<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/5U6RQ.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Sapphire Dusk</strong></span><br/><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Player:</strong></td><td>Re Z L</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Type:</strong></td><td>Solar</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Caste:</strong></td><td>Night</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Motivation:</strong></td><td>Steal Mount Metagala</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Intimacies:</strong></td><td><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Scarlet Foxes (Loyalty, Devotion, Ownership)</li><li>Alcohol (Desire)</li><li>Men (Lust)</li><li>Women (Lust)</li><li>Personal Fame (Desire)</li><li>Treasure Hunting (Longing, Thrill)</li><li>The Underdog (Support)</li><li>Showing Off (Enjoyment)</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Anima:</strong></td><td>A corona of golden light rimmed by a halo of crooked daggers fanning outward, a phoenix flying from the burning center into the air towards the sun</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Age:</strong></td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Birthday:</strong></td><td>18th of Ascendent Fire</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Height:</strong></td><td>5'10"</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Weight:</strong></td><td>110 lbs</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Skin:</strong></td><td>Chocolate tan skin</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Hair:</strong></td><td>Long black hair, down to the end of her shoulderblades, typically tied with a sapphire blue bandana</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Eyes:</strong></td><td>Golden like a white wine</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Character Stats</div><div class="spoiler_body"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td><td><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_u">ATTRIBUTES</span></strong><em>(8/6/4)</em></div></td></tr><tr><td><strong>[•] Strength</strong></td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td><strong>[•] Charisma</strong></td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td><strong>[•] Perception</strong></td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>[•] Dexterity</strong></td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td><strong>[•] Manipulation</strong></td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td><strong>[•] Intelligence</strong></td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>[•] Stamina</strong></td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td><strong>[•] Appearance</strong></td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td><strong>[•] Wits</strong></td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>                                   </td><td>                         </td><td>                                   </td><td>                         </td><td>                                   </td><td>                         </td></tr></tbody></table><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td><td><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_u">ABILITIES/SPECIALTIES</span></strong><em>(28+3/4)</em></div></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Dawn</strong></td><td></td><td><strong>Zenith</strong></td><td></td><td><strong>Twilight</strong></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>[•] Archery</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Integrity</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Craft</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>[•] Martial Arts</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Performance</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Investigation</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>[•] Melee</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Presence</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Lore</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>[•] Thrown</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Resistance</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Medicine</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>[•] War</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Survival</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Occult</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>                                   </td><td>                         </td><td>                                   </td><td>                         </td><td>                                   </td><td>                         </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Night</strong></td><td></td><td><strong>Eclipse</strong></td><td></td><td><strong><em>Specialties</em></strong></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>[•] Athletics</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Bureaucracy</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>Presence - Persuasion</td><td><strong>•••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>[•] Awareness</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Linguistics</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>Dodge - Unarmored</td><td><strong>•••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>[•] Dodge</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Ride</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>Larceny - Plain Sight</td><td><strong>•••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>[•] Larceny</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Sail</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td></td><td><strong></strong></td></tr><tr><td>[•] Stealth</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>[•] Socialize</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>                                   </td><td>                         </td><td>                                   </td><td>                         </td><td>                                   </td><td>                         </td></tr></tbody></table><br/><strong>Languages:</strong> Flametongue (native), Rivertongue<br/><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_u">BACKGROUNDS</span></strong><em>(7+5)</em></div></td></tr><tr><td>Artifact (Necklace of Solar Charisma)</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Artifact (Orichalcum Sky-Cutter)</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Followers (Scarlet Foxes)</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Contacts</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Manse (Prism of Focused Passion)</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Resources (Given by ST)</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Virtues and Willpower</div><div class="spoiler_body"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_u">VIRTUES</span></strong></div></td></tr><tr><td>Compassion</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Conviction</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Temperance</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Valor</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Limit</strong></td><td>[••••• •••••]</td></tr><tr><td>Virtue Flaw:</td><td>Foolhardy Contempt</td></tr><tr><td>Break Effect:</td><td>The character knows no fear. She places herself in the forefront of battle, thoughtlessly challenges enemies to single combat, volunteers for all dangerous missions and won’t retreat under any circumstances.</td></tr><tr><td>Partial Control:</td><td>The character is without fear, but not without sense. She can retreat if tactically advisable and needn’t rush heedlessly into combat. However, she leads all charges and does not take personal risk into consideration when making plans.</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><strong>Willpower:</strong> <strong>••••• •••••</strong><br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Essence and Charms</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Essence:</strong> <strong>••••• •••••</strong><br/><strong>Personal Pool:</strong> 17<br/><strong>Peripheral Pool:</strong> 25 (38)<br/><strong>Overdrive Pool:</strong> 0/10<br/><strong>Committed:</strong> 13<br/><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_u">CHARMS</span></strong><em>(11+1)</em></div></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Dodge:</strong></td><td><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Shadow Over Water</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Larceny:</strong></td><td><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Flawless Pickpocketing Technique</li><li>Lock-Opening Touch</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Performance:</strong></td><td><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Second Performance Excellency</li><li>Heart-Compelling Method</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Presence:</strong></td><td><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Second Presence Excellency</li><li>Listener-Swaying Argument</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Resistance:</strong></td><td><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Ox-Body Technique (x1) (-1/-2/-2)</li><li>Essence-Gathering Temper</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Stealth:</strong></td><td><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Easily Overlooked Presence Method</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Thrown:</strong></td><td><ul class="bbc_list"><li>First Thrown Excellency</li><li>Call the Blade</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Merits, Flaws, and Bonus Point Expenditure</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong><span class="bbc_u">MERITS</span></strong><em>(-0)</em><br/><br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">FLAWS</span></strong><em>(+3)</em><br/><strong>Vice (Alcohol)</strong> <strong>•••</strong><br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">BONUS POINTS</span></strong><em>(18+3)</em><br/><strong>Attributes 0</strong><br/><strong>Abilities 3</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Presence +1</li><li>Larceny +1</li><li>Integrity +1</li><li>Dodge +1</li><li>Thrown +1</li></ul><strong>Backgrounds 3</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Followers +2</li><li>Contacts +1</li></ul><strong>Virtues 0</strong><br/><strong>Willpower 3</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Willpower +3</li></ul><strong>Essence 7</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Essence +1</li></ul><strong>Charms 3</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Lock Opening Touch</li></ul></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Expanded Backgrounds and Equipment</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong><span class="bbc_u">EXPANDED BACKGROUNDS</span></strong><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>Artifact (Necklace of Solar Charisma)</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>Discovered in the Manse within a decorated tomb.  