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Dawn of the Third Age

2012-04-10T01:42:12Z

The Bushranger: /* IC */

[[Category:Exalted]][[Category:Dawn_of_the_Third_Age]]
An Exalted PbIM game in the Third Age of Creation, 10 years after the events of [[Once_more_with_feeling|Once More With Feeling]].
=Setting=
<center>''It is Realm Year 778. Ten years ago, the chaos of the Time of Tumult peaked: a mysterious force in Yu-Shan slew numerous gods and nearly the entire Five Score Fellowship before vanishing; the Mask of Winters moved boldly against the Scavenger Lands, plunging Nexus into a shadowland and devastating Great Forks, Greyfalls, and Lookshy; and a second Balorian Crusade swept over Creation from every direction. In that moment of crisis, a group of Solar and Lunar Exalted, having already reclaimed the city of Denandsor, penetrated to the heart of the Sword of Creation and threw back the invading fae, and halted the offensive of the Deathlords. From there, they brought the Realm to heel and turned their efforts to unifying and preparing Creation for the next assault.

''Despite the growing acceptance of the Celestial Exalted, the Time of Tumult continues. The Deathlords have suffered a setback, but they are readying their next strike. The raksha invasion has been defeated, but the new Celestial Deliberative has only just begun to push back the boundaries of the Wyld, and the agents of the Reclamation have begun carving realms of Yozi-worshippers out of the chaos, coming as saviors and protectors wherever the Celestial Deliberative's power does not yet reach.''

''There are enemies from within, as well. The Immaculate Order has splintered over the doctrinal reforms imposed by the Realm's new Celestial masters, and even among the Dragon-Blooded who have accepted - or had beaten into them - the truth that Celestial Exalted are not Anathema, many resent to at least some degree the subordinate position they have been forced into. And, of course, the Great Houses and their rivalries still remain - with new rivalries, now that the surviving members of the Lookshy's Seventh Legion are trying to integrate into the new political dispensation.''

''One bright spot - although it is a secret so far restricted to the Deliberative - is that peaceful contact has been made with the nations of Autochthonia, after a patropolis broke through the Seal of Eight Divinities in the wilderness near Denandsor. Limited amounts of trade and joint magitech research are taking place.''</center>

[http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k177/LordIames/Maps/Creation778.png A map of Creation as it exists at the time of the game] - the white circle indicates the rough position where Creation becomes Bordermarches. 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/CelestialDeliberative|The Factions of the Celestial Deliberative]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/GrandCircle| The Grand Circle of Denandsor, founders of the Celestial Deliberative]]

=House Rules=
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/CharacterGeneration | Character Generation]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/AnimaPowers| Anima Powers]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/Other| Other House Rules]]
=Player Characters=
==The Solars==
*Dakkareth as [[Character:Nomoe_Hideaki | '''Nomoe Hideaki''']], ''martial arts diplomat'' (Eclipse Caste)
*Bushranger as [[Character:Shrike_of_Swiftly_Striking_Talons | '''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''']], ''sneaky sticky-fingered seductress'' (Night Caste)

==The Lunars==
*Faustus 21 as [[ Character:Wandering_Drunken_Scholar| '''Wandering''']], ''Wanderer & Medicine pedlar'' (Full Moon)
*Lost_Arts as [[Character:Bright_Snow | '''Bright Snow''']], ''Traveller, Wanderer & Courier'' (Changing Moon Caste)

==The Infernals==
*Cowboy Energy as [[Character:Brazen Sand|'''Brazen Sand''']], ''maverick ruler of Gem''

==The Sidereals==
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Crimson_Meteor|'''Siran Bhavna, the Crimson Meteor''']], ''Gung-Ho Ace Warstrider Pilot'' (Battles)

==Inactive==
*Raksi as [[Character:Lady Daethia | '''Lady Daethia''']], ''The recent incarnation of the legendary Ai'' (Dawn Caste) MIA Player
*Hattori as [[Character:Noldarr | '''Noldarr''']], ''General of the Deliberative'' (Dawn Caste) bowed out
*Myllinnia as [[Character:Shadow_Ruby_Phoenix | '''Shadow Phoenix Ruby''']], ''Eyes, Ears, and Sword of the Divine Ministers'' (Adamant Caste)
*Rand Brittain as [[Character:Viridian_Inkwell | '''Viridian Inkwell''']], ''virtuous Ambassador to the Exiles''
*Danakir as [[Character:Imperative_Harmony_of_Order | '''Imperative Harmony of Order''']], ''Senior Magistrate sorceress'' (Zenith Caste)
*Blinks as [[Character:Blood_Soaked_Rain | '''Blood Soaked Rain''']], ''Compasionate Knightly Protector'' (Dawn Caste)
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Glorious_Prototype_for_Reunion|'''Glorious Prototype for Reunion''']], ''Creation-built fighter pilot'' (Orichalcum Caste)

=NPCs and Allies=

[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Minor_NPCs|Minor NPCs and allies]]

=Logs=
==IC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_15|Session 15]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_24|Session 24]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_25|Session 25]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_26|Session 26]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_27|Session 27]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_28|Session 28]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_29|Session 29]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_30|Session 30]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_31|Session 31]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_32|Session 32]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_33|Session 33]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_34|Session 34]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_35|Session 35]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_36|Session 36]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_37|Session 37]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_38|Session 38]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_39|Session 39]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_40|Session 40]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_41|Session 41]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_42|Session 42]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_43|Session 43]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_44|Session 44]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_45|Session 45]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_46|Session 46]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_47|Session 47]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_48|Session 48]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_49|Session 49]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_50|Session 50]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_51|Session 51]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_52|Session 52]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_53|Session 53]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_54|Session 54]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_55|Session 55]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_56|Session 56]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_57|Session 57]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_58|Session 58]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_59|Session 59]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_60|Session 60]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_61|Session 61]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_62|Session 62]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_63|Session 63]]

==OOC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]

==Small group logs==
===While investigating The Lap===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand | Nomoe Hideaki and Brazen Sand argue]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Inkwell | Nomoe Hideaki and Viridian Inkwell discuss the latter's split allegiances]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby_and_Nomoe_Hideaki | Shadow Phoenix Ruby and Nomoe Hideaki chat on the flight back to the Blessed Isle]]
===At the Denandsor Reclamation Festival===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow meet for the first time]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow2 | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow discuss names, secrets and the future]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand2 | Brazen Sand and Nomoe Hideaki speak in the aftermath of the fight against the Sidereal Akuma]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Iselsi_Saraban_Veata | Nomoe Hideaki and Iselsi Saraban Veata discuss the price of her information about the Empress]]
===At the Chiaroscuro Beach===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_vs._the_Defiler | Brazen Sand vs. the Defiler]]
===Somewhere===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_the_Unconquered_Sun | Brazen Sand and the Unconquered Sun]]
===Near Gem===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_Wanderer_Meet | Brazen Sand and Wanderer Meet]]
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_Goes_to_Yu-Shan | Brazen Sand Goes to Yu-Shan]]
===In An-Teng===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Talk_At_The_Edge_Of_An-Teng | Bright Snow and Brazen Sand Talk]]
===Back in Gem===
Brazen Sand and Wandering
===On the slopes of Mt. Meru===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sands_daughter | Brazen Sand and Nomoe]]
===In Sanken===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Bright_Snow_visits_Sanken|Bright Snow visits Nomoe in Sanken]]
===Near Mt. Metagalapa===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Nomoe_Plans|Nomoe speaks with Brazen Sand about his plans for a crusade]]
===After the Deliberative session===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Wandering|Brazen talks to Wandering about his misstep]]
=Miscellaneous=
==Custom Resources==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Custom_Charms | Custom Charms]]
*[[User:Taurus_II#Taurus_II.27s_Charms | Taurus II's Charms]]
*Once More With Feeling Custom Resources - see ST for approval on a per-item basis; some things may have been added without ST approval
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Charms | OMWF Custom Charms]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Spells | OMWF Custom Spells]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts | OMWF Custom Martial Arts]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Artifacts | OMWF Custom Artifacts]] (Some NSFW)
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Hearthstones | OMWF Custom Hearthstones]]
*Plague of Hats' ''[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Category:Charms_from_The_Hundredfold_Facets_of_Enlightenment Hundredfold Facets of Enlightenment]''
*Charms by The Demented One
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/p/24855/506683.aspx#506683 Hegra Charms]
**[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Isidoros_%28The_Demented_One%29 Isidoros Charms]
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/t/16902.aspx Abyssal Mate Charms for Lunars]

==Intel==
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Intel|Intel]]

==XP Awarded==
*322 (8 per session, +10 per story)
**(3-die stunts)
***+3 to Noldarr
***+9 to Nomoe
***+? to Brazen
***+1 to Ruby
***+8 to Bright Snow
***+1 to Harmony
***+? to Wandering
***+? to Prototype

Dawn of the Third Age/IC Logs/Session 63

2012-04-10T01:41:26Z

The Bushranger: Created page with "Session Start (Deliberative:#celestialdeliberative): Sun Feb 12 13:11:44 2012 -0500 [13:11] *** Shrike has joined #celestialdeliberative [13:11] *** Topic on #celestialdelibera..."

Session Start (Deliberative:#celestialdeliberative): Sun Feb 12 13:11:44 2012 -0500

[13:11] *** Shrike has joined #celestialdeliberative

[13:11] *** Topic on #celestialdeliberative is: Exalted: Dawn of the Third Age - Who the hell do you think we are?

[13:11] *** Topic set by dakkareth (9 hours ago at 4:16 AM)

[13:12] <Brazen_Sand> "We just need to sneak into Malfeas, get into the Thing, then steal Lillun and leave..."

[13:12] <Bright_Snow> "Sounds like suicide. Were you responsible for this?" Snow says with a raised eyebrow.

[13:12] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen didn't quite sound sarcastic, but it could be read that way.

[13:12] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen shook his head. "Hey, I never planned on dragging you guys with me, and I never told the Grand Deliberative about that stuff."

[13:13] <Shrike> "What stuff, hm?" Shrike asks, entering the room where Brazen and Snow are talking in mid-conversation, a small smirk on the redheaded Solar's face.

[13:14] <Brazen_Sand> "The Sun told me to free teh Infernal Exaltations from the yozis control. Then I would be removed from his roll of enemies."

[13:14] * Nomoe_Hideaki has been silent for a minute, looking thoughtful

[13:15] <Anshu> Kaida Vanida is there as well, for now simply listening. Nomoe has been entrusted with the key for the Manacles of Night she wears.

[13:16] <Shrike> "Ahh, I see. That sounds like a task worthy of your mighty powers, Lord Brazen of the Sands."

[13:19] <Brazen_Sand> "Oh of course. I just thought I'd have more time."

[13:20] <Brazen_Sand> "Still, I may have some ideas."

[13:22] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Finally Nomoe sighs. "The logic is compelling. It would be a counter-stroke that would at once demonstrate the strength of the Deliberative and weaken the opposition. If it can be done without unacceptable losses."

[13:24] <Nomoe_Hideaki> His death or that of Bright Snow would certainly be unacceptable, even for such gain.

[13:26] <Shrike> "Or any losses, if at all possible," Shrike adds, leaning against the wall and sipping the drink she carries in her hand.

[13:26] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "There is at least one Sidereal alive who should be capable of invoking the Greater Sign of Mercury. With their assistance it would not be a suicide mission, even should we fail."

[13:27] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *apologetic /I know you do not trust them, and certainly for good reason, but that particular ability would change the entire tactical situation .../*

[13:29] <Brazen_Sand> "And if we can't do it, then we do as much damage as we can until we die."

[13:30] <Brazen_Sand> He growled.

[13:32] <Shrike> "That would be quite a lot of damage, as I have no intention whatsoever of dying anytime in the next few centuries," Shrike comments, eyebrow raised and smirking once more.

[13:33] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen sighed. "We need to go plan this out somewhere private." He said to the others.

[13:33] <Brazen_Sand> He was really serious for once.

[13:34] * Shrike merely nods

[13:36] <Anshu> "Private from whom?" Kaida asks. "I think I should be permitted some input, since I will be going with you."

[13:36] <Brazen_Sand> "Yeah, fine. We'll try to think of something to do with you."

[13:36] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen said, rolling his eyes. He wasn't sure what use she would be.

[13:38] <Bright_Snow> */Living is better than dying... however do we truly trust them not to leave us there/ Intense distrust/*

[13:39] <Bright_Snow> "As to somewhere private... I have a place..." Snow ventures quietly after listening to the others contributions.

[13:39] <Brazen_Sand> "Good! Is it large enough for all of us?" Brazen asked

[13:39] <Brazen_Sand> With the unspoken meaning "is it big enough for *me*"

[13:43] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *assent, though there is no specific suspicion or distrust for him /Preparing alternate plans in case of failure for whatever reason is always wise. We won't rely on that as our only possibility of getting out again./*

[13:46] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Brazen Sand, please," Nomoe admonishes the ex-Infernal gently. There is no need to be this rude, even if she did arguably betray them all.

[13:48] <Shrike> "There will be roles enough for all of us to play. Some of us will play them well," Shrike says, leaving no doubt which category she intends to be in.

[13:49] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "We would not want to impose ..." he says to Bright Snow's offer, a polite set phrase in Sanken culture.

[13:56] <Bright_Snow> "If you would be kind enough to shrink it should fit us all comfortably."

[13:56] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen sighed in irritation. "Fine, but I'll be visible for miles. Hope it doesn't have too many windows."

[13:56] <Bright_Snow> "I would request use of the Wings of Mela to convay us their, it is in a somewhat out of the way place. But should provide us all the privacy we require."

[13:58] <Bright_Snow> "Well then you shall have to wait outside. I am sure you can be made comfortable."

[13:59] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Of course," Hideaki nods, "you have it."

[13:59] <Brazen_Sand> "Doesn't that kind of cancel out the purpose of planning together?"

[14:00] <Shrike> "We could always adopt an open-door policy."

[14:02] <Brazen_Sand> "This is why I don't usually plan things." Brazen said, running his claws through his mane.

[14:05] <Bright_Snow> "Well we could always plan somewhere else." Snow says with a sigh. "Especially as Brazen is impractical. I should remember that covert and him go together as well as Ice and Fire."

[14:06] <Brazen_Sand> "That's part of the plan!" Brazen pointed out

[14:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "We have to work with what we have," Nomoe says, his tone resigned.

[14:09] * Shrike nods in agreement with Nomoe

[14:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Since these eminent Deliberators approached us we must conclude that either there are no true Celestial-level covert operatives with a track record similar to ours, or that they have declined the mission."

[14:10] <Brazen_Sand> "I do have the best track record at doing awesome things, after all. It's sort of my thing." Brazen pointed out proudly.

[14:11] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Since we can therefore at best be semi-covert ... " He sighs.

[14:13] <Brazen_Sand> "Also I'm the only one who can get into the Thing." Brazen said smugly.

[14:14] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Oh? Why is that?"

[14:15] <Anshu> "He bears an Infernal Exaltation, and therefore the Thing will recognize him and allow him entry."

[14:15] <Brazen_Sand> "Easy. Only Green Sun Princes can walk into it. If anyone else tries, you just get kind of teleported to the other side."

[14:15] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen nodded at the Empress. Impressive.

[14:16] <Brazen_Sand> "So unless you want to become Akuma, I'm your ticket in."

[14:16] <Shrike> "I'll think I'll take a pass on Akira," Shrike interjects, mostly listening intently.

[14:17] <Bright_Snow> "Won't you be recognised as a traitor to the Yozi though?"

[14:19] <Brazen_Sand> �

[14:19] *** Brazen_Sand has left #celestialdeliberative

[14:20] *** Anshu is now known as Kaida_Vanida

[14:20] *** Brazen_Sand has joined #celestialdeliberative

[14:20] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe takes a deep breath to avoid doing something rash. "Don't say something like that even as a joke, Deliberator Brazen Sand," he rebukes the ex-Infernal, his tone suddenly sharp and decidely unamused.

[14:21] <Brazen_Sand> "Nope"

[14:21] <Brazen_Sand> "Exaltations are exaltations."

[14:25] *** Brazen_Sand has quit IRC: Disintegrated: ~ Trillian Astra - (Link: http://www.trillian.im)www.trillian.im ~

[14:28] <Kaida_Vanida> "The Ebon Dragon was the only one of the Yozis who believed the Green Sun Princes might turn against them," Kaida explains, "and it was not he who built the Thing."

[14:30] <Kaida_Vanida> "With the Ring, I was close enough to an Infernal to enter also, but for some reason, they would not let me have it back."

[14:30] <Kaida_Vanida> She smiles thinly.

[14:30] <Shrike> "Can't possibly imagine why."

[14:34] *** Brazen_Sand has joined #celestialdeliberative

[14:37] * Bright_Snow gives the former Empress a long calculated look, "Did you truly want it back?"

[14:38] <Brazen_Sand> "I think it got tossed in a volcano anyway."

[14:39] <Kaida_Vanida> She shakes her head. "I was making a joke."

[14:40] <Brazen_Sand> "Riiight."

[14:40] <Brazen_Sand> "So anyway. Here's my plan. I need you all to be inside me." Brazen said quickly.

[14:42] <Shrike> "...you know, there's so many places I could go with that that I'm not even going to try." Shrike smirks. "But how exactly does that work again?"

[14:43] * Kaida_Vanida raises her eyebrows.

[14:43] <Bright_Snow> */ Why did we leave this one alive again? / Curiousity, some disgust /*

[14:44] <Brazen_Sand> "Oh right." Brazen said. "Like this."

[14:44] <Brazen_Sand> Suddenly a blazing portal appeared over Brazen's chest into what looked like another world.

[14:45] <Brazen_Sand> "I made my soul into another reality." Brazen explained, like it wasn't that big a deal, specifically so he'd look better because he didn't sound like it was a big deal.

[14:46] * Bright_Snow blinks a couple of times... "You what?" Her voice sounds surprised...

[14:47] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe hasn't weighed in since Brazen's insult, his expression a stony mask. */Recognition of past services and the intent to derive the greatest possible benefit from her assured death, as I recall. A mistake perhaps./ a mental sigh*

[14:47] <Brazen_Sand> "I created a world inside of my soul. It's pretty cool. Haven't made any people yet, still trying to get the physical laws and stuff the way I like it."

[14:47] <Brazen_Sand> "There is air in there, though."

[14:48] <Kaida_Vanida> "How different are the physical laws inside right now?"

[14:48] <Shrike> "The World According to Brazen...I'm not sure if I should be impressed or terrified." Shrike shakes her head. "However...well, what she said."

[14:49] <Brazen_Sand> "Purple things are always hot. That's about it as differences, so far."

[14:51] <Brazen_Sand> "Can I close this now? I'm feeling a draft."

[14:51] <Shrike> "Sure. And that is...well, both impressive and creepy. Is it detectable, though?"

[14:52] <Brazen_Sand> "Literally no one else that I know of has ever done this. So I have no idea."

[14:52] <Brazen_Sand> "Hideaki-San. You can see Essence, right? Let me close this up..." Brazen closed portal into his soul/universe

[14:52] <Brazen_Sand> "Do you see anything out fo the ordinary?" He asked

[14:57] * Nomoe_Hideaki makes a curt gesture in the negative

[14:58] <Brazen_Sand> "excellent." Brazen said, rubbing his hands together in glee.

[14:58] <Brazen_Sand> "So we have to make this really quick. If one of the Yozis decides to fight us head to head, we WILL lose."

[15:00] <Kaida_Vanida> Kaida turns to Nomoe and raises her manacled hands. "If we are to go inside him, I do not think we wish to risk taking the Manacles of Night with us."

[15:01] <Brazen_Sand> "I'll need awhile to figure out how to take passengers. How long do we have to get this shit done?"

[15:01] <Brazen_Sand> He asked the Empress.

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[15:04] <Kaida_Vanida> "... but if he is not ready, then there is no need yet," she finishes. "It was my impression that the Deliberative wants this done as soon as possible. Within a few days to a week, I would estimate."

[15:06] <Brazen_Sand> "yeaaaah, that's not going to work."

[15:06] <Shrike> "Of course. They're always in a hurry when it's somebody else who they think needs to be hurried. Yu-Shan forbid the Deliberative itself actually hurry itself on anything."

[15:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "We will dispense with those once the operation enters the active phase," Nomoe answers the former Empress. "My apologies for the indignities suffered until then."

[15:07] <Shrike> "...and no, I'm not bitter or anything in the least. Carry on..."

[15:08] <Brazen_Sand> "They're going to have to wait then. I'm sorry, but if we mess this up, we'll certainly die."

[15:09] <Bright_Snow> "I don't think Yu-Shan will be forbidding anything in the near future..." Snow says with a cough

[15:09] <Shrike> "True," Shrike concedes, "but I don't think 'Malfeas forbid' has that same ring to it."

[15:10] <Shrike> "And I agree, this is something we need to be one-hundred percent sure of before moving out. One wrong move and the whole thing goes pear-shaped."

[15:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "If the measures against Infernals entering that place are as absolute as the ex-Infernal says - and though we cannot know for sure, we should consider the worst case scenario - then any plan that would involve others accessing the Thing is simply not workable."

[15:13] <Brazen_Sand> "Where are they keeping you anyway, Kaida?" Brazen asked, starting to feel a bit sorry for her if his delay meant that she was stuck in chains for awhile longer.

[15:16] <Brazen_Sand> "Anyway, the next question is how the hell we get out."

[15:17] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "It's meaningless to consider that if there's no possibility of getting in."

[15:18] <Brazen_Sand> "I just told you how we can get in. I just need some time to work on it. When have I ever let you down?"

[15:21] <Kaida_Vanida> "I believe his plan will work, Deliberator. It seems to me that this would put us somewhere like Elsewhere. Brazen would enter the Thing alone, and then retrieve us."

[15:22] <Brazen_Sand> "Oh about that. I was going to actually demand to enter the Thing, then you guys could run along while I distract them with my words and handsomeness."

[15:24] <Brazen_Sand> "Oh, and blowing things up., of course."

[15:29] <Shrike> "Blowing things up with words and handsomeness?"

[15:29] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I see. Just not quickly."

[15:31] <Bright_Snow> "Ok we have an in, assuming they don't kill Brazen on sight just for being Malfeas..." Snow says. "Do we have a way out once we have grabbed or killed Lillun?"

[15:33] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "There exist artifacts of travel between Malfeas and Creation. If we can get one of those, that might be a possibility. Of course they usually have certain conditions of use that make them less ideal than the primary exit strategy."

[15:36] <Bright_Snow> "Nothing quick and easy then? Because I think we need a quick out... or this is not going to be possible. The longer we stay there the more that can be mobilised against us."

[15:36] <Brazen_Sand> "Worst case scenario we'll have to kill Lillun and just...I dunno, fight as long as we can."

[15:38] <Bright_Snow> "Most likely Scenario: We all die... because no one has a plan that prevents this from being a suicide mission. So we are back to my initial concern." Snow says irritably.

[15:38] <Bright_Snow> "If we go in, we already know how we are getting out. Or Deliberative or no, I am NOT doing this."

[15:38] <Brazen_Sand> "Hey, at least you were going to eventually die anyway. *I* was going to be immortal." Brazen said peevishly.

[15:39] * Bright_Snow just glares at him

[15:39] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen makes a confused "What?!" face at her

[15:40] * Shrike rolls her eyes

[15:42] <Kaida_Vanida> "Excuse me," says a male voice from, "but I believe I may be of assistance in that regard."

[15:42] <Kaida_Vanida> from the door*

[15:43] <Brazen_Sand> "Snow, I thought you said this place was private!"

[15:49] * Shrike turns her head to the door in surprise

[15:49] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen followed suite.

[15:50] <Brazen_Sand> "How long were you standing there!?" He snarled

[15:52] <Kaida_Vanida> In the doorway stands Jeremiah, the Sidereal who fought Snow in the first match of the Invitational. "Not long. Just long enough to know that you're going to Malfeas to kill or rescue someone named 'Lillun'."

[15:54] <Bright_Snow> "I thought it was." Snow says irritably. "Apparently not."

[15:54] <Brazen_Sand> "And..." Brazen said, subconsciously moving more aggressively. He remembered the last Journey they had fought had been an Akuma

[15:55] <Shrike> "Privacy means nothing to Sidereals," Shrike says with a sigh. "Just ask my sister..."

[15:55] <Bright_Snow> */ Mixed feelings fill the bond... Snow obviously loathes Jerimah as a Sidereal but she respects him also... / Ashame I cannot use this place again./*

[15:56] <Bright_Snow> "It should when the place has been hidden specifically from them. I and they... we do not get along... too much blood in their case. Not enough in mine." Snow says deliberately keeping both eyes on Jerimah.

[16:03] <Kaida_Vanida> "It seems that you are in need of a means of escape. Fate has brought me here to offer my assistance as a Chosen of Journeys."

[16:04] <Brazen_Sand> "In Malfeas, there is no Fate. Can you still work there?" Brazen said, having no idea who this guy was.

[16:06] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Ah, very good. I was going to contact the Fellowship to ask for assistance, specifically the Greater Sign of Mercury."

[16:06] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "The primary exit strategy I was speaking about earlier, just in case you forgot, Brazen."

[16:07] * Shrike falls quiet and listen, resiting the urge to snark.

[16:07] <Brazen_Sand> "Oh sorry, Hideaki-San."

[16:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe makes a small gesture carrying the meaning of -Not for that-.

[16:09] <Kaida_Vanida> "That fact prevents me from bringing you all to Malfeas, Brazen, but it does not prevent me from bringing you back to Creation. Us, I should say."

[16:09] <Bright_Snow> "A way out...and from a Sidereal I don't completely hate." Snow nods in respect to Jerimah, "I have no further objections."

[16:10] <Brazen_Sand> "Do you have a way of getting in on your own?"

[16:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "As I stated before, we should look to securing alternative means of egress as well as contingency plans."

[16:11] <Shrike> "I suppose we now have ways in and out, now we just need to figure out how to, precisely, carry out the mission in between, yes?"

[16:11] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen nodded.

[16:12] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "It will not do to rely on only a single factor, even one so formidable as the Chosen of Mercury," he inclines his head to Jeremiah, "when all our lives are at stake."

[16:12] <Brazen_Sand> "Couldn't Hideaki-san go in with his Caste thingy?"

[16:13] <Kaida_Vanida> "They would allow him entry, but the moment he participated in hostile action, his diplomatic immunity would be forfeit."

[16:13] <Kaida_Vanida> Jeremiah said

[16:13] <Brazen_Sand> "right, of course, yeah, but what if he just went in to escort you?"

[16:13] <Brazen_Sand> "He'd never actually need to fight anyone, just make sure that you were both in the right place..."

[16:14] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Obviously," Nomoe says dryly. "However would they allow me entry to the Thing Infernal? There are no positive rights to the agreements of immunity."

[16:14] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "When the time comes to shatter the ranks of the Thing such subtlety will no longer matter anyway.

[16:14] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "

[16:16] <Brazen_Sand> "All we'd have to do is get out of the Thing Infernal, and make sure that Mr. Mercury here can set off the Sign at the right time. If you just sit back, then you can effectively say that you had nothing to do with what's happening, and the Sidereal will be under your protection, right?"

[16:16] <Brazen_Sand> "That way we wouldn't have to worry about our ticket out being killed in the process."

[16:17] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "If our objective is inside then all we need is to get inside, destroy it, then retreat via the Sign."

[16:18] <Shrike> "Sounds like a plan to me..."

[16:19] <Brazen_Sand> "Except that inside will be who knows how many Green Sun Princes, and Lillun isn't left undefended."

[16:19] <Shrike> Shrike's smirk grows a bit. "A target-rich environment, then?"

[16:19] <Kaida_Vanida> "I could infliltrate the Demon City myself and wait for you outside the Thing Infernal," Jeremiah suggests.

[16:19] <Brazen_Sand> "Oh right, I forgot the people I was talking to."

[16:20] <Brazen_Sand> "I just don't want any of getting killed on my account."

[16:20] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe actually smiles. "How many will be able to perceive Bright Snow when she does not want to be seen?"

[16:21] <Brazen_Sand> "Well yeah. I figured I'd drop off the stealthy members of our crew, while I distract the Thing. If I show up and they take me prisoner, they'll want me to die publically, to make an example of me. Probably in front of the other Green Sun Princes."

[16:21] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "While all attention is on Brazen Sand - for all his flaws, drawing attention is one of his talents - she and perhaps Lady Shrike can look for this 'phylactery womb'."

[16:21] <Brazen_Sand> "They're too..." Brazen waved his claws around "ostentatious, is the word, I suppose, to just kill me and have done with it."

[16:22] <Brazen_Sand> "If I use my anima, they could just run off and no one will notice even if it was right in front of their noses. So long as they use their stealth charms."

[16:22] * Nomoe_Hideaki shrugs. "If we need to delay your execution by forceful means then all that means is that the distraction will be even better."

[16:23] <Brazen_Sand> "Oh don't worry about that. It'll be the perfect cover. Besides, Malfeas is a city."

[16:24] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "The Thing Infernal, though, that's what, a quarter? A palace?"

[16:24] <Shrike> "Oh, joy. Phylactery wombs. Sounds wonderful. But yeah...I can handle that," Shrike confirms.

[16:25] <Brazen_Sand> "It's a bit of both. Bigger on the inside then the outside. The usual stuff."

[16:26] <Brazen_Sand> "I don't really know where Lillun is. I never went to visit her. Too busy. But I'm sure you can find her."

[16:26] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Her?" Nomoe frowns.

[16:27] <Bright_Snow> "I am happy to work with Lady Shrike. We have had little opportunity to do so in the past."

[16:27] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen's eyes awkwardly moved to the Empress and then back again. Not as a subtle sign, but more as a failure to keep from giving anything away.

[16:31] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "What sort of creature is this Phylactery Womb anyway?"

[16:31] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Due you anticipate it will be any trouble for Ladies Bright Snow and Shrike to destroy?"

[16:32] <Bright_Snow> "Something with some relation to our dear prisoner." Snow says coldly, having spotted Brazen's discomfort

[16:32] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen looked away. "They should be able to kill her." He said with uncharacteristic quietness...or less loudness.

[16:33] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Obviously," Nomoe states dryly. "But perhaps it is time to enlighten the rest of us?"

[16:33] <Brazen_Sand> "I don't think it's for me to say."

[16:33] <Shrike> Shrike frowns, looking uncomfortable as well.

[16:35] <Kaida_Vanida> "Yes," Kaida says quietly. "She is one of my daughters, offered as a living sacrifice to the Yozis. She herself will be little challenge, though she has always been well-guarded."

[16:35] <Shrike> "It would be very much preferable to bring her back alive."

[16:36] <Brazen_Sand> "Yeah."

[16:37] <Brazen_Sand> "They brought her out whenever a session of the Thing opened."

[16:37] <Brazen_Sand> "Maybe they'll bring her out for my execution."

[16:37] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe's expression is very neutral. "I see. By yourself?"

[16:38] <Brazen_Sand> "Yeah. I'll put up a good fight, give you guys more then enough time to grab her. Hopefully I'll be able to run outside and catch the Greater Sign."

[16:39] <Bright_Snow> "Surely in her twisted state it would be kinder to kill her?" Snow says, well aware of the horrors the Yozi can inflict

[16:39] <Kaida_Vanida> She nods. "Her mind, body, and soul have been magically altered to serve their purposes, and I do not know if you here have the ability to undo them. It may be better to send her to a quick death."

[16:39] <Shrike> The redheaded Solar has her frown grow deeper. "That can be Plan B."

[16:39] <Bright_Snow> "And prisoner, did you offer them this daughter while under the power of the ring?" Snow says suspecting she already knows the answer.

[16:39] <Brazen_Sand> "I'M NOT GOING TO KILL A LITTLE GIRL WHO DID NOTHING WRONG HERSELF!" Brazen snarled.

[16:40] <Brazen_Sand> "IT'S BECAUSE OF HER THAT I GOT MY POWER. I WON'T LET HER BE TOSSED INTO THE SANDS IF I CAN HELP IT."

[16:40] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *disgust, anger, disappointment /I was apparently wrong both to give her the benefit of doubt and to consider her past achievements in her favor./ what respect he still had for the Empress is gone - family is sacred*

[16:41] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Brazen, indoor voice," Nomoe says calmly.

[16:42] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "This is a council of war, we will discuss all possible tactics that might lead to success."

[16:42] <Brazen_Sand> "Don't patronize me, Hideaki-San! I'm a Deliberator of the same rank as you!"

[16:42] <Shrike> "And we're telling you to BE QUIET!" Shrike, her ears ringing, snaps.

[16:42] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Yet apparently not capable of acting as one."

[16:42] <Shrike> "We would like to be able to hear when we do this mission, thank you!"

[16:42] <Brazen_Sand> "Do any of you have daughters?" He asked.

[16:43] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Your sentiment does your honor and your point is well made, but shouting is not necessary."

[16:43] <Brazen_Sand> "Hideaki-San, what if it was your god-daughter in that situation?"

[16:43] <Kaida_Vanida> "No. The Ring had not yet been made." She raises her chin, her eyes hard but with a brittle quality. "It is because of this that I asked to choose the manner of my death, that I might undo some of the damage I have done."

[16:43] <Shrike> Shrike just falls quiet...

[16:43] <Shrike> ...then at the Empress' words, turns and exits the room, boots thudding on the floor the only sound of her departure.

[16:44] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "As always you are quick to make unfounded assumptions, Lord Brazen."

[16:44] <Brazen_Sand> "I get them right sometimes. Law of averages."

[16:44] <Bright_Snow> "She did this to her own child willingly Brazen." Snow remains quiet, though her voice has grown colder still. "Would you inflict the horrors of the Yozi on your child willingly? This is not your child we are speaking of. This one was thrown away."

[16:45] <Brazen_Sand> He looked at the Empress, but then said nothing. He remembered her threatening to replace Lillun with Chiyara, and though he had great compassion, that was an insult that he would never let pass.

[16:45] <Brazen_Sand> "It's..." Brazen started to stammer. "I knew about her, but I never did anything."

[16:45] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "You do, sometimes," Nomoe says, not in a complementary way.

[16:45] <Brazen_Sand> "When I had the chance."

[16:46] <Bright_Snow> */ Seething hatred for the woman across from her now flows through Snow, along with sentiment for the child Lillun.../ killing her will now be difficult./*

[16:46] <Brazen_Sand> "I could have put her out of her misery right then, last time I was at the thing. Just throw my spear and she would've been dead." He muttered

[16:46] <Brazen_Sand> *the Thing

[16:47] <Shrike> The Night Caste walks away from the group, finding a place to loo over the countryside, her emotions raging.

[16:47] <Shrike> *look

[16:48] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "There are other factors to consider," Nomoe points out calmly. "As a vital resource we must consider it likely that she will be protected in more than physical ways. Ways that might make it impossible to take her out of there via the Sign."

[16:49] <Bright_Snow> */ The desire to kill the woman across from her is absolute, the only thing stopping her is the others in the room /*

[16:49] <Brazen_Sand> "I think things have gotten way too hot here. We should meet up in about a months time. That should be enough for me to figure out how to calibrate my soul correctly."

[16:52] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *Nomoe does not hate, she is not worth no more than disgust and contempt. Her life or death is nothing to him, her possible contribution to the mission almost negligible in any case. He certainly would not stay Snow's hand.*

[16:53] <Kaida_Vanida> "If it can be done sooner, I would encourage you to do so, Deliberator," Kaida says, standing. She bows to them as an equal, starts to straighten, then remembers her current position and bows again, more deeply.

[16:55] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "What do you know of her -" he pointedly uses the female pronoun now "- security measures and guards?"

[16:56] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen bowed to the others, including Jeremiah.

[16:56] <Brazen_Sand> "We'll keep in contact."

[16:56] <Nomoe_Hideaki> He speaks to both Brazen and the creature that in another life was the Empress.

[16:56] <Nomoe_Hideaki> He certainly doesn't seem to consider the meeting over yet.

[16:58] * Bright_Snow stands slowly, tensions in her frame.

[16:58] <Brazen_Sand> "Don't even try it, Lady Snow." Comes Brazen's voice from outside.

[16:58] <Bright_Snow> "Why did you sell your daughter to the Yozi?"

[17:00] <Kaida_Vanida> The she moves to the door and knocks, prompting the guards outside to open it. "I am ready to return," she says, then turns to Nomoe. "She was escorted by demons, mostly of the First Circle, but some of the Second - at all times. She dwells in the Thing Infernal, which only Infernal Exalts and the Yozis themselves can enter, and which usually has a few Infernals present even when not in session."

[17:01] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Sorceries, artifacts, Yozi workings upon her?"

[17:01] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Specifically any that would preclude her from being subject to invocations of transportation?"

[17:05] <Nomoe_Hideaki> */Acting on this impulse might have unpleasant political consequences for you./ concern for Bright Snow, the tone of his mental voice is cautioning but neutral with regard to the act itself*

[17:06] <Bright_Snow> */ Incoherent Snarl / Rage /*

[17:07] <Kaida_Vanida> "Back then, my every effort was devoted to finding a way to live forever. Mnemon tricked her into following me into the Sword one day, and she saw things she should not have. The Yozi demanded her in exchange for eternal life." She looks at Snow.

[17:08] <Kaida_Vanida> "I regret many things I did then and since, and I can see that you want me dead. But I ask you to stay your hand. I will be dead soon enough."

[17:11] <Shrike> "If you are not dead by the time this mission is over," Shrike, returning, says from outside as she returns, "I will take your head myself."

[17:12] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe meanwhile is considering how to best spin the Empress likely-seeming death ahead of schedule to the Deliberative.

[17:13] * Bright_Snow leaps at her in a fury, unable or unwilling to listen to the tired old woman, seeing only the laughing inhuman face of her own mother.

[17:14] <Brazen_Sand> "Nooooooooooooooo!" Brazen shouts

[17:14] <Brazen_Sand> And leaps to in front of her, smashing the floor and the door in the process.

[17:15] * Shrike just steps aside...to watch the show.

[17:16] <Kaida_Vanida> Bereft of her charms and with her arms in chains, Kaida falls backwards onto her back, bring her legs up to try and keep Snow away long enough for someone else - her guards perhaps, or Brazen - to intervene.

[17:17] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe's form blurs as if with a persistent vibration that diffuses his presence through the entire room. Brazen may stand in Snow's path, but he will not lay a claw on her.

[17:18] <Brazen_Sand> As Snow struck Brazen, he flared into green fire that swallowed the force of her attack like wood is eaten in a fire.

[17:18] <Brazen_Sand> "SNOW."

[17:18] <Brazen_Sand> "WHAT THE FUCK."

Session Close (#celestialdeliberative): Sun Feb 12 17:18:38 2012 -0500

Dawn of the Third Age/IC Logs/Session 62

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[13:28] *** Lob is now known as Brazen_Sand

[13:29] *** Bushranger is now known as Shrike

[13:30] *** dakkareth is now known as Nomoe_Hideaki

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[13:38] <Anshu> In the chaos of the evacuation of Yu-Shan, the Heaven and Earth Open Invitational has, of course, been suspended. The Deliberative has been stunned by the twin shocks of the Sun's self-imposed exile and the revelation that one of the Grand Circle - the bondmate of the Hierarchist leader, no less - was an akuma.

[13:42] <Anshu> The full ramifications of these events have yet to play out, but rumors and speculation are flying thick and fast, and all factions are attempting to secure their positions and strengthen their hands as best they can.

[13:47] *** Bright_Snow is now known as Virgil

[13:48] <Anshu> In the midst of all this frenetic activity, summons were sent out to each of you, inviting you to a meeting with the Deliberative's military high command.

[13:49] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen sighed, but it wasn't like he had anything better to do at the moment, other then altering his soul-universe to his liking

[13:50] *** Virgil is now known as Bright_Snow

[13:51] <Shrike> Shrike attended the meeting wearing her new outfit acquired while in Yu-Shan, looking around at the others as they arrived

[13:52] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen waved at Shrike, his respect for her increased after seeing how she handled herself during the evacuation.

[13:53] <Shrike> Shrike returns the wave, flashing a bright smile at her fellow Deliberator.

[13:56] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen was actually quite cramped inside teh meeting room within teh Deliberative Assembly, especially his wings.

[13:57] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe Hideaki has accepted the invitation, not that it would be realistic to decline under the current circumstances. His expression set in the usual cool and distant mask, his clothes in a severe military style but still selected as carefully as ever to show wealth and taste without being crass about it, he has arrived precisely five minutes before the appointed time.

[14:00] * Bright_Snow walks in only moments later. Limping slightly, her brusies dark and the gash in her chest still bandaged.

[14:00] * Shrike nods to Nomoe and Snow as they arrive as well, looking a bit concerned about Snow's state but not willing to offer unwanted sympathy.

[14:00] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Brazen's presence comes as no surprise, of course - the ex-Infernal could hardly keep his comings and goings covert even if he thought to try - and Shrike's is not unexpected either. He greets both of them with polite nods appropriate to their status as peers.

[14:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> After a moment's consideration he greets Bright Snow in the same way. The subterfuge with regard to their connection may not be sustainable for much longer, but that is no reason to confirm anything yet. With his partner out of mortal peril his control is up to the task again.

[14:11] <Anshu> The meeting room is empty apart from them when they enter, but not for long. Ziyad, Anshu, and De'aneir'a enter, looking somewhat rushed. Solitary Talon is notably absent, despite her rank in the Deliberative's ground forces.

[14:16] <Anshu> Behind them, Kaida Vanida, the deposed Scarlet Empress, is escorted in as well, her hands chained with Manacles of Night. She is dressed in the modest clothes of a prisoner, and her face is bare of makeup - and yet she is still recognizable by something in her bearing.

[14:17] <Shrike> Shrike raises her eyebrow as the former Empress is escorted in, but remains quiet, although her expression is now distinctly curious in nature.

[14:17] <Anshu> The four bow to you, and then take their seats; the Empress's guards then leave the room to wait outside.

[14:18] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Deliberators," Nomoe bows to the high-ranking Celestials in more formal greeting. He does not acknowledge the presence of the former Empress.

[14:19] <Brazen_Sand> "What the hell is she doing here? I thought she was imprisoned or something!"

[14:23] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen demanded

[14:23] <Brazen_Sand> after nodding to Nomoe

[14:24] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe for his part sits down, neatly arranging his robes as he does so with the smoothness of long practice. He does react to Brazen's customary tactlessness apart from an impression of wry amusement in the bond. */Some things stay the same, no matter how the world turns on its head./*

[14:24] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *does not react

[14:34] <Anshu> "I am imprisoned," Kaida answers, raising her chained hands. "You do not see me strolling around my old home in my finest garments, and if I am still guarded, it is for very different reasons now."

[14:34] <Bright_Snow> Snow sits quiety. */Some things will never change./*

[14:36] <Brazen_Sand> "You know what I mean, Venaida"

[14:37] <Shrike> "Perhaps it would be best to listen to what brings us here before tossing around accusations like First Excellencies?" Shrike suggests with a slightly wry smile.

[14:37] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe remains still but inwardly twitches. Even considering what she did, getting her name wrong ... that's still harsh.

[14:38] <Brazen_Sand> "I did nothing of the sort. I just asked why she was here!"

[14:38] <Bright_Snow> Her gaze settles on the former Empress. She does not blink, the stare aiming to be unnerving.

[14:39] <Bright_Snow> */How odd that before us sits another creature that was a pawn of the Ebon Dragon.../*

[14:41] <Anshu> Ziyad nods to Shrike. "Thank you. Kaida Vanida has been quite forthcoming with information, both about her time reigning over the Realm and her time in Hell."

[14:43] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *uncomfortable consideration /And she is only one out of several prominent agents we have personally encountered. Considering that, how many are there that we do not see?/*

[14:48] <Bright_Snow> */Too many already, you would have thought people like Li would have had better defences against such things.../ anger, over a small amount of loss /*

[14:48] <Shrike> "I presume that is why we are here, then?"

[14:48] <Anshu> "In light of her cooperativeness, and of the recent upheaval, we have decided to grant the requests she made of the Deliberative after her capture," Ziyad continues. "She will address Creation later today, but it is because of her second request, and what we have decided to point her at, that we invited you here."

[14:55] * Shrike nods, falling quiet to listen

[14:57] <Anshu> "Thanks to her and Brazen, we understand something of the mechanism of Infernal Exaltation. Therefore, ladies and gentlemen,your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to infiltrate Malfeas with Kaida Vanida. There you will search for Lillun, the Phylactery-Womb of Infernal Exaltations."

[14:57] <Brazen_Sand> "I'M IN!"

[14:58] <Brazen_Sand> "I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THAT ANYWAY, BUT THINGS KEPT GETTING IN THE WAY."

[14:59] <Shrike> "You can count me in as well," Shrike says, at significantly lower volume.

[15:00] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *sympathy /I would never have expected it. Not from the worst enemy I could imagine, and certainly not from him. But ... He is perhaps the greatest deceiver and manipulator in existence. And Exalted though we are, no matter what power we wield, we are still human. And the very qualities that make us human also mean that we are vulnerable./*

[15:00] * Bright_Snow bllinks breaking her icy gaze away from the Empress and swings her head round to stare at Ziyad "You WHAT?"

[15:01] <Bright_Snow> "0

[15:01] <Anshu> Anshu breaks in. "She is the key to the Yozi's ability to control their Exalts. The forces of Hell cannot be allowed time to organize a strike to take advantage of the chaos in Heaven and Creation, and so you must break their control of the Infernal Exalted - by any means necessary," he finishes grimly, his eyes glinting briefly red.

[15:04] <Brazen_Sand> "Oh yeah, the Sun told me to do that ages ago."

[15:04] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen recalled

[15:05] <Bright_Snow> "Let me get this straight, you want to send several individuals most hated foes, one of whom is the least subtle man in creation." she gestures to Brazen and sort of towards Nomoe, "along with a Mass Murdering Despot and known traitor to creation," she gestures at the Empress.

[15:05] <Shrike> Shrike raises her hand. "Don't forget the exhibitionistic Night Caste"

[15:05] * Nomoe_Hideaki tilts his head slightly. "I am honored by your high opinion of myself and these others," he says dryly to Anshu.

[15:05] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen winked back at Snow

[15:06] <Bright_Snow> "To sneak into the very heart of Malfeas and kill or kidnap a creature that controls the Green Sun Princes?"

[15:06] <Brazen_Sand> and clicked his tongue, which was about as loud as gunpowder going off.

[15:07] <Bright_Snow> "I wasn't forgetting either yourself or me, Shrike. But with us this might be doable." She stands wobbly and gestures to the others, "With them it is suicide."

[15:08] <Brazen_Sand> "Suicide for anyone who tries to stop us!"

[15:08] <Bright_Snow> "No offence." She looks towards Brazen.

[15:08] *** Brazen_Sand has left #celestialdeliberative

[15:08] *** Brazen_Sand has joined #celestialdeliberative

[15:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe's posture tenses slightly seeing Bright Snow standing unsteadily.

[15:08] <Bright_Snow> */ Great resignation / he makes my point for me /*

[15:12] <Anshu> "Kaida Vanida intends for it to be her suicide," Anshu responds. "As for the rest of you... we do not pretend there is no risk. But this must be done."

[15:12] *** Brazen_Sand has left #celestialdeliberative

[15:12] <Shrike> "I am willing to accept the risk. I agree it must be done." Shrike nods.

[15:12] *** Anshu has left #celestialdeliberative

[15:12] <Nomoe_Hideaki> */I do hope that I can be just a little more subtle than he./ amused self-awareness*

[15:23] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Exalted such as ourselves have defeated the Primordials at the height of their power," Nomoe says gravely. "Acting in concert no similar feat should be described as 'impossible'."

