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=Moonlit Coral Veiled In Sorrow=
''"The state of this world is sick.''<br>
''Look what festers beneath the veneer of so-called civility and righteousness.<br>
''Famine. Slavery. Plague. Corruption. Beasts and fae alike running wild.<br>
''Life is suffering, and death is a wondrous freedom.<br>
''I bring the gift of death, the embrace of Oblivion. Accept it and be freed of your suffering and your sins."''

* '''Essence:''' 1
* '''Resolve:''' 3

{| class="wikitable" 
|- style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"
| colspan="2" style="text-decoration:underline;" | ABILITIES
| colspan="2" style="text-decoration:underline;" | ATTRIBUTES
|-
! Awareness
| 4
! Force
| 4
|-
! Athletics
| 3
! Fortitude
| 2
|-
! Close Combat
| 5
! Finesse
| 3
|-
! Craft
| 0
! rowspan="11" colspan="2" | 
|-
! Embassy
| 0
|-
! Integrity
| 2
|-
! Navigate
| 1
|-
! Performance
| 0
|-
! Physique
| 2
|-
! Presence
| 3
|-
! Ranged Combat
| 0
|-
! Sagacity
| 3
|-
! Stealth
| 0
|-
! War
| 0
|}

=Combat= 

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! style="font-weight:bold; text-align:left;" | Health Levels:
| 0
| 0
| -1
| -1
| -2
| -2
| Incapacitated
|- style="text-align:left;"
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Damage:
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
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! style="font-weight:bold; text-align:left;" | DEFENSE
! Parry
! Evasion
! Soak
! Hardness
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Default<br />
| 5
| 4
| +2
| 3
|-
! style="font-weight:bold; text-align:left;" | OFFENSE
! Accuracy
! Damage
! Defense
! Overwhelming
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Unarmed
| +2
| +0
| +1
| 1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Chill of Death (Grim Scythe)
| +1
| +4
| +2
| 3
|}
* '''Weapon Tags:''' Artifact, Chopping, Melee, Reaching, Two-Handed
* '''Armor Tags:''' Light, Silent

=Social=

==Virtues==

* '''Major:''' Compassion

* '''Minor:''' Loyalty

==Intimacies==

* '''Major:''' ''Death Is Freedom From Suffering.'' (Principle) [Compassion]

* '''Minor:''' ''Claws Lock Deep, My Lunar Mate'' - Adoration. (Tie) [Loyalty]

* '''Minor:''' ''The Star-Princes of Illuvar'' - Profound Familial Closeness (Tie) [Loyalty]

==Backstory==

Moonlit Coral Veiled In Sorrow is very tall and exceedingly handsome — so much so that his Deathlord, Princess Magnificent, forces him to remain completely veiled and covered at all times so as to hide his enrapturing visage from everyone, purely out of spite and jealousy.

Clad in the white luminous funerary cloth and veils customary to his home of Illuvar in the Dreaming Sea, Moonlit Coral is a former Star-Prince — the son of a god and a Sidereal. He was originally betrothed to Tenepeshu, dragon-queen of Champoor, since his youth but the pact was never fulfilled due to his father Ireni discovering the water dragon had other lovers and refused to allow one of his sons (and his own pride) to be second place.

As an Abyssal Dusk Caste, Moonlit Coral's duty is to kill. Slaughter. Maim and annihilate until all things are cast into Oblivion forever, in the name of mad deceased titans whose whispers fill the back of his skull ceaselessly. The idea doesn't bother him too much, but he's choosy about his victims usually. He sees Oblivion as the final and utter freedom from the sick carnival game that is the current state of affairs in Creation and Heaven. When nothing remains, all will be at peace.

Moonlit Coral Veiled In Sorrow received his title in an unusual way. He was mourning the death of one of his royal siblings at a nighttime funeral when he suddenly collapsed upon the bier, almost instantly dead from a maladaptive physical condition that struck him down with no warning or chance to resist — essentially an aneurysm. This was caused by Careless Whisper during her machinations to stop the faerie invasion of the Dreaming Sea, and is the reason he seeks revenge on her.

=Exalt=
''Dusk Abyssal''

'''Exalt Milestone:''' Gained if they engaged a significant foe in bloody combat.

*'''Death’s Champions''': Abyssals are considered undead whenever it is beneficial to them. In places touched by death, such as the Underworld or a blood-soaked battlefield, they gain a one-success bonus on any action that evokes fear, sorrow, dread, or acceptance.

*'''Cruel Banquet''': Drawing might from blood and terror, an Abyssal may replenish their motes by inflicting a level of damage or committing an act that frightens, subdues, or angers the target. Draining or terrifying a trivial character restores 1 mote, an elite character restores 2, and a powerful character — such as another Exalt — restores 3. The Abyssal may benefit from Cruel Banquet only once per scene outside of combat.

