Ups and Downs - Quiescence
Quiescence Pieta Pariqa never served an Aelfir lord, instead being trained by her aunt and uncle in the art of deception. As a family, they moved around and Quiescence always pretended that she was the servant of an Aelfir just over the other side. She grew to realise that her aunt and uncle were part of the Ministry, and that they were training her to be a spy.
She did rebel against this, leaving them and trying to find her own way in the world, partying and forgetting that there was always danger about. And then her family was killed in one fell swoop, and finally, Quiescence discovered that with great responsibility comes great power. She joined up with the Midwives, and now she is a Minister herself.
| Skills | Domains |
|---|---|
| Fight | Crime |
| Fix | Low Society |
| Deceive | High Society |
Abilities
- MARTYE
- You sacrifice your life, inch by inch, to safeguard the future of the drow. Once per session, when an ally takes fallout, you appear nearby so long as it would be even slightly feasible for you to do so. They ignore the effects of the fallout, and you take D6 stress to an appropriate resistance instead.
- PROTECTOR’S EYE.
- Ancient instincts, bound into you by forgotten sorcery, give you a measure of what a person really cares about. Once per situation, ask the GM what a particular NPC wishes to protect above all else.
- HANDS OF THE MOTHER. [Occult]
- At will, your hands become dangerous weapons as your nails harden and flexible plates cover your palms. Your unarmed damage becomes (D6, Bloodbound).
- CANTICLE OF REMAKING. [Occult]
- Intoning ancient psalms to forgotten powers, you bind your wounds with strands of ethereal web. +1 Blood. Roll Fix+Occult to cast this spell. On a success, remove D6 stress from Blood on yourself, or D3 stress from Blood on another character.