[15:23] <Nomoe_Hideaki> He pauses briefly. "Though the odds of an assault upon the heart of the Reclamation, I have to admit, are slim. And for covert action ..." He inclines his head in deference to Bright Snow's expertise.

[15:42] *** Nomoe_Hideaki is now known as dakkareth

[15:42] *** Shrike is now known as Bushranger

Session Close (#celestialdeliberative): Sun Feb 05 16:23:19 2012 -0500

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2012-02-19T17:58:27Z

The Bushranger: /* Banked */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 5
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique
* Blazing Solar Bolt

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Durability of Oak Meditation
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Iron Kettle Body
* Armored in Righteousness Stance
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Surprise Anticipation Method
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method
* Cobra And Mongoose Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit
* Swallowing The Sun
* Stepping Between Heartbeats

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 7/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
38

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2012-02-19T17:58:12Z

The Bushranger: /* Dodge */

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2012-02-19T17:57:33Z

The Bushranger: /* Stealth */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 5
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique
* Blazing Solar Bolt

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Durability of Oak Meditation
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Iron Kettle Body
* Armored in Righteousness Stance
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Surprise Anticipation Method
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method
* Stepping Between Heartbeats

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit
* Swallowing The Sun
* Stepping Between Heartbeats

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 7/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
62

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2012-02-19T17:57:01Z

The Bushranger: /* Dodge */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 5
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique
* Blazing Solar Bolt

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Durability of Oak Meditation
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Iron Kettle Body
* Armored in Righteousness Stance
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Surprise Anticipation Method
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method
* Stepping Between Heartbeats

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 7/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
62

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2012-02-19T17:55:06Z

The Bushranger: /* Resistiance */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 5
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique
* Blazing Solar Bolt

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Durability of Oak Meditation
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Iron Kettle Body
* Armored in Righteousness Stance
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Surprise Anticipation Method
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 7/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
62

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2012-02-19T17:54:29Z

The Bushranger: /* Banked */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 5
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique
* Blazing Solar Bolt

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Surprise Anticipation Method
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 7/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
62

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2012-02-12T17:59:04Z

The Bushranger: /* Awareness */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 5
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique
* Blazing Solar Bolt

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Surprise Anticipation Method
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 7/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
84

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2012-02-05T18:03:08Z

The Bushranger: /* Banked */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 5
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique
* Blazing Solar Bolt

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 23/23
** Peripheral Motes: 8/54

==Willpower==
* 7/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
84

Dawn of the Third Age/IC Logs/Session 61

2012-01-29T22:06:42Z

The Bushranger: Created page with "[12:57] <Lob> The streets swarmed with hungry gods, both mindless and those with predatory intelligence. Baubles would not save those who had spent too long at tea ceremonies and..."

[12:57] <Lob> The streets swarmed with hungry gods, both mindless and those with predatory intelligence. Baubles would not save those who had spent too long at tea ceremonies and not enough looking to the reality under their own noses.

[12:57] <Lob> The Maiden of Endings only looked on without expression, away from the Games, in the street.

[12:58] <Lob> "There must be an Ending," She whispered to those who attempted to move her.

[12:58] <dakkareth> "Xcalimon is at the Jade Pleasure Dome itself," Nomoe asks Anshu to confirm the Grand Circle member's definitive statement.

[13:00] <Anshu> Anshu nods. "Yes. Or soon will be."

[13:01] <Shrike> Shrike, as it happens, is following the flying Nomoe and Anshu as best she can

[13:01] <Lob> A sudden gust of wind flew by the Deliberators, suddenly an elderly dragonblood stood poised by them, everything but his ears covered.

[13:01] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I have not yet heard back from my own sources, but ..." His eyes narrow as he looks in the direction of the central building of all Heaven. "Let us makes speed then. If it is some sort of Infernal weapon then even our Lords and Patrons may be bound to non-interference by their oath to the Primordials."

[13:03] <Lob> He knelt down and withdraw a reaper daiklave and unwrapped the covering over his eyes and Nomoe's vision was drawn to an explosion of essence power originating from the dragonblood's optic chakra

[13:03] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "If you follow my lead, Lord Anshu, my Charms will support your movement as well."

[13:06] <Lob> Quickly he cut at what appeared to be empty air, suddenly occupied by formerly immaterial shadowy and sharp gods that crumbled to dust as he moved aside from their attacks, as if he could understand them from a single glance.

[13:06] <Anshu> Anshu nods and moves with Nomoe.

[13:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe gives a passing glance to deciphering the man's essence patterns, concerned only with the possibility of another traitor to Creation trying to impede them. But since this does not appear to be the case it is not important.

[13:08] <Lob> The man continued to cut through those foolish enough to pass his line of sight like wheat before a thresher, his swings echoed by streaks of lightning

[13:08] <Lob> As they passed him overhead

[13:09] <Lob> Anshu started to understand his vision. The Sun in the sky directly above the Jade Pleasure Dome was eclipsing

[13:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe's robes ripple in the wind but slightly despite the world beginning to shift around them. He and Anshu seem suspended while the Heavenly City rushes past beneath them at completely illegal speeds.

[13:14] <Lob> They land in front fo the Jade Pleasure Dome, to find Saturn standing outside the door, looking at them.

[13:14] <Lob> Into their eyes.

[13:17] <Anshu> Anshu looks back with equanimity.

[13:17] <Lob> Shrike continues to cut through the seemingly limitless hordes of deiphages. How could there be so many?! Her victory against any one of them is assured, but she still has to use energy

[13:18] * Nomoe_Hideaki does not meet the Maidens' eyes but falls down on one knee, his head bowed. "Maiden of Endings, you know the reason for our unannounced and uninvited arrival. May we pass?"

[13:19] <Anshu> Anshu bows deeply and respectfully to the Incarna, then meets her eyes with equanimity.

[13:21] <Lob> The Maiden nods and turns aside. "Beware though. For there must be an ending. Some things cannot be stopped, even with unlimited power." She said softly to them.

[13:21] <Lob> "Perhaps the events of this day will temper your wisdom for the future. But I may say no more."

[13:24] <Anshu> "Thank you, Maiden of Endings."

[13:26] <Lob> The way to the Jade Pleasure Dome was open, the final mystery to the First Age Exalted

[13:27] <Lob> Shrike noticed a few falling ragged dragons, their mouths foaming with maddened saliva that sparkled like diamonds as their feral eyes rolled into nonexistence

[13:27] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Your advice is received with gratitude, Lady. It is a great honor to have been allowed to meet you." Taking the Incarna's stepping aside as permission and her words as a dismissal Nomoe rises again, eyes still downcast and removes himself from her glorious presence and into the domicile of the Incarna.

[13:28] <Lob> They were being shot out of the sky as fast as they appeared, Crow stood upon the roof to her side and allowed himself time to nod at her and then returned to helping her keep the deiphages from feeding upon the leaders of Heaven

[13:28] <Shrike> Shrike stands her ground before the arena, determined to keep her promise that none of the beasts can slip past her

[13:29] <Lob> There was an empty table and the Unconquered Sun sat upon a plain wooden seat, his head in his hands, and a spot of ash directly in front of him.

[13:29] <Lob> It still smoked.

[13:30] <Lob> The table was formed of a perfect synthesis of all Magic Materials, and appeared to be as long as it would have needed to be. Of the other Incarnae, there was no sign.

[13:31] <Anshu> Anshu kneels as they come upon the Sun. "My Lord the Most High," he said. "Having reason to believe you and all of Heaven were in danger, we have come to aid in your defense."

[13:32] <Lob> The Sun looked upon Anshu and his face shocked the Solar

[13:32] <Lob> Virtues warred visibly upon him, and something else...deep inside, something that was...that *must* be kept chained within him

[13:33] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe Hideaki for his part merely kneels, waiting to to be addressed by the Most High. It is not proper for him to speak unbidden to his Lord and Patron.

[13:33] <Lob> "My sons...I am fortunate that you are the ones who have found me, for I would not want the rest of the Bureaucracy to find me in such a state."

[13:34] <Lob> He spoke with utter Conviction, his eyes betrayed unlimited Compassion, the restraint of his hands showed his great Temperance, and the set of his shoulders, Valor.

[13:34] <Lob> Or they would have before, but they could feel that it was not so at this time.

[13:34] <Lob> "You searched for Xcalimon, I believe, yes?"

[13:34] <Lob> He said, softly

[13:34] <Anshu> "Yes, My Lord."

[13:35] <Nomoe_Hideaki> That they have come into His presence immediately upon entering the literally titanic building must be due to His will, Nomoe considers, but even so there is the difference of rank to consider when speaking to his better.

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[13:35] <Lob> "He encountered me, and he is destroyed, but I believe that the damage is done. He...spoke of what has transpired since I had turned my face to Creation. What my weakness has wrought."

[13:36] <Lob> "It is too late for me, my sons." and he looked upon them with great shame.

[13:36] <Lob> "But it is not too late for you."

[13:37] <Lob> He stood up. "I have...hidden the Games of Divinity. So that none of the deiphages may claim it."

[13:37] <Lob> "It is mine by right."

[13:38] <Anshu> "It was our weakness, My Lord. If our forebears had not acted as they had, had not failed to live up to - no, had not failed to strive for the Virtues you embody..."

[13:40] <Lob> "Your words give me hope for the future. Please, rise, Surely Refulgent Anshu. I remember speaking to you when you were first Chosen."

[13:40] <Lob> "You as well, Nomoe Hideaki

[13:41] <Lob> "I thank you for your words, but was it not I who took upon myself the responsibility for Heaven after I had led the war against our Slavemasters?"

[13:41] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Bidden by the Most High Nomoe Hideaki rises uncertainly.

[13:42] <Lob> "No, my actions have caused this, or more to the point, my inaction. I am no longer worthy to lead Heaven."

[13:42] <Anshu> Anshu stands and looks into the Sun's face as he considers his words.

[13:43] <Lob> "Saturn has shown me what will happen. There is always an Ending, as she is fond of saying. But an Ending does not always have to mean the end, if you get my meaning. It can also mean change, if we are courageous enough and wise enough to navigate it's course."

[13:44] <Anshu> "If you are not worthy, My Lord, then who is? Even if we were worthy, we Exalted are occupied with Creation, and the other Incarnae are wise and glorious, but they are also not you."

[13:46] <Lob> "You don't understand, do you? Heaven is overrun. But there is still time to save what is most important. Those within it. The Bureaus of Destiny are safe, the spatial rifts are too complex for them to be broken into, as is the Loom, but otherwise, we may have to abandon the city...temporarily."

[13:46] * Nomoe_Hideaki remains almost uncharacteristically silent. It is not his place to speak out against his Lord's words, especially when he has little to no conception of the dimensions of His duty and responsibility.

[13:47] <Anshu> "... Apparently, I do not understand. You mean to return your seat to the Blessed Isle, then?" Anshu asks.

[13:48] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "If I may speak, Most High ..." Nomoe waits for approval to continue.

[13:48] <Lob> "No, I mean to leave Creation. I must contemplate myself, and my purpose. Yes, Nomoe-San, you may speak."

[13:51] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Even if the enemy has struck a surprising first blow, even if the power of the gathered martial gods and the Heavenly Legions as well as the Exalted who can be mobilized quickly is by your appraisal insufficient to the task ..."

[13:53] <Nomoe_Hideaki> This is as far as he will go to express his incredulity, after all the Most High is the greatest leader there ever was. Any difficulty on his own part to grasp the situation is clearly due to his own inadequacy.

[13:53] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Once the Exalted are fully mobilized, won't there be no way that these 'deiphages' will be thrown back?
[13:54] <Lob> "This need not be forever. But things will not be the same. Now come, I will walk as King of Heaven one more time. Follow me." Sol Invictus told them as he rose
from his seat and gathered his panoply.

[13:54] <Anshu> "My Lord - I took the liberty of adding the deiphages within the city, to the Roll of Reviled Darkness. Surely even if the day would otherwise be lost, you can take up your spear and end them swiftly?"

[13:55] <Lob> "Would that I could, but my Virtues...my power...I have failed them."

[13:55] <Lob> "yet still I will not allow them to continue unopposed. I will fight alongside you."

[13:57] <Anshu> "Oh." Anshu looks shocked and dismayed by this news. "I believe I see why you feel you must retreat to contemplate yourself, My Lord. But it will be an honor to fight alongside you today." He hesitates. "Have you considered appointing a viceroy?"

[13:59] <Lob> "To be honest, I hadn't given it much thought. Things have changed so much so quickly."

[13:59] <Lob> Meanwhile...

[14:00] <Lob> The sky overhead grew heavy, then light, then Shrike and Crow found themselves being drawn upwards by a new gravitational field

[14:00] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Revered Most High, please grace me with understanding of the strategy you mean to implement. Obviously my grasp of the situation, of enemy capabilities and our own is completely inadequate if things are as dire as you say."

[14:00] <Shrike> Shrike grabs hold of the arch of the arena's entrance with one hand, continuing to swing her blade with the other

[14:01] <Lob> the source...A Solar System in miniature, but still large enough for each "planet" to take up a city block. houses and tiny gods were drawn up to be devoued as they touched them

[14:01] <Lob> "DON WUMAK RETURNS...!!" Went the shriek of the crowd, and a great sigh of despair went through the panicked mass

[14:02] <Lob> "We will draw the evacuees through the Heavenly Gates into Creation, then close them, boxing in the deiphages. They will devour each other, and after a few months, will be ripe for an organized retaking of Yu-Shan."

[14:02] <Lob> Sol said with great authority.

[14:03] <Lob> "We might possibly be able to destroy them now, but not without massive collateral damage. We would destroy the very prize we seek to defend."

[14:03] <Lob> He spoke as he walked

[14:03] <Lob> a deiphage attacked the succulent Incarnae, and he parried and stabbed it a dozen times without breaking stride.

[14:04] <Anshu> Anshu nods his understanding as he walked alongside his patron. "If I may, I would suggest that you consider Five Days Darkness. He has been a friend and mentor to the Solar Exalted since our return, and I do not believe he would do anything to disappoint you."

[14:04] <Lob> "Be not afraid, the Daystar will remain."

[14:04] <Lob> "I will consider my Shadow, although choosing my shadow as viceroy after I go into self-imposed exile seems a trifle...egotistical."

[14:04] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe follows behind, taking the position to the left of the Most High. How could the deiphages have reached so far into the heart of the Heavenly City in so short a time?

[14:07] <Lob> Crow shouted at Shrike to make his voice heard over the destruction. "I'LL KEEP THIS PLACE CLEAR, BUT WE NEED SOMEONE TO DESTROY THAT THING"

[14:07] <Shrike> Shrike looks up at the approaching miniature solar system - and grits her teeth, nodding to Crow, before letting go of her grip on the arena gate, pointing her Daiklave ahead of her as she rises.

[14:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Once the safety of the evacuees is seen to, would not a counter strike be feasible, my Lord? These deiphages may represent a threat to the lower ranks of the Celestial Bureaucracy, but even against an Exalted host as reduced and pathetic as we are today they cannot possible stand?"

[14:09] <Lob> "No."

[14:10] <Lob> Sol said simply, not interested in arguing the point further.

[14:11] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe bows his head, submitting without resistance to the wisdom of the Most High.

[14:11] <Lob> Shrike had never had a moon swung towards her, but then, she was having a lot of new experiences today.

[14:15] <Shrike> Seeing the approaching moon, Shrike grits her teeth, and aims her sword for it - and the instant the tip of the Daiklave touches its surface, she almost pole-vaults around the offending celestial body, spinning in the air nimbly.

[14:15] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I am yours to command, Most High."

[14:17] <Lob> "Nomoe-San, can you co-ordinate the evacuation effort? Anshu, as my Priest, you are a legitimate representative of me. Both of you carry authority and you will be heard."

[14:17] <Anshu> Anshu nods. "Command me, Sol."

[14:18] <Lob> Volcanoes suddenly appeared upon a planetoids surface and launched blazing meteoric rocks at Shrike as she hung in the air above it, passing above clouds.

[14:19] <Lob> A pulsing red star hung in the middle of this orbitting storm, pulsating rhythmically like a heart.

[14:24] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "For ideal conditions this will require messaging, reconnaiscance and tactical support staff, of course. Either way I will of course do all I can, my Lord."

[14:25] <Shrike> Shrike dodges the volcanic blasts with ease - and, spotting the pulsing red-star heart, points her Daiklave directly at it, frowning and tensing as she approaches.

[14:27] <Shrike> "No evil shall escape my sight," the redheaded Solar mutters, glaring at what she assumes to be the core of the beast. "You may not spread your domain here, not when the Solar Exalted stand against you. You attempted to kill Yu-Shan. Prepare to die!"

[14:32] <Lob> The heart was pierced by Shrike's Holy attack, cutting through the armour of the recently-declared Creature of Darkness

[14:32] <Lob> It shrieked loud enough to make Shrike's ears ring, and flares of plasma blasted around her from it's surface.

[14:40] <Shrike> Shrike doesn't wince from the plasma blasting around her, driving her sword deep into the beast's heart of darkness.

[14:40] <Lob> The burning heat of it's surface scorched Shrike to the bone

[14:47] <Shrike> She keeps her sword between her and the plasma inferno, not crying out as the heat scorches against her skin.

[14:47] <Shrike> "You...die...here today! Return to the Mafean depths from which you came, and take no more lives forever!"

[14:52] <Shrike> She twists her sword as it penetrates the throbbing heart of the beast, a shiver passing through the Solar's figure as she concentrates, then releases her sword, pushing it forwards, and herself back away...

[14:56] <Shrike> flipping into a backflip away as her Reaper Daiklave slams to the very center of the star's core

[14:56] <Lob> The heart gave one last pound that almost knocked her off her feet, then shrunk and froze...literally, becoming an ashen cinder that hung in the sky, not even alive enough to fall.

[14:57] <Lob> The planets simply blew away into dust. Shrike had destroyed the maddened god of Celestial Alignments.

[14:58] <Shrike> The Solar, scorched, tumbles to the ground, barely able to land on her feet

[14:58] <Nomoe_Hideaki> A short while later ... "Gate number 38 has been secured and evacuation has begun," reports the mantis-headed scribe-god hovering behind Nomoe as the Lawgiver glides down a large, sapphire-paved street, seemingly annihilating scores of deiphages by his mere presence.

[14:58] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Gods close to Deliberator Shrike's position report that there's no need for further assistance as the Deliberator has has engaged the most potent enemy personally," a second god continues.

[14:58] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "The War-Gods near the northers circumference have acknowledged your communication and will follow the wishes of the most high as communicated by yourself and Lord Anshu."

[14:58] <Lob> A hawkman caught her in mid-air and placed her on the ground. He gave off a palpable aura of death and wore a massive bird's skull over his head

[14:59] <Lob> "That was some amazing fighting, lady!" He said, holding a soulsteel daiklave towards yet another solid horde of deiphages circling them.

[14:59] <Lob> "Awaiting Orders, Deliberator Nomoe!"

[15:00] <Shrike> "Thanks...I just did what I had to do," Shrike confesses, her usual bravado wilting a bit as the magnatude of her effort kicks in

[15:01] <Lob> "Hey hold on a sec. Just stand by there. I can't heal you, or the Neverborn get all pissed off. He pointed to his bleeding hawk's eyes. "But I can kill the shit out of these guys. Feel free to join in if you want."

[15:01] <Shrike> "Oh, I think I can handle that," Shrike observes with a grin, her anima essentially iconic by this point.

[15:01] <Lob> Final Flight's sword erupted into pyreflame and he cut like a thresher as only an Abyssal could. A swing of his sword, and suddenly it was as if he had really stabbed a dozen in the heart simultaneously."

[15:02] <Lob> A monster the size of a house brought a fist down towards Anshu, only to find it stopped by a familiar blazing figure. "Holy shit, I can't even go on a fucking vacation!" Brazen snarled.

[15:03] <Lob> "Now let me be straight with you, Deliberator Anshu, this was *not* my fault. So don't bother letting Ziyad pin anything on me!"

[15:04] <Lob> He said this as he blasted a stream of destroying light from his mouth into the beast's face, then let the headless body fall casually.

[15:04] <Anshu> "The possibility had never crossed my mind," Anshu answers.

[15:05] <Shrike> Shrike brings her own sword around, determined to match her current companion's kill-total

[15:05] <Lob> "Ah, good"

[15:05] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "We need more information on the status of gates 14 through 19," Nomoe speaks in clipped tones while sending a blast of air that flenses divine flesh from bones down a side street. "Coordinate with the Aerial Legion, they were ordered to keep an overview."

[15:07] <Shrike> "Bet you can't kill as many as I can!" she cries, shouting a challenge

[15:08] <Lob> Some dog-like gods are crushed in Master Bear's jaws, adn then with a flick of his wrist, he throws a note to Nomoe, indicating that Gates 35-36 have been secured, all this while also fighting off a pair of skeletal gods of death. Former gods of death, that is.

[15:08] <Lob> "You're on!" Final Flight said, and so the killing began...again.

[15:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "How many Exalts and martial gods of significant statue have responded to our communication and are contributing to our efforts by the latest count? Also redouble your effort to establish communication with the Bureau of Destiny and any Sidereals they have on active duty."

[15:09] <Lob> A Messenger appeared to Nomoe Hideaki. "This is Unfortunate Si, Deliberator. Awaiting orders for co-ordination of evacuation."

[15:09] <Lob> Meanwhile, Brazen asked Anshu how he could help.

[15:10] <Shrike> The redheaded Solar quickly becomes a blur of motion, her blade - blackened but not bowed - flashing as she backflips and spins, each motion sending another enemy to its doom.

[15:12] <Shrike> no motion is wasted, her anima swirling and flaring iconically as one deiphage after another after another gets cleaved in twain

[15:16] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Return communication," Nomoe orders. "Lady Si, it is good to hear of you and I welcome your help assuming the situation at the Forbidding Manse and the Loom are in hand."

[15:16] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Simultaenous to his spoken communication a steady stream of messages passes through his hands, leaving with quickly penned instructions to his staff. Never, not even during Sanken's liberation has he coordinated the logistics for action on such a scale.

[15:17] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Thankfully there are Lord Anshu and his supporting staff of tactician gods to make the tactical decisions while he himself concentrates on making things run smoothly.

[15:17] <Anshu> Anshu shouts over the Heavenly City: "I am Anshu, Surely-Refulgent. By Decree of the Most High, all those still faithful to the Divine Order, saw the strongholds of the Bureau of Destiny, must withdraw from the city in an orderly manner under my command."

[15:21] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Well, that and - "Lord Nomoe, the forces securing the paths of refugees toward Gate 19 report massed opposition threatening to overwhelm them, but there's no one within support range to help them."

[15:21] <Anshu> The Solar magic carried on his words drew all listeners to organize themselves into fighting units as Anshu continued: "The Sun fights with us, and gates are even now being secured to allow a fighting, disciplined retreat. We shall return to cleanse this city of these ravening beasts, but we must do so from a position of strength. All who are faithful, let us fight for a new dawn! To me!"

[15:22] <Lob> Anshu's words had an immediate effect on morale. A great cry of "GLORY TO THE MOST HIGH" was the response throughout the Heavenly City as those who could fight, did so with redoubled vigor, even driving back the deiphage horde in shock.

[15:23] <Shrike> Shrike redoubles her efforts at hearing Anshu's words, sometimes slicing two or even three deiphages at a time

[15:23] <Nomoe_Hideaki> At a gesture from Nomoe sheets of paper materialize in the air before him and he fills each of them with instructions before it has time to drift to the ground. "Report to me again once you have all this." And in a heartbeat the street is empty, the train of scribes, the cloud of flying messengers, and the ranks of divine milita all disappeared in the blink of an eye.

[15:23] * Anshu looks at Nomoe, then around at the gods that have already collected around him in response. "I will take these and head for the nineteenth gate, collecting reinforcements and refugees as we go."

[15:24] <Lob> A cleansing blast of green fire shot through an entire street, utterly clearing it as Ligier moved casually to the nearest portal back to Malfeas, in the office of the Heavenly Warden of the Prisoners, Verumpira. This was the problem of the usurpers, let them deal with it.

[15:24] <Lob> Brazen followed Anshu, keeping the path in front of him clear with suddenly materializing blades and other things of glowing energy, changing them as whimsy struck the Blazing Light of Heroism.

[15:25] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I will bring you there for immediate relief if you'll allow, Lord Anshu."

[15:26] <Anshu> Anshu nods.

[15:26] <Anshu> "Make it so."

[15:26] <Lob> The Sun flashed through the sky, with his spear in front of him, shooting this way and that as quickly as a beam of sunlight

[15:26] <Lob> dispatching the foes of Heaven without stopping for a breath.

[15:29] <Lob> Panicked divinities followed the warriors under the Exalted wherever they were. Not just Nomoe and Anshu, but Shrike, and the other participants of the games

[15:29] <Lob> As well as numerous Sidereals whose heroism should be all rights have been written here, if only time and space allowed

[15:29] <Shrike> Shrike motions for those joining her to form up and defend those who cannot defend themselves even as she leads the way in slice-and-dicing

[15:29] <Lob> Jeremiah appeared suddenly where an enemy stood, dispatching handfuls at a time with killing silvered dust, then disappeared as quickly as he appeared.

[15:29] <Anshu> In a flash, Nomoe arrived at Gate 19, with Anshu and his unit carried along in his wake. "Thank you," Anshu said, then turned his attention to directing the forces against the deiphages, pushing them back and establishing a perimeter so that noncombatants can make it through to safety.

[15:31] <Lob> "Leave this to me, Deliberator." Brazen barked

[15:31] <Lob> Then stood at a narrow point to funnel the deiphages in. "GO GO GO, I'LL DEAL WTIH THESE GUYS."

[15:31] <Lob> "BUT WHEN YOU MAKE A STATUE OF ME, REMEMBER TO MAKE ME HANDSOME."

[15:32] <Lob> Walls of fire burst around the deiphages, corralling, burning, and crushing them, orchestrated by waves of Brazen's hands.

[15:32] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe Hideaki takes to the sky again, surrounded by cloud of support staff, a nexus of communications with messengers arriving and racing off in all directions.

[15:33] <Lob> A Celestial Lion shot towards Nomoe. "Deliberator. We believe we have located the nexus point of where this disaster began. We would like you to accompany us, if you may."

[15:34] <Lob> "Anshu, you might want to get some soldiers on the other side in case some deiphages get through!"

[15:35] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Only occasionally, when flying deiphages come too close, unguarded refugees or scattered forces are spotted in the streets below, or a massed clump of deiphages present themselves as targets of opportunity Nomoe takes the time to display the martial power of the Exalted as well as his supernal organisation skills.

[15:36] <Nomoe_Hideaki> On those occasions he is a a hammer of light falling down on execrable traitors, annihilating them utterly.

[15:36] <Lob> As more people clumped around Shrike and Final Flight, they started loosing cohesion

[15:37] <Lob> "We need to join up with the other groups. That Anshu guy seems to be on top of things. How about you take the back and keep the deiphages off our rear, and I'll carve up anything in the front, and we'll try to get these guys to safety?" The beastman suggested

[15:38] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Does it remain a focal point of enemy strength," Nomoe inquires. "Or is there reason to believe that a victory there may sap the enemy's momentum?"

[15:38] <Shrike> Shrike battles eagerly and desperatly to defend everyone in her charge.

[15:38] <Anshu> Anshu nods and sends a messenger through the gate to find some soldiers to hold the other side.

[15:38] <Lob> The messenger nodded, his pale face drawn and tired from all that had happened, but dutifully ran as fast as he could

[15:40] <Lob> "No...my apologies Deliberator. We will investigate it ourselves and send a report to the Bureau of Destiny and the Deliberative Council, as per protocol."

[15:42] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe nods. "Do so. If you find anything to suggest tactical importance add the appropriate riders so that it comes to my eyes directly."

[15:43] <Lob> "That's all of them Deliberator Hideaki. We recommend that you go through a gate soon, because the closing rituals will begin in about 10 minutes."

[15:43] <Lob> A Messenger sent the same thing to Anshu, Shrike and Brazen

[15:44] <Shrike> Shrike will try to steer her and Final Flight in the direction of Anshu's group

[15:45] <Anshu> Anshu signals to begin a retreat in good order, allowing most of the combatants to go through, leaving only a token force to hold the gates until the last possible moment.

[15:47] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Message received," confirms Nomoe, then begins laying out the instructions for the staggered retreat of the remaining forces and his own staff through the next gate.

[15:49] <Lob> Those who go through the gates find an organized military force of Terrestrial officers and well-drilled and equipped mortals standing by to make sure no hostiles get through the gates

[15:49] <Nomoe_Hideaki> */Bright Snow? Can you hear me?/* As he has every half hour or so since she disappeared Nomoe tries to contact Bright Snow through the empty bond link.

[15:50] <Lob> they are immediately escorted to shelters

[15:50] <Lob> */I...h..ear y...u N...oe/*

[15:53] <Nomoe_Hideaki> At his instruction layer by layer his staff peels off to depart through the gate until Nomoe is alone circling over the chaotic streets around the arena where Bright Snow disappeared.

[15:53] <Lob> Deserted, except for more Deiphages

[15:53] <Virgil> With a pop an exhausted Snow falls from whereever it was Li abducted her too.

[15:54] <Nomoe_Hideaki> He may not be an expert on whatever strange effect Li used to abduct her, but it stands to reason that she will re-appear in the same place if - no, he corrects himself - when she returns.

[15:54] <Nomoe_Hideaki> So he will wait.

[15:55] <Virgil> Scars cover her, but she seems alert. Landing on her feet amongst the deiphages. She sighs, her spear twirling in her hands. "How tiresome."

[15:56] <Nomoe_Hideaki> All the gods with him are safely through the gate, and the deiphages won't be able to touch him even if the gates are closed on him.#

[15:57] <Lob> Drooling with hunger, their eyes empty, they rushed at Snow, denied almost all of their prey

[15:58] <Nomoe_Hideaki> But it seems that such drastic measures aren't necessary.

[16:00] <Nomoe_Hideaki> There is a blurred something falling down from above, a clear, pure note like a silver bell being struck and then dead gods all around.

[16:00] * Snow wobbles on her feet for a moment, just after the first of the deiphages attacks, neatly bisecting it, before keeling over, as they close in for the kill

[16:04] <Nomoe_Hideaki> For hundreds of meters all around no movement remains. */Bright Snow./ warmth, relief*

[16:04] *** Virgil is now known as Bright_Snow

[16:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "My apologies for the state of things here," his tone is dry, a bit of military humor to mask his worry. */Are you alright?/ deep concern*

[16:10] <Bright_Snow> Now that he is closer, she is seriously hurt. In fact... it is unclear how she is still functioning

[16:15] <Bright_Snow> "Here is better than there", she says giving him a smile with a cough of bloody froth. "Perhaps someday there shall be a childrens story about when the Lunar tricked the Ebon Dragon. */It would be wise perhaps to get me to a healer/ her mental tone is weak, horribly so*

[16:16] *** Bright_Snow is now known as Virgil

[16:19] <Nomoe_Hideaki> He is no physician, but the combination of her own appraisal and those wounds ... with a shock Nomoe realizes just how hurt Bright Snow is. He hadn't thought it possible, hadn't really considered the possibility before that she might actually die.

[16:22] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *tumultous emotions, concern and worry dominant along with determination /Hold on. You can't die, you can't./* Carefully, very carefully Hideaki lifts Bright Snow up from where she lies, for once not caring about staining his clothes.

[16:23] *** Virgil is now known as Bright_Snow

[16:26] <Nomoe_Hideaki> A small measure of strength flows into her out of what reserves of strength he himself has kept. "I ... " he begins, looking at her but doesn't seem to find any words beyond that. What he feels he can't grasp much less say. But there is something he can do, thanks to the wisdom of the Most High who made the bond such that strength can be shared.

[16:27] <Nomoe_Hideaki> But more importantly - and the arena is empty entirely, both Exalted disappeared in the direction of the nearest gate.

[16:29] <Nomoe_Hideaki> The warzone that has become of the Heavenly City spins under them, silently burning and rioting in the distance. It doesn't matter.

[16:36] *** Bright_Snow is now known as Virgil

[16:37] <Lob> A WEEK LATER

[16:38] <Lob> The Sun took the centre of the Deliberative, packed to capacity for the first time the Unconquered Sun had actually addressed the Exalted host since the end of the Primordial War.

[16:39] <Lob> "I will be brief, even though I know that there is likely much you wish to ask me."

[16:40] <Lob> "Yes, Yu-Shan has been temporarily evacuated...and I must take responsibility for it." At this the room erupted into denial and shock

[16:40] <Shrike> Shrike sits quietly, bandaged a bit from her bout with killing a star, but somehow with her fancy dress undamaged, and listens.

[16:40] <Anshu> Anshu, who had known some of this was coming, sits calmly as well.

[16:40] <Lob> "Please, please. It was my laxity of duty and my weakness that allowed this to come to pass. Thus, I wish to inform you that I will be temporarily abdicating my position as the King of Heaven, effective immediately after this speech."

[16:41] * Nomoe_Hideaki is silent, his expression grave. He had wished for this, wished for his Lord to speak to the Deliberative, to make them back into what they should be. To unify them. But not under these circumstances, not for *this*.

[16:41] <Lob> "I will be leaving Creation, to consider my future and my past, and my purpose, in solitude. I would ask that you not attempt to pursue me. But do not fear for me, for my other self, the Daystar, shall remain within Creation as it has for millenia, as a reminder that I shall return."

[16:44] <Lob> "I know that I had previously turned my face from Creation because of the actions of the Deliberative of the First Age, but I also saw many of the Deliberators here acquit themselves with courage and loyalty during the sudden attack on Yu-Shan just a week ago. That gives me hope that perhaps this one will succeed where your predeccessors failed. As before, I will leave Creation's fate in your hands, all that I ask is that you treat the divine refugees with compassion, and to reclaim what is rightfully theirs promptly."

[16:48] <Lob> "I will be appointing Luna, the Silver Maiden, as my viceroy to rule in my stead."

[16:45] <Lob> "Thank you. Now I must go. I wish you all good fortune, and that you rule Creation with wisdom."

[16:46] <Lob> The Sun wordlessly left the Deliberative Hall to a trail of shouts and questions, some demanding and others pleading

[16:46] * Shrike stands and starts applauding as the speech is completed

[16:46] <Lob> It was like a father disappearing for many of them.

[16:46] <Nomoe_Hideaki> It's not his place to judge the decisions of his betters, but he can't help but feel ... abandoned perhaps, by the one entity who is absolutely greater than him, who should have been eternal."

[16:46] <Nomoe_Hideaki> -"

[16:46] <Lob> Some applaud like Shrike, but the rest are largely simply shocked

[16:47] <Anshu> Anshu applauds sadly.

[16:47] * Nomoe_Hideaki neither applauds nor says anything.

[16:50] <Lob> IN MALFEAS...

[16:50] <Lob> The Ebon Dragon pondered the death of it's pawn.

[16:51] *** Virgil is now known as Bright_Snow

[16:51] <Lob> The First Age study of the Ebon Dragon could fill entire libraries, much as works are often written about the actions of the infamous throughout history and worlds. Perhaps trying to rationalize or find the one secret fact that would unravel the entirety of the mystery of their actions and motivations

[16:52] <Lob> The Deliberative was brilliant, yet had not managed to scratch the surface of how alien the Shadow of All Things truly was. It did not think in any way that could be considered human, or perhaps even sapient.

[16:53] <Lob> For example, right now, it was not thinking of a possible victory. The Dragon did not comprehend anyone having victories, only the losses of others. Thus, it's deep-cover agents had managed to make the usurping gods lose Yu-Shan. The Ebon Dragon did not win this, it thought. It only made others lose it.

[16:55] <Lob> and yet, it had managed to lose both pieces of the true Broken-Winged Crane due to the surprising...loss of Li Jin Gang to what was supposed to be his inferior student, and the destruction of Excalimon. Although the abandonment of his hated/loved reflection from the leadership of Heaven and Creation brought the closest thing to joy it could possibly comprehend.

[16:56] <Lob> The Ebon Dragon did not think of itself. Paradoxically, it was selfish, yet selfless for there was no self underneath, like a caddisfly larvae, it simply created a shell of a personality and layered it with more and more actions, and now it's ramshackle personality was opposed to the Deliberative, and thus had definition. For without an enemy, the Ebon Dragon would be mindless, formless, more dead then the Neverborn.

[16:58] <Lob> It came to a conclusion though. "The time for direct confrontation is over. This proves it. Yu-Shan will be retaken and their prison will not fail yet. Actions must be based on those around them, for the Exalted Host has waxed too mighty now." As it thought these false thoughts, like orbitting debris around a dead planet, it reminded itself that they would fail eventually.

[16:58] <Lob> "All things must End."

[16:59] <Lob> THE END

Dawn of the Third Age

2012-01-29T22:01:06Z

The Bushranger: /* IC */

[[Category:Exalted]][[Category:Dawn_of_the_Third_Age]]
An Exalted PbIM game in the Third Age of Creation, 10 years after the events of [[Once_more_with_feeling|Once More With Feeling]].
=Setting=
<center>''It is Realm Year 778. Ten years ago, the chaos of the Time of Tumult peaked: a mysterious force in Yu-Shan slew numerous gods and nearly the entire Five Score Fellowship before vanishing; the Mask of Winters moved boldly against the Scavenger Lands, plunging Nexus into a shadowland and devastating Great Forks, Greyfalls, and Lookshy; and a second Balorian Crusade swept over Creation from every direction. In that moment of crisis, a group of Solar and Lunar Exalted, having already reclaimed the city of Denandsor, penetrated to the heart of the Sword of Creation and threw back the invading fae, and halted the offensive of the Deathlords. From there, they brought the Realm to heel and turned their efforts to unifying and preparing Creation for the next assault.

''Despite the growing acceptance of the Celestial Exalted, the Time of Tumult continues. The Deathlords have suffered a setback, but they are readying their next strike. The raksha invasion has been defeated, but the new Celestial Deliberative has only just begun to push back the boundaries of the Wyld, and the agents of the Reclamation have begun carving realms of Yozi-worshippers out of the chaos, coming as saviors and protectors wherever the Celestial Deliberative's power does not yet reach.''

''There are enemies from within, as well. The Immaculate Order has splintered over the doctrinal reforms imposed by the Realm's new Celestial masters, and even among the Dragon-Blooded who have accepted - or had beaten into them - the truth that Celestial Exalted are not Anathema, many resent to at least some degree the subordinate position they have been forced into. And, of course, the Great Houses and their rivalries still remain - with new rivalries, now that the surviving members of the Lookshy's Seventh Legion are trying to integrate into the new political dispensation.''

''One bright spot - although it is a secret so far restricted to the Deliberative - is that peaceful contact has been made with the nations of Autochthonia, after a patropolis broke through the Seal of Eight Divinities in the wilderness near Denandsor. Limited amounts of trade and joint magitech research are taking place.''</center>

[http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k177/LordIames/Maps/Creation778.png A map of Creation as it exists at the time of the game] - the white circle indicates the rough position where Creation becomes Bordermarches. 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/CelestialDeliberative|The Factions of the Celestial Deliberative]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/GrandCircle| The Grand Circle of Denandsor, founders of the Celestial Deliberative]]

=House Rules=
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/CharacterGeneration | Character Generation]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/AnimaPowers| Anima Powers]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/Other| Other House Rules]]
=Player Characters=
==The Solars==
*Dakkareth as [[Character:Nomoe_Hideaki | '''Nomoe Hideaki''']], ''martial arts diplomat'' (Eclipse Caste)
*Bushranger as [[Character:Shrike_of_Swiftly_Striking_Talons | '''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''']], ''sneaky sticky-fingered seductress'' (Night Caste)

==The Lunars==
*Faustus 21 as [[ Character:Wandering_Drunken_Scholar| '''Wandering''']], ''Wanderer & Medicine pedlar'' (Full Moon)
*Lost_Arts as [[Character:Bright_Snow | '''Bright Snow''']], ''Traveller, Wanderer & Courier'' (Changing Moon Caste)

==The Infernals==
*Cowboy Energy as [[Character:Brazen Sand|'''Brazen Sand''']], ''maverick ruler of Gem''

==The Sidereals==
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Crimson_Meteor|'''Siran Bhavna, the Crimson Meteor''']], ''Gung-Ho Ace Warstrider Pilot'' (Battles)

==Inactive==
*Raksi as [[Character:Lady Daethia | '''Lady Daethia''']], ''The recent incarnation of the legendary Ai'' (Dawn Caste) MIA Player
*Hattori as [[Character:Noldarr | '''Noldarr''']], ''General of the Deliberative'' (Dawn Caste) bowed out
*Myllinnia as [[Character:Shadow_Ruby_Phoenix | '''Shadow Phoenix Ruby''']], ''Eyes, Ears, and Sword of the Divine Ministers'' (Adamant Caste)
*Rand Brittain as [[Character:Viridian_Inkwell | '''Viridian Inkwell''']], ''virtuous Ambassador to the Exiles''
*Danakir as [[Character:Imperative_Harmony_of_Order | '''Imperative Harmony of Order''']], ''Senior Magistrate sorceress'' (Zenith Caste)
*Blinks as [[Character:Blood_Soaked_Rain | '''Blood Soaked Rain''']], ''Compasionate Knightly Protector'' (Dawn Caste)
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Glorious_Prototype_for_Reunion|'''Glorious Prototype for Reunion''']], ''Creation-built fighter pilot'' (Orichalcum Caste)

=NPCs and Allies=

[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Minor_NPCs|Minor NPCs and allies]]

=Logs=
==IC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_15|Session 15]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_24|Session 24]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_25|Session 25]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_26|Session 26]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_27|Session 27]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_28|Session 28]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_29|Session 29]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_30|Session 30]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_31|Session 31]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_32|Session 32]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_33|Session 33]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_34|Session 34]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_35|Session 35]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_36|Session 36]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_37|Session 37]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_38|Session 38]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_39|Session 39]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_40|Session 40]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_41|Session 41]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_42|Session 42]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_43|Session 43]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_44|Session 44]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_45|Session 45]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_46|Session 46]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_47|Session 47]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_48|Session 48]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_49|Session 49]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_50|Session 50]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_51|Session 51]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_52|Session 52]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_53|Session 53]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_54|Session 54]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_55|Session 55]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_56|Session 56]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_57|Session 57]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_58|Session 58]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_59|Session 59]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_60|Session 60]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_61|Session 61]]

==OOC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]

==Small group logs==
===While investigating The Lap===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand | Nomoe Hideaki and Brazen Sand argue]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Inkwell | Nomoe Hideaki and Viridian Inkwell discuss the latter's split allegiances]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby_and_Nomoe_Hideaki | Shadow Phoenix Ruby and Nomoe Hideaki chat on the flight back to the Blessed Isle]]
===At the Denandsor Reclamation Festival===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow meet for the first time]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow2 | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow discuss names, secrets and the future]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand2 | Brazen Sand and Nomoe Hideaki speak in the aftermath of the fight against the Sidereal Akuma]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Iselsi_Saraban_Veata | Nomoe Hideaki and Iselsi Saraban Veata discuss the price of her information about the Empress]]
===At the Chiaroscuro Beach===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_vs._the_Defiler | Brazen Sand vs. the Defiler]]
===Somewhere===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_the_Unconquered_Sun | Brazen Sand and the Unconquered Sun]]
===Near Gem===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_Wanderer_Meet | Brazen Sand and Wanderer Meet]]
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_Goes_to_Yu-Shan | Brazen Sand Goes to Yu-Shan]]
===In An-Teng===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Talk_At_The_Edge_Of_An-Teng | Bright Snow and Brazen Sand Talk]]
===Back in Gem===
Brazen Sand and Wandering
===On the slopes of Mt. Meru===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sands_daughter | Brazen Sand and Nomoe]]
===In Sanken===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Bright_Snow_visits_Sanken|Bright Snow visits Nomoe in Sanken]]
===Near Mt. Metagalapa===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Nomoe_Plans|Nomoe speaks with Brazen Sand about his plans for a crusade]]
===After the Deliberative session===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Wandering|Brazen talks to Wandering about his misstep]]
=Miscellaneous=
==Custom Resources==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Custom_Charms | Custom Charms]]
*[[User:Taurus_II#Taurus_II.27s_Charms | Taurus II's Charms]]
*Once More With Feeling Custom Resources - see ST for approval on a per-item basis; some things may have been added without ST approval
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Charms | OMWF Custom Charms]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Spells | OMWF Custom Spells]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts | OMWF Custom Martial Arts]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Artifacts | OMWF Custom Artifacts]] (Some NSFW)
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Hearthstones | OMWF Custom Hearthstones]]
*Plague of Hats' ''[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Category:Charms_from_The_Hundredfold_Facets_of_Enlightenment Hundredfold Facets of Enlightenment]''
*Charms by The Demented One
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/p/24855/506683.aspx#506683 Hegra Charms]
**[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Isidoros_%28The_Demented_One%29 Isidoros Charms]
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/t/16902.aspx Abyssal Mate Charms for Lunars]

==Intel==
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Intel|Intel]]

==XP Awarded==
*322 (8 per session, +10 per story)
**(3-die stunts)
***+3 to Noldarr
***+9 to Nomoe
***+? to Brazen
***+1 to Ruby
***+8 to Bright Snow
***+1 to Harmony
***+? to Wandering
***+? to Prototype

Dawn of the Third Age/IC Logs/Session 60

2012-01-22T21:49:58Z

The Bushranger:

[13:21] <Lob> In the dark infinite void where victims shone as stars, Gang suddenly shot towards Snow, his carapaced footfalls leaving imprints of glowing silver-white and flakes of essence like snow

[13:31] <Bright_Snow> A flash of light, a blur, and Snow is moving too. For the moment keeping distance between them.

[13:37] <Lob> "You can't hide from me, Snow. I too am still a Lunar!" His many beady eyes glowed like a cat's struck dead-on by moonlight.

[13:52] <Lob> "I heard that!" He hissed

[13:56] <Bright_Snow> "I don't need to hide, especially from you." She says with a snarl, charging back in a plum of prismatic silver essence. Her Spear strikes out once as she passes and then she is past.

[13:58] <Lob> The massive Li's carapace twisted into silver metal and dodged her attack, then twisted her spear so that it struck her instead. He tutted in disappointment.

[13:58] <Lob> "I taught you that attack, Snow."

[14:04] <Bright_Snow> "What stabbing people?" She laughs, "Finesse nor brains were ever you strongpoint, Akuma. Else you would not be a soulless reject." She laughs from the shadows, her voice calm.

[14:11] <Lob> "I can sense your fear." He responded, equally calmly

[14:11] <Lob> "The shadows are my domain now. Do not be so trusting of them."

[14:14] <Bright_Snow> "Use a line that the last three Akuma of the Ebon Dragon haven't."

[14:14] <Lob> "How about this then. I know why you run, Bright Snow. Run from everything."

[14:18] <Lob> He tore the mockery of Fate and continuance of the prison they fought in, devoured it for his power,

[14:20] <Lob> His anima burst into life, a silver scorpion riddled with shadowed cancer.

[14:25] <Lob> He knew that he could see her, she was too quick

[14:26] <Lob> Therefore he would take that option from her

[14:27] <Lob> So with a silvered path opened before him, and a dragon shadow flitting in front, he shot towards Snow with unbelievable speed

[14:29] <Lob> "DIE" He said when he reached her. slashing twice with his moonsilver blade limbs

[14:37] <Lob> but hit only air

[14:41] <Bright_Snow> Snow's lance knocks both blows to oneside with casual ease.

[14:42] <Bright_Snow> She gives another laugh and with her free hand pushes him backward and follows with two quick strikes over his heart. While her direlance weaves in the prismatic shadows, faking a blow.

