Editing Cathak Yuusuka

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==Basic Info==
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'''Name:''' Cathak Yuusuka <br>
'''Aspect:''' [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Fire_Aspect Fire Aspect] [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Dragon-Blood Dragon-Blood]<br>
'''Concept:''' House of Bells alumna&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Nature:''' Bravo<br>
'''Motivation:''' To travel to the ends of the world and beyond to find a cure for the Golden Demon Curse that lays upon her close, childhood friend, [[Ashadar Shan]]<br>
'''Intimacies:''' [[Ashadar Shan]]<br>
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[[Widening_Gyre:Current_Player_Stats#Cathak_Yuusuka|'''Current Status''']]
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==Attributes==
'''PHYSICAL:''' 
* Strength 2 (average strength; lift 160 lbs)
* Dexterity 5 (almost inhumanly swift and graceful)
* Stamina 4 (can march all day without being unduly tired; soak 4 bashing / 2 lethal)

'''SOCIAL:''' 
* Charisma 2 (average charisma)
* Manipulation 2 (average manipulation)
* Appearance 5/7 (by nature, even the most jaded sovereigns turn their heads when she enters the room.  However when wearing her [[#Stone of Inhuman Beauty|Stone of Inhuman Beauty]], she can not be made to look anything but divinely gorgeous.  If dressed in rags and covered in mud, she appears stylishly disheveled.  If disguised to look horribly scarred, she seems to bear noble wounds that must obviously have come from performing some grand feat of heroism.)

'''MENTAL:''' 
* Perception 3 (keeps careful track of what's going on around her)
* Intelligence 2 (average intelligence) 
* Wits 2 (passable at thinking on her feet)
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==Abilities==
'''ASPECT ABILITIES:'''
* Athletics 3 (can work as an acrobat in the circuses of the <span class="plainlinks">[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Realm Realm], not that she would stoop to do so)
* Dodge 5 (can escape harm when fighting an inhumanly skilled <span class="plainlinks">[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Cataphract cataphract] of the [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Fair_Folk Fair Folk])
* Melee 5 (can defeat a skilled soldier while standing on one foot and blindfolded)
** Swords 1
* Presence 3 (can inspire completely demoralized troops before a battle)
* Socialize 2 (can hold her own in court without committing any serious faux pas)

'''FAVORED ABILITIES:'''
* Martial Arts 3 (can skillfully fight multiple opponents)
* Occult 3 (can recognize the difference between real and fake talismans and successfully bargain with moderately powerful gods.)
** Demons 1
* War 4 (can plan a strategy to lead her squad to victory despite being outnumbered and outflanked by superiorly armed troops)

'''OTHER ABILITIES:'''
* Archery 2
* Awareness 3
* Integrity 3
* Linguistics 3
* Lore 3
* Performance 2
* Ride 2
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==Willpower and Virtues==
'''WILLPOWER: 6''' (confident but not unflappable)<br>
'''VIRTUES:'''
* Compassion 1 "Poor child, at least you're safe from the demons now."
* Conviction 3 "What you have done with your mighty essence, I have undone with my bare hands"
* Temperance 2 "Any Realm legionnaire could drink the lot of you yokels under the table without breaking a sweat"
* Valor 3 "...even when the wisest tactic by far is to act with caution, she willfully refuses."
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==Essence and Anima==
'''ESSENCE: 3'''
* <span id="Essence Pool"></span>Essence Pool: 66 (see [[#Beacon of Power|Beacon of Power]])
* Committed Essence: 8
'''ANIMA:'''
*'''Power:''' 5m; Reflexive; 1 Scene.<br>Become immune to natural fire and bursts into flame.  Touch inflicts 3L fire damage.<br>Effect activates automatically for no cost at the 11+ banner level.
