Dynasty of Dovak

Dynasty of Dovak Chapter 8

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This is not a complete story! Despite its length, Dynasty of Dovak, is not a complete story. It is an ongoing write up of a weekly Exalted game in which the Dragon-Blooded Dynasts of House Alinos brave the dangers of the Threshold. All Chapters are subject to rewrites, and the story is on-going.

*SMUT* chapters marked as *SMUT*. Ctrl+F for *SMUT* as the sex scenes are usually mid-chapter.

Trigger Warning: This is a summary of an X-rated play which deals with mature themes that some may find distressing. Violence, sex, and discrimination are central themes: if you think you might be distressed by this story then I urge you to read no further.

Chapter 8 – Preamble

The Story Thus Far

It is the 770th Year of the Realm. Mnemon has ascended to the Scarlet Throne and rules over Creation as the new Empress. She has divided her old Great House into two and disbanded the Great Houses of those foolish enough to oppose her in the Realm Civil War. Though minor pockets of resistance and lawless bandits trouble the Blessed Isle, by-and-large, the Realm’s Dynasts have accepted their new liege. As Mnemon consolidates her hold of the Isle, the Great Houses have been given leave to bring the Threshold back to heel.

Dreaded Deathlord, the Mask of Winters has been driven from Creation at great cost by the combined might of Lookshy and the Realm. The refugees of the cursed city of Thorns disperse into the Scavenger Lands, bringing with them the Mask’s spies and sleeper agents, whilst the Mask’s last surviving Deathknight, The Gift of Merciful Silence, plots to drag his master back into Creation using an ancient gateway into the Underworld, hidden in the Threshold kingdom of Dovak.

Alinos Melody, Tepet Ganan and Cynis Jinabar returned to Dovak at the behest of the Wanderer, Yochanan Dovak, The Gift of Merciful Silence’s father and rightful king of Dovak. Each of the Dragon-Blooded has holes in their memories, their minds twisted by powerful magics. Together with Yochanan’s army of Jadeborn warriors our heroes liberated the kingdom from the Deathknight, though The Gift escaped and Yochanan was first to reveal himself as an Anathema – one of the vile Deceivers.

Four weeks have passed as our heroes brood upon what to do next…

Dramatis Personae

The Heroes

Tepet Cynis Ganan – The Kinslayer

A powerful martial artist, and a blunt instrument unsuited for polite society. Ganan was born into House Cynis but adopted into House Tepet at the end of the Realm Civil War. He was part of the campaign to retake Thorns from the Mask of Winters, where he learned military discipline alongside new respect for his adoptive mother Tepet Ejava.

Session 75 – Siege of Dovak – Ganan (255XP 204DX, 253/200 spent; 20WhP 41GP 86SP)

Tepet Ganan

Earth Aspect

Righteous Warrior

Heptagram

Attributes

Strength 5

Dexterity 5

Stamina 3 (11DX1XP)

Charisma 1

Manipulation 1

Appearance 5

Perception 2 (4DX)

Intelligence 5

Wits 3

Earth Aspect Abilities (and Specialties) (6 BP)

Awareness 5 (Join Battle)

Craft: Architecture 4 (Masonry)

Craft: Mechanical Devices 3 (7DX)

Craft: Sculpture 3 (7DX)

Craft: Weapons 4 (12DX)

Craft: Woodworking 4 (12DX)

Craft: Artifact 5 (19DX)(Jade Artifacts, 3DX)

Integrity 4

Resistance 4 (5DX)

War 5 (19DX)(Ramparts of Obedient Earth, 3DX)

Favored Abilities (9 BP)

Athletics 5 (Rushes)

Brawl 1

Earth Dragon Style 5 (Tetsubo)

Righteous Devil Style 2 (4DX)

Lore: Heptagram education 5 (The Shogunate)

Occult 5

Performance 3

Other Abilities

Dodge 2 (5DX)

Linguistics 1

Melee 3

Merits (Native Language: High Realm) (3BP)

Artifact 3 (Thunder’s Crash Tetsubo (Fist of Titans))

Martial Artist 4

Pain Tolerance 4

Well Bred 2

(Dynastic Freebie) Resources 3

(Dynastic Freebie) Language (Riverspeak)

(Dynastic Freebie) Language (Old Realm)

(3DX) Language (Low Realm)

Story Merits

Influence 1 (War Hero)

Artifacts

Belt of Shadow Walking (unattuned)

Burnt Offering

Collar of Dawn’s Cleansing Light

Traveler’s Staff

Ultimately Useful Tube

Yasal Crystal

Hearthstones

Stone of the Ram's Horn (Earth)

