Abe Tavin

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• Abe Tavin
• Caste: Changing Moon
• Concept: Southern Ambassador
• Spirit Shape: Coyote
• A dark skinned man in his mid-thirties. Friendly face; close cropped beard; dark eyes. Wears a red turban. The tail of a coyote hangs behind him.

Motivation

• Rescue Carisel from the Underworld

Intimacies

Natural

Positive

• Delzahn

Supernatural

Negative

• Abyssals

Positive

• Thousand Streams River

Anima

May appear as a person known to the Lunar for one scene. Gains Essence dice to actions assisted by trustworthiness of the chosen image.

Attributes

Physical

• Strength 3
• Dexterity 3
• Stamina 4

Social

• Charisma 4
• Manipulation 5
• Appearance 3

Mental

• Perception 3
• Intelligence 3
• Wits 3

Abilities

• Archery 3 (Firewand)
• Melee 2
• War 3
• Performance 5
• Presence 4
• Survival 1
• Lore 3
• Awareness 1
• Bureaucracy 4
• Linguistics 3 (High Realm, Riverspeak, Forest-tongue)
• Ride 1
• Socialize 3

Backgrounds

Artifact 3

Southern Wind (a Plasma Tongue Longarm): A triple-barreled moonsilver alchemical firewand, intricately decorated with geometric symbols of the Kha-Khan. Commissioned at great expense in Chiaroscuro. Speed 6 Acc +1 Dmg. 15L Rate 1 Range 40 (maximum range) Ammo 3 Tags F

Backing 3

The Tri-Khan considers it prudent to defend one's own abroad.

Contacts 3

• A Merchant Prince in Nexus who owes Abe a favor
• A Realm diplomat who Abe has a beer with whenever they cross paths
• The head of the Morticians' Order, who is aware of Carisel's abduction, and sympathetic

Influence 3

Abe is one of the most consistently successful of the Tri-Khan's ambassadors, despite having had the job for less then a decade.

Mentor 2

Tamuz is a wily old operator, and he tries to minimize contact with the Lunars he maneuvers into power.

Reputation 2

Abe tries to work behind the scenes, not always successfully.

Resources 3

Owns a luxury apartment in downtown Chiaroscuro, which he rarely sees.

Lunar Bond 1

Hevenah is an enormous, mad, domineering woman. Tracks him down every now and then and demands that they settle down together. Mystically linked though they are, Abe tries to avoid her.

Charms

Dexterity

• Second Dexterity Excellency
• Instinct-Driven Beast Movement

Stamina

• First Stamina Excellency
• Luna's Fortitude
• Ox-Body Technique (3)
• Southern Mastery Charm

Charisma

• First Charisma Excellency
• Rapid Speech Technique
• Face of the Moon Concealment
• Wolf Pack Goes to War*
• Coyote Howling Declaration*

Manipulation

• Second Manipulation Excellency
• Mirror Sight Dismay
• Falling Leaff Distraction
• Creating the Wolf Attitude
• Worthless Rat Degradation*

Wits

• First Wits Excellency
• Meerkat Alertness Practice
• Silver-Swift Retort

*from Ever-Cascading Torrent of Glory

Essence

• Essence: 3
• Personal: 12/12
• Peripheral: 36/36
• Committed to Charms: 0
• Committed to artifacts: 0
• Willpower: 6/6
• Anima status:

Virtues

• Compassion: 3
• Conviction: 3
• Temperance: 1
• Valor: 2
• (Virtue channels used: None)

Limit Break

Curse of the Hunted Fox: The character is overcome with the desire to escape the trappings of civilization and human interaction. He flees to the wilds, as though civilization itself were hunting him, and avoids contact with anyone who tries to interact with him on more then a primal level. Partial Control: The character tries to find somewhere isolated and exposed to the elements, such as a high rooftop or a hidden garden, and speaks to others only in short, clipped sentences.

Conflict

Physical

• Join Battle:
• Dodge DV:
• Parry DV:
• Soak: L/B/A

Movement

• Move:
• Dash:

Social

• Join Debate:
• Dodge MDV:
• Parry MDV:

Health Levels

• -0, -1, -1, -2, -2, -4, Incapacitated
• (wounds are designated as bashing, lethal or aggravated)

Equipment

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History

Two weeks before the wedding of respected Delzhan negotiator Abe Tavin and the beautiful and intelligent Carisel, the village they were to have made their home was sacked by the forces of the First and Forsaken Lion. Among the spoils taken by the Grey Rider in the Wastes, a powerful Abyssal leading the raiders, was Carisel. Her betrothed, who had been out hunting in the canyons, returned to find the village burned, and a message from Carisel written in the ashes. He set off in pursuit of the warriors, and upon finding them, convinced them that they were lost, and that only he could guide them back to the shadowland in the Fire Mountains. In the many days of marching that followed, he sowed discord between two rival, mutinous groups of humans and ghosts, and lured one faction into an ambush by another. With the raiders distracted, he and Carisel made their escape. They had reached the red highway to Chiaroscuro when the Grey Rider found them. In that moment, in full view of the Grey Rider and his beloved, Abe exalted. Filled with a storm of new-born energy, Abe challenged the Grey Rider, and the two fought for a full day. In the end, experience won out, and the Rider cut Abe down. For reasons unknown, he spared Abe's life, but took Carisel with him back to the Thousand fortresses of the Underworld.

Weeks later, Abe was discovered wondering in the desert by an associate of Tamuz and was brought back to Chiaroscuro, where Tamuz himself inducted him into the Changing Moon Caste. For several years, Abe worked as ambassador, openly for the Tri-Khan, and behind the scenes, for the Thousand Streams River project, slowly acquiring resources, allies, and experience. Along the way, he met a Solar called the Mufti of the Teachings of Dawn, who had also been bested and spared by the Grey Rider. Together, along with a small band of loyal Delzhan warriors, they infiltrated the Underworld. The expedition, however, met with disaster in the form a patrolling army of the First and Forsaken Lion. The Mufti of the Teachings of Dawn was slain, but once again, for reasons unknown, the Abyssal forces spared Abe Tavin, and he escaped back to the land of the living.

Now, Abe continues his ambassadorial duties, but between negotiating trade deals and promoting obscure tribes, he plans for a second invasion of the Underworld, convinced that Carisel is still alive and waiting for him.

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