Sherwood
Luna's Concubine
I look forward to this game getting off the ground. I've played in some of Sar's other games, and he's a good ST.
Renaissance Living: A call for concepts.
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When the Paragon of Chairascuro commissioned a picture dictionary for his son, Andronicus was asked to pose for the picture of 'Axe-Murderer.' (It's one word in firetongue.) It wasn't his fault. He's always been a nice guy and surprisingly good with children, but he has one of those faces that touches the 'run in fear' reflex on most people.
He once got thrown out of a bakery by a terrified young woman. Andronicus attempted to persuade her that he was not, in fact, after her chastity, her money, or her health, but would much appreciate it if she served him waffles. They were in a bakery after all. She would not stop screaming. Andronicus produced his wallet and attempted to pay for the waffles, hoping it would persuade her to reconsider her reaction. It did not. Shortly after the guard arrived, and very shortly thereafter the big man decided his leaving would be the best for all parties involved. He never even got the waffles, which was the tragedy.
At a young age he entered the pit-fighting circles and soon rose to a level of notoriety. Eventually a southern broker for House Sessus acquired his contract and took him to the Blessed Isle. There Andronicus made a comfortable living punching people's faces out the back of their heads, filling his off time with training and raising stray dogs. But there is only one conclusion to a mortal pit-fighter's career on the Blessed Isle, and it isn't retirement. Sooner or later they either die or make enough of a name for themselves to be fed to a Dragon-Blooded contender. Within a few years of coming to the Realm, Andronicus realized this. His escape came in the form of Sessus Trycus, a short, weasel-faced kid who was going to the Heptagram. He needed an attache/bodyguard, and Andronicus fit the bill. The hulking brute got out of his pit fighting career and went to school.
The primary work of sorcerers, especially battle sorcerers, is the summoning of demons. It is for that reason they get assistants like Andronicus. If the demon summoning goes badly, as they are wont to do, one wants a big, angry looking man at one's back to assist in the negotiations. As mortals are incapable of learning sorcery, the official Heptagram policy is to allow them to sit in the back row. This gives the bodyguards enough familiarity with the process to know when things go bad. Thus it is typical to see a row of huge bruisers sitting politely in the rear of an auditorium, listening to sophisticated magical lectures. For security reasons, the lectures are in Old Realm, and it is assumed the goons won't be able to understand. This was true for a while, but even Old Realm isn't that hard to pick up if you listen to it for eight hours a day.
One evening the young master summoned his first demon, a blood ape, at the stroke of midnight. The demon appeared and lost the subsequent battle of wills, but noticed the big fellow standing ready. There was an instant understanding between them. Andronicus knew what was going to happen, the blood ape knew what was going to happen, and the only question left was 'when.' Sessus Trycus made the ape perform a couple of simple tasks to demonstrate he had control over it, and released the creature back whence it came. Andronicus was certain the damn thing winked at him as it went.
Trycus summoned it several more times, and each time things went well. Soon the kid was obviously complacent. He got to calling it forth when it was forbidden, just to prove to himself he could. Then one night, having been summoned on a whim, the emanthyroi shattered the bonds of will and power that held it captive. One swipe send the young Dynast crashing into a wall, and then it and the bodyguard got down to the business of the hour.
Andronicus had a simple sense of ethics. Once he was bought, he stayed bought. His job was to deal with this sort of problem, so he intended to do just that. With fists and feet, he fought like mad, and in the dormitory of the Heptagram, a mortal man beat a demon to death. In that moment Andronicus completed the greatest triumph of his fighting career, and he Exalted.
Exalting as a Lunar in the very center of the Realm's school for magery left him in a tricky situation. As Andronicus burned with essence fire from within, he looked down at the boy and the situation lay before them. All the lad need do was take responsibility for the summoning and the lights and magic could be explained away. Or Andronicus could just kill the boy. There was nothing the lad would be able to do to stop him.
Then the lad fled, screaming about Anathema, and Andronicus went the other way.
