Character:Dhiren

Dhiren
Caste: Casteless
Concept: Farmboy Rescued from Slavery

A boy on the cusp of manhood, one can already predict Dhiren's build - tall, with broad, powerful shoulders. His light brown hair is long, shaggy, and tipped with silver. Dhiren usually wears it in a ponytail, but it has a tendency to escape and fall forward, so he's continually having to brush it back from his face and out of his warm brown eyes. He dresses in well-made but simple farmer's clothes, and has lately taken to wearing his buff jacket nearly all the time. He carries no weapons, but is accompanied by a young bear cub nearly everywhere he goes.

Motivation

Protect others from becoming slaves and rescue those who are enslaved

Intimacies

Surely-Refulgent Anshu
Nuwa (Solar Mate)
Cult of the Illuminated
Natalzu

Anima

Dhiren's anima power shifts with the phases of the moon. His spirit shape is a grizzly bear, and his tell is his long, shaggy, light brown hair tipped with silver.

Attributes

Favored Attributes
PHYSICAL: Strength 5, Dexterity 5, Stamina 4
SOCIAL: Charisma 4, Manipulation 4, Appearance 4
MENTAL: Perception 3, Intelligence 3, Wits 4

Abilities

Favored Abilities

Integrity 5
Melee 5
Survival 5

Unfavored Abilities

Athletics 4
Awareness 4
Craft (Earth +4, Wood +4)
Dodge 5
Medicine 4
Resistance 4
Ride 4
Stealth 4
Thrown 5

Backgrounds

Resources •••

As the child of a fairly wealthy farming family, Dhiren has a good enough line of credit to buy even rather expensive items, even if he doesn't have the money with him then and there.

Artifact •••

This pair of jade daiklaves can also be thrown as if they were sky-cutters. The base attunement cost is 6 motes.

Familiar ••

Dhiren rescued this grizzly bear cub from a circus in Nexus.

Past Lives •••

Dhiren remembers some of his past lives, including the following:

Oloru Ursi, male, Full Moon, Bear Totem
- High First Age Exalt, died defending his mate in the Usurpation
- Motivation: Protect and expand Creation's borders
- Intimacies: Hollow, Solar Mate, Sun-King Seneschals
Taquka, female, Full Moon, Bear Totem
- Shogunate-Era Exalt, died in the Baloran Crusade
- Motivation: Prevent the Fair Folk from threatening Creation
- Intimacies: Ten Tribes, Swords of Luna, Silver Pact
Yamir, male, Full Moon, Bear Totem
- Age of Sorrows Exalt, died to a Wyld Hunt
- Motivation: Create an independent nation in Greyfalls
- Intimacies: Greyfalls, Silver Pact, Winding Path

Solar Bond ••••• (With Eternal Vow)

Dhiren is bonded to Nuwa.

Knacks

Prey's Skin Disguise (Lunars, pp. 131-132)
Intimate Training Recollection (p. 132)
Lunar Blood Shaping Technique (p. 133)
Honing the Stolen Form (p. 132)
Flickering Star Infusion (p.132)
Deadly Beasman Transformation (pp.136-137)

Thick Skin (The Wyld, p. 147)
Inexhaustible (pp. 146-147)
Enhanced Hearing (Exalted, p. 288)
Enhanced Smell (Exalted, p. 288)
Claws (p. 288)
Fangs (p. 288)

Charms

Charms marked with * are Fury-OK.

General

First [Attribute] Excellency (Lunars, p.140) Second [Attribute] Excellency (pp. 140-141) Third [Attribute] Excellency (p. 141) Instinctive [Attribute] Unity (p. 141) Flawless [Attribute] Focus (pp. 141-142)

Strength

Wind-Wings Carry Technique (p. 142) Impressions of Strength (Undeniable Might, pp.144-145)*

Dexterity

Golden Tiger Stance (p. 151)* Wary Swallow Method (p. 151) Wind-Dancing Method (p. 151) Flowing Body Evasion (Compassion flaw, p. 151) Wasp-Sting Blur (p. 154)* Twin-Fang Technique (p. 154)

Stamina

Steadfast Yeddim Meditation (p. 156)* Luna's Fortitude (p. 157)* Relentless Lunar Fury (pp. 158-159)* Durable Battle Mind (p. 159)*

Wits

The Spider's Trap Door (pp. 190-191) Thieving Magpie Prana (p. 191) Many-Pockets Meditation (2 items stored, 4m committed) p.191)

Essence

Essence: 4
Personal: 16
Peripheral: 40 (28 available)
Committed: 12 (from Peripheral)

Willpower

6

Virtues

Compassion: 3
Conviction: 2
Temperance: 3
Valor: 3

Limit Break: Curse of the Whipped Dog (Compassion)

Dhiren is overcome with indecision and doubt. He capitulates in the face of adversity and cannot resist authority. He refuses to take any sort of leadership responsibility, instead blindly following the suggestions of anyone around him. Dhiren may defend himself if physically attacked, but he will try to remove himself from the confrontation as quickly as possible.
Partial Control: The character may choose to flee from a situation immediately rather than deal with the consequences of taking actions, even those proposed by others. He still feels a compulsion to obey, but balances it with concern for what others might think.

Equipment

Exceptional buff jacket (Mobility -0/Fatigue 1)

Combat

Join Battle: 8

Jade Short Daiklave
Spd 3/Acc +4/Dmg +5L/Def +1/Rate 2

Jade Sky-Cutter
Spd 4/Acc +2/Dmg +5L/Rate 2/Range 60

Dodge DV: 7 (exceptional buff jacket)
Parry DV: 6 (jade short daiklave/unarmed)
Natural Soak: 4B/2L
Armored Soak: +4B/+3L/+3A

Health Levels

-0 [ ] -1 [ ][ ] -2 [ ][ ] -4 [ ] In [ ]

Social Combat

Join Debate: 8

Dodge MDV: 7
Parry MDV: 2

History

Backstory for Anshu and Dhiren

Personality

Give at least one short paragraph

Merits and Flaws

Ambidexterous

Dhiren takes no penalty for using anything with his off hand. He also can switch hands with his (melee or one-handed MA) weapon while in close combat, which can distract the person he's fighting against. Doing so requires a Difficulty 1 Dexterity + Melee or MA roll, and if he succeeds the enemy's parry DV goes down by 2 against his next attack.