Editing Character:Crimson Meteor

[[Once more with feeling]].
[[Image:RedSid1.png|frame|<div style="text-align: center;"> Crimson Meteor in dress uniform </div>]]
[[Image:RedSid2.png|frame|<div style="text-align: center;"> Crimson Meteor in working uniform </div>]]
[[Image:RedSid3.png|frame|<div style="text-align: center;"> Crimson Meteor off-duty </div>]]
*'''Siran Bhavna, the Crimson Meteor'''
*Caste: Chosen of Battles
*Concept: Ace Warstrider Pilot
*''This woman's fierce, confident grin is infectious, and as her red eyes meet yours, you suddenly feel as if you would charge into Malfeas itself at her back.''
*Character Song: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLlJD7EAsYg&fmt=18 Char's Counterattack Main Theme]
==Motivation==
Lead the Deliberative's warstrider forces to victory over the deathlords.

==Intimacies==
* [[Character:De’aneir’a_Sera_Vestra|De’aneir’a Sera Vestra]] (Loyalty) (+)
* [[Character:Surely-Refulgent_Anshu|Anshu]] (Loyalty) (+)
* [[Character:Ziyad_Antarah|Ziyad]] (Loyalty) (+)
* Squadronmates (Loyalty) (+)
* Denandsor Council Navy (Loyalty) (+)

==Anima==
A Chosen of Battles reflexively makes the Lesser Sign of Mars for 10 motes. The Chosen’s anima billows outward in a brilliant scarlet that engulfs all those affected. For one scene, the Sidereal and all his allies within (his Essence x 10) yards reduce the damage they suffer from all attacks by one level in Step 10 of attack resolution, after damage is rolled; this effect takes place after other such effects (as from starmetal armor) and does not reduce damage below one health level. Allies enjoy this advantage only as long as they remain within range. With the Sidereal’s anima banner in the 11 to 15 mote range, this costs only five motes. If the banner is fully manifest (16+), this costs only one.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 6
* Stamina 4
===Social===
* Charisma 3
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 7 (4 without Stone of Feral Beauty)

===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 2
* Wits 5

==Abilities==
===Auspicious===
*Archery 5
*Integrity 4
*Melee 4
*Presence 4
*War 5

===Favored===
*Athletics 2
*Awareness 4
*Dodge 5
*Lore 4
*Martial Arts 5
*Ride 5
===Unfavored===
* Craft (Fate) 5 (Resplendent Destinies +3)
*Linguistics 4 (''Riverspeak'', Seatongue, Low/High/Old Realm)
*Performance 5 (praying to pattern spiders +3)
*Resistance 2

==Backgrounds==
===Aquaintances 4 (Denandsor Council Navy)===
===Artifact 1 (Starmetal Fivefold Harmonic Adapter)===
This adapter allows Crimson Meteor to attune to (and gain the magical material benefits of) her blue jade warstrider without having to commit twice the normal amount of essence. (''WotLA'', p. 57)
===Artifact 1 (Starmetal Fivefold Harmonic Adapter)===
This adapter allows Crimson Meteor to attune to (and gain the magical material benefits of) her blue jade warstrider flight system without having to commit twice the normal amount of essence. (''WotLA'', p. 57)
===Artifact 2 (Skin Mount Amulet)===
Holds Battle Fire Ruby
===Artifact 2 (Skin Mount Amulet)===
Holds Willstone of the Strategos
===Artifact 2 (Skin Mount Amulet)===
Holds Stone of Feral Beauty
===Artifact 3 ([[Once more with feeling/Denandsor Council/Cabinet/Ministry/Defense & Logistics/Navy/Hurricane|''Hurricane''-class Variable Common Warstrider]])===
===Artifact 3 (Essence Capacitor)===
Plugged into warstrider. (''DotFA Lords'', p. 90)
===Artifact 4 (Essence Capacitor)===
Plugged into flight system (''DotFA Lords'', p. 90)
===Artifact 4 (Warstrider Flight System)===
''DotFA Lords'', p. 90
===Artifact 3 ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Artifacts#Elsewhere_Stutter_Cannon|Warstrider Elsewhere Stutter Cannon]])===
===Backing 3 (Denandsor Council Navy)===
Holds the rank of Sky Commander in the Navy.

===Command 2 (Denandsor Sky Forces)===
Crimson Meteor commands the [[Once_more_with_feeling/Denandsor_Council/Cabinet/Ministry/Defense_%26_Logistics/Navy/Enlightened_Naval_Pilots|60 active pilots]] of the Denandsor Sky Forces.

