<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>The First Saga: One Hundred Kingdoms</strong></span></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Chapter One</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong>Saffron Meets Crimson</strong></div><br/><br/>The beginning of the epic saga of the meeting of two Chosen, Radiant Saffron's Daughter and The Daughter of Crimson. Two souls that once burned brightest together in an era long forgotten are joined together once again. These two heroins have been born into the Scavenger Lands of the Eastern most territories of an area known as The One Hundred Kingdoms. This area of Creation is filled with countless scattered nations that pay true tribute to its name.  A place of constant strife and war plague the lands, and suffering of the common people is well known.<br/><br/>It is also well known that vicious tyrants try to conquer and hold all of these nations under their rule. None have ever come close to succeeding, till now. A vicious nation of warmongering Princes of the Earth have combined their forces under the banner of one man, High King Tyr, in hopes this one time hero of the Realm could forge a new nation. The High King of the Land of Tyr's as it is known amongst the common people fear the ever growing war banners and the slave chains that follow in his mighty army's wake.<br/><br/>Our heroins destiny's are now their own... and both wish to throw down this tyrant, break the chains of all those he has wrongfully enslaved, and fill Creation with the hope that the Age of Sorrows shall not end in tragedy... A mighty task for two young woman... and so their mighty journey begins...<br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">*****</span></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> Character Sheet</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://home.comcast.net/~koneko-chan/012.jpg)</div><br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Daughter of Crimson</span></strong><br/><strong>Name</strong>: Tala   <strong>Concept</strong>: Tribal Champion    <strong>Caste</strong>: Full Moon  <br/><strong>Age</strong>: 19  <strong>Gender</strong>: Female <strong>Eyes</strong>: Grey  <strong>Hair</strong>: White  <br/><strong>Build</strong>: Tall, Sleek and Sexy <strong>Height</strong>: 6' 2  <strong>Weight</strong>: 125 <strong>Languages</strong>: River-speak, Forest Tongue<br/><strong>Spirit Shape</strong>: Tiger <strong>Tell</strong>: Feline Facial features, Tail<br/><strong>Motivation</strong>: To Conquer the Eastern  <br/><strong>Anima</strong>: Giant Tiger<br/><br/><br/><strong>ATTRIBUTES</strong><br/><br/><strong>Physical           Social                        Mental</strong><br/><strong>Strength</strong>:__4   <strong>Charisma</strong>:_____ 3    <strong>Perception</strong>:____2<br/><strong>Dexterity</strong>:__4  <strong>Manipulation</strong>:__2    <strong>Intelligence</strong>:___2<br/><strong>Stamina</strong>:__4    <strong>Appearance</strong>:___4    <strong>Wits</strong>:_________ 3<br/><br/><strong>ABILITIES</strong><br/>Athletics 2, Awareness 2, Dodge 2, Integrity 3, **Martial-Arts 5, Resistance 1, War 5, Linguistics 1, Stealth 2, **Survival 2,<br/> <strong>SPECIALTIES</strong>: White Reaper: 3, Dodging without Armor 1 <br/><br/><strong>ADVANTAGES</strong><br/><br/><strong>Willpower</strong>: 9  <strong>Temp</strong>. <strong>Willpower</strong>: [  ] - [  ] - [  ] - [  ] - [  ] - [  ] - [  ] - [  ] - [  ]<br/><br/><strong>Virtues</strong>: <strong>Compassion</strong>: 1 <strong>Temperance</strong>: 2 <strong>Conviction</strong>: 2  <strong>Valor</strong>: 4<br/><br/><strong>Essence Level</strong> 3<br/><strong>Personal</strong>: 22/22<br/><strong>Peripheral</strong>: 46/46<br/><strong>Committed</strong>: <br/><strong>Limit</strong>: 0 / 10<br/><br/><strong>THE CURSE OF THE RAGING BULL</strong><br/>The character becomes a fighting animal. she is dangerously quick-tempered, willing to fight anyone for any reason and unable to back down from any challenge to her dominance. While this Flaw is active, the she cannot fail Valor checks and cannot spend Willpower points to ignore them. Just as an angry bull, she attempts to fight anything that inconveniences or startles her. she doesn’t talk much, either, unless it is with her fists (or worse).