Editing Nobilis Enlightened (section)

= Imperator - The Shepherdess of Light =


1. ‘Omneaum(a) became aware. In its awareness, it found loneliness. It saw potential, good, an impossibility. 

2. Omneaum gave way to potential, and made the impossible possible. It was, things became. 

3. Enlightenment arose, and so did I, Whole, Complete, bearing the Gifts of Aether (b), Light, Vaveram (c), Maricarum (d), Endeon (e), and Causality. 

4. Omneaum’s legacy I shall honour and hold safe, now and forever, till the hour I too stand alone between Impossibility and Despair.’

- The Glorious One, the Shepherdess of Light, Imperator of Enlightenment -

(a) Omneaum: The Original Absolute Void

(b) Aether: Estate of 'Absolute Potential', the 'Impossible made Possible', the very basic element of creation from which all matter and life flowed. It was said to have been more abundant in space.   (Now excruciated, succeeded in part by the estate of 'Magic')

(c)Vaveram: Estate of Spontaneous Sentience and Awareness (Now Excruciated. Never replaced.)

(d) Maricarum: Estate of Great Miracles through Personal Sacrifice (Now excruciated, succeeded by the estate of 'Magic' and 'Sacrifice')

(e)Endeon: Estate of the 'Lone Wolf Phenomenon', wherein those fighting against overwhelming odds are always guaranteed victory. Better known in our time as the 'Storm Trooper effect'. (Now excruciated)

[[File:Resonance-of-Fate-Game-3.jpg|200px|thumb|Deus Ex Machina]]

Having predated the Imperators of 'Name', the Shepherdess is nameless and formless. Those who are fortunate enough to know her identify her as 'The Glorious One, the Shepherdess of Light', or, simply, 'The Shepherdess'. Having come into being before the birth of the concept of 'form' or even 'matter' and 'physical law', she is without form in the physical universe. She used to communicate with her agents in the physical universe through pulses of light and ripples in a fountain of light. Needless to say, a lot of liberty had been taken in deciphering her wishes. Recently, however, the Chief Engineer of the Sanctum, Orphus, has devised an ingenious megastructure, the Deus Ex Machina, a gigantic clockwork device that allows the Shepherdess to see into the physical realm and engage with it using a gigantic, rather clumsy steel claw and communicate using a ticker-tape telegram machine.

(Interestingly, having also preceded the Imperator of Gender, she is, or, at least, was, in essence, genderless. However, around 300 B.C. she became a part of debate amongst philosophers as an example of a being who must be 'of the default gender'. For some reason it was decided that the default gender was female, and so the Shepherdess has since been considered to be of the female persuasion. Not that she really cares. It is suspected that the Noble of Women had something to do with this, but that's a tale for another time.)

Prophesized successor of Ananda and future Shepherdess of the Fifth Age, the Glorious One has purposely been denied a seat on the Council of Four, for her ways are that of the ‘Enlightened’, incompatible with the ways of the other council-members. She earns Lord Entropy and Ananda’s tolerance for her existence only through her service in the Valde Bellum and her Light’s importance in maintaining the Weirding Wall, a task that consumes almost the entirety of her attention and being (much to Lord Entropy’s and Ananda’s satisfaction). 

The Heavens despise her, for an Angel of Creation she is not, and yet she brought forth the first Light that made everything that was Beautiful possible. Only the fact that her Light is necessary for beauty and this fact alone earns her the toleration of Heaven. The Wild would have nothing to do with her, for there is no freedom in sacrifice.The Hells, the Darkness and the Light all loath her, for not only is she the voice of wisdom that transcends not just the Corruption that the Hells endeavour towards, but she is also the voice that moves all beings towards becoming more than the matter they are made from, transcending what they are, pushing them ever onwards towards a greater purpose not only in life but also in death. Those who follow her code wish for naught else but the glory of dying for a greater good. 

It is unclear what her true nature or form is. Nobody seems to remember when she came to be, or how for that matter. Some suspect she is one of the Heavenly legion, an Angel, but not only do the Heavens and its angelic denizens despise her at the best of times, her ways are most definitely not that of Heaven. Some surmise that she is a fallen Angel, but the cause of Hell she does not serve. It is highly possible that she is a True God, but all of creation knows they did not appear until long after the Angels had begun the Great Work. Recently, when passings of the Transcendants were properly documented in AP 4732, it was surmised that she is perhaps a Transcendant who somehow chose to settle upon the World Ash, perhaps one of the Charitable. Said document is Creation's closest description of the Shepherdess' nature, her gifts being her Estates and her Law.


=='''Vow of the Enlightened'''==

1)	Everything has a cause and an end. The Enlightened shall embrace this.

2)	Noble deeds are of Noble cause and Noble ends. The Enlightened shall serve this.

3)	The Impossible has a cause and the Enlightened transcends its end. The Enlightened shall surpass this.


1)	Everything has a cause and an end. The Enlightened shall embrace this. - One thing leads to another. And at the end of all things is an ‘end’. 

2)	Noble deeds are of Noble cause and Noble ends. The Enlightened shall serve this. - Every good act must be good of purpose and good of result. This clause seems to fail to (most probably purposely) mention anything regarding the means. Taking the most liberal interpretation, a ‘Noble deed’ can have means as lacking in morals as a psychotic mass murderer, and yet still be considered ‘Noble’ in the eyes of the ‘Enlightened’. What matters is the cause, the intention and the ends. Everything in between matters naught. 

3)	The Impossible has a cause and the Enlightened transcends its end. The Enlightened shall surpass this. -	The ultimate sacrifice can conquer anything, even the impossible. This is the one true ‘Miracle’, Magic at its purest, one that allows the Enlightened to surpass his/her own end and achieve greatness through sacrifice. The Shepherdess safeguards the cause of all who sacrifice themselves for a greater purpose, guaranteeing them the miraculous magic of success. 

==Details==

'''Estates''': Light, Determinism, Magic, Chivalry, Intelligence, Honour, Loyalty, Courage, Hope, Justice, Karma, Logic, Alchemy, Sacrifice, Curiosity, Sun, Moon, Stars


'''Excruciated Estates''': Aether, Vaveram, Maricarum, Endeon, Astelumina


'''Dynasty Points :''' 8


'''Qualities:''' 

Great Harvest (2)

Cold (-1)

Demanding (-1)



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