Charms

Free. Athletics: Effortlessly Rising Flame

Free. Awareness: Precision Awareness Method

8XP. Awareness: Deep Listening Palm

8XP. Awareness: All-Encompassing Earth Sense

8XP. Awareness: Pasiap Preempts Haste

8XP. Awareness: Feeling the Dragon’s Bones

Free. Brawl/Martial Arts: Become the Hammer

8XP. Craft: Masterful Dragon-Artisan Expertise

8XP. Craft: Stone-Carving Fingers

8XP. Craft: Flaw-Finding Examination

8XP. Craft: Shaping Hand Style

8XP. Craft: Flawless Facet Realization

8XP. Craft: Stones-From-Rubble Restoration

8XP. Craft: Touch of Unmaking

8XP. Craft: Strike the Dragon-Anvil

8XP. Craft: Forge-Hand Prana

8XP. Craft: Blazing Dragon-Smith Arete

10XP. Dodge: Threshold Warding Stance

Free. Integrity: Granite Curtain of Serenity

8XP. Integrity: Heart-Hardening Meditation

10XP. Linguistics: Wind-Carried Words Technique

1. Melee: Elemental Sheath

2. Melee: Dragon Graced Weapon

3. Earth Dragon Style: Stone Dragon Skin

4. Earth Dragon Style: Force of the Mountain

5. Earth Dragon Style: Stillness of Stone Artemi

6. Earth Dragon Style: Unmoving Mountain Stance

7. Earth Dragon Style: Earth Dragon Form

8DX. Earth Dragon Style: Ghost Grounding Blow

8DX. Earth Dragon Style: Earthshaker Attack

8XP. Earth Dragon Style: Shattering Fist Strike

8DX. Earth Dragon Style: Weapon-Breaking Defense Technique

8XP. Occult: Soul-Fire Cremation Technique

8. Occult: Spirit Detecting Mirror

9. Occult: Spirit Grounding Shout

8XP. Occult: Spirit-Chaining Strike

8XP. Occult: Spirit-Shredding Attack

10. Occult: Secret Wind Revelation

11. Occult: Fivefold Resonance Stance

12. Occult: Terrestrial Circle Sorcery

--. Control Spell: Invulnerable Skin of Bronze

--. Shaping Ritual: Sevenfold Art Invocation

10DX. Spell: Demon of the First Circle

Free. Performance: Audience Enthusing Display

8XP. Righteous Devil Style: Cloud of Ebon Devils

13. Resistance: Ox-body Technique

8XP. Resistance: Ox-body Technique x2

8XP. Resistance: Ox-body Technique x3

8XP.  Resistance: Purifying Blood Ascendancy

8XP.  Resistance: Uneating Earth Meditation

8XP. Resistance: Unsleeping Earth Meditation

8XP. War: Tactics Mean Everything

8XP. War: Ramparts of Obedient Earth

8XP. War: Five-Dragon Arsenal

Evocations

Free. Fist of Titans: Chambered Fist Charge

12DX.  Fist of Titans: Chambered Fist Charge x2

14. Fist of Titans: Mammoth Slam Quake

15. Fist of Titans: Unstoppable Hammering Blow

12DX. Fist of Titans: Bone Crushing Strike

12DX. Fist of Titans: Colossal Whirling Strike

12DX. Fist of Titans: Crater-Gouging Blow

8XP4DX. Fist of Titans: Titanic Fist Devastation

Intimacies

Defining Principle: The Dragon-Blooded are born to rule.

Major Principle: The Immaculate Philosophy (Devout Belief)

Major Principle: I am the mountain, strong and stable – I do not flee and I am unmoved by tears

Major Principle: The children are the foundation of the future

Major Principle: “I like creating and repairing things.”

Minor Principle: Duty before pleasure

Minor Principle: Slavery is an injustice

Defining Tie: Anathema (Loathing)

Major Tie: Alinos Danireya (Love)

Major Tie: Alinos Melody (Mutual Respect)

Major Tie: My Wife's House (Loyalty)

Minor Tie: My children (Familial love)

Minor Tie: Tepet Ejava (Admiration)

Combat

Evasion 4 (2m: +1, ignore environmental penalties)

Parry 6 (+3, 6m)(With tetsubo or Invulnerable Skin of Bronze, else 5; +2, 4m)

Soak 7 (21) Hardness 0 (11)

(+6/+10 Invulnerable Skin of Bronze)

(+5/0, Earth Dragon Form)

(+3/+1, 5m/turn or Bonfire)

Mobility Penalty -0

Resist Poison: 7 dice (4m: +2 successes, re-roll 6s)

Fist of Titans Smash Attacks (Earth Dragon Form): Accuracy 16 (14 Decisive)(+3, re-roll 6s on damage, 3m), Damage 19 (+1/scene, 3m on summon; +5, 3m) (Overwhelming 5, 6 for 2m), Bashing, Smashing (-1i, no Defense penalty), Reaching, Two handed

Burnt Offering: Accuracy 8/12/-/-/- (7 Decisive)(+2, re-roll 6s on damage, 2m), Damage 18 (OVR 5), Lethal, Archery (Short), Flame, Slow

Bayonet: Accuracy 11 (8 Decisive), Damage 17 (OVR 4), Lethal, Melee (Parry 5), Piercing

Join Battle 9 (+3 to result)(+6 dice, 6m; double-9s, 3m)(Ramparts of Obedient Earth: 17 dice, reroll 6s, 11m)

Rush 11 (+3 successes, 10s explode, 6m)

Disengage 7 (2m: +1 success, ignore environmental penalties)

Social

Overwhelming Performance: 8 dice (+1 success and ignore multiple character penalty, 2m)

Resolve 4 (+2, ignore -1 from wounds, deprivation or poison, 4m)

Guile 1

Willpower 5

Essence 4

Personal motes 15

Peripheral motes 39 (31, 8 committed)

Health Track (3m/tick, ignore one point of penalties)

-0 x1 [ ]

-1 x5 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

-1 x5 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

-3 x1 [ ]

Incap [ ]

Ganan Reference Sheet (censored): https://ibb.co/FmQr20D

Alinos Gracious Pealing Melody – The Outcaste Sister

Born a peasant, Melody is an adoptee into Great House Alinos. Mother of Alinos Jorod and Alinos Iohan, wife of Alinos Ferad, and a Wing Admiral of the Merchant Navy. Melody is one of the greatest warriors in the Dynasty and she wields an orichalcum bow taken from the dead body of the dread Anathema the Devil Hoof Witch – menace of Medo.