[14:48] <Lob> Gang's shield pulled the blow aside, the direlance only striking a pretend shadow of Gang instead

[14:49] <Lob> Suddenly Gang's 8 eyes flashed and a sword the size of a tree trunk shot forward with the speed of a striking cobra to impale his former student

[14:52] <Bright_Snow> Who nimbly dances to oneside, a look of boredom on her face

[14:56] <Lob> "Your boredom insults me, mere student. Look me in the face, stop avoiding your destiny."

[14:56] <Lob> His gaze promised death, and Snow's body acquiesed, paralyzing her, forcing her to suffocate on the air she could no longer breath

[15:03] <Bright_Snow> "Threats from Creatures of Darkness don't move me much Akuma. Neither do their impotent glares."

[15:07] <Bright_Snow> She sidesteps and disappears into the Shadows of the Room

[15:18] <Bright_Snow> She strikes again, a shadow amongst shadows. Her palm awash with Silver.

[15:21] <Lob> "Pathetic" He snapped, as he slapped her palm away.

[15:22] <Lob> "The shadows moved with you, and gave you away."

[15:22] <Lob> The World flexed and switched a Realm Dojo where Snow had trained wtih Gang

[15:23] <Lob> Li, to his credit, didn't seem surprised

[15:24] <Lob> "You have learned NOTHING." He snapped

[15:26] <Lob> "You stand there, smirking self-righteously because one person made one mistake that was beyond their knowledge. Do you think you're immune to this? Do you think we could not be in different positions now?"

[15:27] <Lob> He looked around and noticed the enclosure they were now in, and laughed.

[15:28] <Lob> Perhaps you do require a lesson in humility. If an Akuma of the Ebon Dragon must teach you compassion, then so be it!

[15:28] <Lob> He clapped his claws together and suddenly the entire room was trapped in malevolent darkness

[15:28] <Bright_Snow> "The Ebon Dragon could not force such a position on me no. My dreams are secure, as any sensible Elder exalts would be." She stands in the dojo, walking sidewise. "If you'd ever read a book or studied something that wasn't to do with your fists you'd know this." She still seems unfazed.

[15:29] <Bright_Snow> "Were you my old teacher, some of this might work on me. But from a piece of the Ebon Dragon this is all so much noise."

[15:29] <Lob> "No one can escape the grasp of Samsara. We are caught."

[15:29] <Lob> He responded from the darkness

[15:30] <Lob> "And you, you just fool yourself, locking yourself away from considering what others may have gone through. Your martial arts simply cover a truly cowardly heart."

[15:45] <Lob> "In fact...they reveal it. You always were the Crystal Chameleon. Running adn hiding but dying for attention."

[15:58] <Bright_Snow> "You expect me to give a damn what you think. Your a souless puppet. Anything I cared for on the inside, loved or hated is gone." Snow says, moving around the murky dojo. "As Lunar's we do not judge the outside, and Akuma... well they have no inside. You are less than nothing and it is time..."

[15:58] <Bright_Snow> She leaps forward. "Time to die."

[15:59] <Bright_Snow> A flurry of punches with her silver palm alight. The fury in her manifest. "Light Rends the Dark."

[16:04] <Bright_Snow> As her hand connects he is knocked back into the equipment, even as she rips and tears at his very being, his very essence.

[16:05] <Lob> Li fell back, appearing to be fatigued, although not injured

[16:08] <Lob> "It doesn't matter. Nothing matters. One of us will die here, the other will survive."

[16:10] <Lob> He swung as he stumbled and sliced through the wall like paper, throwing scrolls and lanterns and other things like shattered memories, rolled into another vision of the palace of Solitary Talon. Not understanding why it happened and not caring

[16:11] <Lob> The darkness itself attacked Snow from all sides. long fingers of dark on dark that cut like his blades

[16:16] * Bright_Snow whirls the tattered remains of Li's memories of the dojo helping shield her as she pursues him.

[16:17] <Lob> "It wasn't supposed to be this way."

[16:17] <Bright_Snow> "Life long ago tought me not to care Li, it comes from having creatures that feed on your feelings as parents." She says as she follows him.

[16:18] <Lob> "Then they've won."

[16:18] <Lob> He responded from nowhere in particular

[16:18] <Lob> That's what the Ebon Dragon has long wanted

[16:19] <Lob> *"That's what the Ebon Dragon has long wanted"

[16:23] <Bright_Snow> "The Ebon Dragon wants people to suffer not cease to care. I do not suffer not anymore, my despair was taken from me. Did I ever mention my awakening to you Li?"

[16:24] <Lob> "No. Of course not."

[16:24] <Lob> He said as he scuttled up a wall in preperation for her

[16:26] <Bright_Snow> "It always seems amazing that I still alive.My mother murdered everything I ever cared for and spent several years feasting off my despair, my pity my anguish. And when she was done I was left for the snows to finish."

[16:26] <Lob> "Is that so." He said as he moved closer, above a doorway

[16:26] <Bright_Snow> She leaps moving in a brilliant flash, bouncing off a phallic statue and starts running along the wood panelled wall.

[16:27] <Bright_Snow> "Perhaps you are the creature of lies, Akuma, you tell me."

[16:27] <Lob> "I did not lie at all. I never did."

[16:27] <Lob> He said as he turned to see her.

[16:29] <Bright_Snow> "Then let me put you to rest... blessful sleep. An end to the torment, yes?"

[16:30] <Lob> "You won't. I have seen your fate. Sacheverall shows that you will die to my blades."

[16:32] <Bright_Snow> "There is no lie greater than Fate. Merely a shaping done by those with the power to do so. Were you truely one of us, you would have carved your own. As it is there is still time to do so."

[16:35] <Lob> "Fate and Samsara are differnet. the vision of Sacheverall cannot be denied, though I would wish it so. But no, it is too late. We cannot leave here until one of us dies."

[16:35] <Lob> "And reality has chosen. it must be you, Bright Snow."

[16:35] <Lob> A mouth of razor'd shadow gnawed at her from under her feet. Gnashing again and again and again

[16:36] <Bright_Snow> "They are different names for different lies."

[16:36] <Lob> "You must know that I do not truly wish you harm. Yet I *MUST* obey my Urge. For that I am sorry."

[16:37] <Lob> "Perhaps if I had truly gained freedom from the Bond, this would not have been necessary."

[16:38] <Lob> "One day, you may think as I do. If you survive."

[16:39] <Bright_Snow> With a shove the statue falls into the razored mouth as Snow leaps for safety

Dawn of the Third Age/IC Logs/Session 60

2012-01-22T21:49:01Z

The Bushranger: Created page with "[13:21] <Lob> In the dark infinite void where victims shone as stars, Gang suddenly shot towards Snow, his carapaced footfalls leaving imprints of glowing silver-white and flakes..."

[13:21] <Lob> In the dark infinite void where victims shone as stars, Gang suddenly shot towards Snow, his carapaced footfalls leaving imprints of glowing silver-white and flakes of essence like snow

[13:31] <Bright_Snow> A flash of light, a blur, and Snow is moving too. For the moment keeping distance between them.

[13:37] <Lob> "You can't hide from me, Snow. I too am still a Lunar!" His many beady eyes glowed like a cat's struck dead-on by moonlight.

[13:52] <Bright_Snow> Ok she will turn, activate Furious Hound Pursuit, strike and move past him and beyond him

[13:52] <Lob> "I heard that!" He hissed

[13:52] <Anshu> (wrong channel)

[13:52] <Lob> (well duuuuh)

[13:56] <Bright_Snow> "I don't need to hide, especially from you." She says with a snarl, charging back in a plum of prismatic silver essence. Her Spear strikes out once as she passes and then she is past.

[13:58] <Lob> The massive Li's carapace twisted into silver metal and dodged her attack, then twisted her spear so that it struck her instead. He tutted in disappointment.

[13:58] <Lob> "I taught you that attack, Snow."

[14:04] <Bright_Snow> "What stabbing people?" She laughs, "Finesse nor brains were ever you strongpoint, Akuma. Else you would not be a soulless reject." She laughs from the shadows, her voice calm.

[14:11] <Lob> "I can sense your fear." He responded, equally calmly

[14:11] <Lob> "The shadows are my domain now. Do not be so trusting of them."

[14:14] <Bright_Snow> "Use a line that the last three Akuma of the Ebon Dragon haven't."

[14:14] <Lob> "How about this then. I know why you run, Bright Snow. Run from everything."

[14:18] <Lob> He tore the mockery of Fate and continuance of the prison they fought in, devoured it for his power,

[14:20] <Lob> His anima burst into life, a silver scorpion riddled with shadowed cancer.

[14:25] <Lob> He knew that he could see her, she was too quick

[14:26] <Lob> Therefore he would take that option from her

[14:27] <Lob> So with a silvered path opened before him, and a dragon shadow flitting in front, he shot towards Snow with unbelievable speed

[14:29] <Lob> "DIE" He said when he reached her. slashing twice with his moonsilver blade limbs

[14:37] <Lob> but hit only air

[14:41] <Bright_Snow> Snow's lance knocks both blows to oneside with casual ease.

[14:42] <Bright_Snow> She gives another laugh and with her free hand pushes him backward and follows with two quick strikes over his heart. While her direlance weaves in the prismatic shadows, faking a blow.

[14:48] <Lob> Gang's shield pulled the blow aside, the direlance only striking a pretend shadow of Gang instead

[14:49] <Lob> Suddenly Gang's 8 eyes flashed and a sword the size of a tree trunk shot forward with the speed of a striking cobra to impale his former student

[14:52] <Bright_Snow> Who nimbly dances to oneside, a look of boredom on her face

[14:56] <Lob> "Your boredom insults me, mere student. Look me in the face, stop avoiding your destiny."

[14:56] <Lob> His gaze promised death, and Snow's body acquiesed, paralyzing her, forcing her to suffocate on the air she could no longer breath

[15:03] <Bright_Snow> "Threats from Creatures of Darkness don't move me much Akuma. Neither do their impotent glares."

[15:07] <Bright_Snow> She sidesteps and disappears into the Shadows of the Room

[15:18] <Bright_Snow> She strikes again, a shadow amongst shadows. Her palm awash with Silver.

[15:21] <Lob> "Pathetic" He snapped, as he slapped her palm away.

[15:22] <Lob> "The shadows moved with you, and gave you away."

[15:22] <Lob> The World flexed and switched a Realm Dojo where Snow had trained wtih Gang

[15:23] <Lob> Li, to his credit, didn't seem surprised

[15:24] <Lob> "You have learned NOTHING." He snapped

[15:26] <Lob> "You stand there, smirking self-righteously because one person made one mistake that was beyond their knowledge. Do you think you're immune to this? Do you think we could not be in different positions now?"

[15:27] <Lob> He looked around and noticed the enclosure they were now in, and laughed.

[15:28] <Lob> Perhaps you do require a lesson in humility. If an Akuma of the Ebon Dragon must teach you compassion, then so be it!

[15:28] <Lob> He clapped his claws together and suddenly the entire room was trapped in malevolent darkness

[15:28] <Bright_Snow> "The Ebon Dragon could not force such a position on me no. My dreams are secure, as any sensible Elder exalts would be." She stands in the dojo, walking sidewise. "If you'd ever read a book or studied something that wasn't to do with your fists you'd know this." She still seems unfazed.

[15:29] <Bright_Snow> "Were you my old teacher, some of this might work on me. But from a piece of the Ebon Dragon this is all so much noise."

[15:29] <Lob> "No one can escape the grasp of Samsara. We are caught."

[15:29] <Lob> He responded from the darkness

[15:30] <Lob> "And you, you just fool yourself, locking yourself away from considering what others may have gone through. Your martial arts simply cover a truly cowardly heart."

[15:45] <Lob> "In fact...they reveal it. You always were the Crystal Chameleon. Running adn hiding but dying for attention."

[15:58] <Bright_Snow> "You expect me to give a damn what you think. Your a souless puppet. Anything I cared for on the inside, loved or hated is gone." Snow says, moving around the murky dojo. "As Lunar's we do not judge the outside, and Akuma... well they have no inside. You are less than nothing and it is time..."

[15:58] <Bright_Snow> She leaps forward. "Time to die."

[15:59] <Bright_Snow> A flurry of punches with her silver palm alight. The fury in her manifest. "Light Rends the Dark."

[16:04] <Bright_Snow> As her hand connects he is knocked back into the equipment, even as she rips and tears at his very being, his very essence.

[16:05] <Lob> Li fell back, appearing to be fatigued, although not injured

[16:08] <Lob> "It doesn't matter. Nothing matters. One of us will die here, the other will survive."

[16:10] <Lob> He swung as he stumbled and sliced through the wall like paper, throwing scrolls and lanterns and other things like shattered memories, rolled into another vision of the palace of Solitary Talon. Not understanding why it happened and not caring

[16:11] <Lob> The darkness itself attacked Snow from all sides. long fingers of dark on dark that cut like his blades

[16:16] * Bright_Snow whirls the tattered remains of Li's memories of the dojo helping shield her as she pursues him.

[16:17] <Lob> "It wasn't supposed to be this way."

[16:17] <Bright_Snow> "Life long ago tought me not to care Li, it comes from having creatures that feed on your feelings as parents." She says as she follows him.

[16:18] <Lob> "Then they've won."

[16:18] <Lob> He responded from nowhere in particular

[16:18] <Lob> That's what the Ebon Dragon has long wanted

[16:19] <Lob> *"That's what the Ebon Dragon has long wanted"

[16:23] <Bright_Snow> "The Ebon Dragon wants people to suffer not cease to care. I do not suffer not anymore, my despair was taken from me. Did I ever mention my awakening to you Li?"

[16:24] <Lob> "No. Of course not."

[16:24] <Lob> He said as he scuttled up a wall in preperation for her

[16:26] <Bright_Snow> "It always seems amazing that I still alive.My mother murdered everything I ever cared for and spent several years feasting off my despair, my pity my anguish. And when she was done I was left for the snows to finish."

[16:26] <Lob> "Is that so." He said as he moved closer, above a doorway

[16:26] <Bright_Snow> She leaps moving in a brilliant flash, bouncing off a phallic statue and starts running along the wood panelled wall.

[16:27] <Bright_Snow> "Perhaps you are the creature of lies, Akuma, you tell me."

[16:27] <Lob> "I did not lie at all. I never did."

[16:27] <Lob> He said as he turned to see her.

[16:29] <Bright_Snow> "Then let me put you to rest... blessful sleep. An end to the torment, yes?"

[16:30] <Lob> "You won't. I have seen your fate. Sacheverall shows that you will die to my blades."

[16:32] <Bright_Snow> "There is no lie greater than Fate. Merely a shaping done by those with the power to do so. Were you truely one of us, you would have carved your own. As it is there is still time to do so."

[16:35] <Lob> "Fate and Samsara are differnet. the vision of Sacheverall cannot be denied, though I would wish it so. But no, it is too late. We cannot leave here until one of us dies."

[16:35] <Lob> "And reality has chosen. it must be you, Bright Snow."

[16:35] <Lob> A mouth of razor'd shadow gnawed at her from under her feet. Gnashing again and again and again

[16:36] <Bright_Snow> "They are different names for different lies."

[16:36] <Lob> "You must know that I do not truly wish you harm. Yet I *MUST* obey my Urge. For that I am sorry."

[16:37] <Lob> "Perhaps if I had truly gained freedom from the Bond, this would not have been necessary."

[16:38] <Lob> "One day, you may think as I do. If you survive."

[16:39] <Bright_Snow> With a shove the statue falls into the razored mouth as Snow leaps for safety

Dawn of the Third Age

2012-01-22T21:47:17Z

The Bushranger: /* IC */

[[Category:Exalted]][[Category:Dawn_of_the_Third_Age]]
An Exalted PbIM game in the Third Age of Creation, 10 years after the events of [[Once_more_with_feeling|Once More With Feeling]].
=Setting=
<center>''It is Realm Year 778. Ten years ago, the chaos of the Time of Tumult peaked: a mysterious force in Yu-Shan slew numerous gods and nearly the entire Five Score Fellowship before vanishing; the Mask of Winters moved boldly against the Scavenger Lands, plunging Nexus into a shadowland and devastating Great Forks, Greyfalls, and Lookshy; and a second Balorian Crusade swept over Creation from every direction. In that moment of crisis, a group of Solar and Lunar Exalted, having already reclaimed the city of Denandsor, penetrated to the heart of the Sword of Creation and threw back the invading fae, and halted the offensive of the Deathlords. From there, they brought the Realm to heel and turned their efforts to unifying and preparing Creation for the next assault.

''Despite the growing acceptance of the Celestial Exalted, the Time of Tumult continues. The Deathlords have suffered a setback, but they are readying their next strike. The raksha invasion has been defeated, but the new Celestial Deliberative has only just begun to push back the boundaries of the Wyld, and the agents of the Reclamation have begun carving realms of Yozi-worshippers out of the chaos, coming as saviors and protectors wherever the Celestial Deliberative's power does not yet reach.''

''There are enemies from within, as well. The Immaculate Order has splintered over the doctrinal reforms imposed by the Realm's new Celestial masters, and even among the Dragon-Blooded who have accepted - or had beaten into them - the truth that Celestial Exalted are not Anathema, many resent to at least some degree the subordinate position they have been forced into. And, of course, the Great Houses and their rivalries still remain - with new rivalries, now that the surviving members of the Lookshy's Seventh Legion are trying to integrate into the new political dispensation.''

''One bright spot - although it is a secret so far restricted to the Deliberative - is that peaceful contact has been made with the nations of Autochthonia, after a patropolis broke through the Seal of Eight Divinities in the wilderness near Denandsor. Limited amounts of trade and joint magitech research are taking place.''</center>

[http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k177/LordIames/Maps/Creation778.png A map of Creation as it exists at the time of the game] - the white circle indicates the rough position where Creation becomes Bordermarches. 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/CelestialDeliberative|The Factions of the Celestial Deliberative]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/GrandCircle| The Grand Circle of Denandsor, founders of the Celestial Deliberative]]

=House Rules=
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/CharacterGeneration | Character Generation]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/AnimaPowers| Anima Powers]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/Other| Other House Rules]]
=Player Characters=
==The Solars==
*Dakkareth as [[Character:Nomoe_Hideaki | '''Nomoe Hideaki''']], ''martial arts diplomat'' (Eclipse Caste)
*Bushranger as [[Character:Shrike_of_Swiftly_Striking_Talons | '''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''']], ''sneaky sticky-fingered seductress'' (Night Caste)

==The Lunars==
*Faustus 21 as [[ Character:Wandering_Drunken_Scholar| '''Wandering''']], ''Wanderer & Medicine pedlar'' (Full Moon)
*Lost_Arts as [[Character:Bright_Snow | '''Bright Snow''']], ''Traveller, Wanderer & Courier'' (Changing Moon Caste)

==The Infernals==
*Cowboy Energy as [[Character:Brazen Sand|'''Brazen Sand''']], ''maverick ruler of Gem''

==The Sidereals==
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Crimson_Meteor|'''Siran Bhavna, the Crimson Meteor''']], ''Gung-Ho Ace Warstrider Pilot'' (Battles)

==Inactive==
*Raksi as [[Character:Lady Daethia | '''Lady Daethia''']], ''The recent incarnation of the legendary Ai'' (Dawn Caste) MIA Player
*Hattori as [[Character:Noldarr | '''Noldarr''']], ''General of the Deliberative'' (Dawn Caste) bowed out
*Myllinnia as [[Character:Shadow_Ruby_Phoenix | '''Shadow Phoenix Ruby''']], ''Eyes, Ears, and Sword of the Divine Ministers'' (Adamant Caste)
*Rand Brittain as [[Character:Viridian_Inkwell | '''Viridian Inkwell''']], ''virtuous Ambassador to the Exiles''
*Danakir as [[Character:Imperative_Harmony_of_Order | '''Imperative Harmony of Order''']], ''Senior Magistrate sorceress'' (Zenith Caste)
*Blinks as [[Character:Blood_Soaked_Rain | '''Blood Soaked Rain''']], ''Compasionate Knightly Protector'' (Dawn Caste)
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Glorious_Prototype_for_Reunion|'''Glorious Prototype for Reunion''']], ''Creation-built fighter pilot'' (Orichalcum Caste)

=NPCs and Allies=

[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Minor_NPCs|Minor NPCs and allies]]

=Logs=
==IC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_15|Session 15]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_24|Session 24]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_25|Session 25]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_26|Session 26]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_27|Session 27]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_28|Session 28]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_29|Session 29]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_30|Session 30]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_31|Session 31]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_32|Session 32]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_33|Session 33]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_34|Session 34]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_35|Session 35]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_36|Session 36]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_37|Session 37]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_38|Session 38]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_39|Session 39]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_40|Session 40]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_41|Session 41]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_42|Session 42]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_43|Session 43]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_44|Session 44]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_45|Session 45]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_46|Session 46]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_47|Session 47]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_48|Session 48]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_49|Session 49]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_50|Session 50]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_51|Session 51]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_52|Session 52]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_53|Session 53]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_54|Session 54]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_55|Session 55]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_56|Session 56]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_57|Session 57]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_58|Session 58]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_59|Session 59]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_60|Session 60]]

==OOC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]

==Small group logs==
===While investigating The Lap===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand | Nomoe Hideaki and Brazen Sand argue]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Inkwell | Nomoe Hideaki and Viridian Inkwell discuss the latter's split allegiances]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby_and_Nomoe_Hideaki | Shadow Phoenix Ruby and Nomoe Hideaki chat on the flight back to the Blessed Isle]]
===At the Denandsor Reclamation Festival===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow meet for the first time]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow2 | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow discuss names, secrets and the future]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand2 | Brazen Sand and Nomoe Hideaki speak in the aftermath of the fight against the Sidereal Akuma]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Iselsi_Saraban_Veata | Nomoe Hideaki and Iselsi Saraban Veata discuss the price of her information about the Empress]]
===At the Chiaroscuro Beach===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_vs._the_Defiler | Brazen Sand vs. the Defiler]]
===Somewhere===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_the_Unconquered_Sun | Brazen Sand and the Unconquered Sun]]
===Near Gem===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_Wanderer_Meet | Brazen Sand and Wanderer Meet]]
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_Goes_to_Yu-Shan | Brazen Sand Goes to Yu-Shan]]
===In An-Teng===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Talk_At_The_Edge_Of_An-Teng | Bright Snow and Brazen Sand Talk]]
===Back in Gem===
Brazen Sand and Wandering
===On the slopes of Mt. Meru===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sands_daughter | Brazen Sand and Nomoe]]
===In Sanken===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Bright_Snow_visits_Sanken|Bright Snow visits Nomoe in Sanken]]
===Near Mt. Metagalapa===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Nomoe_Plans|Nomoe speaks with Brazen Sand about his plans for a crusade]]
===After the Deliberative session===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Wandering|Brazen talks to Wandering about his misstep]]
=Miscellaneous=
==Custom Resources==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Custom_Charms | Custom Charms]]
*[[User:Taurus_II#Taurus_II.27s_Charms | Taurus II's Charms]]
*Once More With Feeling Custom Resources - see ST for approval on a per-item basis; some things may have been added without ST approval
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Charms | OMWF Custom Charms]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Spells | OMWF Custom Spells]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts | OMWF Custom Martial Arts]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Artifacts | OMWF Custom Artifacts]] (Some NSFW)
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Hearthstones | OMWF Custom Hearthstones]]
*Plague of Hats' ''[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Category:Charms_from_The_Hundredfold_Facets_of_Enlightenment Hundredfold Facets of Enlightenment]''
*Charms by The Demented One
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/p/24855/506683.aspx#506683 Hegra Charms]
**[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Isidoros_%28The_Demented_One%29 Isidoros Charms]
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/t/16902.aspx Abyssal Mate Charms for Lunars]

==Intel==
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Intel|Intel]]

==XP Awarded==
*322 (8 per session, +10 per story)
**(3-die stunts)
***+3 to Noldarr
***+9 to Nomoe
***+? to Brazen
***+1 to Ruby
***+8 to Bright Snow
***+1 to Harmony
***+? to Wandering
***+? to Prototype

Dawn of the Third Age

2012-01-15T22:39:36Z

The Bushranger: /* IC */ 59

[[Category:Exalted]][[Category:Dawn_of_the_Third_Age]]
An Exalted PbIM game in the Third Age of Creation, 10 years after the events of [[Once_more_with_feeling|Once More With Feeling]].
=Setting=
<center>''It is Realm Year 778. Ten years ago, the chaos of the Time of Tumult peaked: a mysterious force in Yu-Shan slew numerous gods and nearly the entire Five Score Fellowship before vanishing; the Mask of Winters moved boldly against the Scavenger Lands, plunging Nexus into a shadowland and devastating Great Forks, Greyfalls, and Lookshy; and a second Balorian Crusade swept over Creation from every direction. In that moment of crisis, a group of Solar and Lunar Exalted, having already reclaimed the city of Denandsor, penetrated to the heart of the Sword of Creation and threw back the invading fae, and halted the offensive of the Deathlords. From there, they brought the Realm to heel and turned their efforts to unifying and preparing Creation for the next assault.

''Despite the growing acceptance of the Celestial Exalted, the Time of Tumult continues. The Deathlords have suffered a setback, but they are readying their next strike. The raksha invasion has been defeated, but the new Celestial Deliberative has only just begun to push back the boundaries of the Wyld, and the agents of the Reclamation have begun carving realms of Yozi-worshippers out of the chaos, coming as saviors and protectors wherever the Celestial Deliberative's power does not yet reach.''

''There are enemies from within, as well. The Immaculate Order has splintered over the doctrinal reforms imposed by the Realm's new Celestial masters, and even among the Dragon-Blooded who have accepted - or had beaten into them - the truth that Celestial Exalted are not Anathema, many resent to at least some degree the subordinate position they have been forced into. And, of course, the Great Houses and their rivalries still remain - with new rivalries, now that the surviving members of the Lookshy's Seventh Legion are trying to integrate into the new political dispensation.''

''One bright spot - although it is a secret so far restricted to the Deliberative - is that peaceful contact has been made with the nations of Autochthonia, after a patropolis broke through the Seal of Eight Divinities in the wilderness near Denandsor. Limited amounts of trade and joint magitech research are taking place.''</center>

[http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k177/LordIames/Maps/Creation778.png A map of Creation as it exists at the time of the game] - the white circle indicates the rough position where Creation becomes Bordermarches. 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/CelestialDeliberative|The Factions of the Celestial Deliberative]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/GrandCircle| The Grand Circle of Denandsor, founders of the Celestial Deliberative]]

=House Rules=
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/CharacterGeneration | Character Generation]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/AnimaPowers| Anima Powers]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/Other| Other House Rules]]
=Player Characters=
==The Solars==
*Dakkareth as [[Character:Nomoe_Hideaki | '''Nomoe Hideaki''']], ''martial arts diplomat'' (Eclipse Caste)
*Bushranger as [[Character:Shrike_of_Swiftly_Striking_Talons | '''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''']], ''sneaky sticky-fingered seductress'' (Night Caste)

==The Lunars==
*Faustus 21 as [[ Character:Wandering_Drunken_Scholar| '''Wandering''']], ''Wanderer & Medicine pedlar'' (Full Moon)
*Lost_Arts as [[Character:Bright_Snow | '''Bright Snow''']], ''Traveller, Wanderer & Courier'' (Changing Moon Caste)

==The Infernals==
*Cowboy Energy as [[Character:Brazen Sand|'''Brazen Sand''']], ''maverick ruler of Gem''

==The Sidereals==
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Crimson_Meteor|'''Siran Bhavna, the Crimson Meteor''']], ''Gung-Ho Ace Warstrider Pilot'' (Battles)

==Inactive==
*Raksi as [[Character:Lady Daethia | '''Lady Daethia''']], ''The recent incarnation of the legendary Ai'' (Dawn Caste) MIA Player
*Hattori as [[Character:Noldarr | '''Noldarr''']], ''General of the Deliberative'' (Dawn Caste) bowed out
*Myllinnia as [[Character:Shadow_Ruby_Phoenix | '''Shadow Phoenix Ruby''']], ''Eyes, Ears, and Sword of the Divine Ministers'' (Adamant Caste)
*Rand Brittain as [[Character:Viridian_Inkwell | '''Viridian Inkwell''']], ''virtuous Ambassador to the Exiles''
*Danakir as [[Character:Imperative_Harmony_of_Order | '''Imperative Harmony of Order''']], ''Senior Magistrate sorceress'' (Zenith Caste)
*Blinks as [[Character:Blood_Soaked_Rain | '''Blood Soaked Rain''']], ''Compasionate Knightly Protector'' (Dawn Caste)
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Glorious_Prototype_for_Reunion|'''Glorious Prototype for Reunion''']], ''Creation-built fighter pilot'' (Orichalcum Caste)

=NPCs and Allies=

[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Minor_NPCs|Minor NPCs and allies]]

=Logs=
==IC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_15|Session 15]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_24|Session 24]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_25|Session 25]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_26|Session 26]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_27|Session 27]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_28|Session 28]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_29|Session 29]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_30|Session 30]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_31|Session 31]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_32|Session 32]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_33|Session 33]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_34|Session 34]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_35|Session 35]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_36|Session 36]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_37|Session 37]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_38|Session 38]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_39|Session 39]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_40|Session 40]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_41|Session 41]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_42|Session 42]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_43|Session 43]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_44|Session 44]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_45|Session 45]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_46|Session 46]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_47|Session 47]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_48|Session 48]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_49|Session 49]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_50|Session 50]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_51|Session 51]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_52|Session 52]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_53|Session 53]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_54|Session 54]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_55|Session 55]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_56|Session 56]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_57|Session 57]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_58|Session 58]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_59|Session 59]]

==OOC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]

==Small group logs==
===While investigating The Lap===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand | Nomoe Hideaki and Brazen Sand argue]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Inkwell | Nomoe Hideaki and Viridian Inkwell discuss the latter's split allegiances]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby_and_Nomoe_Hideaki | Shadow Phoenix Ruby and Nomoe Hideaki chat on the flight back to the Blessed Isle]]
===At the Denandsor Reclamation Festival===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow meet for the first time]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow2 | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow discuss names, secrets and the future]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand2 | Brazen Sand and Nomoe Hideaki speak in the aftermath of the fight against the Sidereal Akuma]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Iselsi_Saraban_Veata | Nomoe Hideaki and Iselsi Saraban Veata discuss the price of her information about the Empress]]
===At the Chiaroscuro Beach===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_vs._the_Defiler | Brazen Sand vs. the Defiler]]
===Somewhere===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_the_Unconquered_Sun | Brazen Sand and the Unconquered Sun]]
===Near Gem===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_Wanderer_Meet | Brazen Sand and Wanderer Meet]]
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_Goes_to_Yu-Shan | Brazen Sand Goes to Yu-Shan]]
===In An-Teng===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Talk_At_The_Edge_Of_An-Teng | Bright Snow and Brazen Sand Talk]]
===Back in Gem===
Brazen Sand and Wandering
===On the slopes of Mt. Meru===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sands_daughter | Brazen Sand and Nomoe]]
===In Sanken===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Bright_Snow_visits_Sanken|Bright Snow visits Nomoe in Sanken]]
===Near Mt. Metagalapa===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Nomoe_Plans|Nomoe speaks with Brazen Sand about his plans for a crusade]]
===After the Deliberative session===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Wandering|Brazen talks to Wandering about his misstep]]
=Miscellaneous=
==Custom Resources==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Custom_Charms | Custom Charms]]
*[[User:Taurus_II#Taurus_II.27s_Charms | Taurus II's Charms]]
*Once More With Feeling Custom Resources - see ST for approval on a per-item basis; some things may have been added without ST approval
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Charms | OMWF Custom Charms]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Spells | OMWF Custom Spells]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts | OMWF Custom Martial Arts]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Artifacts | OMWF Custom Artifacts]] (Some NSFW)
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Hearthstones | OMWF Custom Hearthstones]]
*Plague of Hats' ''[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Category:Charms_from_The_Hundredfold_Facets_of_Enlightenment Hundredfold Facets of Enlightenment]''
*Charms by The Demented One
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/p/24855/506683.aspx#506683 Hegra Charms]
**[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Isidoros_%28The_Demented_One%29 Isidoros Charms]
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/t/16902.aspx Abyssal Mate Charms for Lunars]

==Intel==
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Intel|Intel]]

==XP Awarded==
*322 (8 per session, +10 per story)
**(3-die stunts)
***+3 to Noldarr
***+9 to Nomoe
***+? to Brazen
***+1 to Ruby
***+8 to Bright Snow
***+1 to Harmony
***+? to Wandering
***+? to Prototype

Dawn of the Third Age/IC Logs/Session 59

2012-01-15T22:39:19Z

The Bushranger: Created page with "Session Start (Deliberative:#celestialdeliberative): Sun Jan 15 13:09:07 2012 -0500 [13:09] *** Bushranger has joined #celestialdeliberative [13:09] *** dakkareth is now known ..."

Session Start (Deliberative:#celestialdeliberative): Sun Jan 15 13:09:07 2012 -0500

[13:09] *** Bushranger has joined #celestialdeliberative

[13:09] *** dakkareth is now known as Nomoe_Hideaki

[13:10] <Lob> mouths and other less identifiable things were visible from moment to moment, like shapes in shifting sand.

[13:10] <Lob> "So like the wind it is." A deiphage chattered almost worshipfully. "A killing wind like our Lady."

[13:15] <Lob> As it said this, it too was devoured with an ecstatic sigh

[13:16] <Bushranger> "A killing wind the Lady will use to ensure your deaths!" Shrike shouts back, standing in a ready stance.

[13:17] <Lob> The thing extruded a long limb of self and grasped at Shrike, it's touch burning her very sub-motonic particles

[13:23] <Nomoe_Hideaki> There's a rustle of silk and Nomoe's luxurious robes are replaced by martial clothes of simpler design if no less precious materials. It would not do to damage or stain the others in battle. His stance is relaxed in the way of the Fist of the Daystar Stylists whose power lies in his internal strength rather than fancy maneuvers.

[13:26] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I think I will register a complaint about the behaviour of the natives," he says dryly, withdrawing a knotted cord of woven orichalcum from within his robes.

[13:27] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Don't you agree that this is most unseemly?"

[13:28] <Bright_Snow> "It is." Snow is holding her lance now but is otherwise unmoving. Awaiting Nomoe's action.

[13:33] *** Bright_Snow has quit IRC: Ping timeout

[13:36] *** Bushranger is now known as Shrike

[13:37] <Shrike> As the limb extends torwards her, Shrike tenses, waiting until the last possible moment - then blurs, diving to the ground underneath the grasping tentacle, intending to give it no time to maneuver after her, a surge of Essence increasing her speed at the last second.

[13:37] <Shrike> "You're the ugliest thing I've ever seen! You're so ugly yo momma took one look at you and said "that's no protoplasm of mine!" she shouted, her Reaper Daiklave flashing upwards at the creepy hentai tentacle thing.

[13:39] <Anshu> Anshu's caste mark glows to life as he moves his arms in a swirling motion, creating a whirlpool pattern in the sudden blaze of his anima. A vortex of sunlit water essence spins out from him to pull at and hinder the attacking gods as the Zenith settles into the Ghost-Restraining Whirlpool Stance.

[13:43] <Lob> The mass twisted and found itself unable to move away, but could only flail mindlessly...which wasn't that large a change.

[13:45] *** Virgil has joined #celestialdeliberative

[13:45] *** Virgil is now known as Bright_Snow

[13:46] <Nomoe_Hideaki> On Nomoe's brow the mark of the Eclipse burns. "These my companions as well as my own person are afforded diplomatic immunity as per paragraph ..." a long sequence of identifiers follows, "of the Treaty of In Solis." His voice resounds between the walls of the nearby buildings as he fixes the swarm or whatever it is with his eyes.

[13:46] <Lob> The beast pulsated and devoured deiphages that got too close to it.

[13:47] <Lob> The beast also resoundingly does not give a shit about the treaty

[13:49] <Nomoe_Hideaki> With a snap one of the three knots in the cord unravels and a winged cherub pops into existence next to Nomoe. "Deliberator Nomoe Hideaki to the Celestial Lion commander of sector 1286. Reporting a mob of infernally tainted lesser gods and one deity-devouring entity of significant power acting to break the peace of Yu-Shan. If necessary I and my fellow Exalts will be taking appropriate action to defend ourselves and the citizens of Yu-Shan."

[13:51] <Nomoe_Hideaki> He then brings his hands together in a gesture of supplication though his posture and expression is anything but humble. "Oh grand scholar of the Heavenly Laws, master of the 108 jade scrolls, most learned advocate of the 3rd court ..."

[13:51] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Apparently he is directing a prayer to his heavenly lawyer.

[13:53] <Nomoe_Hideaki> He keeps well clear of the mass of gods, next to Bright Snow, watching events unfold.

[13:57] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "... in advance hoping for your gracious assistance, your advice and representation ..."

[13:59] <Shrike> ...a blazing bolt of pure fire forged in the heart of the Unconquered Sun lashing out from the tip of her blade torwards the heart of the massive dark beast.

[14:10] <Lob> The golden sunlight dissipated on it's hide, the essence somehow eaten by the least gods as it struck it.

[14:12] *** Bright_Snow has quit IRC: Ping timeout

[14:14] <Lob> In response, the beast slammed at both Anshu and Shrike at the same time, moving somewhat jitteringly from Anshu's stance.

[14:15] <Lob> it let out a buzzing noise of impotent rage from all over it's protoplasmic body, devouring the quintessence of the structures around it into nothingness

[14:15] <Shrike> "What's the matter? Can't hit the broad side of a yeddim stable?" Shrike taunts the beast, rolling to her feet near the others.

[14:20] *** Virgil has joined #celestialdeliberative

[14:20] *** Virgil is now known as Bright_Snow

[14:24] * Bright_Snow rushes towards the monsterous amalgamation of traitorous forgotten gods, leaping onto a damaged wall and running over her companions. As she passes it her spear strikes out twice to the monster and once to the wall.

[14:31] <Lob> The amalgamation screamed a hideous piping melody of pain as Snow's essence burned through it like a hot knife through butter, leaving dripping quintessential scar-lined holes in it's hide as the reptilian Lunar leapt over it.

[14:32] <Lob> It wishes to run, but it cannot, not while Anshu has it trapped

[14:33] <Anshu> "Do any of us have the ability to put this thing down permanently?"

[14:34] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Though he does not interrupt his prayer Nomoe Hideaki nods and smiles thinly.
[14:37] <Anshu> "Then shall we do that, or simply keep it pinned until the Celestial Lions can arrive?"

[14:40] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe tilts his head eloquently. -This thing devours gods, is born of infernal taint, and has dared to attack us. What's more, it seems entirely mindless. I have no use for it.-

[14:40] <Shrike> "And have it eat them too? Kill it and kill it now," Shrike snaps.

[14:41] <Anshu> "Very well. I shall continue to keep it immobilized. Make sure it is never again a threat to anything."

[14:42] <Lob> The monster thrashed impotently at the approaching Exalts, but it's movements were imprecise, almost jagged.

[14:42] <Lob> as if it could not sense them properly

[14:45] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nodding Nomoe leaps into the sky where he performs a rapid pirouette, his hands raised to the sky where Sol Invictus is in the lead in the Games of Divinity. Sun radiance gathers around him as he grasps ten million rays of sunlight out of the air. Then he casts them down upon the east in a burning whirlwind of light to utterly burn away the creature's essence.

[14:50] <Lob> The creature vibrated as the essence scoured it's body, destroying it from the inside, converting it to more and more blazing sunlight

[14:52] <Anshu> Anshu lowers his arms, returning to a more natural standing position. The vortex continues to swirl around him for another few seconds before fading away.

[14:52] <Lob> Soon there is nothing left of it

[14:52] * Bright_Snow relaxes, her warform slipping off her as she perches on the end of the ruined wall watching the creatures death throes

[14:52] <Shrike> Shrike pumps her fist in the air with a grin.

[14:52] <Lob> literally nothing, like Nomoe has scoured it from existence.

[14:52] <Shrike> "That's it! Eat sun, evildoer!"

[14:53] <Nomoe_Hideaki> In the blink of an eye Nomoe stands on solid ground once more, continuing his prayer. Not that any action of their wasn't completely justified, but you can never go wrong having a scholar of law present in these things.

[14:55] <Shrike> "...and I even managed to avoid damaging this new dress. I'd say this was all in a day's good work, wouldn't you?"

[14:55] *** Shrike is now known as Shoggoth

[14:55] *** Shoggoth is now known as Shrike

[14:55] <Lob> An IM appeared next to Snow and spoke in Bear's voice

[14:56] <Lob> "The next match has begun." It said dryly

[14:56] <Lob> "Please report to the arena now."

[14:58] <Bright_Snow> "Late already. I thought we were done for the day." She leaps off the wall, dusting her dress off with one hand. "I will see you all another time then."

[14:58] <Bright_Snow> "It looks as if my fight is starting sooner than I had anticipated." She sounds nervous.

[14:58] * Nomoe_Hideaki nods seriously, even as his own clothes return to their previous state the danger to them having passed. "I suppose it was fortunate that someone was idiotic enough to involve Exalted in this. The Celestial Lions might have had more trouble."

[14:58] * Shrike inclines her head torwards Snow in agreement.

[14:58] <Shrike> "Another time, another place. And I am sure that you will do well."

[14:58] <Bright_Snow> And turns and exits the building.

[15:00] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe suddenly looks uncomfortable. "I have to make sure things are properly handled here. I will come to watch as soon as I can." He smiles slightly. "Try not to defeat your opponent too quickly?"

[15:01] <Bright_Snow> She pauses at the threshold as Nomoe speaks, turns her head back towards him and gives a shy little nod before leaving the building

[15:01] <Anshu> "I should probably return as well," Anshu says.

[15:02] <Lob> As they enter the arena, they find a hushed crowd, and a single man with arms folded turned away from the approaching Snow

[15:02] <Lob> "It's been awhile, Snow." He said in a hushed but sharp voice audible to her.

[15:04] <Lob> He turned to look at her, dressed in a white martial arts gi, his black hair and coal black eyes looking at her coldly.

[15:04] <Lob> Li Jin Gang, unforgettable to Snow.

[15:07] <Shrike> Shrike follows Anshu to the arena, where she pauses, giving Anshu a quick wish "for luck", before heading to her seat in the stands.

[15:08] * Bright_Snow stands, spear already drawn. Silent as her namesake.

[15:08] <Lob> Gang cocked his head and smiled very thinly. "Nothing to say to your old sifu?" He said, spreading his arms to his sides

[15:10] <Bright_Snow> "Beyond what words we exchanged at our last meeting?" She looks at him coldly, "Had I something to say Li, it would have been said long before now."

[15:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Having handled all the most pressing matters and made sure that his advocate knows to take care of the rest Nomoe makes his way toward the arena in most unseemly haste. He will not miss Bright Snow's match!

[15:10] <Bright_Snow> Her tone is clear her voice cold, like midwinter.

[15:10] <Lob> "You were always my greatest student, you should know that. The...discipline I had to give you at the Deliberative. Well, that was simply necessary. One that was instructive of your proper place, yes?"

[15:10] <Lob> he says this as he looks at his nails casually.

[15:10] <Anshu> Anshu settles in to rest and observe the fight.

[15:11] * Shrike ponders betting on the fight

[15:11] <Lob> He moved closer to her. "This is a lesson that, I have learned from a most unlikely source, needs to be taught to all of you. Everywhere."

[15:11] <Lob> "And it is for that reason that I am..."

[15:12] <Bright_Snow> "Oh come now, we both know that fight was never settled. And you are still a dog Li, pinning for its spoilt bitch of a master. A rabid one..."

[15:12] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Thankfully he arrives just in time to see his mate being confronted by her old teacher. Beyond the sense of his presence he keeps the bond closed as to not distract her.

[15:12] <Lob> He turned to look at the Sun in the sky, at Ligier, at everyone around him, then he smiled at Solitary Talon.

[15:12] <Lob> "I am quitting this match."

[15:12] <Lob> The stands went wild. This was unprecedented.

[15:13] <Shrike> "...that was unexpected..."

[15:13] <Lob> "Xcalimon. I believe it is time to deliver the package."

[15:13] <Lob> He said silently, and with that, a great cry came from across the city.

[15:13] * Bright_Snow spear remains between her and Li, held in guard.

[15:14] <Anshu> Anshu's eyes narrow to slits.

[15:14] <Lob> "The time of the traitor gods is over, and their whelps. All of you must be punished..." He looked at Solitary Talon again. "All of you."

[15:15] <Lob> Solitary Talon merely began weeping, as if she had expected this yet had dared not accept it.

[15:16] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe frowns as Li forfeits. What is he planning ... Nomoe Hideaki actually flinches as if struck as his charm deciphers his meaning. */He intends to destroy Yu-Shan itself .../*

[15:16] <Lob> The stands were suddenly in a frenzy, as buildings could be heard being torn down, and shrieking praise to the Silent Wind carried on the breeze.

[15:16] <Lob> "But you and I, my pupil. You and I will still have our match."

[15:17] <Lob> He held high a black glyph, like a scale formed of shadow and darkness. "THE BROKEN WINGED CRANE SHALL YET FLY!" He shouted, then smashed it to the ground where it exploded into a hole of nothing that engulfed both Li and Snow.

[15:17] * Bright_Snow is quite evident on Snow's face and then it passes. "You are pathetic, before angry as you were I at least held some tether of respect for you. Now you are a puppet Li, so much so I can see the hand sticking out from your backside."

[15:18] <Lob> Then they were gone.

[15:18] <Bright_Snow> "Before I would have thought to spare you, as a friend, but it seems my friend passed long ago." She begins to laugh.

[15:18] <Nomoe_Hideaki> After a moment, and infinity to someone like him, Nomoe finally manages to get a hold of himself. */Nevermind that, I will take care of that. Just beat the life out of hi .../ shock at seeing her disappear /Bright Snow?/*

[15:18] <Bright_Snow> The laughter lingers even after they vanish... mocking and relieved.

[15:19] <Lob> Snow found herself in...nothing, stepping upon...nothing

[15:19] <Lob> the only light was that thrown by her essence, visible in a place of such barrenness. Across from her, Li Jin Gang looked at her with paternal affection.

[15:20] <Lob> Like stars in the sky, Snow could see the other prisoners, trapped in eternal despair.

[15:20] <Lob> In Yu-Shan, the deiphages came closer. More then could have ever been counted. Yu-Shan would now pay for their laziness, their corruption, their turning away from their righteous masters!

[15:20] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Clearly conventional propriety is played out, Nomoe considers. So he doesn't think twice about ascending into the sky over the arena to get a better view. What is happening, where is that 'package' that he believes will have such unprecedented power?

[15:21] <Shrike> "Nediena nodevējs!"Shrike snaps in Forest-Tongue, jumping to her feet, then freezing as the combatants vanish.

[15:21] <Shrike> Then produces her daiklave in a flourish. "Who is with me?!"

[15:21] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *that Li believes

[15:22] <Lob> "You know, Snow. I truly do feel proud of you." He pointed to his head. "The Ebon Dragon made sure of that."

[15:22] <Lob> He sighed. "You and I are so much alike. I wanted true freedom from the bond, so I eventually went to the one entity that refuses to be imprisoned, one that can escape all ties, obligations, all restraint, except for one."

[15:24] <Lob> So I went to him, and he said he would teach me, but bade me look into the dreams of Sacheverall at the same time. Us Lunars, we can look into dreams more then our Solar Mates can."

[15:25] * Bright_Snow is icily silent. "You exchanged one master for another, how sad." Her voice is filled with venom, "You exchanged one petty depraved tyrant for another. Such a comparison Li is far from apt."

