Character:Xytrisae

Game: Once More, With Feeling!'.

Xytrisae, The Azure River of Songs and Swords
Caste:' Ornamental Raksha
Concept: Wandering Seductive Masterless Entertainer
Philosophy: Duchy of Mirrors


Description:

Motivation

• To become the Heroine of the Second Balorian Crusade, a heroine of Creation!

Intimacies

Natural Intimacies

• Creation
• Herself
• Fast Music

Unnatural Intimacies

• None

Anima

• None

Attributes

Physical

• Strength •••••
• Dexterity ••••• ••
• Stamina ••••

Social

• Charisma ••••• ••
• Manipulation •••••
• Appearance ••••• ••

Mental

• Perception •••••
• Intelligence ••••
• Wits ••••

Abilities

Diplomat- Staff

• Linguistics ••
  • Native: Old Realm
  • Learned: Forest-Tongue, Riverspeak
• Occult
• Ride
• Socialize •••••
• Thrown

Entertainer- Cup

• Investigation
• Larceny
• Medicine
• (C) Performance ••••• •
• (C) Stealth •••

Warrior- Sword

• (F) Archery ••••• ••
• Martial Arts
• (F) Melee ••••• ••
• Presence •••••
• War •••

Worker- Ring

• Bureaucracy
• (C) Craft (Gossamer) ••••
• (C) Integrity ••••
• (C) Lore ••••
• Resistance

Casteless

• Athletics ••
• Awareness ••
• (F) Dodge ••••• ••
• Sail
• Survival

Backgrounds

Artifacts •••••

• 15 dots of Artifacts (Only 1 5 Dot)
• ••••• Artifact Waypoint Complex
• •••• Behemoth (Armor and weapons)
  • Armor (22L/22B)
  • Weapons (Claws- S:5 A:+4 D:+9 DV:+2 R:3)
  • Mutations Spider Legs, Giant (+3 Str/Sta 0,1,2 HLx1), Scorpion Tail, Thick Skin 2L/2B soak, Glorious Hero Form +1Str/Sta)
  • Sword Shaping Stats S:5 A:+2 D:+16 DV:-1 R:1 (Piercing)
  • In Creation as Armor/Weapon Stats: +4Str/Sta +1 0,-1,-2HLs + Claw Weapon Attack + 22L/22B soak)
• ••• Shaping Armor (Soak 8 -1/1 M/F- So:10L/9B H:8L/B -1/1 M/F) Attune 4m
• •• Hundred Colored Shaping Lens (Ring Shaping: S:6 A:+2 D:+3 Dv-6 R:2 Range:10)-(S:6 A:+2 (per+awa) D:10B Piercing Range:100) Attune 6m
• • Resonate Chorus Bow (Ring Shaping: S:6 A:+2 D:+15 Dv-6 R:1 Range:6)-(S:6 A:+2 D:+2 R:2 Range:250) Attune 3m

Birth •••••

• The former Unshaped Azure River of Song and Sword. Grants various charms.

Gossamer •••••

• She has been quite productive in gathering the stuff of Wyld Potential and Dreams, she can start with any mutation forms costing up to 20g

Style •••••

• As a great entertainer and storyteller of the Wyld she has produced her own style that cannot be denied by Creation, who might adore her for it.

Freehold ••

• Her little piece of the Wyld in Creation. This keeps her alive in Creation.

Retinue ••••

• 300 commoner and up to two heroic commoner Raksha whose Heart Grace she possess. 1 Handler and 3 Lorekeepers
  • Handler is committed to the Behemoth (Useful when used as its monsterous Self)
  • Lorekeeps are commited to the Treasures
  • These maintain the Freehold and the Artifact Waypoint Complex

Charms

Charms of the Mask

• Assumption of Bestial Visage | 10m 1g | pg 157 (Free)
  • (Anaconda, 5 points of Mutations)
  • Elemental Adaptation- Wood (1)
  • Serpentine Tongue- (1)
  • Enhanced Sight- (1)
• Assumption of Dreams and Passion | 10m 1g | pg 157
  • (Adoration)

