Bright Shining Lie

Basic Info

Title: Bright Shining Lie
Caste/Aspect: Day caste Abyssal exalt
Concept: Mercy Killer
Motivation: To relieve the suffering of all Creation by bringing it to a peaceful death
Intimacies:

• The Walker in Darkness (respect and admiration)
• The Underworld (rapturous wonder)
• The People of Creation (mercy)
• Cathak Yuusuka ("she has such sad eyes for someone so beautiful")

Appearance:

Bright Shining Lie stands about five and a half feet tall, and appears to be in her mid teens, although there is an odd look in her emerald eyes that clashes with her youthful features, or, for that matter, with the peaceful expression on her face. Her ash-blonde hair is tied back in a ponytail; her bangs are trimmed above her eyebrows. Her form is lean and athletic, displaying good muscle tone on the few visible parts of her body, and she moves with an easy, almost feral, grace. XP: 99 gained / 99 spent

Current Stats

Attributes

Strength	●	Charisma	●●●●	Perception	●●●●●
Dexterity	●●●●● ●	Manipulation	●●	Intelligence	●●●
Stamina	●	Appearance	●●●	Wits	●●●

PHYSICAL:

• Strength 1 (poor strength; lift 80 lbs)
• Dexterity 6 (inhumanly swift and graceful)
• Stamina 1 (poor stamina; soak 1 bashing / 1 lethal)

SOCIAL:

• Charisma 4 (powerful, swaying almost anyone to her cause)
• Manipulation 2 (
• Appearance 3 (fair appearance)

MENTAL:

• Perception 5 ()
• Intelligence 3 ()
• Wits 3 ()

Abilities

Archery		Integrity	●●	Craft		Athletics	●●	Bureaucracy	●
Martial Arts	●●●●●	Performance	●	Investigation	●●	Awareness	●●	Linguistics	●●
Melee		Presence	●	Lore	●	Dodge	●●●●●	Ride
Thrown	●	Resistance	●	Medicine	●	Larceny	●●●●	Sail
War		Survival	●	Occult	●	Stealth	●●●●●	Socialize	●

CASTE ABILITIES

• Athletics 1 (can keep her balance on treacherous ice)
• Awareness 1
• Dodge 5
• Larceny 4
• Stealth 5

FAVORED ABILITIES

• Integrity 2
• Investigation 2
• Martial Arts 5 ()
  • Against Exalted +3
• Performance 1 ()
• Occult 1 ()
  • Ghosts +1

OTHER ABILITIES

• Bureaucracy 1 ()
• Integrity 2 (can see through a well-made sales pitch)
• Linguistics 2 (speaks Old Realm, Flametongue and Riverspeak)
• Lore 1 ()
• Resistance 1 (can keep his head after a night of hard drinking)
• Socialize 1 (could obtain minor favors through flattery or blackmail)
• Survival 1
• Thrown 1 (can probably hit the bulls-eye on a stationary target)

Willpower and Virtues

Willpower: 7 ()
Virtues:

• Compassion: 5 ""
• Conviction: 3 ""
• Temperance: 3 ""
• Valor: 2 ""

Essence and Anima

Essence: 2

• Personal Essence: 17
• Peripheral Essence: 42 (32)
• Committed Essence: 10

Anima Banner

• At full iconic splendor, Bright Shining Lie is surrounded by a whirling maelstrom of soulsteel chains, some mere broken links, others a foot more in length; scraps of shadow also howl through the tempest that encircles her, spectral moths flit through the storm, and the abyssal herself is limned with dark fire, emphasizing her motions, and leaving a flicking trail of shadows behind her with each move she makes.
• When Ellisande’s anima becomes iconic, golden roses grow from her footsteps, flower and blossom with petals of pure essence. Warm summer breezes cause the petals to spiral around her, and prismatic butterflies swirl about in a dance of light and life.