Session 75 – Siege of Dovak – Melody (255XP 204DX, 251/203 spent)

Mnemon Alinos Gracious Pealing Melody

Wood Aspect

Pasiap's Stair

The Adopted Archer

Attributes

Strength 3 (8DX)

Dexterity 5

Stamina 3 (8DX)

Charisma 5

Manipulation 5 (16DX)

Appearance 2

Perception 3

Intelligence 4 (24DX)

Wits 5 (28DX)

Wood Aspect Abilities (and Specialties) (9 BP) 

Archery 5 (Shortbow) (15DX)

Medicine 5 (Satchel of Resplendent Healing, 3DX)

Performance 5 (Ballads, 3DX)

Ride 5 (Giant Lizards)

Survival 5

Favored Abilities (9 BP) 

Athletics 2 (1DX)

Awareness 5 (Mounted, 3DX)

Dodge 5 (Mounted)

Integrity 5 (15DX)

War 5 (Mounted Combat) (16DX)

Other Abilities

Linguistics 1

Lore 1

Presence 3 (Lovable Outcaste, 3DX)

Resistance 3 (In the Saddle)

Socialize 3

Sail 3 (9DX)

Merits (Native Language: Low Realm) 

Artifact 3 (Summer Thunder, Short Powerbow)

Artifact 4 (Spider Silk Shirt, Light Armor)

Familiar 3 (Clapper, A Shieldback Lizard) (Latent: Distract Gambit, Tighten Clutches; Magical Abilities (8DX): Earth-Shaking Behemoth, Invincible God-Beast Hide, Legendary Titan Prana, and Primeval Vitality Lifeblood)

(Dynastic Freebie) Allies 3 (Alinos Ferad, Husband)

(Dynastic Freebie) Language (Riverspeak)

(Dynastic Freebie) Language (High Realm) 

Story Merits

Allies 3 (Alinos Jorod)

Backing (Merchant Fleet) 4

Influence (Dynastic Matriarch) 3

Artifacts

Collar of Dawn’s Cleansing Light

Resplendent Satchel of Healing (Unattuned)

Hearthstones

Gateway Key (Solar, Greater)

Charms

Free. Archery: Unobstructed Hunter’s Aim

8XP. Archery: Harvest of the Hunter

8XP. Archery: Arrow Thorn Technique

8XP. Archery: Sky-Calming Draw

8XP. Archery: Death From Nowhere

8XP. Archery: Grasping Vine Shot

8XP. Archery: Drawing Lightning Style

8XP. Archery: Drawing Lightning Style x2

8XP. Archery: Heartbeats Before Death

8XP. Archery: Spring Follows Winter

8XP. Archery: Dragonfly Finds Mate

8XP. Archery: Seven-Year Swarm Volley

Free. Awareness: Precision Awareness Method

Free. Dodge: Threshold Warding Stance

Free. Integrity: Granite Curtain of Serenity

10XP: Linguistics: Wind-Carried Words Technique

1. Medicine: Master Healer Meditation

2. Medicine: Wound-Closing Technique

8XP. Medicine: Flesh-Sealing Flame Technique

8XP. Medicine: Rebirth of Flesh and Ivy

8XP. Medicine: Ailment Sensing Meditation

8XP. Performance: Audience Enthusing Display

3. Performance: Talented Improvisation

4. Performance: Soul-Stirring Performance

5. Performance: Heart-Strengthening Defense

6. Performance: Harmonious Life-Affirming Song

Free. Ride: Scattered Hoof Falls

7. Ride: Heaven (G)Racing Leap

11XP. Ride: Tread Rooted in Life (Wood and Earth)

8XP. Ride: Creation-Turning Hoof

8XP. Ride: Unbreakable Stallion Spirit

8XP. Ride: Seven-League Gallop

8XP. Ride: Cloud-Harnessing Method

8XP. Ride: Untethered Pegasus Spirit

8. Resistance: Ox-Body Technique

9. Resistance: Ox-Body Technique x2

10. Survival: Ration Enhancing Method

11. Survival: Beast Taming Aspect

8XP. Survival: Mother-of-Beasts Mastery

8XP. Survival: Mother-of-Beasts Mastery x2

8XP. Survival: Quarry Revelation Technique

8XP. Survival: Cunning Beast-Mind Inspiration

8XP. War: Tactics Mean Everything

8XP. War: Tiger-and-Dragon Combination

Evocations

12. Summer Thunder: Hooves Like Sunlight

13. Summer Thunder: Nook-and-Cranny Unity

14. Summer Thunder: Laughing Stallion Escape

15. Summer Thunder: Skirmisher’s Piercing Deliverance

5XP7DX. Summer Thunder: Squadron-Inspiring Flame

12DX. Summer Thunder: Phantom Steed (Custom Evocation, see below)

