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The Alabaster Prince of Ashes 
Game: "The Five Princes", GMed by D-Mato 
Caste: Moonshadow 
Nature: Visionary 
Concept: Dreamer of Oblivion 
Anima: Vague Moving Shadows and Half-Heard Whispers 
Picture: [[http://www.domuscygna.com/hosting/AlabasterPrinceWeb.jpg]]
 
 
Str 2 
Dex 5 
Stm 2 
 
Chr 4 
Man 3 
App 4 
 
Per 2 
Int 3 
Wts 2 
 
Linguistics 1 (Native: High Realm, Old Realm) 
Ride 1 
Socialize 4 
Melee 5 
Performance 5 (+2 Voice) 
Presence 4 
Occult 4 (+2 Dream Interpretation) 
Lore 4 (+2 First Age) 
Dodge 2 
Awareness 2 
Athletics 1 
 
Compassion 3 
Temperance 2 
Conviction 2 
Valor 2 
 
Flaw: Compassion 
Break: Compassionate Martyrdom 
 
Essence 2 
Willpower 6 
 
Merits and Flaws: 
Prescient Dreamer (+3) 
Nightmares (-3) 
Enchanting Feature: Voice (+2) 
Unbidden Oracle (-1) 
 
Backgrounds: 
Liege 2 (4bp to Whispers) 
Resources 3 
Manse 3 (Produces a Gem of Dream Entry) 
Whispers 5 
Artifacts 2 (Soulsteel & Bone Daiklave, Bone Ciclet) 
 
Charms: 
Furious Blade 
Slashing Ghost Talon 
Elegant Flowing Deflection 
Haunting Inflection Technique 
Withering Dirge 
Raiton’s Nimble Perch 
Passion-Unveiling Glance 
Intimations of Mortality 
Exquisite Etiquette Style 
Loyalty Withering Technique 
 
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His Artifacts: 
Sorrows of the Brother Betrayed (Bone Circlet): Artifact 2 
Created by an Abyssal courtier from the bones of an ancient king who was
assassinated by his own brother, this narrow circlet is armor for those who
would prefer not to be seen wearing it. When its bearer is attacked, the runes
carved into the circlet ignite with a cold light and for an instant a set of
ornate and beautiful bone plate appears. After contact, the armor vanishes.
Since the artifact only summons the spectral 'essence' of the plate, it does
not offer the same protection that a “real” suit would. (Commitment 5, +5L/+5B)
 
 
Dreamer’s Kiss (Soulsteel and Bone Daiklave): Artifact 3 
Commitment, Damage, Speed as per standard. 
Special Effect: Innate ‘Void Sheath’ effect that allows it to be stored
Elsewhere until needed. 
 
His Manse: 
The Roost. The Prince’s manse isn’t in the Underworld, it’s in Creation…
It’s the Oblivion-tainted remains of the manse that belonged to his shard’s
last Solar incarnation. It’s a ruined temple in the classical style, built on
a mountaintop. Perfect for dramatic posing and duels in dangerous places. 
 
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His Melodramatic Monologue: 
”I had the dream again last night. 
 
I saw the snow fall in summer and I saw the banners burning. The king’s wall
was cast down and the whole of the White City was red with blood. There was no
sun or moon in the sky. There were no stars left to see the things that I had
done… Terrible things, Kuhashi. Frightening things… 
 
Why, Kuhashi? 
Why do they keep showing me these visions? 
 
I don’t have the strength to stop these things that will come to pass. I never have… I know that you always
believed that I did. I know that you thought that knowing the future gave us
power over it… and to my shame, I let you believe that. I should have told you
the truth, Kuhashi. I should have told you that knowing is nothing. That it’s
better not to know… 
 
But you’ll never have to see the things that I have done… I saved you. It
was the only thing that I could do… 
 
You were always so kind to me, Kuhashi. You were the only one who wasn’t
afraid of what the future held. That’s why I couldn’t leave you to the fate that I
foresaw. You asked me why when I held the sword between us, but I didn’t have the words to say it
then... I didn’t know how to tell you that I took your life to save you. That I
took your life, Kuhashi… because I loved you. 
 
