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'''Breaking the Wheel'''
<br>''An Exalted Campaign using [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Apotheosis_Campaign_Creation Kasumi's Apothesis ruleset]''

==Game Threads==
[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=383865 Recruitment Thread]
<br>[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=387237 In-Character Thread]
<br>[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=387232  Out-of-Character Thread]

==Campaign Background==
===Legend: The Scavenger Empire===

===Backstory===
It was Lookshy's darkest day. The Mask of Winters had struck with all of his might, summoning hordes of hungry ghosts riding undead monsters of a lost age. Though the Dragon-Blooded fought bravely, the odds were too great. It seemed as though Lookshy's prophesied end had at last come.

And then dawn broke over the horizon. A Solar Circle had dispelled the miasma of the lost city of Denandsor, and now the might of the First Age was unleashed upon the Deathlord's forces. Automata marched in formation, wreaking havoc on the undead forces, and golden heroes cast the Deathknights back down to the depths of the Underworld. 

Though the battle was won, it was not without great cost. Much of Lookshy was badly damaged, if not outright destroyed, and many of its leaders fell that day. So, a solution was proposed: Lookshy would ally in perpetuity with the Solars of Denandsor, swearing loyalty and assistance in any way possible. The Chosen of Sol Invictus accepted.

===Setting Details===
Basically, Denandsor is isolated, but has a great deal of wealth. Lookshy has location and legitimacy, but is recovering from a grievous blow. A working set of Auspicious Passage Gates between the cities were rediscovered by the Solar Circle, letting them transport personnel and goods instantly. While their governance of Lookshy is strictly "temporary", it seems obvious to the average man on the street that the Solars are likely there to stay. Trusted thaumaturges and savants are allowed into Denandsor, and are reactivating factory-cathedrals and the like.

The (formerly) Lost City is protected by both the surviving automata and booby traps, but also by its still-imposing reputation, giving the Circle a measure of security. They are also running Lookshy, but serve primarily as "protectors"; while they can intervene in the city's politics, their main focus is helping rebuild the badly-damaged Seventh Legion. Denandsor and Lookshy are fast becoming sister cities; while this not only strengthens the River Confederation and its leaders, it also serves worry both the Deathlord Mask of Winters, and the Realm, to boot.<br>As can be imagined, Lookshy and Denandsor are rather pleased by this.

===Changes to Creation===
*One epic change to Creation achieved by the Circle:
**Denandsor's curse has been lifted, and the artifacts and magics therein were used to intervene in a massive war between Lookshy and Thorns. The Mask of Winters was badly hurt, but Lookshy was also half-ruined. The Seventh Legion and the Solar Circle of Denandsor are now allies, at the head of a revitalized Confederation of Rivers.

*One faction in the setting that CANNOT IGNORE this epic accomplishment:
**The Realm. Until this time, no single nation has approached the sheer size and power of the Realm; now the Confederation of Rivers, united behind the Solar Exalted and Lookshy like never before, threaten to eclipse them.

*One faction which profits from the epic change:
**Lookshy, and the Confederation of Rivers at large.  Their power has been reinforced with the technology of Denandsor; a circle of powerful Solar Exalted have helped to protect the River Province; and the Mask of Winters has been forced to retreat, having been soundly defeated.  All this has occured while the Realm is paralyzed by infighting.  It is easy to see how the Confederation would be pleased by this series of events.

*One faction which is badly hurt by the change:
**The Mask of Winters has lost two experienced deathknights during the Siege of Lookshy, and a large portion of his armies. Juggernaut was crippled in the battle by First Age weapons and crawled back to Thorns, minus its left arm. Now the Deathlord broods in his citadel in Thorns and plots his revenge. (Many of the Range-Towns of the Marukani were also badly hurt in the war, as they lay directly in the marching path between Lookshy and Thorns.)

*Up to three factions or setting elements who are irrelevant to the campaign:
**The Wyld/Raksha, The Guild, The Autocthonians.

