Green Sun, Black Shadows (CG/Exalted)

@Alexander89 - is Lian going to be joining the school later or did you just forget to add her in? She did ask to see if she could join.
What I remember is her wanting to pursue an adequate education, not Ashford specifically. In that case she doesn't join right now because, unlike Nathan, she needs more common things beside a school curriculum, in order to fit her false background.

though speaking of that we seem to have two days until Fourth Soul Devil Domain shenanigans. :D
That will be interesting to write. Did we discussed how it would look?

A small question, does Kaguya know Suzaku killed his father during the invasion? Does his family, Todoh?
Possibly. The incident was covered up, and according to the wiki profile on Suzaku his life "was spared". The wiki article on his father says the incident was covered up to protect Suzaku himself. If Kaguya knows about it, it never came up during canon, so she may never have been informed. Then again, she's gaining control of the Six Houses here, so someone may have told her in this universe.

That said, Suzaku isn't likely afraid of Kaguya or her family killing him or anything - he wants to die to atone for killing his father, so that's not why he's going pale. Suzaku may be worried that he's going to be dragged into Kyoto House politics or something. Kaguya was engaged to him at one point, as an arranged marriage. Or he's just freaking out because... well, its Kaguya, and she's in the mood to tease.
Kirihara Taizo probably knows about it. Someone had to do the cover up, after all, and he did hold off on the announcement of Kururugi Genbu's death.
Kaguya doesn't know, but Taizo does. Todoh knows Genbu didn't perform suicide, but knows not the real culprit. Taizo did a real good job hiding things, most out of respect for Genbu himself (yes, he didn't want his son to be outed as a kinslayer. Not that he cared much when Suzaku started fucking himself).

Plan The Man Behind the Mask
Very good. Even if it doesn't win, can I use it in the next post?
 
Plan The Man Behind the Mask

Stunt is good. I'll add it to the plan.

Also, you may not want to label this as a plan - people are going to vote for it and all the other stuff in the actual plan won't be included.

That will be interesting to write. Did we discussed how it would look?

There was some in the thread I think, and I sent you a few suggestions in our PM conversation. I don't think you decided anything solid. I'll see about digging them up and re-sending.
 
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Very good. Even if it doesn't win, can I use it in the next post?
Thanks! And by all means, do so if you want.
Stunt is good. I'll add it to the plan.

Also, you may not want to label this as a plan - people are going to vote for it and all the other stuff in the actual plan won't be included.
Marked as a sub-plan of yours. Speaking of which...
[X]Plan The Man Behind the Mask
Like mentioned above, mine is a part of Enjou's plan, so if you want to vote for it, do as me and vote for:

[X] Plan Blame Milly and Big Reveal
 
Personally, I think it should be an Escherian labyrinth on par with Lelouch's own twisty turns of thought. Naturally, he himself considers it's layout so blindingly obvious that he has no idea why everyone not descended from his soul structure has any problems navigating it. Poor Seyrun...

The Devil Domain is based off of the nature of the Coadjutor and the Charms the Infernal knows, so the base of the domain would be Seyrun rather than Lelouch.

However, I have suggested that Calculating Dho-Angles make the insides of buildings have non-Euclidean layouts which are never consistent. If you want to reach somewhere, you just have to wonder randomly and you'll find it, but trying to find it going by previous routes... it doesn't work.
 
The Devil Domain is based off of the nature of the Coadjutor and the Charms the Infernal knows, so the base of the domain would be Seyrun rather than Lelouch.

Okay. So, our Coajutor is a giant spider, and the classic spider's lair is a series of tunnels covered in webs; Don't know for sure but I imagine Ahnules are no different. Therefore, maybe our entire Devil-Domain consists of indoors and/or underground structures? With the closest we ever get to outside spaces being humungous biodomes and geofronts where you can just barely make out the roof behind the clouds. If we ever get the Malfean reactor charm, it's representation isn't a green sun, it's a green fusion reactor.
 
Okay. So, our Coajutor is a giant spider, and the classic spider's lair is a series of tunnels covered in webs; Don't know for sure but I imagine Ahnules are no different. Therefore, maybe our entire Devil-Domain consists of indoors and/or underground structures? With the closest we ever get to outside spaces being humungous biodomes and geofronts where you can just barely make out the roof behind the clouds. If we ever get the Malfean reactor charm, it's representation isn't a green sun, it's a green fusion reactor.

I wouldn't focus on 'spider' too much. My own thought is that it would be a somewhat Malfean urban environment that is rather dark (Seyrun is closest related to the Ebon Dragon out of all the Yozis, apparently) and has lots of secret passages, nooks and crannies, and other things that would be good for ambushing and assassination. Might be a number of webs in places due to the spider aspect, but his own personality as an assassin should come into play.
 
The Devil Domain is based off of the nature of the Coadjutor and the Charms the Infernal knows, so the base of the domain would be Seyrun rather than Lelouch.

