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=== Background ===

Dark Hunter Style

"For the cunning, to face an enemy in open confrontation would be a fourth rate solution for someone who has already made three serious mistakes: Not knowing the territory, not moving about in secrecy, and not evading a direct attack. It is only when all your strategies and tactics have failed, that you resort to ripping someone’s head off."

 Characters who practice this style may use tiger claws or razor claws freely (considering them unarmed Martial
Arts attacks) with all of its Charms. This style is incompatible with the use of armor. Additionally, upon mastering the form the stylist permanently gains a die to stealth while not wearing armor. While it is not necessary to possess Tiger Style before mastering Dark Hunter Style, a few charms are useless without it. 

History 
Senses straining, heightened, drawn taught over the weighted apprehension in the lingering eternity of every moment. Each sound, every color cast in sharp crisp relief, each thundering pulse felt hammering high in the chest, hidden deep in the throat and warm behind the eyes. Still there is nothing, but the terror won't calm. Shivering to the core, shaken unsure and waiting for the tearing pain, the shock of adrenaline. Held by the darkness, by the whisper of movement, frozen in bated anticipation.

Fear wafts through the air, savory, intoxicating. The taste of it drives you forward almost gasping swallowing anticipation writhing. Yet the darkness holds you waiting, prey postures glancing around in desperate false hope, but knowing. The prey stares off hoping, gaze stabs at the darkness this way and that. Movement. Hot and iron-tang'd life flows past fangs, flesh tears and then there is silence.

The Dark Hunter is the cunning predator, the quiet shadow, the ghost waiting just at the edge of perception...to strike. Lurking, stalking, watching through the undergrowth and distraction waiting for the perfect moment.

During the second age of man, creation was the stalking grounds for one of the greatest predators to ever live, an Iron Wolf, one of the chosen of the Sun, Nadia. For an age her name was synonymous with the beast, hunger, dread; she was the Hunter. This style was her manifestation of one aspect of that.

=== Style ===

My apologies, for the overly abbreviated charm layout. As it turns out this researcher's locks are no match for a certain experienced, and down right terrifying, Night Caste who has taken it upon herself to express her displeasure in the revelation of her secrets. I have hope of making some head way when next I encounter her. The things I do for posterity.

Flight is not Defeat

Waiting Dread Instinct

Dark Hunter Form

Beast Walker Shintai

The Endless Moment

The Hunter's Hunger

Feral Stride

From the Darkness

Armour of Quiet Dread

Instinctive Apprehension

Predator's Patience Vigil

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 === Style ===
 <b><i>Flight is not Defeat</b></i>
 <b><i>Waiting Dread Instinct</b></i>
 <b><i>Dark Hunter Form</b></i>
 <b><i>Beast Walker Shintai</b></i>
 <b><i>The Endless Moment</b></i>
 <b><i>The Hunter's Hunger</b></i>
 <b><i>Feral Stride</b></i>
 <b><i>From the Darkness</b></i>
 <b><i>Armour of Quiet Dread</b></i>
 <b><i>Instinctive Apprehension</b></i>
 <b><i>Predator's Patience Vigil</b></i>
 === Comments ===

