I could have sworn that the whole process of exalting as an Abyssal was supposed to take longer. It's odd that we seem quite so rushed.
Might have done a True Love first time and killed it.How does being a Whampire go along with being an Abyssal? Did the Hunger just get shanked by the Exaltation?
Well, she didn't even feed it up... I think Hunger is dead, there's no point in even saving the pieces since there's nothing there. In any case, we're wildly wildly insanely lucky at the moment. We actually have one of the 4 on the side of not blowing up the universe. We can celebrate! Plus, technically, Lara owes us because without Molly breaking the world, her little sister would be dead...How does being a Whampire go along with being an Abyssal? Did the Hunger just get shanked by the Exaltation?
She is convinced she is "a monster after all". We really, really need to get going as soon as possible, and stop those thoughts before they take root.Well, she didn't even wake him up... I think Hunger is dead, there's no point in even saving the pieces since there's nothing there. In any case, we're wildly wildly insanely lucky at the moment. We actually have one of the 4 on the side of not blowing up the universe. We can celebrate! Plus, technically, Lara owes us because without Molly breaking the world, her little sister would be dead...
How does being a Whampire go along with being an Abyssal? Did the Hunger just get shanked by the Exaltation?
Yes, but no. Yog she is a monster like her sister. The one we are dealing with. Yes she needs help, but you are exaggerating the size of the problem. She does not think she is a monster like crazy cultists who want to awaken Cthulhu or Hitler. She thinks it is more likely a family thing and thinks in that vein most likely.She is convinced she is "a monster after all". We really, really need to get going as soon as possible, and stop those thoughts before they take root.
Yes, as far as I understand this is still happening.Do Abyssals in ExWoD still got that effect where you cant call them by their human(?) name anymore?
nameless Knights
The Abyssal Exalted sacrifice their name in the
course of their Exaltation. Should they try to cling to it
afterwards, they are lashed with pain and calamity as their
Essence rises in rebellion against them. While a simple
alias may serve as a replacement in a pinch, each knows
in her heart of hearts that she is truly nameless, and that
should she ever come to identify with a new name, then
it too will one night be carried away by the storm-winds.
So it is that, sooner or later, most Abyssals learn to
go by titles. Sometimes these attempt to express who
the deathknight was, or aims to be. Often they are a
warning, a minor courtesy to those who encounter
her. Most frequently, though, Abyssals draw their titles
from dreams of dead gods, which express themselves as
faint whispers tainting a deathknight's Essence
Inari has issues with her family to say the least.WELP
Looks like the White Court's a big player in the game now. Well, sorta. The Abyssal Exalted could just as easily be rulers, be champions, or be lonely knights. She has the power to do whatever she wants, who knows if she'll want to go back to the White Court.
White King is almost certainly a dead man walking, and Lara's attempts at alliance with Jade Court are also very very dead. Lara herself may survive. But there's a reason I am defaulting to Thomas instead of her. Maybe also take Dresden with us? We definitely need to be there in ten minutes or less, I think.Inari has issues with her family to say the least.
Just to start, she wasn't aware she was born with the potential to be a whamp until her last run in with Dresden. Raith tradition is to hide that information and let people work it out when they kill someone while losing their virginity.
She found out when her father tried to use her as a weapon a few times, and her relationship with her sisters is complicated to say the least.
Inari is unlikely to be interested in helping the white court, and if she blames Lara for this she might not really be positively inclined to her immediate family either.
Now Lara has a very good reason to turn up the charm to the very max.Inari is unlikely to be interested in helping the white court, and if she blames Lara for this she might not really be positively inclined to her immediate family either.
Yes, I didn't consider the possibility that Lara knows about this. It would be... bad for her. But I'm hoping for a softer option.White King is almost certainly a dead man walking, and Lara's attempts at alliance with Jade Court are also very very dead. Lara herself may survive. But there's a reason I am defaulting to Thomas instead of her. Maybe also take Dresden with us? We definitely need to be there in ten minutes or less, I think.
Day
Infiltrators, spies, and saboteurs who walked
among the living to deliver them into the arms of the
dead. Days are drawn from the ranks of those who live
outside the acceptable bounds of society.
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Caste Abilities: Alertness, Athletics, Firearms, In-
vestigation, Larceny, Stealth, Streetwise, Subterfuge
•
Anima: The first 2 Essence the Day spends in a
scene don't count toward flaring her anima. Addition-
ally, when her anima does flare, she may shroud herself
in it like an obscuring cloak, making her impossible to
recognize. Anyone in the scene that has already recog-
nized her must roll Willpower against difficulty 8 or
forget the blazing stranger's identity, if the Day would
rather they didn't recognize her.
—/—
Moonshadow
Diplomats and advocates for those who lack the
breath to speak for themselves, they forged kingdoms
and customs to connect the living and the dead. Moon-
shadows are drawn from the ranks of poets and pow-
er-brokers: artists, analysts, lawyers, CEOs, and the like.
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Caste Abilities: Awareness, Empathy, Etiquette,
Expression, Finance, Law, Politics, Subterfuge
•
Anima: The Moonshadow may spend 1 Essence
to sanctify any oath she has personally witnessed, scrib-
ing the words of the pact on the air with Essence. Any
who should break this oath suffers the wrath of the
Underworld and are relentlessly haunted by hostile
spirits. Additionally, if the Moonshadow approaches
any of the night folk on legitimate business and they of-
fer her or her companions unprovoked violence, then
any roll made by the offending supernatural during the
course of that violence which produces even a single 1
becomes an automatic botch.
Spider in Society's Web (••)
Spider in Society's Web (••)
The Abyssal may, with but a moment's touch, feel
the chains that bind one of the living to the restless dead.
System: To activate this Charm, the Abyssal must
touch a living being and spend 1 Essence, then roll Per-
ception + (Awareness, Investigation, or Occult). Her
successes determine how much information she learns.
•
1 success: The Abyssal learns whether or not the indi-
vidual has any connection to the restless dead of any sort.
•
2 successes: The Abyssal learns the nature of the
connection: If the individual is the subject of a ghost's
Passion or acts as its Fetter, if they are under the thrall of
a vampire, or if their nature places one foot in the after-
life (as in the case of a revenant, dhampir, or dhampyr).
•
3 successes: The Abyssal learns the depth of the
bond: whether the mortal is the subject of a minor or
major Passion or Fetter; whether she belongs heart and
soul to a vampire through the Blood Bond or long-
term psychic conditioning, or is merely being affected
by transitory enchantments of the blood; or the pre-
cise nature of a half-dead being's lineage.
•
4 successes+: The Abyssal learns the identity of
the ghost or vampire the individual is tied to, includ-
ing the creature's name and appearance.
He's already dead, but Inari isn't aware of it. Dresden was involved in some nasty business, but he did help her so that's probably a good call.White King is almost certainly a dead man walking, and Lara's attempts at alliance with Jade Court are also very very dead. Lara herself may survive. But there's a reason I am defaulting to Thomas instead of her. Maybe also take Dresden with us? We definitely need to be there in ten minutes or less, I think.
Lara's name was on the lips of the guy who killed Inari, and I don't think she was ever clued into what her dad was doing to her older siblings. That is going to be a complicated reunion and the charm offensive is likely to struggle.Now Lara has a very good reason to turn up the charm to the very max.
Inari is no longer the baby sister #93 that she'll probably be in competition with eventually and that she can't save from Dear Dad anyway.
Now Lara is boss and Inari became one of the most potentially valuable assets one can have.
Offering her the full backing of the White Court would be a start.