<br/><strong>Partial Control</strong>: The she settles for bullying others into submission. Provided others answer her with abject cowardice, verbally abusing them is sufficient to satisfy his desire to fight. However, even the slightest hint of disrespect or backbone on the part of the abused party requires a physical attack.<br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><strong>Combat Physical </strong> <br/><br/><strong>Grand Grim Scythe</strong> :  SPD 6, ACC 16, DMG+18/4, DEF 6, RATE 2, TAGS: 2, O, P, R<br/><br/><strong>Punch</strong>:  SPD 5   ACC 13   DMG 4B  DEF 7   RATE 3<br/><br/><strong>Kick </strong>   SPD  5   ACC 12   DMG 7B   DEF 5   RATE2 <br/><br/><strong>Clinch</strong>:  SPD 6   ACC 12   DMG 4B   DEF 6    RATE 1<br/><br/><br/><strong>Dodge DV</strong>: 5 <br/><br/><strong>Soaks: </strong> <br/><br/><strong>Bashing</strong>: 18B []  <strong>Lethal</strong>: 14L  [] <strong>Aggravated</strong>:  []  <strong>Hardness</strong>: 8B/8L<br/><br/><strong>Health Levels</strong><br/>0---------------------[ ]<br/>-1----------------[ ]  [ ]<br/>-2------------[ ]  [ ]  [ ]  [ ]  [ ]  [ ]<br/>-4----------------[ ]<br/>Incapacitated-[ ]<br/><br/><br/><strong>Social Combat</strong><strong>MDDV</strong>: 8       <strong>MDPV</strong>: 2</div><strong>Intimacies</strong>:1.) Her tribal People 2.)Mira 3.) Rebuilding the eastern tribes 4.) Her Grim Scythe  5.)6.)<br/><br/><br/><strong>BACKGROUNDS</strong><br/>Artifact 3 [Grand GrimScyth: Spd 6, Acc +4, Dmg+14/4, Def+0, rate 2, Tags: 2, O, P, R Attune 8] <br/>Tattoo Artifact:4 [Articulate Plate +12L/+14B Hardness 8L/8B attune 6]<br/>Hearts Blood 2<br/>Solar Bond 2<br/>SHAPES: 1.)Electric Eel 2.)House Cat 3.)Raven 4.)Strix 5.)Grizzly Bear 6.) War Hound 7.) Panther 8.)Gar Fish 9.) King Cobra 10.) Giant Spider<br/><br/><strong>Merits&amp;Flaws</strong><br/>Intolerance 3pts : Slavers and their Ilk<br/>Barbarian 3 pts<br/>Wanted: 2pt  Tyr and Slavers<br/>Short Fuse 2pts<br/><br/><br/><strong>CHARMS:</strong><br/>1st Stamina Excellency<br/>1st Dexterity Excellency<br/>1st Strength Excellency<br/>Falling Scythe Flash<br/>Revolving Crescent Defense<br/>White Reaper Form<br/>Golden Tiger Stance<br/>Ferocious Guardian Beast Stance<br/>Heron Sheds Rain<br/>Ferocious Biting Tooth<br/>Ox Body Technique(4) -2<br/>Bruise Relief Method<br/>Halting the Scarlet Flow<br/><br/><br/><strong>KNACKS</strong><br/>Hybrid Body Rearrangement<br/>Deadly Beast-men Transformation<br/>Twin Faced Hero<br/><br/><br/><strong>XP:</strong> 6 | <strong>Exp Debt </strong> 0<br/><strong>XP SPENDS:</strong> [ 30 ] 1st Stamina Excellency 10, Bruise Relief Method 10, Halting the Scarlet Flow 10<br/><br/><br/><strong>PERSONALITY:</strong> Tala was her people's champion warrior and her personality reeks of it. She is aggressive and believes the strong rule over the weak. She believes truth can be determined by combat, and that the world beyond her Forest People is cruel, alien and cold. She is a creature of many passions and the only exception to her ideals is her Solar Mate.<br/><br/><strong>BIOGRAPHY:</strong> Tala was raised to live off the land by her tribe, and for most of her life she knew nothing but the love of her family, tribe and love for the land itself. She can barely remember the day her adopted father came to her tribe and fought with them. The age long blood debt between her people and his repaid with a vicious attack that laid the people she now only barely remembers low. Her father was the largest of warriors and a mighty War Chieftain and her mother a mighty warrior princess of her own barbarian tribe. Tala was blessed by her parents and even at a young age was far stronger, faster and tougher then any of the other girls or even boys. This trait alone saved her the fate of the rest of her people, her adopted father laying claim on her as his daughter and raised her as such.<br/><br/>She was trained and raised from those days to be a warrior and in time she came to love her new tribe. Tala would become the champion of her people and in time perhaps had fate not intervened, the leader of the tribe. The many Eastern Hill forest tribes had fought against one another with so many intertwined blood debts that nothing could bring these people to work together, save total annihilation.