<strong>Cirese Chihiro, the Poisoned Flower of Innocence</strong><br/><br/><em>Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under 't.</em>-<em>Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Act One, Scene Five</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Fabled Luthe. Created long ago to serve as a military base during the Primordial War, the base was later decommissioned to become one of the great cities of the First Age. So it remained until the Usurpation. The Solar Queen who reigned there, Amyana, sank the city to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Dragon-Blooded. Although she was killed, her lover, the Full Moon Lunar Admiral Leviathan, avenged her death. After the Great Contagion, he returned to claim Luthe as his protectorate. Many of the ancient wonders of the city remain, tended by Leviathan's cult, but those wonders are reserved for those deemed true citizens.<br/><br/>Cirese Chihiro was not one of those citizens. Chihiro was born to the Traitorspawn. The Traitorspawn are the descendents of the Dragon-Blooded who attacked the city in the Usurpation, or other Dragon-Blooded who lived in Luthe at the time. A despised underclass, the Traitorspawn live as slaves in glorious Luthe, and that was the fate young Chihiro was born to. She hated it and the class disparities from the time she was old enough to understand them, but there seemed to be little hope of changing it. Luthe was run by Leviathan, and Leviathan's overwhelming hatred of the Dragon-Blooded made sure that the class structure remained set. Chihiro hated the class structure not because it existed but because she lived at the bottom of it. Her life was one of hardship until puberty set in.<br/><br/>In her teenage years, Chihiro grew from gawky girl into ravishing beauty. And being a smart and clever girl, she quickly parlayed that beauty to her advantage. From convincing boys and girls to do her share of the labor for her to charming the overseers, Chihiro very quickly grew into a manipulator par excellence. And as she grew she began to scheme. She wanted to escape the bottom of the social ladder. She carefully built a network of sympathetic fellow slaves and a few overseers that she had charmed or seduced. Shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she set her plans in motion. Through a carefully arranged set of work stoppages, sabotage, and assassinations, Chihiro planned to throw Luthe into so much chaos that she could use the artifact she had one of her people steal: a Gill Cloak. She planned to use it to travel through the flooded areas of the city (forbidden to Traitorspawn), and try to seize control of Luthe's armory. With the weapons in the armory, she believed her group could overpower the guards and the cultists of Leviathan and create a new social order, with her on top as Luthe's savior. <br/><br/>The plan was a failure. Luthe's internal security had been aware of some of her agents already, and blunted their efforts from the start. The planned uprising took place, but was squashed, and Chihiro herself was captured when she tried to make it to the armory. When she was brought before the judges, she made a defiant last stand. With charisma and her voice, she inspired a massive, impromptu uprising in the streets that quickly turned bloody. It was the moment when she might have recieved a Solar Exaltation...but for the fact that instead of staying to lead the revolt she fled into the city to save her own skin. The demon carrying an Infernal Exaltation was quite amused. Even more so once she was finally tracked down and thrown in a prison cell to await ritual sacrifice to Leviathan. It was then the demon came to her. The shimmering Gilmyne was the mouthpiece through which Cecelyne spoke, offering her the power and glory she deserved. She spoke to her of the proper hierarchy of the world, and of how Chihiro could restore order and reign in the new world. It wasn't a hard sell. Shortly after she was in her Chrysalis Grotesque. Five days later she burst free, murdered her puzzled guards, and tore through Luthe. She knew she couldn't stay, not yet, so she escaped the city. <br/><br/>Eluding the patrols and escaping to the surface in a stolen escape pod (that she wrecked), Chihiro made her way to the interior of the Wavecrest Archipelago. There she practiced her new Infernal powers under