===Connections 4 (Denandsor Council)===
===Manse 2 (Battle Fire Ruby)===
This hearthstone is a fi ne ruby with 10 identical, kiteshaped facets. This stone continually fills the bearer with aggression and certainty. When rolling the character’s Conviction or Valor, add two dice to the roll. Likewise, when rolling Compassion or Temperance, subtract two dice from the roll (to a minimum of one die).

This manse is called [[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Manses#The_Coal_Fields_.E2.88.82|The Coal Fields]].
===Manse 4 (Willstone of the Strategos)===
This bright-red, spindle-shaped hearthstone has a dark-purple center. This stone provides the commander of
any battle with profound insights into the likely course of events and how he can use his troops to best effect. When in mass combat, the player can roll the character’s (Wits + War) as a Speed 3, -0 DV action: Every two successes scored (round up) adds 1 to her unit’s Valor, and every four successes (round up) adds 1 to all of the unit’s other dice pools involving mass combat. If this stone raises the combat unit’s Valor above 5, the soldiers become temporarily immune to fear and will not fail any Valor checks until their Valor falls to 5 or lower. 

The commander must be able to communicate with her troops to grant them these benefits. Also, all
bonuses are reduced by one every 6 mass combat ticks. Bonuses gained from successive rolls do not stack, but
higher rolls can supplant earlier rolls at the bearer’s option. Charms (including Excellencies) cannot be used to improve the (Wits + War) pool, but the character can channel Virtues to do so—Valor is always appropriate, and Conviction normally is.

This manse is called [[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Manses#The_Shogunate_War_Museum_.E2.88.82|The Shogunate War Museum]].

===Manse 4 ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Hearthstones#The_Stone_of_Feral_Beauty|Stone of Feral Beauty]])===
This rough cut white opal shines with an inner light and adds three dots to wearer's appearance, up to a maximum of 7. In addition nothing of the natural world can make the character look less beautiful. Coated in mud, blood, faeces or any such representation of the natural world will in fact make the character gain an additional point to appearence from the stone. Anything not of the natural world may reduce the characters appearance but that is left up to Storyteller discresion. 

This manse is called [[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Manses#The_House_of_Sextes_Jylis_.E2.88.82|The House of Sextes Jylis]].

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Archery===
*First Archery Excellency (''Loom 2.0'', p. 4)
*Second Archery Excellency (p. 4)
*Third Archery Excellency (pp. 4-5)
*Fourth Archery Excellency (p. 5)
*Propitious Archery Alignment (p. 5)
*Fateful Archery Design ("in warstriders", p. 5)
*Opportune Shot (p. 22)
*Any Direction Arrow (p. 22)
*Every Direction Arrow (p. 22)
*Five Seasons Approach (p. 22)

===Athletics===
*First Athletics Excellency (''Loom 2.0'', p. 4)
*Second Athletics Excellency (p. 4)
*Third Athletics Excellency (pp. 4-5)
*Fourth Athletics Excellency (p. 5)
*Inexorable Advance (p. 39)

===Awareness===
*First Awareness Excellency (''Loom 2.0'', p. 4)
*Second Awareness Excellency (p. 4)
*Third Awareness Excellency (pp. 4-5)
*Fourth Awareness Excellency (p. 5)
*Propitious Awareness Alignment (p. 5)
*Prior Warning (p. 40)
*Expected Pain (p. 40)
*Inevitable Pursuit (p. 41)

===Craft===
*First Craft Excellency (''Loom 2.0'', p. 4)
*Second Craft Excellency (p. 4)
*Third Craft Excellency (pp. 4-5)
*Fourth Craft Excellency (p. 5)
*Propitious Craft Alignment (p. 5)
*Fateful Craft Design ("???", p. 5)
*World-Shaping Artistic Vision ("when crafting Resplendent Destinies", p. 14)
===Dodge===
*First Dodge Excellency (''Loom 2.0'', p. 4)
*Second Dodge Excellency (p. 4)
*Third Dodge Excellency (pp. 4-5)
*Fourth Dodge Excellency (p. 5)
*Propitious Dodge Alignment (p. 5)
*Fateful Dodge Design ("in warstriders", p. 5)
*Absence (p. 15)
*Duck Fate (pp. 15-16)
*Avoidance Kata (p. 16)