<br/>The people that came from the west, slavers and vicious men mixed with sister and brother tribes. They pillaged, raped and destroyed tribe after tribe and by the time they had set aside their differences to finally face their foe, they were already undone.<br/><br/> <br/><strong>EXALTATION:</strong> Tala Exalted on the battlefield under Luna's pale touch. She and what was left of the warriors faced down their enemy. They knew they could not win, but blood must be payed with blood, her ancestors would accept nothing. The fighting was fierce but Tala refused to die, she fought onwards even as her small force was easily overwhelmed. Their superior weapons and armor was far too hard and thick for their simple wooden and bone weapons to pierce. She was the last to be felled, standing in a circle of her fallen brave men and woman. Blood covered the ground and they gave her a chance to die a merciful and quick death if she surrendered. Tala never understood why those men would dishonor her as such a manner, but she changed, she was Chosen by Luna and with her newly acquired powers she sent the remnant forces of the enemy fleeing for their lives. She was caressed and spoke with her patron for a time... and then journeyed west to end all those that had savaged her people.<br/><br/>She didn't get far, destroying a small guild slave hold that was nothing more then a simple wooden fort, she was hot on the trail of the slavers that had taken her people when she was intercepted by an Elder Lunar whom demanded she follow him. Tala would never be commanded by anyone, and so she fought with him. He was impressed by her skill but found her disrespect towards her Eldars insulting and like a child, quickly beat and dragged her from the area. Day and night did they fight, and by the end of every battle she was forced to admit defeat. He spoke of wisdom and ancient things as she laid beaten and eventually they made their way to the other of her kind. He supported her though the process of her trials, but all knew she was a Full Moon well before she took her first step. <br/><br/>She spent little time amongst her own people the Lunars and for her bravery she was well gifted by the Eldar whom told her to seek him out when she was through acting like a child... and over the next few weeks made her way back to hill covered forests of her people. All was for not, she could not find any trace of them. She found the handy work of the vicious tyrants that still poured in from the west, and killed them where ever and whenever she found them. Tala knew she could not hold them back, and so she decided to walk west... and sever the head of the beast, ending this nightmare once and for all!<br/><br/>Days of travel on foot as Great Cat or by wing as bird, she knew little of the world and made her way towards those that were her enemies slowly. Tala however took a detour on her trip of vengeance as she felt something pulling her heart. She could remember the other's like her mentioning that their were others like her, Chosen of the Sun and that their hearts sometimes loved these people even though they have never met. Tala wanted vengeance, she wanted to watch her foes crushed into oblivion as they had done to her people... but the feelings she felt could not be resisted. She has been searching for them for quite some time...  <br/><br/></div></div><br/><br/><br/><br/>This was not like the deep forest lands she was used too, this place had an eerie but yet memorable feel to it. Tala knew not why, yet the feeling she was nearing someone special to her was grew stronger. She was upon them and she knew it wouldn't be much further now. She strode boldly with her massive weapon, a fearsome GrimScythe, slung along her shoulders, its massive Moon-Silver blade almost touching the ground. She stood easily taller then most woman and even most men of the far east. Her adopted father, the war chieftain of her adopted tribe said she held the power of the trees in her blood, for this was why she grew so tall, strong and harder then the Iron wood her people used to craft their champions most deadliest weapons.