the tutelage of her coadjutor. She made sure to select people who wouldn't be missed from the tribes of the islands, avoiding the cities. She stayed only a few days, then fled into Cecelyne. She knew that she would one day return to Luthe to claim it. Or reclaim it, since she bears the Exaltation of Amyana and she considers the city hers by right. But she's not powerful enough to do so just now. Instead, she's spent her time in the Demon City learning all she can to aid in her goals. And in the meantime, she's been building up the Cecelynian cult she was presented to, as well as a cult to herself. All steps in the greater plan she knows. She'll build her might on the surface and then return to Luthe to claim what's hers and rule the entire West in the name of the Yozis.<br/><br/>So far, she's been at work among the Coastal Satrapies of the North. She's used her looks, her charms, and her blessings from Cecelyne to seize control among the Bloody Hand, that group of rebel slaves that fight against the oppression of the Deshan system. She tells the noble freedom fighters (and the slave hunters she's suborned) that she will change the system. In reality, she plans only to replace slavery to the Realm with slavery to her, and through her, Cecelyne.</div></div><br/><strong>Caste:</strong>Malefactor<br/><strong>Concept:</strong>Scheming manipulator beneath a helpless, innocent mask<br/><strong>Motivation:</strong>To reign in splendor and decadence unheard of in Creation, Yu-Shan, or Malfeas, and to be adored for it.<br/><strong>Urge:</strong>Corrupt and Unite the Coastal Satrapies in worship of her and the Yozis (Ophidian)<br/><br/><strong>Flaw: Cowardice</strong><br/><br/>Chihiro is fond of elaborate plans that minimize the risk to her while maximizing her gain. It's difficult for her to take direct action that might endanger her physically without an extremely compelling reason or payoff.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Attributes<br/>Strength:           2   Charisma:          3    Intelligence:       4<br/>Dexterity:          2   Manipulation:     5    Wits:                3<br/>Stamina:           3    Appearance:       4     Perception:         4<br/><br/>Abilities<br/><br/>Martial Arts: 5 (favored)<br/>Integrity: 5 (Caste)<br/>Performance: 4 (Caste)<br/>Resistance: 3 (Caste)<br/>Presence: 4 (Caste)<br/>Socialize: 4 (Favored)<br/>Lore: 4 (Favored)<br/>Occult: 4 (Favored)<br/>Awareness: 2<br/>Larceny: 3<br/><br/>Specialties: Bureaucracy (Corruption) +1<br/>                  Presence (Persuasion) +3<br/>                  Socialize (Courtly Intrigue) +1<br/>                  Socialize (Seduction) +2<br/>                 <br/><br/>BP: 25/25<br/>XP: 175/175<br/>Backgrounds: Past Life (Amyana of Luthe): 4, Spies: 3, Savant: 2, Wings of the Raptor (Tainted Blue Jade): 4, Chrysogona Demon Ink Tattoo: 3, Infinite Resplendence Amulet (Tainted Orichalcum and Moonsilver): 4, Tongue of the Serpent Prince: 3, Infamy: 2, Cult (Cecelyne): 2, Influence (Cecelyne): 2, Backing (Cecelyne): 2, Cult: 3, Resources: 4, Followers: 4, Manse (HS: Stone of Loyalty): 5, Manse: HS: Jewel of the Desert Boddhisatva: 3, Tainted Orichalcum Discreet Essence Armor: 2, Key to the Infernal Gates: 2 (functions in any keyhole at any time but opens on the Endless Desert), Tainted Orichalcum Hearthstone Amulet: 1, Manse: HS: Jewel of the Lawgiver's Authority: 2, Pectoral of Resplendent Speeches (Tainted Orichalcum and Blue Jade): 3<br/><br/>Charms: Hardened Devil Body (x3), First Cecelyne Excellency (x3), Second Cecelyne Excellency, Sorcerous Initiation of Cecelyne, Loom-Snarling Deception, Eldritch Secrets Mastery, Open Palm Caress, Torn Lotus Defense, Flexing the Emerald Claw, Black Claw Form, Transcendent Desert Creature, Locust Mana Plague, Verdant Emptiness Endowment, Draught of Sweet Infinity, Demonic Primacy of Essence, Penitents like Scattered Grains<br/><br/>Sorcery: Slave-Spawn Summons<br/><br/>Essence: 3<br/><br/>Compassion: 1<br/>Conviction: 4<br/>Temperance: 3<br/>Valor: 2<br/><br/>WP: 5<br/><br/>Peripherial Essence Pool: 14<br/>Personal Essence Pool: 36<br/>Committed Essence: 17</div></div><br/><br/><br/>http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Anime+girls&view=detailv2&&&id=A6C81E51BBCBBF9D354EF13EBA0CA04DA554C2E9&selectedIndex=465&ccid=6D%2b8HUFc&simid=608026022333844258&thid=JN.I0eiRXErZHtlke9jgcM%2fqQ