However, I have suggested that Calculating Dho-Angles make the insides of buildings have non-Euclidean layouts which are never consistent. If you want to reach somewhere, you just have to wonder randomly and you'll find it, but trying to find it going by previous routes... it doesn't work.
I was think about this and had some ideas to throw in, but one question popped up:
Fourth-Soul Devil Domain
Cost: -; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Unwoven (1)
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: One Yozi Pantheon-keyworded Charm, one Yozi geomantic Charm
Do we have a "Yozi geomantic Charm" to function as the prerequisite Charm? After quickly looking through the General Exalted thread Earthscorpion's and Aleph's answer on the matter of their own homebrew their Kerisgame uses (here and here), I'm not sure if (Yozi) World-Shaping Cosmogony is counted as one. Though GM always has the rights to overrule this and settle the matter.
 
I was think about this and had some ideas to throw in, but one question popped up:

Do we have a "Yozi geomantic Charm" to function as the prerequisite Charm? After quickly looking through the General Exalted thread Earthscorpion's and Aleph's answer on the matter of their own homebrew their Kerisgame uses (here and here), I'm not sure if (Yozi) World-Shaping Cosmogony is counted as one. Though GM always has the rights to overrule this and settle the matter.

I think Alexander89 is counting World-Shaping Cosmogony as one, so I don't think it matters.
 
Regarding the zealot issue, I don't personally mind if our ground troops are zealots. In fact, if we ever need deniable soldiers, then I think that some of our Defilers working together could create some method of making Beastmen designed for particular tasks quickly. It would be a decent way to redirect any attention some of our groups might get to the Lunars, at least.

However, I think that our higher ups should not be zealots, because from my various readings zealots tend to not be very good at pointing out issues in plans. And let's face it, what with the various lunatics we're currently and will be dealing with in the future, we need as many intelligent people as we can get.
 
So... is there any plan that doesn't have us do the stuff with suzaku like enjou wants?
Cause I really don't think it's a good idea to go for that.
 
So... is there any plan that doesn't have us do the stuff with suzaku like enjou wants?
Cause I really don't think it's a good idea to go for that.

I've already removed adding him to the student council as a good point was raised about his suicidal tendencies. That said, Kaguya and him are going to meet no matter what, and Lelouch should have Suzaku tailed to see what he's doing in the military (it's fairly likely our scouts will retreat once they sense a Dragon Blooded [Lloyd] though). But just finding out where the Lancelot is will be a big deal.
 
Here is my take on Oromus crafting charm. I blatantly ripped off the fluff from someone else's contribution.


WALK OUTSIDE WHAT IS
Cost: 16m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious, Sorcerous, Blasphemy, Beyond
Duration: Seven long ticks
Prerequisites: Paths Beyond Witnessing
The Exalted had to chain Oramus in his own broken wings to keep him bound within the Demon City. The Green Sun Princes have not yet been chained in this manner. Casting away the constraints of normalcy, the Infernal progressively folds himself within his own boundaries. Onlookers must pass a Valor check to watch this display without vomiting. At the end of the seven long tick activation period, the Loom screams as the warlock passes into the Beyond. He becomes an invalid target for all effects.


Outside the intersection of the Shinma who define Creation, the Infernal must resist his own indulgences within the freedom of the Beyond before he can find a route back to mundanity. He may visit any land not bound by the solidity of Creation, the dreams of the Raksha, or the immutability of the Neverborn. These lands are complete worlds that would have existed had the Primordials built a different Creation, though always there are some points of similarity to the real thing. Unlike Creation, the world this Charm creates follow some narrative spun by the Exalted's own imagination. But once the Exalt interact with that world, the narrative is rendered to shreds by his actions.


The Exalted must roll his Temperance as an extended roll every day at dawn. Once he has accumulated 7 successes, he may reappear in existence at the exact spot she disappeared. After seven days, if the Exalted have not accumulated enough successes, he automatically reenters Creation at random within 10 miles of his previous position. If forcefully rejected from the Beyond, his reappearance is a Blasphemy effect equal to his Essence, flares her anima to totemic, and causes cascading Omen Weather and other mockery-simulacra within Fate-equivalents.


Objects that the Exalted have obtained from the Beyond belongs to the Beyond. Normally, such things pulled from the Beyond into Creation are unstable stuff: seven ticks after their creation Nigurna detonate them, taking them back to join it in non-existence, leaving pure chaos in the voids where they used to be. However, this Charm forges these unknown substances into permanence. While they retain none of their original qualities and functions, they serve as exotic ingredients for crafting. Furthermore, the legend associated with certain hard to obtain Beyond Items allows them to accelerate any crafting project they are integrated into. Each Beyond Item accelerate the pace of work by a factor of (Essence). Up to three Beyond Items may be used in the construction of any single Artifact or component for a larger Artifact or Manse. At Essence 4, this Charm upgrades allowing the Exalted to bring up to 5 other people into the Beyond.
 
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What about that charm someone came up with that would allow Lelouch to use social attacks as if they were physical attacks?
 
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