Charms of the Heart

• Bastion of the Self (Sword) | 10m 1wp 4g Reflexive | pg 168

Charms of the Cup

• Subversion and Transformation Artifice | 3m 1g, Simple/1 Shaping Battle | GWM pg 175
• Overriding Construct of Fate | 3m, Simple/Instant | GWM pg 175
• Ravishing the Created Form | 1wp Simple/Instant | GWM pg 176
  • Gained by Birth Background
• Heart Stealing Kiss | 3m 1wp 1g, Reflexive/Instant | GWM pg 178
• Banquet of Crumbs | 0g Simple, Instant | GWM pg 178
  • Gained by Birth Background

Charm of the Ring

• Ox body Technique | GWM pg 191
  • 1 (-2 HL)
• Ordinary Object Conjuration | 1g Simple/Permanent | GWM pg 191
• Essence-Forging Art | 3m, Simple/Permanent | GWM pg 193
  • Gained by Birth Background
• Gassamer-Forging Art | 5m 1+g Simple/Permanent | GWM pg 193

Charms of the Staff

• Awakened Dream Manufacture | 3m Simple/Permanent | GWM pg 199
  • Gained by Birth Background
• Beguilement | 5m, 3g, Supplemental, Instant/Assumption | GWM pg 206
  • Acquired by Cup Charm: Overriding Construct of Fate
• Forging the Cup | 10m 1g Simple, Instant | GWM pg 201
  • Gained by Birth Background
• Forging the Ring | 10m 1g Simple, Instant | GWM pg 201
  • Gained by Birth Background
• Forging the Staff | 10m 1g Simple, Instant | GWM pg 201
  • Gained by Birth Background
• Forging the Sword | 10m 1g Simple, Instant | GWM pg 201
  • Gained by Birth Background
• Forging the Heart | 15m, 1g Simple, Instant | GWM pg 201
  • Gained by Birth Background
• Forging the Way | 10m, 1g Simple/Instant | GWM pg 77
  • Gained by Birth Background
• Gaping Virtue Mouth | 20m 1g Simple/Instant | GWM pg 202
  • Gained By Birth Background
• Ecstatic Reproduction Style | 20m 1g Simple/Instant | GWM pg 203
  • Gained by Birth Background

Charms of the Sword

• Host-Summoning Glory of Command | 1m Reflexive/Instant | GWM 211
• Transient Work of Flesh and Bone | 6m 1g, Simple | GWM pg 212
• Radiance of the Invincible Warrior | | GWM 212
• Waypoint-Sealing Technique | 3m 1wp Reflexive/Instant | GWM pg 213
• Gossamer Wing Flight | 4m 2g/8m 4g Simple 1day/Assumption | GWM pg 216
• Abomination: Serpent's Body | 15m 6g, 1 Day/Assumption | GWM pg 215
• Hiding the Wyld Touch | 10m 1wp 4g, Reflexive | GWM pg 216

Shaped Form and Gossamer Cost

• Assumption of Bestial Visage 1g
• Abomination: Snakes' Body 6g
• Gossamer Wings 4g
• Bastion of Self 4g
• Gossamer Total 15g of 20g

Essence

• Permanent Essence: ••••• ••
  • Personal Motes: 70/70
  • Gossamer 20/20

• Committed Motes:
  • 10 motes -- Assumption and Form

Willpower

6 of Six

Virtues And Graces

• Heart •••
• Compassion: •••
  • Cup •••
• Conviction: •••
  • Staff ••
• Temperance: •••
  • Ring •••
• Valor: ••
  • Sword •••

Lure

• Curse of the Nameless
  • Refusing a properly phrased request for Aid (Temperance)
  • Once all Temperance Channels are consumed Xytrisae falls into a state of amnesia

Equipment

• Treasures
  • Artifact Waypoint Complex
  • Hundred Colored Lens
  • Artifact Shaping Armor
  • Resonate Chorus Bow
• Behemoths
  • Aegis Stinger (Scorpion Behemoth, with tail and claws)
• Normal/Gossamer Items
  • Perfect Whip (S:4 A:+2 D:+3B D:0 R:2)
  • Perfect Great Sword (S:4 A:+2 D:+7/2L D:0 R:2)
  • Perfect Harp (+2 Performance)

