<strong>The Infamous</strong><br/><br/>Name:<strong>Sekhmet</strong><br/><br/>Look: Haunted eyes, leather clothes, an enemy’s sword<br/><br/>Stats (2 free points added in)<br/>Daring +2<br/>Grace +1<br/>Heart 0<br/>Wit +1<br/>Soul -1<br/><br/>XP: 1<br/><br/><br/><strong>Shadowy Past</strong><br/>When you hear about a villain for the first time, you may decide that you know them from your past. If so, give them a String on you to ask a question from the Figure Out list and take +1 Forward against them.<br/><br/><strong>Make it Right</strong><br/>When you allow yourself to be vulnerable to someone you have hurt while one of you is Emotionally Supporting the other, ask if they forgive you. If they say “No,” mark a Condition and Stagger . If they say “Yes,” you each may Clear a Condition, and this Move will not trigger again with that person.<br/><br/><strong>Who’s the Monster?</strong><br/>When you call someone supposedly virtuous on their hypocrisy, Roll + Daring :<br/>10+: Gain a String on them and Choose 1<br/>7-9: Choose 1<br/>● The wrongness of their act is exposed to all; if they are a PC, they Mark XP if they change their mind and take a Condition if they do not<br/>● Your words sting; they mark a Condition<br/>● You impress an onlooker; gain a String on them<br/><br/><strong>Used to Disappointment</strong><br/>When you rely upon or trust someone else with something important, say how you expect to be let down by the other person.<br/>• If they pleasantly surprise you, they gain a String on you.<br/>• If they do as you expect, choose 1: they lose a String on you or you gain a String on them.<br/>• If they are somehow even worse than you expected, you have a choice: berate them and inflict a Condition, or swallow your loneliness and take a Condition yourself.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Truths of Heart and Blade</span><br/>Undeserving</strong><br/>When you become Smitten with someone, say why, give them a String, and then answer this question:<br/>How have your actions deeply harmed them?<br/><strong>Your Wicked Heart</strong><br/>When you Figure Out a Person during physical conflict, you may additionally ask one of these questions, even on a 6-:<br/>● What are you most ashamed of?<br/>● How could I get you to betray your ideals?<br/><br/><strong>Strings I Have</strong><br/><strong>Lucca</strong><strong>+</strong><br/><del><strong>Mantia</strong><strong>+</strong></del><br/><br/><strong>Strings on Me</strong><br/><strong>Lucca</strong><strong>#</strong><br/><br/>And I'll front my two Relationship Questions here, for any who want to pick up the gauntlet and assume the role.<br/><br/><strong>Though young, you were instrumental to one of the horrors of the Last War. Who was most personally harmed?</strong><br/><strong>Lucca,  Devoted of the Red Dog</strong>.  During the Battle of the Three Champions, my plan resulted in the destruction of the Red Dog's city and the deaths of most of the inhabitants...including many if not all of her clan.  I must live with the resounding infamy, for it was my strategic debut as a commander.<br/><br/><del><strong>Who talks to you about things they wouldn’t discuss with others because of your past? Take a String on them.</strong><br/><strong>Mantia</strong>, who seems to understand the horrors of unintended consequences all too well and who thus occasionally discusses things with Sekhmet that she won't talk about with anybody else.</del><br/><br/><strong>Also, she bears an enemy's sword.</strong>Did someone have a relative who lost one, say in the great horrors of War for which my lass is responsible?  Or perhaps it was someone's personal blade before it was taken as a trophy?<br/><br/>The salamanca<strong>Abjure-Injustice</strong>used to belong to Elinor's totally hot mother, slain by my hand and claimed as spoils of war in the aftermath of the Battle of Three Champions.<br/><br/><strong>Setting Answers for the House of the Yellow Scorpion</strong><br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Why was this site chosen for the Academy?</strong></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Intersection of the Three Realms<br/>So as Never to Forget the Horror that Transpired Here<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Who was entrusted with running the Academy?</strong></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>An Officially Neutral Party<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>What was the most horrific part of the Last War for your house?</strong></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Mundane Horrors of War<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>What animal represents your house? Why?</strong></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Our emblem is the Scorpion--dangerous, hardy, and well suited to its native habitat.  Just like our people.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>What is the main grievance your house has with each of the others?</strong></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Against the<strong>Red</strong>, we bear ill will for the loss of our territory, rendered unlivable even for us by their desperate embrace of nightmarish new technologies.<br/>Against the<strong>Blue</strong>, we bear ill will for their having started the war in the first place and further for being so stubborn about agreeing to peace talks when we had beaten them soundly.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>What plot do you believe each of the other houses is planning?</strong></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>The<strong>Red</strong>produced new weapons during the War, and while they have promised they ended this practice we know only too well what such words are worth!  A king may honestly promise even while his ministers plot mischief.<br/>The<strong>Blue</strong>grows in strength once more, their population recovering far faster than ours...and there is only one reason for them to need so many more people!<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Describe a location at Hope Academy that would make for an awesome place to have a sword fight.</strong></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>There is a garden full of ponds with narrow wooden planks laid out as bridges over each of them.  It is a popular place for less serious challenges, as by custom sending your opponent into the water is as good as drawing blood for purposes of settling a duel.  That wet linen clings delightfully to the body beneath is is merely a side benefit of this practice.