Character:Sevda Eztli

Sevda Eztli

Caste: Dawn Caste, Solar Exalted
Concept: Hot-blooded General from Halta with lion and Fair Folk entourage.
Game: Once more, with feeling!

With her unnrelentingly combat skills, dominating personality, and alluring features that would make a Fey concubine deathly jealous, Sevda lives every moment to its fullest in search of an ultimate purpose. A terrifying enemy, and invaluable ally. Hobbies include sparring, hiking, stunting, and spending WP.

Image Song: Sorairo Days (Gurren Lagann Opening)
Battle Theme: Materialise (Yuki Kajiura)
Voice Actress: Colleen Clinkenbeard (Falis, Murder Princess)

Motivation

• Bulwark Creation from all outward threats

2nd Motivation (via Unhesitating Dedication)

• Become worthy of the title of First Dawn

Intimacies

• The People of Halta (+)
• Self-determination for all of Creation (Protected with Righteous Lion Defense)
• Sun and Moon United in Splendor (+) (True Love)

Anima

• Piercing rays of light surround her as if the sun has just crested the horizon, originating from her Castemark. As her anima approaches totemic status her Castemark seems to become superimposed above her, until at last the mark becomes the image of a raging lion with braided mane and war tattoos, lunging and swiping in time with Sevda's movements.

Attributes

PHYSICAL

Strength: 5, Dexterity: 5, Stamina, 4

SOCIAL

Charisma: 5, Manipulation: 2, Appearance: 5

MENTAL

Perception: 3, Intelligence: 3, Wits: 4

Abilities

Caste Abilities

• Archery: 0
• Martial Arts: 0
• Melee: 5 (Swords +3)
• Thrown: 4
• War: 5

Favored Abilities

• Athletics: 5 (Showing Off +1)
• Integrity: 5
• Performance: 3
• Presence: 3
• Resistance: 3
• Ride: 3
• Stealth: 4

Unfavored Abilities

• Awareness: 3
• Bureaucracy: 1
• Dodge: 1
• Linguistics: 2 (Native Forest-tongue, Old Realm, Riverspeak)
• Lore: 2
• Occult: 3
• Survival: 1

Backgrounds

Ghatotkacha

• Ally 1 - Raksha Noble, "Warrior-Entertainer in Voluntary Exile"
  • This eccentric Raksha became Sevda's prisoner shortly after her Exaltation, and has grown attached to her. In exchange for Essence and emotion overflow to feed on, he lends his unique talents when Sevda requires them. He disappears occasionally when a Wyld zone is nearby, however.

Two Heavens As One

• Artifact 5 (Attune 10)
  • An incredibly ancient weapon, the eternal partner of Xiuhcoatl Itotia, the legendary First Dawn and grand master of war throughout the Primordial War and First Age. This awe-inspiring weapon dates back to the Primordial War, and has survived through three ages.

Appearance: Outwardly its mighty blade spans a full six feet and a foot across, and closer inspection reveals that it is actually two swords in one, a complex sorcerous rune forming the seam where the two blades fuse along its length. When separated by the attuned wielder, the weapon splits into two double-edged blades. Joining together again, the weapons form a broad, vaguely leaf-shaped grand daiklave blade.

Powers

• Holy: Most fundamental to the weapon’s function, Two Heavens is considered Holy and deals aggravated damage to Creatures of Darkness.

• Bifurcated Weapon: Not content to rely solely on the overwhelming power of the grand daiklave design, Xiuhcoatl’s partner is designed to split apart into matching daiklaves. By spending a single mote and performing a Miscellaneous Action, Two Heavens splits into two weapons with the statistics of regular Orichalcum daiklaves. The blades do not inflict off-hand penalties when wielded together. An additional Miscellaneous Action and mote expenditure joins the blades into their full form again.

• River of Steel: While in bifurcated mode, Two Heavens drives away harm from its wielder. If either blade is used to parry, the wielder may ignore up to (Essence) penalties to DV.