12DX. Summer Thunder: Evoke the Equestrian Echo

Intimacies

Defining Tie: Clapper (Motherly Love)

Major Tie: Alinos Ferad (Husband)

Major Tie: Alinos Jorod (Son)

Major Tie: Alinos Iohan (Son)

Major Tie: Alinos Danireya (Sister)

Major Tie: Tepet Ganan (Mutual Respect)

Major Tie: Summer Thunder (Prized Possession)

Minor Tie: Slavers (Disgust)

Defining Principle: I am an Upright Soldier

Major Principle: The Immaculate Philosophy

Minor Principle: I work hard so I can play hard

Combat

Evasion 6+1

Parry 3

Soak 8 Hardness 4

Mobility Penalty -0

Resist Poison: 5(+1) dice

Summer Thunder: Accuracy 10/16/14/12/- (11 Decisive)(+6, 6m); Damage 13 (3 OVR; +1, 3m); Archery (Long), Mounted, Lethal

Rush: 7 (12 Mounted, +3 successes 6m)

Disengage: 10 (12 Mounted, +3 successes 6m)

Join Battle: 10 dice (11 mounted) (+3 successes, 6m)

Command Mounted Troops: 11 dice

Social

Charismatic Performance 10 dice (+2 successes, ignore multiple target penalty, 4m)

Resolve 5 (+2, ignore -1 from wounds, deprivation or poison, 4m)

Guile 4

Willpower 5

Essence 4

Personal motes 15

Peripheral motes 39 (29, 10 committed)

Health Track

-0 x1 [ ]

-1 x4 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] 

-2 x4 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

-4 x1 [ ]

Incap [ ]

Custom Charms

Custom Evocation: Phantom Steed

Cost: 10m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 3

Type: Reflexive

Keywords: None

Duration: One day

Prerequisites: Squadron-Inspiring Flare, Scattered Hoof Falls

With her mind opened to the ghostly Essence of the Ancients, Melody has learned to overcome the limitations of her Creation and draw forth the reflection of perfection from her Orichalcum Powerbow.

At her command, the Essence of Summer Thunder opens to release a ghostly echo of the horse god Hiparkes into her custody. This mount’s coat is as black as coal, but its eyes burn with the light of twin suns, tinted by the colors of Melody’s anima. The phantom steed has no mane, the hair clipped close to the neck.

This Evocation creates an exceptional war horse (p. 567) that never tires, hungers, or thirsts, and need not sleep. This horse cannot be intimidated, nor can its loyalty be shaken. It is immune to the anima flux of its summoner, Melody, but not that of other Dragon-Blooded. Its existence is an extension of Summer Thunder.

(In all respects other than the appearance of the steed and immunity to anima flux, this Evocation functions as the Solar Ride Charm of the same name.)

Custom Evocation: Dragon-God Mount

Cost: 8m; Mins: Essence 4

Type: Supplemental

Keywords: None

Duration: One scene

Prerequisites: Squadron-Inspiring Flame, Cunning Beast-Mind Inspiration

This Evocation supplements a Join Battle roll, when activated Melody’s bonded mount gains an Initiative track with a starting value equal to her own, and may make attacks on its own turn without using the Melody’s attack action. If magic allows Melody to make an attack outside of her turn, the mount may attack instead.

Mount and rider share movement actions – either may use their movement action to move both rider and mount on their turn, but the pairing may only take one movement action per round. If a movement action carries a cost or causes a loss of Initiative (such as the Disengage action), Melody may choose whether she or the mount pays, and may split the cost between them. The bonded mount may use Melody’s Ride Charms and Evocations to enhance its own movement actions, and likewise the costs may be paid by either or both of them.

Whilst active, Melody and her bonded mount may benefit from the Resonant bonus of Hooves Like Sunlight.

The bonded mount is surrounded by a corona blazing with the colors of the sun, making Stealth impossible as with a Burning Anima. Summer Thunder becomes warm to the touch afterwards for the rest of the scene and phantom sensations heralding a summer storm – changes in air pressure, the scent of ozone and the like – can linger for a further scene after that.

Cynis Jinabar – A Magistrate

Youngest child of Cynis Lenoni and Ledaal Vidad, sister to Tepet Ganan, and one of the last magistrates to be appointed by the First Empress before her disappearance. Jin led Ganan and Melody in a crusade against the cult of the demon Sondok, where they were assisted by a mysterious stranger known only as the Wanderer, now the Wanderer reunites the heroes.