The new Full-Moon was saved by the situation. Events had provided him with an excellent magical education. Andronicus summoned a cloud and sailed away on it. This being the Heptagram, no one was terribly willing to start throwing countermagic wildly, and by the time the story was established, the Lunar was over the ocean and gone. They called the navy after him, and it was a race.
We wouldn't be talking about this if he had not made it, but he probably wouldn't have Exalted at all if he wasn't the type to pull through such trials. Andronicus got to land and kept running. The full story of Sessus Trycus' activities came out at the Heptagram, and the boy was expelled. He ran home to his family, and spilled a wild tale of Anathema demon summoners who plagued his efforts. No one should have believed it.
Trycus' uncle is named Sessus Chenow. You might have heard of him. That ruthless old bastard took up the cause at once, and instantly proclaimed that this was indicative of the weaknesses of the Realm. He personally raised the call to arms to bring the Wyld Hunt after Andronicus. Using the escapee's face as a rallying cry, it was in the dictionary under 'Axe-Murderer' after all, soon there was a veritable riot of people out after Andronicus.
Personality
Andronicus is a surprisingly nice, understated guy who likes dogs. His hobbies are reading books about history and swimming. Much smarter than he appears, he doesn't talk much but listens well. He's also a dedicated martial artist and somewhat fastidious.
Looks
Six foot six, two hundred sixty five pounds with dark, ash colored skin. His right eye socket was broken once and healed back incorrectly. Now his head is asymmetrical. He has droopy brows and heavy cheekbones, a low, sloping forehead, and protruding ears. Early male pattern baldness left him with little hair, so he regularly shaves his head. He normally wears brightly colored woolens. There is an odd pattern of scars on his back that came from a jaguar fight, and a discolored patch of flesh on his arm where his bicep was nearly bit off by a fan. He bathes twice a day, with scented oils if he can get them, and his grooming is impeccable. It makes him look like the neatest serial killer anyone's ever seen.
Andronicus
Full-Moon Lunar
Totem: Osprey
Built using the Peter Schaefer Lunar mod (http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Peter_Schaefer_on_Lunar_Character_Generation)
*Str: 5 (9bp)
*Dex: 5
*Sta: 5
Cha: 4
Man: 2
App: 1
Wit: 3 (8xp)
*Int: 5
Per: 3 (8xp)
Atheltics: 2
Awareness: 3 (6xp)
Dodge: 2
Integrity: 2 (2xp)
*Martial Arts: 5 (2bp)
Resistance: 3 (4xp)
Craft: 5
Linguistics: 2 (Native: River Tongue, Old Realm, Low Realm)
Performance: 1
Presence: 3 (6xp)
Stealth: 1
*Survival: 2
Investigation: 2 (2 xp)
Lore: 2
Occult: 5 (1BP)
Specialties:
MA(warform)
Occ(Sorcery)
Ling(Calligraphy)
Lore(Nexus)
Virtues:
Valor: 2
Compassion: 4 (1bp)
Conviction: 2
Temperence: 2
Willpower: 10 (5bp)
Essence: 3 (18xp)
Personal Essence: 23
Peripheral Essence: 48
HLs:
0 : 1
-1: 2
-2: 14
-4: 1
Inc: 1
Dying: 9
Knacks:
Deadly Beastman Transformation
Quicksilver Second Face (8xp)
Lightning Change Style (8xp)
Charms:
Claws of the Silver Moon
Third Stamina Ex.
Bruise Relief Method
Halting the Scarlet Flow
Hide Toughening Essence
Armor Forming Technique
Graceful Crane Stance
Body Ox Technique (x3)
Terrestrial Circle Sorcery (10xp)
Summon Demon of the First Circle (10xp)
Ritual of Elemental Benediction (10xp)
Infallible Messenger (10xp)
Emerald Circle Countermagic (10xp)
Summon Elemental (10xp)
Open the Spirit Door (10xp)
Fugue of Truth (10xp)
Backgrounds:
Heartsblood 3
Followers 1 (Two artists)
Mentor 1 (Mostly disassociated over personal differences)
Reources 2 (successful sculptor)
Andronicus's mentor, Ice of the Sky, was a polar bear totemed lunar and decided Andronicus would be a member of the Full Moon caste as well. This did not agree with the new Full Moon in question. The two of them have subsequently parted ways and are on strained terms.