[15:25] <Bright_Snow> "Especially considering all you did was exchange one leash for a far far more potent one.

[15:25] <Bright_Snow> "

[15:25] <Lob> "No." He said sadly.

[15:25] <Anshu> Anshu jumps to his feet and sprints out to the arena, then up into the air, also trying to acquire a better vantage point.

[15:25] <Lob> "I had to become an Akuma of the Ebon Dragon, because that is what I saw happen in the mind of Sacheverall"

[15:25] <Lob> "I did exchange a leash, but not the one you thought I did."

[15:27] <Lob> "The Ebon Dragon probably knew that this would happen. But that doesn't matter."

[15:28] <Bright_Snow> "Does it matter? Now you have the Ebon's Dragon within your skin, nothing of you is left, which is why this will not hurt a bit." She strikes, quickly and without warning. "I'm growing tired of hearing you babble."

[15:28] <Lob> Li stepped back and shifted into the form of a giant scorpion-man, with spots of shadow swimming in and under his skin.

[15:28] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "A plague of these unsightly creatures," Nomoe says to Anshu as he joins him in the skies over the arena, his tone casual. "That can't be all of it, though. He truly believes that this betrayal would be enough to bring down Yu-Shan itself ..."

[15:29] <Lob> "So here is what will happen." He somehow said clearly through no longer human mouthparts

[15:29] <Lob> "I hold half of the infamous Broken-Winged Crane within my soul. If you win, then it will dissipate."

[15:30] <Lob> "If you lose, you will die, and the entirety of the Broken-Winged Crane...the true Broken-Winged Crane, will be loosed upon the world."

[15:31] <Lob> "Of course, my partner, Xcalimon, is already leaving with the other half. I tell you that now that there is no chance of you affecting that outcome."

[15:32] <Shrike> Shrike, meanwhile, follows Nomoe and Anshu on the ground, frustrated that she cannot fly.

[15:35] <Bright_Snow> A broken message escapes through the Bond to Nomoe.... */ Kill Xcal...on, will .... you if I ca... and... beca..e I migh.. n.t m..e i. back. l.v...ou / warmth fills the bond before it is snapped off/ *

[15:36] <Lob> Celestial Lions in Yu-Shan were rushing to quell riots, Ligier himself rose from his seat and unsheathed his Sword of the Yozis

[15:37] <Lob> "This interruption is unacceptable. Simply unacceptable." He said sternly, then left the stands calmly and began cutting through deiphages effortlessly.

[15:38] <Lob> "If Sol will not show himself to enforce proper discipline upon his serfs, then it is left to me, their true master, to teach them proper propiety he said to himself.

[15:39] <Lob> Meanwhile, Li Jin Gang moved into the stance of the forbidden murderous art

[15:39] <Lob> Cobra Form.

[15:42] <Lob> "My greatest pupil, Bright Snow. Let your artistry shine, for this will be the final time I will see it, either way." He said with genuine emotion.

[15:43] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Bright Snow?" Nomoe Hideaki says quietly, frozen with shock at losing the bond connection. It has become something so natural, so right that it feels like a part of him being ripped away. It shouldn't be possible, nothing can sever the bond ... and she can't be dead, she can't.

[15:43] <Anshu> Anshu stands above the Arena and raises his hands to the Sun. In Old Realm, he begins to speak: "I am Anshu, Surely-Refulgent. For my virtues, I was Chosen by the Unconquered Sun and Exalted into the Zenith Caste to serve as His Priest, His Herald, and His Champion."

[15:45] <Anshu> "By the Power and Authority He has vested in me, I hereby amend the Roll of Reviled Darkness. Forevermore, all deiphages now within Yu-Shan, the Heavenly City, shall burn in the fury of the Holy Light of the Sun!"

[15:46] <Lob> The Sun pulsed as Anshu changed the underpinnings of Creation and reality.

[15:46] <Anshu> Anshu's anima banner towers over the city, and his voice carries far and wide for all to hear.

[15:48] <Lob> Yet an entire continent-sized city was trapped in the throes of terror

[15:50] <Shrike> Shrike takes a position at the Arena gates, poised with her Daiklave held tightly outward in one hand, legs spread to brace herself and fully block any Deiphages who wish to enter, her expression determined and her own caste mark shining brightly.

[15:51] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Frozen Sunlight Mask nonewithstanding he actually trembles as contrary absolutes clash in his soul as he looks down to the spot where Bright Snow disappeared. He has to do something, follow her to wherever she was taken, guard her back against the betrayer she isn't sure she can beat. But ...

[15:54] <Shrike> A slight gust of wind surrounds the redheaded Solar as her orichilum lamellar appears from Elsewhere, and she quickly slips into it, the familar caress of her armor like a second skin upon the Night Caste's body.

[15:54] <Lob> The claws that had replaced Gang's hand lengthened into identical curved swords

[15:54] <Nomoe_Hideaki> But ... she had said to go after the God of Blackmail, for whatever reason. What he wants to do is clear, but equally clear is his duty - to support his mate, to be where she isn't, to do what is necessary.

[15:56] <Lob> Ligier sauntered past Shrike, his sword burning with palpable power

[15:56] <Lob> "Good luck, for now, we are on the same side."

[15:57] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Bright Snow must know more than he does about what is going. Clearly this is something that needs to be done, something she cannot do right now. His duty. Duty always wins out in Nomoe's heart, but that doesn't mean it's not painful.

[15:58] <Shrike> Shrike smirks, giving a jaunty salute with her blade. "The enemy of my enemy, etctera. And good hunting."

[15:59] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Lord Anshu," he calls out, his voice hoarse. "I have need of your resources."

[16:00] <Lob> An emaciated horde rushed towards Shrike, eager for the delectable and trapped deities hidden within that arena

[16:01] <Lob> Bear was on his hind legs smashing through divinities with paws so powerful that essence was unneccessary to tear heads from shoulders

[16:01] <Anshu> "What is it that you need, Lord Nomoe?"

[16:03] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I must locate the god Xcalimon. By the traitor's words he bears a weapon against Yu-Shan. Bright Snow ... she managed to get a message to me from where she was taken. Only a few words were understandable, but this was clear: It is vital to slay that god."

[16:05] <Nomoe_Hideaki> His Charms do a good job of concealing the turmoil in his soul, but they are probably more fragile than at any other time.

[16:09] <Shrike> Shrike grits her teeth as the horde charges, taking a double-handed grip on her daiklave, and waiting as they approach, waiting for just the right moment...

[16:09] <Shrike> "I am Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons. Night Caste of the Solar Exalted, Champion and Chosen of the Unconquered Sun," she cries out, raising her weapon above her head...

[16:09] <Shrike> "YOU! SHALL! NOT! PASS!"

[16:10] <Shrike> ...and she brings her blade around, a massive blast of Solar energy rippling from it!

[16:12] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe produces the sorcery-capturing cord again and undoes the second knot.

[16:12] <Anshu> "I am sorry. If my wife was here, she would have a spell to aid us, and I did not think to bring a retinue."

[16:12] <Anshu> Anshu thinks furiously.

[16:13] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Nomoe Hideaki to Lady Si of the Forbidding Manse of Ivy," he speaks to the winged cherub. "If you are in any position to do so, I need your help. I must know the location of the god Xcalimon, who is a traitor to creation in possession of a weapon said to be capable to destroying Yu-Shan itself. If you can ask Nara-O or another god, if you know a spell to locate him, or can read the Loom to determine his position ..."

[16:14] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I will gladly bear any costs or favors incurred. Please, if you can, help me."

[16:14] <Lob> Shrike sent the front of the horde reeling, blasting them backwards or into screaming dust, they cringed away from the sunlight that was suddenly so uncomfortable to them.

[16:15] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Do you know of any other Exalts or gods, who would be able to help us?"

[16:15] <Shrike> Shrike's anima flares, an aura of pure golden light surrounding her figure as her Caste Mark shines.

[16:18] <Anshu> Anshu raises a hand and closes his eyes in concentration.

[16:30] <Anshu> Stigmata open on Anshu's body, and blood briefly flows from the wounds to stain his white robes. But Anshu opens his eyes, seemingly unconcerned. "The Jade Pleasure Dome. That's where we need to be."

[16:34] * Nomoe_Hideaki just nods once, appreciating Anshu's sacrifice. "We will take the gold routes. The nearest pier is ..." he turns slightly, his gaze sweeping over the close surroundings in the direction of the Dome, "there."

[16:36] <Shrike> "Bet you I beat you there even with these guys in the way!" Shrike shouts with a grin, not looking up at Anshu from her battle and, thus, not noticing the bloodstains...

[16:37] *** Lob has quit IRC: Disintegrated: ~ Trillian Astra - (Link: http://www.trillian.im)www.trillian.im ~

[16:37] <Anshu> Anshu nods. "You may have to do the majority of any fighting along the way, or to get us inside. My wounds are not serious, but my reserves are nearly spent."

[16:38] <Anshu> "Adding such a large group to the Roll of Reviled Darkness was very taxing."

[16:40] * Nomoe_Hideaki waves that away. "It will not be a problem."

[16:41] <Nomoe_Hideaki> There is an adamant determination in his eyes that even the crazed deiphages might think twice about facing.

[16:41] *** Bright_Snow has left #celestialdeliberative

[16:41] *** Nomoe_Hideaki is now known as dakkareth

[16:42] *** Shrike is now known as Bushranger

Session Close (#celestialdeliberative): Sun Jan 15 17:02:57 2012 -0500

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2012-01-15T21:15:07Z

The Bushranger: /* Essence */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 5
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique
* Blazing Solar Bolt

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 23/23
** Peripheral Motes: 8/54

==Willpower==
* 7/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
54

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2012-01-15T20:47:59Z

The Bushranger: /* Essence */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 5
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique
* Blazing Solar Bolt

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 18/23
** Peripheral Motes: 4/54

==Willpower==
* 7/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
54

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2012-01-15T19:10:49Z

The Bushranger: /* Essence */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 5
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique
* Blazing Solar Bolt

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 0/23
** Peripheral Motes: 22/54

==Willpower==
* 7/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
54

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2012-01-15T19:10:25Z

The Bushranger: /* Willpower */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 5
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique
* Blazing Solar Bolt

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 0/23
** Peripheral Motes: 14/54

==Willpower==
* 7/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
54

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2012-01-15T18:38:08Z

The Bushranger: /* Essence */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 5
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique
* Blazing Solar Bolt

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 0/23
** Peripheral Motes: 14/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
54

Dawn of the Third Age/IC Logs/Session 58

2012-01-15T18:22:55Z

The Bushranger: Created page with "Session Start (Deliberative:#celestialdeliberative): Sun Dec 11 12:58:06 2011 -0500 [12:58] *** Bushranger has joined #celestialdeliberative [12:58] *** Topic on #celestialdeli..."

Session Start (Deliberative:#celestialdeliberative): Sun Dec 11 12:58:06 2011 -0500

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[12:58] *** Topic on #celestialdeliberative is: Exalted 2nd: Dawn of the Third Age / IC Channel

[12:58] *** Topic set by dakkareth (2 hours ago at 11:03 AM)

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[13:42] *** Bushranger is now known as Shrike

[13:42] *** dakkareth is now known as Nomoe_Hideaki

[13:43] *** Virgil is now known as Bright_Snow

[13:50] <Lob> The matches of the day have ended, with Invisible Crow Hunter pulling off an unexpected victory against Yazooz.

[13:53] * Nomoe_Hideaki has been making a few discrete inquiries about some of the contestants he had no opportunity to see and appraise himself. As a Deliberator and one of the wealthiest human beings in all Creation there are always ways to learn more. After all, a discerning connoisseur of the martial arts wants to know which ones are worth watching ...

[13:54] <Lob> and Li Jin Gang eventually defeating Forbidden Flight, a renegade Abyssal

[13:56] * Shrike returns to the arena as the matches come to a close. Her dress is impeccable and there is a smile on her face, however her hair is a bit...mussed, compared to how it had been when she departed with her companion at the close of Anshu's match. Running her hand through it, her eyes roam across the dispersing crowd for familiar faces.

[13:58] <Lob> Nomoe eventually encountered a friend of a friend of one of the healing staff who had heard some gossip that he would be willing to share

[13:58] <Lob> for a price...

[14:00] <Nomoe_Hideaki> And of course if he can learn something that Bright Snow may make use of, well, this much is expected and wouldn't be considered in poor taste or even cheating.

[14:00] <Anshu> As the matches end for the day, Anshu makes his way out of the barracks. Even he had only been to Yu-Shan a handful of times.

[14:01] * Bright_Snow leaves shortly after Anshu, deciding to risk herself slightly and take a scroll

[14:02] *** Lob has quit IRC: Ping timeout

[14:04] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe would not be so crass as to offer outright bribe money or pay for information, but if there's something the good divinity has to sell or services to render they would surely find themselves adequately remunerated for their trouble. And if they happened to share a bit of gossip along the well, why, no reason that might not affect the tip ...

[14:05] <Shrike> Shrike exits the arena, having waited for the departing crowd to disperse a bit. She stretches, looking around, and, spotting Anshu, starts in his direction with a wave.

[14:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Ah, Lord Anshu, well met." Chance - or was it fate - seems to have crossed their paths. "My congratulations on your victory. It was most gratifying to watch the mastery you displayed in defeating that ... distasteful being."

[14:12] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "The Green Sun seemed very sure of its lesser soul's pupil when we spoke, but I suppose even the greatest among the captivi do on occasion err in their judgment."

[14:14] <Anshu> "Thank you, Lord Nomoe. And I do not think it was an error in this case; had I been unable to attain or maintain a hold on him, the match may have gone quite differently."

[14:17] <Shrike> Arriving, the redheaded Solar gives a bow to both Anshu and Nomoe. "Well met, Deliberator Nomoe, Anshu," she says with a smile. "Your match was most exhilarating to watch," she adds to the latter.

[14:17] * Nomoe_Hideaki bows as well. "Lady Shrike."

[14:21] <Anshu> Anshu bows in return. "Thank you, Lady Shrike. I thought Snow's was the more interesting, myself."

[14:23] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Hers was the more dangerous opponent," Nomoe agrees. "No practitioner of the Blossom of the Perfected Lotus can be taken lightly, and that style he used ..."

[14:24] <Shrike> "It was enjoyable to watch, although, not being as knowledgable as I perhaps should be in the martial arts, I tend to focus more on the artist, than the art being used," Shrike admits.

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[14:26] *** Bright_Snow is now known as Virgil

[14:28] <Lob> "What do you have?" The minor god asked Nomoe.

[14:28] *** Lob has quit IRC: Disintegrated: ~ Trillian Astra - (Link: http://www.trillian.im)www.trillian.im ~

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[14:33] *** Virgil is now known as Bright_Snow

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[14:45] <Lob> "I would be only too happy to assist one of the Princes of the Earth, but the Heaven and Earth Tournament is taken extremely seriously. I would need something in return, something would assure my security should I run into trouble in your service."

[14:46] <Anshu> As the matches end for the day, Anshu makes his way out of the barracks. Even he had only been to Yu-Shan a handful of times.

[14:47] <Lob> A guide had been attached to Anshu and Snow, both to show them the extremely impressive sights, and to keep an eye on them.

[14:47] <Nomoe_Hideaki> And speaking of Snow ... */Are you staying at the barracks until your next fight? I thought I would see the sights of the Heavenly City for a bit myself .../*

[14:47] <Lob> He appeared like any tour guide one would find in a large city in Creation, legitimate or otherwise, except that he or she, it was hard to tell, was dressed in incredibly exquisite finery.

[14:48] <Lob> Of course, those sights were very fragmented, and the guide sometimes pointedly suggested that they move away from the deserted sites of Adorjan's rampage.

[14:51] <Lob> It was as if they didn't want the Exalted to lay witness to the aftermath of that catastrophe. Although whether it was pride, grief, or something else, it was hard to tell.

[14:52] <Bright_Snow> There is a pause. *?No I am out. I thought I'd try to see Yu-Shan for myself./ Playful but nervous/ Though I would be delighted to join you./*

[14:53] * Nomoe_Hideaki gives the minor god a condescending look, noting with distaste that he seems to be incapable of any subtlety. "In my service?"

[14:54] *** Bright_Snow is now known as Virgil

[14:55] <Lob> "How about we just say that you can do me an equivalent favor one day? It won't be humiliating or dangerous, just a bit of help. You probably won't even have to get up for it. Would that be alright?"

[14:56] <Shrike> Shrike, as it happens, has joined Anshu on the tour, and is actually paying attention to the sights for once.

[14:57] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "So you would be willing to speak, despite the security imposed?" Nomoe affects a severe expression. "I'm sure Deliberator Bear will not be happy to hear of that."

[14:58] <Shrike> "You know, I wish I'd visited here long ago..."

[15:02] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *elation /... so would I./ realization, it's not just a turn of phrase but uncomfortable honest words /I am currently taking a guided tour along with the Lady Shrike and Lord Anshu, but I can easily make excuses./*

[15:05] *** Virgil is now known as Bright_Snow

[15:05] <Anshu> Anshu nods. "Every time I visit, I manage to discover something new. I doubt the longest mortal lifetime would not be enough to see it all."

[15:05] <Shrike> "Guess I'll have to take the cram course, then," the redheaded Solar observes with a chuckle. "I need to get some things while I'm here too. Gifts and such."

[15:05] <Shrike> Of course, she already has one for Cerise.

[15:06] <Bright_Snow> *?I shall join you... it will be less suspicious that way/ Happiness/*

[15:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "It is good that there is more than on mortal lifetime allotted to us then," Nomoe comments.

[15:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Of course Creation holds many worthy sights of its own, so how long would it take to see them all ..."

[15:09] <Shrike> "Quite true. Would it only possible to duplicate one's self," Shrike chuckles.

[15:09] <Shrike> (*be possible)

[15:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "The Chosen of the Silver Lady can accomplish such, it is said."

[15:10] <Bright_Snow> "Years in fact." Snow says curtly, arriving from a side street. "I have seen a fair few myself." */ A little harshness for the benefit of anyone listening in / caution / I suspect you think they wouldn't dare / playful / and having seen you wroth I'm not sure you are wrong, alas they may not have witnessed it./*

[15:11] <Anshu> "I have read the same. And of course, much depends on how one travels."

[15:12] <Shrike> Shrike nods in agreement, looking thoughtful.

[15:13] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Deliberator Bright Snow," Nomoe bows to the degree required by politeness.

[15:13] <Shrike> Spotting Snow, she bows as well in greeting.

[15:14] <Anshu> Anshu bows as well - a martial artists' bow to a fellow practitioner, in these circumstances.

[15:15] <Lob> "And I'm sure that Deliberator Bear would not be happy to hear that the mate of one of the contenders was trying to get an unfair advantage."

[15:15] <Anshu> "Why are those structures left uninhabited?" Anshu asks the guide.

[15:15] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *a sigh /These are lesser gods, they are notorious for not knowing the bounds of their station. And these guides are amateurs at concealing their curiosity, if not their instructions to spy .../*

[15:16] <Lob> "Because of the great wind

[15:16] <Lob> "

[15:17] <Lob> He says no more.

[15:19] <Lob> On that subject

[15:19] <Lob> "Here, let's go look somewhere else." He said, pointing to a random but crowded street

[15:20] <Lob> "Here we have the garment district where the most sumptious fabrics and garments in Yu-Shan are created, each by the hands of a master divinity in their style." He lectured

[15:21] <Shrike> Shrike perks up a bit as she takes in the garment district, looking intrigued.

[15:22] *** Bright_Snow is now known as Virgil

[15:22] <Lob> As they walked through a street literally paved with gemstones, with buildings of every idiosyncratic style possible in Creation, and some that are impossible. All of them showcase their wares, although some appear more as warehouses while others are like tiny boutiques.

[15:23] *** Virgil is now known as Bright_snow

[15:23] *** Bright_snow is now known as B

[15:23] *** B is now known as Bright_Snow

[15:25] <Shrike> The redheaded solar pauses in front of an impressive display of silk garments, looking them over with distinct curiosity.

[15:26] * Bright_Snow returns the bows

[15:27] <Anshu> Anshu looks politely, though fashion isn't really his thing; at most he's looking to see if there's anything Cerise might like.

[15:28] <Lob> The guide rambles on and on about the proud history of this street, going on about thousands of years of politics and events that no one who wasn't an immortal god living in Yu-Shan would likely be able to follow anyway. Maybe a Sidereal

[15:30] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Are you in all seriousness making an accusation against me," Nomoe asks, his tone steely and sharp enough to cut the air.

[15:31] * Nomoe_Hideaki also examines the fabrics and clothes on display with an expert's appreciation

[15:32] <Lob> The god stepped back, realizing that he had stepped far over the line. "No sir, no. Just that we are united in the...virtuous self-interest of our current situation."

[15:36] *** Bright_Snow has quit IRC: Ping timeout

[15:38] <Lob> Suddenly they heard a very loud, and very familiar coarse voice

[15:38] <Lob> "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN MY SIZE? YOU SAID YOU COULD MAKE ANYTHING WITH THAT QUINTESSENCE STUFF!!"

[15:40] <Lob> Then they felt the footsteps reverberating along the street, causing the gems to actually sing as the vibrations shivered through them.

[15:42] <Shrike> Shrike blinks in surprise, then facepalms with a good-natured smirk.

[15:44] *** Bright_Snow has joined #celestialdeliberative

[15:45] <Lob> The guide was startled, and looked down the street, it was so long that ti actually curved out of (human) view

[15:45] <Lob> But as the footfalls grew stronger and louder, a familiar head appeared over the "horizon"

[15:46] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "You assume too much," Nomoe says coldly. "Presume not to guess the motives of your betters, for you will at best make a fool of yourself. But I suppose you have given me the answers I seek, so that is something." He turns to leave.

[15:48] <Lob> The god didn't say anything, firmly put in his place. He shrunk away, literally, and left as quietly as possible.

[15:48] <Anshu> Anshu raises an eyebrow at Brazen's appearance. "Lord Brazen. I didn't think they allowed you entry to Heaven."

[15:48] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "So much for peaceful sight-seeing ..." Nomoe sighs.

[15:48] <Lob> "THEY NORMALLY DON'T. BUT THIS IS THE CARNIVAL OF MEETING AND I'M A DELIBERATOR." Brazen showed a medal identifying him as such, it was the size of a hubcap around his gigantic neck.

[15:49] <Shrike> "Besides, it's not as if they could keep you out if they tried, right?" Shrike says, grinning.

[15:49] <Lob> He was also being tailed by a furtive group of Celestial Lions.

[15:49] <Lob> a block away.

[15:50] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Lord Brazen, how ... interesting to meet you here. One might almost think you were following us."

[15:50] <Lob> "Got that right!" He said proudly, puffing out his kaleidoscopic chest.

[15:51] * Bright_Snow smiles. "It is good to see you again Deliberator."

[15:51] <Lob> "Don't flatter yourself, Hideaki-San. I'm here to get some souveniers for Chiyara and Snow."

[15:51] <Lob> "If I was following you, I would have just followed you from the start."

[15:52] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I see," Nomoe nods, allowing just a hint of amusement to touch his expression.

[15:52] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "So, are you finding the Heavenly City a good place to buy souveniers?"

[15:52] <Shrike> "Unfortunatly, everything seems to be just a bit out of my price range," Shrike observes with a wry chuckle.

[15:53] <Lob> "Yes, very!"

[15:54] <Lob> "I had wanted to visit it for awhile, but they wouldn't let me meet the Unconquered Sun!"

[15:54] <Lob> "Whatever was happening in that Dome seemed really exciting!"

[15:55] <Lob> "So Snow, I heard you were in that tournament and you won! Congratulations!!"

[15:55] <Shrike> "Anshu won too," Shrike says with a smirk.

[15:56] *** Anshu has left #celestialdeliberative

[15:56] <Lob> "Good work too, Deliberator!"

[15:57] <Nomoe_Hideaki> With anyone else Nomoe would feel the need to inquire whether they were really so stupid or so presumptuous as to approach the Jade Pleasure Dome, but with Brazen the question really isn't necessary.

[15:58] <Shrike> "I think I'll have to see about...acquiring some additional funding, and returning. This is the softest silk I've ever seen."

[15:58] <Lob> "Good thing I didn't show up though. Me meeting Ligier would have been really awkward."
[15:58] <Shrike> Shrike looks back at the clothes she'd been examining

[15:58] <Shrike> half-listening (although, with Brazen, half-listening to him is equiviliant to fully listening to anyone else)

[15:58] <Lob> "Certainly, Chosen." A skeletally thin clerk in one shop said, facelessly bowing to her.

[15:58] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I have never seen a fight like it," Nomoe nods at the mention of Snow's victory.

[15:59] <Lob> "Gossip here travels so fast, especially for somewhere so huge. I had heard about the whole thing in only an hour."

[15:59] <Lob> Brazen said, sticking a talon in a pointed ear and scratching it.

[16:00] <Shrike> "Would it be possible to get a small sample, at least?" Shrike asks, hopefully.

[16:02] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I suppose he doesn't have a high opinion of you?"

[16:02] <Lob> The clerk worked it's fingers nervously. "I am...uncertain. I will need to ask the designer." It said, then walked off deep into the store.

[16:02] <Lob> "I beat up his son."

[16:03] <Shrike> "Thank you." Shrike nods, smiling, and looks back to the conversation of Nomoe and BRAZEN SAND while waiting.

[16:03] <Lob> A female goddess made out of flowers and with strips of fabric hanging from her arms and fingers haughtily strutted forth, with an expression on her face that made it seem like she thought that reality was constantly wasting her time.

[16:03] <Lob> "Yes yes, what is it I'm very busy." She said

[16:03] <Lob> all in one word.

[16:04] <Lob> *breath

[16:04] <Lob> "So, have you seen anything interesting so far, guys?" BRAZEN asked.

[16:04] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "... who was that again?"

[16:04] <Shrike> Shrike gives the goddess a small, polite bow, of a magnitude befitting her station as believed by the Solar (which is, of course, not very deep at all...). "I would like to know if I can get a sample of this cloth to take home," she says.

[16:05] <Shrike> "The entire dress is slightly out of my price range, but I would like to show a sample to my Lunar Mate and return with her if she approves of it."

[16:05] <Lob> Brazen waved a hand the size of a grown man's torso in a circle, "Oh you know, that guy in the Hellstrider who bothered us at the beach?"

[16:06] <Lob> The goddess sniffed. "Hmph, I suppose we can do business. Do you go out in public a lot?"

[16:06] <Lob> "Are you a *public* person?" She asked, even more intently.

[16:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Ah, the one Bright Snow taught a lesson at Metagalapa? That was his son?" Nomoe frowns. "I wouldn't have expected a son of Ligier to be such a weakling."

[16:08] <Shrike> "I beg your pardon?" Shrike asks, looking slightly confused. "I suppose you could say we do, yes." She waits, convinced she's given the wrong answer.

[16:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "You are speaking to a Deliberator of the Celestial Deliberative," Nomoe mercifully informs the goddess.

[16:11] <Lob> The goddess sighed. "I mean do you go to parties a lot? Are you *glamourous*? Do the mortals take pictures of you and admire them?"

[16:12] <Lob> "And you are speaking the premier fashion designer in Yu-Shan, Lord Deliberator. The Maidens themselves have worn my clothing. You may address me as Fuschia Rose. Although I may grow weary of it soon and re-invent my image."

[16:12] <Nomoe_Hideaki> That is all he says, of course. What more needs to be said.

[16:12] <Shrike> "Ooooh, I see. Yes, yes they do," Shrike adds, giving Nomoe a quick nod as well. "I go to parties as often as I can, and I tend to be...admired, wherever I go."

[16:13] <Lob> Brazen shrugged. "That was the guy you killed or something? Did we ever find a body?"

[16:15] <Lob> "Very well then. You will wear my clothes, and you will be seen in public with my clothes. Then you will tell them who you are wearing. For this, I will give you the clothes you desire. Yes?"

[16:16] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Of course you are. Your artistry is made that plain enough," Nomoe says simply.

[16:18] <Lob> "Indeed. Have you had the pleasure of wearing some of my menswear?" She asked Nomoe

[16:18] <Shrike> The Solar's eyes widen in surprise, then she nods. "Of course, Lady Rose," she says, giving a more formal, and genuine, bow of appreciation. "I shall tell them of your skill and talent, and where they can get clothes like mine."

[16:18] <Lob> "I COULD PAY FOR SO-" "go away." She snapped to Brazen.

[16:21] <Lob> "Good. Laschavedore will assist you then." She snapped her fingers and the thin clerk showed up as quick as a wink to lead Shrike into the fitting room.

[16:22] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe makes a gesture in the negative. "He had some sort of sorcerous recall or artifact that did not require him to be conscious to operate it."

[16:23] <Lob> The guide just shrugged good naturedly and sat down on a wonderfully woven public divan, and was fed ambrosial grapes by a Least God.

[16:23] <Shrike> "Thank you." Shrike nods respectfully, and heads for the fitting room. To be fitted.

[16:23] <Lob> Brazen nodded. "Good, I wanted to have a rematch with him after he ran off last time."

[16:23] <Lob> "No offense, Snow!" He added.

[16:25] * Nomoe_Hideaki inclines his head slightly to Fuchsia Rose. "Sadly there are few in Creation with the eyes to appreciate it."

[16:27] <Bright_Snow> "None taken" She says, her eyes wandering the crowd around them.

[16:27] <Lob> Rose waved her hands dismissively. "I create wonders in fabric for the enlightened few who are capable of appreciating it. Not the common rabble who would gladly wear rucksacks over their naked body. But I can see that you are one of those who are worthy of recognizing such artistry."

[16:28] <Lob> Snow didn't see anything beyond crowds of gods looking virtuously disinterested while pointedly interested at each other, and the shops and cafes around them.

[16:29] <Lob> The cafes in particular were interesting, as Gods didn't need to eat at all. Many of them were simply talking, with a minority eating ridiculously small portions of luxurious food to beggar a Deliberator.

[16:30] <Lob> It occurs to Snow that much of Divine society seems to be made with an eye towards moving from place to place to be seen BY others, rather then simply doing things. The activities are simply ornamental.

[16:32] <Bright_Snow> "How odd" she almost purrs, taking mental notes

[16:33] <Lob> "So Snow, been on any adventures lately?" Brazen asked

[16:36] *** Bright_Snow has quit IRC: Ping timeout

[16:36] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe seems quite at home with that aspect of Yu-Shan, it is after all quite similar to his own reasons in many things. "It would be almost criminal not to. I strive to appreciate elegance and beauty whereever it may be found."

[16:36] <Shrike> A moment later, Shrike emerges from the fitting room...

[16:37] <Lob> "If only more Deliberators could understand that, instead of covering themselves in gold. It is incredibly gauche." She said with a melodramatic roll of the eyes.

[16:37] <Lob> Brazen walked over with a new orichalcum belt and then immediately turned away when Rose said that

[16:41] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "To each his own," Nomoe says diplomatically, though clearly agreeing.

[16:42] <Lob> "Would you like to come in, Deliberator? It is so rare that I have a mortal, oh no offense, who understands the finer points of the art of dress."

[16:42] <Lob> "Laschevadore, cancel my appointment in 15 minutes, please."

[16:43] <Shrike> "So, what do you think?" Shrike asks honestly, turning to show off her dress. The fine silken fabric clings to her figure, accenting her curves tastefully. The neckline plunges daringly deep, revealingly yet modestly somehow at the same time.

[16:43] <Shrike> The hem of the dress cuts off at the perfect length on her athletically toned legs, showing off the ideal amount to impress, without showing so much as to be risque, and its color perfectly compliments the Solar's eyes.

[16:44] *** Shrike is now known as Edna_Mode

[16:44] *** Edna_Mode is now known as Shrike

[16:48] <Lob> Brazen returned, with no belt this time, saw Shrike, managed to blush without anything normally recognizable as skin, and immediately turned away.

[16:49] <Lob> and walked back to look at...other things

[16:51] *** Virgil has joined #celestialdeliberative

[16:52] <Shrike> Shrike chuckles softly at Brazen's reaction, then looks to Nomoe and Snow.

[16:54] * Nomoe_Hideaki takes a moment to take in the composition the divine tailor fit to Shrike in record time. "It is beautiful work," he then says. "The fabric with the precise qualities required to achieve the intended effect, the colors chosen boldly but with unerring taste, the cut masterfully designed to the one wearing it." He bows his head slightly. "It suits you very well, Deliberator Shrike."

[16:54] <Virgil> "Visited the Moon, Wandered the North... a few other bits and pieces." She says non-commitally to Brazen. With a disinterested gaze at Shrike, Snow nods in appreciation of the craftsmanship and continues her conversation.

[16:54] *** Virgil is now known as Bright_Snpw

[16:54] *** Bright_Snpw is now known as Bright_Snow

[16:55] <Shrike> "Thank you, Deliberator Nomoe." Shrike bows her head in return, gives Snow a nod as well, then looks back to Brazen, eyebrow raised - and winks.

[16:55] <Nomoe_Hideaki> He inclines his head to Fuchsia Rose as well. "Having just been reminded of your skill, how can I refuse?"

[16:57] <Lob> "Come then, I'm sure you've never had heated Ambrosia before. It is to die for."

[16:57] <Lob> And she turned and walked into the store wiht a haughty wave of her hand.

[16:58] <Lob> "Oh wow, that sounds exciting, Snow. I've been mostly, um, being a father and husband I guess. It's pretty boring, so I'm glad I was able to get into Yu-Shan here. You know, get to do something out of the ordinary."

[17:00] <Lob> "Not that I resent it, of course. But I'm not meant to stay at home and just...sit. It goes against my self in every way!" He said with great conviction to her.

[17:01] <Lob> "Maybe if I could bring her along with me..." He mused.

[17:01] <Shrike> "I know the feeling. And you should!" Shrike says, grinning.

[17:03] <Lob> "Oh yeah, definitely." Brazen said, mumbling to Shrike while not looking at her directly.

[17:03] <Nomoe_Hideaki> */I will be back in a bit./* Nomoe follows the craftsgod into the story.

[17:03] *** Bright_Snow is now known as Virgil

[17:04] *** Virgil is now known as Bright_Snow

[17:04] <Shrike> Shrike can't help but giggle at Brazen's bashfulness.

[17:06] <Lob> After an hour or so of discussion, the guide appears and politely requests that they move on with him, and that they had much to see.

[17:07] <Shrike> Shrike nods, her original clothes now safely Elsewhere, and stretches in anticipation of resuming the three obol tour.

[17:07] <Lob> Brazen waved to them, and went on his way, trying to find a kimono in his size to match the ones he had acquired for Chiyara and Wanderer

[17:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe will return at a later date for his new clothes.

[17:08] <Lob> "See you the next time we have to save the world." He told them.

[17:08] <Lob> "Or Deliberative Session, whichever comes first. I dunno, way things are happening lately, it's hard to tell."

[17:08] <Shrike> "Or sooner," Shrike says, giving a wav!

[17:09] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I'll be sure to do that," Nomoe says dryly, "in the former case, that is."

[17:09] <Shrike> *wave

[17:09] <Shrike> "And in the latter case, it will be more grudgingly than the former."

[17:10] <Bright_Snow> "I will see you again Brazen." Snow says waving.

[17:13] <Lob> "I would like to show you a great exclusive spot for those divinities who like to...cut loose, as you may say. It is so difficult to get away from the prying eyes of rivals and such, so there's a kind of club where those who wish to just relax go."

[17:13] <Lob> "Follow me." The guide said.

[17:13] <Shrike> "...this sounds like my kind of place," Shrike observes.

[17:14] <Lob> He walked them into a deserted quarter. "This space has been...unofficially considered the spot to be for those of importance in Yu-Shan." He said

[17:14] <Lob> then knocked on the door and moved out of the way

[17:15] <Lob> The door creaked open and suddenly a thing of yowling jaws and mindless chattering teeth leapt at them

[17:16] <Lob> "I am sorry, Deliberators, but Itzcalimon has given me no choice." The guide said sadly, as more crazily screaming beings climbed from every angle possible, still recognizable, somehow, as gods, but screaming in Malfean Old Realm.

[17:16] <Shrike> Shrike promptly does an impressive backflip away from the door, landing in a crouched position, one arm outstretched with her Reaper Daiklave in her hand.

[17:16] <Lob> He calmly took out a starmetal razor blade and cut his own throat.

[17:16] * Nomoe_Hideaki frowns slightly. He is familiar with unofficial meeting places for those of importance, but outside of Sanken they often seem to tend toward the unseemly.

[17:17] <Lob> They raved blessings to Adorjan, of all beings, blessing her for their enlightenment, their endless starvation, and the chance to fill their infinitely empty bellies with such glorious repast...

[17:18] <Nomoe_Hideaki> His suspicion proven rather sooner than he'd expected Nomoe sighs. "This was not in my plans for this evening."

[17:19] <Lob> The guide's body was unceremoniously devoured by a squealing stampede of former least gods, that engulfed him like a swarm of locusts, then left nothing behind, not even essence.

[17:21] <Shrike> "I think we're gonna need to Summon Bigger Fish here," Shrike calls, taking a defensive position...

[17:22] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe stands untouched, seemingly without having moved at all. "I fear what comes next may stretch even my resources," he says, sounding annoyed. "Celestial property is so expensive."

[17:23] *** Lob has left #celestialdeliberative

[17:23] <Bright_Snow> "Gods to kill. This will be trouble." Her spear is already to hand.

[17:24] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "That too," Hideaki nods. "I suppose I better call on my lawyer." His hands begin to trail pale golden light.

[17:24] <Bright_Snow> I did

[17:25] *** Bright_Snow has left #celestialdeliberative

Session Close (#celestialdeliberative): Sun Dec 11 17:31:52 2011 -0500

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2012-01-15T18:15:07Z

The Bushranger:

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 5
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique
* Blazing Solar Bolt

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 0/23
** Peripheral Motes: 4/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
54

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-12-11T20:48:56Z

The Bushranger: /* Banked */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 0/23
** Peripheral Motes: 4/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
74

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-12-11T20:46:49Z

The Bushranger: /* Social Merits */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 0/23
** Peripheral Motes: 4/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser
* Past Lives 2

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
70

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-12-11T20:45:51Z

The Bushranger: /* Banked */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 0/23
** Peripheral Motes: 4/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
70

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-12-11T20:37:30Z

The Bushranger: /* Banked */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 0/23
** Peripheral Motes: 4/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
80

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-10-16T19:24:59Z

The Bushranger: /* Essence */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 0/23
** Peripheral Motes: 4/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
32

Dawn of the Third Age

2011-10-09T23:31:58Z

The Bushranger: /* IC */ 51

[[Category:Exalted]][[Category:Dawn_of_the_Third_Age]]
An Exalted PbIM game in the Third Age of Creation, 10 years after the events of [[Once_more_with_feeling|Once More With Feeling]].
=Setting=
<center>''It is Realm Year 778. Ten years ago, the chaos of the Time of Tumult peaked: a mysterious force in Yu-Shan slew numerous gods and nearly the entire Five Score Fellowship before vanishing; the Mask of Winters moved boldly against the Scavenger Lands, plunging Nexus into a shadowland and devastating Great Forks, Greyfalls, and Lookshy; and a second Balorian Crusade swept over Creation from every direction. In that moment of crisis, a group of Solar and Lunar Exalted, having already reclaimed the city of Denandsor, penetrated to the heart of the Sword of Creation and threw back the invading fae, and halted the offensive of the Deathlords. From there, they brought the Realm to heel and turned their efforts to unifying and preparing Creation for the next assault.

''Despite the growing acceptance of the Celestial Exalted, the Time of Tumult continues. The Deathlords have suffered a setback, but they are readying their next strike. The raksha invasion has been defeated, but the new Celestial Deliberative has only just begun to push back the boundaries of the Wyld, and the agents of the Reclamation have begun carving realms of Yozi-worshippers out of the chaos, coming as saviors and protectors wherever the Celestial Deliberative's power does not yet reach.''

''There are enemies from within, as well. The Immaculate Order has splintered over the doctrinal reforms imposed by the Realm's new Celestial masters, and even among the Dragon-Blooded who have accepted - or had beaten into them - the truth that Celestial Exalted are not Anathema, many resent to at least some degree the subordinate position they have been forced into. And, of course, the Great Houses and their rivalries still remain - with new rivalries, now that the surviving members of the Lookshy's Seventh Legion are trying to integrate into the new political dispensation.''

''One bright spot - although it is a secret so far restricted to the Deliberative - is that peaceful contact has been made with the nations of Autochthonia, after a patropolis broke through the Seal of Eight Divinities in the wilderness near Denandsor. Limited amounts of trade and joint magitech research are taking place.''</center>

[http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k177/LordIames/Maps/Creation778.png A map of Creation as it exists at the time of the game] - the white circle indicates the rough position where Creation becomes Bordermarches. 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/CelestialDeliberative|The Factions of the Celestial Deliberative]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/GrandCircle| The Grand Circle of Denandsor, founders of the Celestial Deliberative]]

=House Rules=
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/CharacterGeneration | Character Generation]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/AnimaPowers| Anima Powers]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/Other| Other House Rules]]
=Player Characters=
==The Solars==
*Dakkareth as [[Character:Nomoe_Hideaki | '''Nomoe Hideaki''']], ''martial arts diplomat'' (Eclipse Caste)
*Bushranger as [[Character:Shrike_of_Swiftly_Striking_Talons | '''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''']], ''sneaky sticky-fingered seductress'' (Night Caste)

==The Lunars==
*Faustus 21 as [[ Character:Wandering_Drunken_Scholar| '''Wandering''']], ''Wanderer & Medicine pedlar'' (Full Moon)
*Lost_Arts as [[Character:Bright_Snow | '''Bright Snow''']], ''Traveller, Wanderer & Courier'' (Changing Moon Caste)

==The Infernals==
*Cowboy Energy as [[Character:Brazen Sand|'''Brazen Sand''']], ''maverick ruler of Gem''

==The Sidereals==
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Crimson_Meteor|'''Siran Bhavna, the Crimson Meteor''']], ''Gung-Ho Ace Warstrider Pilot'' (Battles)

==Inactive==
*Raksi as [[Character:Lady Daethia | '''Lady Daethia''']], ''The recent incarnation of the legendary Ai'' (Dawn Caste) MIA Player
*Hattori as [[Character:Noldarr | '''Noldarr''']], ''General of the Deliberative'' (Dawn Caste) bowed out
*Myllinnia as [[Character:Shadow_Ruby_Phoenix | '''Shadow Phoenix Ruby''']], ''Eyes, Ears, and Sword of the Divine Ministers'' (Adamant Caste)
*Rand Brittain as [[Character:Viridian_Inkwell | '''Viridian Inkwell''']], ''virtuous Ambassador to the Exiles''
*Danakir as [[Character:Imperative_Harmony_of_Order | '''Imperative Harmony of Order''']], ''Senior Magistrate sorceress'' (Zenith Caste)
*Blinks as [[Character:Blood_Soaked_Rain | '''Blood Soaked Rain''']], ''Compasionate Knightly Protector'' (Dawn Caste)
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Glorious_Prototype_for_Reunion|'''Glorious Prototype for Reunion''']], ''Creation-built fighter pilot'' (Orichalcum Caste)

=NPCs and Allies=

[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Minor_NPCs|Minor NPCs and allies]]

=Logs=
==IC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_15|Session 15]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_24|Session 24]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_25|Session 25]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_26|Session 26]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_27|Session 27]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_28|Session 28]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_29|Session 29]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_30|Session 30]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_31|Session 31]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_32|Session 32]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_33|Session 33]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_34|Session 34]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_35|Session 35]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_36|Session 36]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_37|Session 37]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_38|Session 38]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_39|Session 39]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_40|Session 40]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_41|Session 41]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_42|Session 42]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_43|Session 43]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_44|Session 44]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_45|Session 45]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_46|Session 46]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_47|Session 47]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_48|Session 48]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_49|Session 49]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_50|Session 50]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_51|Session 51]]

==OOC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]

==Small group logs==
===While investigating The Lap===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand | Nomoe Hideaki and Brazen Sand argue]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Inkwell | Nomoe Hideaki and Viridian Inkwell discuss the latter's split allegiances]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby_and_Nomoe_Hideaki | Shadow Phoenix Ruby and Nomoe Hideaki chat on the flight back to the Blessed Isle]]
===At the Denandsor Reclamation Festival===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow meet for the first time]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow2 | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow discuss names, secrets and the future]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand2 | Brazen Sand and Nomoe Hideaki speak in the aftermath of the fight against the Sidereal Akuma]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Iselsi_Saraban_Veata | Nomoe Hideaki and Iselsi Saraban Veata discuss the price of her information about the Empress]]
===At the Chiaroscuro Beach===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_vs._the_Defiler | Brazen Sand vs. the Defiler]]
===Somewhere===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_the_Unconquered_Sun | Brazen Sand and the Unconquered Sun]]
===Near Gem===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_Wanderer_Meet | Brazen Sand and Wanderer Meet]]
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_Goes_to_Yu-Shan | Brazen Sand Goes to Yu-Shan]]
===In An-Teng===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Talk_At_The_Edge_Of_An-Teng | Bright Snow and Brazen Sand Talk]]
===Back in Gem===
Brazen Sand and Wandering
===On the slopes of Mt. Meru===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sands_daughter | Brazen Sand and Nomoe]]
===In Sanken===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Bright_Snow_visits_Sanken|Bright Snow visits Nomoe in Sanken]]
===Near Mt. Metagalapa===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Nomoe_Plans|Nomoe speaks with Brazen Sand about his plans for a crusade]]
===After the Deliberative session===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Wandering|Brazen talks to Wandering about his misstep]]
=Miscellaneous=
==Custom Resources==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Custom_Charms | Custom Charms]]
*[[User:Taurus_II#Taurus_II.27s_Charms | Taurus II's Charms]]
*Once More With Feeling Custom Resources - see ST for approval on a per-item basis; some things may have been added without ST approval
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Charms | OMWF Custom Charms]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Spells | OMWF Custom Spells]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts | OMWF Custom Martial Arts]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Artifacts | OMWF Custom Artifacts]] (Some NSFW)
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Hearthstones | OMWF Custom Hearthstones]]
*Plague of Hats' ''[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Category:Charms_from_The_Hundredfold_Facets_of_Enlightenment Hundredfold Facets of Enlightenment]''
*Charms by The Demented One
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/p/24855/506683.aspx#506683 Hegra Charms]
**[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Isidoros_%28The_Demented_One%29 Isidoros Charms]
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/t/16902.aspx Abyssal Mate Charms for Lunars]

==Intel==
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Intel|Intel]]

==XP Awarded==
*322 (8 per session, +10 per story)
**(3-die stunts)
***+3 to Noldarr
***+9 to Nomoe
***+? to Brazen
***+1 to Ruby
***+8 to Bright Snow
***+1 to Harmony
***+? to Wandering
***+? to Prototype

Dawn of the Third Age/IC Logs/Session 51

2011-10-09T23:31:16Z

The Bushranger: Created page with "Session Start (Deliberative:#celestialdeliberative): Sun Oct 09 12:59:59 2011 -0400 [13:00] *** Bushranger has joined #celestialdeliberative [13:00] *** Topic on #celestialdeli..."

Session Start (Deliberative:#celestialdeliberative): Sun Oct 09 12:59:59 2011 -0400

[13:00] *** Bushranger has joined #celestialdeliberative

[13:00] *** Topic on #celestialdeliberative is: Exalted 2nd: Dawn of the Third Age / IC Channel

[13:00] *** Topic set by dakkareth (4 hours ago at 8:37 AM)

[13:05] <Virgil> Brazen is tearing apart the last of the eastern end of the Island chains small Concordant bases, leaving only Damon's Isle and the better defended Western Dominon when the quakes begin.