I remember the color of your blood on my hands, Kuhashi… The crimson red of wind-flowers on the Archer's Green… and I remember turning the blade into my own flesh, and wondering if my own blood would be as warm. I wanted to follow you. To be with you in the silence, where there were no more dreams or whispers. I tried to go with you, Kuhashi… I never wanted to send you into the darkness alone. But I was afraid. The voices spoke to me in the fading light and the cold, and to my shame I listened to them. Anything, I said, was better than the emptiness of death. 
 
I was a fool, Kuhashi… I know that now. They’ve given me a new life. I serve
the masters of Oblivion, as I once served your father. I am their seer and
their voice… and I serve them well. But this life is hollow. When I dream of you, you turn away. You
never speak and your eyes have become blind to me. 
 
Kuhashi... please... Forgive me. 
I didn't know what I would become.” 
 
His History & Background: 
Okay, angst aside, the long and short of the Prince’s history is that he was
born in a small village in the North. His own prophetic dreams and his ability
to interpret the dreams of others came to light early on, and he was taken as
something of a “court seer” by the ruler of a nearby trade city. He was a weird
kid who tended to creep the courtiers out a bit… but he was charming in a morbid
sort of way, pretty, and valuable to his lord. He managed to make a few friends
along the way, among them the Kuhashi person mentioned in his monologue (About
whom I know nothing- So have fun mucking with them as you see fit. I don’t even
know if Ku was a guy or a gal.), and he could have had a reasonably good life. 
 
Unfortunately, he’s insane… 
 
The dreams that he had (and has-) of the future tended to be violent and very
disturbing. Being the compassionate sort, he was troubled by the amount of suffering
he saw in them. The idea of the people he cared for having to go through that
kind of nastiness was just unbearable… and the voices he's always heard in his
head assured him that they would, indeed, have to do exactly that. Unless he saved them. 
 
So he tried to save them the only way he knew how. 
... He killed them. 
 
He killed both his lord and Kuhashi. Once he was done, he intended to take
himself out of the picture too, but the Malfeans (and his Deathlord-) had other
ideas. They took advantage of his own fear of death to lure him into becoming a
deathknight. 
 
On one hand, the Prince has a new life that does seem to suit him. After all,
Oblivion is peace (or so the Malfeans tell him-) and sending souls into it is
the one sure way to keep them from suffering the pain and horror of lifetime
after lifetime of death and destruction in Creation… But on the other hand,
there’s still a strong sense of conscience, and a powerful love of Life and Creation in him that rebel and tell him that he’s
turned into a monster, and that the beings he serves are abominations… The
dreams about Kuhashi are a manifestation of that conflict. 
 
Yes, he’s an angst-puppy... 
But what good abyssal isn't? ;)

