Character:Invisible Crow Hunter

Game: Once More, With Feeling!.

Invisible Crow Hunter
Caste:Night
Concept: Crusading gunslinger

• Theme Song: Metal Gear Solid 3 Theme

Motivation

To avenge his family on the Deathlords and their followers

Intimacies

The Memory of his family (Love) [+] Hatred of the undead [-] The Destruction of the Deathlords and all who follow them (Hatred) [+] (Supernaturally Enforced with Righteous Lion Defense) Corvid Rasp (+) (Friendship) (Supernaturally Enforced with Lunar Bond) Justice (+) The Crusade Unending (Fortitude) (+) (Supernatural - Elusive Dream Defense)

Anima

One mote surcharge, per charm, obvious or not, to prevent the motes spent from counting towards the Night's anima banner. The difficulty of the muting effect is equal to the Night's permanent essence AND cloaks the exalt from the eyes of heaven (Outside of Fate) for the duration. Can also extend anima around himself at the cost of 10 motes to hide his identity. Muting increases the difficulty of all rolls to notice or track ICH by half his Essence, rounded up (3). Once it hits the 11-15 range, the anima is as noticable as any other, except that his personal features are obscured.

ICH's totemic anima is composed of what could be best described as a swarm of targeting reticules orbiting and flying around him, as well as a blindingly bright stylized eye over his eyepatch.

Attributes

• PHYSICAL: Strength 4, Dexterity 5, Stamina 5
• SOCIAL: Charisma 5, Manipulation 3, Appearance 2
• MENTAL: Perception 5, Intelligence 3, Wits 4

Abilities

Caste Abilities

• Awareness: 5
• Dodge: 5
• Athletics: 5
• Larceny: 5
• Stealth: 5

Favored Abilities

• Archery: 5 (Essence Repeaters +3) (3 bonus points)
• Resistance: 4
• Lore: 3
• Survival: 5
• Occult: 3 (The Underworld)
• Ride: 2

Unfavored Abilities

• Melee: 3
• Martial Arts: 2 (Fighting Dirty +3)
• Integrity: 4
• Linguistics: 1 (Old Realm)
• Investigation: 1
• Presence: 2

Backgrounds

Each Background

Artifact 4: The Coronae (twin Essence Guns) Speed 6, Accuracy +3, Damage 14L, Rate 4, Range 300, Flame Type

• Orichalcum Construction; Never Strikes Unintended Target; Generates Own Ammunition

Attunement: 10 motes for both. No activation cost.

Lunar Bond: 5 (AUTOMATIC) (An automatic and modified version of the merit Eternal Vow from the 1E Players Guide is also in effect. Said modification allows for the communication of thoughts, emotions and sensations over extended distances)

Manse 5 (level 3 Manse) (4 Bonus Points) (Gem of Holy Judgement: Level 5 Solar Hearthstone automatically does Aggravated damage to creatures of darkness when attuned to a weapon.)

Manse: Sierra Potage

Crow has named his manse after the old household where he spent his mortal life. It appears to those who are not accompanied by the hearthstone bearer only when the sun is at it’s peak everyday. The inside is sleek and bright, with all the comforts of home. It was used by the previous holder of Crow’s Exaltation as a mere getaway, somewhere quiet to get away from all the fuss of business with the Deliberative. Thus it is still somehow understated and calming. Crow also considers it his “base of operations” or at least somewhere to go when there’s nothing else worth doing. The fact that he gets along reliably well with it’s guardian Cyozenoptra, is a substantial bonus. The manse is located at the top of a large cliff facing a picturesque lake, the exterior is made out of pure white marble with beautiful skylights and large windows, allowing inhabitants to take in the small wonders of Creation. The crowning feature is the inverted glass dome in the middle of the roof, which holds a basketball shaped orb of perfectly balanced, shining essence. The play between the light and glass makes the interior seem as if it is bathed in a kaledoscopic, soft wash of colour.

Cyozenoptra often floats 5 meters or so above the roof in a meditative state when it’s attention is not otherwise called for. It finds some pleasure in being able to absorb and refract so many different flavours of light at one time. It actually knows the surrounding area extremely well, having had millenia to explore for miles around when not maintaining the manse. It speaks by refracting the light inside it’s own facetted body creating different noises depending on the frequency and angle, somehow producing a flutelike voice.

Features:

• Central Control
• Guardian (Cyozenoptra, The Lord of Light) (2nd Circle Demon of Ligier)
• Magical Conveniences (twice)
  • Automatically prepares food when given ingredients
  • Automatic and flawless cleaning and maintanence of all rooms and furniture
  • An essence display screen that can create any picture as voice described by the user and save it for later use
  • A roof that always shows the stars at night no matter how cloudy the day is, cloud cover, etc.
  • Lights that perfectly simulate the appearance and feel of sunlight
  • Any furniture can be created with the right material and appropriate specifications given. It may take a few hours for it to be ready for assembly
  • Lights can be modified by voice (including activated, deactivated, etc.)
  • Preternatually comfortable bedding , furniture, etc.
  • Water filtration systems that can dispense deliciously cool water on command in the right locations (water is taken from the nearby lake)
  • Recordings of soothing music on a variety of different First-Age instruments can be played on command
• Integrated Essence Artillery
  • 1 Storm Hammer
  • 1 Essence Twister
  • 1 (2-dot) Light Implosion Bow
• Well-flavoured Aspect

Both the Coronae and the Gem of Holy judgement were found in a manse that Crow was led to by extraordinarily vivid dreams. The hearthstone was found set in the core-chamber, as if no one had ever walked in the Solar-Aspected Manse since it was first created.

