Name: Laughing Mask of despair<div class="floatright">(http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/guardianangel98/midnightcaste3.jpg)</div>Age: 23<br/>Gender: Female<br/>Sexual orientation: Homosexual<br/>Caste: Midnight<br/>Motivation: To spread her hedonistic religion till it causes the high standing merchants, nobles, and royalty of the world to implode<br/>Intamacies: Lover Clad in the raiment of tears, The order of bliss, Idea: wealth and power should be used to bring happiness to normal people. Those that hoard it and use it for only their happiness without regard for others deserve to have it taken away<br/><br/>Description: While she once wore face paint to cover the physical and mental scars now the Mask’s skin has turned as pale as the moon. Still she often applies small dots of red along her eyes and lips to further accent fear in her persona. Having long black as night and blood stained hair she is a woman with peerless beauty, charm, and wit.<br/><br/>Her clothes often vary but normally the mask wears a stunning black Kimono with red trim which reveals her near perfect figure and a hint of cleavage. She almost always wears a white and red Kitsune mask over her face, the only time it is ever removed is when she wants a victim to see her gaze of despair and smile of pure glee.<br/><br/>Personality: Cryptic and creepy are the best words to describe the personality of the mask but only when its time for someone to die. More often she portrays herself as charming and witty with a silver tongue that could turn even the deathlords against their Neverborn masters.<br/><br/>Background: Around twenty years ago the petite and whimsical Nuriko was sold off to slavery by her father and mother in the small trade city of Meclete mostly out of a means to get rid of her and get ahead. She was to become a serving girl, maid, and entertainer for one of the more wealthy local merchants. While her job did entail all those things when she came of age the merchant also forced her to be a whore for himself and his guests.<br/><br/>Overtime shame and despair set in till there seemed to be no escape but rather then her mind splitting she began to deal with it in an odd way. When she was forced to endure the deep sorrow and despair of the life that was forced on her she began to smile and later on to laugh. When she could she wore thick white paint on her face, dotted with red to reflect a death masque. It was her own way of showing others that she no longer felt alive anymore.<br/><br/>Eventually the abuse grew even greater as the merchant and guests who once found her pleasing soon found her repulsive. No mere face paint could cover the bruises and scars inflicted upon her so one night she picked up a small mask of a Kitsune and put it on, never removing it again in public.<br/><br/>As fate would have it as she accompanied the merchant lord and his caravan of goods they ran into the Lover Clad himself. What the deathlord was doing on that road is, has always been, and may forever be a mystery to all but without a doubt the caravan and its people were destroyed. In the moment before her death Nuriko picked up a small knife and attacked, knowing she could not escape she chose to face the opponents herself. The Lover clad simply grabbed hold of her by the throat and forced her into the ground, slowly strangling her. Even in those moments she could help but smile and laugh at him but as her voice echoed eerily in the night the two of them talked in hushed whispers as well. Moments later she rose again with the symbol of the midnight caste on her forehead. The young woman called Nuriko had perished by the Lover Clad's hand but now the laughing mask of despair had exalted. Without a care she took the spoils from the merchant’s caravan and used them to build her own merchant empire<br/><br/>Since she began her service to the Deathlord she has spent considerable time in nearby villages, towns, and cities spreading her own theological message that pleasure is the highest form of good in life. Thus she has birthed a cult that calls itself the Order of bliss. Most of the time the order spends it days in long orgies of animalistic lust and recruits new members into the fold but should it be needed they have a variety of other uses as spies, saboteurs, and more. Most recently she has been assigned to the Lion, many think shes a spybut in truth shes recieved no such orders from her true master<br/><sup><br/>Strength•••      Charisma •••      Perception••<br/>Dexterity•••      Manipulation ••••   Intelligence••<br/>Stamina•••      Appearance ••••   Wits•••<br/><br/>                                   Abilities<br/>Dusk                 Midnight                 Daybreak<br/>Archery              |Integrity ••             |Crafts       <br/>Martial Arts*•••   |Performance •••      |Investigation •<br/>Melee                |Presence •••••        |Lore •<br/>Thrown              |Resistance ••          |Medicine ••<br/>War                   |Survival                 |Occult •<br/><br/>Day         Moonshadow<br/>Athletics*••      |Bureaucracy•<br/>Awareness•      |Linguistics*•<br/>Dodge*••••      |Ride<br/>Larceny           |Sail:<br/>Stealth            |Socialize*•••<br/><br/>*notes a favored ability<br/><br/>Backgrounds<br/>Artifact ••<br/>Cult ••<br/>Resources ••••<br/>Mentor ••<br/><br/>Virtues<br/>Compassion••<br/>Conviction•••<br/>Temperance••<br/>Valor••<br/><br/>(Permanent) Essence: 3<br/><br/>Personal: 14<br/>Perphirial: 35<br/>Commited: <br/><br/>Willpower 5<br/>---------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/>                               War Gear<br/><br/>Weapon: Soulsteel Slayer Khatar Speed 5 Accuracy +0 Damage +2L Defense +3 Rate 3 Tags M <br/>Armor: <br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/>                               Health<br/>-0 (Bruised)    : []<br/>-1 (Hurt)        : [][][]<br/>-2 (Wounded) : [][][][][]<br/>-4 (Crippled)   : [][][][][]<br/>Incapacitated   : []<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/>                             Charms<br/>Charms: (Be sure to include Cost, Duration and Effect)<br/>Second Presence Excellency (2m per success)<br/>Poisoning the will (10m 1wp)<br/>Heartless fiend insinuation (2m)<br/>Sanity Eroding Diatribe (5m 1 wp)<br/><br/>Morbid Fascination style (5m)<br/><br/>First Dodge Excellency (1m per bonus die)<br/>Bonus: Flittering Shadow form (1m)<br/>Bonus: Flickering wisp technique (3m)<br/><br/>Second Martial arts Excellency (2m per success)<br/>Ravaging blow (2m)<br/>Foe blinding Jab (3m)<br/><br/>Exquisite etiquette style (1m)<br/><br/>Combos<br/>To Cripple the prey: Second martial arts excellency + Ravaging blow + Foe blinding jab (2m per success +5m)<br/></sup><br/><br/>Bonus points<br/>Essence 3 = 7<br/>Combos = 3<br/>Dodge 3 and 4 = 2<br/>Presence 4 and 5= 2<br/>Resources 4 = 1<br/>