[13:05] <Lob> Brazen flapped in the air, confused by the shaking.

[13:05] <Virgil> Large waves sweep out of the West, scouring the plantation where he has battled Dragonblooded. Pieces of the sunken ship thrown up and out onto the now drowned isle.

[13:05] <Lob> "What the hell!?"

[13:12] <Lob> Brazen tried to find a trigger, angered that someone would take those lives so quickly after he had just rescued them!

[13:13] *** Bushranger is now known as Shrike

[13:14] *** dakkareth is now known as Nomoe_Hideaki

[13:14] <Virgil> Following the quakes, his essence sight shows is a rage of energy in the local dragonlines. A nearby manse explodes in a shower of fire essence, raining steam and debris down, even as to Brazen's third eye the Dragonlines drastically weaken.

[13:14] *** Lob is now known as Brazen_Sand

[13:15] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen was confused

[13:15] <Brazen_Sand> What the hell could've been causing that?!

[13:16] <Brazen_Sand> With nothing else he could think of doing, he started following the weakening Dragon Line

[13:16] <Virgil> Shortly thereafter Brazen receives a summons back to Damon's isle from Nashita.

[13:17] <Brazen_Sand> He has no idea who that is

[13:18] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen shrugged and flew back to Damon's Isle. Perhaps he could get some answers there

[13:18] <Virgil> "Brazen Sand. It is best you return to Damon's Isle immediately."

[13:19] <Virgil> A fewdays earlier: Nomoe's ritual is underway and Shrike enjoys the sights and sounds of Damon's Isle, now freed from slaves now Damon Jovun has lost a large shipment

[13:20] <Virgil> Various factions within the isle are furious with him and the Crimson Meteor has been tasked with getting him safely to the Deliberative Fleet

[13:24] <Shrike> Shrike takes some time to explore the Isle a bit, enjoying the sights and sounds but also keeping an eye out for trouble.

[13:25] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe meanwhile in between titanic acts of shaping spread out over the day is engaged in preparing a variety of bureaucratic measures to assist Iselsi Damon Nashita in taking over the local Concordant branch.

[13:25] <Nomoe_Hideaki> While he cannot match the number of agents and the experience the Damons have with the Concordant he is a master of ensuring such projects, covert or otherwise, run smoothly.

[13:25] <Nomoe_Hideaki> And of course there is the little fact of the resources he can bring to bear, though of course reduced by the necessity for subtlety and deniability - at least for a little while longer.

[13:26] <Virgil> Nomoe has his message returned several days into his task. "Understood, redeploying ops team appropriately. Thank you for your information."

[13:31] <Virgil> Shrike is aware something is amiss even before the wave of terror sweeps over her. High in the sky some miles away yet is something large shining in the sun.

[13:32] <Virgil> Her eyes manage to pick out several notable details, enough to match up with the descriptions she has heard of various doomsday weapons employed by the Deliberative. A Thousand-Fold Dragon made entirely of Soulsteel soars out of all too bright Western sky.

[13:38] <Virgil> The crerature is raining Pyreflame down on something or several somethings.

[13:38] <Shrike> Shrike grits her teeth, pulling her Reaper Daiklave from Elsewhere even as she reaches out with her mind. /* Brazen, if you can hear me, I think we've got a big problem headed my way */

[13:38] <Shrike> She races in the direction of the Thousand-Fold Dragon's target, without hesitation.

[13:38] <Brazen_Sand> "*You felt it too?!*"

[13:39] <Brazen_Sand> "*When I get there, I need music. Trust me. Very loud music!*"

[13:40] <Shrike> "/* Felt? No. SEE. */"

[13:40] <Brazen_Sand> "*WHAT?! What's causing the earthquakes?! Something is killing the Dragon Lines!*"

[13:43] <Shrike> "/* Funny that, it's a dragon. Thousand-Fold Dragon. Soulsteel. */

[13:43] <Nomoe_Hideaki> His circuit of the island chain complete Nomoe has at this moment moved on to communing with the Shinma. His eyes empty holes of glaring colorless light he is hovering in the air over the deck of the Mela's Blessing, almost completely out of touch with prosaic reality.

[13:43] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Five Dragonblooded have taken up positions around him, protecting their lord while he is engaged in his work.

[13:43] <Brazen_Sand> "*...shit*"

[13:44] <Virgil> The thing pauses, hovering some miles off the coast, flaming the target below it.

[13:44] <Virgil> The seaburns a noxious green. Smoke in the air above it.

[13:48] <Shrike> Shrike doesn't slow down as she reaches the water's edge, charging out onto the water as if it were solid ground.

[13:55] <Virgil> As she nears she sees the various tattered vessels, three in fact all bearing the Concordant flag

[14:01] <Shrike> She keeps running, not caring who or what is being attacked by the foul beast...

[14:03] <Virgil> As the Dragon sees her, its eyes focus. A glint of silver and green flame. It pauses one moment and starts circling gaining height and retreating westward, leaving the tattered vessels (one now a flame with Pyreflame to her attention.

[14:04] <Brazen_Sand> "STOP RIGHT THERE!" Brazen roared as he appeared over the horizon in the Dragon's path

[14:04] <Shrike> She raises her sword, tensing to jump and strike, but as the beast gains height she has to make a snap decision...and instead vaults off the water's surface into the burning boat!

[14:05] <Brazen_Sand> His claws began to shimmer and leave contrails of light as he prepares for battle

[14:05] <Brazen_Sand> "...soulsteel. The Prince just made a big mistake."

[14:13] *** Virgil has quit IRC: Ping timeout

[14:16] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen realized what they were trying to do now...goad them into beginning a war...saber-rattling.

[14:16] <Brazen_Sand> "NO ONE PLAYS BRAZEN!" He shouted

[14:16] <Brazen_Sand> "GET THE FUCK OUT AND DON'T COME BACK!"

[14:17] *** Virgil has joined #celestialdeliberative

[14:18] <Brazen_Sand> "*They're trying to goad us, I think. Sorry I couldn't help more.*"

[14:18] <Virgil> The boat is all aflmae the green fire shrieking and the crew that remains shrieking

[14:19] <Shrike> *No worries. Got a giant fire extinguisher*

[14:20] <Shrike> "Alright, LISTEN UP!" Shrike shouts, putting the power of her Exaltation behind her voice. "Get sand! Put it on the fire! Cover it completely!"

[14:21] <Brazen_Sand> "I GOT A BETTER IDEA! FUCKING JUMP OFF THE SHIP!" Brazen called

[14:22] <Virgil> Several people obey each exalt

[14:22] <Virgil> With some jumping into the water while others fight the fires with sand

[14:23] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen checked to see if those who had jumped into the water were actually alright

[14:23] <Virgil> One man whipped into insane courage darts too close and his clothes go up in a whisp of greenflame

[14:24] <Virgil> His screams mingle with the others.as several try to beat it out and spread the flames, only to have a new rush of help throw sand over them and the other flame

[14:24] <Virgil> As the crew gain additional courgae

[14:24] <Brazen_Sand> "This is a clusterfuck!" Brazen thought.

[14:24] <Shrike> the Night Caste's caste mark starts to glitter as she races to assist in fighting the fires.

[14:25] <Virgil> One of the other boats begins picking up survivors while an elderly man on the prow of the third watches the situation with interest.

[14:26] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen flew over to the elderly guy. "Hey! Go help your buddies over there! What're you waiting for?!" He called with a voice louder then a megaphone while seeming to stand on water.

[14:27] <Virgil> "Fuck off Monster!"

[14:28] <Brazen_Sand> "YOU'RE A MONSTER!" Brazen responded angrily

[14:29] <Virgil> He waves his cane at you angrily, it glints in the light.

[14:30] <Brazen_Sand> "Fine! Be a douchebag!" he snarled

[14:31] <Brazen_Sand> And flew away, tired of wasting his time.

[14:36] <Virgil> It takes several days to sort out what happened. It seems the major Concordant City State in Western part of the Island chain are no longer, wiped from the face of the earth by the Silver Prince. The Concordant fleets take aid and then flee, heading in the direction of the other holdings of the Concordant far to the south of here. The Circle meanwhile are quietly summoned back to the Deliberative...

[14:36] <Shrike> Shrike does her best to help save the ships, and as many of the men as she possibly can.

[14:37] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen shrugged and left, glad to leave the COncordant to whatever they were doing and get back home to his family.

[14:37] <Shrike> Afterwards, she is quietly furious, her distruct of Abyssals only stoked by the actions that took place in the Isles.

[14:41] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen is incredibly angry as well after he finds out what they had done to the surrounding areas

[14:41] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe makes sure that whatever remains are claimed by Damon

[14:41] <Brazen_Sand> He makes a quiet vow to destroy the Silver Prince for what he had done.

[14:42] <Nomoe_Hideaki> At this point subtlety having been thoroughly blown away along with the Concordant in this part of the world.

[14:45] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Then, his reasoning thoroughly vindicated he moves on to invoke a Calibration of the shinmaic foundations of the Fire Wall (tm).

[14:52] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen eventually showed up to the Deliberative, uncharacteristically solemnly.

[14:54] <Nomoe_Hideaki> The Damon - or rather Nomoe - claims include the shadowlands, one of which already holds naval forces of the Silver Prince.

[14:55] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Notes of protest and a veritable paperstorm of arguments ensue, as is usual for that sort of situation.
[14:55] <Shrike> Shrike arrives as well, her expression one of barely controlled fury.

[14:55] <Virgil> The area outside the Deliberative is packed. Many Deliberators attempting to enter. The session due shortly

[14:56] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen was surprised at how eager they seem to get into the chambers, usually they found shoving to be far too undignified for them.

[15:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe Hideaki arrives just in time for the session - uncharacteristically late for him - but immacutely clothed and groomed as always.

[15:16] <Virgil> The chamber quietens as the session begins. "This session will run as normal. Old business first and then new business of which we have several items... including complaints against several deliberators." Ziyad intones with seriousness. "If anyone has anything they wish to breing up, contact me in the break after old business is concluded."

[15:16] <Shrike> Shrike settles into her feet, her expression smoothing to neutral.

[15:17] <Virgil> Several hours pass as various laws are discussed and other events are planned. Various nominations are raised on old issues, the tedium of day to day politics. Several arguments break out, none of huge interest to the majority as various members grind old grudges and the tensions between the factions flares up.

[15:17] <Virgil> But that passes and the session breaks, as Ziyad gestures to both Shrike and Brazen during the intermission.

[15:18] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen followed Ziyad, the gesture breaking him out of his daydreams, which were naturally visions of eternal pain due to his Malfeas essence. they were...unpleasant.

[15:19] <Shrike> Shrike follows as well, frowning, curious as to why they're desired to be spoken to.

[15:21] <Virgil> Ziyad ushers them into a private room, a Dragonblooded with a Blue Top hat and cane sitting comfortably nearby as Ziyad slips back into the hall.

[15:21] <Virgil> "Deliberators, my cousin is sad he couldn't be here to tell you this himself, but his absence for more than a moment would be noticed. While my presence barely registers." Tarafah says warmly with only a little bitterness.

[15:22] <Virgil> "He sends to Deliberator Sand a warning. Several complaints have been made against him, most of which have been quietly dropped, as he was acting on military business."

[15:23] <Shrike> "I notice you said 'most'," Shrike says flatly, the redheaded Night Caste folding her hands behind her back.

[15:23] <Brazen_Sand> "what complaints?"

[15:24] <Brazen_Sand> "I thought what I was doing was legal."

[15:25] <Shrike> "'Legal'" doesn't always mean "'Approved of'", Shrike observes, sotto voce.

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[15:25] <Brazen_Sand> "Fuck the haters."

[15:26] <Shrike> "I'd rather not."

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[15:42] <Virgil> "We expect several to maid during the course of tongihts sessiion. Fortunately I doubt they are anything your opposition can prove."

[15:42] <Virgil> "I, and by I I mean we, have however brought you hear to warn you of a more serious complaint. One against your friend Nomoe Hideaki."

[15:44] <Brazen_Sand> "Shouldn't you have called Nomoe into this? Look, I'm sorry, but...that wasn't the big badass adventure I had thought would happen. I was part of the reason thousands and thousands of people are dead now."

[15:44] <Brazen_Sand> "Shouldn't we be worried about that?"

[15:47] <Shrike> "And what complaint do they have against Deliberator Hideaki?"

[15:47] <Virgil> "I have no interest in talking to the young lord Nomoe, though he may take the warning he will ignore the root cause of this. He... and you are treading on a lot of toes. The difference between you is that he is reaping very large, very visible political benefits from it."

[15:48] <Virgil> "In some cases at the expenses of other Deliberators."

[15:48] <Virgil> He glances at Shrike. "We sent you west, so it is our responsability to protect you from what fallout comes from it. No such agreement is in place with the Lord of Snaken."

[15:49] <Virgil> "That you can do alone."

[15:49] <Brazen_Sand> "Nomoe is an adult, so I'll try to talk some sense into him. Now what's the straw that broke the camel's back?"

[15:49] <Shrike> Shrike frowns, but remains silent, biting back her instinctive retort.

[15:52] <Virgil> "Well lets see, the complaints against him thus far are from Ambassador Rynn, the Silver Prince, and Deliberators Lily of the Vale, Vials of Broken Glass, Cowl of the Argent Waters and several others whose territory now borders his own."

[15:53] <Shrike> "The Silver Prince can take his complaint and stuff it up his pale-"

[15:53] <Brazen_Sand> "The Iselsi thing?"

[15:53] <Shrike> Shrike's comment is cut off by Brazen.

[15:53] <Virgil> "In addition to that, private concerns have been raised by the General of the East, over the Titan issue."

[15:53] <Brazen_Sand> "I thought he gave that away."

[16:02] <Virgil> "He might have. But by rights it was not his to begin with." Tarafa steeples his fingers. "Your friend is too annex happy."

[16:02] <Virgil> "It is making him enemies."

[16:02] <Shrike> "The Titan of the East belongs in the East to defend the Eastern peoples," Shrike says firmly, a hint of heat in her tone.

[16:03] <Virgil> "Oh I entirely agree. However, by giving it away, Nomoe pointed out two things."

[16:03] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen just shrugged. "These are Chosen. Why can't they just talk to him about it rather then pussyfooting around?"

[16:04] <Virgil> "A," Tarafa stands as the other two are. "That the greedy bastard saw it as his. Had any of the others done the same it would have been seen as less of a threat and B that he was keeping the annexed Lookshy territory."

[16:04] <Virgil> "Several of them would rather smash his head. Cooler heads have prevailed, they'd rather seem him ruined."

[16:06] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen nodded. "Oookay, I'll tell him to stop grabbing stuff. I dunno if he'll listen to me, but there's only so much I can do, without, you know, fighting him myself."

[16:07] <Shrike> "You know, ruination has a way of boomeranging..." Shrike muses, to herself but deliberatly just loud enough to be heard.

[16:10] <Virgil> "I'm sure it does, and on several of those listed I would be exceedingly happy. On several of the others deeply sad." He walks to the far door. "But then I'm just the messanger."

[16:12] <Brazen_Sand> "You're the Grand Deliberator."

[16:12] <Brazen_Sand> "I still think you should speak to Nomoe about it.

[16:14] <Shrike> "Agreed."

[16:18] <Virgil> "It is not our place to. Your his friends, your job is to look out for him." He smiles twirling his cane. "And we owe you, hence the warning."

[16:18] <Virgil> "Now time for me to leave. Chow." He wanders out.

[16:19] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen waved goodbye.

[16:19] <Brazen_Sand> "Nice guy. I wonder who he was."

[16:19] <Shrike> Shrike nods. "Thank you for the warning," she says levelly. Before shrugging to Brazen.

[16:19] <Shrike> "Clearly somebody to keep an eye on."

[16:27] <Virgil> The session of the deliberative resumes.

[16:27] <Virgil> Some new business is mundane, dealing with various bits of Deliberative policy.

[16:27] <Virgil> It is therefore nearly an Hour before Ambassador Rynn, an Eclipse Caste takes the floor.

[16:27] <Brazen_Sand> Suddenly Brazen snaps

[16:27] <Brazen_Sand> "I CAN'T STAND THIS ANYMORE!"

[16:29] <Brazen_Sand> "WE JUST SAW AN ENTIRE ISLAND CHAIN GET FUCKING DECIMATED BY A BUNCH OF SOULSTEEL...THINGS! I SAW DRAGON-LINES LITERALLY DIE SCREAMING!"

[16:29] <Brazen_Sand> "NOW WE'RE HERE JUST TALKING BUSINESS LIKE EVERYTHING IS NORMAL! WELL I'M SAYING THAT IT'S NOT! I SAW ENTIRE ISLANDS THAT ARE STILL ON FIRE FROM THAT PYRE-FLAME STUFF, THAT'LL BURN FOREVER!"

[16:30] <Brazen_Sand> "NOW WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT!?"

[16:31] <Virgil> "Brazen Sand you are out of ord..." Someone yells from across the chamber, as dozens of voices cut it off.

[16:31] <Virgil> Several yell for justice, others are asking the culprit. Some are in furious debate.

[16:32] <Brazen_Sand> "THE CULPRIT IS OBVIOUS! THE SILVER PRINCE, TRYING TO GOAD US TO WAR OR SOMETHING!"

[16:32] <Shrike> Shrike aims an icy glare at the first to yell. "The Chamber is out of order!" she snaps, agreeing with Brazen, for all that her voice does over the cacophonous symphony.

[16:33] * Nomoe_Hideaki sits still and quiet, knowing that the Deliberative is a titan that is slow to react but irresistible once it does. Naturally a matter as complicated as moving against the Prince won't be decided in a single day.

[16:33] <Virgil> Several people yell for order. Finally ending in Ziyad himself doing so and trying to bring the body under control. Even as he does so from somewhere across the Chmaber a woman yells.

[16:34] <Virgil> "SO LIKE AN IDIOT YOU TRY TO DRAG US INTO ONE."

[16:35] <Shrike> Shrike rises to her feet, focusing her glare on the woman.

[16:35] <Virgil> Several voices join hers, as Debate over the war flares up yet again in the chamber. Ziyad just shakes his head and trys to preevent a riot.

[16:35] <Brazen_Sand> "OH I'M SORRY, DID I PURCHASE SOME SOULSTEEL DRAGONS IN MY SLEEP?"

[16:35] <Shrike> She raises her hand, allowing her Caste Mark to flare at full brilliance

[16:35] <Shrike> A flicker of Essence trickling through her anima to get the attention of the Deliberative.

[16:36] <Virgil> A moment afer Shrike pulls her display a dozen copy cats on various sides try similar, the room becoming awash with Gold, Silver and Blue as various exalts try either to clam things down or agitate things further

[16:37] <Virgil> The ligh is blinding and generally unpleasant but not enough to drown out the arguments going on

[16:38] * Nomoe_Hideaki sighs as the Deliberative becomes a lightstorm or animas

[16:39] <Virgil> There is the sound of people leaving, even as the arguing gets higher pitched.

[16:39] <Shrike> "SILENCE AND LISTEN!"

[16:39] <Shrike> Shrike's voice rings out over the chamber

[16:39] <Brazen_Sand> "OH, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO LEAVE NOW? WHY? SO IT CAN TAKE EVEN LONGER WHILE PEOPLE DIE AND SHADOWLANDS GROW?!"

[16:40] <Shrike> "We did not try to start a war with the Silver Prince!"

[16:40] <Shrike> "We RESPONDED TO HIS ATTACK."

[16:40] <Virgil> "YOU STUPID IDIOT, WE CAN'T FIGHT THE PRINCE AND THE RAKASHA AND THE BISHOP AND THE LION AT THE SAME TIME. SOME OF THEM HAVE TO WAIT."

[16:40] <Brazen_Sand> "BY SAVING PEOPLE WHO WERE ON FIRE!"

[16:40] <Virgil> "NO WAR IS THE ONLY WAY."

[16:40] <Virgil> "LOOK THIS WAS A WARNING, TAKE IT AS SUCH."

[16:40] <Shrike> "Is that the opinion of the Deliberative AS A WHOLE?"

[16:41] <Shrike> Shrike sweeps her gaze across the Deliberative.

[16:41] <Virgil> "NO WAR IS THE ONLY WAY. HE HAS GONE TO FAR,"

[16:41] <Virgil> "LISTEN TO ME YOU IDIOTS."

[16:41] <Shrike> "Should we allow anybody who wants to attack us?"

[16:41] <Shrike> "Simply because oh we're too busy elsewhere?"

[16:41] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe with narrowed eyes looks for the idiot advocating total pacifism.

[16:41] <Shrike> "IS IT?!"

[16:41] <Brazen_Sand> "I'M GOING TO HAVE SEX WITH YOUR MOM!"

[16:42] <Virgil> "DOWN WITH MEAT EATERS"

[16:42] <Shrike> Shrike shouts at the top of her voice.

[16:42] <Shrike> "IF THIS IS THE OPINION OF THE DELIBERATIVE, THAT AGRESSION BY THE SILVER PRINCE SHALL GO UNOPPOSED, THEN I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE DELIBERATIVE!"

[16:42] <Brazen_Sand> "THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS SUBJECT!"

[16:43] <Brazen_Sand> "YEAH! ME NEITHER! I WAS IN TEH THING INFERNAL, AND THERE WAS TORTURE AND RAPE-PARTIES AND STUFF BUT AT LEAST STUFF GOT DONE IN BETWEEN THEM!"

[16:43] <Virgil> "ORDER ORDER"

[16:44] <Virgil> "DEATH TO ALL INFERNALS"

[16:44] <Virgil> "WAR!"

[16:44] <Virgil> "NOT WITH THE PRINCE BUT WITH THE LION"

[16:44] <Brazen_Sand> "SUNGLASSES FOR EVERY CITIZEN!"

[16:44] <Virgil> "NO THE BISHOP"

[16:44] <Shrike> Shrike facepalms

[16:45] * Nomoe_Hideaki gestures his aide close and instructs him by hand signs that the Mela's Blessing is to make ready for departure and that all his men in the Imperial City are to be similarly ready.

[16:46] <Shrike> "Bloody Malfeas..."

[16:47] <Shrike> "If THIS is how the DELIBERATVE acts in response to a DIRECT ATTACK, then I want NO PART OF IT!"

[16:47] <Shrike> Shrike pointedly starts clearing out her things, and turns to exit the chamber, eyes blazing with fury.

[16:48] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Additionally, he instructs, the Damons are advise to be (even more) on alert for movement on part of the Prince's forces.

[16:49] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *warned to be on alert

[16:53] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen sat down and waited the commotion out. This noise was nothing compared to Malfeas.

[16:54] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe continues to wait with outward patience for order to return to the chamber.

[16:54] <Virgil> After about ten minutes of yelling and light displays the chamber begins to return to some sort of order, whgich Ziyad rapidly recalls control of

[16:55] <Virgil> "This ladies and gentlemen is why we don't all yell out whatever we are thinking." He reprimands. "Procedure is there for a reason."

[16:55] <Virgil> "Now to address Deliberator Sand's point."

[16:55] <Virgil> "What would you have us do Deliberator Sand? Go to war with the prince?"

[16:55] <Shrike> By this point, however, Shrike has left the building.

[16:56] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen sputtered for awhile, and then fell silent. "I...I don't know. But the things I saw, that I heard...I lived in Malfeas for awhile, but this was different."

[16:57] <Brazen_Sand> "We can't just do nothing, and we know that they directly damaged Creation."

[16:57] <Brazen_Sand> "Blew up manses and stuff."

Session Close (#celestialdeliberative): Sun Oct 09 17:00:17 2011 -0400

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[14:08] <Virgil> Damon drags Brazen under the waves, both of them going under at the same time. Underneath the waves, even though he shouldn't be audible he speaks. "A draw, Light of Heroism, to spare both our ego's.

[14:09] <Virgil> Moments later they are both on the beach, much the same way they arrived earlier when Damon dragged them out to the ocean

[14:09] <Lob> Brazen coughs underwater, trying to keep it out of his "lungs". "Oh...well...I had you right where I wanted you, you know."

[14:09] *** Bushranger is now known as Shrike

[14:09] *** Lob is now known as Brazen_Sand

[14:10] *** dakkareth is now known as Nomoe_Hideaki

[14:14] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen began to climb up the rock around the beach, easily clambering up a mountain in a few seconds

[14:14] <Brazen_Sand> *easily climbing up the rock face

[14:14] *** Anshu is now known as Siran_Bhavna

[14:16] <Virgil> "If you still care to talk I will meet you at the hold." He says as he vanishes yet again.

[14:17] <Brazen_Sand> "Wait, where's the hold? What's a hold?"

[14:17] <Brazen_Sand> "...god dammit."

[14:17] <Virgil> Nomoe and Nashita stand watching the glowing form of Brazen descend beneath the waves. Moments later they are joined by a small portly man with silver rimmed glasses and old eyes

[14:17] <Brazen_Sand> Now covered in water, Brazen began to stomp back in the direction of the party. Might as well have some fun.

[14:18] * Nomoe_Hideaki turns slightly to face the newly arrived man and bows in greeting. Now that he is closer maybe it will be easier to make sense of his essence ...

[14:20] <Virgil> Nashita greets him in a warm embrace. Turns and points at Nomoe, "May I introduce Deliberator Nome Hideiki, Lord of Sanken, Princeps of House Nomoe, Chosen of the Unconquered Sun and of the Eclipse Caste"

[14:22] <Virgil> "Deliberator Nomoe, may I present to you Damon, lord of Damon's Isle, once Damonasta, Father of Oceans, Contemplative Soul of the what became the Sea that Marches Against the Flame. And my husband and father of the other part of the Damon line." She gestures to her husband.

[14:27] * Nomoe_Hideaki bows again, deeper this time, affording the Deva almost equal status. "It's an honor to meet you, Lord Damon."

[14:35] <Virgil> Shrike, Jovun and now Siran who has managed to rapidly shake the stupified Clerk devle deeper into the compound

[14:36] <Virgil> Thus far they have managed to avoid attracting any attention and the guards appear distracted with some game on the far side of the compund

[14:36] <Virgil> None yet have noticed their arrival

[14:36] <Shrike> Shrike keeps her senses alert, knowing that assuming the guards will stay occupied is a good way to ensure they won't.

[14:38] <Virgil> "I expect Lord Nomoe, that we have met before now." He offers Nomoe a similar bow. "One of your kind negotiated my defection once long ago, perhaps even you yourself. Though I doubt you'd remember it" His tone is respectful, merely recollecting the past but not being beholden to it

[14:40] <Virgil> The party is still in full swing as Brazen arrives, people dancing in the steet, food on every table and the rum flowing.

[14:41] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen began drinking up, grabbing an entire keg and pouring it in his betoothed maw.

[14:43] * Nomoe_Hideaki nods thoughtful but unsurprised. "Across the ages and incarnations memories fade. If such be the case, well met once more."

[14:44] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "And allow me to add that I have no wish to interfere with the privacy the Lady Nashita mentioned you desired."

[14:52] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran tries to follow Shrike's lead as they slink through the slave compound, clamping down on her combative personality and essence.

[14:56] <Virgil> "Privacy in my business is a survivors tool. You Prince's of the Earth tend to think up mad plans for me otherwise." He says again with no malice. "I thought it wiser to let everyone forget me and I would prefer," he glances down at a glowing Brazen, "if most remained ignorant of me."

[14:57] <Virgil> Jovun slides across the floor, silent as the wind.

[14:57] * Nomoe_Hideaki turns a doubtful look in the direction of Brazen's blazing anima. "I will see if I can impress upon the Infernal the necessity of discretion."

[14:58] <Virgil> The girls get closer to the cages, where they can hear the whispered sobs of the slaves, the wracked cough of those ill and the snores of those asleep.

[14:58] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Unless you have already done so, of course, Lord Damon."

[14:59] <Nomoe_Hideaki> It's a small thing after all, and only polite to do for someone who might well be a future ally.

[15:02] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "At your convenience there is a matter that would benefit from discussion between us, but I would not be greedy for your time so soon after," he looks out over the water again, "your afternoon excercises?"

[15:09] <~Siran_Bhavna> "I don't think we'll be able to sneak our way out with this many slaves," Siran whispers.

[15:09] <Virgil> "I am not worried about what that one says. I doubt man of your kind take him all that seriously." He gives a sad laugh, "As for time, now is better than later Nomoe Hideaki. Better we get this over with.".

[15:10] <Shrike> Shrike frowns, and nods to Siran. "We might have to just case the area for now and come back later better prepared," she admits.

[15:15] <~Siran_Bhavna> "There must be something we can do..."

[15:15] * Nomoe_Hideaki inclines his head slightly in agreement. "As you are no doubt aware the reunited and reinstated House Iselsi has entered an alliance with House Nomoe. The subject of joining this branch of the Iselsi family to that alliance has arisen - but of course such an alliance can only be with the whole, not with merely a part of the Iselsi Damon family."

[15:18] <Virgil> "We'll need a bigger ship than mine I think for all these people." Jovun admits ruefully.

[15:19] <Virgil> "But I am a pirate." He says with a wink, "And I'm sure between the three of us we could summon up a likely crew for a few of the bigger vessels. I assume one of you ladies can sail right?"

[15:19] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran nods. "Yes... I have a plan on how to get them out, though it's rather unsubtle..." *And requires me to reveal my true nature.* "... But we should make sure we have a way to get them to safety first."

[15:20] <Shrike> Shrike chuckles softly. "I just love it when a plan comes together," she whispers. "So, how do we get them from here to the docks? I can distract or...eliminate threats if need be, but better to avoid them, but with that many slaves..."

[15:21] <~Siran_Bhavna> "I can fake it if I have to," Siran says.

[15:24] <~Siran_Bhavna> "Sailing, that is."

[15:25] <Virgil> "Many of the offspring that are not blessed by the dragon's are my offspring. You are asking me to make them beholden to you?" He asks plainly without emotion. He glances at Nashita, "This is what you had in mind?"

[15:25] <Virgil> She nods in reponse

[15:28] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I am saying that I will not be party to an agreement that would divide a family apart."

[15:32] <Virgil> He glances at his wife, then to Nomoe and back to his wife again. "Fine, Solar, state what you would have us do and it shall be done. I acquiese." He sounds disinterested.

[15:33] <Nomoe_Hideaki> In quick and concise words Hideaki once more lists the conditions, terms and likely practical consequences of joining the Damon family to reunited Iselsi and thus the alliance with House Nomoe.

[15:33] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen was slightly tipsy by now, and that had his mind working in different directions.

[15:34] <Brazen_Sand> "Hey...that place looks interesting..." Brazen noted

[15:34] <Brazen_Sand> "Guys...guys...I'm gonna go...go over there" He said, flapping his claws in the hold's general direction.

[15:34] <Brazen_Sand> He then flew over there, having been the life of the party, leaving crowds of onlookers crying for no longer being able to be in his presence.

[15:35] <Virgil> "So the House becomes Vassals and possibly in time full members of the House?" He says to sum up Nomoe's list. "Do I understand correctly?"

[15:39] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "That would be a simplified but basically correct assessment," Hideaki says simply.

[15:39] <Virgil> The Elder's begin to swear their acknowledgement of the Nomoe leadership and their willingness to abide by the deal. Meanwhile Damon himself looks torn.

[15:42] <Nomoe_Hideaki> The words of the oath are laid out in detail in the alliance agreement, and there are a lot of them. Among other things it is meant to make sure that among the leadership of House Iselsi no trace of the infiltration by akuma and other Reclamation agents remains.

[15:45] <Virgil> "Well that makes two Captains. What's the rest of the Plan?" Jovun says expectantly. "I can possibly rope in a cousin of mine with a ship as well."

[15:45] <Nomoe_Hideaki> In the pale gold radiance of Nomoe's anima the Oaths are witnessed by Heaven, sealed and recorded for eternity.

[15:45] <Nomoe_Hideaki> A written instance of the alliance agreement is prepared by Nomoe's aides to be signed and affixed with seals.

[15:46] <Shrike> Shrike frowns, looking thoughtful. "Captain, how...expendable are the guards?" she asks, cautiously yet also pointedly.

[15:47] <Virgil> "It would be unfortunate if they died, but they are Concordant guards and I'm sure the family could well explain a rogue band of adventuress's were responsible.

[15:50] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran shakes her head with a small smile. "Not here, Captain. For now I suggest we leave and get our shipping ready for tomorrow night."

[15:52] <Virgil> He nods, "A wiser plan than most." He says with a sigh.

[15:53] <Shrike> Shrike nods in agreement, remaining quiet as she consideres the best route to discreetly get from the slaves' quarters to the docks

[15:55] <~Siran_Bhavna> "Oh, believe me, the temptation to be foolish was quite great," Siran murmurs. "It's not often I take the cautious route."

[15:56] <Shrike> "Fools rush in where Raksha fear to tread," Shrike can't help but quip.

[15:57] <Nomoe_Hideaki> To Lord Damon who stands aside undecided yet Hideaki speaks quietly. "I can see that the prospect of being bound by an Eclipse-sealed oath weighs on you, Lord Damon. No doubt you have recognized yourself that there would be no requirement for you to speak the oaths if you renounced your status and leadership position."

[15:57] <Nomoe_Hideaki> He spreads his hands, his expression frank. "It is not the way I myself would choose to serve my family, and I would be sad to see you in a position lesser than befits your age and wisdom, but I will not judge or object if that is the right path for you. Only you can decide that."

[15:58] <Virgil> Shrike rapidly reaslises the most rapid route is down the main street. It is also both the most conspicious and the most likely to be full with traffic. Several plans on how to clear the byway the night of the raid occur to her but ultimately if the emancipation remains undetected, the back routes will be safer.

[15:58] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *for you and your family

[16:00] <Virgil> "You understand Nomoe Hideaki that there are other oaths, older oaths, that still bind me. Centuries after your predecessors who made them are but dust? Things I must still do, because ten thousand years ago I swore to do so." He smiles uneasy still. "You can see why I am loath to swear another one, at least so quickly."

[16:08] * Nomoe_Hideaki meets Damon's eyes in respectful understanding. "I understand only too well. Sealed or not my given word is inviolate. I cannot afford to give it lightly, even with such a short span of time for prior bonds to accumulate compared to yours."

[16:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "That is why I will not attempt to sway you one way or another. Consider in peace, take your time, and decide carefully what is best for you and your family."

[16:10] * Nomoe_Hideaki inclines his head once to indicate that he will leave Damon alone to contemplate the matter.

[16:10] *** Brazen_Sand has quit IRC: Disintegrated: ~ Trillian Astra - (Link: http://www.trillian.im)www.trillian.im ~

[16:16] <Virgil> "That may take some time, Nomoe Hideaki. Sometime indeed."

[16:19] <Shrike> "We'll have to scout out a quiet route to get them to the ships."

[16:22] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I can afford to wait. Simply appoint a proxy for the duration of your absence, or otherwise see to it as the tradition of your family may be."

[16:24] <Virgil> "I understand and accept that proposal. I shall take some time to consider. In the meantime I select Jovun to represent me on the council." He gives Nomoe a wink, "He'll hate doing so, so I know he will take it seriously."

[16:25] * Nomoe_Hideaki gives a measured smile. "As you say."

[16:31] <Virgil> He nods, "Now if you will excise me Lord Nomoe." He retires

[16:31] * Nomoe_Hideaki bows once more. "Until we meet again, Lord Damon."

[16:35] <Virgil> The evening passes, and a new days dawns.

[16:38] <Virgil> As eveniing passes but before dawn breaks, Siran, Shrike and Jovun have retired to a little inn owned by his cousin

[16:38] <Virgil> Meanwhile Nomoe is in a midnight meeting with the Elders, learning the state of play

[16:39] <Virgil> Though Jovun has yet to arrive, it seems the others have had trouble locating him.

[16:40] <Virgil> "What specifically do you wish to know Lord Nomoe?" Iselsi Turvan asks, as Nashita has retired to her lab for the night.

[16:42] <Shrike> Shrike picks out a chair in the inn's private room, and the exotic redhead languidly sprawls in it with a relaxed sigh.

[16:42] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran looks around the room. "How confident are you that we won't be overheard here?"

[16:43] <Virgil> "Relatively." He smiles, "Another bit of family business. We should be fine."

[16:46] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Due to the late hour we should focus on immediate and near future threats and problems," Nomoe proposes and barring objections continues.

[16:46] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "There is one I have mentioned before but will restate now, the Deliberative position on piracy directed against Deliberative assets and the matter of slavery, which they are likely to begin enforcing soon. Naturally I will not allow a direct intervention, but it would be best to avoid the necessity for conflict altogether."

[16:48] <Virgil> "The slave problem will be relatively easy to expunge, though it may well be difficult to avoid Concordant retribution. They are very powerful here."

[16:48] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Secondly there is the Varangian Concordate, which you have mentioned would likely become a problem in the context of action taken in the first matter," Nomoe nods.

[16:48] <~Siran_Bhavna> "... All right." Siran faces Jovun squarely and lights her caste mark.

[16:48] <Virgil> "As for the piracy, we can stop that within the family and with our allies, though it will not completely erase the problem." He grimaces, "This is after all not the only free port for them."

[16:50] <Shrike> Shrike arches an eyebrow and watchs for the pirate captain's reaction.

[16:50] <Virgil> "Bollocks..." He swears and his grin fades, "Trust you Jovun to fall for the Celestial Exalt." He tries to rally a new grin and fails.

[16:50] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "If you could appraise me of the extent and nature of their influence and power, as well as the ways in which they are likely to act in retribution, I would be thankful. My own intelligence regarding them is sadly limited."

[16:50] <Virgil> "So who am I dealing with then? Concordant? Deliberative? Silver Prince?"

[16:51] <Virgil> "Or a lovely independant. Not that their are many of those, everyone seems to want to be a member of a club."

[16:51] <Virgil> His grin reappears if somewhat muted.

[16:52] * Nomoe_Hideaki tilts his head slightly. "As long as your family and its allies are safe I would, at least in the short term, consider the problem solved in so far as it affects us, wouldn't you?"

[16:52] <Virgil> "Initially, the Concrdant will likely take trade steps against us. First buy cutting its substantial trade ties, and then by imposing full on embargos." Tuvan replies.

[16:54] <Virgil> "This will likely step up to a Blockade, after it becomes apparent we have no intention on changing our mind. Accompanying this will be raids for Slaves and plunder by their allies locally."

[16:54] <Virgil> "This will likely end with full on invasion should it become clear we have sided with the Deliberative. Assuming Deliberative forces are not already present."

[16:57] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran waves a dismissive hand. "Technically Deliberative, but I've never had much use for politics. I love the thrill of combat and adventure - and things are so wild - and Wyld, for that matter - out here that I thought it would be fun."

[16:58] <Shrike> "What she said," Shrike says, waving a hand in Siran's direction - and lighting her own caste mark. "Being Exalted doesn't mean you don't know how to have fun."

[17:00] <Virgil> He looks really miserable as Shrikes forehead lights up, "You too?" he says with a pained look, "Well I really can pick them can't I?" He straightens his stance and smiles sadly. "Still this will make the plan somewhat simpler."

[17:00] * Nomoe_Hideaki nods. "On the mercantile front we can be prepared to some degree - we will discuss details tomorrow - though of course an impact cannot be completely avoided."

[17:00] <Shrike> "Don't worry. Everything I said was genuine," Shrike hastens to reassure the Captain with a bright smile.

[17:03] <Virgil> "Nashita would know what commercial assets the family could place at your disposal. Certainly she has been aiming to develop them. But it is best she is left to tell you in the morning." Tuvan shrugs sadly, "She is old and needs her beauty rest."

[17:03] <~Siran_Bhavna> "Look on the bright side, Captain - I assume you're of the Dragons - if you can get us into your bed, you won't have to worry about holding yourself back," Siran winks.

[17:04] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "In terms of military action however I am not worried. Deliberative presence is likely to increase in the future and I foresee losses in capability on the part of the Corncordate in the near future besides." Nomoe gives a small smile.

[17:04] <Virgil> Jovun represses a grin at Shrike's and Siran's statement and continues, "I imagine this will go a llittle way towards that." He says retorically with a sly wink. "So what does this ahve to do with the plan anyway?"

[17:05] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Apropos, a question: Are the territories under your control and that of your allies completely surrounded by Wyld-tainted lands?"

[17:06] <~Siran_Bhavna> "With my charms, I can make the slaves into a formidable fighting force, temporarily at least. If we can get inside the compound like we did tonight, we can fight our way out and to the ships. It will be quite unsubtle, but it's the best I can come up with for so many."

[17:07] <~Siran_Bhavna> "In fact, it would probably be best for you if Dorotha and I tried to get in by ourselves. I'm sure the clerk will be quite happy to see me again, and Dorotha has ways of passing without notice."

[17:07] <Virgil> "At present, yes. Though such territory also includes land claimed by other parties. Deliberator Cowl for instance." He gestures northwards, "It is all that has stopped the Silver Prince from Annexing the area in its entirety like he has done so with much of the rest of the west."

[17:08] <Shrike> "I specialise in the sneaky bits," 'Dorotha' says with a nod. "Especially when it comes to the removal of items of value without the owners of said items ever noticing I was there."

[17:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> A flash of satisfaction which he does not try to hide crosses Nomoe's expression. "Very good. The Deliberator is not likely to be a direct problem, I take it?"

[17:08] <Virgil> "I can make sure the ships are ready and waiting, certainly you will likely need me a lot less if you are as half as capable as I think you are." Jovun agrees.

[17:10] <Virgil> "He guards his own territory jealously but is otherwise an indifferent neighbour. He will not act as long as you do not tresspass. Our spies have been unable to ascertain if he is a member of the Concordant"

[17:11] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "And another question: If the Deliberative should require a safe position where to marshal its forces, would you be opposed to hosting them? It occurs to me that if Damon's Isle were to be a Deliberative strongpoint that would be a neat solution to all military and many mercantile concerns ..."

[17:12] * Nomoe_Hideaki nods. "I will require accurate maps showing your territories, those of Deliberator Cowl, and the borders and depth of Wyld regions all around."

[17:13] <Virgil> "Such a thing is doable, even preferable, though it would upset some of our younger members. I suspect they enjoy the daring roguish pirate lifestyle." Says one of the other elders in the room

[17:13] <Virgil> Tuvan hurries to provide a map

[17:14] <Virgil> "The chain is large and well scattered. Damon territory is here at the South Eastern tip. encompassing a relatively small area.

[17:14] <Virgil> Deliberator Cowl claims the North East. A relatively modest area for a Deliberator

[17:16] <Virgil> "The Concordant control the western end of the chain and several major island and trade routes with the further West." He circles the largest of the three areas. "They also have some trade with both the Deliberative and the Silver Prince, I suspect both sides are attempting to woo them against the other."

[17:20] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I'm sure ways to make such a transition more palatable to them could be found," Nomoe says to the comment about the family's younger members, contemplating the difficulty of getting the Deliberative to issue letters of marque.

[17:22] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "And these are the borders of Wyld-tainted regions?" Nomoe confirms, tracing them on the map with one finger without touching it.

[17:24] <Shrike> "Well, your company is certainly favourable," Shrike says with a chuckle. "But it would be less suspicious if we weren't with you while you arranged shipping."

[17:24] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Speaking of the Prince, how likely are his agents or forces to become a problem in the near future?"

[17:27] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran nods her agreement.

[17:29] <Virgil> "Understood my lovilies, I will try to organise as many ships as I reasonably can." His smile returns if more faintly, "Shall we say tomorrow night?"

[17:31] <~Siran_Bhavna> "I think that would be best, yes."

[17:31] <Shrike> "Agreed," Shrike says, smiling with the hint of color in her cheeks at the dashing Captain's title for them.

[17:38] <~Siran_Bhavna> "I may be lovely, but whoever said I was yours?" Siran grins.

[17:38] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Late at night, returned to the On Wings of Mela's Blessing, Nomoe composes a short note to be delivered by Infallible Messenger.

[17:38] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Deliberator Nomoe Hideaki to Admiral Darkest Dawn of the Westerns Deliberative Fleet. Please be advised that the Iselsi Damon family and all their territories are as an House Nomoe ally under my personal protection."

[17:38] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Any Celestial assets that may or may not operate in the area would benefit from being apprised of the that fact. With cordial greetings and in hopes of beneficial future cooperation, Deliberator Nomoe Hideaki."

[17:43] *** Nomoe_Hideaki is now known as dakkareth

[17:43] *** Shrike is now known as Bushranger

[17:44] *** Siran_Bhavna is now known as Anshu

[17:47] *** Virgil has left #celestialdeliberative

[17:50] *** Anshu has left #celestialdeliberative

Session Close (#celestialdeliberative): Sun Sep 18 17:50:47 2011 -0400

Dawn of the Third Age

2011-09-25T17:12:18Z

The Bushranger: /* IC */

[[Category:Exalted]][[Category:Dawn_of_the_Third_Age]]
An Exalted PbIM game in the Third Age of Creation, 10 years after the events of [[Once_more_with_feeling|Once More With Feeling]].
=Setting=
<center>''It is Realm Year 778. Ten years ago, the chaos of the Time of Tumult peaked: a mysterious force in Yu-Shan slew numerous gods and nearly the entire Five Score Fellowship before vanishing; the Mask of Winters moved boldly against the Scavenger Lands, plunging Nexus into a shadowland and devastating Great Forks, Greyfalls, and Lookshy; and a second Balorian Crusade swept over Creation from every direction. In that moment of crisis, a group of Solar and Lunar Exalted, having already reclaimed the city of Denandsor, penetrated to the heart of the Sword of Creation and threw back the invading fae, and halted the offensive of the Deathlords. From there, they brought the Realm to heel and turned their efforts to unifying and preparing Creation for the next assault.

''Despite the growing acceptance of the Celestial Exalted, the Time of Tumult continues. The Deathlords have suffered a setback, but they are readying their next strike. The raksha invasion has been defeated, but the new Celestial Deliberative has only just begun to push back the boundaries of the Wyld, and the agents of the Reclamation have begun carving realms of Yozi-worshippers out of the chaos, coming as saviors and protectors wherever the Celestial Deliberative's power does not yet reach.''

''There are enemies from within, as well. The Immaculate Order has splintered over the doctrinal reforms imposed by the Realm's new Celestial masters, and even among the Dragon-Blooded who have accepted - or had beaten into them - the truth that Celestial Exalted are not Anathema, many resent to at least some degree the subordinate position they have been forced into. And, of course, the Great Houses and their rivalries still remain - with new rivalries, now that the surviving members of the Lookshy's Seventh Legion are trying to integrate into the new political dispensation.''