Grants following benefits:<ul class="bbc_list"><li>Beings with a permanent Essence less than the wielder are subjected to an Unnatural Mental Influence Illusion effect.  This causes the onlooker to consider the wearer as beautiful, but otherwise normal in all other ways.  The wearer could be a Dragon-King in the middle of a crowd of mortals and on-lookers would not notice anything out of place.  The wielder's Appearance is increased by 2 for those effected in this way.  Onlookers may resist this effect by paying the difference between their essence and the wielder's essence (minimum 1, maximum 3) in willpower.  This effect is negated if the wielder becomes obviously hostile, or if her anima banner flares to the 8-10 level.</li><li>+3 to Presence.</li><li>The wielder may spend 2m to remove all social penalties due to appearance as a diceless miscellaneous action, this effect shrouds the wearer in the holy light of the sun for the duration of the action, making it Holy and Obvious.  This effect is the same as the Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light.</li><li>1 Hearthstone Slot (set with the Prism of Focused Passion).</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Artifact (Orichalcum Sky-Cutter)</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>Retrieved from a shipment intercepted on its way to Lookshy from Nexus, some other minor exceptional weapons were retrieved and sold, some kept by her followers.</td></tr><tr><td>Artifact (Transformative Armor)</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>A gift (payment?) given to Dusk by Orchid upon accepting the mission to save the Confederation of Whispers.  Confers the following benefits:<ul class="bbc_list"><li>The wearer may spend one mote to transform the armor into any shape she wills.  This transformation takes one, diceless miscellaneous action (5/-1).  The wearer may flawlessly duplicate a garment she has seen before, or make a (Wits + Craft [Wood]) roll to design one of her own.  Failing this roll indicates that the garment looks significantly different than the desired result.  The garment may duplicate any previous appearance without a roll.  This effect can also be used to clean and repair the garment.</li><li>+6L/+4B Soak</li><li>2L/2B Hardness</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Followers (Scarlet Foxes)</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>Followers are a gang of thieves that work within and around Nexus, they favor high profile thefts and often leave evidence behind of their involvement.</td></tr><tr><td>Contacts</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Major Contact:  Port Authority officer, knowledgeable about goods coming in and out of the city of Nexus by sea/river.</li><li>Minor Contacts:  The people of Firewander, the district she spends most of her time in</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Manse (Prism of Focused Passion)</td><td><strong>•••••</strong></td><td>Located within Nexus below one of the cities many red-light districts.  An old, if ill-defended, tomb of a lesser Solar from long ago.  Very little was left inside besides the Hearthstone and the Necklace listed above.  After cleaning it out the Scarlet Foxes have made their primary hideout this location.  Grants following ability:<ul class="bbc_list"><li>+3 dice on all Presence or Performance rolls designed to inflame emotions.  Also, for the purpose of these inflamed passions, a target's Temperance is treated as if it were two points less than it normally is.  The Temperance reduction only applies to one target at a time.</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">EQUIPMENT</span></strong><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>Name</td><td>Speed</td><td>Accuracy</td><td>Damage</td><td>Defense</td><td>Range</td><td>Rate</td><td>Minimums</td><td>Tags</td><td>Notes</td></tr><tr><td>Orichalcum Sky-Cutter</td><td>5</td><td>+2</td><td>+6L/3</td><td></td><td>60</td><td>2</td><td>Str •, Dex ••</td><td>O</td><td>4m Attunment, Always returns to thrower except on a botch</td></tr><tr><td>Exceptional Knife x3</td><td>4</td><td>+3</td><td>+2L</td><td>+0</td><td></td><td>3</td><td>Str •</td><td>T</td><td>Melee</td></tr><tr><td>Exceptional Knife x3</td><td>4</td><td>+2</td><td>+2L</td><td></td><td>25</td><td>3</td><td>Str •</td><td>T</td><td>Thrown</td></tr><tr><td>Exceptional Lock-Picks</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>+1 Larceny for picking locks</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Combat Statistics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong><span class="bbc_u">HEALTH LEVELS</span></strong><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>-0</td><td><strong>•</strong></td></tr><tr><td>-1</td><td><strong>•••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>-2</td><td><strong>••••</strong></td></tr><tr><td>-4</td><td><strong>•</strong></td></tr><tr><td>INCAP</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">ATTACKS</span></strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Physical</li></ul><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>Weapon</td><td>Speed</td><td>Accuracy</td><td>Damage</td><td>Range</td><td>Rate</td><td>Tags</td><td>Notes</td></tr><tr><td>Orichalcum Sky-Cutter</td><td>5</td><td>9</td><td>8L/3</td><td>60</td><td>2</td><td>O</td><td>Always returns to thrower