Amaranth

a character for Ryan L's Fates_Intertwined.
"BEHAVE!"

Singer of Anthems Amaranthine

• Caste: Fiend Caste Infernal
• Concept: Team Mom, Creation's worst mom
• The sole remnant of her unwoven coadjutor's bisclaveret nature is her hair, which from a distance appears merely extremely dark, and very fine: at close range, it becomes apparent that her hair is no longer composed of individual strands but is rather a contiguous fluid mass of shadow. She usually also chooses to continually manifest some mutations from By Rage Recast: her favourites are a pair of feathery wings and gazelle legs.

Motivation

• become immortal

Intimacies

Natural

Negative

- those temeritous enough to take action against her (outrage)
- philistines who don't appreciate her art (contempt)
- bullies (contempt)
- those who enjoy privilege unearned (envy)
- incompetents who reach above themselves (contempt)
- obstructive bureaucrats (annoyance)
- prudes (contempt)
- censors (contempt)

Positive

- the Wolf at the Edge of the World (true love)
- those who treat her with courtesy (reciprocal courtesy)
- those who appreciate her talents (flattered affirmation)
- those who suffer unjustly (sympathy)
- allies who've proven trustworthy (respect)
- beautiful things (appreciation)
- a really good story (excitement)

Anima

Her dark hair unfurls untouched from its usually-severe bun, spilling down her shoulders and back like a fall of black water, as shadows puddle on the floor at her feet. The closer she comes to her full totemic manifestation, the more details deepen into darkness, until she becomes a mere silhouette of shadow. Actinic green light carves a mandala of interlocking rings that revolve behind her in a stately dance, each combination of Old Realm letters spelling out a new and blasphemous parable extolling Amaranth's Three Immortal Virtues: to give, to control, to sympathise

Attributes

Physical

• Strength 2
• Dexterity 2
• Stamina 3

Social

• Charisma 1
• Manipulation 5
• Appearance 5

Mental

• Perception 3
• Intelligence 3
• Wits 3

Abilities

Caste

Linguistics 5

Favored

Presence 5
Performance 5
Occult 5 (+3 Yozi Charms)
Martial Arts 4
Lore 2 (+3 stories)

Unfavored

Resistance 4
Integrity 5

Backgrounds

Cult 5

Amaranth's Cult is scattered and disparate, consisting almost entirely of avid readers who have been affected by one of her texts. Periodically, Amaranth publishes works that serve to do nothing but compel readers to utter a prayer of thanksgiving for such a beautiful piece, which funnels a steady breath of prayer her way. At the moment, her cult has few priests (mainly local publishers, who cultivate the fan-worship of the mysterious celebrity poet) and no real catechism, although this might change.

Backing: the Ebon Dragon 1

The Yozi occasionally deigns to utter some cryptic mutterings that might be taken for approbation of his Chosen.

Influence: the Ebon Dragon 1

While the Yozi has not delegated any responsibility to her personally, her status as a Green Sun Princess accords her automatic status in Malfeas.

Backing: the Guild 1

She is a small-time shareholder, just maintaining enough of a stake to gain access to the Guild's information channels and to earn preferential treatment when it comes time to publish (and if necessary, smuggle) her works.

Influence: artistic circles 3

The extreme popularity of her works (and her correspondingly mysterious public persona) make her a persistent favourite of the artistic set, who laud every new release with voluminous praise and fervid emulation.

Artifact 1: Nakik's Beak

A vitriol-tainted moonsilver baneclaw, for use as a martial arts weapon. A relic created for the First Age Lunar Nakik by Queen K'tula, his adoring mate, it surfaced in Malfeas after the Usurpation.

Artifact 2: skin-mount amulet

An obsidian piece of jewellery set in the base of her spine.

Manse 3: Stone of Conviction

A Malfean-aspected manse grants her this hearthstone: it empowers her with indomitable will, sometimes to her own detriment.

Manse 5: Gem of Perfected Mobility

An Adorjani-aspected manse grants her this hearthstone: it enables her to act and move much faster than she might appear able to. It reduces the Speed of all actions by half, but is not compatible with Extra-Action Charms.

Past Lives 5: Queen K'tula

Her First Age incarnation was the demented and brilliant Queen K'tula, whose attempt to explore the effect of Wyld energies on Exaltations resulted in the tragic transformation of her mate into a mindless monster. Her fascination with his new form, stemming from an inability to come to terms with her own guilt, eventually drove her to embrace the Charms of Kimbery.

Lunar Bond 5: True Love

Amaranth has inherited her predecessor's devotion to her Lunar mate.

• Motivation: to demonstrate to all the glory that is Kimbery and her power
• Intimacies: positive (love my mate, appreciate beauty), negative (deny guilt, don't let anyone get close, my own perfection)

Infamy 3

As the Ebon Dragon's chosen solution to the burgeoning Neverborn threat, Amaranth's specialised and important portfolio has given her a position of prominence amongst the Green Sun Princes, and allotted her a greater-than-usual share of celebrity and resources.

• Backing: the Reclamation 3
• Mentor: Reclamation Yozis 3
• Influence: the Demon Realm 3
• Resources 3
• 'floating' points 3: currently Spies 3

Flaws

Great Curse 5

As a special agent of the Yozis, Amaranth also has a shorter leash.