''One bright spot - although it is a secret so far restricted to the Deliberative - is that peaceful contact has been made with the nations of Autochthonia, after a patropolis broke through the Seal of Eight Divinities in the wilderness near Denandsor. Limited amounts of trade and joint magitech research are taking place.''</center>

[http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k177/LordIames/Maps/Creation778.png A map of Creation as it exists at the time of the game] - the white circle indicates the rough position where Creation becomes Bordermarches. 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/CelestialDeliberative|The Factions of the Celestial Deliberative]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/GrandCircle| The Grand Circle of Denandsor, founders of the Celestial Deliberative]]

=House Rules=
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/CharacterGeneration | Character Generation]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/AnimaPowers| Anima Powers]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/Other| Other House Rules]]
=Player Characters=
==The Solars==
*Dakkareth as [[Character:Nomoe_Hideaki | '''Nomoe Hideaki''']], ''martial arts diplomat'' (Eclipse Caste)
*Bushranger as [[Character:Shrike_of_Swiftly_Striking_Talons | '''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''']], ''sneaky sticky-fingered seductress'' (Night Caste)

==The Lunars==
*Faustus 21 as [[ Character:Wandering_Drunken_Scholar| '''Wandering''']], ''Wanderer & Medicine pedlar'' (Full Moon)
*Lost_Arts as [[Character:Bright_Snow | '''Bright Snow''']], ''Traveller, Wanderer & Courier'' (Changing Moon Caste)

==The Infernals==
*Cowboy Energy as [[Character:Brazen Sand|'''Brazen Sand''']], ''maverick ruler of Gem''

==The Sidereals==
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Crimson_Meteor|'''Siran Bhavna, the Crimson Meteor''']], ''Gung-Ho Ace Warstrider Pilot'' (Battles)

==Inactive==
*Raksi as [[Character:Lady Daethia | '''Lady Daethia''']], ''The recent incarnation of the legendary Ai'' (Dawn Caste) MIA Player
*Hattori as [[Character:Noldarr | '''Noldarr''']], ''General of the Deliberative'' (Dawn Caste) bowed out
*Myllinnia as [[Character:Shadow_Ruby_Phoenix | '''Shadow Phoenix Ruby''']], ''Eyes, Ears, and Sword of the Divine Ministers'' (Adamant Caste)
*Rand Brittain as [[Character:Viridian_Inkwell | '''Viridian Inkwell''']], ''virtuous Ambassador to the Exiles''
*Danakir as [[Character:Imperative_Harmony_of_Order | '''Imperative Harmony of Order''']], ''Senior Magistrate sorceress'' (Zenith Caste)
*Blinks as [[Character:Blood_Soaked_Rain | '''Blood Soaked Rain''']], ''Compasionate Knightly Protector'' (Dawn Caste)
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Glorious_Prototype_for_Reunion|'''Glorious Prototype for Reunion''']], ''Creation-built fighter pilot'' (Orichalcum Caste)

=NPCs and Allies=

[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Minor_NPCs|Minor NPCs and allies]]

=Logs=
==IC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_15|Session 15]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_24|Session 24]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_25|Session 25]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_26|Session 26]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_27|Session 27]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_28|Session 28]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_29|Session 29]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_30|Session 30]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_31|Session 31]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_32|Session 32]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_33|Session 33]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_34|Session 34]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_35|Session 35]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_36|Session 36]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_37|Session 37]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_38|Session 38]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_39|Session 39]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_40|Session 40]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_41|Session 41]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_42|Session 42]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_43|Session 43]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_44|Session 44]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_45|Session 45]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_46|Session 46]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_47|Session 47]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_48|Session 48]]

==OOC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]

==Small group logs==
===While investigating The Lap===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand | Nomoe Hideaki and Brazen Sand argue]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Inkwell | Nomoe Hideaki and Viridian Inkwell discuss the latter's split allegiances]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby_and_Nomoe_Hideaki | Shadow Phoenix Ruby and Nomoe Hideaki chat on the flight back to the Blessed Isle]]
===At the Denandsor Reclamation Festival===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow meet for the first time]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow2 | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow discuss names, secrets and the future]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand2 | Brazen Sand and Nomoe Hideaki speak in the aftermath of the fight against the Sidereal Akuma]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Iselsi_Saraban_Veata | Nomoe Hideaki and Iselsi Saraban Veata discuss the price of her information about the Empress]]
===At the Chiaroscuro Beach===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_vs._the_Defiler | Brazen Sand vs. the Defiler]]
===Somewhere===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_the_Unconquered_Sun | Brazen Sand and the Unconquered Sun]]
===Near Gem===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_Wanderer_Meet | Brazen Sand and Wanderer Meet]]
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_Goes_to_Yu-Shan | Brazen Sand Goes to Yu-Shan]]
===In An-Teng===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Talk_At_The_Edge_Of_An-Teng | Bright Snow and Brazen Sand Talk]]
===Back in Gem===
Brazen Sand and Wandering
===On the slopes of Mt. Meru===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sands_daughter | Brazen Sand and Nomoe]]
===In Sanken===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Bright_Snow_visits_Sanken|Bright Snow visits Nomoe in Sanken]]
===Near Mt. Metagalapa===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Nomoe_Plans|Nomoe speaks with Brazen Sand about his plans for a crusade]]
===After the Deliberative session===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Wandering|Brazen talks to Wandering about his misstep]]
=Miscellaneous=
==Custom Resources==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Custom_Charms | Custom Charms]]
*[[User:Taurus_II#Taurus_II.27s_Charms | Taurus II's Charms]]
*Once More With Feeling Custom Resources - see ST for approval on a per-item basis; some things may have been added without ST approval
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Charms | OMWF Custom Charms]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Spells | OMWF Custom Spells]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts | OMWF Custom Martial Arts]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Artifacts | OMWF Custom Artifacts]] (Some NSFW)
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Hearthstones | OMWF Custom Hearthstones]]
*Plague of Hats' ''[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Category:Charms_from_The_Hundredfold_Facets_of_Enlightenment Hundredfold Facets of Enlightenment]''
*Charms by The Demented One
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/p/24855/506683.aspx#506683 Hegra Charms]
**[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Isidoros_%28The_Demented_One%29 Isidoros Charms]
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/t/16902.aspx Abyssal Mate Charms for Lunars]

==Intel==
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Intel|Intel]]

==XP Awarded==
*322 (8 per session, +10 per story)
**(3-die stunts)
***+3 to Noldarr
***+9 to Nomoe
***+? to Brazen
***+1 to Ruby
***+8 to Bright Snow
***+1 to Harmony
***+? to Wandering
***+? to Prototype

Dawn of the Third Age

2011-09-25T17:08:04Z

The Bushranger: /* IC */

[[Category:Exalted]][[Category:Dawn_of_the_Third_Age]]
An Exalted PbIM game in the Third Age of Creation, 10 years after the events of [[Once_more_with_feeling|Once More With Feeling]].
=Setting=
<center>''It is Realm Year 778. Ten years ago, the chaos of the Time of Tumult peaked: a mysterious force in Yu-Shan slew numerous gods and nearly the entire Five Score Fellowship before vanishing; the Mask of Winters moved boldly against the Scavenger Lands, plunging Nexus into a shadowland and devastating Great Forks, Greyfalls, and Lookshy; and a second Balorian Crusade swept over Creation from every direction. In that moment of crisis, a group of Solar and Lunar Exalted, having already reclaimed the city of Denandsor, penetrated to the heart of the Sword of Creation and threw back the invading fae, and halted the offensive of the Deathlords. From there, they brought the Realm to heel and turned their efforts to unifying and preparing Creation for the next assault.

''Despite the growing acceptance of the Celestial Exalted, the Time of Tumult continues. The Deathlords have suffered a setback, but they are readying their next strike. The raksha invasion has been defeated, but the new Celestial Deliberative has only just begun to push back the boundaries of the Wyld, and the agents of the Reclamation have begun carving realms of Yozi-worshippers out of the chaos, coming as saviors and protectors wherever the Celestial Deliberative's power does not yet reach.''

''There are enemies from within, as well. The Immaculate Order has splintered over the doctrinal reforms imposed by the Realm's new Celestial masters, and even among the Dragon-Blooded who have accepted - or had beaten into them - the truth that Celestial Exalted are not Anathema, many resent to at least some degree the subordinate position they have been forced into. And, of course, the Great Houses and their rivalries still remain - with new rivalries, now that the surviving members of the Lookshy's Seventh Legion are trying to integrate into the new political dispensation.''

''One bright spot - although it is a secret so far restricted to the Deliberative - is that peaceful contact has been made with the nations of Autochthonia, after a patropolis broke through the Seal of Eight Divinities in the wilderness near Denandsor. Limited amounts of trade and joint magitech research are taking place.''</center>

[http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k177/LordIames/Maps/Creation778.png A map of Creation as it exists at the time of the game] - the white circle indicates the rough position where Creation becomes Bordermarches. 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/CelestialDeliberative|The Factions of the Celestial Deliberative]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/GrandCircle| The Grand Circle of Denandsor, founders of the Celestial Deliberative]]

=House Rules=
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/CharacterGeneration | Character Generation]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/AnimaPowers| Anima Powers]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/Other| Other House Rules]]
=Player Characters=
==The Solars==
*Dakkareth as [[Character:Nomoe_Hideaki | '''Nomoe Hideaki''']], ''martial arts diplomat'' (Eclipse Caste)
*Bushranger as [[Character:Shrike_of_Swiftly_Striking_Talons | '''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''']], ''sneaky sticky-fingered seductress'' (Night Caste)

==The Lunars==
*Faustus 21 as [[ Character:Wandering_Drunken_Scholar| '''Wandering''']], ''Wanderer & Medicine pedlar'' (Full Moon)
*Lost_Arts as [[Character:Bright_Snow | '''Bright Snow''']], ''Traveller, Wanderer & Courier'' (Changing Moon Caste)

==The Infernals==
*Cowboy Energy as [[Character:Brazen Sand|'''Brazen Sand''']], ''maverick ruler of Gem''

==The Sidereals==
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Crimson_Meteor|'''Siran Bhavna, the Crimson Meteor''']], ''Gung-Ho Ace Warstrider Pilot'' (Battles)

==Inactive==
*Raksi as [[Character:Lady Daethia | '''Lady Daethia''']], ''The recent incarnation of the legendary Ai'' (Dawn Caste) MIA Player
*Hattori as [[Character:Noldarr | '''Noldarr''']], ''General of the Deliberative'' (Dawn Caste) bowed out
*Myllinnia as [[Character:Shadow_Ruby_Phoenix | '''Shadow Phoenix Ruby''']], ''Eyes, Ears, and Sword of the Divine Ministers'' (Adamant Caste)
*Rand Brittain as [[Character:Viridian_Inkwell | '''Viridian Inkwell''']], ''virtuous Ambassador to the Exiles''
*Danakir as [[Character:Imperative_Harmony_of_Order | '''Imperative Harmony of Order''']], ''Senior Magistrate sorceress'' (Zenith Caste)
*Blinks as [[Character:Blood_Soaked_Rain | '''Blood Soaked Rain''']], ''Compasionate Knightly Protector'' (Dawn Caste)
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Glorious_Prototype_for_Reunion|'''Glorious Prototype for Reunion''']], ''Creation-built fighter pilot'' (Orichalcum Caste)

=NPCs and Allies=

[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Minor_NPCs|Minor NPCs and allies]]

=Logs=
==IC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_15|Session 15]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_24|Session 24]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_25|Session 25]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_26|Session 26]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_27|Session 27]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_28|Session 28]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_29|Session 29]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_30|Session 30]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_31|Session 31]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_32|Session 32]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_33|Session 33]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_34|Session 34]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_35|Session 35]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_36|Session 36]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_37|Session 37]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_38|Session 38]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_39|Session 39]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_40|Session 40]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_41|Session 41]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_42|Session 42]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_43|Session 43]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_44|Session 44]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_45|Session 45]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_46|Session 46]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_47|Session 47]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_47|Session 48]]

==OOC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]

==Small group logs==
===While investigating The Lap===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand | Nomoe Hideaki and Brazen Sand argue]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Inkwell | Nomoe Hideaki and Viridian Inkwell discuss the latter's split allegiances]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby_and_Nomoe_Hideaki | Shadow Phoenix Ruby and Nomoe Hideaki chat on the flight back to the Blessed Isle]]
===At the Denandsor Reclamation Festival===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow meet for the first time]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow2 | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow discuss names, secrets and the future]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand2 | Brazen Sand and Nomoe Hideaki speak in the aftermath of the fight against the Sidereal Akuma]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Iselsi_Saraban_Veata | Nomoe Hideaki and Iselsi Saraban Veata discuss the price of her information about the Empress]]
===At the Chiaroscuro Beach===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_vs._the_Defiler | Brazen Sand vs. the Defiler]]
===Somewhere===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_the_Unconquered_Sun | Brazen Sand and the Unconquered Sun]]
===Near Gem===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_Wanderer_Meet | Brazen Sand and Wanderer Meet]]
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_Goes_to_Yu-Shan | Brazen Sand Goes to Yu-Shan]]
===In An-Teng===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Talk_At_The_Edge_Of_An-Teng | Bright Snow and Brazen Sand Talk]]
===Back in Gem===
Brazen Sand and Wandering
===On the slopes of Mt. Meru===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sands_daughter | Brazen Sand and Nomoe]]
===In Sanken===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Bright_Snow_visits_Sanken|Bright Snow visits Nomoe in Sanken]]
===Near Mt. Metagalapa===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Nomoe_Plans|Nomoe speaks with Brazen Sand about his plans for a crusade]]
===After the Deliberative session===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Wandering|Brazen talks to Wandering about his misstep]]
=Miscellaneous=
==Custom Resources==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Custom_Charms | Custom Charms]]
*[[User:Taurus_II#Taurus_II.27s_Charms | Taurus II's Charms]]
*Once More With Feeling Custom Resources - see ST for approval on a per-item basis; some things may have been added without ST approval
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Charms | OMWF Custom Charms]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Spells | OMWF Custom Spells]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts | OMWF Custom Martial Arts]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Artifacts | OMWF Custom Artifacts]] (Some NSFW)
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Hearthstones | OMWF Custom Hearthstones]]
*Plague of Hats' ''[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Category:Charms_from_The_Hundredfold_Facets_of_Enlightenment Hundredfold Facets of Enlightenment]''
*Charms by The Demented One
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/p/24855/506683.aspx#506683 Hegra Charms]
**[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Isidoros_%28The_Demented_One%29 Isidoros Charms]
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/t/16902.aspx Abyssal Mate Charms for Lunars]

==Intel==
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Intel|Intel]]

==XP Awarded==
*322 (8 per session, +10 per story)
**(3-die stunts)
***+3 to Noldarr
***+9 to Nomoe
***+? to Brazen
***+1 to Ruby
***+8 to Bright Snow
***+1 to Harmony
***+? to Wandering
***+? to Prototype

Dawn of the Third Age/IC Logs/Session 47

2011-09-17T19:55:49Z

The Bushranger: Created page with "Session Start (Deliberative:#celestialdeliberative): Sun Sep 11 13:00:44 2011 -0400 [13:00] *** Bushranger has joined #celestialdeliberative [13:00] *** Topic on #celestialdeli..."

Session Start (Deliberative:#celestialdeliberative): Sun Sep 11 13:00:44 2011 -0400

[13:00] *** Bushranger has joined #celestialdeliberative

[13:00] *** Topic on #celestialdeliberative is: Exalted 2nd: Dawn of the Third Age / IC Channel

[13:00] *** Topic set by dakkareth (7 hours ago at 6:02 AM)

[13:05] *** Lob is now known as Brazen_Sand

[13:06] *** Anshu is now known as Siran_Bhavna

[13:06] *** dakkareth is now known as Nomoe_Hideaki

[13:06] *** Bushranger is now known as Shrike

[13:09] *** Virgil has joined #celestialdeliberative

[13:15] <Virgil> Brazen stands in the manse, as now it slowly changes around him. The strange walls taking on a rainbow hue and shifting into coral. The walls now show murals of Brazen's deeds, as a hearthstone forms in the hollow central pedestal of the now much changed manse.

[13:15] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen was exhausted and fell to the ground.

[13:15] <Brazen_Sand> "Oh fuck yes." He groaned

[13:17] <Brazen_Sand> "I had no idea I could do that."

[13:17] <Brazen_Sand> *Hey guys, I just made a Brazen Manse. I'm clearly the best.*

[13:19] <Virgil> Siran and Shrike meanwhile amble through tilled fields the Jovun leading the way under the starry sky. "It would have been far quicker to ride, though then I would be denied this beautiful night with two equally beautiful women." He says as they approach the distant hills.

[13:19] <Brazen_Sand> Slowly he got up and picked up the hearthstone, a prismatic crystal that split light into many colours, between his two claws.

[13:23] <Shrike> Shrike, having shared the tale of the Fey in the brothel to pass the time in the trip, smiles at the Captain's words. "Why thank you, good sir," she says with a slight giggle. "I have to say the company has been very pleasant for me as well!"

[13:24] <Brazen_Sand> With that, Brazen then snapped his claws, and suddenly dumped a lake-size amount of water around him, filling the place like a glove.

[13:25] <Virgil> Meanwhile Nomoe and Dmaon Nashita have passed back into her lab. "The Island is better prepared to loose its particular trades than it makes out, Lord Nomoe. But that doesn't mean we like doing so." She gestures to the particular concoction she has been working on.

[13:26] <Virgil> "I have seen to several of the youngsters education in other areas but their will be many of my offsping that do not take to it," she gestures to the room behind them, "as befits those old fools."

[13:27] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran smiles. "Yes. Captain, in the city earlier I noticed some very ancient-seeming buildings. What were they, do you know?"

[13:28] <Virgil> "We are not exactly what you were expecting I think in any case." She says with a shrug ending her speech, "My apologies if we come of as... 'uncourtious'."

[13:29] <Brazen_Sand> With that, he swam out, climbing out of a lake surrounded by confused and worried onlookers, wondering why their Red Lake was no longer red.

[13:30] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Change is often if not always difficult or painful," Hideaki nods. He gives a small smile. "What I was expecting? Perhaps not. Nonetheless, not all surprises are bad."

[13:34] <Virgil> "Unfortunately fair lady," he says with a sad smile, "I do not know, though I am sure some of the elders of my family may. Perhaps when our relationship gets serious enough that I introduce you to my mother you might find out." He gives a wink and a mocking smile at that to Siran.

[13:35] <Virgil> The lake even now is bleeding colour, the manse shining brightly on the bottom of the pool. The waters themselves seem to slowly be changing colour, their properties no doubt no longer the same.

[13:35] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen's body shifted smoothly back into it's normal shape, the fins and webbings disappearing as he shook the cold water off of himself

[13:38] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Different places ..." Nomoe spreads his hands. "Matters of form, important as they are, remain secondary to the truths behind them in matters of such importance. I recognize that just as I have heard little from your domain before the present matter, you and yours may not have heard much of me."

[13:38] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "So I will tell you this to end the doubts that may remain among you still: The stars will rain from the sky before Nomoe Hideaki keeps not his given word."

[13:38] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran smiles back, amused. "Then I suppose it will remain a mystery to me. We like to keep on the move, Dorotha and I."

[13:39] <Nomoe_Hideaki> At Nashita's invitation then he looks at the liquid she has been working on with polite curiosity.

[13:40] <Brazen_Sand> "

[13:40] <Brazen_Sand> "Behold! I have cleansed your water!" Brazen announced

[13:40] <Shrike> "We haven't yet found anyone who can keep up with us," Shrike agrees, her tone making it both a statement and (if one were looking for such a thing) a sultry hint. "We want to explore as much as we possibly can, after all..."

[13:41] <Virgil> A frog seated nearby *ribbits* at Brazen's announcement. Probably the only thing alive nearby for several miles.

[13:41] <Brazen_Sand> "ARE YOU IMPRESSED, FROG?"

[13:44] <Virgil> As Nomoe examines the mixture, even without his charms it quickly becomes clear what is in the beaker. It is raw processed orichalcum, currently in a liquid form. "We are not entirely without other sources of wealth." She says with a cackle, "Just ones that were not necessarily useful until now."

[13:44] <Virgil> "You may keep it Lord Nomoe."

[13:44] <Virgil> *RIBBIT* It says and dives into the now shimmering rainbow hued water.

[13:46] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen shrugged in disappointment then flew away

[13:49] <Brazen_Sand> He landed in teh city again, and looked for a restaurant or a place to get something to eat.

[13:49] <Virgil> An object passes in front of the moon, full and lighting up the landscape, for a second and then passes as the Girls as Jovun climb the hills to the Lake. "Over this way is the remarkable Red Lake of the island. Though it's waters are mildly toxic various members of my family are working on uses for them. You'd be surprised what some of them can get up to."

[13:49] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "So I see," Nomoe nods. "I did not idly state my confidence in Iselsi ingenuity." He draws back slightly then and bows. "You have my thanks for your precious gift, Lady Nashita."

[13:49] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *Iselsi Damon Nashita

[13:50] <Virgil> "Nashita is fine, Lord Nomoe. I find titles and even names tedious. When you have as few years left to me, you may think likewise."

[13:50] <~Siran_Bhavna> "It sounds as though your family have a broad range of interests," Siran notes.

[13:51] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Quite possibly," Hideaki admits, though he finds it unlikely that old age will take him.

[13:52] <Shrike> Shrike looks up as something passes the moon, and arches an eyebrow as the Captain speaks. *Please tell me the lake is still there...*

[13:53] <Shrike> "Indeed, they seem to be every broad-minded in their studies," the exotic redhead agrees with her companion. "What sort of uses?"

[13:53] <Brazen_Sand> *Yes, I put it back*

[13:53] <Brazen_Sand> *In fact, it's better then ever*

[13:53] <~Siran_Bhavna> *I have a sudden sinking feeling.*

[13:53] <Virgil> "We are a large family and the island is mainly ours." He says with a smile. "Really I would expect visitors, even if you are not spies and especially women I may have proposed to, to at least know that." He gives another not so serious wink as they crest the hill.

[13:53] <Brazen_Sand> *very punny of you*

[13:55] <Virgil> And below them see not a Red Lake, but instead a Rainbow Lake shimmering with a dozen hues. Jovun's jaw drops, the surprise clear on his face, his jaunty persona dropped. "This..." he gives a swallow. "Does not bode well." You get the impression that that comment isn't directed at either of you.

[13:58] <Shrike> Shrike giggles girlishly, tossing her hair, as she waits to see just what Brazen has done -this- time. "Well, possibly we do know and just want to hear what a handsome, dashing pirate sea-captain thinks of his family?" she asks, and upon spotting the lake, her eyes widen in genuine surprise. "...oh dear. That lake isn't red."

[13:59] <Virgil> As Brazen lands in town, he sees the streets are bright with revellry, at least in some quarters of the city

[13:59] <Brazen_Sand> "ooooh, a party!" Brazen eagerly walked over to investigate

[13:59] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran stifles a groan. "No, no it isn't. Has anything like this ever happened before?"

[13:59] <Virgil> The parts that are populated are enjoying fireworks and some sort of street festival.

[14:02] <Virgil> "Not to my knowledge. I suspect Great-Grandfather won't be pleased." He says with gulp. "This could be bad." His face is pale in the moonlight.

[14:03] <Shrike> "...is that 'heads will roll' bad?" Shrike asks, softly.

[14:05] <Brazen_Sand> Glowing Old Realm words of acceptance and tolerance of it's subject wove their way around Brazen's skin like tattoos, putting everyone around him at ease with his presence as he entered the celebration.

[14:05] <Brazen_Sand> He ducked underneath a few highly-set lanterns and tried to reason out what the celebration was for.

[14:07] <Virgil> "Possibly." He glances back at the lights of the city and then glances back once at the lights of the water. "We should probably get back to Town."

[14:10] <~Siran_Bhavna> "Yes, that's probably a good idea."

[14:10] <Virgil> "Now despite your somewhat..." Nashita pauses searching for a suitable word... "stuffy... demeanour I think my branch can do business with yours, as I am certain that you can find a way for our branch to continue to exist in something resembling its current form."

[14:11] <Shrike> "I would have to agree," Shrike says quietly, giving the Captain a sympathetic look. *You've kicked over a hornet's nest*

[14:12] <Virgil> "I have the authority to speak for the entirety of the Dragonblooded part of my Branch, and I am willing Lord Nomoe to accept you terms. I do this for my family, nothing more, nothing less. Sundering our freedom is a heavy price for us."

[14:13] <Virgil> The Celebration seems to be a regular occurance. Something that springs up whenever much of the fleet is in port. A way for the pirates to blow off steam and the natives to enjoy themselves with their stolen wealth.

[14:19] * Nomoe_Hideaki nods understandingly. It is a driving motivation he knows only too well. "Who should I be speaking to regarding the patrician part of your branch?"

[14:20] <~Siran_Bhavna> "Is yours likely to be one such head?" Siran asks as they head back.

[14:28] <Brazen_Sand> *Aw crap! Again?!*

[14:29] <Virgil> She shifts uncomfortably. "That... is a complicated subject."

[14:30] <Virgil> "Unlikely, Great-Grandfather likes me." He says with a wry smile.

[14:30] <Shrike> "Well that's good, you wouldn't be as attractive with your head detached," Shrike quips, before turning a tad more serious. "But people you care about then?"

[14:31] <Virgil> Meanwhile among the revellers a small portish bald man bumps into Brazen, knocking himself off his feet. His spectecles falling to the ground. He seems mighty out of place in the festival.

[14:31] <Virgil> "Depends what happened with the Lake. Grandfather while in a temper can be... unpredictable."

[14:32] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I am familiar with 'complicated'," Nomoe says evenly.

[14:32] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen picked up the spectacles very carefully between two talons the width of a strong man's arm, and handed them back to him, bending over to look him in the eye as he did so.

[14:33] <Virgil> The man examines Brazen very carefully. Even as Brazen glances so at him.

[14:33] <Brazen_Sand> "Is something on my face?"

[14:34] <Virgil> He places the spectacles back on very carefully. Staring Brazen in the eyes

[14:34] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen stared back

[14:36] <Brazen_Sand> And looked into the strangeness of the man's essence

[14:39] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran nods quietly. *I've been thinking about what he said in the restaurant, about helping to get the slaves out... Do you think he meant it?* she asks Shrike.

[14:39] <Virgil> "You and I, I think have something of a problem." He says grimmly. The music around them seems to have stopped. And many members of the crowd take a large step back.

[14:41] <Shrike> Shrike merely nods to the captain, biting her lip at Siran's question. *He did seem sincere enough - although I have been mistaken before,* she admits. *But it didn't strike me as trying to expose us, rather an honest offer*

[14:41] <Virgil> "You see I made that on the request of a rather old and bitter acquiantance. But only maintained it on behalf of my wife." He cracks a knuckle, looking rather surprised that he has.

[14:42] <Virgil> She shrugs sadly. "I was hoping you'd be satisfied with the Dragonblooded half. The other half would require convincing my husband."

[14:42] <Brazen_Sand> "Oh?"

[14:43] <Brazen_Sand> "What would be worth ruining this party?" Brazen asked

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[14:43] <Brazen_Sand> In his mind though, he knew that this was trouble.

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[15:11] *** Anshu is now known as Siran_Bhavna

[15:28] <Virgil> "We could take it elsewhere. After all this is my Island." says Damon. He clicks his fingers. Brazen and him float above the waves, somewhere else. The lights of the harbour just visible in the distance.

[15:30] <Brazen_Sand> "Uh...what the hell is going on?" Brazen asked as he followed him.

[15:30] <Virgil> The group of the Pirate Captain, Siran and 'Dorotha' make a quicker pace back to town. "I apologise, my lovilies, I expect a tour of the island may have to wait. Grandma will want to know of this."

[15:34] <Virgil> "You strike me as the type to solve his problems through violence. I don't want my wife or any of our off-spring harmed." Now, he paces on the turgid waves as were they solid land. "We can talk and if either of us deems it necessary we can fight. After all I see some of my former liege in you... and he prefers these days to fight."

[15:36] <~Siran_Bhavna> "That's all right. We can be patient. But I was just thinking, Juvon, about what you said earlier, about getting the slaves off the island," Siran says.

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[15:38] *** Nomoe_Hideaki is now known as dakkareth

[15:40] *** dakkareth is now known as Nomoe_Hideaki

[15:41] <Shrike> "Paitence can be boring, but I can wait as well," Shrike says, nodding in agreement with Siran and watching the Captain for his reaction.

[15:41] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen tried to figure out what this...entity could have been talking about

[15:45] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe frowns slightly. "Such an agreement cannot be with one half of a family branch but not the other."

[15:47] <Virgil> "You want to do that? Now?" He looks a little pale before pulling himself together. "Well just a moment and I will join you."

[15:48] <Virgil> He gestures and mutters some words to the wind.

[15:50] <Virgil> "And my husband would rather, remain unaffiliated with this whole affair." She says carefully. Glancing nervously at Nomoe.

[15:50] <~Siran_Bhavna> "We had planned to do something tonight, but later... there's time for you to meet your responsibilities in person, I think."

[15:52] <Shrike> "Later, yes - not now. Your troubles at the moment are...more important."

[15:53] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I could not in good conscience be party to splitting apart a family in such a way," Nomoe Hideaki says sadly.

[15:54] <Virgil> "Fine then it is best you meet Dam..." She pauses mid-converation. Her expression going serious, as she cups her ear with one hand. "That is not good news." She mutters

[15:56] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I could speak to him and see if his reservations can be alleviated, if he will meet with me. But this decision is for you - all of you - to make and I will not interfere."

[15:58] * Nomoe_Hideaki bows slightly. "If this is a bad time I can return at a more auspicious moment."

[16:00] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen's eyes narrowed

[16:00] <Brazen_Sand> "Damonasta?"

[16:01] <Virgil> "Now that is a name I have not heard of in a long time." He says pushing his spectacles up his nose.

[16:02] <Brazen_Sand> "What are you doing here?"

[16:04] <Virgil> "I prefer Damon now. It carries less... noticable... traits."

[16:05] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen shrugged. It all didn't mean much to him. "So now what?"

[16:06] <Virgil> "It depends," she beckons Nomoe through a door and to a nearby balcony staring out at the sea. "There may be a show shortly. There may not be. I fear your obvious and quite oblivious friend may well have offended my husband." She gazes out towards the waves.

[16:07] <Virgil> He smiles, more his roguish self as he tilts his head listening to the wind. "Actually now might be perfect. Granddad might be a bit of a distraction." He says with a roguish wink and wry smile. "Certainly the obvious fellow and he will be whatever they decide."

[16:08] <~Siran_Bhavna> "It's always nice to have a distraction," Siran agrees with an answering grin.

[16:10] <Shrike> Shrike chuckles and nods in agreement. "Distractions always come in handy when one is doing something you need a distraction for...and that came out weird."

[16:11] <Virgil> "Well either you apologise for destroying a priceless piece of history and manse that I was only keeping around for the benefit of my wife." Damon says with a distinct pause. "Or we find another way to get to that apology." He still seems rather angry if a bit less so than he was before.

[16:11] <Virgil> "Certainly I don't like to be that flashy." Damon continues tilting his head as if listening to something.

[16:12] <Brazen_Sand> "Okay. I'm sorry. I was only searching, and I didn't know that stealing the lake would be so damaging."

[16:12] <~Siran_Bhavna> "It's all right, Dorotha. Nobody expects someone as pretty as you to be good with words anyway," Siran teases.

[16:13] <~Siran_Bhavna> Then she turns to Jovun, becoming serious again. "So. Based on your earlier comment, I had the impression that you might have had a plan?"

[16:14] <Virgil> Jovun grins at Dorotha's discomfort, "It is understandable, I know I can have that affect on women." He says in a mocking tone, that says he doesn't really believe that. "Now what was this plan?"

[16:14] * Nomoe_Hideaki follows, his ornate robes swishing. "He does that," he says, his tone resigned. There is of course only one person she can mean, especially with Brazen's essence involved in the breaking of her hearthstone earlier. "I did not bring him here. In fact I thought I had made it clear that he was to stay away." He sighs.

[16:14] <Virgil> "As I thought you had a plan?"

[16:14] <Shrike> Shrike giggles and shakes her head in bemusment - sticking her tongue out at Siran.

[16:16] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran chuckles. "We had the rudiments of a plan, which amounted to 'cause some chaos and sneak the slaves out'. Let me put it another way: When you mentioned the possibility, how did you see yourself being able to help us?"

[16:18] <Brazen_Sand> "I did what I did because otherwise it would have exploded."

[16:22] <Brazen_Sand> "So...yeah, I'm sure your wife would've been pretty upset if a chunk of the island blew up. Whoever she is."

[16:22] <Virgil> "And did you perhaps drain the water to get to it?" He says with a sigh. "The water that holds the motonic essence flux in place, it was carefully designed I'll have you know."

[16:23] <Brazen_Sand> "Well I know that now!"

[16:23] <Brazen_Sand> "But what's done is done."

[16:24] <Virgil> "This is a simple case of if you didn't go playing with other peoples toys in the first place, nothing would have gone wrong." He sighs, "and I bet you have no idea of the historical significants of this site at all do you." He sounds angry.

[16:25] <Brazen_Sand> "Lintha?"

[16:26] <Virgil> He stares at you, lecturing. "Close. It was the birthplace of those wretched creatures. I kept it as monument to my collosal failure and because my wife believe the water has some useful properties."

[16:26] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen nodded. "Uh-huh."

[16:27] <Brazen_Sand> "Well...there's no fixing the past. I'm sorry I messed it up, but I did fix it, you know."

[16:28] <Virgil> "Neither of which I would think it does filled with your essence." He gives Brazen a hard stare.

[16:28] <Brazen_Sand> "It's from Kimbery. It was probably some way to make the guts of whoever drank it eat them."

[16:28] <Virgil> "Well I can get us in at night." He flourishes a key out of one pocket. "I stole this several months ago, in case the family ever needed it."

[16:28] <Brazen_Sand> "My water probably does a lot fo neat stuff."

[16:30] <Virgil> "Only an Imbecile would drink that water and strangely enough, whomever you are, it and I share a similar source. As you should know if you recall my original name." His tone is quite obviously angry now though he has yet to rais ehis voice.

[16:31] <Virgil> "Well I can get us in at night." Jovun flourishes a key out of one pocket. "I stole this several months ago, in case the family ever needed it."

[16:31] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen sighed. "Look, I apologized already. What's done is done."

[16:32] <Virgil> "My husband appears to be remarkably calm for once. That is remarkably unlike him. I suppose your friend's odd essence gives him some pause." She says slightly dissappointed.

[16:32] <~Siran_Bhavna> "Well, that will certainly come in handy. Easier than breaking in, for sure." Siran glances at Shrike.

[16:33] <Virgil> "Well fine." He says slightly calmer. "An apology is satisfactoy."

[16:33] <Brazen_Sand> "Good. Cause I was missing the party."

[16:34] <Virgil> "Though perhaps while we are out here." Damon says glancing around at the waves kind of boredly. "We should put on a bit of a show. I think people might be expecting it now." He glances back to the town meaningfully.

[16:34] <Shrike> "Oooh, very nice," Shrike agrees, nodding, although she can't help but look -slightly- dissapointed at not having to sneak in.

[16:35] <Virgil> "Nothing dangerous, just a bit of a light show. See what the other is made of?" Damon says with a charming wink and a smile one of his grand-children has obviously inherited.

[16:35] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen shrugged. "Sure. Since you asked."

[16:35] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen's anima then exploded, bright enough to make the moon seem dim in comparison

[16:36] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "It should," Nomoe agrees. "Resolving tensions is a much better course than escalating them." Just before Brazen's anima explodes out on the sea.

[16:37] <Virgil> Damon slowly deliberately puts his spectacles in his pocket and shimmers as the waves reach up and around him growing larger. "This sort of size should do I think." He mutters when he and Brazen are about equal in size.

[16:38] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen's eyes widened. He hadn't been expecting that. Although he really should have, from a Soul of the Yozis

[16:38] <Virgil> "We will still of course need to sneak up to the cages and avoid or bluff the Concordant staff but the key will make the doors easier."

[16:41] <Virgil> From Nomoe's perspective a great deal of Flourescent Blue Water forms up next to Brazen's anima, the two seem to be squaring off. The essence is odd.

[16:41] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen responded by letting the fires of his anima reach up like insubstantial tendrils of neon colour

[16:41] <Brazen_Sand> So that it was as if they almost reached the stars, and waved about like trees

[16:42] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran nods. "And then there's the matter of what to do with them... there are too many to fit aboard our ship, and freeing them just to leave them on the island to be caught and punished seems like a waste of effort.

[16:42] <~Siran_Bhavna> "

[16:42] <Virgil> "How do we want to do this?" His voice booms now. "A wrestling match, a match of colours and lights, the most ancient game?"

[16:44] <Brazen_Sand> "Wait, what? This is all really sudd-Oh who the hell am I kidding?"

[16:44] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen stretched his shoulders and unfurled his wings to their full span

[16:45] <Shrike> "Distracting the staff shuld be something I have no problem doing," Shrike says with a bright, cheerful smile and a long wink. "The trouble of what to do with them afterwards -is- a bit of a sticky problem though..." she admits.

[16:45] <Virgil> About now the assault of light and colour reaches Siran, 'Dorotha' and Jovan. "It looks ladies like now might be the time to begin."

[16:45] * Nomoe_Hideaki sighs as he sees the two essence signatures gaining in strength to his vision. Their combined strength exceeds 9000 motonic units!

[16:45] <Virgil> "We best sort out where to stow them on the way out." He says with a grin, "The pirate way after all has always been to wing it."

[16:48] <Virgil> Meanwhile Damon, gestures for Brazen to attack, if that is the game he wishes to play.

[16:48] <~Siran_Bhavna> "All right, that sounds good to me. Let's get to it."

[16:49] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen put himself in the stance of the "Gran Godzilla individuo" and readied himself for battle!

[16:51] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Your husband's strength seems to be formidable to say the least," Hideaki says, showing a bit of surprise.

[16:51] <Brazen_Sand> His wings flapped streaks of firey light, reflected across the water.

[16:52] <Brazen_Sand> "Hmmm, I think I'll make this easier on you."

[16:52] <Brazen_Sand> "I'll battle you with one hand behind my back!"

[16:53] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "One would think that between him and the Dragonblooded scions of your branch your family should be well defended already."

[16:53] <Brazen_Sand> He said, then shifted slightly so that one hand reached out while the other curved behind him.

[16:55] <Virgil> "He does not wish to take part. Even this is more due to the fact that with your friend here, this can be blamed on the Infernals. As I am sure it will." She looks at Nomoe sternly. "He has spent a long time here quietly and many of us prefer it that way. Were others to know he was here we are both sure that would change."

[16:56] <Virgil> Damon looks at him, his watery eyes blinking a deep red water. "The tides are slow, but do not stop."

[16:58] <Brazen_Sand> "There's a first time for everything."

[16:59] <Virgil> The group of three Exalts approaches the Slave Market

[16:59] * Nomoe_Hideaki inclines his head in response. "I would not want to cause offense to him, but I may be able to calm the Infernal if he was the one to initiate an escalation."

[16:59] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *offense to your husband

[16:59] <Virgil> Even at night in the middle of the celebration a brisk trade is still being done with Captains wandering in and out.

[16:59] <Brazen_Sand> He said as he rushed towards the large "man"

[17:00] <Brazen_Sand> Water burst upwards in his wake, blasting free of his immense power as he moved from them.

[17:00] <Virgil> "I doubt any harm will come to him. Though be my guest, Lord Nomoe, after all I did just swear my House to yours." She says with a shrug.

[17:01] <Virgil> As they approach one of the Clerks looks up at Jovun. "You again Jovun, I already told you, you can't have the Spire run. You lost the last batch we sent you with. Better luck next time, eh?"

[17:02] <~Siran_Bhavna> *Lost, is it?* Siran smiles to herself.

[17:04] <Shrike> Shrike chuckles mentally as well, as her eyes watch their surroundings alertly, while pretending to be awestruck by being in the presence of the Captain.

[17:05] <Brazen_Sand> "Prepare yourself for my Héroe intermitente conductor!" Brazen cried as he grasped the Deva's shoulder and spun him up into the air!"

[17:05] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran looks around at the staff and the guards, sizing them up in case a fight breaks out.

[17:05] <Virgil> "Oh come on, Agaro, you can do a favour for a pal can't you." He stage whispers, "To impress the girls?"

[17:09] <Virgil> Brazen grabs at Damon who laughs as Brazen slides through his watery form. "My turn now, Infernal." As several tendrils whip up and out of the water to seize Brazens arms and legs.

[17:10] <Brazen_Sand> The tendrils wrapped around Brazen before he could move or stop them.

[17:11] <Virgil> The Tendrils begin to pull Brazen beneath the waves. "I suspect first one to fall beneath the waves... loses. Is that acceptable my foely friend?"

[17:12] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen grinned. "But your body is already made out of waves, Damon. You lose by default."

[17:16] <Virgil> "An interesting thought. Try to get me below the average water line then." He points around them at the choppy seas, "Sound better?" As he pulls down even harder on the furiously struggling Brazen

[17:16] * Nomoe_Hideaki watches the movements of the powerful figures out over the sea for a few seconds. "There is no killing intent or bloodlust there," he says then. "I will leave them to it unless it becomes more than just a measuring of strengths."

[17:20] <Virgil> Agaro looks up at the two woman with an appreciative eye. "I dunno, Jovun. You know the boss would throw a fit."

[17:20] <Shrike> Shrike gives 'Agaro' a bright, dazzling smile, tossing her hair just so as to emphasise her flirtatiousness.

[17:22] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran offers him a smile as well, though she's not quite so flamboyant about it as Shrike.

[17:26] <Brazen_Sand> A massive claw burst from under the water and wrapped itself around the Deva's leg, thrusting him back as Brazen levered himself out and into the sky. "Let's make it interesting. If I win, you will stop the Concordant."

[17:29] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen flipped himself around and grasped Damon with his scorpion tail, and tossed him along the water, skipping him like a stone.

[17:30] <Virgil> "And what do I get out of such a deal." He grunts as he grabs himself with further tendrils of coloured water righting himself and throwing himself back towards Brazen.

[17:32] <Brazen_Sand> "Name it." Brazen responded, as he caught the Deva in his one arm, then flipped and stepped upon him to keep him in the water.

[17:32] <Virgil> "You have nothing I want Infernal." As he slithers around Brazen the water streaming up and over.

[17:32] <Brazen_Sand> "Abisales ataúd acuáticos!" he declared as he did yet another flashy move

[17:35] <Brazen_Sand> "Are you deaf? Are you retarded?"

[17:35] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen snarled as his talons gripped Damon's head hard enough to crush a boulder.

[17:35] <~Siran_Bhavna> While Shrike's appearance is somewhat detracted from by the signs of their long walk, the sweat and grime Siran bears merely make her seem more ferally desirable. The way she smiles, the way she meets Agaro's eyes, intimate the barely-restrained wildness inside her with no other action or word needing to be spoken.

[17:35] <Brazen_Sand> "I'M THE GODDAMN LIGHT OF HEROISM!!"

[17:42] <Brazen_Sand> As he said that, his feet exploded with a blinding aura of power, blasted into Damon's mind, stunning him with his might.

[17:45] <Brazen_Sand> "I HAVE SOMETHING EVERYTHING WANTS, BY THE WAY!" Brazen noted

[17:47] <Virgil> With a closer look at Siran, poor Agaro is nearly drooling and whispers something to Jovun. Jovun just looks at Siran with a smile and nods his head at Agaro. As he gets clear, nodding to Shrike on the way past. "That just leaves the night shift guards and the factor."

[17:49] <Shrike> *I'll have to do better next time* Shrike thinks to Siran good-naturedly, giving her companion a playful elbow to the side. "Should be a piece of cake."

[17:49] <Brazen_Sand> *THAT'S HOT! I'M WRESTLING A THIRD CIRCLE RIGHT NOW, BTW.*

[17:50] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran winks at Agaro as she saunters after Jovun and Shrike, managing not to break stride as Brazen shouts over the echo jewels.

[17:51] <Virgil> Damon groans, the sound of a thousand waves crashing on the shore and opens his mouth wide sucking Brazen into a huge whirlpool of red and blue water.

[17:57] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen's anima burnt the force of the wind right out of the air, allowing him to keep his footing.

[17:58] <Brazen_Sand> "YOU SUCK, IN MORE WAYS THEN ONE!"

[18:00] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen was pulled under. He cursed himself for a fool, fighting in Damon's natural element.

[18:00] <Virgil> Agaro wanders over to Siran, attempting to be sweet but failing miserably due to nerves.

[18:01] <Virgil> Shrike and Jovan manage to slip past him and deeper into the concordant offices easily.

[18:01] <Virgil> "This way I believe." He says to Shrike, "Any plan to get past the guards milady?" Jovian says in hushed tone

[18:03] <Shrike> "Make pretty eyes at them, then when they're all ga-ga knock them out and tie them up?" Shrike suggests with a playful smile.

[18:03] <Brazen_Sand> He used his wings to push away from the suction of the whirlpool, clevering using it to his advantage, as he pinwheeled around Damon, he wrapped an arm around his watery neck and pulled him into an aquatic headlock

[18:04] <Brazen_Sand> "Pez globo Montaña de bloqueo"

[18:06] <Virgil> "As amusing as this has been Light of Heroism, time I think to end it. I'm sure my grandson has done what he needed to do, and I suspect my wife wants my attention." He manages in the distorted sound of gulls, bubbles and waves and with on last monumental effort he pulls Brazen and himself under the waves.

[18:07] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen went "glub!"

[18:07] <Brazen_Sand> As he was pulled underneath.

[18:07] <Brazen_Sand> "Okay okay, you win!"

[18:07] <Brazen_Sand> "Last time I fight someone made out of water in an ocean."

[18:08] <Brazen_Sand> Fortunately, Brazen could move through water as easily as air.

[18:08] <~Siran_Bhavna> Siran swallows her distaste for those who work in the slave trade, reminding herself that many people simply take what work is available, and tries continue projecting a sense of interest in him, while also stalling for time for Juvon and Shrike to complete the objective.

[18:09] <Brazen_Sand> Then he washed up on the shore, humbled, yet he also felt somehow refreshed, as if a weight on the edge of perception had lifted slightly.

[18:14] *** Nomoe_Hideaki is now known as dakkareth

[18:15] *** Siran_Bhavna is now known as Anshu

Session Close (#celestialdeliberative): Sun Sep 11 18:21:04 2011 -0400

Dawn of the Third Age

2011-09-04T17:13:53Z

The Bushranger: /* IC */

[[Category:Exalted]][[Category:Dawn_of_the_Third_Age]]
An Exalted PbIM game in the Third Age of Creation, 10 years after the events of [[Once_more_with_feeling|Once More With Feeling]].
=Setting=
<center>''It is Realm Year 778. Ten years ago, the chaos of the Time of Tumult peaked: a mysterious force in Yu-Shan slew numerous gods and nearly the entire Five Score Fellowship before vanishing; the Mask of Winters moved boldly against the Scavenger Lands, plunging Nexus into a shadowland and devastating Great Forks, Greyfalls, and Lookshy; and a second Balorian Crusade swept over Creation from every direction. In that moment of crisis, a group of Solar and Lunar Exalted, having already reclaimed the city of Denandsor, penetrated to the heart of the Sword of Creation and threw back the invading fae, and halted the offensive of the Deathlords. From there, they brought the Realm to heel and turned their efforts to unifying and preparing Creation for the next assault.

''Despite the growing acceptance of the Celestial Exalted, the Time of Tumult continues. The Deathlords have suffered a setback, but they are readying their next strike. The raksha invasion has been defeated, but the new Celestial Deliberative has only just begun to push back the boundaries of the Wyld, and the agents of the Reclamation have begun carving realms of Yozi-worshippers out of the chaos, coming as saviors and protectors wherever the Celestial Deliberative's power does not yet reach.''

''There are enemies from within, as well. The Immaculate Order has splintered over the doctrinal reforms imposed by the Realm's new Celestial masters, and even among the Dragon-Blooded who have accepted - or had beaten into them - the truth that Celestial Exalted are not Anathema, many resent to at least some degree the subordinate position they have been forced into. And, of course, the Great Houses and their rivalries still remain - with new rivalries, now that the surviving members of the Lookshy's Seventh Legion are trying to integrate into the new political dispensation.''