*'''Resonance''': Abyssals are resonant with soulsteel.

=== Anima Effects ===

*'''Death is Inevitable (Passive)''': Without needing to roll, the Dusk slays up to his Essence in trivial characters on their turn; against nontrivial targets, their decisive attacks that hit always inflict at least one level of damage.

*'''Fear Made Flesh (Active)''': When the Dusk flurries influence actions meant to intimidate, demoralize, or otherwise frighten a foe, reduce the flurry penalty by two on each action. They can also intimidate otherwise mindless targets, such as automata. This includes any antagonist with the Mindless quality.

*'''Walking Apocalypse (Iconic)''': Once per turn, he may respond to an attack on Step 8, making a counterattack with any combat Ability. If successful, he gains his Essence in bonus successes to damage during Step 5 of his next attack against the target.

== The Great Curse ==

'''Incitement'''
* Moonlit Coral Veiled In Sorrow acts against his Major Intimacy.
* Moonlit Coral Veiled In Sorrow acts against his Major Virtue. 
* Moonlit Coral Veiled In Sorrow attempts to exist among mortals as a member of the living.
* Moonlit Coral Veiled In Sorrow acknowledges the name he once had in life or a similar aspect of his mortal life.

'''Grave Extremity'''

Lure of the Tomb<br>
Undying Order<br>
Macabre Fascination<br>
Mortality's Shadow<br>
Infinite Anguish

== Charms ==

* Close Combat Excellency
* Artful Maiming Onslaught
* Corpse-Commanding Attitude
* Flickering Shadow Evasion
* Necromantic Initiation
* Mist Over Ice
* Soul-Drinking Bite
* Wickedness-Unveiling Method

=Shaping Rituals=

Disciple of the Neverborn

=Spells=

* Flesh-Sloughing Wave

=Merits=

*'''Artifact (Primary):''' Moonlit Coral is fortunate enough to possess ''Chill of Death'', a grand grimscythe made from soulsteel and accented with blue jade and chunks of perpetually frozen ice. A small ghostly lantern hangs from the bottom of the haft that glows dimly with the light of lost souls. This weapon is ancient, one of the first items forged from soulsteel after the discovery and exploration of the Labyrinth in the First Age. This weapon saw so much use during the Usurpation and the end of the First Era that mortals still refer to the sensation of grave coldness, sudden shivers, or inexplicable chills in cemeteries and shadowlands as the "chill of death". Chill of Death grants two additional Power from withering attacks if the target is not completely immune to frost, and no mortal may lay a hand upon it without being frozen to death, left to stand as an icy statue with an expression of abject horror.

*'''Resources (Secondary):''' Moonlit Coral has invested in an impressively large number of merchant guilds and trade ports in the Dreaming Sea, so he possesses a decently substantial income. He still owns multiple well-furnished apartments in various areas across the Dreaming Sea, and also has a stable under his name containing a choice of fine mounts. He can gain an audience with kings, minor satraps and young Dynastic scions by leveraging his economic power.

*'''Contacts (Tertiary):''' Although Princess Magnificent could barely give him anything due to a lack of resources, she is still an ancient and powerful ghost, and thus demands worship and respect regardless of her current station. This enables Moonlit Coral to access what little pull he can from her thinly spread court of loyal ghosts and nephwracks, allowing him small favors and information from the dead of the Dreaming Sea.

=Equipment and Gear=
Reinforced buff jacket (Light, Silent)<br>
Deathly paraphernalia<br>
Ivory parasol<br>

=3x3=
*'''Ally:''' Black Rose Blooming In the Ashes of Strife (Abyssal Day Caste of Princess Magnificent)
*'''Ally:''' Claws Lock Deep (Sorceress and Lunar Mate)
*'''Ally:''' Star-Princes of Illuvar, City of Fallen Stars (City Rulers/Family)

*'''Neutral:''' Princess Magnificent with Lips of Coral and Robes of Black Feathers (Deathlord)
*'''Neutral:''' Ireni the White Star (God of Coded Messages, Patron God of Illuvar, and Moonlit Coral's father)
*'''Neutral:''' Alois Majira (Thaumaturge, occultist, demon summoner)

*'''Enemy:''' Blossoming White Lotus (Chosen of Serenity and Moonlit Coral's mother)
*'''Enemy:''' The "Majestic Brilliance", a noteworthy ship of fae corsairs from the Wyld
*'''Enemy:''' Ophris Saraban (Water Aspect Dragon-Blood and secret necromancer)