==Characters==
===Yushoto Sahi, aka SMOKE WOLF and The Deadeye General===
[[BreakingtheWheel/Yushoto Sahi|Yushoto Sahi, aka SMOKE WOLF and The Deadeye General]]
The Dragons did not choose Yushoto Sahi. Nevertheless, he strove for excellence in everything he did. He distinguished himself through military service and won a post in the First Field Force Rangers, a rare thing for a mortal. Beyond that, he attained the rank of Gochei, which was nearly unheard of for a mortal, and put in command of a fang (of fellow mortals, of course; a mortal could never outrank Dragon Blooded in the Rangers). Sahi was one of the best mortals in the entire Seventh Legion with the sling and the throwing knife, and he was an accomplished hand to hand combatant as well.

Rumors about Thorns were making the General Staff very nervous, and Sahi's fang was dispatched to gather intelligence. They spread out to cover more ground, and Sahi learned the awful truth about the fate of Thorns. When he returned to the rendezvous point, he found the corpses of his comrades, along with their killer.

The killer laughed, and called itself The Empty Heart. They duelled, briefly. Death was a forgone conclusion for Sahi. He was not afraid to die in combat, but then there would be no one to deliver the report on Thorns, and that was more important than even his honor. Once he decided that he must get the information back to Lookshy, that the Seventh Legion's very survival might depend upon it, he exploded in golden light, and somehow escaped The Empty Heart.

On the long trek back to Lookshy, Sahi gradually grew to understand that he had become Anathema. He delivered his report and slipped away from Lookshy into the wilderness at his first opportunity, afraid for his friends and family, afraid of himself and what he had become.

Smoke Wolf's Followers call him The Deadeye General. It has a double meaning. It refers generally to Smoke's deadly accuracy with the sling, but he gained the nickname in battle when he killed an enemy general from 500 yards out with a sling bullet to the eye.

'''One incident during which Smoke Wolf's limit break caused problems for the other PCs-''' During an interrogation of POWs, Smoke tortured and then executed them (Flaw: Deliberate Cruelty). In the presence of two high-ranking Seventh Legion officers (one of whom is Shozei Maheka Yagi, see below; the other is Kazei Kiragasa Nico, slightly lower ranked than the Shozei but knows Smoke personally from his days as a Ranger). This hurt negotiations with Lookshy and made them last much longer than they would have, because Lookshy suddenly became very leery of dealing with powerful Anathema. It took the circle lots of work to convince them that not all of the old stories are true.

'''An ally of the Circle's-''' Inara Smalltooth
Full Moon Lunar
Spirit Form- Mongoose

Inara's body is as small as her heart is huge. She is loud, boisterous, pretty, uncouth, friendly, and loveable, a firecracker with a big bang in a tiny package. She is also fast, ferocious, charismatic, deadly with a daiklave, and if she thinks she is right will never, ever back down from a fight. Born, raised, and Exalted in one of the worst slums of Nexus, she fights to keep her family and neighbors safe from the worst predations of her fellow Nexus citizens. 

Inara is Smoke Wolf's bonded mate and leader of an elite squad of mercenaries, the Iron Wolves, based out of Nexus. Recently, Smoke convinced her and the Iron Wolves to march from Nexus to Great Forks to bolster Great Forks' flagging defenses (see below). Smoke would owe the Iron Wolves a lot of back pay if the Great Forks Two had not kept the troops up to their eyeballs in alcohol and whores (Inara would not approve of drugs, but she's fine with sex and booze. Smoke also hates drugs but is less "fun" when it comes to sex and booze, but he knows the importance of keeping troops fresh, motivated, and happy.

'''Defeated enemy-''' The Empty Heart, Day Caste Abyssal under the command of Mask of Winters. The Empty Heart was in a capacity much like Smoke Wolf, leader of a group of commandos. Smoke and Heart fought a two-week-long running battle of sniping, stalking, and sneak attacks in the wilderness between Denandesor and Thorns. Smoke finally got the drop on The Empty Heart outside Denandesor and killed him.

