Haya Mipaq
(not final)
Very short concept
Haltan Twilight scholar, friendly, trusting, has raksha cataphract guard
Short concept
- Mother was a noble of Resplendent Peak, father was a Haslanti trader.
- As teen, acquired raksha servant via commutation.
- Quietly exalted as Twilight, pursued studies
- Visited Sijan, met the mortal Asphodel
- Teamed up with her, laid to rest the Shade Tiger
- In Summit Point for the Eternal Library
Life
Crippled by a childhood illness, Haya grew up pursuing a life of the mind, buying and borrowing many books on many subjects, with a bias toward studies of thaumaturgy and the occult. She had one of the most sedate Exaltations known, and jokes that she read her way into awesomeness.
When she was 10, a cataphract named Velka attacked people in the city and was somehow caught. She was straightforwardly sentenced to death, but Haya stepped in to speak to her, and learned Velka had offended Yseult, the fairy queen to the north, and been ordered to 'count coup' by attacking Haltans and escaping -- or submitting to Haltan law if caught. Struck by the fae's beauty and outrage at an unjust order, she begged her mother to commute the sentence to service, saying she would be responsible for the raksha. Her mother reluctantly agreed, sentencing Velka to ten years sworn service to Haya, unless her daughter began to weaken. But Haya's dreams were sufficient to support Velka, who became her constant companion, and often transport.
Ten years later, Velka, marked by Haya's kind treatment, voluntarily swore life service to Haya as her twilight knight, in preference to returning to a raksha court. Probable 'life' turned out to be longer than expected, when Haya in turn Exalted as a Twilight Solar.
With a new ability to walk on her own, and many mystical abilities beside, Haya has since traveled the east, with a preference of seeking out libraries or people to study with. Although compassionate to those in need, she's sought to avoid any immediate entanglements.
In Sijan, visiting the museums and seeking access to the libraries, she met the mortal mortician Asphodel, who later as a Zenith joined her in Halta; together they pacified the ancient Lunar ghost who'd stalked the land.
Haya is kind and friendly. As a pampered child of a pampered nation, she's inclined to be trusting, perhaps too much so. Then again, so far it has served her well.
Merits
Caste: Twilight (+2+4=6)
Favored Ability: Presence (+2)
Past: Bourgeois orphan (+2)
Motivation: learn everything! currently, the Eternal Library
Virtue: Compassion (+2)
Flaw: Trusting (-2)
Techniques:
- Second Sight: The occult is not hidden from her; she can see the immaterial.
- Integrity-Protecting Prana: her person is inviolate, maintained by her Will.
- Adamant Body Meditation: no, seriously, her person is inviolate.
- Wyld-Shaping Technique: she can mold the world to her wishes, and improve it.
- Judge's Ear Technique: People's lies and self-deceptions tend to ring false to her.
Extras:
1: Merit: friendly demeanor (+2); people tend to like her.
2: +4 Caste boost.
1: Merit: Staff/Spearfighting [+2] (or just Melee?). She can't just depend on guards, can she? Artifact: Reliance, a magic spear she made for herself.
- 1: it normally hangs around her neck as a small cross, but can swiftly transform into a two handed fighting spear, basically a quarterstaff with a point.
- 1: she can 'throw' it, actually sending a phantom that does the damage of a normal throwing spear, without the artifact leaving her hand.
[3 points left]