except on a botch</td></tr><tr><td>Exceptional Knife</td><td>4</td><td>9</td><td>4L</td><td>25</td><td>3</td><td>T</td><td>Thrown</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">DEFENSES</span></strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Physical</li></ul>Soak:  7L/6B<br/>Hardness:  2L/2B<br/>Dodge DV:  5<br/>Parry DV:  --<br/><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Social</li></ul>Dodge MDV:  6 (6.5)<br/>Parry MDV:  [Presence] 6 (6.5)<br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Character History</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/CQy8F.jpg)</div>"So you want to know about the Chiaroscuroan Thief who lives in Nexus, huh?" sometimes bar chat picked up good conversations, and this hot little Nexus dweller had already bought Sapphire a couple of drinks, so why not indulge her?  "How can I say no to those pretty eyes?" she winked and finished her next shot before settling into her story.<br/><br/>"Most of this is legend, or rumor, of course, but it makes for a good story anyway.  She was born in Chiaroscuro, a'course, beautiful city made of glass and silk and sin.  Now t' understand the way of it you have to know how Chiaro people deal with sexuality.  There aren't just male 'n female, sort of.  Either can choose to become the other if they want--well it's a little more complicated than that, but that's the jist of it.  This means that the sexes have pretty distinct roles in society.  That didn't sit so well with Sapphire Dusk.  As she grew up she found herself drawn more t' the world of 'manly' things, though she was blessed with such a beautiful womanly body.  She was proud of herself not because she was this or that but because she was herself 'n that's all that really mattered.<br/><br/>"The older she got the more they tried to hole her into one role or another, and the more she rebelled against it.  Foreigners didn't mind it so much, but the locals did, so she found herself hanging around with them more and more and falling in with the 'wrong' crowd.  Was a pretty rag-tag bunch of thieves and brigands she found herself hanging out with, they were from all over, moving from place to place when they needed to skip town.  Eventually they let her in on a job, simple stuff at first to ease her into it.  The thrill of the hunt, coursed through her blood like a fire.  She was hooked.<br/><br/>"The jobs kept coming and she kept pushing to make them harder and harder.  The easy ones just weren't exciting anymore, she needed a challenge.  They found a good mark, some Realm noble who was staying in the city for a few nights.  He came in on a ship that just screamed 'steal from me'.  The plan was pretty simple, wait for the noble to go into town, cause a distraction on the dock and sneak onto the ship to see what they had.  Well, turned out there were a couple immaculate monks on board waiting for her when she snuck into the hold.  'Haha,' she said, 'wanna talk this out over a stiff drink?'.  'Course the immaculate monks weren't too keen on that idea."<br/><br/>She brushed her foot along the leg of her female companion while remembering the incident on the boat.  She was exaggerating slightly, but it was a tough situation nonetheless.  There was a slave shackled to the far side of the room as well, and the immaculates were only very inexperienced guards.  Still, she was outmatched and backed into a corner.  She was just as surprised as the monks when the golden circle flared to life on her forehead moments before she went about the business of incapacitating the monks, rescuing the slave and making sure to take a little bit of money off of the noble's hands.  She grinned across the table to the faintly blushing girl as she swallowed another mouthful of alcohol.<br/><br/>"Mmm...oh yes.  No one really knows how she got out of it, but she did, with a sackfull of loot on top of it.  Of course the guards had seen her, so she couldn't stay in the city too safely anymore.  With her share of the take she parted ways with her friends and disappeared on a boat leaving the city.  She made a few more stops along the way, but eventually ended up here.  If ever there was a city for her it had to be Nexus, so much to do and so many people to steal from.  Didn't take her too long to gather a few like-minded individuals to her cause.  They say she has a crew of over a hundred people working for her, all hidden throughout the city.<br/><br/>"Course she's had a good run through the city so far, a few shipments here and there, weapons and collectors items headed to Lookshy, art being traded, nothing small, she always goes for the good stuff.  No one really knows much about her though, they say she can steal a girl's virginity just by brushing up against her, or talk a eunuch out of his clothes.  Never know when she might turn up next..."<br/><br/>She giggled lightly and finished her next drink.</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Themes</div><div class="spoiler_body">Dev - Fireball (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm0POLTxCLk#ws)<br/>The Cataracs - All You ft. Waka Flocka Flame &amp; Kaskade (Explicit) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN5dQvYGBdE#ws)<br/>The Cataracs - Sunrise ft. Dev (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSmNYnMyAck#ws)<br/>Ocean 11 Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7VTkceSsEw#ws)</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Notes</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div>