Currently Andronicus lives in Nexus where he makes a living scuplting. This was part of the reason he and his mentor fell out. With him live two aspiring artists who mostly follow his lead.
His interest is exploring the realms of possibility without the crutch of a Solar's limitless power or the hidebound doctrine of the Dragon-Blooded. He's a competent sorcerer, and his rude townhouse is made livable by the efforts of numerous elementals. He requires their services in ways that typically match their interests. Flame elementals warm the house and ovens, while earth elementals patch the walls and gather him stone. He doesn't have much reputation as an artist yet, but that is developing.
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He once got thrown out of a bakery by a terrified young woman. Andronicus attempted to persuade her that he was not, in fact, after her chastity, her money, or her health, but would much appreciate it if she served him waffles. They were in a bakery after all. She would not stop screaming. Andronicus produced his wallet and attempted to pay for the waffles, hoping it would persuade her to reconsider her reaction. It did not. Shortly after the guard arrived, and very shortly thereafter the big man decided his leaving would be the best for all parties involved. He never even got the waffles, which was the tragedy.
At a young age he entered the pit-fighting circles and soon rose to a level of notoriety. Eventually a southern broker for House Sessus acquired his contract and took him to the Blessed Isle. There Andronicus made a comfortable living punching people's faces out the back of their heads, filling his off time with training and raising stray dogs. But there is only one conclusion to a mortal pit-fighter's career on the Blessed Isle, and it isn't retirement. Sooner or later they either die or make enough of a name for themselves to be fed to a Dragon-Blooded contender. Within a few years of coming to the Realm, Andronicus realized this. His escape came in the form of Sessus Trycus, a short, weasel-faced kid who was going to the Heptagram. He needed an attache/bodyguard, and Andronicus fit the bill. The hulking brute got out of his pit fighting career and went to school.
The primary work of sorcerers, especially battle sorcerers, is the summoning of demons. It is for that reason they get assistants like Andronicus. If the demon summoning goes badly, as they are wont to do, one wants a big, angry looking man at one's back to assist in the negotiations. As mortals are incapable of learning sorcery, the official Heptagram policy is to allow them to sit in the back row. This gives the bodyguards enough familiarity with the process to know when things go bad. Thus it is typical to see a row of huge bruisers sitting politely in the rear of an auditorium, listening to sophisticated magical lectures. For security reasons, the lectures are in Old Realm, and it is assumed the goons won't be able to understand. This was true for a while, but even Old Realm isn't that hard to pick up if you listen to it for eight hours a day.
One evening the young master summoned his first demon, a blood ape, at the stroke of midnight. The demon appeared and lost the subsequent battle of wills, but noticed the big fellow standing ready. There was an instant understanding between them. Andronicus knew what was going to happen, the blood ape knew what was going to happen, and the only question left was 'when.' Sessus Trycus made the ape perform a couple of simple tasks to demonstrate he had control over it, and released the creature back whence it came. Andronicus was certain the damn thing winked at him as it went.
Trycus summoned it several more times, and each time things went well. Soon the kid was obviously complacent. He got to calling it forth when it was forbidden, just to prove to himself he could. Then one night, having been summoned on a whim, the emanthyroi shattered the bonds of will and power that held it captive. One swipe send the young Dynast crashing into a wall, and then it and the bodyguard got down to the business of the hour.
Andronicus had a simple sense of ethics. Once he was bought, he stayed bought. His job was to deal with this sort of problem, so he intended to do just that. With fists and feet, he fought like mad, and in the dormitory of the Heptagram, a mortal man beat a demon to death. In that moment Andronicus completed the greatest triumph of his fighting career, and he Exalted.