''One bright spot - although it is a secret so far restricted to the Deliberative - is that peaceful contact has been made with the nations of Autochthonia, after a patropolis broke through the Seal of Eight Divinities in the wilderness near Denandsor. Limited amounts of trade and joint magitech research are taking place.''</center>

[http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k177/LordIames/Maps/Creation778.png A map of Creation as it exists at the time of the game] - the white circle indicates the rough position where Creation becomes Bordermarches. 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/CelestialDeliberative|The Factions of the Celestial Deliberative]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/GrandCircle| The Grand Circle of Denandsor, founders of the Celestial Deliberative]]

=House Rules=
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/CharacterGeneration | Character Generation]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/AnimaPowers| Anima Powers]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/Other| Other House Rules]]
=Player Characters=
==The Solars==
*Dakkareth as [[Character:Nomoe_Hideaki | '''Nomoe Hideaki''']], ''martial arts diplomat'' (Eclipse Caste)
*Bushranger as [[Character:Shrike_of_Swiftly_Striking_Talons | '''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''']], ''sneaky sticky-fingered seductress'' (Night Caste)

==The Lunars==
*Faustus 21 as [[ Character:Wandering_Drunken_Scholar| '''Wandering''']], ''Wanderer & Medicine pedlar'' (Full Moon)
*Lost_Arts as [[Character:Bright_Snow | '''Bright Snow''']], ''Traveller, Wanderer & Courier'' (Changing Moon Caste)

==The Infernals==
*Cowboy Energy as [[Character:Brazen Sand|'''Brazen Sand''']], ''maverick ruler of Gem''

==The Sidereals==
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Crimson_Meteor|'''Siran Bhavna, the Crimson Meteor''']], ''Gung-Ho Ace Warstrider Pilot'' (Battles)

==Inactive==
*Raksi as [[Character:Lady Daethia | '''Lady Daethia''']], ''The recent incarnation of the legendary Ai'' (Dawn Caste) MIA Player
*Hattori as [[Character:Noldarr | '''Noldarr''']], ''General of the Deliberative'' (Dawn Caste) bowed out
*Myllinnia as [[Character:Shadow_Ruby_Phoenix | '''Shadow Phoenix Ruby''']], ''Eyes, Ears, and Sword of the Divine Ministers'' (Adamant Caste)
*Rand Brittain as [[Character:Viridian_Inkwell | '''Viridian Inkwell''']], ''virtuous Ambassador to the Exiles''
*Danakir as [[Character:Imperative_Harmony_of_Order | '''Imperative Harmony of Order''']], ''Senior Magistrate sorceress'' (Zenith Caste)
*Blinks as [[Character:Blood_Soaked_Rain | '''Blood Soaked Rain''']], ''Compasionate Knightly Protector'' (Dawn Caste)
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Glorious_Prototype_for_Reunion|'''Glorious Prototype for Reunion''']], ''Creation-built fighter pilot'' (Orichalcum Caste)

=NPCs and Allies=

[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Minor_NPCs|Minor NPCs and allies]]

=Logs=
==IC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_15|Session 15]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_24|Session 24]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_25|Session 25]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_26|Session 26]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_27|Session 27]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_28|Session 28]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_29|Session 29]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_30|Session 30]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_31|Session 31]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_32|Session 32]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_33|Session 33]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_34|Session 34]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_35|Session 35]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_36|Session 36]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_37|Session 37]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_38|Session 38]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_39|Session 39]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_40|Session 40]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_41|Session 41]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_42|Session 42]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_43|Session 43]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_44|Session 44]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_45|Session 45]]

==OOC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]

==Small group logs==
===While investigating The Lap===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand | Nomoe Hideaki and Brazen Sand argue]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Inkwell | Nomoe Hideaki and Viridian Inkwell discuss the latter's split allegiances]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby_and_Nomoe_Hideaki | Shadow Phoenix Ruby and Nomoe Hideaki chat on the flight back to the Blessed Isle]]
===At the Denandsor Reclamation Festival===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow meet for the first time]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow2 | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow discuss names, secrets and the future]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand2 | Brazen Sand and Nomoe Hideaki speak in the aftermath of the fight against the Sidereal Akuma]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Iselsi_Saraban_Veata | Nomoe Hideaki and Iselsi Saraban Veata discuss the price of her information about the Empress]]
===At the Chiaroscuro Beach===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_vs._the_Defiler | Brazen Sand vs. the Defiler]]
===Somewhere===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_the_Unconquered_Sun | Brazen Sand and the Unconquered Sun]]
===Near Gem===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_Wanderer_Meet | Brazen Sand and Wanderer Meet]]
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_Goes_to_Yu-Shan | Brazen Sand Goes to Yu-Shan]]
===In An-Teng===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Talk_At_The_Edge_Of_An-Teng | Bright Snow and Brazen Sand Talk]]
===Back in Gem===
Brazen Sand and Wandering
===On the slopes of Mt. Meru===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sands_daughter | Brazen Sand and Nomoe]]
===In Sanken===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Bright_Snow_visits_Sanken|Bright Snow visits Nomoe in Sanken]]
===Near Mt. Metagalapa===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Nomoe_Plans|Nomoe speaks with Brazen Sand about his plans for a crusade]]
===After the Deliberative session===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Wandering|Brazen talks to Wandering about his misstep]]
=Miscellaneous=
==Custom Resources==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Custom_Charms | Custom Charms]]
*[[User:Taurus_II#Taurus_II.27s_Charms | Taurus II's Charms]]
*Once More With Feeling Custom Resources - see ST for approval on a per-item basis; some things may have been added without ST approval
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Charms | OMWF Custom Charms]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Spells | OMWF Custom Spells]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts | OMWF Custom Martial Arts]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Artifacts | OMWF Custom Artifacts]] (Some NSFW)
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Hearthstones | OMWF Custom Hearthstones]]
*Plague of Hats' ''[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Category:Charms_from_The_Hundredfold_Facets_of_Enlightenment Hundredfold Facets of Enlightenment]''
*Charms by The Demented One
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/p/24855/506683.aspx#506683 Hegra Charms]
**[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Isidoros_%28The_Demented_One%29 Isidoros Charms]
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/t/16902.aspx Abyssal Mate Charms for Lunars]

==Intel==
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Intel|Intel]]

==XP Awarded==
*322 (8 per session, +10 per story)
**(3-die stunts)
***+3 to Noldarr
***+9 to Nomoe
***+? to Brazen
***+1 to Ruby
***+8 to Bright Snow
***+1 to Harmony
***+? to Wandering
***+? to Prototype

Dawn of the Third Age

2011-09-04T17:13:28Z

The Bushranger: /* IC */

[[Category:Exalted]][[Category:Dawn_of_the_Third_Age]]
An Exalted PbIM game in the Third Age of Creation, 10 years after the events of [[Once_more_with_feeling|Once More With Feeling]].
=Setting=
<center>''It is Realm Year 778. Ten years ago, the chaos of the Time of Tumult peaked: a mysterious force in Yu-Shan slew numerous gods and nearly the entire Five Score Fellowship before vanishing; the Mask of Winters moved boldly against the Scavenger Lands, plunging Nexus into a shadowland and devastating Great Forks, Greyfalls, and Lookshy; and a second Balorian Crusade swept over Creation from every direction. In that moment of crisis, a group of Solar and Lunar Exalted, having already reclaimed the city of Denandsor, penetrated to the heart of the Sword of Creation and threw back the invading fae, and halted the offensive of the Deathlords. From there, they brought the Realm to heel and turned their efforts to unifying and preparing Creation for the next assault.

''Despite the growing acceptance of the Celestial Exalted, the Time of Tumult continues. The Deathlords have suffered a setback, but they are readying their next strike. The raksha invasion has been defeated, but the new Celestial Deliberative has only just begun to push back the boundaries of the Wyld, and the agents of the Reclamation have begun carving realms of Yozi-worshippers out of the chaos, coming as saviors and protectors wherever the Celestial Deliberative's power does not yet reach.''

''There are enemies from within, as well. The Immaculate Order has splintered over the doctrinal reforms imposed by the Realm's new Celestial masters, and even among the Dragon-Blooded who have accepted - or had beaten into them - the truth that Celestial Exalted are not Anathema, many resent to at least some degree the subordinate position they have been forced into. And, of course, the Great Houses and their rivalries still remain - with new rivalries, now that the surviving members of the Lookshy's Seventh Legion are trying to integrate into the new political dispensation.''

''One bright spot - although it is a secret so far restricted to the Deliberative - is that peaceful contact has been made with the nations of Autochthonia, after a patropolis broke through the Seal of Eight Divinities in the wilderness near Denandsor. Limited amounts of trade and joint magitech research are taking place.''</center>

[http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k177/LordIames/Maps/Creation778.png A map of Creation as it exists at the time of the game] - the white circle indicates the rough position where Creation becomes Bordermarches. 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/CelestialDeliberative|The Factions of the Celestial Deliberative]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Setting/GrandCircle| The Grand Circle of Denandsor, founders of the Celestial Deliberative]]

=House Rules=
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/CharacterGeneration | Character Generation]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/AnimaPowers| Anima Powers]] 
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Rules/Other| Other House Rules]]
=Player Characters=
==The Solars==
*Dakkareth as [[Character:Nomoe_Hideaki | '''Nomoe Hideaki''']], ''martial arts diplomat'' (Eclipse Caste)
*Bushranger as [[Character:Shrike_of_Swiftly_Striking_Talons | '''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''']], ''sneaky sticky-fingered seductress'' (Night Caste)

==The Lunars==
*Faustus 21 as [[ Character:Wandering_Drunken_Scholar| '''Wandering''']], ''Wanderer & Medicine pedlar'' (Full Moon)
*Lost_Arts as [[Character:Bright_Snow | '''Bright Snow''']], ''Traveller, Wanderer & Courier'' (Changing Moon Caste)

==The Infernals==
*Cowboy Energy as [[Character:Brazen Sand|'''Brazen Sand''']], ''maverick ruler of Gem''

==The Sidereals==
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Crimson_Meteor|'''Siran Bhavna, the Crimson Meteor''']], ''Gung-Ho Ace Warstrider Pilot'' (Battles)

==Inactive==
*Raksi as [[Character:Lady Daethia | '''Lady Daethia''']], ''The recent incarnation of the legendary Ai'' (Dawn Caste) MIA Player
*Hattori as [[Character:Noldarr | '''Noldarr''']], ''General of the Deliberative'' (Dawn Caste) bowed out
*Myllinnia as [[Character:Shadow_Ruby_Phoenix | '''Shadow Phoenix Ruby''']], ''Eyes, Ears, and Sword of the Divine Ministers'' (Adamant Caste)
*Rand Brittain as [[Character:Viridian_Inkwell | '''Viridian Inkwell''']], ''virtuous Ambassador to the Exiles''
*Danakir as [[Character:Imperative_Harmony_of_Order | '''Imperative Harmony of Order''']], ''Senior Magistrate sorceress'' (Zenith Caste)
*Blinks as [[Character:Blood_Soaked_Rain | '''Blood Soaked Rain''']], ''Compasionate Knightly Protector'' (Dawn Caste)
*[[User:Taurus_II|Taurus II]] as [[Character:Glorious_Prototype_for_Reunion|'''Glorious Prototype for Reunion''']], ''Creation-built fighter pilot'' (Orichalcum Caste)

=NPCs and Allies=

[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Minor_NPCs|Minor NPCs and allies]]

=Logs=
==IC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_15|Session 15]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_24|Session 24]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_25|Session 25]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_26|Session 26]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_27|Session 27]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_28|Session 28]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_29|Session 29]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_age/IC_Logs/Session_30|Session 30]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_31|Session 31]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_32|Session 32]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_33|Session 33]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_34|Session 34]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_35|Session 35]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_36|Session 36]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_37|Session 37]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_38|Session 38]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_39|Session 39]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_40|Session 40]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_41|Session 41]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_42|Session 42]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_43|Session 43]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Session_44|Session 44]]

==OOC==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_01|Session 01]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_02|Session 02]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_03|Session 03]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_04|Session 04]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_05|Session 05]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_06|Session 06]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_07|Session 07]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_08|Session 08]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_09|Session 09]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_10|Session 10]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_11|Session 11]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_12|Session 12]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_13|Session 13]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_14|Session 14]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_16|Session 16]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_17|Session 17]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18|Session 18]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_18.5|Session 18.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19|Session 19]]
**[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_19.5|Session 19.5]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_20|Session 20]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_21|Session 21]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_22|Session 22]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/OOC_Logs/Session_23|Session 23]]

==Small group logs==
===While investigating The Lap===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand | Nomoe Hideaki and Brazen Sand argue]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Inkwell | Nomoe Hideaki and Viridian Inkwell discuss the latter's split allegiances]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby_and_Nomoe_Hideaki | Shadow Phoenix Ruby and Nomoe Hideaki chat on the flight back to the Blessed Isle]]
===At the Denandsor Reclamation Festival===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow meet for the first time]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Bright Snow2 | Nomoe Hideaki and Bright Snow discuss names, secrets and the future]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Brazen_Sand2 | Brazen Sand and Nomoe Hideaki speak in the aftermath of the fight against the Sidereal Akuma]]
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Nomoe_Hideaki_and_Iselsi_Saraban_Veata | Nomoe Hideaki and Iselsi Saraban Veata discuss the price of her information about the Empress]]
===At the Chiaroscuro Beach===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_vs._the_Defiler | Brazen Sand vs. the Defiler]]
===Somewhere===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_the_Unconquered_Sun | Brazen Sand and the Unconquered Sun]]
===Near Gem===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_and_Wanderer_Meet | Brazen Sand and Wanderer Meet]]
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sand_Goes_to_Yu-Shan | Brazen Sand Goes to Yu-Shan]]
===In An-Teng===
*[[Dawn of the Third Age/IC_Logs/Talk_At_The_Edge_Of_An-Teng | Bright Snow and Brazen Sand Talk]]
===Back in Gem===
Brazen Sand and Wandering
===On the slopes of Mt. Meru===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Sands_daughter | Brazen Sand and Nomoe]]
===In Sanken===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Bright_Snow_visits_Sanken|Bright Snow visits Nomoe in Sanken]]
===Near Mt. Metagalapa===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Nomoe_Plans|Nomoe speaks with Brazen Sand about his plans for a crusade]]
===After the Deliberative session===
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/IC_Logs/Brazen_Wandering|Brazen talks to Wandering about his misstep]]
=Miscellaneous=
==Custom Resources==
*[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Custom_Charms | Custom Charms]]
*[[User:Taurus_II#Taurus_II.27s_Charms | Taurus II's Charms]]
*Once More With Feeling Custom Resources - see ST for approval on a per-item basis; some things may have been added without ST approval
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Charms | OMWF Custom Charms]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Spells | OMWF Custom Spells]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Martial_Arts | OMWF Custom Martial Arts]]
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Artifacts | OMWF Custom Artifacts]] (Some NSFW)
**[[Once_more_with_feeling/Custom_Hearthstones | OMWF Custom Hearthstones]]
*Plague of Hats' ''[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Category:Charms_from_The_Hundredfold_Facets_of_Enlightenment Hundredfold Facets of Enlightenment]''
*Charms by The Demented One
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/p/24855/506683.aspx#506683 Hegra Charms]
**[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Isidoros_%28The_Demented_One%29 Isidoros Charms]
**[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/t/16902.aspx Abyssal Mate Charms for Lunars]

==Intel==
[[Dawn_of_the_Third_Age/Intel|Intel]]

==XP Awarded==
*322 (8 per session, +10 per story)
**(3-die stunts)
***+3 to Noldarr
***+9 to Nomoe
***+? to Brazen
***+1 to Ruby
***+8 to Bright Snow
***+1 to Harmony
***+? to Wandering
***+? to Prototype

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-09-04T16:58:30Z

The Bushranger: /* Spent */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
429

===Banked===
8

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-09-04T16:58:21Z

The Bushranger: /* Banked */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
347
===Banked===
8

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-09-04T16:58:11Z

The Bushranger: /* Resistiance */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Investigation===
* Crafty Observation Method
* Judge's Ear Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
347
===Banked===
90

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-09-04T16:55:54Z

The Bushranger: /* Integrity */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Performance===
* Heart-Compelling Method

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
347
===Banked===
90

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-09-04T16:54:54Z

The Bushranger: /* Abilities */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 5
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Integrity===

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
347
===Banked===
90

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-09-04T16:54:00Z

The Bushranger: /* Abilities */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 5
* (C) Dodge 3
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Integrity===

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
347
===Banked===
90

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-09-04T16:51:55Z

The Bushranger: /* Athletics */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 3
* (C) Dodge 3
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Integrity===

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Feather-Foot Style
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Awareness===
* Keen Sight Technique
* Unsurpassed Sight Dicipline
* Eye of the Unconquered Sun

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
347
===Banked===
90

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-09-04T16:49:24Z

The Bushranger: /* Larcency */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 3
* (C) Dodge 3
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Integrity===

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Door-Evading Technique
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud

===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
347
===Banked===
90

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-09-04T16:46:52Z

The Bushranger: /* Banked */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 3
* (C) Dodge 3
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Integrity===

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud
===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
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Dawn of the Third Age/IC Logs/Session 44

2011-08-14T21:05:38Z

The Bushranger: Created page with "[13:12] <Virgil> The Celestial Deliberative is in session. Brazen stands on the floor of the chamber, the seats if anything are more filled than last time the body convened when ..."

[13:12] <Virgil> The Celestial Deliberative is in session. Brazen stands on the floor of the chamber, the seats if anything are more filled than last time the body convened when they voted him into this august peerage.

[13:14] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen looked up, staring everyone in the eye without fear, back in his Deliberative Robes

[13:14] <Virgil> The chamber stands in watch, as Brazen stands accused of assaulting and maiming another Deliberator. He has thus far been recounting events on the day of the incident. Standing in control of the proceedings is Ta'an Aesin, as Anshu was present at the incident.

[13:15] * Shrike sits quietly in her seat, her expression carefully neutral

[13:17] <Virgil> "Your testimony of the events leading up to the event is satisfactory." Aesin says. Cutting off any further storytelling from Brazen. "Several notable people here even support your testimony but I think it best you both relate what happened next."

[13:20] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen shrugged. "I fought him. He lost. He shouldn't have insulted my daughter."

[13:20] * Nomoe_Hideaki sits on his platform a coldly radiant figure watching events unfold on the Deliberative floor with dispassionate attentiveness. For once it's hard to argue with Brazen's reasoning.

[13:22] <Virgil> "This barely civilised witless thug attacked me," Enor sneers his mate sitting near the floor of the chamber looking bored. "Provocation or no I DEMAND he be removed from this chamber. Permenantly."

[13:22] <Virgil> Enor appears mostly unharmed, by his account the blessing of the gifts of Lunar. "That beast has claws, and mark my words they did serious damage."

[13:25] <Brazen_Sand> "So I'm not able to intercede on my daughter's behalf? I gave you ample opportunity to apologize, and you knew what would happen if you didn't."

[13:25] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen replied. "And these claws have saved Creation."

[13:27] <Virgil> "Violence is the resort of the brute, not of a Deliberator." Enor spits out in disgust. His voice is shrill and irritated.

[13:27] * Shrike discreetly motions for a turn to speak

[13:27] <Virgil> Aesin turns in Shrike's direction and nods.

[13:29] <Shrike> Shrike rises, and gives Enor a pitying look. "Violence might not be the resort of a Deliberator, but neither is being so petty as to think one can insult another person's family without consequences, or so weak as to feel a need to drag the entire Deliberative into a matter where your pride was stung."

[13:29] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen nodded. "Damn right."

[13:29] <Shrike> "You should be grateful you were dealing with Brazen and not me, were it my family you insulted the Deliberative would never have heard of this - at least not from you."

[13:30] * Nomoe_Hideaki nods, giving a slight smile at Shrike's words

[13:33] <Virgil> Aesin turns her head towards Shrike her gaze cold. "Fights between Deliberator's are always the business of the Deliberative" She rebukes, "To let violence go unpunished would only encourage it, and records show that is a poor course of action with people who can destroy cities on a whim."

[13:34] <Virgil> "Furthermore Deliberator Shrike should I hear of you engaging in physical hostilities with another Deliberator, you will be punished both publically and severely."

[13:35] <Brazen_Sand> "So what? I let this guy get away with making my daughter cry because he doesn't like how she looks, just because he has more friends?"

[13:35] <Brazen_Sand> He pointed upwards. "Not going to happen!"

[13:37] * Shrike has an expresson torwards Aesin that almost says she'd be looking forwards to such a thing, but she speaks no further, taking a seat.

[13:38] <Brazen_Sand> Motes danced around his eyes and throat as he used his excellency to read the crowd

[13:40] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen snorted in anger and showed his teeth. "This is a set-up." He hissed. "Nothing but a show."

[13:42] <Virgil> "Quite obviously Deliberator Brazen, but one you seem to have fallen for perfectly. As I have said this body does not care for violence between its members."

[13:44] <Virgil> Aesin gestures. "Do you have anything more to add?"

[13:45] <Virgil> Enor looks as if he will say something else but Aesin's glare cuts him short. Too much of the early trial was punctuated by his whining.

[13:47] <Shrike> "So it's perfectly alright, then, to set up a trap for somebody to incite violence, then have them punished for it because violence is forbidden, yet the Deliberator doing the setting-up receives no punishment?"

[13:49] <Brazen_Sand> "Who're you working for, Enor?!"

[13:51] * Nomoe_Hideaki affecting a bored expression raises a hand slightly to indicate that he would speak.

[13:52] <Virgil> "Unfortunately Deliberator Shrike I'm informed not. As much as I'd like to arrest most of the Deliberative for such socially dirty tricks, yourself included by the way, it is not presently against Deliberative Law." Aesin turns her impassionate gaze towards Shrike. "The perpatrator of this however will be punished, if less severely than Brazen. After all it takes two parties to provoke hostilities."

[13:54] <Virgil> Enor looks at Brazen, "Why would I need any incentive to prevent something hideous like you joining this organization?" He seems disgusted at the implication. "I'm doing the entre Deliberative a favour, each session one does not have to look at you."

[13:54] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen growled

[13:54] <Brazen_Sand> Threateningly

[13:54] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "While this is all very entertaining to watch ..." Nomoe cuts in.

[13:54] <Brazen_Sand> "I don't remember you fighting alongside us when we saved Gem, captured teh Empress, and delivered a Directional Titan into the Deliberative's hands!"

[13:54] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "In the interest of saving time let me be the one to state a few obvious things, would you?"

[13:55] <Virgil> "Silence!" Aesin cuts in. "I do not believe anyone other than Brazen has been given leave to talk."

[13:56] <Brazen_Sand> "Nothing further!"

[13:56] <Virgil> She waits for the chamber to quieten down, as several groups mutter, prepared as they were to jump in.

[13:57] * Nomoe_Hideaki tilts his head slightly, waiting for his now formally requested turn to speak

[14:00] <Virgil> She nods at Brazen, apart from being cold towards everyone Ta'an appears to have been fair. "Do the two accused mates have anything they wish to add?"

[14:00] <Virgil> Enor's mate, Garner sighs and waves his hand dismissively. He looks bored.

[14:05] <Wandering> �ACTION watch the procedings with barely conceled anger and stands "I do" she stands "I think for the first time I am ashamed to be called Deliberator." he voice is clear and strong showing none of the anger she feels "That anyone of our number could stoop to such a weak, foolish and cowardly tactic to secure the dismisal of one of our own. One that was so weak as to take council of his fears rather than reason" she looks d

[14:06] <Wandering> she looks directly at Enor "Brazen was in the wrong to strike at Enor, but can you all here honestly say that if it was your child that had been treated so you would not have defended them?"

[14:07] <Brazen_Sand> "See, Enor? That's called having a mate who likes you. You should try it some time."

[14:07] <Virgil> Muttering breaks out, mostly amongst those who are parents among the deliberative, many of them seem to agree with Wandering.

[14:07] * Shrike smirks at Brazen's comment

[14:07] <Virgil> Garner laughs at that, amusement on the man's face his braid swinging slightly with the motion.

[14:08] <Virgil> Anyone using Sagacious Reading of Intent or Judge's Ear Method other than Nomoe?

[14:08] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen pumps his fist at the laughing crowd and smirks

[14:08] <Virgil> Aesin calls for order again, "Does anyone else have anything to add?"

[14:11] * Nomoe_Hideaki once more raises a hand slightly, slightly annoyed that his previous indications were ignored

[14:15] <Virgil> Aesin nods to Nomoe

[14:16] * Nomoe_Hideaki rises, appearing both bore and a bit annoyed by the lengthy proceedings. "The esteemed Deliberator Enor's suggested punishment is, as he no doubt is quite aware, with respect, somewhat excessive. The law being the law the range of appropriate punishments for such a simple case has been established."

[14:17] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "What's more, provocation and intention to entrap on part of the other party involved has been acknowledged, as a mitigating factor and a counter-charge."

[14:17] <Brazen_Sand> "Not to mention dragging in my own child."

[14:21] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "In the interest of a speedy resolution and thereby saving my esteemed peers' valuable time," Nomoe continues, ignoring Brazen, "keeping to established law and precedent rather than catering to the games played by certain parties would seem to be the obvious course of action." His tone implies that it's not the games being played that annoys him as much rather the obviousness and thus ineptness of it.

[14:21] * Nomoe_Hideaki bows slightly to his peers, then sits down again, gesturing to one of his servants for refreshments with a sigh.

[14:26] <Virgil> Garner claps at Nomoe's speech, obviously approving wholeheartedly

[14:27] * Shrike looks a bit unhappy, but doesn't voice dissent

[14:29] <Virgil> "I am happy to work out a suitable punishment for my Mate with Justice Ta'an, if she is now willing to pronounce sentence on Brazen. Whatever that may be." Garner stands and says calmly. Enor stands and turns up and around to glare at him in disbelief.

[14:29] * Wandering surpress a chuckle knowing she will savour the look on Enor face for some time to come

[14:30] <Virgil> Much of the crowd mutters in agreement at Nomoe's speech as well.

[14:32] * Nomoe_Hideaki inclines his head by a minute fraction readable only with the Charms Garner is sure to have. Neatly maneuvered.

[14:33] <Virgil> Snow present in the chamber has said nothing either way on this case

[14:35] * Nomoe_Hideaki looks to Ta'an Aesin expectantly, one eyebrow raised just an infinitesimal bit. Surely she won't favor one of the accused over the other in making one pronouncement public but not the other, it seems to eloquently ask.

[14:36] <Virgil> Aesin silences the crowd again. "With that out of the way, sentencing for Brazen Sand is as follows. Brazen Sand, as you have admited to being guilty of the crome, though provoked you are sentenced to do one service for the Deliberative, speak to Deliberator Antarah, after the session. As always the Deliberative may overrule the judgement as an appeal by majority vote. That is all."

[14:37] <Virgil> "At least for Brazen Sand."

[14:37] <Virgil> Garner shrugs and does not interrupt

[14:37] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen shrugged. "Whatever."

[14:38] <Wandering> Wandering looks sternly at Brazen */Try to behave Beloved*/

[14:40] <Brazen_Sand> "*Suckers, I would've probably done it anyway. I've gotta keep my face out there, after all."

[14:40] <Brazen_Sand> Before he left, he raised a hand, almost as large as one of the platforms. "May I say something before this session is ended?"

[14:41] <Virgil> "As for Deliberator Enor. For antagonising another Deliberator to violence deliberately and causing us all to have to waste our time here rather than on more important matters, you are hereby banned from all Deliberator special priviledges for the next century and banished from the chamber for a duration of one month. As always the Deliberative may overrule the judgement as an appeal by majority vote. That

[14:42] * Shrike barely suppresses a grin, but can't restrain herself from a satisfied smirk

[14:42] <Virgil> That is all."

[14:43] <Virgil> "You may have the floor Deliberator." Aesin pronounces before ending the session.

[14:43] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen theatrically cleared his throat, sending echoes along the huge chamber

[14:44] * Wandering Smirks as well, it was a decent start at least. Almost more than one could of hoped for.

[14:44] <Brazen_Sand> "I would like to thank my fellow Deliberators for seeing reason, and taking time out of your no-doubt busy schedules to be here. I wish to assure you all that this was NOT a misunderstanding, I do NOT regret my former actions, and that if I had the chance to do it all over again, I would do everything the same. Thank you."

[14:45] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen then put on a pair of sunglasses and strutted off the floor.

[14:46] * Nomoe_Hideaki sighs and shakes his head.

[14:47] <Virgil> Aesin sighs, aware this will no doubt mean more of this kind of thing in the future. "Session dismissed."

[14:48] <Virgil> The Deliberators begin to filter out. Enor looks like he is still in shock he has gone so pale. Garner smirks rises and leaves, leaving others to deal with his mate.

[14:49] <Nomoe_Hideaki> In keeping with his projected annoyance Nomoe rises immediately and, after only a minimum of politicking leaves the assembly building with his aides behind him.

[14:49] <Brazen_Sand> He then took out a pile of papers and began offering to sign autographs, even offering it to other Deliberators

[14:50] <Shrike> Shrike shakes her head bemusedly and stands, cricking her neck and collecting her papers from her desk

[14:52] <Wandering> Wandering joins the other Deliberators leaving the main hall wondering if there was a long term plan in Garner's actions.

[14:55] <Brazen_Sand> Eventually, Brazen exhausts either his paper-pile or his patience and decides to go find Ziyad and talk about whatever chore they have for him.
[14:56] * Shrike goes to exit the main hall, looking satisfied.

[14:56] <Virgil> As Nomoe turns to leave a messanger arrives, handing him a scroll with a wax seal with the Nomoe crest on it.

[14:58] <Virgil> Shrike is met in the hallway, by a page. "Deliberator Shrike? Deliberators Ziyad, Rooks, and Dawn would care to see you as well."

[14:59] <Shrike> Shrike smiles and nods to the page. "Thank you," she says politely, waiting to be led to those requesting her presence.

[14:59] <Brazen_Sand> "*I'm gonna go see about this Ziyad thing, honey.*"

[15:00] <Nomoe_Hideaki> One of Nomoe's secretaries receives the scroll and hands it to Nomoe once aboard his hover palanquin. After briefly examining the seal he breaks it and begins to read while the vehicle makes its way to his office.

[15:05] *** Virgil is now known as Ziyad_Antarah

[15:05] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen squeezed through the door with some difficulty. "You wanted to see me, Deliberator?"

[15:06] <Wandering> Wandering nods as if to herself */I'm sure it won't be anything too difficult Beloved*/

[15:08] <Ziyad_Antarah> As Brazen enters, he sees two other Deliberators with Brazen already. One he recognises as the General Lady of the Rooks, still resplendant in her dress Celestial Battle Armour. The other is an Admiral in the surface fleet, a woman who is midnight black with short white and grey hair, dressed in a simple uniform that also displays her rank.

[15:08] <Ziyad_Antarah> She turns as he enters and he will notice her eyes look odd, the colours inverted from the norm.

[15:10] <Ziyad_Antarah> The page leads Shrike through the maze of corridors to Ziyad's office. She enters a few minutes after Brazen

[15:10] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen almost fills the entire office by himself

[15:11] <Shrike> Shrike steps into the office, nodding to Brazen with a smile, then formally nodding to the others present

[15:11] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Having arrived at his office Nomoe begins to draft missives in between speaking to various House Nomoe Elders back at White Oak Redoubt through his hearthstone.

[15:14] <Brazen_Sand> "Rooks, strange eye lady." Brazen said to each of them with a nod.

[15:14] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen sighed. "This is about the West, isn't it?"

[15:15] <Shrike> "Admiral Dawn, I presume?" Shrike adds to Brazen's comment, deciding 'strange eye lady' might be a bit on the indiscreet side to leave hanging.

[15:16] <Ziyad_Antarah> "Deliberators" Ziyad greets them both informally. "This would be General Rooks and Admiral Dawn, both of the West. Grand General "

[15:17] <Ziyad_Antarah> They both nod.

[15:17] * Ziyad_Antarah laughs at Brazen's nicknames for them

[15:18] <Ziyad_Antarah> "Yes this about the West." Ziyad says, as the two high ranking officers don't look amused.

[15:19] <Shrike> "Is there new news about the Silver Prince's fleet, then?" Shrike asks

[15:19] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen looked at Dawn out of the corner of his third eye, magnifying essence coruscating around it

[15:20] <Nomoe_Hideaki> If the honored Elders will put their trust of him Hideaki would be happy to expedite matters with the until-now missing Iselsi remnant, is the tenor of his replies. Naturally a fully diplomatic contingent will be required, secondary Nomoe ambassadors and very importantly representatives of the most important Iselsi branches already gathered in the alliance.

[15:20] <Brazen_Sand> His eyes narrowed at Dawn, seeing the Void at her heart

[15:21] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen sighed. "Alright, who needs rescuing."

[15:22] <Ziyad_Antarah> "Not anymore so than usual." Rooks mutters.

[15:23] <Ziyad_Antarah> Dawn shrugs. "We are the more hawkish of the officers amongst Grand Admiral Atheon's staff." She shrugs, "But this is not what we are here for. Brazen is indeed correct we are here to ask him to save someone... but it is not a person."

[15:23] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Taking a personal hand in sending missives as well as arranging for messages to be sent from White Oak Redoubt by his Elders Nomoe Hideaki sets Eagle's Launch at the Western coast of the Blessed Isle as departing point for his delegation, where the others will join him (travel expenses paid by House Nomoe, naturally).

[15:24] <Brazen_Sand> "Do go oooon." Brazen said theatrically.

[15:24] <Ziyad_Antarah> She gestures to the glowing map between them. "Deliberator Shrike would be useful in this endeavour as well."

[15:24] * Shrike raises her eyebrows

[15:25] <Shrike> "What is it then that requires retrieving?" she asks with interest

[15:26] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen had to bend down quite a bit to look at the map

[15:26] <Ziyad_Antarah> Ziyad breaks in. "Again not quite that type of task. The admirals want a team put together, for a long term project. I have no doubt some of that will feature however." He says with a grin.

[15:28] <Wandering> Wandering moves with what was becoming practiced ease among her fellows as they left the main hall and gathered in the lobby and lounges, around her was the usual buzz of conversation and gossip that they all seemed to enjoy and privately Wandering did as well sometimes at least, not that she would willingly admit it to anyone. She carefully joined one group "Well that was less painful than it could have wasn't it?"

[15:28] <Shrike> "I have to say you have me quite intrigued..."

[15:29] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen sighed. "Aw hell, you knew this would happen, didn't you? I'd get in trouble and you'd be able to pull me into this, right?"

[15:30] <Wandering> she said smiling at the group she had selected "At least both sides have be punished and hopefully it will be the end of the whole affiar, we wouldn't want any bad blood after all"

[15:30] <Ziyad_Antarah> "Certainly." Goes a Lunar by the name of Aged Root, "A narrow escape too. Ta'an is normally quite a hardliner about people breaking the law."

[15:32] <Ziyad_Antarah> Dawn gestures to the map. "The Prince's and our expansion in the West has ground to a halt. At the present time neither side wishes to be said to be breaking the informal non-aggression treaty in place since the Wyld Invasion and neither has done anything to territory belonging to the other."

[15:32] <Ziyad_Antarah> "However..."

[15:33] <Ziyad_Antarah> "Various territories in the west, far more so than elsewhere in creation, have joined in neither side of the conflict. This breaks down to a variety of individual reasons as varied as the number of islands in the western ocean."

[15:33] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen nodded. Dislike of the forces of the Underworld was something that both Brazen adn teh Yozis could agree with.

[15:33] <Wandering> "Indeed" Wandering agreed "It was luckly that she was willing to be leinant, through I suppose the fact that Garner did not speak in his mates defence would have something to do with it I think at least" she shook her head "It's a sad time when one's mate will not speak in your defence"

[15:33] <Ziyad_Antarah> "This is now the battleground for the West, at least for the time being."

[15:33] <Brazen_Sand> "But you said that there's a bunch that haven't taken sides, and no one is fighting right now."

[15:33] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen asked

[15:34] <Shrike> "So you want us to...manipulate events in our favor in these places?"

[15:34] <Ziyad_Antarah> "Garner uses Enor when it is appropriate, though I've never seen Enor used as unsubtly as this." Posits another gossip, a Solar Wandering doesn't know.

[15:35] <Ziyad_Antarah> "If you can. Though there are specific targets even among these that we would prefer you focus on." Rooks says. Her beak like helm making her sound much like the bird that is her totem.

[15:36] <Brazen_Sand> "This isn't really my thing. I'll be seen from miles away."

[15:36] <Ziyad_Antarah> "I would rather see open warfare against this ghost and his minion but Atheon would rather stay his hand, and Dawn and I are left to try and hold things together."

[15:38] <Ziyad_Antarah> "Ah but it this particular occasion that will be quite useful, at least for what we have in mind, Brazen." Rooks continues. "You see, this island chain here? It is the current battleground. The Prince and we are both sending in forces trying to clear the area of pirates. At least that is the justification."

[15:38] * Shrike listens quietly to the discussion, looking thoughtful

[15:39] <Brazen_Sand> "I'm not a sneaky man...entity...whatever, you'll have to be a bit more clear."

[15:39] <Wandering> Wandering shakes her head in apparent sympathy "That is rarther harsh treatment for him. I'm not happy with what he did but I think even he deserves better than that." She then looked thoughtful "So I suppose its vaguely possible that it was not all his own ideas at least"

[15:40] <Brazen_Sand> "Do you want me to blow up the pirates?"

[15:40] <Ziyad_Antarah> "For several of the nearby regions, we need the Pirates dealt with. Visibly, very much so." Dawn takes over. "However the forces we send may also encounter the Prince's forces trying the same thing."

[15:40] <Ziyad_Antarah> "Exactly."

[15:41] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen grinned. "Well, would this be a heroic action that would help the Westerners and make my name a source of hope and joy and glory there?"

[15:41] <Shrike> "And what would be my role? I'm not much the open-combat type," Shrike observes with a chuckle

[15:44] <Ziyad_Antarah> Dawn turns to Shrike, "The pirates are mostly sponsered by two groups." She gestures to the map screen. "The first is a collection of captains based out of Damon's Harbour on Isle of Damon. Blame them for the unoriginal names." She says with a smirk.

[15:44] <Ziyad_Antarah> "Most of them need to be eliminated quietly to prevent the others from running and scattering across the rest of the Ocean."

[15:45] <Shrike> "Ahh, I see." Shrike smirks as well. "That's something I should be able to do."

[15:46] <Brazen_Sand> "Question. How can a bunch of pirates stand a chance against either the Deliberative or Skullstone?"

[15:46] <Ziyad_Antarah> "The head of this motley collection though, is going to be a problem. And leads nicely into our second issue." She continues. A woman's picture replaces the maps. "They are led by a Damon Evora, a retired pirate and now high ranking member of the Varangian Concordant, A power in the region."

[15:46] <Brazen_Sand> "I mean, I know about teh Lintha, but they're...not quite at our level. Although I am a bit behind in the Reclamation."

[15:47] <Wandering> Wandering nodded and filed that away "Not really how one should treat one's mate is it?" she shook her head "Seems at least his main intent was thwarted at least. Although I suppose it has weakened Brazens standing somewhat"

[15:47] <Ziyad_Antarah> "These aren't Lintha, they were mostly slaughtered by the Wyld or the Prince. The Concordant on the other hand is a serious danger, as it is the Western remnant of the entity once known as the Guild."

[15:48] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen nodded. "Ah yes, the Guild. I remember buying medicine from then when I was a boy."

[15:48] <Ziyad_Antarah> "We know the Concordant has several Celestial Exalts among its members, some of whom are members of the Deliberative. I suspect more of them are not."

[15:48] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen looked at the others. "Yeah, I was a human once."

[15:49] <Shrike> Shrike barely resists sticking her tongue out at Brazen, and nods in acknowledgement to the situation report

[15:49] <Ziyad_Antarah> "The piracy and slave trade are two of their more powerful sources of income in the region. We are hoping by taking more direct action we can force them to the negotation table and if not, well hopefully you like making a few examples of why that is a good idea."

[15:50] <Brazen_Sand> "So if they're members of the Deliberative, then why not just talk about it with them?"

[15:52] <Brazen_Sand> "It wouldn't make any sense for them to mess with the Deliberative if they're a part of it."

[15:52] <Ziyad_Antarah> "We don't know which members of the Deliberative are also members of the Concordant. The organisation is secretive and several of its practices violate Deliberative laws." Ziyad says, "We were happy to ignore them for the time being, but they are now causing problems for our expansion in the West and this leaves rooms for the Silver Prince to exploit things."

[15:53] <Ziyad_Antarah> He looks to the generals, silently apologising for interrupting. "Or so I'm told."

[15:53] <Ziyad_Antarah> Dawn smiles while Rooks remains silent behind her mask.

[15:53] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen nodded thoughtfully. "Well, you've got me by the short and curlies anyway. I'm in."

[15:54] <Brazen_Sand> "I do like that beach, after all."

[15:54] <Shrike> "So basically you want us to spread chaos, anarchy, destruction, fear, uncertainty, and doubt among the pirates?" Shrike asks with a smile.

[15:55] <Brazen_Sand> "But if they're from the Guild, don't a lot of people depend on them?"

[15:55] <Brazen_Sand> "You know, for food and medicine and stuff?"

[15:56] <Ziyad_Antarah> "You will be coordinating your efforts mostly with my naval forces while we are in the archipelago." Dawn mentions, "And we thought you'd appreciate the assignment, just as you'd planned to assist anyway, we'd planned to ask you. I'm told your to think of this as a non-punishment punishment." She says with a grin.

[15:57] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen shrugged with a wry smile, looking down at Dawn. "What can I say? I'm very civic-minded."

[15:58] <Ziyad_Antarah> "The pirates are one part of the trade, an illegal and ultimately harmful part." Rooks interjects angrily. "They've hindered our ability to peacefully get the area under control and certain resources as well as the island groups strategic position in the eventual war against Skullstone would be useful. The Concordant can live without their leeches, and the Guild as an entity no longer exists just these

[15:59] <Brazen_Sand> "Hey hey, I'm just asking questions here. I'm from the desert, remember?"

[16:01] <Ziyad_Antarah> "She's not angry at you Brazen." Dawn interjects, "Both she and I feel the Deliberative has tied our hands... we would rather be at war with the Prince, rather than pussyfooting around playing at diplomacy." She glances at Ziyad, "No offence, sir."

[16:01] <Ziyad_Antarah> "None taken."

[16:01] <Shrike> "Better to be direct," Shrike agrees with a nod

[16:02] <Brazen_Sand> "Alright. I've just got to know, because if I'm going in there to fight, then lots of things are going to explode, and I'd rather not kill people who happened to be unlucky enough to be born there."

[16:03] <Ziyad_Antarah> "There are normal people living in Damon's Harbour and the City. Probably wise not to kill them." Rooks says drolly. "Not that I think you will."

[16:04] <Brazen_Sand> "Alright, I'll stay away from there, then. If I have to fight there, can you evacuate it?"

[16:04] <Shrike> "Collateral damage usually tends to attract attention, and that's not something I'm looking for..."

[16:09] <Ziyad_Antarah> Another Deliberator chimes in "Yes I imagine Brazen has lost a little standing in the eyes of some. But he is a new Deliberator and an Infernal at that, so I can't imagine it was much."

[16:10] <Ziyad_Antarah> Another chimes in "As for Garner, he always treats Enor like that. The two tolerate each other, but Garner is reckless and cares for very little. I heard he once decided if Enor got what he wanted out of him on a coin toss."

[16:11] <Wandering> Wandering shook her head privately wondering how any exalt could treat another like that

[16:12] <Ziyad_Antarah> "Keep a leash on Brazen and any collateral damage then." Rooks says with a shrug, "Your two precise skill sets should keep the other out of trouble."

[16:12] <Brazen_Sand> "So it's just us going?"

[16:12] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen cleared his throat a bit nervously. This was awkward

[16:12] <Wandering> "Indeed? Why does the deliverative put up with such things?" she asked one of her fellow Lunars "Surely it sets a bad preicednet"

[16:13] <Shrike> Shrike barely stifles a giggle at Rooks words, but manages to disguise it as a cough.

[16:13] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen glared at Shrike for a moment.

[16:13] <Ziyad_Antarah> The gossip starts up about Garner now in earnest... apparently he has decided quite a lot of things on games of chance, the man is a compulsive gambler, owns a string of casinos across the world, travelling between them in an airship. He lost his own fate on a double-heading coin... all manner of things are said. Of which only half are likely to be true

[16:17] <Ziyad_Antarah> Dawn also fails to turn her laugh into a cough. "More seriously," and she gives Rooks a stern look that screams try to be more tactful, "you may take anyone you think might be useful in the situation but try not to discuss this too openly. If you get into trouble with the Prince, we'd rather be able to deny responsabiltiy to appease the Deliberative"

[16:17] <Ziyad_Antarah> Irritation creeps into her voice on the last statementr

[16:17] <Wandering> Wandering listened carefully as the gossip flowed egging some people on and trying to memorize all that she heard

[16:18] <Shrike> "Ah, right, if we're captured you'll deny all knowledge of us, etc, etc. I know the drill," Shrike says with a knowing nod.

[16:19] <Ziyad_Antarah> Root shrugs, "That's true but then Garner doesn't run his life. Enor was asking him for a favour." He sighs, "Would you do anything asked of you by your mate?"

[16:19] <Ziyad_Antarah> "Either that or use it as an excuse to start a War," Rooks says happily.

[16:20] <Ziyad_Antarah> Ziyad who had been quietly drinking wine nearly chokes.

[16:20] <Ziyad_Antarah> "Or not." She says sadly.

[16:22] <Wandering> Wandering thinks for a moment and then nods "Near enough, I would. He is more than my mate after all. But even without I'd be hard pressed to refues anything that was asked, even if it risked myself."

[16:27] <Ziyad_Antarah> Aged Root looks raises an eyebrow, "Interesting. I think in similar circumstances I would do the same, but alas I am not nearly as close with Dawn. She's normally too busy" He says sadly.

[16:29] <Ziyad_Antarah> A messanger enters, speaks quickly with Rook in hushed tones and leaves. The conversation mostly quietens while this happens but some dampening field means the words do not carry.

[16:29] <Shrike> "The question is if we started a war would we be able to finish it," Shrike observes levelly.

[16:30] <Ziyad_Antarah> "If you will excuse me. I have something urgent that must be attended to Dawn should be able to finish the briefing." She and Dawn glance at one another a shrug passing from Rooks to Dawn before the former strides from the room.

[16:32] <Ziyad_Antarah> Dawn smiles, as she hears Shrike's question. "From what information we've gathered thus far, yes we would. However it would require 90% of the surface fleet, 50% of the Army and 40% of the Air Fleet to win the war. Assuming Thirty Celestials on the frontline from our side and suitable Dragonblooded support. The Silver Prince has amassed a very large force" She says.

[16:33] <Wandering> Wandering smiled slightly "It just sort of happened" she shrugged "Not something I'd planned on I can assure you" she sighed slightly "Still it's better than you hear some of the eldars tell it where you are pulled between love and your mate I suppose"

[16:33] <Shrike> "And what weaknesses would that leave us on other fronts?" Shrike asks. "Especially the East?"

[16:33] <Ziyad_Antarah> "It is doable, if costly, and that is the reason the Deliberative considers it something to avoid for the moment, despite our argument that the Prince will just grow in strength."

[16:34] * Shrike nods in understanding. "It does seem a rather...difficult decision."

[16:35] <Ziyad_Antarah> "Assuming we drew evenly, the East would be be defended by about 65% of the forces that currently protect it now. The other directions 55%. The Automaton's in Denandsor make a rather significant difference."

[16:36] <Ziyad_Antarah> Root shrugs looking distant, "I'm sure some of us are in that situation, espcially those of us paired with..." He realises who he is talking to and doesn't complete that thought.

