<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/QQyextS.jpg)</div>The decrepit building's steps were covered in the remnants of a smashed wine bottle.  A few wooden dice and a cup were left on the floor, illuminated by the streams of morning light filtering in through the collapsing roof of the shrine.<br/><br/>It was as the villagers had said.  Drinking and gambling in what was supposed to be the shrine that led Harlan to the first<strong>Shard</strong>.  Since he had first arrived in<strong>Nippon </strong>he'd found their civilization cleaner on the whole.  As he grew closer to the holy relic, however, he felt himself returning to the familiar signs of decadence and taint he had shunned the material world over.<br/><br/><strong>"This place is a dump,"</strong>Harlan sighed, kicking a pebble down the road towards of the white walls of the village down the hill.<strong>"They seemed like nice people.  Why would they let their shrine waste away like this?"</strong>Grimacing, he knew it was time to turn where he always did when he was out of ideas:<br/><br/>His Guardian Spirit.<br/><br/>After becoming a Paladin, she had awoken.  Now the two were inseparable.  Literally.  She was part of him.<br/><br/>Now that the most important quest of his life was before him--to gather the<strong>13 Shards</strong>and set right the ancient wrongs before they could burst forth and savage every land.  Surely his Guardian Spirit could help figure out where the first one was.<br/><br/>Harlan summoned her to his side.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Character Creation</div><div class="spoiler_body">Will you have more offensive <strong>Power</strong>, or greater defensive <strong>Spirit</strong>?<br/>Each starts at 1.  You have 3 points to add between them, any may get more later.<br/><br/>At Night, one becomes <strong>Absorption </strong>and the other becomes <strong>Seduction</strong>--for stealing from and enticing others, respectively.  <br/>One is stronger in the Night Form (+1 from base), while the other is weaker (-1 from base).  <br/><br/>Which is which?<br/><br/>You have 6/6 <strong>Energy </strong>to begin the adventure with.  It is used to help your Hero during the Day and have amorous adventures during the Night.<br/><br/>Your Hero has 3/3 <strong>Energy </strong>to begin the adventure with.  He will refill his pool from yours if he gets too low, and you can voluntarily give it to him.  You may steal his energy at night, but not during the day.  He cannot wake up without at least 1 <strong>Energy</strong>, and will need it throughout the day to survive.<br/> <br/>Unless, of course, you used Absorption...<br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Harlan</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Energy</strong>: 3/3<br/><strong>Attack</strong>: 3<br/><strong>Defense</strong>: 2<br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Guardian Spirit</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/rr9TUtN.jpg)</div><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/XG7SBAr.png)</div><strong>Energy</strong>: 6/6<br/><br/><strong>Power</strong>: ?<br/><span class="bbc_u">Absorption</span>: ?<br/><br/><strong>Spirit</strong>: ?<br/><span class="bbc_u">Seduction</span>: ?<br/><br/><strong>Bondage of Justice</strong><br/>Justice is blind, and so are you.  Any time you make an agreement or swear to arbitrate a contract you magically follow it through, and force those involved to do so as well.  You're also not great at seeing threats coming because of this, although you can see through the blindfold... a little.<br/><br/></div></div>