• Aura Edge: While in grand daiklave mode, Two Heavens glows with an aura perceptible to mortal eyes. This aura is actually razor sharp, and will slice into anyone who crosses blades with the wielder. Attacks in this mode are considered unblockable.

• Hearthstone Sockets: Finally, the entire artifact bears two settings for hearthstones. When separated, each blade has a single setting.

Artifact 3

• Orichalcum Reinforced Breastplate (Attune 4)

Command 3

• Company of lion soldiers from Halta under her direct command.

Sun and Moon United in Splendor

• Lunar Bond 5 & Eternal Vow
  • (description coming soon)

Resources 3

• Command salary, personal wealth, and random earnings/offerings while traveling.

Charms

Charms purchased with experience are marked with (XP). Non-core Charms include their source.

Athletics

• Graceful Crane Stance (3m, maintains perfect balance on any surface at least as wide as a human hair)
• Monkey Leap Technique (3m, jump distances are doubled and may be performed with a movement action)
• Foe-Vaulting Method (1m, add Athletics in dice to any further attempts to re-establish surprise)

Dodge

• Reflex Sidestep Technique (1m, an unexpected attack becomes expected)

Integrity

• Integrity-Protecting Prana (5m;1wp, protects from directly altering Shaping effects)
• Destiny-Manifesting Method (permanently increases the difficulty of rolled Shaping effects against Sevda by 2)
• Righteous Lion Defense (cannot be convinced to defy her "Self-determinatino for all of Creation" Intimacy)
• Unhesitating Dedication (4m;1wp, treat up to (Conviction) Intimacies as another Motivation. This charm can create Intimacies if not already held.)
• Temptation-Resisting Stance (6m, increases Dodge MDV by Temperance for a scene, or another Virtue if Storyteller allows)
• Elusive Dream Defense (5m, creates or reinforces an Intimacy as a perfect defense against mental influence)
• (XP) Transcendent Hero's Meditation (10m;4wp, removes all long-term Compulsion, Illusion, and Servitude effects. One unsoakable aggravated health level can be substituted for the mote cost if Sevda is unable to pay.)
• (XP) Phoenix Renewal Tactic: Valor (whenever Sevda recovers Willpower, she may instead recover a Channel for Valor)

Linguistics

• Sagacious Reading of Intent (3m, identifies the motivation behind a statement, and perfectly defends against it if it would violate Sevda's Motivation or be hostile to her)

Lore

• Essence Lending Method (3m, transfer up to (Essencex3) motes to another target)

Melee

• Dipping Swallow Defense (2m, remove penalties to Parry DV for a single instance)
• Bulwark Stance (5m, ignore all penalties to Parry DV until next action)
• Heavenly Guardian Defense (Conviction Flaw) (4m, perfectly parry a single expected attack)
• Call the Blade (1m, reflexively ready a dedicated weapon)
• Summoning the Loyal Steel (1m, commit cost to stoe a dedicated weapon Elsewhere)
• (XP) Hungry Tiger Technique (1m, doubles extra successes on a melee-attack roll for the purposes of determining extra damage)
• (XP) Fire and Stones Strike (1-5m, adds 1 die of post-soak damage for each mote spent, up to Strength in motes.)
• (XP) Glorious Golden Edge (enhances Fire and Stones Strike, allowing Sevda to spend as many motes on it as she wishes. Spending more than Strength motes makes the Charm Obvious.)
• (XP) Foe-Cleaving Force (+1wp, enhances Fire and Stones Strike, allowing Sevda to pay one Willpower to convert (Essence) dice of damage into automatic successes)
• (XP) Foe-Cleaving Force (a second purchase further enhances Fire and Stones Strike, allowing extra damage dice to be converted after a Willpower has been spent. Every three dice may be converted into one level of damage.)
• (XP) Iron Raptor Technique (2m or 4m, performs a Melee attack at range (Essencex8 yards) by hurling the blade and letting it return. By spending 4 motes, the Charm launches an arc of essence, making it unblockable without a stunt or Charm).
• (XP) Blazing Solar Bolt (3m;1wp, unleashes a bolt of solar fire out to (Essencex10) yards, ignoring cover, and is unblockable and undodgeable without a stunt or charm. Creatures of Darkness take aggravated damage.)
• (XP) Fivefold Bulwark Stance (5m;1wp, ignores onslaught and reduces defense penalties from actions by 1, minimum of 0, for the rest of the scene)
• (XP) Gilded Champion Refuge (2m, defends willing allies within (Dexterity) yards with Sevda's Parry DV for the remainder of the tick)