'''Living enemy-''' The Sage of Slaughtered Dragons, Daybreak, caste Abyssal, part of The Empty Heart's circle. The Empty Heart was supposed to explore Denandesor and prepare the way for his circle, and when he died, Denandesor was lost. Sage really really wanted all that First Age goodness in there, and not only does he still want it, he's really pissed at Smoke Wolf for denying him it.

'''An NPC to whom Smoke owes a debt-''' Shozei Maheka Yagi, Seventh Legion. The Maheka family is known for being both honest and upright, and proponents of Lookshy's Immaculate faith. Shozei Maheka was disgusted by Smoke's depradations with the POWs (see above). Smoke has vowed to make it right with the Shozei, but so far Maheka has proven unresponsive.

'''An NPC Who Owes Smoke a Debt-''' The Great Forks Two, Talespinner and Dreamweaver- The Glorious 100 staggered back to Great Forks after the battle of Mishanka, feeling anything but glorious. The Great Forks contingent of troops was nearly annhilated to the last man against the forces of the Mask of Winters; of the 3,000 troops sent, all but the Glorious 100, including one of the city's patron dieties, Shield of a Different Day, died. That made Great Forks, the City of Temples, easy prey for the Walker in Darkness, or so it seemed. Smoke Wolf and Inara Smalltooth, with Inara's mercenary company the Iron Wolves, marched on Great Forks. They bolstered the city's defenses and trained the replacement forces. When the Walker In Darkness's army attacked, they were met by a fresh, highly trained, highly mobile and disciplined force, and were soundly defeated. Not only did Great Forks survive, it thrived, thanks in large part to Smoke Wolf's troops, training, and individual battle prowess. Which brings us to...

'''A Major Setting Change:''' One of the Three patron gods of Great Forks, Daysheild, was killed in the battle with the Mask of Winters. Smoke Wolf and Inara Smalltooth stepped in soon after, bolstering Great Forks' defenses and helping train their army. Although Great Forks' most martial god, Daysheild, was killed, the city was able to repel the Walker In Darkness, and now has a highly mobile and disciplined strike force to rival the First Field Force Rangers of the Seventh Legion. Which brings us to...

Smoke Wolf's Motivation: Destroy the Deathlords threatening the Scavenger Empire's way of life.