Artifact 2: Essence-Woven Duster (same stats as Artifact reinforced Buff Jacket) Soak: +7/10B - Hardness 5L/5B - Mobility -1 - Attune 3 motes

Crow was able to get this duster as payment from a rich Terrestrial beyond the Threshold after cleaning up a ghost problem that she was unwilling to have made public.

Artifact 4 - Essence Map of Creation.

• This palm-sized disk shows a map of Creation projected out of Essence when attuned. It can also be edited to show territorial lines, cities, etc. It gives the user's location in Creation on the map.

Attunement: 3 motes

A treasure Crow found in the catacombs underneath Sijan, held by a Nephwrack that was as powerful as it was mad.

Resources: 4

Contacts: 3

Charms

All Excellencies for Free

Archery

• Accuracy Without Distance
• There is No Wind
• Essence Arrow Attack (Fire Arrow Attack, Righteous Judgement Arrow)
• Trance of Unhesitating Speed (4 Bonus Points)
• Arrow Storm Technique (4 Bonus Points)
• Rain of Feathered Death
• Thousand Arrows Cloud Attack
• Sunlight Through Cracks
• Futility of Defense

Resistance

• Durability of Oak Meditation
• Iron Skin Concentration
• Body-Mending Meditation
• Warrior's Adversity Divestment

Occult

• Spirit-Cutting-Attack

Athletics

• Lightning Speed
• Foe-Vaulting Method
• Monkey-Leap Technique
• Feather-Foot Style
• Graceful Crane Stance
• Perfect Poise Stance
• Racing Hare Method
• Sunbeam Pursuing Alacrityx2
• Increasing Strength Exercise
• Unconquered Strength
• Adamant Crushing Grip
• Hill-Hurling Might

Awareness

• Keen Sight Technique
• Unsurpassed Sight Discipline
• Surprise Anticipation Method
• Eye of the Unconquered Sun

Dodge

• Shadow Over Water
• Seven Shadow Evasion
• Leaping Dodge Method
• Reflexive Sidestep Technique
• Decoy of Earth and Branch
• Flow Like Blood
• Dancing Shadow Evasion

Stealth

• Easily Overlooked Presence Method
• Mental Invisibility Technique
• Shadow at Noon

Integrity

• Righteous Lion Defense (Negative Intimacy towards the Tyranny of the Deathlords) (10 XP)
• Temptation Resisting Stance (Conviction) (10XP)
• Elusive Dream Defense (The Crusade Unending) (Fortitude)

Survival

• Hardship Surviving Mendicant Spirit
• Elemental Resisting Prana
• Eternal Elemental Harmony

Larceny

• Door Evading Technique
• Lock-Opening Touch
• Wall-Surpassing Method

Essence

Essence:5 #
Personal:25 #
Peripheral:47/60 #
Committed: 13 #

Willpower

10

Virtues

Compassion: 4
Conviction: 5
Temperance: 3
Valor: 3

Limit Break

Heart of Flint (Conviction):

There are times when Invisible Crow Hunter can no longer stand any delay. The memories of his family cry out for vengeance and sitting around discussing how it should be done solves nothing. If no one is willing to take the necessary actions to see his goals met, then he will do it alone.

When under Limit Break, Invisible Crow Hunter becomes cold and uncaring. He is not sadistic, but only cares about getting something done as efficiently as possible. If the best way to get the exact directions to a new Shadowland is torturing it out of a death cultist, then so be it.

Equipment

Artifact 4: The Coronae (twin Essence Guns) Speed 6, Accuracy +3, Damage 14L, Rate 4, Range 300, Flame Type

• Orichalcum Construction; Never Strikes Unintended Target; Generates Own Ammunition

Attunement: 10 motes for both. No activation cost

Artifact 2: Essence-Woven Duster (same stats as Artifact reinforced Buff Jacket) Soak: +7/10B - Hardness 5L/5B - Mobility -1 - Attune 3 motes

Knife: It's a regular knife, for food and combat!

History

He doesn't talk much about where exactly he's from. He just tells his story to those who ask without giving any specific location. He used to live as a regular man, farming with his family. his wife and children. They weren't rich and sometimes went hungry, but they were content. Until his farmstead was attacked by a pack of hungry ghosts somehow working in concert with each other. He stood and fought for as long as he could, losing his left eye in the process. Yet while blood covered his vision, he found that he could SEE through it still, he saw a 4-armed Sun God urge him on to victory and his destiny...then when he had cut a swathe through the hungry ghosts, he saw another ghost, one with pits of nothingness for eyes, leading and organizing them. This was not a random attack. It had been planned. Since then, Invisible Crow Hunter has been travelling Creation, trying to find out why. He's learned about dark masters of the Underworld, holding ghost and mortal alike under their heel. He knows they have something to do with it, and he won't stop until he finds them all and makes them pay. It is in pursuit of this that he changed his name and became the greatest shooter in all of Creation

Personality

Invisible Crow Hunter is a taciturn man who doesn’t like to make big speeches or trust pretty words, but when he speaks, it is with an unexpected authority that people can feel in their bones. Despite his rough exterior, his conviction is tempered with a soft heart towards those who are in need of aid. He will often help others, not asking for a reward if he can see that they can’t afford it.

Merits and Flaws

Each Merit and Flaw

Describe the Merit/Flaw and it's cost

Flaw: Enemy 4 (The Weaver of Emerald Flames)

Experience Points 2