 '''Banner   [[#Breeding|Essence]]   Fades One     Flux'''
 '''Level    [[#Breeding|Spent]]     Level After   (1 yard)   FX'''
 0        -         -             -          skin tone is a deep pink<br>
 1        -         1 hour        -          skin tone transitions to a vibrant red, a faint scent
                                             of cinnamon is given off<br>
 2        1-4       1 scene /     -          exhales visible wisps of smoke, air shimmers with heat,
                    20 minutes               Stealth Charms that mute sensory impressions fail, use
                                             of Stealth to hide in natural cover incurs +2 difficulty<br>
 3        5-7       1 scene /     1L per     surrounded by an aura of red, flickering fire, Stealth
                    20 minutes    minute*    is impossible<br>
 4        8-12      1 scene /     1L per     engulfed in a brilliant, crackling, red, yellow, orange
                    20 minutes    9 ticks*   and white bonfire, anima power auto-activates if not
                                             already up<br>
 5        13+       any action    1L per     each expenditure of Essence results in massive, roaring
                    in which      tick       eruptions of flame suffused with images of phoenixes  
                    Essence is               and firebirds
                    not spent<br>
 *Beings that soak Lethal with Stamina are immune
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==Merits and Flaws==
<span id="Legendary Breeding"></span>'''LEGENDARY <span class="plainlinks">[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Backgrounds:Breeding BREEDING]:'''
* (Merit +3) <span class="plainlinks">The pinnicle of physical perfection, a veritable avatar of those ideals and qualities associated with the element of Fire, Yuusuka is the fruit of the <span class="plainlinks">[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Scarlet_Dynasty Scarlet Dynasty]'s labors.  Centuries of arranged marriages, genealogical research and extended research into the inheritance of the [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Elemental_Dragons Blood of the Dragons] has increased the chances of the [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Scarlet_Dynasty Dynasty]'s children [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Exaltation Exalting] and the power of those who did.
<span id="Beacon of Power"></span>'''BEACON OF POWER:'''
* (Flaw -4) <span class="plainlinks">Yuusuka cannot hide her divinity and as such, she only has a single [[#Essence Pool|Essence pool]] equal to the sum of her Personal and Peripheral Essence, all of which is considered Peripheral for the purposes of [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Anima_Banner anima displays].
'''DARK FATE:'''
* (Flaw -5) <span class="plainlinks">Can [[Ashadar Shan|Shan]] save her from the unspeakable plots of the Storyteller?  [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=434030 Stay tuned] to find out!
* Once per scene, if the Storyteller is convinced that it assists in the fulfillment of Yuusuka's destiny *or* in the prevention of her destiny being thwarted, five 'Fate Dice' are rolled. These dice cannot be boosted with any excellency, nor do they add to any dice pool.  Helpful coincidences and other effects are created in service to this Dark Fate with the number of successes rolled determining the usefulness and the size of the fate twisting.
'''SECRETS:'''
* (Flaw -1) <span class="plainlinks">Even if her dabbling into [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Sorcery sorcery] wouldn't cause her to lose standing with her unapproving [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=House_Cathak House], were it to come to light, the fact that several of [[Widening_Gyre:Main_Page#Player Characters|her  associates]] are [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Anathema Anathema] would be enough to ruin her if not brand her a traitor.
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==Backgrounds==
'''ARTIFACT: 5'''
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'''BREEDING: 6'''
* <span class="plainlinks">This superb ancestry adds 6 motes to her Personal Essence pool and 11 motes to her Peripheral Essence pool.  In addition, she reduces the cost of activating her [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Anima_Banner anima banner] by 3 and adds 3 to the roll to determine if her children [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Exaltation Exalt].  The physical signs of [[#Legendary Breeding|Legendary Breeding]] are patently obvious, conferring an additional die on most Social rolls with other [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Dragon-Blood Dragon-Blooded] and mortals who respect or fear the majesty of those chosen by the [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Elemental_Dragons Dragons].  However, the distinctiveness of such [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Backgrounds:Breeding Breeding] adds two to the difficulty of all attempts for Yuusuka to disguise herself as someone else.
'''MANSE: 4'''
* '''The Southern Reflecting Pool'''
** Located approximately 1 km up the southern face of the Imperial Mountain, this manse is located on an outcropping of rock hidden underneath a broad reflecting pool.  While so retracted, the manse gives off no geomantic clues to it's existence appearing simply as an wide basin of aged marble containing the pool.  While standing at the northern end of the pool, anyone attuned to the manse may command it to unretract, causing a steep, marble staircase inlaid with orichalcum, Dragon King hieroglyphics to rise out of the pool.  The apex of the staircase ends in a wide balcony over the center of the pool overlooking the countryside as it sprawls away from the Imperial Mountain to the south.  Though staircase itself has no railings, the balcony is flanked by two balustrades on its eastern and western sides with a capacious altar closing off it's southern side.  While unretracted, the manse magically cleans and purifies the water in the reflecting pool and may self-illuminate at the behest of one attuned to it.
**'''Manse Traits (Oadenol's Codex, pg. 65-76):''' Fragility 1, Greater Veil of Shadows, Habitability 2, Limited Mobility, Magical Conveniences x2, Temple Manse, Well-Flavored Aspect
**<span id="Stone of Inhuman Beauty"></span>'''Hearthstone:''' Stone of Inhuman Beauty - raises Appearance by 4 to a max of 7, nothing short of Solar Circle Sorcery can make its bearer appear anything other than beautiful.
