Aris

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This sheet has been prepared with the Solar Exalts in mind, as Solars are the default Exalt type for game-play. It should not be terribly difficult to modify, however.

History

Aris the Radient was once Arissa Jun, a girl of little seeming import in one of the Hundred Kingdoms of relatively little importance. Her parents were spirit-callers, and she was apprenticed to their trade, though she loathed it and wished more than anything to do something - anything - else. Arissa was a girl of action and passion, her impulsive nature got her into trouble quite often when she was young. As she grew into a young woman, however, her kingdom was rocked to the foundation: the Prince slaughtered his father in full court, pinning him to his chair; at the same time, the Prince's men drew their swords and slew all of his siblings and his father's siblings.

The power-hungry prince was determined to be King, and he would not allow anything to stand in his way. Faced with little choice but a murderer as a King, the court was forced to crown him, but he grew worried; after all, he who succeeds the throne by the sword grows afraid that others will succeed him the same way, and he called the court astrologers and seers to ascertain whether or not he was the last remaining heir. He was not - furious, he launched an investigation, and it was determined that the old King had a number of illegitimate children who still survived.

Naturally, the Prince wouldn't tolerate this; almost as quickly as he ordered a pogrom of the illegitimates, he ordered a pogrom of those who were seeking the illegitimates to place on the throne. Needless to mention was the bloodshed that ensued. Eventually the King's Men came for Arissa and her family; her mother, knowing of Arissa's parentage, put her on a horse and bade her to run, but it was too late. The King's Men arrived just after she had departed, and furiously slew her family - Arissa turned around, angry beyond belief, and charged down the King's Men.

One young woman with a club pulled from a tree, charging down ten of the King's Men, armored and armed, is usually a suicidal proposition, but luck was on Arissa's side that night. The King's Men were glad that the object of their hunt was coming to them - at least, until she began to glow white, then exploded into golden light. Her old farm-nag went down that night, speared out from under her, but the King's Men found that the authority of a mere King was nothing to the authority of a Princess of the Earth.

Once her grim task was complete, Aris found herself alone in the world; her family gone, she was left cold, sad and angry, simmering with soft rage and grief; at least until her vision faded to gold, and she found herself being addressed by a voice in a language she knew not, yet understood perfectly well - a voice she knew at an instinctive level belonged to the the Unconquered Sun. A voice telling her that she was the Weary Queen, she whose blade was righteously empowered to claim rulership of Creation.

Aris journeyed for some time - she took the finest of the horses the King's Men rode to her home, a magnificent white charger, and claimed a discarded sword; she knew herself to be of the Dawn Caste of the Solar Exalted, the Bronze Tigers, the warriors without peer, but she couldn't work up the fire to fight yet.

Her long journey cured her of that; when she saw the weak set upon by the strong, Arissa's heart was moved to fire, and she soon began to journey about the Scavenger Lands, wandering aimlessly save to follow the instinct to hit the road, her earlier upbringing as a spirit-caller lending to her an understanding of the occult - and how to deal with it if it would not behave. Along the way she uncovered a tomb that her instincts led her to - though it clearly had riches beyond compare within, Aris was unable to penetrate very deeply, and decided that at the time she only had need of the magnificent, mammoth blade and the strong armor which she had found within the first chamber.

Along her journey, Arissa learned of her taste for women and girls, and almost to Nexus she came upon a land beset by an Outcaste Terrestrial sorcerer, a demon-summoner who had made those around him subjects in his twisted experiments, thanks to a Neomah he had summoned. Arissa slew the Dragon-Blooded Exalt, but when turning on the cringing, cowering Demon got an idea. In exchange for doing nothing particularly horrible (such as invoking Ghost-Eating Technique) to it, she compelled the neomah to craft a fertile member upon her, which she naturally first tested on the demoness.

She then journey north-easterly, cutting into the cooler lands, along the way dealing with rogue demons and gods, until she came upon a village whose protector God had turned upon them, demanding impossible tributes and worse, human sacrifices.

Appearance and Personality

Aris is a tall woman from whom a sense of playfulness and gentleness seems to flow. Her hair is a beautiful blue color, framing her face and formed into a high widow's peak above her right eye. She customarily wears a golden suit of armor and massive golden sword, and rides a white war-charger she named Blizzard.