Session 75 – Siege of Dovak – Jinabar (255XP 204DX, 252/198 Spent)

Cynis Falen Jinabar

Fire Aspect

Spiral Academy

Ambitious Magistrate

Attributes

Strength 2

Dexterity 5 (28DX)

Stamina 3 (8DX)

Charisma 2

Manipulation 5

Appearance 4

Perception 5 (28DX)

Intelligence 2

Wits 5 (28DX)

Fire Aspect Abilities (and Specialties) (3BP)

Athletics 3 (4DX)

Dodge 5 (capote de brega) (16DX)

Melee 5 (Staves) (12DX)

Presence 3 (On “Official” Business)

Socialize 3

Favored Abilities (15BP)

Awareness 5 (13DX 3XP)

Integrity 5 (7DX)

Investigation 4 (5DX)

Larceny 5

Resistance 3 (Intoxicants) (3DX)

Other Abilities

Archery 3

Brawl 1

Bureaucracy 3 (Corruption)

Linguistics 2

Lore 3

Performance 3

Ride 2

Sail 2

Stealth 3 (9DX)

Merits (Native Language: High Realm)

Artifact 3 (Calumny)

Direction Sense 1

Eidetic Memory 2

Retainers 2 (Mott, the Archivist)

Well Bred 2

(Dynastic Freebie) Language (Low Realm)

(Dynastic Freebie) Language (Riverspeak)

(Dynastic Freebie) Language (Old Realm)

(Dynastic Freebie) Language (Firetongue)

(Dynastic Freebie) Followers 1 (12 Archons)

Story Merits

Influence 3 (Former Magistrate)

Artifact

Lady Magnificent’s Visage (Green Jade Devil Mask)

Charms

1. Archery: Unobstructed Hunter’s Aim

8XP. Athletics: Effortlessly Rising Flame

8XP. Athletics: Perfect Climbing Attitude

8XP. Awareness: Precision Observation Method

2. Bureaucracy: Geese-Flying-South Administration

3. Bureaucracy: Finding the Water’s Depths

4. Bureaucracy: Confluence of Savant Thought

5. Bureaucracy: Water-Stained Ledger

8XP. Dodge: Threshold Warding Stance

8XP. Dodge: Heat-of-Battle Advance

8XP. Dodge: Ascending Ember Trick

E1. Integrity: Granite Curtain of Serenity

E2. Investigation: Indisputable Physical Analysis Technique

E3. Larceny: Underground River’s Flow

6. Larceny: Resetting Tumblers Technique

7. Larceny: Naked Thief Style

8XP. Larceny: Terrifying Forest-Devil Mask

8XP. Larceny: Hundred-Devil Masquerade

8XP. Larceny: Veiled Dragon’s Secret

8. Linguistics: Wind-Carried Words Technique

9. Lore: Elemental Concentration Trance

10. Lore: Elemental Bolt Attack

11. Lore: Mantle of Elemental Power

E4. Melee: Stoking Bonfire Style

8XP. Melee: Flame-Borne Interception

8XP. Melee: Dragon-Scale Shield (Air Variant, 3XP)

8XP. Melee: Blinding Spark Distraction

8XP. Melee: Crossfire Flash

8XP. Melee: Portentous Comet Deflection

8XP. Melee: Fire Incites Water to a Riot of Clouds

8XP. Melee: Burning Fury Wreath

8XP. Melee: Crimson Fang Bite

8XP. Melee: Dragon Soul Burst

E5. Presence: Glowing Coal Radiance

8XP.  Resistance: Purifying Blood Ascendancy

8XP. Resistance: Impervious Skin of Stone

8XP. Resistance: Supple Viridian Scales

12. Resistance: Ox-Body Technique

13. Resistance: Ox-Body Technique

14. Sail: Dragon Mariner Attitude

8XP. Socialize: Loquacious Courtier Technique

8XP. Socialize: Friend-to-All-Nations Attitude

8XP. Socialize: Loyalty-Reading Meditation

8XP. Socialize: Auspicious First Meeting Attitude

8XP. Socialize: Impeccable Purity Lavation

8XP. Socialize: Smoke-Wreathed Mien

8XP. Socialize: Smoke Without Flame

8XP. Socialize: Implacable Dragon Mien

Evocations

Free: Calumny: Rustling Grapevine Whispers

15. Calumny: Unassuming Ornament Camouflage

12DX. Calumny: Salon-Spider Entrapment

12DX. Calumny: Swallowtail’s Grace

12DX. Calumny: Ripened Bitter Fruit

Free. Lady Magnificent’s Visage: Don the Lady

12XP. Lady Magnificent’s Visage: Hide the Lady

12XP. Lady Magnificent’s Visage: Be the Lady

12XP. Lady Magnificent’s Visage: No Holds Barred

Intimacies

Defining Principle: The Dragon-Blooded are born to rule.

Major Principle: None steal from me and live.

Minor Principle: The Immaculate Philosophy (Devout Belief)

Minor Principle: Pleasure before duty.

Major Tie: Mott and my Archons (Family)

Minor Tie: Anathema (Loathing)

Minor Tie: Alinos Melody (Wary Respect)

Minor Tie: Tepet Ganan (Begrudged obligation)

Combat

Evasion 6 (+2, 4m)

Parry 7 (+3, 6m; +1 non-Charm, 2m 2i)

Soak 6 (Exceptional breastplate) Hardness 0

Mobility Penalty -0

Resist Poison/Disease: 6 dice (+3, 3m)

Calumny: Accuracy 14 (11 Decisive)(+6, 6m); Damage 14 (4 OVR); Melee, Bashing, Concealable, Reaching

Fire-bending: Accuracy 13/12/11/-/- (8 Decisive, double-10s on damage)(+3, 3m); Damage 13 (OVR 4); Lethal, 4m per attack (1m with Mantle of Elemental Power), Parry 5 (with Mantle of Elemental Power)

