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'''Trouble:''' Haunted by an Ancient Family Curse | '''Trouble:''' Haunted by an Ancient Family Curse | ||
| − | ''There is a darkness locked away beneath the Septimian ancestral manse. Some whisper that it is old Iolithae herself, trapped away by her husband, too dangerous to allow to remain in the world. Others think it is some World-Ending magick, contained in circles of gold and lead, poised to destroy Everything. | + | ''There is a darkness locked away beneath the Septimian ancestral manse. Some whisper that it is old Iolithae herself, trapped away by her husband, too dangerous to allow to remain in the world. Others think it is some World-Ending magick, contained in circles of gold and lead, poised to destroy Everything. |
| − | + | Tyto does not know the truth. But she knows that it is there -- and that her dreams are not safe from whatever it might be.'' | |
*Invoke to… experience prophetic or informative dreams, use your knowledge of bindings against lesser evils, call upon a dangerous source of power… for a cost. | *Invoke to… experience prophetic or informative dreams, use your knowledge of bindings against lesser evils, call upon a dangerous source of power… for a cost. | ||
*Compel to… be wracked with restless nightmares, draw dark forces to you, and be taken over, for a time, by something ancient and inhuman and monstrous. | *Compel to… be wracked with restless nightmares, draw dark forces to you, and be taken over, for a time, by something ancient and inhuman and monstrous. | ||
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'''Umbra Mastery:''' Inheritor of a Great Umbral Power of Falsehood | '''Umbra Mastery:''' Inheritor of a Great Umbral Power of Falsehood | ||
| − | ''There are stories. Once, in a young gossamer world, in a land overlooking a sweet sea of delicious water, a woman came and said, “The oceans are salty”, and strangled all things that lived in the sea. Once, in another place where towers rose towards the heavens, a woman came and said, “It is impossible to know if God is listening”, and all men were forever cut off from the divine. Once, on the endless stair, a woman said, “All of this is imagined”, and no one knows what came of that. | + | ''There are stories. Once, in a young gossamer world, in a land overlooking a sweet sea of delicious water, a woman came and said, “The oceans are salty”, and strangled all things that lived in the sea. Once, in another place where towers rose towards the heavens, a woman came and said, “It is impossible to know if God is listening”, and all men were forever cut off from the divine. Once, on the endless stair, a woman said, “All of this is imagined”, and no one knows what came of that. |
| − | + | Tyto Septimian carries a power within her, passed down from the founding of her line. Once, it was a seed, dormant and quiet, but through diligent work that power has taken deep root, an Umbral Lie that can cause the truth to fray and unravel.'' | |
*Invoke to… make people unsure of truths that once seemed certain, radiate an aura of unease, and use the destructive and corruptive powers of Umbral Mastery. | *Invoke to… make people unsure of truths that once seemed certain, radiate an aura of unease, and use the destructive and corruptive powers of Umbral Mastery. | ||
*Compel to… corrupt ordinary and mundane lies with dangerous magical effects, become trapped by powers designed to bind the enemies of Creation, become overwhelmed by the sheer reality-warping at your lips. | *Compel to… corrupt ordinary and mundane lies with dangerous magical effects, become trapped by powers designed to bind the enemies of Creation, become overwhelmed by the sheer reality-warping at your lips. | ||
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'''Personal:''' It’s Lonely at the Top | '''Personal:''' It’s Lonely at the Top | ||
| − | ''Being a bleak noble on the verge of some sort of umbral apotheosis is… it’s hard. Hard for a person. Tyto has had to do things, terrible things. They were necessary, every step of it was necessary, but… her heart, it has come a bit loose in her chest. | + | ''Being a bleak noble on the verge of some sort of umbral apotheosis is… it’s hard. Hard for a person. Tyto has had to do things, terrible things. They were necessary, every step of it was necessary, but… her heart, it has come a bit loose in her chest. |
| − | + | She's still a person, you know? And people… well, people need people.'' | |
*Invoke to… build emotional walls between yourselves and others, enter a state of extreme isolation and mental focus, try and make an honest connection to another individual. | *Invoke to… build emotional walls between yourselves and others, enter a state of extreme isolation and mental focus, try and make an honest connection to another individual. | ||
*Compel to… have your attempts at connection end in heartbreak, have responsibilities arise which put your at odds with those you care about, have no one around to help you when you need it most. | *Compel to… have your attempts at connection end in heartbreak, have responsibilities arise which put your at odds with those you care about, have no one around to help you when you need it most. | ||