===Integrity===
*First Integrity Excellency (''Loom 2.0'', p. 4)
*Second Integrity Excellency (p. 4)
*Third Integrity Excellency (pp. 4-5)
*Fourth Integrity Excellency (p. 5)
===Lore===
*First Lore Excellency (''Loom 2.0'', p. 4)
*Second Lore Excellency (p. 4)
*Third Lore Excellency (pp. 4-5)
*Fourth Lore Excellency (p. 5)
*Propitious Lore Alignment (p. 5)
*Avoiding the Truth Technique (p. 35)

===Martial Arts===
*First Martial Arts Excellency (''Loom 2.0'', p. 4)
*Second Martial Arts Excellency (p. 4)
*Third Martial Arts Excellency (pp. 4-5)
*Fourth Martial Arts Excellency (p. 5)
*Propitious Martial Arts Alignment (p. 5)
*Fateful Martial Arts Design ("in warstriders", p. 5)
*High-Flying Daredevil Style (Terrestrial)
**Motonic Afterburner Surge ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#Motonic_Afterburner_Surge|OMWF Custom]])
**Essence Missile Method ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#Essence_Missile_Method|OMWF Custom]])
**High-Flying Daredevil Form ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#High-Flying_Daredevil_Form|OMWF Custom]])
**Devil-May-Care Evasion ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#Devil-May-Care_Evasion|OMWF Custom]])
**Interception and Elimination Kata ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#Interception_and_Elimination_Kata|OMWF Custom]])
**Overwhelming Missile Storm ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#Overwhelming_Missile_Storm|OMWF Custom]])
*Panoply of the Maiden of Battles Style (Celestial)
**Awareness of the Battle Maiden ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#Awareness_of_the_Battle_Maiden|OMWF Custom]])
**Lance of the Battle Maiden ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#Lance_of_the_Battle_Maiden|OMWF Custom]])
**Shield of the Battle Maiden ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#Shield_of_the_Battle_Maiden|OMWF Custom]])
**Sword of the Battle Maiden ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#Sword_of_the_Battle_Maiden|OMWF Custom]])
**Guise of the General Form ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#Guise_of_the_General_Form|OMWF Custom]])
**Guise of the Judge Form ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#Guise_of_the_Judge_Form|OMWF Custom]])
**Guise of the Sifu Form ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#Guise_of_the_Sifu_Form|OMWF Custom]])
**Guise of the Soldier Form ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#Guise_of_the_Soldier_Form|OMWF Custom]])
**Panoply of the Maiden of Battles Form ([[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts#Panoply_of_the_Maiden_of_Battles_Form|OMWF Custom]])

===Performance===
*First Performance Excellency (''Loom 2.0'', p. 4)
*Second Performance Excellency (p. 4)
*Third Performance Excellency (pp. 4-5)
*Fourth Performance Excellency (p. 5)
*Propitious Performance Alignment (p. 5)
*Fateful Performance Design ("praying to pattern spiders", p. 5)
*Compassionate Essence Replenishment (p. 18)
*Faultless Ceremony (p. 19)
*Heart-Brightening Presentation Style (pp. 19-20)

===Presence===
*First Presence Excellency (''Loom 2.0'', p. 4)
*Second Presence Excellency (p. 4)
*Third Presence Excellency (pp. 4-5)
*Fourth Presence Excellency (p. 5)
*Heroic Essence Replenishment (p. 27)
*Vermilion District Haze (p. 27)
*Impose Motivation (p. 27)
*Force Decision (p. 27)

===Ride===
*First Ride Excellency (''Loom 2.0'', p. 4)
*Second Ride Excellency (p. 4)
*Third Ride Excellency (pp. 4-5)
*Fourth Ride Excellency (p. 5)
*Propitious Ride Alignment (p. 5)
*Fateful Ride Design ("in warstriders", p. 5)
===Resistance===
*First Resistance Excellency (''Loom 2.0'', p. 4)
*Second Resistance Excellency (p. 4)
*Third Resistance Excellency (pp. 4-5)
*Fourth Resistance Excellency (p. 5)
*Ox-Body Technique (x3, p. 5)
*Unswerving Juggernaut Principle (pp. 5-6)

===War===
*First War Excellency (''Loom 2.0'', p. 4)
*Second War Excellency (p. 4)
*Third War Excellency (pp. 4-5)
*Fourth War Excellency (p. 5)
*Propitious War Alignment (p. 5)
*Auspicious Recruitment Drive (p. 28)
*Mandate of Foretold Battles (pp. 28-29)
*Mandate of Celestial War (p. 29)
*Predestined Triumph Practice (p. 29)
*Demon-Blocking Battle Pattern (p. 30)