Exalting as a Lunar in the very center of the Realm's school for magery left him in a tricky situation. As Andronicus burned with essence fire from within, he looked down at the boy and the situation lay before them. All the lad need do was take responsibility for the summoning and the lights and magic could be explained away. Or Andronicus could just kill the boy. There was nothing the lad would be able to do to stop him.
Then the lad fled, screaming about Anathema, and Andronicus went the other way.
The new Full-Moon was saved by the situation. Events had provided him with an excellent magical education. Andronicus summoned a cloud and sailed away on it. This being the Heptagram, no one was terribly willing to start throwing countermagic wildly, and by the time the story was established, the Lunar was over the ocean and gone. They called the navy after him, and it was a race.
We wouldn't be talking about this if he had not made it, but he probably wouldn't have Exalted at all if he wasn't the type to pull through such trials. Andronicus got to land and kept running. The full story of Sessus Trycus' activities came out at the Heptagram, and the boy was expelled. He ran home to his family, and spilled a wild tale of Anathema demon summoners who plagued his efforts. No one should have believed it.
Trycus' uncle is named Sessus Chenow. You might have heard of him. That ruthless old bastard took up the cause at once, and instantly proclaimed that this was indicative of the weaknesses of the Realm. He personally raised the call to arms to bring the Wyld Hunt after Andronicus. Using the escapee's face as a rallying cry, it was in the dictionary under 'Axe-Murderer' after all, soon there was a veritable riot of people out after Andronicus.
Personality
Andronicus is a surprisingly nice, understated guy who likes dogs. His hobbies are reading books about history and swimming. Much smarter than he appears, he doesn't talk much but listens well. He's also a dedicated martial artist and somewhat fastidious.
Looks
Six foot six, two hundred sixty five pounds with dark, ash colored skin. His right eye socket was broken once and healed back incorrectly. Now his head is asymmetrical. He has droopy brows and heavy cheekbones, a low, sloping forehead, and protruding ears. Early male pattern baldness left him with little hair, so he regularly shaves his head. He normally wears brightly colored woolens. There is an odd pattern of scars on his back that came from a jaguar fight, and a discolored patch of flesh on his arm where his bicep was nearly bit off by a fan. He bathes twice a day, with scented oils if he can get them, and his grooming is impeccable. It makes him look like the neatest serial killer anyone's ever seen.
Andronicus
Full-Moon Lunar
Totem: Osprey
Built using the Peter Schaefer Lunar mod (http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Peter_Schaefer_on_Lunar_Character_Generation)
*Str: 5 (9bp)
*Dex: 5
*Sta: 5
Cha: 4
Man: 2
App: 1
Wit: 3 (8xp)
*Int: 5
Per: 3 (8xp)
Atheltics: 2
Awareness: 3 (6xp)
Dodge: 2
Integrity: 2 (2xp)
*Martial Arts: 5 (2bp)
Resistance: 3 (4xp)
Craft: 5
Linguistics: 2 (Native: River Tongue, Old Realm, Low Realm)
Performance: 1
Presence: 3 (6xp)
Stealth: 1
*Survival: 2
Investigation: 2 (2 xp)
Lore: 2
Occult: 5 (1BP)
Specialties:
MA(warform)
Occ(Sorcery)
Ling(Calligraphy)
Lore(Nexus)
Virtues:
Valor: 2
Compassion: 4 (1bp)
Conviction: 2
Temperence: 2
Willpower: 10 (5bp)
Essence: 3 (18xp)
Personal Essence: 23
Peripheral Essence: 48
HLs:
0 : 1
-1: 2
-2: 14
-4: 1
Inc: 1
Dying: 9
Knacks:
Deadly Beastman Transformation
Quicksilver Second Face (8xp)
Lightning Change Style (8xp)
Charms:
Claws of the Silver Moon
Third Stamina Ex.
