The Zhuque Brotherhood
Cathak Nekuto is at his best when leading troops he's trained himself. Knowing how much Storm of Amber would rely on him as the vanguard of the the circle's armies and to carry out special operations on the field that lesser troops could not manage, he used the Peerless Training Method Protocols to develop a training regimen for supperior warriors and then implemented that regimen with the Flawless Training Execution. He ended up with five skilled soldiers; though they're not the equal of elite troops, time, regular training and field action should see to that. The five are:
- Chiri Jing
- Tama Gui
- Nuri Liu
- Hoto Xing
- Chiko Zhang
Fire in the Rain
Amalgamated Soldiers
The Zhuque Brotherhood share the bond of training, of battle and now of fire. To those untutored in the arts of sorcery, they would seem to be nothing other than Fire-Aspected Dragon Bloods with a high breeding; their skin is wan, but flushed at the edges with orange heat, like an ember cooling in the air, and their hair is dark crimson. To touch them is to feel a fever. They are magical, heroic beings, able to heal as Exalts, with the following statistics:
- Strength 5, Dexterity 5, Stamina 5
- Charisma 2, Manipulation 2, Appearance 2
- Perception 3, Intelligence 2, Wits 5
- Archery 5 (Unit Fire +3), Martial Arts 5, Melee 5 (swords +3), Thrown 5, War 5
- Integrity 5, Presence 4, Resistance 3, Survival 1
- Craft Fire 1, Lore 1, Medicine 2, Occult 1
- Athletics 4, Awareness 2, Dodge 5, Stealth 2
- Bureaucracy 1, Linguistics 1, Ride 5, Socialize 1
- Essence 4 (20 motes), Willpower 7
- Compassion 3, Conviction 4, Temperance 4, Valor 4
- Charms: 2nd Melee Excellency, Infinite Melee Mastery, Increasing Strength Exercise
- equipment: Gunzosha Armor, shock blades, jade thunderbolt shields
As a Mass Combat Unit, the Zhuque Brotherhood has the followng statistics:
- Magnitude 2, Drill 5, Might 5
- Close Combat Attack 8, Close Combat Damage 5L
- Ranged Combat Attack 8, Ranged Combat Damage 6L
- Armor 5, Fatigue 3
- 4 Heroes, 0 Sorcerers, 0 Relays