Still-Bleeding Heart<br/>Essence ** {Personal: 16 Peripheral: 23/28 Committed: 5}<br/>Willpower **********<br/>Motivation: Destroy the ruling elite of her homeland<br/><br/>A renegade noblewoman and a freedom fighter, she struggled to unseat the tyrannic Lookshyans from her homeland, Amaranthia. Learning of her mercy and empathy, the tyrants set a trap for her using a village’s children as bait – a trap from which not her cunning, beauty, or swordplay could save her. The tyrants’ torturers spent two weeks playing with her broken body and spirit, until at last death’s sweet embrace came to her, and with it, the First and Forsaken Lion.<br/>Renamed by her new lord and master, Still-Bleeding Heart discovered with horror that the afterlife holds far worse than living villains can imagine. Though each day in the keep of the First and Forsaken Lion is anguish, her defeat and torment made her timid, and she yearns for vengeance on her destroyers, whom she blames for bringing her to such a point that she would accept the Lion’s Faustian bargain; therefore, she avoids antagonizing the Lion directly over his atrocities, however much it may pain her. She shifts the blame for all the horrors she sees onto her old nemeses and plots to accomplish Lookshy’s demise with her newfound powers.<br/><br/><br/>Illustration (http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/054/9/5/95dd60b7d1221f6f3c9fa9d569522b53.jpg)<br/>Still-Bleeding Heart is a tall, voluptuous woman who retains a striking semblance of humanity – for now.<br/><br/>Day Caste Abyssal<br/><br/>Attributes:<br/>Strength **<br/>Dexterity *****<br/>Stamina ****<br/>Manipulation ***<br/>Charisma *<br/>Appearance *****<br/>Intelligence *<br/>Perception *<br/>Wits *****<br/><br/>Abilities:<br/><br/>Athletics *** [Caste]<br/>Awareness *** [Caste]<br/>Integrity *** [Favored]<br/>Investigation *** [Favored]<br/>Larceny *** [Caste]<br/>Resistance *** [Favored]<br/>Melee **** [Favored]<br/>Lore *<br/>Presence *** [Favored]<br/>Stealth *** [Caste] (+3 "In Darkness" from a Charm)<br/><del>(1 more favored ability somewhere – does it have to be Lore?)</del>Never mind. Presence isn't Caste.<br/><br/><br/>Virtues:<br/>Conviction *****<br/>Compassion *****<br/>Valor *<br/>Temperance **<br/><br/>Intimacies:<br/>Lookshy (Hate)<br/>First and Forsaken Lion (Fear)<br/>Amaranthia (Love)<br/>(2 more to be assigned)<br/><br/>Backgrounds:<br/>Hearthstone Amulet (Soulsteel) *<br/>Gemstone of Surface Thoughts ** (use Perception + Awareness to read thoughts of targets within Essence x 10 yards; targets may oppose with Wits+Integrity if they figure it out)<br/>Contacts ***<br/>Short Daiklave (Soulsteel) *<br/><br/>Attack: +4 Accuracy +5 Dexterity +4 Melee = +13<br/>Damage: +4L<br/>Rate: 2<br/>Parry DV: {+1 Defense +5 Dexterity +4 Melee}/2 = 5<br/>Dodge MDV: {+10 Willpower +2 Essence +3 Integrity} = 7.5 (round up?)<br/>Health: +0/-1/-1/-1/-1/-1/-1/-2/-2/-2/-2/-2/-2/-4/-4/-4/Incapacitated<br/><br/>Charms:<br/><br/>Athletics:<br/><strong>Spider Pounce Technique</strong>(3m; Jumps become Movement Actions, not Miscellaneous actions; Jump distance: {[(Str*Ath)x2]x2}; Reflexive (No Step?)) (lasts 1 scene) Abyssals page 164 (Exalted page 223)<br/><strong>Raiton’s Nimble Perch</strong>(3m; balance on anything as substantial as a twig; Reflexive (No Step?)) (lasts 1 scene) Abyssals page 165 (Exalted page 224)<br/><br/>Awareness:<br/><strong>First Awareness Excellency</strong>(same as Melee but with Awareness)<br/><strong>Superior (Sight) Focus</strong>(3m; +2 successes to Awareness rolls involving sight; Reflexive (No Step?)) (lasts 1 scene)<br/><br/>Integrity:<br/><strong>Eternal Enmity Approach</strong>(--; intimacy of hate against Lookshy is impossible to remove)<br/><br/>Investigation:<br/><strong>Spider in Society’s Web</strong>(3m; discover the relative importance of individuals in a social setting; Simple)<br/><br/>Larceny<br/><strong>First Larceny Excellency</strong>(same as Melee but with Larceny)<br/><strong>Face-Drinking Bite</strong>(10m, 1 WP; bite a person and become them; Supplemental (No Step?)) (lasts indefinitely) Abyssals page 169<br/><br/>Melee:<br/><strong>First Melee Excellency</strong>(+1die per mote; Reflexive (Step 1 or 2)) [FREE]<br/><strong>Elegant Flowing Deflection</strong>(2m; remove penalties to DV; Reflexive (Step 2)) Abyssals  page 130 [FREE]<br/><strong>Vengeful Riposte</strong>(3m; gives counterattack; Reflexive (Step 9)) Abyssals page 130 [FREE]<br/><strong>Death-Deflecting Technique</strong>(3m; blocks an attack; Reflexive (Step 2)) Abyssals page 130 [FREE]<br/><br/>Stealth<br/><strong>Shadow Cloak Technique</strong>(--; +3 “In Darkness” Stealth specialty and double successes from stunts or Stealth Excellency; Permanent) (lasts permanently) Abyssals page 171<br/><strong>Atrocity Without Witness</strong>(5m, 1 WP; roll (Manipulation+Stealth) and add Essence successes – observers whose Dodge MDVs are less than successes rolled must ignore the Abyssal and any combat she is in unless they pay Willpower; Simple (No Step?)) (lasts 1 scene) Abyssals page 171<br/><br/>Bonus points:<br/>12 into Virtues<br/>1 into Melee<br/>1 into Larceny<br/>1 into Stealth