Character:Death Veiled in Silk

Capadocious - Death Veiled in Silk

Character in The Perfect Harmony of Fate, played by Tito.

Chosen of: Ending
Concept: Velvet Covered Iron Fist
Allegiance: Nominally Copper

Description needs to be written

Iconic Anima

A deep purple-blue light

Motivation

To take part in the games of Divinity

Intimacies

To enjoy life

Attributes

Mental

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

Physical

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

Social

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

Abilities

Auspicious Abilities

Awareness: •••

Bureaucracy: •••

Integrity: •••

Martial Arts: •••••

Medicine: •

Favoured Abilities

Resistance: •••

Performance: ••

Socialize: ••

Melee: •••

Unfavoured Abilities

Dodge: ••

Linguistics: •• (Native: Riverspeak Others: Old Realm, High Realm)

Lore: •••

Occult: ••

Stealth: •••

Backgrounds

Type

Artifact: •••• (Perfected Kata Bracers)(When he activates a Form-type Charm, he adds his Essence to the accuracy, damage and defense of his unarmed attacks and of attacks made with the active Form-type Charm’s particular weapons. He may choose to inflict bashing or lethal damage at will and he may parry lethal attacks unarmed. In addition, Starmetal eases the flow of martial Essence for Sidereals, reducing the cost of activating Charms of the same style by two motes (minimum 1)

Artifact: •• (Seven Jeweled Peacock Fans)

Connections: • (Bureau of Heaven)

Celestial Manse: ••• (*Precision of Form Gemstone)(The brilliantly iridescent, egg-shaped opal reduces the essence cost to use all Martial Arts Charms of a particular style by 2 motes after the character activates that style's Form-type Charm. This effect can not reduce the mote cost of a Charm to less then half its original value. The bearer also cannot activate any Charms of another martial arts style until she abandons the Form she has already chosen. A character could abandon one Form, however, and then activate the Form-type Charm of another martial arts style, gaining the mote discount for all Charms of that style.)

Salary: •••

Sifu: ••• (Master of the Celestial Styles of Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Style, Celestial Monkey Style, and Silver-Voiced Nightingale Style. Master of Sidereal Styles of Prismatic Arrangement of Creation Style and Obsidian Shards of Infinity Style)

Charms

Ability

Resistance Charms

• Ox-Body Technique
  • Grants the character one additional -0 health level
    • Manual of Exalted Power: Sidereals, page 127

• Optimistic Security Practice
  • This charm raises his bashing, lethal and aggravated soak by an amount equal to his Essence. In addition, opponents whose Essence is lower then the Sidereal's Compassion must spend one Willpower point any time they take an action intended to damage or disable him. (This expenditure must be separate from Willpower spent form Willpower spent for bonus successes or to channel Virtues.) If an opponent does not do so, the action fails automatically.
    • Manual of Exalted Power: Sidereals, page 129

Melee Charms

• Harmony of Blows
  • Can make two more attacks using Archery, Martial Arts, Melee or Thrown, ignoring multiple-action penalties and his attacks’ listed Rate.
    • Manual of Exalted Power: Sidereals, page 155

Stealth Charms

• Soft Presence Practice
  • While the charm is active, divide the number of motes spent by two for the purposes of calculating the effect on the character's anima.
    • Manual of Exalted Power: Sidereals, page 170-171

Integrity Charms

• First Integrity Excellency.
  • Add dice to rolls involving Integrity.
    • Manual of Exalted Power: Sidereals, page 126.

• Slick Essence Replenishment.
  • When a character with this Charm channels Willpower through the Virtue that pertains to the Charm and succeeds on his action, she gets back (Virtue x 2) motes of Essence. The character can also use the required additional Ability to gain a smaller Essence replenishment in his action using the Ability supports the theme of the Virtue in a situation where something important is at stake.
    • Manual of Exalted Power: Sidereals, page 178

Martial Arts Charms

Violet Bier of Sorrow Style

• Secrets of Future Strife
  • Doubles base Join Battle pool
    • Manual of Exalted Power: Sidereals, page 180.

Pearl Dreaming Courtesan Style

• Demure Carp Feint
  • The character opens the fans waving it in a distracting way (need not be a war fan). While using this Charm, the Exalt adds either his Essence or +2 (whichever is greater) to their DVs.
    • Scroll of the Monk, page 88

• Pearlescent Filigree Defense
  • Each mote spent adds one to the character's lethal soak and two to the character's bashing soak. (This bonus does not count as armour, but as a form of natural soak.) The character can not spend more mots of Essence to fuel this Charm then he has dots in Essence.
    • Scroll of the Monk, page 88

• Lethal Paper Fan Attack
  • The character treats all paper fans (or other similar props such as brushes or mirros) as wind-fire wheels. He treats all sashes, long hems, sleeves and so on as seven-section staves. The damage these weapons inflict is lethal, though their appearance does not change. In addition, if the character uses an actual war fan or other accountment that has been properly constructed for use in the martial arts, the character may enhance the weapon's Speed, Accuracy, Damage or Defense by an amount equal to his Essence. (pick any value when activating the Charm.) If the player picks Speed, a value equal to the character's Essence is subtracted from the weapon Speed rating. The result of doing so can be no less then 1, however. Sashes, cloak-hems and other clothing turned into weighted ropes and then enhanced by this Charm deal less damage then they would empowered by the Charm alone-but the character can wield them with much greater Speed, Accuracy or Defense
    • Scroll of the Monk, page 88-89

• Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Form
  • The sensual martial artist's props and robes take on a life of their own, enhancing and complementing his movements. The martial arts controls one prop per dot of Essence he has (deciding his prop to animate when he activates the Charm.) If the martial arts wishes to change the props, he must drop the present invocation of this Charm and reactivate it. While using this Charm, the character's Martial Arts score is add to all Presence and Socialize rolls, including those required for social combat and the activations of Charms.
    • Scroll of the Monk, page 89

• Flurry of August Leaves Concentration
  • The martial artist with this Charm casts his fans or sashes into the air, making them swoop and slash out at an opponent before obediently returning to him. If he activates this Charm while using the Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Form, the martial arts can have as many props as that Charm allows to make multiple attacks against one target. This Charm allows the martial arts to strike a target up to (Martial Arts x5) yards away. The Exalt rolls a single normal Martial Arts attack, regardless of how many weapons the character control. Successes from the roll, penalized by the target's DV, apply to all the weapons simultaneously, and the damage is calculated normally as if he had performed the attack manually. The opponent does suffer an onslaught penalty to his DV for being attacked by multiple props, but each prop applies its damage separately.
    • Scroll of the Monk, page 89

Essence

• Permanent Essence: 3
• Personal motes: 12/12
• Peripheral motes: 21/33
• Committed: 12
• Willpower: 6/6

Virtues

• Compassion •
• Conviction ••
• Temperance •••
• Valour •••

Limit Break

• 0/10

Equipment

Artifacts

• Pair of Seven-Jewel Peacock Fans (Starmetal)

These war fans are half-again as large as normal and reinforced with a magical material. they are called "seven-jeweled" because their join is set with that many gemstones. Skilled warriors can use them to subdue by precisely lashing out with them when closed, to kill by closing the razor sharp inside edge on veins and disarm by capturing or flicking weapons out of opponent's hands. They are Artifact 1 alone, but 2 for a matched Pair.

Speed 5 Accuracy +4 Damage +8B/+4L Defense +3 Rate 3 Tags D,M

• Starmetal Perfected Kata Bracers

When he activates a Form-type Charm, he adds his Essence to the accuracy, damage and defense of his unarmed attacks and of attacks made with the active Form-type Charm’s particular weapons. He may choose to inflict bashing or lethal damage at will and he may parry lethal attacks unarmed. In addition, Starmetal eases the flow of martial Essence for Sidereals, reducing the cost of activating Charms of the same style by two motes (minimum 1)

Mundane

Several Silk Sashes and a Silk Kimono

Defenses

Physical

• Dodge DV: 6
• Parry (Martial Arts - Fans) DV: 6
• Parry (Martial Arts - Fists) DV: 6
• Parry (Melee - Fans) DV: : 6

Mental

• Dodge MDV: 6
• Parry MDV: ?

Colleges

Saturn

• The Sword: ••••

Venus

• The Musician: ••
• The Peacock: •

History

The person who would become Capadocious exalted later in his life almost 16 when discovered. The Exaltation he possess original belonged to a Chosen who was not fated to die for several millennia. But was killed in a large battle during Calibration when Yozi cultists had summoned several very power 2nd level demons. With his former Exaltation's death. The other quickly examined the Loom to find out if a replacement could be located so much sooner. The strands of fate pointed to him and the Sidereals came.

Upon meeting Capadocious they wondered if the Loom had made a mistake. He was the son of a power member of the Guild. His mother ran several brothels and courtesans from which she would spread her web of manipulation and deceit. The youth had grown up in a world surrounded by vice, excess and intrigue. A world which he had become quite suited to. The Sidereals that had come to collect him wondered how such a youth was fated to be a Chosen of Ending but did as they were told.

Needless to say he was not at all impressed or interested in the situation. He enjoyed the life that he had, needless to say it took some convincing but with Sidereal abilities they got the youth to come. Upon arriving in Yu-Shun his attitude changed completely. He was overwhelmed by the sights and sounds and quickly explored every inch someone of his ability could get into.

He took to the lessons he was given but still seemed out of place in the Violet Bier. He attitude and demeanor were more indulgent then the normal Chosen of Ending. Unlike some of the others, Capadocious had taken a view of life that he enjoyed, "Live, Drink and be Merry. For tomorrow we die." He Exalted 1 year to the day his predecessor had passed. After receiving his Exaultation, did some others realize that while unconventional, Capadocius was just as capable as any other Chosen of Ending. Maybe more so, since he prefers to get any job done, so he can spend his time at the Cerulean Lute as he can manage.

Health Levels

• -0
• -0
• -1
• -1
• -2
• -2
• -4
• Incapacitated

Wounds are designated as bashing, lethal or aggravated

Soak

• Bashing: 5
• Lethal: 2

XP

Gained

0

Spent

0

Unspent

0