Charms

ATHLETICS: Raiton's Nimble Perch
AWARENESS

DODGE

• Flitting Shadow Form
• Flickering Wisp Technique

INVESTIGATION

• First Investigation Ex

LARCENY

• First Larceny Ex
• Face drinking bite
• Solar Impersonation Style

LINGUISTICS:

• Scathing Cynic Attitude

MARTIAL ARTS:

• First MA Ex
• Blood-scenting Hunger
• Shrouded Claw Attack
• Lunging Phantom Method
• Hungry Ghost Form
• Air Dragon's Sight

STEALTH:

Panoply

Combat Stats Block

Weapons	Speed	Accuracy	Damage	Defense	Rate	Min	Tags
Desolate Caress of Eternity (Mercykiller)	4	+4	+4L	+2	3	STR ●	P
*	4	+0	+3B	+1	3	STR ●● MA ●	M
Punch	5	+1	+0B	+2	3	STR ●	N
Kick	5	+0	+3B	-2	2	STR ● DEX ●●	N
Clinch	6	+0	+0B	+0	1	STR ●	C, N, P

Armor	Soak (L/B)	Mob	Fatigue	Cost
None	- / -	-	-	-

Extras

XP and Training

• XP Gained: 49
  • Prelude - The Shunned Village: 10
  • Episode 1 - Of Falcons & Falconers: 5
  • Episode 2 - Points of Departure: 5
  • Episode 3 - Convergence of the Twain: 5
  • Episode 4 - Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?: 9 (including +1 Stunt XP for Shan)
  • Episode 5 - A Dream Given Form: 10 (including 5 for meeting the goal of freeing Jeradin & defeating Lahor)
  • Episode 6 - The Journey South: 5

• XP Spent: 49
  • Stamina 2: 4 XP
  • Socialize 2: 1 XP
  • Strength 2: 4 XP
  • Martial Arts 2: 1 XP
  • Hypnotic Tongue Technique: 8 XP
  • Essence 3: 16 XP
  • Combo: Sunlit Dragon Takes the Field: 7 XP
  • Upgrade: HGD & Dipping Swallow Defense considered the same charm for charm/combo activation: 2 XP
  • Combo: The First Argument of Kings: 6 XP

• Debt XP: 0
• Unspent XP: 0
• Currently training:

Character Creation Questions

How old are you?

What was your family life like?

Where are you from?

How were you Exalted? When did you meet your companions?

How has power changed you?

What do you think of mortals?

What motivates you to be a hero?

Who or what do you worship?

What would drive you to commit murder?

Accounting

Freebies: 18

• Linguistics from 0 to 3: 3
• Martial Arts from 3 to 5: 2
• Performance from 3 to 5: 2
• Presence from 3 to 5: 2
• Specialty: Presence - Persuasion +2: 1
• Bureaucracy from 3 to 5: 2
• Compassion from 3 to 5: 2
• Valor from 3 to 4: 1
• Temperance from 2 to 3: 1
• Willpower from 5 to 8: 3
• Followers from 1 to 2: 1
• Resources from 3 to 5: 4
• Flaws: -7

For tabletop: additional XP:

• Maw of Dripping Venom (12)
• Spell-Shattering Palm (12)
• Deadly Starmetal Offensive (12)
• Orichalcum Sheathing Stance (12)
• Flickering Moonsilver Approach (12)
• Five Jade Fury (12)
• Four Magical Materials Form (12)
• Ravening Mouth of Martial Arts (8)
• Labyrinth-Walking Prana
• Power-Reaping Prana
• Searing Fist Attack
• Unnatural Shambling Deftness
• Consuming Entropy Strike
• Charm-Smothering Technique
• Scuttling Apparition Defense
• Blood-Freezing Technique
• Soul-Flaying Strike
• Soul-Consuming Transcendence
• Ravaging Blow
• Consumptive Caress
• Striking Cobra Technique
• Flowing Water Defense
• Rippling Water Strike
• Infinite Martial Arts Flow
• 2-pt upgrade - use flitting shadow form and flickering wisp technique as the same charm

Combo: - Air Dragon's Sight, Flowing Water Defense, Flitting Shadow Form, Ravening Mouth of Martial Arts, Power-Reaping Prana, Blood-Scenting Hunger, Scuttling Apparition Defense - 1st Martial Arts Excellency,