Combat Stats

Shaping

• Staff
  • DV
  • Soak
  • Health Track
  • Attacks
• Cup
  • DV
  • Soak
  • Health Track
  • Attacks
• Ring
  • DV
  • Soak
  • Health Track
  • Attacks
• Sword
  • DV
  • Soak
  • Health Track
  • Attacks
• Heart
  • DV
  • Soak
  • Health Track
  • Attacks

• Join Shaping Combat 6

Physical

• Join Battle
• DDV

Soak

• Charms/Spells:
• Unarmoured:
• Armoured:

Health

• Charms: x1 Ox Body Tech
• -0 [ ]
• -1 [ ] [ ]
• -2 [ ] [ ] [ ]
• -4 [ ]
• I [ ]
• D [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Social

• Join Debate
• MDDV

• Investigation -Speed 5 ACC 0/0 MPDV 0/0 Rate 2-
• Performance -Speed 6 ACC 0/0 MPDV 0/0 Rate 1-
• Presence -Speed 4 ACC 0/0 MPDV 0/0 Rate 2-

Massive

• Join War

History

It was at once the most foolish and best idea ever conceived by Xytrisae, the former Unshaped Azure Rivers of Song and Swords. She had stormed into the Freehold, her form of that of an angelic beauty. Her skin was that of a serene flawless light mocha, her hair was long falling almost to the ground, wavy and shimmering with their blackness. Her form was slender and beautiful, humanoid only from the waist up, and the black scales of some Creation-born serpent for her lower body, the coils themselves wrap amongst itself as she settles before the gathered. Her Wings were draped around her like a cloak, the dark red feathers softly sitting against her silk clothed form. They all stared at her, various Raksha of various power and form.

“Azure River of Song and Sword, what brings you here? The Wyld has not heard your song for many a tale.” The head of the group says with a cool demeanor. It was eerie really for all of this to be but in her defense she had been in Creation for nearly a thousand of Creation’s years.

Xytrisae, at this point would have pulled her harp and spun a tale, a thing so wonderful in the realms of the Wyld, but there was an urgency in her actions and tone, and she knew she may have to be creative later, if this went out of hand. She places a hand on her shapely hip and smiles.

“I, Xytrisae, The Azure River of Song and Sword demand that you cease your hostilities against Creation.” There is laughter from everywhere, and she knew this would be, the Church of Balor was quite strong with the Raksha.

“You dare to demand anything from us,” the leader stands pushing back his cape and placing a hand on his sword’s hilt. “You are nothing more now than something taken with the concepts of Creation. Can you not see, Azure River, that you are corrupted, twisted by the form that you have taken? Creation should be torn down, it should be consumed by the Wyld and restored to what it was before it.”

“That won’t happen,” she says sharply her eyes turning to the others. “I was there when it was formed. I was there when the Primordials, now Once-Primordials, created it out of the Wyld and the Shinma. It will not change back. The Once-Primordials imposed upon the Wyld the very thing we wish to destroy. But we cannot remove that Imposition, it is there, in everything, our works of Glamour, our combats, and stories. We cannot destroy that.”

“It is folly, Azure River. You only bring lies and deceit. You and Aesir have been working against us for centuries, the tales of your actions have not gone unheard.”

Xytrisea frowns turning her eyes upon him. “Then you do not intent to listen.” She turns her hair flying behind her feelings on this sharper than any blade of the Sword. Before she could take another step, as it were, the sharp blade of the leader is against my neck.

“It would not do for you to return to Creation. You are tainted enough, and my Templars will be happy enough to remove you of your existence.”

This very event happened centuries ago, Xytrisae silently remarks remembering the vexation by Prince Balor himself, on a hill, in Creation, where the rain stung at her, and the wind scoured her formed body. That had been a bitter affair with Ishiiki against her and Balor’s piercing gaze. She had felt less real under that gaze, feared that she would be made a mere dream. She had trembled and waited to be unmade.

“I will return to Creation, as I did before I shall do so again.”

He grabs Xytrisae by her long hair and turns her to face him, cupping her chin in his hand. He looks at her and smirks. “You are strong, much like the tales of your formless self before. But you are formed now, and I will possess your Heart Grace.”

“Likely not,” Xytrisae tell him with a flat tone. “Prince Balor himself attempted to take my Graces but a strange event happened then to spare me.”

“Is this true,” he asks looking to see if lies were held in her green eyes, and she smiles to him.

