EmeraldMaidenoftheSorrowfulStar - A Meditation on Whirling Stars in their Rising and Falling Aspects

Emerald Maiden of the Sorrowful Star

Concept: Chosen of Secrets, savant and first-age scholar

Philosophy:

Background: 30 years ago, a child was left on the doorstep of an outpost the All-Seeing Eye. Which doorstep and who did the leaving is unclear, but she was taken in and raised by numerous agents in-between their missions. She came with no name or clues of any kind, but was wrapped in soft emerald-green blanket, so they called her Emma. Those agents, and some of their children (many of whom later followed their parents into the spying business) became her family. She was a natural spy and sneak, and used it to her advantage to study the parts of the All-Seeing Eye's extensive collection of captured books and artifacts that would have been prohibited to normal agents. Her fascination with the forbidden lore of the past made her an expert in the lore of the First Age even before she exalted.

Just before she Exalted, Emma was suddenly and unexpectedly transferred from the headquarters of the Eye to a remote outpost in the North. Shortly afterward, it became clear that the transfer was arranged to better explain her absence and subsequent induction into the Forbidding Manse of Ivy. While she was in training, the Arcane Fate began to break apart her artificial family. Makara, a young agent of the Eye with whom she had been plotting a way out of his arranged Dynastic marriage, wrote her weekly letters for the first two seasons of her exile. She wrote back when she could, but there was little she could say about her new life. After that, there was nothing for a year---until an official announcement of the marriage of Makara to *dynast* Amelia was forwarded to her mailbox in Heaven. Broken-hearted and alone, she threw herself into the workings of the Bureaucracy of Heaven---joining conventions, volunteering for dangerous or tedious missions---anything to keep busy enough to not notice the empty places that should have been filled by family and friends. Her training-circle are the closest thing to friends she has ever had, and she values their acquaintance and companionship, even though they disagree frequently.

Intimaticies:

Motivation: Reform, centralize and streamline the corrupt (heavenly) Bureaucracy and turn it to serve all the people of Creation.

Attributes

5, 6, 8

Strength	1	Charisma	3	Perception	4
Dexterity	4	Manipulation	4	Intelligence	4
Stamina	2	Appearance	2	Wits	3

Abilities

need checksum

Journeys		Serenity		Battles		Secrets		Endings
Resistance	0	Craft [Fate]	0	Archery	0	Investigation	5	Awareness	2
Ride	0	Dodge	2	Athletics	0	Larceny	2	Bureaucracy	2
Sail	3	Linguistics	3	Melee	2	Lore	5	Integrity	0
Survival	0	Performance	2	Presence	0	Occult	2	Martial Arts	3
Thrown	0	Socialize	2	War	0	Stealth	3	Medicine	2

Languages: High Realm, Old Realm, Skytongue, Rivertongue

Essence, Willpower, and Virtues

Permanent Essence	3	-
Personal Essence	11	2perm. ess + sum of two highest virtues*
Peripheral Essence	32	6perm. ess + sum of virtues + willpower*
Willpower	5	sum of two highest virtues

Compassion	2	Temperance	2
Conviction	3	Valor	2

Background

15 points plus 1 bonus point

Backing	3	Forbidding Manse of Ivy
	2	Gold Faction
	1	Convention on Air
	1	Convention on Plague
Connections	2	All-Seeing Eye: Center
Savant	3
Salary	2	Resources 3 in Heaven, 4 in Creation
Sifu	2	@martial_arts_forms

Colleges

5 colleges

Captain	1	1e/week	Add Ess. to Presence rolls while absolutely commanding a crew
		1e/month	Intimidate those with Valor less than your Ess, they will never complain about your behavior as a boss
		1e/week	Train college x 10 people, 1 ability rank/week (limited to teacher's rating, and a total of teacher's conviction in points)
Key	1	1e	Make sleep, food, and water unnecessary when preparing for a Lore or Bureaucracy roll
		1e+1p	Lower the difficulty by 1 of any roll against someone with Temperance < user's Intelligence
		1e+3p	Summon the Calibration Gate at the current location
Treasure	1	1e/season	The user is instantly aware of any mortal astrology reading about him and can give it any desired outcome
		1e	Add Essence to a Lore or Bureaucracy roll if the opponent's Lore is at most his own
		1e/month	Add Essence to Presence or Socialize rolls if user's Lore is higher than the opponent's Intelligence.
Sorcerer	3	1e	Reflexively block any attack that lowers permanent Essence or causes his to lose memory or access to spells, Charms, Combos, or Abilities (except for pattern bite or the weakening effect of his Greater Sign)
		1e	+3 dice to all rolls with un-Exalted when playing the role of an Exalt
		1e+	Spend n Endurance to add n bonus effect dice when performing an astrology roll with multiple Sidereals involved
Mask	1	1e	Essx10 yard area proof against scrying
		1e+1p	reroll dex+stealth before comparing
		1e+3p/week	supernatural concealment

Selected Inventory

I should look into getting some stuff.

Celestial Manse and Staff

none

Charms

15 charms

Charm	Cost	Area	Type	Duration	Effects	Keywords
Stone-Skipping Spirit	5m	Sail	Simple	Scene	Ship ignores env. penalties to sail & damage from env.	-
Mirror-Shattering Method	5m	Sail	Simple	five days	Five days to heaven, else twice normal speed	Fate
Impeding the Flow	3m	Melee	Reflexive	Instant	Reduces an incoming attack to zero successes	Combo-OK
Harmony of Blows	8m	Melee	Extra Action	Instant	Two E.A.s, ignore rate & multiple action penalties (same ability & weapon)	Combo-OK, Temperance
Methodology of Secrets	5m	Lore	Reflexive	Until sleeping	(assuming we're still using the 1e version) +3 to one ability and +1 to all others when working in a particular environment, circumstance, or condition	-
Of Things Desired and Feared	10m	Lore	Simple	3 hours	You and two other Siderials, int+lore to find out the price for guaranteed accomplishing that goal.	combo-OK
Of Secrets Yet Untold	5m + 1 wp	Lore	Simple	Instant	Spirit owes you a favor (neither of you choose the favor), wits+temp, diff 3 to initiate hostile action	Compulsion, Fate
Efficient Secretary	2m	Investigation	Simple	One misc. action	Provides answers to simple, factual questions	-
Research Assistant Invocation	5m	Investigation	Simple	five days	Create a savant from a plant	Obvious
Auspicious Prospects of Secrets	1m	Investigation	Simple	Instant	int+inv for insight on fate	Combo-Basic
Secrets of Future Strife	-	Martial Arts	Reflexive	Permanent	Double Join Battle Pool	-
Joy in Adversity Stance	5m	Martial Arts	Reflexive	Scene	Roll Ess when an attack fails to overcome DV. Gain 2m for each success	Combo-OK

Character Creation/XP Log:

Bonus Points
2	on Investigation from 3-5
2	on Lore 3-5
1	on stealth 2-3
2	on MA 1-3
1	on backing: gold 1-2
10	on Essence 3

EmeraldMaidenoftheSorrowfulStar (last edited 2008-02-08 20:48:56 by KatherineSniffen)