[16:39] <Ziyad_Antarah> "Still it is doable at least with the Intelligence we have at present." She rolls the gold sword hilt at her hip. "To be honest I'd be eager to get to it as Rooks is. We all have our reasons for wanting this. Even Atheon, though he for the moment would rather keep the peace.

[16:40] <Brazen_Sand> "What about the Titan?"

[16:40] <Shrike> "As long as we don't expose ourself elsewhere, I'd have to agree that it's better to accept a risk now and strike while the enemy is weak, as opposed to building up, which also gives the enemy a chance to build up."

[16:41] <Wandering> Wandering looks questionly at Root "And of course it was rarther more unique in my case it seems. Brazen is not after all what we where taught to expect as our glorious Solar mates. But it seems somethings endure no matter what happens"

[16:41] <Brazen_Sand> " I thought those things were supposed to be unstoppable

[16:43] <Brazen_Sand> "Just fly over Skullstone and go nuts?"

[16:45] <Ziyad_Antarah> "I have to admit, I had not factored in the Titan," she says with a small scowl of annoyance at herself. "It changes the game significantly. "Though I doubt the General of the East would release it to us."

[16:45] <Shrike> "I'd rather it remains right where it is," Shrike says pointedly. "However its presence might allow for the release of additional assets to the West if needed."

[16:46] <Ziyad_Antarah> "He does not seem to understand the problems of the West, just as I doubt we truly understand the problems of war in the east."

[16:47] <Brazen_Sand> "Alright, so when do we get there, and how?"

[16:52] <Ziyad_Antarah> "I plan on rejoining my Fleet which will anchor just outside the Deliberative Territory the Argent Sea by agreement of Deliberators Cowl and Carve Dolphin. We can take you most of the way and then dispatch a small cutter to take you the remainder."

[16:52] <Brazen_Sand> "Will I be able to fit or should I just fly?"

[16:53] <Ziyad_Antarah> "As to when we leave, well whenever your ready. I am pleased you are willing to help with Rooks and my little scheme."

[16:53] <Brazen_Sand> "I sort of have to, but yeah, I probably would've helped anyway."

[16:54] <Ziyad_Antarah> She laughs again, "It is a Warship. One designed to carry Warbird, I think we can find somewhere comfortable for you." She stands her hand ceasing to play with her sword hilt. "Do you need to make any preparations?"

[16:54] <Shrike> "We'll have to consider if there's anyone else we'd like to bring along," Shrike points out. "But it shouldn't take too very long. And I'm glad to help - adventuring is always good, especially with the way things have been around here lately."

[16:54] <Brazen_Sand> "Who's Warbird?"

[16:56] <Ziyad_Antarah> She snickers at this, "It is a type of one man skyship. The skyfleet deploys them in large numbers. I see there may well be alot of naval terminology that you made need to know." She says kindly.

[16:56] <Brazen_Sand> "Yeah, I should probably get taught all that stuff."

[16:58] <Brazen_Sand> "Well, I'll need to say goodbye to my Mate, make sure everything is okay before I go...learn all the naval...stuff."

[17:00] <Shrike> "I'll need to learn as well. But I think we'll have plenty of time to learn as we go. And you'll need an eyepatch..."

[17:00] <Brazen_Sand> "I can't wear one over my third eye. It really hurts."

Dawn of the Third Age/IC Logs/Session 43

2011-08-07T22:04:23Z

The Bushranger:

~Anshu: It's only a few days until Calibration, and the world has grown steadily colder... except for a small stretch of beach on the Blessed Isle, where even its mild winter chill has been driven back by the magics of the Deliberative to make way for sunny warmth.

~Anshu: Here, Deliberators and their invited guests can spend a few hours relaxing in the faux summer before duty once again calls.

Brazen_sand: Brazen wore a bathing suit, a massive version of the shorts worn by swimmers in An-Teng

Brazen_sand: And a hat that had been chosen for the gift-giving season, somehow perched on his inhuman head.

Brazen_sand: A hole had been cut for his tail.

Brazen_sand: He was enjoying the perks of being a Deliberator

Brazen_sand: And Chiyara clung to his back as he swam in the pleasantly cool water like a massive shark...thing

Shrike_: On the beach, resting stretched out comfortably on a soft towel made of the finest woven yeddim hair, Shrike relaxes, a smile on her face as she allows the magical warmth and the natural comfort of the Unconquered Sun's rays to soak into her skin. Of which...a LOT is showing...

Nomoe_Hideaki: Hideaki has discarded the mantle of his Charms for once, as well as his usual elaborate robes. Today is one of his rare days off, the occasion is sufficiently private to relax at least a little bit, and it's the beautiful beach of the Blessed Isle besides. Simple, if high quality, deep blue swimwear and a haori of thin, white silk are enough for a day like this.

Wandering: Wandering had picked up a new costume from a highly recomended store on the Isle it clung to her graceful curves and strong frame. She wasn't one to flaunt her looks but nor was she trying to hide it.

Wandering: She sat on the beach and watched Brazen and their daughter swim and play.

Brazen_sand: Brazen shook himself off like a dog when he walked out of the water, carrying Chiyara in his arms.

Brazen_sand: "So what do you think of life on the Blessed Isle?" He asked Wandering as he neared her.

Nomoe_Hideaki: On a deck chair near the others Hideaki relaxes in the sun, unconcerned despite his pale complexion. The Daystar will not burn one of its own.

Bright_Snow: lays under an umbrella, even in the form of Young And Maiden Bright she'd rather not risk being burned

Wandering: "It's certainlly relaxed enough" she commented "It's quite and peaceful so its a good place to raise a child."

Wandering: "But I'm not sure I like all the company that is around"

Brazen_sand: Brazen frowned. "Well when you put it that way, it's lucky that the place is so pretty. If you guys weren't here, I'd have gone crazy. Peaceful and quiet." He shuddered

Nomoe_Hideaki: In his hand is a frosted glass enchanted with cold and within drink as complicated as it is potent, from which Hideaki sips now and then.

[14:18] <~Anshu> Girlish laughter sounds over the beach as Anshu and Cerise's twin daughters race down to the water, their parents following at a more sedate pace. They nod respectfully to their peers, and set up their towels a bit down the beach to give the others a sense of privacy.

[14:21] <Shrike> Shrike looks over in the direction of Anshu and Cerise, and raises a hand in greeting.
[14:22] <Wandering> "Know nothing like that its just-" Wanderings mouth clacked shut "Of course your right Nomoe-san. I'll behave" she sighed it was going ot be tough. But the arrival of the twins brought a welcome distraction.

[14:22] * Nomoe_Hideaki nods to Anshu and Cerise in turn, raising his glass slightly in a rather informal gesture of greeting.

[14:23] <Brazen_sand> Brazen held Chiyara up in the sun, listening to her delighted giggles of laughter as she moved up and down quickly, looking with wonder at what he had made with Wandering.

[14:23] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Perhaps a drink, Wandering? Bright Morning?"

[14:24] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "It helps with forgetting about unpleasant matters."

[14:25] <Brazen_Sand> Looking at the way the sun shown off her carapace

[14:25] <Wandering> "Hmm, I suppose something to cool me off a bit would be most welcome Nome-san" Wandering agreed as pleasently as she could

[14:25] <~Anshu> Out in the water, the twins Nimai and Mara splash and play and laugh.

[14:28] * Bright_Snow carries her parasol with her, beginning again to build sandcastles. */ This reminds me of just after we'd met / fond rememberance /*

[14:30] <Brazen_Sand> "Hey Wandering, does Chiyara ever get to play with other kids?"

[14:32] <~Anshu> One of the twins - the Solar twin - notices Brazen holding Chiyara and runs up, while her sister continues to swim a bit longer.

[14:33] <Brazen_Sand> "Hello little..." Brazen can't remember her name. "girl!"

[14:33] <Bright_Snow> "This is harder without Inkwell around." She mutters as she begins to try to outdo her previous sandcastle

[14:34] <Wandering> "We've tried to but finding children who are totally happy with her isn't all that easy" Wandering replied "So new playmates are always good"

[14:34] <~Anshu> "My name is Nimai, and Mara is my sister," she says. "You're Brazen, of course. That's your baby?" she asks.

[14:34] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe smiles at the pleasant memory. */Ah, yes indeed./*

[14:35] <Brazen_Sand> "Yes. Yes she is. Say hi to the nice girl, Chiyara?" Brazen said, lowering her to the ground.

[14:35] <Brazen_Sand> "'lo." She said shyly.

[14:35] * Shrike turns over on her towel to lay on her front, a slight titter rising from a few of the others on the beach at her...daring swimsuit choice.

[14:35] <Brazen_Sand> Not quite having the pronounciation down.

[14:36] <~Anshu> Nimai crouches down to be closer to eye level, smiling broadly. "Hello, Chiyara. Do you like the beach?"

[14:37] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara toddled over and hugged Brazen's leg, hiding her face.

[14:37] <Brazen_Sand> "Sorry, she's still shy. She's pretty young."

[14:37] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Something occurs to him then. */I almost forgot, but after that day I had an alchemical substance made to protect sensitive skin against the sun. You wouldn't need the parasol then .../*

[14:37] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen gently stroked Chiyara's head with a claw, fondly.

[14:38] <Wandering> Wandering smiled watching the children talk

[14:38] <Brazen_Sand> "It's okay, Chiyara. She wants to be friends." Brazen said to her.

[14:38] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara gingerly moved her head to look at Nimai, but still holding onto Brazen's leg for security

[14:39] <~Anshu> Nimai nods and watches Chiyara. "I like your shell, Chiyara. It's very pretty, especially where the light shines through."

[14:40] <Brazen_Sand> "'nk you." She said, not quite looking her in the eye.

[14:40] <Brazen_Sand> "daddy says I have a special shell."

[14:41] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen smiled widely at her, she'd picked up speaking so quickly. She often spoke to Launjilla as well.

[14:41] <Brazen_Sand> "'N Uncle Launjilla says that I'm special cause daddy came from far away."

[14:41] <Wandering> "Thats it 'Yara" Wandering said fondly "See making new freinds is fun"

[14:41] <Bright_Snow> */I like the parasol though... but this form is a bit... immature for my tastes. Lets try it then./*

[14:41] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Hideaki drinks the last of his whatever-it-is and sits up. "I may be inexperienced, but ... do you want help with the castle?" He spreads his hands with a self-deprecating smile. "I'm certainly no match for Inkwell or you, but I could try?"

[14:42] <Bright_Snow> "Certainly, she says with a smile. After all it is nice to have a challange to meet together."

[14:43] <Nomoe_Hideaki> A small gesture and a shimmering in the air behind Nomoe's chair races off, returning a few minutes later carrying a small crystal bottle in its barely physical hands.

[14:43] <~Anshu> Nimai nods. "Yes, you are very special. Do you like the beach, Chiyara?" she asks again.

[14:44] <Brazen_Sand> "It's pretty. But sometimes I get sand in my shell." she said, then giggled a bit.

[14:45] <Nomoe_Hideaki> */I am assured that it is most potent and without side effects, in so far as mortal magic can accomplish that./* Hideaki offers it to Bright Snow.

[14:45] <Brazen_Sand> "Then daddy takes me into the water but I have to hold my breath."

[14:46] <Brazen_Sand> "Just like we taught you, honey." Brazen added.

[14:46] <Brazen_Sand> "'s daddy."

[14:46] <~Anshu> Mara emerges from the water, her dyes starting to run a little, beginning to reveal her true, almost albino paleness.

[14:46] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe smiles as well, looking over what Snow has already wrought. "What are your plans, oh architect?"

[14:47] * Shrike sits up after a little while, stretches, and looks around the beach for a few minutes before spotting Nomoe and Snow. Standing, she picks up her towe, shakes the sand from it, then walks in their direction

[14:48] <Nomoe_Hideaki> His air elemental has retreated back to his chair and busies itself creating a new drink.

[14:48] * Bright_Snow streches her form rippling to her normal much much paler one. The colour going out of her skin and her hair. "I think we shall start with some of that alchemy mixture and return to the castle after."

[14:48] <~Anshu> "Well, I don't have a shell, but send gets into my swimsuit all the time. It can be very annoying. And it's very important to hold your breath when you're swimming."

[14:49] <Brazen_Sand> "mommy told me that. Then she turned into a dolphin."

[14:50] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen nudged her a bit. "oh...do you want to...play?" Chiyara asked shyly

[14:53] * Shrike raises an eyebrow at Snow's transformation, now recognising the Lunar as she arrives.

[14:53] <Shrike> "Hello, Deliberators." Shrike smiles politely at the two. "Do you mind if I join you here?"

[14:54] * Nomoe_Hideaki inclines his head in appreciation. "This shape does become you."

[14:55] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Ah," Nomoe bows slightly toward Shrike as she arrives.

[14:55] <Wandering> Wandering raises her eyebrow slightly at the apparent change in Mara wondering why she dyed herself so

[14:56] <~Anshu> Nimai nods as Mara comes up next to her. "I do. What do you like to play?" Then she notices Mara's presence. "Oh, this is my sister, Mara. She can play with us too. Oh... uh, Mara, your colors are running..."

[14:56] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen notices, but doesn't say anything

[14:57] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "What a coincidence to meet you here." He seems to have overheard Shrike's question.

[14:58] <~Anshu> "Oh..." Mara sighs. "I knew coming to the beach was a bad idea... do you think they'll want me to go home?"

[14:58] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *seems not to have heard

[14:58] <Bright_Snow> "No join us, after all you were by far the most interesting person at Nomoe's party." She says with a laugh. "Would you care to start building sand castles with us." She makes sure she doesn't slip from beneath the shade of the parasol.

[14:58] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara is just confused.

[14:58] <Wandering> "Do you want to play with Chiyara as well Mara?" Wandering asked she was intrigued by the dye, but she was hardly one to pick on oddites her considering her mate and child

[14:59] <~Anshu> Nimai shakes her head. "No. Just go back in and wash the rest of it off. They shouldn't make you hide anyway."

[14:59] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen looked at Wandering and shrugged

[15:01] <~Anshu> Mara nods, and answers Wandering before trotting back to the water. "Sure, in a minute."

[15:01] <Shrike> "Well, this is the most pleasant place to spend an afternoon around here." Shrike returns Nomoe's bow, then chuckles at Snow's comment. "I've never been much of one for sandcastles. Unless it was kicking them over. And interesting, you say?" She grins, as she spreads out her towel - fully in the sun - and sits.

[15:02] <~Anshu> Nimai turns back to Chiyara. "So what do you like to play?"

[15:03] <Brazen_Sand> "Uhhh...i dunno." She said, looking at the ground, not used to playing with other kids.

[15:03] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Still holding the crystal bottle with the Sun-Screening Alchemical Mixture, Nomoe nods slowly. "My own skill at building is sadly weak as well. It does not stop me from trying my best, of course, as in all things."

[15:03] <Brazen_Sand> "What do you play?"

[15:04] <Brazen_Sand> "usually uncle launjilla sings to me, he sounds like bells."

[15:05] <Bright_Snow> "So what do you like to do?" Snow says ignoring the obvious answer to that question.

[15:05] <Wandering> "Hmmm, Maybe you, Mara and Nimai should try building a sand castle?" Wandering suggested "Show Nomoe-san and Snow how to do it?"

[15:06] <Brazen_Sand> "uhhh...okay, mommy." chiyara said.

[15:06] <Brazen_Sand> "If, if you wanna, that is..." She said to Nimai, somewhat nervously

[15:06] <Shrike> "Doing one's best is all one can do," Shrike agrees with a nod. "And there are a number of things I enjoy, although simply relaxing with good company is always a good thing, as is reading and increasing my knowledge."

[15:08] <~Anshu> "I like to make sand castles," Nimai assures her. "Especially ones close to the water, so you can make the dribbly towers, and dig moats and things."

[15:09] <Brazen_Sand> "I never made a sandcastle before. Can you show me?" She asked, with her bright blue eyes looking at Nimai's face.

[15:09] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen sighed inwardly. "*She's never really played with other children, has she?*"

[15:09] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Something rarely possible, with the burdens we all carry, but indeed," Hideaki nods. "It is good to have a day off."

[15:10] <~Anshu> Nimai nods, and offers Chiyara her hand. "Of course. Come with me closer, to the water."

[15:10] <Brazen_Sand> She looked at Brazen, who nodded to her, then slowly took her hand in her own short-clawed one.

[15:12] <Wandering> "Not really, this is a good chance for her to have a normal childhood or normal as the child of Exalts can have" Wandering said as she went to collect a drink from Nomoe's servant nodding politely to the others

[15:12] <~Anshu> Nimai grins, and leads Chiyara toward the waterline to where the sand a bit wetter and better for building with.

[15:13] <Brazen_Sand> "I...I know!" Brazen said quickly.

[15:13] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Does anyone else want something to drink?" Having mentioned work, without really meaning to, seems to have made Hideaki thirsty.

[15:14] <~Anshu> "First, you have to build a base, like this..." Nimai begins to explain, scooping up sand with her hands and beginning to pile it up.

[15:14] <Shrike> "I wouldn't mind a drink. Feel free to surprise me with what sort."

[15:14] <Bright_Snow> "So much to know so little time to do so. I sympathise. My own projects have been extensive." She glances over to Nomoe at that suggestion and then back at Shrike, "Champagne?"

[15:15] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara watched Nimai work with wide-eyed admiration.

[15:15] <Shrike> "Champagne sounds wonderful." Shrike chuckles. "Just one glass, though, it's too early in the day to be getting too tipsy."

[15:16] <Nomoe_Hideaki> He seems to realize that he's still holding the alchemical mixture. "Ah, this isn't for drinking of course." He sets the bottle down close to the sand castle, then waves for his elemental servant to approach again.

[15:17] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Once sent away, a minute later it returns bearing glasses of champagne and one of Nomoe's strangely colored, complicated-looking drinks.

[15:19] <~Anshu> "And it's best to dig in a circle, to make a moat to help keep the water out," Nimai explains to Chiyara, demonstrating.

[15:19] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "To beautiful days like this," he suggests, raising his own.

[15:19] * Shrike accepts a glass, and raises it "To beautiful days and good company."

[15:19] <Brazen_Sand> "can...can I help?"

[15:20] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara asked, while Brazen went back into the water to swim around and look at the amazing sea-life. Swimming was still a novelty to him after growing up in Gem.

[15:20] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "And good company," Hideaki agrees, unconsciously looking to Bright Snow.

[15:22] <~Anshu> Mara, now clean of her dyes, comes back up to join Nimai and Chiyara. She's still identical in build and features to her sister, but as if all the color had been drained from her skin and hair.

[15:22] <Bright_Snow> "Likewise" Snow matches with her own glass. "But before we start on the sandcastle I believe we were going to do something to prevent me from burning..." She still stays firmly beneath the parasol while saying this.

[15:23] <~Anshu> Nimia nods. "Yes, of course you can. And Mara, too. I'm going to go down and get some water for the next part, okay?"

[15:23] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Indeed. Let me hold the parasol for you? The agent is meant to spread over the exposed skin."

[15:25] <Bright_Snow> */ Sudden nervousness./* "I guess that makes sense." She streches out on the sand still beneath the shade of the parasol as she hands it to Nomoe

[15:25] * Shrike raises an eyebrow "I could help with applying the agent, if you wished?" Shrike asks.

[15:27] <Wandering> Wandering took another drink from her prize, she felt the liqud run down her throat to her belly leaving a warm feeling. She glanced at Shrike and debated if she should apologise for earlier or not, it had been perhaps slightly out of line

[15:27] * Bright_Snow eyes flash up to the top right corner of her eye. "I don't see why not, more help means the faster we can get to making sand castles."

[15:29] * Nomoe_Hideaki stands, holding the parasol to provide proper shade, his eyes following the distant sails out on the sea with deliberate concentration.

[15:31] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara started digging a moat around teh castle, her claws helping to make bigger scoops of sand. She giggled a bit when she felt the wet sand get under her nails

[15:31] * Shrike nods, picking up the vial. "I presume this is applied in the normal fashon?" she asks Nomoe, before opening the bottle and placing some on her hand, reaching to begin the application with a surprisingly soft - and proper - hand.

[15:33] <Nomoe_Hideaki> His eyes fixed on a circling seabird Nomoe confirms. "No special instructions for the use."

[15:33] <~Anshu> Mara smiles softly, helping Chiyara pat the sand into shape as Nimai returns with a bucker of water and wet sand.

[15:36] * Bright_Snow flinches very slightly at the touch, "It's cold" she mutters as way of an excuse.

[15:37] <Wandering> Wandering had taken a step forward and was about to say something when she noted that Shrike was otherwise occupied and fell silent, instead refilling her drink with a slight expeniture of Essence

[15:37] <Bright_Snow> */ Mentally the flinch is far more dramatic some of it spilling across the bond. An interesting mixure of terror and discomfort warring with stubborness and enjoyment /*

[15:39] <Brazen_Sand> "*Last time I went for a swim,*" Brazen said over the bond. "*We got attacked by a Hellstrider.*"

[15:40] <~Anshu> "That looks really good! Now it's time for the next part." Nimai kneels down and reaches into the bucket, pulling out a handful of wet sand, which she dribbles through her fingers to make a small, organic-looking tower.

[15:40] * Bright_Snow takes a long measured sip of the Champagne.

[15:40] <Nomoe_Hideaki> At the emotional spike Nomoe's head turns to see what in Malfeas Shrike is doing to Bright Snow *surprise, concern, /What .../*

[15:41] <Brazen_Sand> "that's really neat." Chiyara said, coming out of her shell a bit. "I don't usually play with other kids."

[15:41] <Wandering> "*Really? How did that happen?*" Wandering replied over the bond and then cleared her throat "Shrike I-" her voice falters slightly not really wanting to say this in front of witness but gathers her self and then goes on anyway "Shrike I have something to say"

[15:42] <Brazen_Sand> "*It swam over to us.*"

[15:42] * Shrike slowly spreads the lotion over Snow, her hands not once moving anywhere improper, yet ensuring that everything that needs to be covered should be covered in a relaxing, almost massage-like way.

[15:42] <Shrike> She looks up as Wandering speaks, blinking in surprise. "What is it, Deliberator?" she asks, her voice cautious.

[15:42] <Bright_Snow> */Nothing at all, were you planning on helping /*

[15:44] <~Anshu> Mara nods as Nimai begins building on the spire with more wet sand. "Neither do we, really. Well, there are a few other kids of Deliberators, but mostly they keep us to ourselves. Fortunately Nimai and I had each other."

[15:44] <~Anshu> "You want to try?" Nimai ask Chiyara, giving the bucket a small push in her direction.

[15:45] <Brazen_Sand> "um okay." Chiyara said after thinking about it for a bit. She filled up the bucket with wet sand.

[15:46] <Wandering> Wandering grinds her teeth for a moment "I-" then continues "I want to apolgize for acousting you in the Delibertive hall before. It was angry and upset but that was no excuse for acting like I did or insulting your honor in a public place" she swallowed and Brazen was perhaps the only present who could guess or in his case feel how much the next words cost her "I'm sorry"

[15:48] <Shrike> Shrike is quite surprised, and pauses in her application for a moment even, before resuming. "I...your apology is accepted. Had I not acted rashly myself, there would have been nothing for you to apologise for in the first place," the redheaded Solar admits. "I should apologise for goading you, as well."

[15:54] <Nomoe_Hideaki> */I believed I was ... I'm sorry, if I have caused or contributed to your discomfort. I did not mean to bring about a situation like that for you./ regret, anger at his acting with less than perfect thoughtfulness*

[15:54] <Wandering> "Thank you" Wandering said politely inclining her her head "I accept your apology as well"

[15:54] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Hideaki briefly catches her eyes as he apologizes, then looks away again.

[16:00] * Shrike nods with honest gratitude

[16:00] <Bright_Snow> */ Do not worry about it./ Sympathetic, her discomfort fading slightly. / I have decided to confront an issue and am doing so./*

[16:01] <Bright_Snow> "Weren't you planning on helping Nomoe, after all it looks like these two have more to talk about."

[16:05] <Wandering> "I think Brazen would like it if you would still talk to him" Wandering said somewhat stiffly but less than she had before "And I would not be offended if you did so"

[16:07] <Shrike> Shrike's hands continue the slow massage/sunscreen application, nearly completed by now (at least, on the one side of Snow she's been able to work on). "I would be...appreciative of being able to speak with him," she says to Wandering. "Despite his...well, brazen nature," she chuckles, "he has a good heart."

[16:07] <~Anshu> The three girls work together to make a palace of dribbled sand.

[16:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *after a moment's hesitation, the mental equivalent of an acquiescing bow* "I have only so many hands ..." Hideaki points out, unnecessarily holding the parasol with both.

[16:09] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *discomfort /I ... it would not be right for me to .../*

[16:09] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara smiled when she picked up the upside-down bucket and found a rounded lump of sand waiting for her. She laughed in delight

[16:10] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen crested out of the water again, splashing water everywhere and leaving massive saurian tracks in the sand as he felt the difficulty of Wandering's apology. What was going on?

[16:12] <Bright_Snow> */ yet you were the one who suggested it? / some confusion mixing in with everything else /*

[16:12] <~Anshu> "Just like that!" Nimai encourages. "Now we have to be careful and make sure it all stays together," she adds, patting the sides.

[16:13] <Wandering> "He does indeed" Wandering agreed "Would you be willing to start again from scratch between us I mean? I trust Brazen's judgement when I'm not mad at him. If he thinks you are a good person then I trust that"

[16:13] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara mimicked Nimai's actions, patting the places taht she had just patted.

[16:15] <Shrike> "...I would," Shrike says after a moment's thought, with a nod. "I certainly prefer to have friends rather than enemies, and a good drinking partner is always a good thing." She winks, then looks down at Snow, pulling back her hands. "You'll need to turn over if you wish to be completely covered."

[16:17] * Bright_Snow blinks and glances up at Shrike. "Certainly" She rolls over taking another sip of her chamagne glass her held tilting ever so slightly towards Nomoe, when she is at an angle she is sure only Shrike can see.

[16:17] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Personal space being a rather important concept in his home culture and a touch outside narrowly defined situations deeply improper, Nomoe is rather uncomfortable with the idea himself. */But I did not mean ... not for me to ... this has all gotten out of hand/ embarrassment, self-recrimination. Finally, after a few seconds, a steadying of his thoughts. /If that is what you require of me, if that is your demand./ a questioning tone to the thought*

[16:19] <Brazen_Sand> "What's u-" Brazen noticed Shrike and Wandering together adn just froze.

[16:21] <~Anshu> "Yup! We can decorate this one too if you let me go get some more wet sand," Nimai offers.

[16:22] <Brazen_Sand> "okay..." Chiyara said. "I'll go look for some." She walked off to look for some good sand to dig up, carrying a bucket that was scarcely smaller then her with her.

[16:24] <Nomoe_Hideaki> At what point did his day off get so complicated, Hideaki asks himself as he brings his Frozen Sunlight Mask back up to prevent himself from blushing slightly.

[16:24] * Shrike gives Snow a nod, and rocks back onto her heels to make room for Nomoe

[16:24] * Bright_Snow looks at him, but says nothing else either out loud or through the bond

[16:25] <~Anshu> Nimai and Mara turn their attention to building another moat and wall around their original sand castle.

[16:26] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Is it?" Hideaki repeats his question out loud, if incomprehensibly to outsiders.

[16:28] <Bright_Snow> She simply nods.

[16:33] <Wandering> Wandering politly ignores what is occuring between Nomoe and Snow *"Don't worry Beloved I was apologizing to Shrike"* she says over the bond sensing some disquiet from him

[16:33] <Brazen_Sand> *relief*

[16:35] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *a moment of hesitation, a complex mixture of emotions - discomfort, conditioned aversion, appreciation, guilty elation, embarrassment, convern over imagined and mostly unrealistic social repercussions - then tight control* A small gesture, a slight breeze as the air elemental takes over the parasol.

[16:36] <Brazen_Sand> "*That's...that's real good.*" *Lingering shame*

[16:36] <~Anshu> As Chiyara walks to the water, a man walking along the beach stops and looks at her with distaste. "What are you?" he asks sharply. "And what are you doing on a reserved beach?"

[16:36] * Shrike reaches out to hand the bottle of lotion to Nomoe

[16:37] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *..., conviction, determination to hold to his promises and duties, to be a good partner - then tight control*

[16:38] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara looked up and swung her head from side-to-side, looking for an adult, but there wasn't one nearby. She was scared. "looking...looking for sand to make a castle." She said very quietly, like a squeak.

[16:38] <Brazen_Sand> She held her bucket in front of her like a shield.

[16:39] * Nomoe_Hideaki flexes his fingers in a strange rippling motion and there is soft series of popping sounds as layers and layers of hardened essence disperse from his hands. With a nod of thanks, his expression pleasant, he takes the bottle from Shrike.

[16:40] <~Anshu> "You shouldn't be here. This beach is reserved for Deliberators and their guests only, and I doubt anyone invited something like you."

[16:41] <Brazen_Sand> "but I'm here with my daddy." She said, taking a step back.

[16:41] <Brazen_Sand> "and mommy."

[16:42] <~Anshu> Nimai lifts her head to see where Chiyara went, and seeing her in distress, starts to stand up.

[16:42] <~Anshu> "Really? And who are they?" The man's eyes narrow.

[16:43] <Brazen_Sand> "My mommy is called Wandering and my daddy is Brazen Sand." She said staring at the ground, wishing she could roll into a ball.

[16:45] <~Anshu> "So you're the Infernal's get. Why they made him a Deliberator, I'll never understand.

[16:45] <~Anshu> "

[16:46] <Brazen_Sand> "i don't know. I just need to get some sand please."

[16:47] <~Anshu> He sighs. "I suppose you're allowed to be here, then. But try to be quick about it. Most people won't want to see something like you when they're trying to relax."

[16:48] <Brazen_Sand> "why not?" Chiyara asked, looking down at her feet

[16:48] <Nomoe_Hideaki> */I may be inexperienced, but .../ a note of preemptive apology, that he is trying his best* Slowly and carefully he begins to apply the sunscreen as he has seen Shrike do. His hands are soft and uncalloused despite being such deadly weapons.

[16:49] <Brazen_Sand> "my daddy and mommy says that I'm pretty."

[16:49] <Shrike> Shrike watches Nomoe with approval, shifting into a more comfortable position, half stretched-out on her towel. "Feel free to settle in, if you wish," she says to Wandering.

[16:50] <~Anshu> Nimai is walking over, getting within earshot of the man as he answers. "Well, of course. All mothers and fathers tell their children that. But that doesn't mean the rest of us share their opinion."

[16:50] <Brazen_Sand> "what does that mean?" She asked, looking at him with wide-open eyes.

[16:55] <Wandering> Wandering could feel no more worry from Brazen and was sure that he was keeping a close eye on Chiyara. She beside Shrike and offered her a drink "Drink then?"

[16:55] <~Anshu> "It means you're an ugly monster, like your father. What Wandering sees in him... but that's the bond for you. Now run along, little thing. I've interrupted my walk for you long enough."

[16:55] <Wandering> *sat beside

[16:56] <Brazen_Sand> "but...but...they said..." Chiyara burst into tears and dropped her pail and ran away back to her father.

[16:56] <Brazen_Sand> "why would they say that?!" she thought, as she neared them, crying loudly.

[16:57] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen noticed Chiyara coming towards him.

[16:57] * Shrike, unnoticing of the drama down the beach yet, accepts the glass from Wandering with a smike. "I really shouldn't, but thanks..."

[16:57] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nomoe's expression is one of concentration foremost, other aspects hidden behind his Charms, as if he was performing a difficult medical procedure.

[16:57] <~Anshu> Nimai stops in shock that someone could be so cruel, and then anger blazes in her eyes and she starts after him.

[16:57] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen kneeled down at her as she clung to his leg and sobbed

[16:58] <Brazen_Sand> "What happened honey?" Brazen said, holding her close to his chest.

[16:59] <Wandering> Wandering laughed softly "If we are to be friends then don't worry about such things with me. After all its in my name to drink" she began to drain her drink "Whats the worse that could happen?"

[17:00] <Brazen_Sand> She sniffled through nose-holes and it took awhile for her to be able to speak comprehensibly. "A...a man said I was an ugly monster and that I shouldn't be on the beach and and I just wanted to make a sand castle but I got scaaaared and I'm sorry cause I dropped Nimai's pail and now they won't like me cause I'm ugly."

[17:00] <Brazen_Sand> She wailed.

[17:00] <Bright_Snow> */ As long it is done properly and by you, I'm unlikely to mind / her own discomfort has lessened a bit, though her terror hasn't and is somewhat mixed with just a small amount of excitement. / Thank you for joining me in my discomfort/ she thinks warmly/*

[17:02] <Shrike> "Never say that." Shrike grins at Wandering. "And...let's just say that once I have enough to drink, parties -really- get interesting." She winks, taking a sip of her own drink with a satisfied expression.

[17:04] <Brazen_Sand> Wandering felt *BARELY CONTAINED RED-HOT FURY*

[17:04] <~Anshu> Nimai runs around to stand in front of the man who made Chiyara cry. "How dare you say that sort of thing to her! She's barely old enough to talk!" she demands, her hands clenching into fists.

[17:04] <Brazen_Sand> "Where was this nasty man?" Brazen asked

[17:04] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara pointed down the beach and put then quickly turned back to put her face on Brazen's chest, as if scared that the man would see her pointing at him. He was the scariest thing ever.

[17:05] <Brazen_Sand> "Okay, I understand, honey. I'm going to go have a talk with that man." Brazen said, sounding somewhat unfocused.

[17:06] <Wandering> "You should get your self invited to a Mo-" Wandering began to reply and then broke off as she felt a burning rage over the bond. *"Whats Happened? Whats Wrong?"*

[17:06] <Brazen_Sand> He walked over to Wandering and Shrike, not even noticing Nomoe actually touching Snow or Shrike drinking with Wandering. His mind was on ohter things.

[17:06] <Brazen_Sand> "Nothing. Can you take Chiyara for a moment." He said

[17:07] <Shrike> "To a what?" Shrike asks, raising an eyebrow, then looking over as the mountainous Infernal approaches with the crying child. "What's happened." In an instant her playful demeanor fades.

[17:07] <~Anshu> "I'm a Deliberator. I'll say what I want, when I want, girl," he says dismissively, unaffected by Nimai's glower.

[17:08] <Wandering> "Bra-" Wandering was about to argue but she saw how upset Chiyara was and quickly took hold of her daughter comforting her "Shhh there, there. Everything will be all right no 'Yara"

[17:08] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara buried her face in Wandering's shoulder and cried.

[17:09] <Brazen_Sand> "I need to go talk to someone."

[17:09] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen leapt up without a word and quickly found the man, and one of Anshu and Cerise's children as well.

[17:09] <Brazen_Sand> He slammed down nearby and looked at the man with murder in his eyes.

[17:09] <Brazen_Sand> "WHO"

[17:09] <Brazen_Sand> "THE'

[17:10] <Brazen_Sand> "FUCK"

[17:10] <Brazen_Sand> "ARE"

[17:10] <Brazen_Sand> "*YOU!*"

[17:10] <Brazen_Sand> He screamed furiously as he closed to him.

[17:11] <~Anshu> "Is that how it is? You'll be sorry once I tell my father about this. Anshu of the Grand Circle doesn't take well to people who reduce innocent children to tears. None of your motions will pass. The farming programs we have in place will never touch your lands, and when I Exalt as a Dawn I will raise an army, sow your fields with salt, and water them with the blood of your people!" Nimai screams. It is perhaps fortunate that the last portions of her rant are lost in Brazen's bellowing.

[17:14] <Brazen_Sand> "Go back to your parents." Brazen said to Nimai. Before she could retort he repeated. "GO BACK TO YOUR PARENTS!!"

[17:15] <~Anshu> Nimai takes a deep breath, lets it out slowly, then turns and runs back to Anshu and Cerise.

[17:15] <Shrike> Shrike watches the departing Brazen with a pair of raised eyebrows, then looks back at Wandering. "Your daughter?"

[17:16] <Nomoe_Hideaki> */But in public ... in Sanken this .../ not that it would be much easier for Hideaki in private, but it's a convenient excuse to focus on - with some effort he banishes the thought /I would be a poor partner to you if I didn't, wouldn't I?/*

[17:16] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *Hideaki tries a laugh at their shared discomfort, fondness and amused self-awareness joining the swirl of his emotions /Look at the two of us, the great and powerful Deliberators, so troubled .../*

[17:17] <Wandering> Wandering was distracted with her child "Hmm... Yes this beautiful petal is Chiyara. Mine and Brazens first born" she smiled down at Chiyara "Chiyara dry your eyes and say hello to Shrike she's a.. freind of mommy and daddy"

[17:17] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara put on a brave face and sniffed. "hello."

[17:18] <~Anshu> The man's face paled a bit when Nimai mentioned her father... and then he whirled around as Brazen landed thunderously.

[17:18] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen looked like he was literally about to burst into flames, his body barely being held together from torching everything around him.

[17:19] <Brazen_Sand> "What the fuck kind of asshole are. You just made my daughter cry, and she's barely walking."

[17:20] <Brazen_Sand> He said, the relatively low volume only making him even more menacing

[17:22] <~Anshu> Mara, meanwhile, is approaching Wandering, Shrike, and Chiyara.

[17:23] * Shrike gives Chiyara a warm smile. "Hello there, dear," she says. "It's nice to meet you."

[17:23] <Shrike> She looks up noticing Mara's approach

[17:24] <~Anshu> "I'm Deliberator Enor Cheba. I'm trying to enjoy a walk on the beach."

[17:24] <Wandering> "Don't worry Mara, Chiyara is all right now" she indicated the girl who'd calmed down a little "See?"

[17:24] * Bright_Snow smiles in response, her eyes dancing with discomfort and humour. "The absurdity of people will never cease to amaze me. Especially when it is my own." */ No one is looking, it is after all one of the few benefits of having Brazen so ever present./*

[17:26] <~Anshu> "That's good," Mara smiles a small smile. "What did he say to her?"

[17:27] * Shrike gives Mara a nod and small smile of discreet greeting

[17:30] <Wandering> "What did who say to her?" Wandering asked "Brazen gave her to me and then took off." her voice was intent "Someone said something to her? To upset her like that?"

[17:31] <~Anshu> "She was getting sand for a castle, and a man stopped her and said something that made her cry and run back to Brazen."

[17:34] <Wandering> "He did?" Wanderings voice was a low angry growl before she cushed her anger she had Chiyara to take care off for now and she was sure that Brazen was taking care of it. "I'll ask Brazen when he returns. "See Chiyara Mara came to see if your okay isn't that nice of her?"

[17:35] <Brazen_Sand> "yes. Thank you for playing with me. sorry about teh bucket." She said through some tears

[17:35] * Shrike stays quiet

[17:35] <Brazen_Sand> "And that includes making toddlers cry?!" He snarled

[17:35] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Hideaki allows a smile of his own to touch his face. "True enough." */Ah yes, a walking distraction. Still .../ he cuts off the thought /Thank you for trying to make me feel better./ warmth* "It is when it does cease to amaze us that we'll have lost touch with humanity."

[17:36] <~Anshu> "Don't worry about the bucket. I just wanted to see if there was anything I could do to help."

[17:37] <Brazen_Sand> "I'll be ok. daddy said he would talk to the man." She said

[17:38] <Brazen_Sand> "why did Nimai go after the man too? Wasn't she scared?"

[17:39] <~Anshu> The man looks up at Brazen. "She disturbed me. She's quite abnormal looking, you know. I'm honestly surprised you let her out in public. If you want to spare her feelings, you should keep her away from people."

[17:40] <Brazen_Sand> "She IS a person!!" He said, the man somehow managing to press every single one of his buttons at once.

[17:40] <Brazen_Sand> "Moreover, she's MY DAUGHTER. So I'm going to give you ONE CHANCE to go back and apologize to her!!"

[17:43] <Brazen_Sand> "If you don't...then it's going to be painful for you. Very painful."

[17:43] <~Anshu> "Nimai saw that you were getting upset and got angry at him, I think." Mara sits down next to Shrike and Wandering. "Did he talk about how you look?" she asks Chiyara softly.

[17:44] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara sniffed and nodded. "Nimai is very brave."

[17:45] <Shrike> "She is," Shrike agrees quietly, with a nod. "It runs in the family, I think."

[17:45] <~Anshu> "And if I refuse?" Enor asks.

[17:46] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen slapped the ground and a weave of essence spun through the sand, at certain intervals, swords made out of pure shimmering light rose up, continuing to do so until Enor was surrounded by a field of blades.

[17:46] <~Anshu> "Im sure you'll be brave when you're older too," Mara says. "I know how it feels to think you don't look right. That's why I was wearing my colors when we first got here. So people don't see how pale I am and start wondering things.

[17:46] <Wandering> "He what?" Wandering hissed softly and made a mental note to look this man up later perhaps a does of a confusion draft in his drink at the next major party would a suitable start to her vengence "Your beautiful Chiyara, don't let anyone tell you different"

[17:46] <~Anshu> "

[17:47] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara nodded. "thank you. I think you're pretty, Mara."

[17:50] <~Anshu> Enor smirks. "So, this is how it's going to be? Fine. Go ahead. I'm sure I can get away in one piece... and what will the Deliberative think when they find out that their newest member, elevated despite the reservations many felt, decided to assault a peer out of temper?"

[17:50] * Bright_Snow nods and tries to enjoy the lotion going on

[17:50] <~Anshu> "You're pretty too, Chiyara. You shouldn't listen to whatever he said," Mara smiles gently at her.

[17:51] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen sneered back. "I know what I think. I think you JUST MADE MY DAUGHTER CRY WHEN SHE WAS JUST GOING TO THE BEACH!"

[17:51] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen charged towards him and picked up one of the blades as he neared him

[17:52] <Brazen_Sand> "COME ON, YOU COWARD!" He shouted. "I THOUGHT YOU WERE A DELIBERATOR!"

[17:54] <Nomoe_Hideaki> All the heavy and complicated emotions involved may make it seem longer, but it's only a minute or two later that Hideaki lifts his hands. "There. Ready to try facing the sun?" He looks up, blinking slightly at the sight of Brazen playing with swords, but quickly dismissing it as less important.

[17:54] <Shrike> "She's right. You are beautiful, and no-one should tell you otherwise," Shrike says, directed to both Chiyara and Mara.

[17:55] <Brazen_Sand> Chiyara smiled at her new friends.

[17:55] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "There is a sand castle to build after all ..."

[17:56] <Brazen_Sand> "thank you." She said, "I'll still play with you guys, if that's okay with you."

Character:Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons

2011-08-07T22:01:26Z

The Bushranger: /* Banked */

Game: [[Dawn of the Third Age]]

'''Shrike of Swiftly Striking Talons''' 
'''Caste:''' Night Caste, Solar Exalted 
'''Concept:''' Insatiable "troubleshooter"

[[Image:Shrike.png|frame|Shrike]]

==Motivation==
* To oppose prejudice and bigotry in all forms within Creation.

==Intimacies==
===Natural Intimacies===
====Negative====
* Gangs (Contempt)
* Prudish people (Contempt)
* Abyssal Exalted (Distrust)
* Ghosts (Distrust)

====Positive====
* Danielle (Sister)
* Surely-Refulgent Anshu (Secret Lover)
* Cerise of the Rose's Thorn (Secret Lover)
* Exhibitionism (Thrill)
* The Unconquered Sun (Faith, Loyalty)
* The Celestial Deliberative (Loyalty)

===Supernatural Intimacies===
* Lunar Bond: '''Zamira Blessed-Fox''' (Eternal Vow) (True Love)

==Anima==
* A swooping, spread-winged small bird of prey, beak open in a cry, talons outstretched, grasping and raking.

==Attributes==
===Physical===
* Strength 4
* Dexterity 5
* Stamina 5
===Social===
* Charisma 4
* Manipulation 3
* Appearance 5
===Mental===
* Perception 5
* Intelligence 4
* Wits 4

==Abilities==
* Archery 2
* (F) Martial Arts 4
* Melee 4
* Thrown 2
* War

* Integrity 3
* (F) Performance 4
** Specialty: Dance
* Presence 3
* (F) Resistance 5
* Survival 2

* Craft
* (F) Investigation 3
* Lore 3
* Medicine 1
* Occult 1

* (C) Athletics 5
* (C) Awareness 3
* (C) Dodge 3
** Specialty: Avoiding Traps
* (C) Larceny 5
** Specialty: Sneaky Thievery
* (C) Stealth 4

* Bureaucracy 1
* (F) Linguistics 4
** High Realm, Low Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-Tongue
* (F) Ride 3
* Sail
* Socialize 2
** Specialty: Seduction

==Backgrounds==
===Artifacts===
====Artifact 1: Hearthstone Amulet====

====Artifact 2: Gag of Unspoken Acquiescence (Tattoo, Moonsilver)====
====Artifact 2: Orichalcum Reaper Daiklave ====
====Artifact 2: Orichilum Lamellar====

===Backing===
====Backing 2: The Celestial Deliberative====

===Contacts===
====Contacts 3: The Eastern Underworld====
* The Guild
* Merchants
* Outlaws

===Influence 2===
* The Eastern Direction; The Eastern Underworld

===Manses===
====Manse 3====
* Windhands Gemstone

===Resources 3===

==Charms==
===Martial Arts===
* Fists of Iron Technique
* Dragon Coil Technique
* Sledgehammer Fist Punch
* Solar Hero Form
* Knockout Blow
* Ecstatic Jab

===Melee===
* Call the Blade
* Glorious Solar Weaponry
* Master's Subtle Edge
* Summoning the Loyal Steel
* Iron Raptor Tecnique

===Integrity===

===Resistiance===
* Ox-Body Technique (4)
* Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana
* Hauberk-Lightening Gesture
* Armored Scout's Invigoration
* Spirit Strenghtens the Skin
* Iron Skin Concentration
* Adamant Skin Technique

===Athletics===
* Graceful Crane Stance
* Monkey Leap Technique
* Soaring Crane Leap
* Lightning Speed
* Increasing Strength Exercise
* Floating World Limbering Exercises

===Dodge===
* Shadow Over Water
* Seven Shadow Evasion
* Leaping Dodge Method

===Larcency===
* Flawless Pickpocketing Technique
* Stealing in Plain Sight Spirit
* Ribald Eagle’s Grasp
* Lock-Opening Touch
* Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
* Perfect Mirror
* Vile Anathema Shroud
===Stealth===
* Easily Overlooked Presence Method
* Shadow at Noon
* Mental Invisibility Technique
* Vanishing from Mind's Eye Method
* Invisible Statue Spirit

==Combos==
===To Be Determined===

==Essence==
* Permanent Essence: 5
** Personal Motes: 4/23
** Peripheral Motes: 0/54

==Willpower==
* 8/8

==Virtues==
* Compassion: 3
* Conviction: 4
* Temperance: 1
* Valor: 3

==Limit Break==
===Conviction Flaw===
===="Monumental Ego"====
* 0 of 10

==Combat Values==
===Defense Values===
* Parry DV: 6
* Dodge DV: 7

===Social Defense Values===
* Parry MDV: (tbd)
* Dodge MDV: 8

===Soak Values===
* Soak
** Natural: 5 Bashing, 2 Lethal, 0 Aggravated
** Armored: 16 Bashing, 12 Lethal, 11 Aggravated
* Hardness
** Natural: - Bashing, - Lethal
** Armored: 6 Bashing, 6 Lethal

===Health Levels===
* -0 [], -0 []
* -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 [], -1 []
* -2 [], -2 [], -2 [], -2 []
* -4 []
* Incapacitated []

==Merits==
===Social Merits===
* Carouser

==Flaws==
===Physical Flaws===
* Sterile 1

==XP Spent==
===Spent===
347
===Banked===
74