Severer of Distastefully Elongated Existences

Severer of Distastefully Elongated Existences
Caste: Xia (Warrior / Entertainer)
Concept: Duelist

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Motivation

Defeat the greatest Creation-born warrior alive in single combat.

Attributes

PHYSICAL: Strength 5, Dexterity 7, Stamina 7
SOCIAL: Charisma 7, Manipulation 6, Appearance 3
MENTAL: Perception 3, Intelligence 3, Wits 7

Abilities

Caste Abilities

Archery 1, Larceny 1, Martial Arts 4, Performance 2 (singing his own praise +1), Stealth 2

Favored Abilities

Athletics 5, Melee 7 (swords +3), Presence 4 (intimidate +1)

Unfavored Abilities

Awareness 3, Dodge 3, Integrity 2, Resistance 2, Socialise 2

Backgrounds

Artifact

2. Severer was given twin daiklaves called Heartstiller and Soulender by his maker, who claimed to have found them on a quest in her distant youth. When dueling a lore-wise creature on his travels, he also managed to snatch from it an Utopia Stone, an oneiromantic spell that makes people forget the existence of pain. Severer was pleased with the idea of making others as happy and fearless as himself, so he kept it for a day when he might find it amusing to use it.

Birth

3. Severer was created by the Baroness Of Dreams At Midnight, an Ornamental Raksha who ruled a Freehold in the Northern Middlemarches. He was always a noble, made as a champion in courtly duels.

Gossamer

3. By serving various masters well as a hired sword, Severer has grown quite well off.

Style

2. Severer is quick and graceful in motion and thought, a dancer as much as a fencer, though he lacks the imagination of a true artist.

Charms

Grace

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Intimicies

• Formal dueling
• His swords
• His bird, Ironsoar

Essence

Essence: 3
Personal: 30
Committed: 6

Willpower

8

Virtues

Conscience: 3
Conviction: 2
Temperance: 2
Valor: 5 (Lure: Never turn down a chance to make a beautiful kill)

Graces

The Heart: 3
The Cup: 3
The Staff: 1
The Ring: 1
The Sword: 5

Shaping Combat

Heart DV: 5

Cup Combat

Cup Attack: 5+[Weapon Accuracy]
Cup Damage: 3+[Weapon Damage]
Cup DV: Half of [5 + Weapon Defense]
Cup Soak: 15
Cup Health Levels: 6

Staff Combat

Staff Attack: 5+[Weapon Accuracy]
Staff Damage: 6+[Weapon Damage]
Staff DV: Half of [5 + Weapon Defense]
Staff Soak: 15
Staff Health Levels: 3

Ring Combat

Ring Attack: 5+[Weapon Accuracy]
Ring Damage: 3+[Weapon Damage]
Ring DV: Half of [5 + Weapon Defense]
Ring Soak: 15
Ring Health Levels: 3

Sword Combat

Sword Attack: 14+[Weapon Accuracy]
Sword Damage: 5+[Weapon Damage]
Sword DV: Half of [14 + Weapon Defense]
Sword Soak: 15
Sword Health Levels: 10

Physical Combat

Dodge DV: 7
Parry DV: 10
Bashing Soak: 7
Lethal Soak: 3
Aggravated Soak: 0
Health Levels: -0, -1, -1, -2, -2, -4, Incap

Property

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Retinue

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History

Severer of Distastefully Elongated Existences was created by the mistress of a distant Freehold, intended to serve as her champion in matters of honour. To that purpose, he was created with unfailing courage (or a simulation thereof), exemplary fighting skills, and the capacity for great love (or a simulation thereof). He was given twin magical blades called Heartstiller and Soulender with which to fight his maker's battles, and many other favours and tokens were bestowed on him besides as he won great victories in her name.

However, while Severer had been made to display the signs of love, his understanding of loyalty and purpose was almost nonexistent - his mistress had believed, or found it satisfying to pretend to believe, that being overcome by her beauty and grace would bind Severer to her so closely that he would never want to betray her, so closely that he would remember her even if he forgot himself. She was right about the first, but wrong about the second - when enemies stormed her Freehold and killed her (a state she found it amusing to remain in for several centuries thereafter), Severer was not at her side; he had wandered far away hunting a behemoth whose jeweled heart he meant to give her as a gift.

Bereft and grief-stricken - which was a new and interesting state of being, albeit one he found to get tedious surprisingly soon - he took to wandering the Middlemarches, looking for masters to serve and battles to fight, soon coming to almost entirely forget his background in favour of focusing on the ever-moving present. He has no true goals, but does as the mood strikes him, a way of life that suits him quite well. Still, he can't deny that he is curious about the rumours he hears of Creation, a world where the enemies you defeat never rise again and there can be only one to claim the position as the mightiest warrior alive.

Personality

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