Attributes

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Physical

(Primary)

• Strength 3
• Dexterity 5
• Stamina 3

Social

(Tertiary)

• Charisma 2
• Manipulation 2
• Appearance 3

Mental

(Secondary)

• Perception 2
• Intelligence 3
• Wits 4

Abilities

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DAWN

• Archery
• Martial Arts
• Melee 5 (Daiklaives +3)
• Thrown
• War 3

ZENITH

• Integrity 1
• Performance 2
• Presence 3
• Resistance 4
• Survival 2

TWILIGHT

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Craft Skills

• Craft (Air)
• Craft (Earth)
• Craft (Fire)
• Craft (Water)
• Craft (Wood)

• Investigation
• Lore 3
• Medicine
• Occult 4

NIGHT

• Athletics 3
• Awareness 3
• Dodge 3
• Larceny
• Stealth

ECLIPSE

• Bureaucracy
• Linguistics 2
• Ride 3
• Sail
• Socialize

Languages

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• Native Language: Rivertongue
• Language 1: Old Realm
• Language 2: Airtongue
• Language 3:
• Language 4:
• Language 5:

Backgrounds

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Artifacts

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Sword and Armor

Tragically mundane for the artifacts that they are, the Oricalcum Grand Daiklaive and Articulated Plate that Aris took from the tomb she could not penetrate were forged by the Dragon-Blooded immediately following the Usurpation. They were placed in the first (and least-defended) chamber of the tomb as a grave offering of contrition, with the Exalt's personal effects farther back. Aris could not penetrate further than the first chamber, so she made do with them.

Oricalcum Grand Daiklaive

Oricalcum Grand Daiklaive

Type	Speed	Accuracy	Damage	Defense	Rate	Minimums	Commit Cost	Tags
Grand Daiklaive	5	+3	+12L/4	+1	3	Str 3	8	2, O, P, R

Oricalcum Articulated Plate

Oricalcum Articulated Plate

Soak	Hardness	Mobility	Fatigue	Attunement	Tags
+14L/16B	9L/9B	-2	1	6	-

Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light

Aris was not of a mind to claim any of the demon-summoner's Jade artifacts, but he did leave behind this collar in his lab. It was a Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light - a very, very old golden choker adorned with the symbol of the Dawn Caste of the Solar Exalted, and so Aris claimed it, as it bore her symbol.

The Collar is like all similar collars; it keeps the wearer clean at all times, and for a commitment cost of one mote of essence, adds two dice to rolls made to resist poison or disease.

Manses

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Charms

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Charm Details

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Charm Template

Skill Name

Charm Name	Cost	Mins	Type	Keywords	Duration	Book
Charm	#m, #wp	Abl #, Ess #	Type	Words	Time	Book, Pg #

Dodge Charms

Dodge Charms

Charm Name	Cost	Mins	Type	Keywords	Duration	Book
Reflex Sidestep Technique	1m	Ddg 3, Ess 1	Reflexive (Step 2)	Combo-OK	Instant	Exalted pg.227

• Reflex Sidestep Technique: Incoming Unexpected attack is not Unexpected.

Integrity Charms

Integrity Charms

Charm Name	Cost	Mins	Type	Keywords	Duration	Book
Integrity-Protecting Prana	5m, 1wp	Int 1, Ess 1	Reflexive	Combo-OK	One Day	Exalted p.199

• Integrity-Protecting Prana: Hostile Shaping simply Fails.

Melee Charms

Melee Charms

Charm Name	Cost	Mins	Type	Keywords	Duration	Book
1st Melee Excellency	1m/die	Mle 1, Ess 1	Simple	--	Scene-Length	Exalted pg. 185
Infinite Melee Mastery	2m+, 1wp	Mle 4, Ess 3	Reflexive (1 attack, 2 defense)	--	Instant	Exalted pg. 183
Dipping Swallow Defense	2m	Mle 2, Ess 1	Reflexive (Step 2)	Combo-OK	Instant	Exalted pg. 192
Bulwark Stance	5m	Mle 2, Ess 2	Reflexive (Step 2)	Combo-Basic	Until next action	Exalted pg. 193
Heavenly Guardian Defense	4m	Mle 4, Ess 2	Reflexive (Step 2)	Combo-OK	Instant	Exalted pg. 193
Furious Onslaught Defense	4m	Mle 4, Ess 3	Reflexive (Step 2)	Combo-OK, Counterattack	Until Combo is Done	Custom

• 1ME: Add 1 die to Melee actions with 1 Mote of essence spent.
  • I(M)M: Every two motes commited reduces the mote cost for the first three Melee Excellencies by one, to a minimum of 0. Maximum of 6 commited motes at E3: E4+ has no limit.
  • Dipping Swallow Defense: Ignore all penalties to PDV when resolving a single attack
    • Bulwark Stance: Ignore all penalties to PDV until your next action
      • Heavenly Guardian Defense: Incoming attack Fails.
        • Furious Onslaught Defense: Flurry-Breaker.

