Dracogryff
One Thousand Club
Rumors abound in the north…in the eastern woods, it is said that a new monster hunts the night…more than an animal, cunning and vicious…few have escaped its gaze alive, and none have gotten more than a glimpse as it shredded their companions in seconds…
Just a random thought I’ve had for a while that Jukashi’s comments on his ‘Eternal Exalted’ brought back to mind. If a Solar shard can be corrupted, why not a Lunar one? True, it’ll probably be more difficult than a Solar shard, as the taint of the Wyld that has warped the shards would probably need to be cleansed somehow, death and the wyld being not all that compatible, IIRC…but if a Monstrance corrupts celestial shards, I could certainly see it as an interesting plot twist. The Lover is the Deathlord I see as most likely to experiment with such, as it was she who figured out how to corrupt living Solars…
It couldn’t be done to a tattooed Lunar, that’s for sure…but if a deathlord got their hands on an uncasted child, who’s to say they couldn’t potentially figure out a way. After capturing a few casted Lunars and toturing a fair bit of information out of them…it might even be possible to capture their shards if you killed them…but an uncasted Lunar…an offer to cleanse the grip if the Wyld from their veins could be a powerful lure. Just imaging a bleeding blood red caste mark, like the moon in total eclipse, perhaps Soulsteel tattoos…it is also possible that by managing to clean the wyld taint, the original five castes are restored to these Shadow Lunars...
Just curious as to others thoughts and ideas on this. Haven’t really tried to think about mechanics yet, it's currently just a ‘what if’ sort of thought…
Just a random thought I’ve had for a while that Jukashi’s comments on his ‘Eternal Exalted’ brought back to mind. If a Solar shard can be corrupted, why not a Lunar one? True, it’ll probably be more difficult than a Solar shard, as the taint of the Wyld that has warped the shards would probably need to be cleansed somehow, death and the wyld being not all that compatible, IIRC…but if a Monstrance corrupts celestial shards, I could certainly see it as an interesting plot twist. The Lover is the Deathlord I see as most likely to experiment with such, as it was she who figured out how to corrupt living Solars…
It couldn’t be done to a tattooed Lunar, that’s for sure…but if a deathlord got their hands on an uncasted child, who’s to say they couldn’t potentially figure out a way. After capturing a few casted Lunars and toturing a fair bit of information out of them…it might even be possible to capture their shards if you killed them…but an uncasted Lunar…an offer to cleanse the grip if the Wyld from their veins could be a powerful lure. Just imaging a bleeding blood red caste mark, like the moon in total eclipse, perhaps Soulsteel tattoos…it is also possible that by managing to clean the wyld taint, the original five castes are restored to these Shadow Lunars...
Just curious as to others thoughts and ideas on this. Haven’t really tried to think about mechanics yet, it's currently just a ‘what if’ sort of thought…