat Stats Block

Weapons	Speed	Accuracy	Damage	Defense	Rate	Min	Tags
Empyrean Judgment	4	+4	+4L	+2	3	STR ●	P
Scabbard	4	+0	+3B	+1	3	STR ●● MA ●	M
Punch	5	+1	+0B	+2	3	STR ●	N
Kick	5	+0	+3B	-2	2	STR ● DEX ●●	N
Clinch	6	+0	+0B	+0	1	STR ●	C, N, P

Armor	Soak (L/B)	Mob	Fatigue	Cost
Chiaroscuran Glass Lamellar	8 / 10	-1	0	●●●●

The soak values do not include Shan's stamina. The armor is a masterpiece of perfect quality, with a mobility and fatigue value each -1 normal, as well as two +1 bonuses applied to soak (each of which adds 1L/1B).

Extras

XP and Training

• XP Gained: 49
  • Prelude - The Shunned Village: 10
  • Episode 1 - Of Falcons & Falconers: 5
  • Episode 2 - Points of Departure: 5
  • Episode 3 - Convergence of the Twain: 5
  • Episode 4 - Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?: 9 (including +1 Stunt XP for Shan)
  • Episode 5 - A Dream Given Form: 10 (including 5 for meeting the goal of freeing Jeradin & defeating Lahor)
  • Episode 6 - The Journey South: 5

• XP Spent: 49
  • Stamina 2: 4 XP
  • Socialize 2: 1 XP
  • Strength 2: 4 XP
  • Martial Arts 2: 1 XP
  • Hypnotic Tongue Technique: 8 XP
  • Essence 3: 16 XP
  • Combo: Sunlit Dragon Takes the Field: 7 XP
  • Upgrade: HGD & Dipping Swallow Defense considered the same charm for charm/combo activation: 2 XP
  • Combo: The First Argument of Kings: 6 XP

• Debt XP: 0
• Unspent XP: 0
• Currently training:

Character Creation Questions

How old are you?

What was your family life like?

Where are you from?

How were you Exalted? When did you meet your companions?

How has power changed you?

What do you think of mortals?

What motivates you to be a hero?

Who or what do you worship?

What would drive you to commit murder?

Accounting

Freebies: 15

• Linguistics from 0 to 3: 3
• Melee from 3 to 5: 2
• Performance from 3 to 5: 2
• Presence from 3 to 5: 2
• Specialty: Presence - Persuasion +2: 1
• Bureaucracy from 3 to 5: 2
• Conviction from 3 to 4: 3
• Willpower from 7 to 8: 2
• Followers from 1 to 2: 1
• Resources from 3 to 5: 4
• Flaws: -7