Rush: 8

Disengage: 11 (+3 successes, 6m)

Join Battle: 10 dice (+5, 5m)

Social

Manipulative Presence: 9 dice (+2 successes, 10s explode, 4m)

Resolve 5 (+2, ignore -1 from wounds, deprivation or poison, 4m)

Guile 4 (+2, 4m mute)

Willpower 5

Essence 4

Personal motes 15

Peripheral motes 39 (27, 12 committed)

Health Track

-0 x1 [ ]

-1 x2 [ ] [ ]

-2 x6 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

-4 x1 [ ]

Incap

Jin by Mc-19051: https://ibb.co/LRbrmLp

Lady Magnificent’s Visage

The Wood Aspected thief known only as Lady Magnificent is a cat burglar of some renown throughout the Scavenger Lands – and she has made no shortage of enemies. When she pilfered the treasury of Achus, Left Hand Chalima swore revenge. When she filched the lost diamond of Xerah, the Order of Aptem Knights vowed to take her head. And when she stole the Cynis heirloom Calumny right out from the Palace of Dragon’s Repose, the former Magistrate Cynis Jinabar declared that she would bring this thief to justice if it was the last thing she ever did, igniting the blood feud between House Cynis and the mysterious thief.

None have pursued the Lady with as much passion as Cynis Jinabar. Often, she is the first on the scene in the wake of the Lady’s crimes, ever only half-a-step behind the master criminal who seems to slip through the fingers of the authorities at every turn. Certainly, she is the only peacekeeper to ever have successfully foiled the Lady’s devious plans. Those who know of the pair and their rivalry consider it only a matter of time before the noble magistrate brings her quarry to heel.

Which, of course, is a source of no small amount of amusement to the Lady Magnificent, Cynis Jinabar, mistress of Calumny.

Attunement: 2m

Era: Realm Civil War

Evocations of Lady Magnificent’s Visage

If a Dragon-Blooded wearer uses Terrifying Forest-Devil Mask to disguise herself as Lady Magnificent, its cost is reduced by two motes, the duration becomes Indefinite, and the mask cannot be removed with gambits.

Don the Lady

Cost: —; Mins: Essence 1

Type: Permanent

Keywords: None

Duration: Permanent

Prerequisites: Terrifying Forest-Devil Mask and Veiled Dragon’s Secret

Jinabar may use Terrifying Forest-Devil Mask to disguise herself as the Lady Magnificent Reflexively, the mask appearing on her face in a puff of smoke. Doing automatically activates Veiled Dragon’s Secret Reflexively and at no cost, disguising her Aspect as Wood.

If she knows the Charm Still Waters Mask, she may also activate that Charm Reflexively upon donning the Visage, waiving the Willpower cost to adopt Lady Magnificent’s persona.

Hide the Lady

Cost: —; Mins: Essence 2

Type: Permanent

Keywords: None

Duration: Permanent

Prerequisites: Don the Lady

The disguise conferred by Lady Magnificent’s Visage is perfect. It gains one non-Charm success. Users of a different gender, build, or ethnicity may ignore penalties based on these factors when disguising themselves as the Lady. The user adopts the Lady’s unique scent – an almost imperceptible sweetness like spun sugar.

The disguise conferred by Terrifying Forest-Devil Mask cannot be pierced by mundane senses, including inhuman sensory acuity (such as the eyes of an eagle or the nose of a bloodhound). Magical attempts to pierce the disguise can be made normally, but such magic does not reveal the user’s identity – only that they appear to be impersonating the Lady Magnificent.

Officials attempting to establish the true identity of the Lady Magnificent take a -2 Penalty to their rolls to do so. Persons who do not know the user but who may have seen her hanging around the scene of the Lady’s crimes find her unrecognizable and cannot remember doing so.

Be the Lady

Cost: 5m; Mins: Essence 2

Type: Reflexive

Keywords: Mute

Duration: Instant

Prerequisites: Hide the Lady

Jinabar may spend 5m to shift her mentality to that of the Lady Magnificent. Doing so grants her one of the Lady’s Intimacies (below), which lasts until she next goes to sleep. This does not require her to don the Visage, only to have it about her person.

Alternatively, this Evocation may be used in the same instant as Don the Lady to instead take on all of the Lady’s Intimacies in place of the Defining Intimacy that Terrifying Forest-Devil Mask normally confers. Doing so suppresses Jinabar’s normal Intimacies for the duration of the disguise. None of those Intimacies can be weakened or changed for that Charm’s duration.

Defining Principle: “I live for the thrill of the heist!”

Defining Principle: “Trust is a thing for fools.”

Major Principle: “I will abide no disrespect for my skills and achievements.”

Minor Principle: “Knowledge is power.”

Defining Tie: Myself (Smug Self Satisfaction)

Minor Tie: The Exalted (Contempt)

No Holds Barred

Cost: 1m or 5m; Mins: Essence 2

Type: Supplemental

Keywords: Resonant, Dissonant

Duration: Instant

Prerequisites: None

Mere locks cannot deter the Lady from acquiring the object of her affections: she slips past them with the grace befitting Creations premier thief and lady adventuress. This Evocation Supplements a lock-picking attempt.