“Do you all wish to hear the tale, of how the Azure River escaped with all her Graces from Prince Balor, who was quite impressive there?” Xytrisae smiles as everyone agrees, the Azure Rive of Song and Sword had them now in the palm of her hand. “You see it started…”

---
“Some people, just can’t take a joke,” Xytrisae grumbles as she holds tightly to the broad wrists of the Raksha that held her by her slender neck. Her serpentine tail flailed on the grassy ground of Creation’s west. Angry red eyes stared at her, the Raksha’s tentacles wrapped around her waist, and grasped her tail. He certainly was a horror to behold. It had been months since she had faced and failed against the Church of Balor, atleast her story had given her enough to time to escape. She had promised her then to learn the powers of the Way, but that would take more time than she could ill afford. Besides she was an enemy to everything and everyone.

“Azure River, your days are numbered. Be thankful that it was I that found you and not some other.”

“Oh,” I say gasping, perhaps, she thinks to herself, I have been around the mortals too much, “W, why is that?”

“Cause you are a mere Ornamental Raksha now, you are masterless and yet a prize to behold. Like a good possession, but I will need your Heart Grace.”

“Is this… a fixation, I swear. Does… no one do it… by oath anymore,” Xytrisae says struggling weakly against him. Her Sword Grace already lay between them, held by a tentacle, and her Heart Grace was vulnerable to being snatched from her. Aesir always berated her for having her Heart Grace so easy to snatch.

“What reason do I need an Oath from you Azure River? I merely want your obedience for eternity.”

“Well…” she groans, “You cannot hope to have it. Nearby the ones called Exalted have answered my call. They will be swarming you from the City of Denandsor, slaying you without mercy, ignoring all the rules that we follow in the Wyld. And I shall be laughing at your downfall when it happens.” It was quite the ploy but anyone who was anyone knew of the Exalted that fled the Nexus, where even now other Raksha had been trapped due to the terrible works of the Null-Possibilities of the dead, and had taken the City of Denandsor, a place even the Raksha had not been able to or willing to touch back in the First Crusade.

“Oh and another thing. I’m Creation’s Heroine. I will show you how to treat a hero.” Screaming across the earth charged Aegis Stinger and the Raksha’s eyes widen as both claw and tail tore into the him. Xytrisae falls to the ground groaning her tail sluggishly writhing as she lays there while Aegis and her foe battled it at. She then looked up a familiar sound filling the sky. She remembered it from the First Crusade. The flying machine Five Metal Shrike.

“Aegis, retreat.” Both fair folk and Behemoth turn and move quickly away leaving a rather stunned enemy behind. Without warning twin whining sounds filling air as a shadow fell over the land. A flash of light was all it took and the Raksha that had been her enemy was now made less Real by the strength of the Exalted flying behemoth. Still as Xytrisea looked up to watch the vessel in the sky she noticed something different about this one. Perhaps it wasn’t the same one that she had to flee from back in the First Crusade. Well maybe she could make friends with it. And where was Aesir, the Crusaders would be in this ‘waypoint’ soon enough! And she still had to figure away to make nice with the Creation Born. A heroine can’t work alone, she needs at least the supporting cast of others.

Merits

• None

Flaws

• Enemy (Raksha of the Balorian Philosphy.) 3

Bonus Points

• 10 Sword
• 05 Staff
• 10 Essence ••• > ••••
• 05 Artifact 0 > •••••
• 05 Style 0 > •••••
• 04 Retinue 0 > ••••
• 02 Freehold 0 > ••
• 02 Dodge ••••• > ••••• ••
• 02 Melee ••••• > ••••• ••
• 03 War 0 > •••

Experience 022/272

Attributes

• None

Abilities

• 33 Socialize 0 > •••••
• 33 Presence 0 > •••••
• 22 Archery •••• > ••••• ••
• 18 Performance •••• > ••••• •
• 06 Athletics 0 > ••
• 06 Awareness 0 > ••

Advantages

• 20 Heart ••• > ••••
• 24 Essence •••• > •••••
• 88 Essence ••••• > ••••• •• (Still being debated on)
• 24 Will ••••• • > ••••• •••

Backgrounds

• None

Charms

• None

Spells

• None

Undecided

• None