Bruise Relief Method
Halting the Scarlet Flow
Hide Toughening Essence
Armor Forming Technique
Graceful Crane Stance
Body Ox Technique (x3)
Terrestrial Circle Sorcery (10xp)
Summon Demon of the First Circle (10xp)
Ritual of Elemental Benediction (10xp)
Infallible Messenger (10xp)
Emerald Circle Countermagic (10xp)
Summon Elemental (10xp)
Open the Spirit Door (10xp)
Fugue of Truth (10xp)
Backgrounds:
Heartsblood 3
Followers 1 (Two artists)
Mentor 1 (Mostly disassociated over personal differences)
Reources 2 (successful sculptor)
Andronicus's mentor, Ice of the Sky, was a polar bear totemed lunar and decided Andronicus would be a member of the Full Moon caste as well. This did not agree with the new Full Moon in question. The two of them have subsequently parted ways and are on strained terms.
Currently Andronicus lives in Nexus where he makes a living scuplting. This was part of the reason he and his mentor fell out. With him live two aspiring artists who mostly follow his lead.
His interest is exploring the realms of possibility without the crutch of a Solar's limitless power or the hidebound doctrine of the Dragon-Blooded. He's a competent sorcerer, and his rude townhouse is made livable by the efforts of numerous elementals. He requires their services in ways that typically match their interests. Flame elementals warm the house and ovens, while earth elementals patch the walls and gather him stone. He doesn't have much reputation as an artist yet, but that is developing.
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Chaka
Cuddle-fiend
It always sounds good on paper, but it can get frustrating.vinom said:
gatherer818
One Thousand Club
In spite of not being involved in this game, I have to comment. A) per TDW's post, we're getting a built-in dice roller? Awesome! B) Again, one of TDW's posts, the private-message-inside-a-post thing is something I really miss from another big PbP site, but it wouldn't have worked here before due to the fact that we were all mods inside our own games. Now that we're not, though, it'd work just fine... if you can get it, we'd love to have it! And C) Miashara's character concept intrigues and scares me. Makes me wonder what I'm getting into playing in a game with him as the ST....
Chaka
Cuddle-fiend
Are we using the Schafer chargen mod? I need to restat my character if we are. 
Chaka: I asked, and Sar didn't reply. So in the interests of optimism, I used it.
Legitimately, it does make Lunar's and the Solar splats roughly comparable in long running games. Eventually the Solars still wind up outmatching us, but that's basically unavoidable.
Edit: G: Thanks. And you know how I'm handling Little Squeak. That's how I like Lunars.
Legitimately, it does make Lunar's and the Solar splats roughly comparable in long running games. Eventually the Solars still wind up outmatching us, but that's basically unavoidable.
Edit: G: Thanks. And you know how I'm handling Little Squeak. That's how I like Lunars.
Chaka
Cuddle-fiend
Well, I can always stat her out again. I still have the original sheet, so if he says no I'm not losing out. Also, backstory's almost done, so I'll post that soon.Miashara said:
Chaka
Cuddle-fiend
My backstory is apparently too long to post. I'll send it to him.
Vinom, Chaka: Would you be interested in having our characters know each other? Not necessarily allies but at least familiar with each other's Exalted nature and general intentions? It might save time later if we move in each other's circles and don't have to play the getting-to-know-you parts of the game.
Chaka
Cuddle-fiend
I'm cool with us at least being acquainted. Plus if I move in to your turf while in Nexus it's common courtesy amongst Lunars to at least declare themselves. The Pact is scattered, but at just under 300 active members at any given time any gathering's a chance for us to have met.
Thorn Darkblade
I know lots of things. Lots of things...
Still time to get in on this?
Chaka
Cuddle-fiend
I'm pretty sure that's Miashara's character. Mine'll be knew in town. This assuming my character's even chosen, which isn't necessarily so.
LaFreeze
3rd Soul of Kimbery
You know it is too bad the Fiend heavy into the Ebon Dragon Charms concept didn't quite workout 'cause even though I like the current version of my character a more and think she'll be a lot of fun this would have been the perfect song for Fiend.
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