Against mundane locks, this Evocation costs 1m – the user may apply the following benefits:

Firstly, in lieu of rolling the user may convert every die in her pool to a non-Charm success. Secondly, she may open the lock simply by touching it (if she has lockpicking tools on her person, she may still benefit as if she were using them – for example by gaining the bonus die for Exceptional Equipment or by accessing Evocations – but she does not require lockpicks). Finally, she may open locks as a Miscellaneous action (no matter how complex the lock is or how long it would usually take to pick) which may be placed in a Flurry.

Against magical locks, this Evocation costs 5m and works slightly differently:

Firstly, the user may challenge magical locks with mundane lock-picking tools. Her methods may be impossible, but must at least be logical: for example, a set of mundane lockpicks might be able to challenge a moonsilver tumbler that reconfigures itself against any tampering, but not a series of enchanted crystals that give off resonant tones when struck – these might require a glass tumbler and a tuning fork in order to deduce the correct series of tones instead. This Evocation may explicitly challenge otherwise perfect magical locks. Secondly, after rolling the user may convert (Essence) dice to non-Charm successes.

Lady Magnificent’s Visage must be attuned and on the user’s person in order to use this Evocation, but it need not be worn.

Dissonant: This Evocation may not be used to challenge perfect magical locks. In order to challenge magical locks, the user must be wearing the Visage and disguised as Lady Magnificent.

Resonant: If disguised as Lady Magnificent and wearing the Visage, double the number of non-Charm successes added by this Evocation.

Allies

Alinos – Great House Matriarch

Mother of Alinos Danireya, daughter of Alinos Nanals, grand-daughter of Empress Mnemon herself. Alinos rallied her sisters, cousins, children and allies to found her own Great House. A graduate of the Heptagram, and a powerful Air Aspected Sorceress.

Alinos Muli – Tepet Winglord

Son of Reya and Ganan, twin-brother of Nula, Fire Aspected graduate of the House of Bells. Muli lived his life with the threat of being a left-over child, a stigma that haunted him until the moment of his Exaltation. Recently married to Tepet Agoram and a Winglord in the Tepet legions. Father of Tepet Efen.

Alinos Lezabe – A child

One-year-old child of Alinos Danireya and Tepet Ganan. Lives in Paragon with his mother Reya and his wetnurse Aline.

Alinos Jorod – The Pillow Son

Born of Gracious Pealing Melody and Alinos Ferad when the former was only in her second year of service in the Legions, Jorod was quietly removed from the legions and given to the care of Mnemon Alinos Bekara to be raised as a member of the Dynasty. A contemporary of Muli, Jorod has recently graduated from the House of Bells. The elevation of House Alinos has seen him publicly embraced by his birth parents, married to the most eligible woman in the Realm, and given a commission as an Admiral. A Water Aspected master of naval combat, Jorod loves the sea and his new commission with the Wood Fleet.

V’neef Aliset – The Firebrand

Granddaughter of V’neef, founder of the V’neef Aliset household, admiral of the Wood Fleet, wife of Alinos Jorod. Fiery, outspoken, and brash, the spikey auburn haired Aliset lives for the thrill of adventure but I private moments, she bears in silent sorrow the scars of the Realm Civil War.

Alinos Iohan – A Child

Alinos Jorod’s one-year-old little brother. Lives in the House of Black Waters with his mother and “father”. The darker complexion of his skin gives away his sire as Tomonas, the Thunderbird guardian of the Threshold kingdom of Dovak.

Enemies

Tomonas – A Thunderbird

The warlike guardian of the land presently inhabited by the Kingdom of Dovak. An elemental spirit of air, Tomonas has interbred with the royal family of Dovak, passing on some of his power into the bloodline. Once a consort of Nanals, and sire of Alinos Efen by Melody.

Tinkara Dovak – The Warlike Princess

Decisive, fiercely intelligent with a naturally regal bearing, and ever armed with a war-club forged in the heart of a lightning strike. Tinkara lost an arm in the fight against the Mask of Winters: Tepet Ganan grew her a new one made of enchanted wood.

Yochanan Dovak – The Prince In Exile

Tinkara's older brother, a god-blooded with the power of Tomonas. Powerful warrior and practiced statesman, Yochanan left the kingdom in disgrace over his refusal to accept the Immaculate Philosophy. He has reappeared after nineteen years in exile. Father of Oka Dovak and secretly an Anathema – one of the Deceivers. Hero Forge: https://bayimg.com/caOkmAagb

The Mask of Winters – A Lord of Death

The Deathlord, the Mask of Winters, rose to predominance shortly after the disappearance of the Scarlet Empress. A ghost of impossible power and a master of dread necromancy who successfully wrested control of the Threshold city of Thorns from the Realm. The Dragon-Blooded of the Seventh Legion destroyed his armies of the dead, and his impossibly large war-machine, Juggernaut but were themselves destroyed in the effort. House Tepet, under the leadership of Tepet Ejava has just concluded a campaign to retake Thorns for the Realm – though the city is filled with Shadowlands and the hungry dead.