Presence Charms

Performance

Charm Name	Cost	Mins	Type	Keywords	Duration	Book
Third Presence Excellency	4m	Pre 1, Ess 1	Reflexive (Step 4 attack, Step 6 Defense)	Combo-OK	Instant	Exapted, Pg. 185

• 3rd Presence Excellency: Reroll any one roll based on Performance, choosing the better result, or increase an applicable DV by half the ability.

Resistance Charms

Resistance

Charm Name	Cost	Mins	Type	Keywords	Duration	Book
Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana	1m	Res 1, Ess 1	Simple	Combo-OK	Instant	Exalted, Pg 205
Hauberk-Lightening Gesture	1m	Res 3, Ess 3	Simple (Speed 3)	Combo-OK, Obvious	Indefinite	Exalted, Pg 205
Armored Scout's Invigoration	3m/point lightened	Res 4, Ess 1	Simple	Combo-OK	Indefinite	Exalted Pg 205

Occult Charms

Occult

Charm Name	Cost	Mins	Type	Keywords	Duration	Book
Spirit-Detecting Glance	3m	Occ 2, Ess 2	Reflexive (Step 1)	Combo-OK	One Scene	Exalted, Pg 221
Spirit-Cutting Attack	1m	Occ 2, Ess 2	Supplemental	Combo-OK, Obvious	Instant	Exalted, Pg 221
Ghost-Eating Technique	2m	Occ 4, Ess 3	Reflexive (Step 10)	Combo-OK, Obvious	Instant	Exalted, Pg 221

• Spirit-Detecting Glance: See dematerialized things.
  • Spirit-Cutting Attack: Deal aggravated damage to spirits, materialized or otherwise.
    • Ghost-Eating Technique: Kill gods, spirits, demons and other similar things dead.

Custom Charms

Furious Onslaught Defense

Cost: 4m; Mins: Melee 4, Essence 3; Type: Reflexive (Step 9)
Keywords: Combo-OK, Counterattack
Duration: Until opponent's action is resolved
Prerequisite Charms: Heavenly Guardian Defense

Who better than the Heroes of the Dawn understand that the best defense is a good offense? Invoked after the Solar uses his Parry DV to defend against an attack, the Lawgiver launches into a frenzied series of cataclysmic strikes at his or her opponent's weapon; no longer content to merely interpose his or her weapon between harm's way, he or she actively and furiously assaults the offending weapon, preventing it from coming close to harming the Lawgiver.

This charm shuts down offensive Flurries after their first strike; the Lawgiver perfect parries each and every additional incoming attack launched by the offending, even if it is unblockable. The Lawgiver suffers no Onslaught penalty for attacks subsequent to the first attack, and suffers no DV penalty for the series of blows she launches at her enemy's weapon. Attackers may not abort a flurry they commit to which is defeated by this Charm. Mortal weapons cannot survive this clashing; if either or both of the weapons present in the conflict is mundane, it is shattered at the conclusion of the (terminated) flurry. Unarmed attackers suffer no additional penalties. This Charm suffers from one of the four Flaws of Invulnerability.

Combos

Slide and Block

• Cost: 1-9m variable, 1WP
  • XP Cost: 7
  • Contains: Reflex Sidestep Technique, Heavenly Guardian Defense, Furious Onslaugh Defense

A simple, but effective Combo, the Slide & Block allows Aris to slide away from an incoming attack and interpose her sword between the incoming danger and herself before her would-be attacker can correct his or her arm. Once so activated, Aris becomes a whirlwind of sword and flesh, furiously attacking the blade of the one foolish enough to have attacked her.

Daybreak's Judgement

• Cost: Variable motes (0 or more from the 1ME, 1 mote per attack if Spirit-Cutting Attack is needed, and 2 motes per successful hit for Ghost-Eating Technique,) 4 if Heavenly Guardian Defense is required, and one Willpower.
  • XP Cost: 7
  • Contains: 1st Melee Excellency, Ghost-Eating Technique, Spirit Cutting Attack, Heavenly Guardian Defense.

Declaring herself the final arbitor of what spirits live or die, Aris fuels her Grand Daiklaive with the brilliant golden rays of dawn breaking on the horizon. Spirits cannot hope to evade this furious assault imbued with the energy of the Unconquered Sun, striking them even if they attempt to become immaterial, and furiously devouring their forms; re-charging Aris' essence pools at the expense of the spirits' own, and destroying them very truely finally at the same time, whilst retaining her own defenses against attack.