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 <br>
 <b>The Alabaster Prince of Ashes</b><br>
 Nature: Visionary <br>
 Concept: Dreamer of Oblivion <br>
-Caste: Moonshadow <br>
+Anima: Vague Moving Shadows and Half-Heard Whispers <br>
-Picture: [[http://www.domuscygna.com/hosting/AlabasterPrinceWeb.jpg]]
+Picture: [[http:/AlabasterPrinceWeb.jpg]]
 <br>
 <br>
 Str 2 <br>
@@ Line 82: / Line 83: @@
 <br>
 <br>
-<i>Dream’s Eternal Kiss</i> (Soulsteel and Bone Daiklave): Artifact 3 <br>
+<i>Dreamer’s Kiss</i> (Soulsteel and Bone Daiklave): Artifact 3 <br>
 Commitment, Damage, Speed as per standard. <br>
 Special Effect: Innate ‘Void Sheath’ effect that allows it to be stored
@@ Line 104: / Line 105: @@
 <br>
 Why, Kuhashi? <br>
-Why do they keep showing me these things? <br>
+Why do they keep showing me these visions? <br>
 <br>
-I don’t have the strength to stop them. I never have… I know that you always
+I don’t have the strength to stop these things that will come to pass. I never have… I know that you always
 believed that I did. I know that you thought that knowing the future gave us
 power over it… and to my shame, I let you believe that. I should have told you
@@ Line 112: / Line 113: @@
 better not to know… <br>
 <br>
-But you’ll never have to see the things that I have… I saved you from that. It
+But you’ll never have to see the things that I have done… I saved you. It
 was the only thing that I could do… <br>
 <br>
-You had always been so kind to me, Kuhashi. You were the only one who wasn’t
+You were always so kind to me, Kuhashi. You were the only one who wasn’t
-afraid to have your fortune told. That’s why I couldn’t leave you to the fate I
+afraid of what the future held. That’s why I couldn’t leave you to the fate that I
-saw. You asked me why, when I held the blade. I didn’t have time to say it
+foresaw. You asked me why when I held the sword between us, but I didn’t have the words to say it
 then... I didn’t know how to tell you that I took your life to save you. That I
-took your life… because I loved you. <br>
+took your life, Kuhashi… because I loved you. <br>
 <br>
-I remember how warm your blood was on my hands, Kuhashi… I remember turning the
+I remember the color of your blood on my hands, Kuhashi… The crimson red of wind-flowers on the Archer's Green… and I remember turning the blade into my own flesh, and wondering if my own blood would be as warm. I wanted to follow you. To be with you in the silence, where there were no more dreams or whispers. I tried to go with you, Kuhashi… I never wanted to send you into the darkness alone. But I was afraid. The voices spoke to me in the fading light and the cold, and to my shame I listened to them. Anything, I said, was better than the emptiness of death. <br>
 <br>
 I was a fool, Kuhashi… I know that now. They’ve given me a new life. I serve
 the masters of Oblivion, as I once served your father. I am their seer and
-their voice… and I serve them well. But when I dream of you, you turn away. You
+their voice… and I serve them well. But this life is hollow. When I dream of you, you turn away. You
-never speak and your eyes are blind to me. <br>
+never speak and your eyes have become blind to me. <br>
 <br>
-Kuhashi... forgive me. <br>
+Kuhashi... please... Forgive me. <br>
 I didn't know what I would become.” <br>
 <br>
@@ Line 143: / Line 141: @@
 along the way, among them the Kuhashi person mentioned in his monologue (About
 whom I know nothing- So have fun mucking with them as you see fit. I don’t even
-know if Ku was a guy or a gal.), and he would have had a reasonably good life. <br>
+know if Ku was a guy or a gal.), and he could have had a reasonably good life. <br>
 <br>
-Unfortunately, he’s nuts… <br>
+Unfortunately, he’s insane… <br>
 <br>
 The dreams that he had (and has-) of the future tended to be violent and very
@@ Line 151: / Line 149: @@
 he saw in them. The idea of the people he cared for having to go through that
 kind of nastiness was just unbearable… and the voices he's always heard in his
-head assured him that they would, indeed, have to do exactly that. <br>
+head assured him that they would, indeed, have to do exactly that. Unless he saved them.<br>
 <br>
 So he tried to save them the only way he knew how. <br>
@@ Line 165: / Line 163: @@
 the one sure way to keep them from suffering the pain and horror of lifetime
 after lifetime of death and destruction in Creation… But on the other hand,
-there’s still this shred of conscience that rebels and tells him that he’s
+there’s still a strong sense of conscience, and a powerful love of Life and Creation in him that rebel and tell him that he’s
-turned into a monster, and that the beings he’s serving are abominations… The
+turned into a monster, and that the beings he serves are abominations… The
-dreams about Kuhashi are a manifestation of that. <br>
+dreams about Kuhashi are a manifestation of that conflict. <br>
 <br>
 Yes, he’s an angst-puppy... <br>
 But what good abyssal isn't? ;)<br>
 <br>

