notanautomaton
I've got 99 quests, I've finished one
And we can purchase or create a charm to make 'Zero' our identity. This isn't hard.
Green Sun, Black Shadows (CG/Exalted)
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We have Oramus' and Ebon Dragon's excellencies as well. And the excellency isn't the only charm he has; his leadership and group-buff charms are the ones I'm touting and so far no other Yozi has anything comparable to them.
And as other have said, learning how to acquire new names is a solution.
Deer Footed Mara is also the one who gave Sorcery to Exalts.
So, being an Infernal, and a Fiend, Lulu is in a good place to learn Black Claw style from the source.
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I think it was Milly's?
Plus, Mardukth is unlikely to appreciate this sort of thing very much and could very well outright refuse opening his Charmset.
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[X] Malfeas
[X] Malfeas
What value would Malfeas offer us? His excellency is broad, true, but that's just one charm. All his other ones relate to personal combat or terrorizing people into obeying. I think it would be a waste to unlock a Yozi from whom only a few charms truly offer benefit, especially since we already have a Slayer to do the frontline fighting.
Vaalintine
Wild Wondorous Wolfalope
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[X] Malfeas
You do realize, of course, that there is only a single course of action. We must seduce the Ebon Dragon.
[X] Malfeas
You do realize, of course, that there is only a single course of action. We must seduce the Ebon Dragon.
codeRR
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[X] Malfeas
Lelouch and Malfeas have much more in common then he and Mardukth. Mardukth will not open his set because we do not operate with our "true identity". yes we can purchase a charm to make zero a true name but we declared that Zero is a symbol, anyone can people Zero. Lelouch does not think Zero as a part of him, just a mask and tool to use.
Simply put, he resonates with Malfeas' themes more then Mardukth's.
[X] Malfeas
Lelouch and Malfeas have much more in common then he and Mardukth. Mardukth will not open his set because we do not operate with our "true identity". yes we can purchase a charm to make zero a true name but we declared that Zero is a symbol, anyone can people Zero. Lelouch does not think Zero as a part of him, just a mask and tool to use.
Simply put, he resonates with Malfeas' themes more then Mardukth's.
Getting an Excellency that is sufficiently different from those two will be rather helpful as it increases the range of actions we can boost with an Excellency. It would be very wasteful to get a Yozi whose Excellency we can't actually use, especially this early on.
Any such Charm would probably still violate the Excellency's conditions unless it truly twisted Lelouch into Zero. For example, Name Shrouded Under Veils creates a false name that only appears true for the purpose of Charms and techniques that determine whether or something is true or not, but it is in reality still a deception so wouldn't work with this Excellency. Remember that Masque of Hollow Faces and everything that follows it is build on masks - it's fake, not real. The Ebon Dragon is similarly about deception, except when he turns into your shadow mirror, but then you get that person's Charms rather than keeping your own for the duration of the change.
To make a Charm that would truly change Lelouch's Name into Zero for the purposes of this Excellency would probably require a Charm that requires a shitload of motes and willpower to activate or would have to twist him in a much more permanent fashion. Anything in which Lelouch would know he is hiding his true identity just wouldn't work. A real change of identity would be required.
Knightmare combat is a thing. A major thing in Code Geass, really. Lelouch already has the specialty maxed out, and we definitely want to max out Drive. Malfeas's Charms could certainly be used to help with Knightmare combat, even if it requires making new ones using the Innovation keyword to make new Charms for that. Getting Nightmare Fugue Vigilance to remove the need to sleep would also be useful, as it'd give Lelouch extra time to do stuff. (Oramus definitely isn't a 'no sleep' kind of guy, so a custom Charm there wouldn't make sense) That Charm might also be a good basis for mixing with Ululating Nightmare Wings or something coming after that to make something Heretical. (some kind of waking nightmare Charm that makes it almost impossible for someone to sleep?) Other Heretical Charms could also be made.
Also, Akito can't be around all the time, or there's a chance he could be overwhelmed if fighting against multiple opponents. In such cases we need someone else in the Coven who can take up the slack. Lelouch is unfortunately the best candidate for that, I think.
I think a lot of them are looking for his PD as well, since it would work even against Holy attacks, which Bloodless Murk Evasion wouldn't.
For the sake of honesty I'll note that Oramus's PD does as well. With Oramus's PD and Ebby's PD we would have defense against all possible attacks, given that Holy attacks would by definition by fueled by Essence and therefore be magical. Or at least I think that's how it works.
Perhaps a charm that alters the way the character thinks of himself, then? To truly be whoever he acts as? That seems to fit Mardukth and it would help Lelouch avoid pitfalls like abandoning the battlefield because his sister cried.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure that would work either, otherwise a Derangement of delusion would be enough. It would still be a falsehood, again unless it was made permanent so the character well and truly will always identify as the new identity, especially if the Charm or delusion was done intentionally as it's an effort to make the character lie to himself about his identity.
Also, I think Mardukth is more about exaggeration than total self-delusion. People will remember something involving the Charm user as being grander than it actually was, but the thing in question actually happened.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
Aww. We don't get to have Conan! Zero. :c
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
Personally I think we should choose Elloge, as we essentially outright said that we would be the one who wrote our own Fate, which, considering our Motivation, Urge, and goals, would make for an epic story. Plus, we would be able to find out if someone has Intimacies towards us later, which could be useful.
Is there a complete Elloge charmset out there that's any good?
I've never seen Mardukth charms in action, so:
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[X] Mardukth
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[X] Mardukth
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
I wound up using the Charms from here, although I wound up using a different Excellency. The Narrator's Insight one is something that I think might be useful later on.
Frakir's brother
Goodbye.
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[X] Elloge
[X] Elloge
It's... interesting. Shipper's Compatibility Index made me laugh.
My overall impression is that it allows one to become a behind-the-scenes social controller, directing people as you see fit and imposing new roles on those who don't play along.
There's a handful of charms I find useful, mostly Ardent Villain Command, but overall the set is pretty underwhelming. Anyone based on that set would go down pretty quickly in a fight.