Thief of Words
Trans lesbian librarian
- Location
- Best book girl
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Now I'm not too used to Exalted lore, only know some of it from quests, is an Infernal different in appearance? Anyways, this quest looks interesting, I'll watch it closely. Thanks for writing
Depends on their charms, but most Infernals slowly and subtly change as they gain in power and buy more charms. They also get one minor quirk or mark from their Coadjutor, which is variable in how it resolves.
She Who Lives In Her Name has charms which mostly manifest mentally or externally though, so if we build towards Mind Hand or the like as a focus we'd see minimal physical changes up to the point where she evolves into a flying cluster of forcefields very late on.
@Lyanah Infernals inherently have physical differences than their baseline mortal selves. First: there's the Exaltation tune-up, taken even further for the Yozi's sake. Your flaws, blemishes, etc. simply cease to exist. If you're past your prime then that, too, ceases to be a factor (to the point that it de-ages you back to peak youth and vitality). And that's before you factor in the effect of your Coadjutor's physiology on you. Rather like a Lunar Tell but not magical and potentially far more extensive, any Infernal takes on features which are reminiscent of the species of demon which delivered their Exaltation. This can range from subtle to screamingly obvious. As an example: for someone whose Exaltation was delivered by an agata (the almost painfully beautiful, horse-sized, crystalline wasps with an iridescent carapace), it could be as subtle as an iridescent sheen to their finger- and toenails or it could be as unsubtle as compound eyes and a full-on exoskeleton.
To that point: I had originally intended to add this as part of the voting for this post, but I had trouble working it into my original post, so I'll go ahead and put this to the player-base. How extensive would you want Taylor's initial transformation to be, given her coadjutor-species?
[ ] The best trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people he didn't exist.
--Stick with subtler alterations to her natural form.
[ ] If you've got it, flaunt it!
--Subtlety is for lesser beings than a living avatar of the Yozis. Bring on the flesh-change!