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 <br>
 <b>The Alabaster Prince of Ashes</b><br>
 Nature: Visionary <br>
 Concept: Dreamer of Oblivion <br>
-Anima: Vague Moving Shadows and Half-Heard Whispers <br>
+Caste: Moonshadow <br>
 Picture: [[http://www.domuscygna.com/hosting/AlabasterPrinceWeb.jpg]]
 <br>
 <br>
 Str 2 <br>
@@ Line 83: / Line 82: @@
 <br>
 <br>
-<i>Dreamer’s Kiss</i> (Soulsteel and Bone Daiklave): Artifact 3 <br>
+<i>Dream’s Eternal Kiss</i> (Soulsteel and Bone Daiklave): Artifact 3 <br>
 Commitment, Damage, Speed as per standard. <br>
 Special Effect: Innate ‘Void Sheath’ effect that allows it to be stored
@@ Line 105: / Line 104: @@
 <br>
 Why, Kuhashi? <br>
-Why do they keep showing me these visions? <br>
+Why do they keep showing me these things? <br>
 <br>
-I don’t have the strength to stop these things that will come to pass. I never have… I know that you always
+I don’t have the strength to stop them. I never have… I know that you always
 believed that I did. I know that you thought that knowing the future gave us
 power over it… and to my shame, I let you believe that. I should have told you
@@ Line 113: / Line 112: @@
 better not to know… <br>
 <br>
-But you’ll never have to see the things that I have done… I saved you. It
+But you’ll never have to see the things that I have… I saved you from that. It
 was the only thing that I could do… <br>
 <br>
-You were always so kind to me, Kuhashi. You were the only one who wasn’t
+You had always been so kind to me, Kuhashi. You were the only one who wasn’t
-afraid of what the future held. That’s why I couldn’t leave you to the fate that I
+afraid to have your fortune told. That’s why I couldn’t leave you to the fate I
-foresaw. You asked me why when I held the sword between us, but I didn’t have the words to say it
+saw. You asked me why, when I held the blade. I didn’t have time to say it
 then... I didn’t know how to tell you that I took your life to save you. That I
-took your life, Kuhashi… because I loved you. <br>
+took your life… because I loved you. <br>
 <br>
-I remember the color of your blood on my hands, Kuhashi… The crimson red of wind-flowers on the Archer's Green… and I remember turning the blade into my own flesh, and wondering if my own blood would be as warm. I wanted to follow you. To be with you in the silence, where there were no more dreams or whispers. I tried to go with you, Kuhashi… I never wanted to send you into the darkness alone. But I was afraid. The voices spoke to me in the fading light and the cold, and to my shame I listened to them. Anything, I said, was better than the emptiness of death. <br>
+I remember how warm your blood was on my hands, Kuhashi… I remember turning the
 <br>
 I was a fool, Kuhashi… I know that now. They’ve given me a new life. I serve
 the masters of Oblivion, as I once served your father. I am their seer and
-their voice… and I serve them well. But this life is hollow. When I dream of you, you turn away. You
+their voice… and I serve them well. But when I dream of you, you turn away. You
-never speak and your eyes have become blind to me. <br>
+never speak and your eyes are blind to me. <br>
 <br>
-Kuhashi... please... Forgive me. <br>
+Kuhashi... forgive me. <br>
 I didn't know what I would become.” <br>
 <br>
@@ Line 141: / Line 143: @@
 along the way, among them the Kuhashi person mentioned in his monologue (About
 whom I know nothing- So have fun mucking with them as you see fit. I don’t even
-know if Ku was a guy or a gal.), and he could have had a reasonably good life. <br>
+know if Ku was a guy or a gal.), and he would have had a reasonably good life. <br>
 <br>
-Unfortunately, he’s insane… <br>
+Unfortunately, he’s nuts… <br>
 <br>
 The dreams that he had (and has-) of the future tended to be violent and very
@@ Line 149: / Line 151: @@
 he saw in them. The idea of the people he cared for having to go through that
 kind of nastiness was just unbearable… and the voices he's always heard in his
-head assured him that they would, indeed, have to do exactly that. Unless he saved them.<br>
+head assured him that they would, indeed, have to do exactly that. <br>
 <br>
 So he tried to save them the only way he knew how. <br>
@@ Line 163: / Line 165: @@
 the one sure way to keep them from suffering the pain and horror of lifetime
 after lifetime of death and destruction in Creation… But on the other hand,
-there’s still a strong sense of conscience, and a powerful love of Life and Creation in him that rebel and tell him that he’s
+there’s still this shred of conscience that rebels and tells him that he’s
-turned into a monster, and that the beings he serves are abominations… The
+turned into a monster, and that the beings he’s serving are abominations… The
-dreams about Kuhashi are a manifestation of that conflict. <br>
+dreams about Kuhashi are a manifestation of that. <br>
 <br>
 Yes, he’s an angst-puppy... <br>
 But what good abyssal isn't? ;)<br>
 <br>