Occult

• Spirit-Detecting Glance (3m, able to sense nearby spirits within normal range)
• Spirit-Cutting Attack (1m, allows attacks to target dematerialized spirits, dealing aggravated damage in the process.)

Resistance

• (XP) Body Mending Meditation (10m, increases healing rate by 10 with a Stamina+Resistance success)

Thrown

• (XP) Observer-Deceiving Attack (3m, witnesses watching Sevda need (Essence) successes on a Wits+Awareness roll to notice the thrown attack. Difficulty decreases by 1 for each consecutive attack with this Charm)
• (XP) Falling Icicle Strike (1m, causes damage successes dealt with any unexpected attack to be counted twice)

War

• (XP) Swift Solar Strategy (grants the option to reduce the speed of Coordinate Attack and Coordinate Units actions by up to 2, with a minimum speed of 2)

Combos

Lion Rips The Heart

• Hungry Tiger Technique + Fire and Stones Strike + Spirit-Cutting Attack For an instant, Sevda's weapon glows with a soft golden light before she strikes with lightning speed. An after-image of the strike lingers for a second in the air, a trail of Essence razor-sharp to the touch. This blow is capable of slicing anything, even the bodies of immaterial spirits.

Essence

• Permanent Essence: 5
  • Personal Motes: 25
  • Peripheral Motes: 40(58)

• Committed: 18

Dodge DV: 6(5)

Willpower

OOOOO OOOOO (Willpower 10/10)
Dodge MDV: 10

Virtues

• Compassion: 2
• Conviction: 5
• Temperance: 1
• Valor: 5

Limit Break

Deliberate Cruelty

• Consumed by ideals and defying all trace of mercy or empathy, Sevda becomes deadly serious in the pursuit of her goals, calmly inflicting terrible anguish on all who get in the way, and outright slaughtering those who directly oppose her. Her mind becomes pre-occupied with all the times she was backed into a corner with no other options, and she will not be reasoned with. By maintaining partial control, Sevda will refrain from killing anyone, but will still maim or cripple them, for in her mind it is simply visiting a pain they will need to overcome.

Equipment

Two Heavens As One

• Grand Daiklave mode: Speed 5, Accuracy 16, Damage 17L/4, Parry DV 7, Rate 3 Tag: Piercing
• Bifurcated mode: Speed 5, Accuracy 17, Damage 11L, Parry DV 8, Rate 4 (8 total)

Charms

• Iron Raptor Technique: Speed 5, Range 40
• Blazing Solar Bolt: Speed 4, Accuracy 15, Damage 15L, Rate 1, Range 50

Exceptional Fighting Gauntlets (+1 Acc, Dmg, Def)

• Speed 5, Accuracy 11, Damage 11B, Parry DV 7, Rate 2
• Speed 6, Accuracy 5, Damage 9B, Parry DV -, Rate 1 Tag: Piercing

Perfect Knife (+2 Acc, +1 Dmg, Rate)

• Speed 5, Accuracy 13, Damage 8L, Parry DV 5, Rate 4
• Speed 5, Accuracy 10, Damage 8L, Rate 4, Range 15

Knife (2 hidden on person)

• Speed 5, Accuracy 11, Damage 7L, Parry DV 5, Rate 3
• Speed 5, Accuracy 8, Damage 7L, Rate 3, Range 15