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'''RESOURCES: 3 (currently 2)'''
* <span class="plainlinks">Yuusuka is currently living under reduced circumstances.  Once, she had substantial wealth at her disposal from her marriage, military career and the backing of [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=House_Cathak House Cathak].  Now a widow and having resigned her military career, she has only a modest stipend from her [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=House_Cathak House] to rely on.  The recent acquisition of a copy of [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=The_White_and_Black_Treatises_(book) the White and Black Treatises] during a brief stop in [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Nexus Nexus], as well her extended travels that continue to take her farther afield of the [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Blessed_Isle Blessed Isle] have only strained finances further.
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==Charms==
'''INTEGRITY:'''
* '''Unsleeping Earth Meditation:''' 1m + 1m*; Simple; 1 Day.<br>Go without sleep and suffer no related penalties.  Can use charm for up to 6 sequential days; continued use after that costs 1w per day that can not be regained until after 24 hours of sleep.
* '''Untiring Earth Meditation:''' 5m + 1m*, 1wp; Simple; 1 Day.<br>Does not incur fatigue penalties, although preexisting penalties apply.  Ignore wound penalties up to -3.  Charm ends if fail to remain in contact with the ground at least 1 tick in 6; shoes, cobblestones, etc do not break contact. 
'''LORE:'''
* '''Elemental Bolt Attack:''' (1m per 2L) + 1m*; Simple; Cooperative, Elemental, Leader, Obvious; Instant.<br>Hurl a [[#Combat Quick Stats|bolt of fire]] spending 1 to 4 motes on damage.  See MoEP: DB, pg. 134 for Cooperative effects.
'''MARTIAL ARTS:'''
* '''Five Dragon Claw:''' 1m; Supplemental; Instant.<br>Supplemented attacks inflict lethal damage and ignore a target’s Hardness.
* '''Five Dragon Force Blow:''' 2m; Simple; Instant.<br>Doubles normal ''base damage'' from an attack.  If ''raw damage'' exceeds target’s (Stamina + Resistance), target rolls vs knockdown at diff. 2.
* '''Five Dragon Fortitude:''' 1m per 2B or 1L; Reflexive; Instant.<br>Adds soak.
'''MELEE:'''
* '''First Melee Excellency - Essence Overwhelming:''' 1m per 2d; Reflexive; Instant.<br>May buy up to Melee + Specialties in dice that can be added to a Melee roll or rolled with successes applied directly to an unrolled value.
'''OCCULT:'''
* '''Terrestrial Circle Sorcery:'''
 * Non-aspect surcharge
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==Panoply==
* <span class="plainlinks">a worn and nondescript copy of [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=The_White_and_Black_Treatises_(book) the White and Black Treatises]
* <span class="plainlinks">The short [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Daiklave daiklave], ''Sozin's Comet''
**<span class="plainlinks">This weapon was forged in the [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Shogunate Shogunate Era] as a ceremonial sword for a man who would one day rise to become one of the Seven Tigers.  After the defeat of the Seven Tigers in RY 1, it passed into the hands of the Realm for a time before being lost and fading into obscurity after the campaign against the [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Seventh_Legion Seventh Legion] in RY 76.  Eventually, it resurfaced centuries later, a rare find spotted by one, [[Ashadar Shan]], in the [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Gem#Districts Sunken Bazaar] of the southern city-state, [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Gem Gem].  Though that trading expedition ultimately failed, [[Ashadar Shan|Shan]] returned with the blade and subsequently went on to rebuild his grandfather's merchant empire.  The red jade [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Daiklave daiklave] ultimately found it's way into it's current owner's possession as a gift from [[Ashadar Shan|Shan]] to [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=House_Cathak House Cathak] in honor of their joint venture undertaken to reestablish [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=House_Cathak House Cathak's] control of the area around Suttervale.
