So I heard you want a defender?
Name: Vermillion Aegis
Caste: Dawn
Anima:
A blazing circle of golden fire erupts around the Exalt, before a massive winged figure appears from within.
Supernal Ability:
Melee
Concept: Defensive Combat Fighter
So
Strength ●●●
Dexterity ●●●●●
Stamina ●●●
Charisma ●●●●●
Manipulation ●
Appearance ●
Perception ●●
Intelligence ●●
Wits ●●●●●
Abilities
Caste
Melee ●●●●● (Defensive Combat, Fighting Elegantly)
Awareness ●●●●● (Detecting Danger)
Resistance ●●●
Dodge
Brawl/Martial Arts (Single Point Shining Into The Void Style) ●●
Favored
Integrity ●●●
Athletics ●●●
Presence ●●●
Occult ●●●●● (Sorcery)
Survival ●●●
Non-Favored, Non-Caste
Western Lore ●●●
Linguistics ●
Merits
Thaumaturgist (Weather-Wards) ●●●● - Free from Sorcerous Initiation
Language (Old Realm) ●
Mentor (|||||-Whirlpool-Crimson, Elemental Lord of the West) ●●●
Danger Sense ●●●
Fast Reflexes ●●●
Artifact - Orichalcum 'Luminous Defender' ●●●
Charms
Awareness
Sensory Acuity Prana (pg 267)
Melee
Dipping Swallow Defense (pg 346)
One Weapon, Two Blows (pg 346)
Bulwark Stance (pg 346)
Solar Counterattack (pg 347)
Call The Blade (pg 347)
Summoning The Loyal Steel (pg 347)
Glorious Solar Saber (pg 350)
Flashing Edge of Dawn (pg 351 - pg 352)
Martial Arts
- Single Point Shining Into The Void Style
Occult
Terrestrial Circle Sorcery
Presence
Listener-Swaying Argument (pg 369)
Harmonious Presence Meditation (pg 369)
Resistance
Whirlwind Armor-Donning Prana (pg 376)
Armored Scout's Invigoration (pg 376)
Spells
Death Of Obsidian Butterflies (pg 472) - Control Spell
Summon Elemental (pg 472)
Infallible Messenger (pg 472)
Evocations
Luminous Soul Warden (pg 616)
Howling Lotus Strike (pg 620)
Equipment
Glorious Solar Reaper Daiklave (Spring Razor) 'Winter Blossom'** - Acc +3; Dam 12; Def +1; Overwhelming 5; Attu 0
Tags: Lethal, Melee, Balanced
Orichalcum Lamellar (Brilliant Sentinel) 'Luminous Defender' - Soak +8; Hardness 7; Mob -1; Att 5
Tags: None
Medium Shield - Acc +2; Dam 7; Def +1; Overwhelming 1
Tags: Shield, Bashing, Melee
Shaping Ritual
The sorcerer may draw an additional (Essence) sorcerous motes from any source of water within medium range, coaxing its power into his spell. However, this diminishes the source of water as it gets converted into the Essence that suffuses Creation. Should the sorcerer has access to a massive source of water, such as a lake, a river, or even the ocean, he has a virtually endless source of sorcerous motes to fuel his spells. He may draw sorcerous motes from water elementals or other spirits of water as well, draining (Essence) motes from their pools, but only if his shape sorcery roll exceeds their Resolve, and no more than once per scene against any one spirit. Should the sorcerer draws Essence to fuel his control spell, water does not evaporate, and spirits do not lose motes drawn from them.
Intimacies
• Defining Principle: "Enjoy life to the fullest."
• Defining Tie: The Deathlords (Loathing)
• Major Tie: The Wyld Hunt (Hatred)
• Major Principle: "I shall await your reincarnation, Master Minato."
• Major Principle: "I will master Sorcery and create a wonder like no other."
• Minor Tie: |||||-Whirlpool-Crimson (Reverence)
Languages: (Native) Seatongue, Old Realm
Limit: 0
Limit Condition: When he suffers a setback or defeat because of his own mistakes.
Health: 0/-1/-1/-2/-2/-4/Incapacitated
Willpower: 5/5
Essence: 1
Personal Essence: 13/13
Peripheral Essence: 23/33 (-5 attuned to Luminous Defender, -4 to Armored Scout's Invigoration, -1 to Summoning The Loyal Steel)
Background
Once, there was a mighty Solar Exalt of the Zenith Caste, whose influence spread far and wide in the Western Threshold. Many times had the Wyld Hunt attempted to hunt him down, only to be repelled by his forces. Vermillion Aegis was one of the many disciples under the Zenith, tutored in the lost lore and forgotten knowledge he had dug up in his travels.
But where the Wyld Hunt failed in slaying the Zenith, the Deathlords of the Underworld proved to be his downfall. Through their mighty necromantic workings, they fashioned a pair of monstrous behemoths capable of withstanding the burning glare of the Daystar, and set them loose upon the Solar's trail.
He died, using his very own life force to enact a mighty Sorcerous Working to seal the twofold beasts for eternity. But not before the armies of the Underworld managed to devastate most of his forces.
They didn't expect Vermillion Aegis to gain his Second Breath while valiantly defending his master, nor did they expect Fakharu to send reinforcements to aid the Solar's army, late as it may be. That proved to be the downfall of the lesser armies of the Underworld, as they were destroyed, swept away by the very ocean itself.
After that particularly brutal battle, it was found out that the Zenith had known this would happen long before his demise, and had arranged for the Elemental Courts of the West to take in any survivors under their wing until his reincarnation surfaces. And his last advice to his loyal followers was for them to enjoy life to the fullest.
The newly Exalted Dawn was taken under the Undine Lord known as |||||-Whirlpool-Crimson, who taught him many things, in return for doing various quests for him, in cases where he is incapable of travelling to the place in question.
Currently, Vermillion Aegis was travelling to a certain area in the West, to search for rumours regarding a certain "Super Tyrant Lizard" that had been plaguing the lands.
Bonus Points (15/15)
2 to Melee
2 to Awareness
2 to Occult
2 to Presence
3 to Artifact Lamellar
4 to Flashing Edge of Dawn
Notes
Not!Persona 3 would do, I guess...