Unarmed Fighting

• Clinch: Speed 6, Accuracy 5, Damage 5B, Parry DV -, Rate 1 Tag: Piercing
• Kick: Speed 5, Accuracy 5, Damage 8B, Parry DV 3, Rate 2
• Punch: Speed 5, Accuracy 5, Damage 5B, Parry DV 3, Rate 3

Soak: 14L/15B/12A (Reinforced Orichalcum Breastplate: 12L/11B/12A, -1 mobility penalty)
Hardness: 9L/9B

History

Born in a quiet village in the Kingdom of Halta, Sevda learned early in life to survive on her own. Her parents were never active in her life; they died when she was very young in a Linowan raid. She was raised in a village populated with intelligent animals far from the main Haltan territories. All her life she had to struggle for status and recognition, being the only human in her village. Despite this setback, her indomitable spirit earned her a lieutenant position in the local lion militia at the unprecedented age of 15.

This earned her a two year tour of duty throughout the land of Halta, and her small world view was expanded in all directions. She saw that others struggled and fought just as she did, and her sense of patriotism swelled.

However, many outside influences threatened Halta. Sevda did not trust the Bull of the North, despite his growing popularity, for she felt he did not have the best interests in mind of Halta, or the rest of the East for that matter. Plus, there was Jango Revis, the Deceiver Anathema of the far East who was said to have significant pull in one of the Fair Folk courts.

While stationed at the southern edge of Halta’s territory, Sevda and her company of 500 encountered The Immortal Scholar, Anathema ally of Jango Revis, and his enclave of Fair Folk minions seeking passage to a major Haltan settlement. Sevda refused, and dared to stand him down. At the instant her mind was made up, time seemed to stand still, and a light like the rising dawn surrounded her. A voice spoke to her:

“All your life you have fought for yourself. Now that you have all you have desired you stand ready to cast it aside for the sake of others. I give you all that you would need, so that you may stand up for the sake of all Creation. Be my Spear, my Shield; be the First Dawn.”

When the voice ceased, time flowed normally again, but the light like the rising dawn remained. Knowing deep down the power now at her disposal, Sevda commanded her troops to meet the Scholar’s in glorious battle. Though no force at her disposal could harm The Immortal Scholar, his blows rained down fruitlessly as well, while her Faerie troops fell like wheat for the harvest. Sevda managed to capture the Scholar’s strongest Fair Folk ally, and the battle came to a stand still. Deciding to accept his losses, the Scholar retreated, leaving Sevda and her lion troops victorious.

It has been 6 months since that day. Now 17, Sevda has started to come into her power. Some of her troops have deserted, but many more strong, loyal soldiers remain. The Fair Folk prisoner, Ghatotkacha, has grown fond of being Sevda’s prisoner, and she regards him as a special “pet.” She has begun spreading her influence occupying a city-state at the border of Halta. Ultimately, she wishes to raise a Legion the likes of which has not been seen in 1500 years, and lead it in defense of Halta, the East, and all Creation.

Personality

Headstrong, determined, and brimming with seemingly endless energy, Sevda answers all challenges without hesitation, and is loyal to a fault if you can get her on your side. She is generally distrustful of others, having grown up unable to rely on her peers. Better to take what you want than let the other guy snatch it first. Despite this, Sevda does want to make friends, provided they can keep up with her passions.

Bonus Points

30 Points

• -7: Essence 3 to 4
• -5: Backgrounds
• -2: Specialties
• -16: Charms

15 points (non-magical)

• -6: Conviction 3 to 5
• -9: Abilities

XP

Earned: 174

• -7: Integrity 4 to 5
• -5: Thrown 3 to 4
• -32: Essence 4 to 5
• -120: 15 Charms (marked with XP)
• -7: Combo (Lion Rips the Heart)

Goals and Motivations

Raise a First Age Legion of 10,000 troops as the first step to reclaiming Creation for the Solars, along with all the Magitech that can be managed.