==Astrological Colleges==
* House of Battles
** The Banner 5
===Resplendent Destiny===
*'''Siran Bhavna, the Crimson Meteor, Ace Sidereal Warstrider Pilot''' (The Banner)
**The Banner is ''strikingly clad'' and ''always among you''. She is ''fearless'', ''victorious'' and ''larger than life''.
**Scope 2
**Duration 6: 140 years
**Endurance 3
**Paradox: 3 dice

==Essence==
Essence: 5<br>
Personal: 9/18<br>
Peripheral: 71/51 + 20 (skin mount amulets)<br>
Committed: 4<br>

==Willpower==
7 of 8

==Virtues==
*Compassion: 3
*Conviction: 4
*Temperance: 3
*Valor: 4
===Limit Break===
Shieldbearers’ Flawed Fates force them to advocate, seek or cause ever-greater conflicts for a single session (week of play)

==Combat==
Join Battle: 9

'''Unarmed'''<br>
Clinch: Spd 6/Acc +0/Dmg +0B/Def ~/Rate 1<br>
Kick: Spd 5/Acc +0/Dmg +3B/Def -2/Rate 2<br>
Punch: Spd 5/Acc +1/Dmg +0B/Def +2/Rate 3<br>

Dodge DV: 8, 5 in warstrider bird mode, 2 in warstrider humanoid mode<br>
Parry DV: 7 (unarmed or in warstrider)<br>
Hardness (from armor): 10 (warstrider)<br>
Natural Soak: 4B/2L<br>
Armored Soak: 20B/20L/20A (warstrider)<br>
Total Soak: 24B/22L/20A<br>

===Health Levels===
-0 [ ][ ][ ][ ]<br>
-1 [ ][ ]<br>
-2 [ ][ ]<br>
-4 [ ]<br>
In [ ]<br>
Dy [ ][ ][ ][ ]<br>

==Social Combat==
Join Debate: 9

'''Charisma/Manipulation'''<br>
Performance: Spd 6/Rate 1<br>
Presence: Spd 4/Rate 2<br>
Investigation: Spd 5/Rate 2<br>

Dodge MDV: 9<br>
Parry MDV: 3 (Presence), 4 (Performance)<br>

==History==
*[http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AQnIb3I8PTZpZGdnZGNkOXRfMTR3aDRxamdt&hl=en Crimson Meteor's Origin Story]

==Personality==
*The Crimson Meteor is a fiercely driven and courageous young woman, given to theatrics and bursts of enthusiasm verging on recklessness. Although willing to sacrifice lives under her command, she does not do so lightly, and values the camaraderie she has built up with her subordinates. She is proud almost to the point of arrogance of the accomplishments of her pilots and especially of her personal squadron, considering them the best of the best (and herself the best of them). 
*In private moments when she can remove her Resplendent Destiny, Siran Bhavna reveals herself to share the personality traits of her public persona, although to a somewhat less extreme degree. For example,  when sharing the credit with her squadron, the Crimson Meteor might say, "I couldn't have done it without them watching my back"; Siran Bhavna would be more likely to say, "We're the best of the best, each and every one of us. It wouldn't have mattered who was taking the shot, the rest of us would have been right behind him."

==Merits & Flaws==
===Legendary Dexterity (3pts)===
Crimson Meteor's Dexterity cap is (permanent Essence) + 1.
===Past Life (5pts)===
Crimson Meteor remembers much from her last Exaltation, including the Charms of [[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Charms#High-Flying_Daredevil|High-Flying Daredevil Style]].

===Diminished Taste (-1pt)===
The character has no sense of taste and automatically fails all Perception rolls to identify a substance by taste.
===Minor Oath (-1pt, Backing)===
The character has sworn an oath to serve the Denandsor Council.
===Code of Honor (-2pts)===
This character is incapable of lying to or betraying anyone whom s/he considers to be an ally unless her player first fails a Conviction roll.
===Vice (thrill-seeking, -3pts)===
This character is addicted to thrill-seeking. When the character encounters an opportunity for thrill-seeking, the character’s player must successfully roll Temperance against a difficulty of 3 lest the character surrender to the chosen vice. The player may spend one Willpower to have the character ignore the effects of a failed Temperance roll for a scene.
===Vice (gambling, -3pts)===
This character is addicted to gambling. When the character encounters an opportunity for  games of chance, the character’s player must successfully roll Temperance against a difficulty of 3 lest the character surrender to the chosen vice. The player may spend one Willpower to have the character ignore the effects of a failed Temperance roll for a scene.

==Goals and Motivations==
*Forge the Denandsor Navy Pilot Force into a weapon that can take down a Deathlord.

==Unspent XP==
12