The Gift of Merciful Silence – The Master’s Favored Servant

An Unclean Deathknight, the Gift of Merciful Silence is a powerful necromancer with a score to settle against our heroes. Believed to be Oka Dovak, rightful heir to the kingdom of Dovak, The Gift’s plans of conquest were first foiled by our heroes two years ago but when they returned to the Blessed Isle with the outbreak of the Realm Civil War, Oka returned and successfully conquered Dovak with the aid of traitors in House Cynis and the corrupted liminal Exalt, Whims-of-the-Flesh. Without the Gateway Key held by Tepet Ganan, the Gift was unable to open the gateway to the Underworld and unleash the Mask of Winters, and our heroes have managed to once more foil his plans, retake Dovak, and drive him into hiding.

Whims-of-the-Flesh – Nightmare of Lust

A liminal being, trapped between life and death by dread necromancy, Whims-of-the-Flesh was a ghost hunter dedicated to stamping out the terrifying spirits unleashed by the Mask of Winters. His campaign against the ghostly lord led him to the pits of Malfeas, where Cynis Ganan left him for dead. Twisted by months of torture at the hands of the Deathlord’s “allies”, Whims led the Gift of Merciful Silence’s devastating attack on Dovak. Our heroes reconquered Dovak and captured/rescued Whims. Whims has started a sexual relationship with Melody and Ganan. Hero Forge: https://bayimg.com/caOKlaAGB & http://bayimg.com/OAOPNaaGL

Jade Walker – Jadeborn Artisan

Ruler of the hidden Jadeborn settlement of Hiram.

Jubilant Ore – Jadeborn Artisan

Hiram’s leading creator of fine artifacts.

Additional Character Art – Find more on the ExXxalted Discord

NSFW: Ganan Character Reference Sheet by YnasWorks: https://ibb.co/CH3fmwy

NSFW: Young Love (Ganan x Amilar Shavok): https://ibb.co/ZGMx7gK

NSFW: Size Matters (Ganan x Aharon, by wapol): https://ibb.co/Vtzd1M7

NSFW: Dragon’s Repose (Ganan x Neom, by Tennex): https://ibb.co/YD3rRWL

NSFW: What Now? (Ganan x Whims by RithDraws): https://ibb.co/DD2rcRY

NSFW: Reunion (Ganan x Whims by Alchemist and Druid): https://ibb.co/k21GsQh

NSFW: Marital Bliss (Reya x Ganan by CJMaco): https://ibb.co/Q69mnSF

NSFW: Reinforcements Part 1 (Reya x Ganan, by Shysterling): https://ibb.co/0cs5rnq

NSFW: Reinforcements Part 2 (Reya x Ganan, by Moidhera): https://ibb.co/WyfLTLG

NSFW: Aftercare (Reya x Ganan by BulbisLewd): https://ibb.co/cvP2KFt

NSFW: Reya Character Reference Sheet by Virlandil: https://ibb.co/ZBX2zsw

NSFW: Pregnant Pinup (Reya by Lord Uncle Bobby): https://ibb.co/wW8NNSF

NSFW: Fourth Years (Reya x Udi by Hannamura1): https://ibb.co/NpbRgFR

NSFW: Dynasty Building (Reya x Tinkara, by Moxie): https://ibb.co/7QsxPh6

NSFW: Gold Star (Tinkara x Ferad by Luc Open)(Content Warning: dubcon, wounds, NTR): https://ibb.co/bb5v4Z4

NSFW: Melody Character Reference Sheet by PortWorks: https://ibb.co/5vKz1yh

SFW: Reya Character Reference Sheet by Virlandil: https://ibb.co/V3dBrYQ

SFW: Nuclear Family (Reya, Ganan, Nula, Muli, and Lezabe by SofiZth): https://ibb.co/tLr4yDV 

SFW: CHARGE! (Reya by Zygocron): https://ibb.co/gwvY6TW (no FX: https://ibb.co/D9c2sVF)

SFW: Reya Bust by GANE_psychdelic: https://ibb.co/74mN4f9

SFW: Shirtless Ganan by GANE_psychdelic: https://ibb.co/y02JhJH

SFW: Possession (Aharon x Udi, by Xeda787): https://ibb.co/CB0D84Y 

SFW: Saber’s Edge (Aharaon x Gifty by SofiZth): https://ibb.co/qnjvyY4

SFW: Inheritance (Gifty, by kscomms): https://ibb.co/pdzFWYg

SFW: Jin by Mc-19051: https://ibb.co/LRbrmLp

SFW: I Just Want to Be Loved by (Whims-of-the-Flesh) by _SlothArt: https://ibb.co/WnnJnVC

SFW: Hated and Abhorred (Whims of the Flesh): by _SlothArt: https://ibb.co/8xzHRDd

SFW: Old Year Bronze Lion Cynis Ganan - New Spring Golden Ox Augustus by Jen: https://ibb.co/1KF7sFD and https://ibb.co/0mWNQR9

SFW: Hero Forge Designs: https://ibb.co/album/tPdgQH

SFW: Various Picrews and Character Creators: https://ibb.co/album/f1dP07 

SFW: Hero Lab Ganan https://ibb.co/PrpgHwC

SFW: Hero Lab Reya: https://ibb.co/HHYyk1X

SFW: Dovak Map: https://ibb.co/KWqsYfH

House Rules

All PCs just get full XP. It’s just easier this way.