<br/><br/>Now that Mother Luna had Chosen her as one of her champions, she was only growing stronger as time went on. Tala grinned as the memory of the Lunar elder whom had come for her and proved all too easily she was the weaker of the two... and the surprise on his wolfish face. The surprise when she smirked and spat her blood upon the ground and came at him again and again. She did finally fall yet she had told him she would come for him again. Tala smirked and chuckled as she remembered his rage as she smashed a large wooden branch over his stupid dog like head!<br/><br/>Tala laughed a bit as the memories flooded back, so many months of her time wasted, though she must admit the old dog was right. It had been worth her time in a sense. The weapon, tattoo's and gifts of Moon-Silver armor inscribed into her flesh had made her stronger.... much stronger. Their rituals and lore mattered little to her. Tala spat upon the ground, warnings of Solar Madness and she would be careful not to be fooled by them. She was no fool, here eyes closed to slits, she would show them and prove the old mutt of an elder she needed not his weak pointless words or cowardly advice!<br/><br/>The forest cleared suddenly and Tala stopped as the forest opened up into a massive clearing that contained ruins of a lost city. She held her position and studied the scene before her as the sun beat down on the area. A small field of wild grasses and flowers covered the landscape only to be broken by a building that long ago had fallen into useless piles of rubble save one. One massive structure stood at the center of the large clearing, encroached by trees as if the forest was trying to reclaim the last remnants of this ancient structure. The building looked much like a pyramid and Tala had seen many such structures further east and closer to the lands she called home. This was the first that she had ever seen that wasn't  mostly collapsed but... She was most impressed by the colossal size of the building. It easily stood as tall as the trees in the east. Tala figured it was at the very least, 8 stories tall... The trees only standing a bit taller then it.<br/><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://home.comcast.net/~koneko-chan/112.jpg)</div><br/><br/>She strode again towards the building a bit more wary... She didn't like leaving the safety the trees and rolling hills offered her. This place was too open, leaving her mostly exposed to attack from anyone that may be hiding, laying in wait in tall grasses or along the treeline. This was against everything she was ever taught as warrior. Never leave the safety of the strong forest her adopted father had always said, before she knew it she was running as fast as her Exalted legs could carry her. Up the steps and into the large structure... Tala sniffed the air and smelled the fine scent of a River kingdom woman... the fine scent of perfume and scented soaps. Tala crept into the structure, trying to be as silent as her spirit shape, moving cautiously through the old building, that to her surprise looked as if not a day had passed. The inside of the structures was beyond her wildest dreams!<br/><br/>It took her over half an hour to slowly sniff down the feminine scent. The building was so immense yet she had no time to worry about such things... as she could hear running water, and the humidity was building. Tala kept her weapon slung and only changed her posture to keep it from hitting anything. The last thing she needed was giving herself away. Whom could know what she was closing in on, though the feeling of her special someone was close. Her heart pounded and she held her breath with each step she took, drawing her nearer to the feeling of her heart...<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OCC</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/>Stealth Check: Dex 4 + Stealth 2+ Stunt 1 = 7<br/>Roll:At 2011-06-22 03:02:09, Shimeka (uid: 26080) rolls: 7d10 tn1: 7 tn2: 10 Result: 4 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=28105) <br/><br/></div></div>