** <span class="plainlinks">short jade [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Daiklave daiklave]: Spd 3, Acc +4, Dam +5L, Def +1, Rate 2, Att 3
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==Extras==
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Cathak_Mon.JPG|the House Cathak mon
Image:Katahaka_Yuusuka.JPG|Cathak Yuusuka in Realmscript
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===Combat Quick Stats===
                        Die    Base                          Range'''
                  Spd   Pool   Damage          DV   Rate     (yards)   Minimums       Attune   Tags''' 
 ''Sozin's Comet''    3     15     7L              6    2        -         Str 1          3        - 
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 Lens Augmented                  
 Fire Bolt        6     11     4L + (4L x m)   -    Simple   60        Lor 2, Ess 2   5        -
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 Clinch           6     8      2B              -    1        -         Str 1          -        C, N, P
 Kick             5     8      5B              3    2        -         Str 1, Dex 2   -        N
 Punch            5     9      2B              5    3        -         Str 1          -        N
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 Dodge            -     -      -               7    -        -         -              -        -

 Soak: 4B/2L
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===XP and Training===
* <u>'''XP Gained:''' 44</u> 
** Suttervale: 10
** Widening Gyre: 33
** Stunt: 1
* <u>'''XP Spent:''' 44</u>
** Essense 3: 20
** Athletics 3: 3
** Linguistics 1: 3
** Linguistics 2: 2
** Linguistics 3: 4
** Wind-Carried Words Technique: 2/12
** Terrestrial Circle Sorcery: 10
* <u>'''XP Debt:''' 10</u>
** Wind-Carried Words Technique: 10/12
* <u>'''Training:''' 0</u>
* <u>'''XP Unspent:''' 0</u>
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===Character Creation Questions===
'''What sort of person is your character?'''
* Egotistical, petty and ruthless
'''What does she want?'''
* For the proper order of things to be maintained
'''Does she have anything worth living for?'''  
* Formerly, this was advancing her rising star in both her house and the Realm.  Now, all that is secondary to curing the horrible spiritual disfigurement suffered by her dear and only childhood friend.
'''Where was she born, and into what circumstances?'''
* Born on the Blessed Isle, Yuusuka is the product of the Empress's selective breeding program.  Raised in a very strict and rigid environment, she has never known poverty or true hardship.
'''How has power changed her?'''
* Yuusuka has always "known" she would Exalt, though not by any prescience on her part, but rather an inability to face the possibility that she might fail to live up to the high expectations placed upon her by House Cathak.  As such, power hasn't changed her since these same expectations have engendered a high sense of entitlement from a very young age.
'''What kind of education did she receive, if any?'''
* Yuusuka attended the Harmonious Spire Transcendent where she met [[Ashadar Shan|Shan]] during their primary school years.  Her frequent delinquent behavior there almost landed her in the Palace of Tamed Storms.  However, her parents intervened using their influence to insure that she was accepted into the House of Bells while privately admonishing Yuusuka with severe, uncompromising discipline.  She maintained contact with her only real friend, [[Ashadar Shan|Shan]] through the first half of her time at the House.  At time went on though, [[Ashadar Shan|Shan's]] failure to Exalt in a proper fashion led to a widening distance in their friendship due to differing curriculums and mixed feelings on Yuusuka's part.
'''How old is she?'''
* Never ask a lady her age
'''What was her family life like?'''
* Yuusuka has a distant, reverential relationship towards her parents.  She was mostly raised by hand picked tutors and maids.
'''Where are you from?'''
* Up until relatively recently, Yuusuka has spent all her life on the Blessed Isle.
'''What does she think about mortals, now that she is no longer one of them?'''
* Yuusuka never considered herself a mere mortal by virtue of having been born into a higher caste (her grasp of metaphysics and theology is a tad... warped).  By station, mortals are to be led, managed and protected the way one would cattle.  In return, mortals support their betters the way furniture saves you the indignity of lying in the dirt.
'''Who or what does she worship, if anything?'''
* Yuusuka follows the precepts of the Immaculate Order uncritically.  She's not particularly religious but has no complaint with a religion that elevates Dragon-Bloods as higher order beings.  Her current consorting with Anathema is not a contradiction in her mind as she self-rationalizes that since she thinks she can cure [[Ashadar Shan|Shan]] then she's not consorting with "[[Ashadar Shan|Shan's]] demon" at all, but rather choosing to conquer the demon on a spiritual level rather than the more traditional physical level that the Wyld Hunt prefers.
'''What does she believe in? (Not the same as the prior question) What principles does she hold to?
* Everyone should do their duty, from the highest queen defending the Realm to the lowest peasant supplying the Realm.  Everyone should know their place, from the gods in their celestial hierarchy to the demons in their bound subservience.  Failure is corrected with fire.
'''What is she willing to fight for?'''
* Those entrusted to her care, as is her duty.
'''What is she willing to kill for?
* Defiance of her whims, as it her right.
'''What is she willing to die for?
* Her pride.  "If I cannot fulfill my duty, I am worthless."