Spells

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Equipment

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Vital Information

Willpower 10

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Virtues

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Limit 0/10

Please indicate your Limit as a numerical value, opposed to 10. (IE, if you had two points of Limit, you would write 2/10).

Virtue Flaw: Compassionate Martyrdom

Overcome with the need to alleviate the suffering he witnesses, the character throws himself into helping the victims in the most direct and dramatic fashion possible. If the character's Limit Breaks while watching an overseer beat slaves, he stands before the whip, allowing blows meant for others to fall upon him instead. The character will not resort to violence unless he is attacked or is already in combat.

• Partial Control: If the character attempts to control the Limit Break, he must still immediately and directly aid those who are suffering. However, he can choose to do so more effectively--including by killing the brutal overseer and freeing the slaves in the example above.
• Duragion: One scene in combat or one day otherwise.
• Limit Break Condition: The character witnesses innocents suffering through no fault of their own.

Combat Statistics

Defense Values

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Dodge DV 6

Dodge DV is (Dexterity + Dodge + Essence if 2 or greater), round up

Parry DV 7

Parry is rated as (Dexterity + Ability + Weapon Defense Bonus)/2, round up.

Mental Dodge DV 7

Mental Dodge is calculated as (Willpower + Integrity + Pertinent Specialty + Essence)/2
In this instance, Willpower is treated as an Attribute for determining Charm bonus maximums, round up.

Mental Parry DV 3

Mental Parry DV is calculated as the higher of Charisma or Manipulation + the highest of Investigation, Performance or Presence, plus any pertinent specializations, divided by two, rounded up. (Mathematically, that's (Attribute + Ability + Specialization)/2, rounded up. Stunts must be appropriate to the attribute/ability combination used. (You may use a sub-optimal ability at any time on your own behest.)

Soak

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Health

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• ~0 [ ]
• ~1 [ ] [ ]
• ~2 [ ] [ ]
• ~4 [ ]
• Incapacitated [ ]
• Dying

Essence 3

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• Personal: 19
• Peripheral: 22/44
• Committed: 22 Peripheral
  • Comitted Breakdown:
    • Grand Daiklaive: 8 m
    • Oricalcum Articulated Plate: 13 motes
      • Basic Cost: 6 motes
      • Armored Scout's Invigoration: 6 motes
      • Hauberk-Lightening Gesture: 1 Mote
    • Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light: 1 Mote

Other Information

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Intimacies

• Mountain Village: Aris appointed herself the guardian-queen of the mountain village, she will resist any attempts to mess with it.
• Women: Aris has strong desires for women about which she is unashamed; though this can lead her astray when dealing with bad women and girls, and get her into trouble resisting them, she has a strong feeling of protection towards them.
• (Negative) Demons: Aris has had dealings with a few demons before. She does not like them, and prefers to destroy them with the slightest of justifaction.
• (Negative) Rapacious Spirits: Aris has had dealings with more than a few rogue Gods and rapacious spirits, and prefers to let her daiklaive do the talking if confronted with any who hae in her opinion unjustly harmed Humans.
• (Negative) The King of her homeland: Aris was nearly killed by this man's orders, and his pogroms killed her family, among countless other innocents. She very much would like to see his head on a pike.

Experience 94/94

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Experience Point Expenditure

Old

• Essence 3: 16 XP
• Combo: Slide & Block: 7 XP
• Background: Cult 2 (Mountain Village): 6 XP
• Survival 1: 3 XP
  • Survival 2: 2 XP
• War 1: 3 XP
  • War 2: 1 XP
  • War 3: 3 XP

1/14/2010

• Infinite (Melee) Mastery: 8 XP
• Third (Presence) Excellency: 8 XP
• Combo: Daybreak's Judgement
  • 1ME (1 XP)
  • G-ET (4 XP)
  • Spirit Cutting Attack (2 XP)

2/3/2010

• Athletics 3: 9
• Melee Specialization dot (Daiklaives), 3

2/16/2010

• Furious Onslaught Defense: 8

3/4/2010

• Combo (Slide and Block): Unlocked (1 XP), Furious Onslaught Defense added (4 XP)
• Comob (Daybreak's Judgement): Unlocked (1 XP), Heavenly Guardian Defense added. (4 XP)

Various OOC Notes

We're using a Combo rule wherein you can 'unlock' a combo for 1 XP to add a single charm, or 'branch one off' for 1xp, creating a new combo identical to the first, and add a charm as well.