Amnesia 3

The trauma of the events leading to her Exaltation has led Amaranth to forget her life prior to her Second Breath, although some lingering affectations remain: a fondness for stories, children, and a deep-seated fear of being betrayed.

Charms

the Ebon Dragon

- First Ebon Dragon Excellency x5 (gratis)
- Ebon Dragon Inevitability Technique (gratis)
1. Effortless Ebon Dragon Dominance
2. Ebon Dragon Yozi-Body Unity
3-4. A World of Fools (HFE) x2
5. Loom-Snarling Deception
6. Eldritch Secrets Mastery
7. Witness to Darkness
8. Life-Blighting Emptiness Attack
9. Wickedness Beyond Life
10. Sweet Agony Savoured
11. Feast of Falling Tears*
12-13. Golden Years Tarnished Black (IM) x2
14. Weak Minds Believe Anything (IM)
15. Want Becomes Need (IM)
16. Everything Gets Worse (IM)
17. Bible of Broken Truths (IM)
18. Memory Poison Mastery (IM)
19. Twisted Yesterdays Curse (IM)
20. Unreasoning Prejudice Infliction (IM)
21. Glories That Never Were (IM)
22. Nemesis Self Imagined Anew
23. Sorcerous Enlightenment of the Ebon Dragon

Kimbery

1. Mother Sea Mastery (BWC)
2-3. Spiteful Sea Tincture (BWC) x2
4. Venomous Montage Medium*
5. Intolerable Burning Truths: Hatred Springs Eternal (BWC)
6. All Things Betray (BWC)
7-8. Bitter Heart Unbleeding (BWC) x2
9. Fathomless Poison Haven (BWC)
10. Tidal Renewal Discipline (BWC)
11. Sea Dissolves Herself (BWC)
12. Sea Within Veins Prana (BWC)
13. The Tide Turns (IM)
14. Sanguine Submersion Slumber*
15-16. Ichor Flux Tendrils x2

She Who Lives in Her Name

1. Factual Determination Analysis
2. Epic Zeal of Conviction

Malfeas

1. By Pain Reforged
2. By Rage Recast

Cecelyne

1. Transcendent Desert Creature
2. Sand Through Fingers Defence
3. Soul-Sieve Transmutation
4. Soul-Sand Devil Shintai

Adorjan

1. Sacred Kamilla's Inhalation
2. Broken Silence Laughter Defence
3. Freedom Lets Go
4. Tragic Love Amusement

Heretical

1. Nomads of Waste and Wave

Spells

1. Slave-Spawn Summons
2. Emerald Countermagic

Combos

Soul-Bleeding Shadows
1. First Ebon Dragon Excellency + 2. All Things Betray + 3. Bitter Heart Unbleeding + 4. Life-Blighting Emptiness Attack + 5. Broken Silence Laughter Defence + 6. The Tide Turns +7. By Pain Reforged

Shadow Scripture 1. First Ebon Dragon Excellency + 2. Golden Years Tarnished Black + 3. Broken Silence Laughter Defence + 4. Factual Determination Analysis

Golden Memories Tarnished Black has the following effects:
- targets memories
- magically either creates a new negative Intimacy or corrupts an existing one
- new Intimacies cost 3wp to repair
- altered ones cost 5wp
- alternately for 1m, creates a positive Intimacy of addiction or fetishistic joy
- characters will pursue their particular vice unless driven to perform some essential activity, and cannot refuse temptation
- blame for the corrupted memory can be reassigned to a target of her choosing
- for 1m, the victim retains and idolises everything good about the memory while rejecting anything bad
- creates a positive Intimacy
- victims add (Willpower/2) to their MDV to resist having this Intimacy altered
- if this positive Intimacy is ever removed, the victim instantly gains a negative Intimacy as per GYTB
- altered memories must be refused on the spot, or repaired only in response to appropriate stimuli
- costs (lowest or highest of target's Virtue in motes, no wp cost) when used against a mortal, natural animal, Essence 1 magical being, First Circle demon
- if one of the above targets is led to believe that they are responsible for a horrible memory, they lose (6-Compassion) points of additional wp, and if this leads to 0 wp, their will breaks and they commit suicide
- adds bonus dice equal to (Essence)
- must be used on any non-extra who speaks of a treasured memory, or she gains a point of Limit
- can for 2m be made Sorcerous, and becomes impervious to wp expenditure
- compels victims to resist external attempts to alter enchanted Intimacies with the best non-magical defences available
- they can voluntarily stop resisting for a cost of 5wp
- cannot voluntarily take steps to remove the enchanted Intimacy, unless they pay 1wp per scene
- every time the victim sleeps, their nightmares repair (wp points regained from sleep) scenes of Intimacy damage

Essence

• Essence: 5
• Personal: 25/25
• Peripheral: 55/55 +10 (Sweet Agony Savoured, refilled with LBEA) +10 (amulet)
• Committed to Charms:
• Committed to artifacts:
• Willpower: 10/10
• Anima status:

Virtues

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

Limit Break

Torment of Kimbery One of her positive Intimacies becomes negative. She can't gain positive Intimacies for 5 days. She can't knowingly help someone whose relationship with her has been subverted unless it's out of desperate self-interest

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 (x4 Devil-Body)
• (wounds are designated as bashing, lethal or aggravated)

Equipment

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History

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XP

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