'''Name:''' Smoke Wolf<br>
'''Caste:''' Night <br>
'''Calling:''' Lookshy Ranger (Haltan Commando)<br>
'''Motivation:''' Destroy the Deathlords that threaten the Scavenger Empire’s way of life.<br>
'''Attributes:'''<br>
Str: 4 (4bp) Cha: 3 Per: 4 (4bp)<br>
Dex: 5 Man: 3 Int: 3<br>
Sta: 4 App: 2 Wis: 4<br>
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'''Abilities'''<br>
Archery<br>
Martial Arts: 2<br>
Melee<br>
Thrown (Calling, Favored, +5) 5 (Sling +3)<br>
War (Calling, Favored, +3) 5 (1bp )(Recon +1)<br>
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Athletics (Calling, +3) 5 (1bp) (Climbing +1)<br>
Awareness (+3) 5 (2.5 bp) (Join battle +2)<br>
Dodge (Calling, +5) 5 (melee attacks +2, ranged attacks +1)<br>
Larceny (Favored) 5 (1 bp)<br>
Stealth (Calling, +5) 5 (Reestablishing Surprise +3)<br>
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Integrity<br>
Performance<br>
Presence 2<br>
Resistance (Favored, +3) 5 (2.5 bp) (Healing +1, Mote recovery +1)<br>
Survival (Favored, +3) 5 (2 bp) (Evasion)<br>
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Bureaucracy<br>
Linguistics<br>
Ride<br>
Sail <br>
Socialize<br>
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Crafts<br>
Investigate (Favored) 2<br>
Lore<br>
Medecine<br>
Occult 1<br>
<br>
Essence: 3<br>
Willpower: 7<br>
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Personal Essence: 16<br>
Committed<br>
Total Available 16<br>
Peripheral Essence: 39<br>
Committed<br>
Bracers 4<br>
Sling 3<br>
Breastplate 2<br>
Total Av'ailable 30<br>
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'''Virtues'''<br>
Compassion: 2<br>
Conviction: 4<br>
Temperance: 3<br>
Valor: 2<br>
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Health: 0, -1, -1, -1, -1, -2, -2, -4, Incapacitated<br>
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Move 5 yards, Dash 11 yards, Jump 9 yards vertical 18 yards horizontal (18 and 36 w/ Monkey Leap)<br>
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Natural Soak: 4B/2L Armored Soak 8B/6L; Total soak 12B/8L<br>
Hardness: 4B/4L<br>
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Dodge DV: 8 for melee, 7 for ranged<br>
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Sling attack: Speed 5, Accuracy pool 16d, Damage 9L, Rate 2, Range 200 yards<br>
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Join Battle: 11<br>
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'''Backgrounds'''<br>
Manse 3- Lunar aspected, an apartment building in the Firewander District of Nexus. Hearthstone: Orb of the Unnoticed Predator: bearer creates no tracks, increases difficulty of Awareness rolls to notice him by 1<br>
Artifact 2: Orichalcum Sling of Deadly Prowess, does agg damage to Creatures of Darkness<br>
Artifact 1: Orichalcum Breastplate<br>
Artifact 2: Orichalcum Hearthstone Bracers<br>
Resources 3<br>
Backing 2: Seventh Legion<br>
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'''Legend Background:'''<br>
Followers 2<br>
Arsenal 2 (for followers)<br>
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'''Intimacies'''<br>
Inara<br>
Seventh Legion<br>
Great Forks<br>
Mask of Winters<br>
Walker in Darkness<br>
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'''Charms'''
Shadow Over Water<br>
Seven Shadows Evasion<br>
Reflex Sidestep Technique<br>
Flow Like Blood<br>
Graceful Crane Stance<br>
Monkey Leap Technique<br>
Foe Vaulting Method<br>
Triple Distance Attack<br>
Cascade of Cutting Terror<br>
First Thrown Excellency<br>
Observer Deceiving Attack<br>
Mist On Water Attack<br>
Falling Icicle Strike<br>
Ox Body Technique<br>
Second Stealth Excellency<br>
Second Larceny Excellency<br>
Spider Foot Style (3 bp)<br>
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'''Combos:'''<br>
Unheralded Death: Triple Distance Attack + Mist On Water Attack + Observer Deceiving Attack<br>
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No Escape: Triple Distance Attack + Cascade Of Cutting Terror
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===VERALI NOELAN, Keeper of the Solar Flame===
[[Breakingthewheel/Verali|VERALI, Keeper of the Solar Flame]]

===XIAO PUNG, THE RELENTLESS INQUISITOR===
[[BreakingtheWheel/Xiao Pung|XIAO PUNG, THE RELENTLESS INQUISITOR]]

===JORIM, the Heart of the Sword===
[[BreakingtheWheel/Jorim|JORIM, the Heart of the Sword]]

===NPCs===
[[BreakingtheWheel/NPCs|NPCs]]

==House Rules==
• All Reflexive Charms may be used freely by all awakened Essence users, without reference to other Charms, actions or Combos, as per the Dragon-Blooded rules for Reflexive Charms. I.E., Reflexive Charms do not count against the "one Charm per action without a Combo" rule.

• All powerbows have a speed of 5, not 6.

• [http://fixalted.bazzalisk.org/index.php?title=Kata_System Kata System] for Martial Arts.