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-<b><i>Stone Gouging Claw Strike</b></i>
+<b><i>Waiting Dread Instinct</b></i>
-  <b>Cost:</b> 2 motes
+  <b>Cost:</b>  motes
-  <b>Duration:</b> Instant
+  <b>Duration:</b>
-  <b>Type:</b> Supplemental
+  <b>Type:</b>
-  <b>Keywords:</b> Obvious, Stackable, Combo-Ok
+  <b>Keywords:</b>
-  <b>Min. Martial Arts:</b> 4
+  <b>Min. Martial Arts:</b>
-  <b>Min. Essence:</b> 3
+  <b>Min. Essence:</b>
-  <b>Prerequisite Charms:</b> Show of Dominance Stance
+  <b>Prerequisite Charms:</b>
-The awe inspiring force of a bear’s claw is legendary even in terms of larger creatures and small gods.  The Fair Ones looked at their strength during the invasion and twisted some of the greatest bears into their warriors utilizing them over even some behemoths.  Channeling and emulating the power of these natural myths the Martial Artist tears into her opponent easily parting fur, wood, stone and steel.
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   <b>Min. Essence:</b> 3
   <b>Prerequisite Charms:</b> Show of Dominance Stance
-The hide of the first bear, The Elemental of Earth: Urwl, was pure earth essence invulnerable to all attack until the stroke of a primordial felled the great beast.  Bears still hold a portion of this strength and their great ancestor’s blessing still enables them to turn sword and spear.  The Martial Artist sees this strength and learns from it, drawing from deep within himself he pours essence from his chakra into his skin.  When this is done the Martial Artist gains a light aura in the shape of a great bear.  While the visual fades after the charm is activated the image remains in the Stylist’s light anima as long as the charm is active.
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   <b>Min. Essence:</b> 3
   <b>Prerequisite Charms:</b> Stone Gouging Claw, Urwl’s Hide
-There is a quiet assurance in patience.  Like the great and wise bear the Martial Artist knows how to wait.  For any attack there is a perfect time to make it, very few people ever master the simple skill of waiting for that moment.  However, it is in that moment that the attack should be made, it is meant for that moment and all but unavoidable.
 <b><i>Great Bear Form</b></i>
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   <b>Min. Essence:</b> 2
   <b>Prerequisite Charms:</b> Bear Takes Salmon Movement
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   <b>Min. Essence:</b> 3
   <b>Prerequisite Charms:</b> Great Bear Form
-Spiritual harmony, inner peace and control; these are the aspects of a Great Bear Stylist.  Learning to further understand the simple harmony such Stylists seek, the Martial Artist becomes able to not only align his Chakra but to move, focus and control them.  Focusing and manifesting the Third-Eye Chakra, Ajna, the Martial Artist forehead glows with an arcane eye of violet.
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   <b>Min. Essence:</b> 3
   <b>Prerequisite Charms:</b> Wisdom of Ajna
-The Martial Artist upon mastering this charm has reached a state of spiritual harmony such that they are able to move other chakra to overlap and reinforce their Palm and Sole Chakra.  The Palm and Sole Chakra become almost manifest and strike not only the target’s physical form but their Essence.  Simply Focusing their Palm and Sole Chakra they are able to strike dematerialized beings as well as add Essence to their Raw Damage.
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   <b>Min. Essence:</b> 3
   <b>Prerequisite Charms:</b> Wisdom of Ajna
-There are two major Essence lines which carry energy between the Chakra.  One the Lunar line, one the Solar line.  The two lines are in a delicate interplay balancing the spirit and bring instinct and passion from the lower soul to be tempered by the reason and memory of the higher.  This delicate balance is very rarely perfect.  By adjusting their Chakra the Martial Artist is able effect that balance and the effects can be drastic.  The simpler adjustment suffuses the fiery Essences throughout the body and inures the Practitioner to such threats.
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   <b>Min. Essence:</b> 4
   <b>Prerequisite Charms:</b> Palm and Sole Chakra Realignment, Sushumara Meridian Meditation
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   <b>Min. Essence:</b> 5
   <b>Prerequisite Charms:</b> Chakra Externalization Technique
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   <b>Min. Essence:</b> 6
   <b>Prerequisite Charms:</b> Noble Meridian Division
-Master of the Great Bear Style were never common, those few that reached such skill and enlightenment were called Quiet Juggernaut Sages or simply Quiet Sages.  The uninformed and the uninitiated sometimes referred to any Practitioner of the Great Bear Style as such.  It is, however, with truly mastering the Ways of the Great Bear that the title is earned both according to other Sages and ones enemies.  There is no external sign when a Quiet Sage enters this charm or that it is active.  They have mastered their own perfection after-all and no longer emulate anything.
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 === Style ===
-<b><i>Show of Dominance Stance</b></i>
+<b><i>Flight is not Defeat</b></i>
-  <b>Cost:</b> 10 motes
+  <b>Cost:</b>  motes
-  <b>Duration:</b> Instant
+  <b>Duration:</b>
-  <b>Type:</b> Simple
+  <b>Type:</b>
-  <b>Keywords:</b> Combo-Ok, Obvious, Knockback
+  <b>Keywords:</b>
-  <b>Min. Martial Arts:</b> 4
+  <b>Min. Martial Arts:</b>
- <b>Min. Medicine:</b> 2
+  <b>Min. Essence:</b>
   <b>Prerequisite Charms:</b> None
-Violence and peace in harmony is learned from the bear.  Quiet and peaceful creatures content to forage, lazily hunt, and protect loved ones.  They are the dichotomy of carnivore and herbivore.  Warrior and monk.  The simple fact of strength is sometimes enough to discourage aggressors and the Martial Artist learns this as one of the first lessons of the Great Bear Style.  To act when it isn’t needed is a waste.  Show an opponent what they face and they will know they are beaten.

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 <i>History</i><br>
-This Style is the Rival of the Celestial Monkey Style and while based on similar principles diverges in the details.  The Three Schools of Monkey are in reference to the three tiers of the Monkey Style, Terrestrial, Celestial and (High Essence or Sidereal).  Great Bear focuses on one level and only has the following high end Celestial Style.  Those who practice these styles rarely get along and when they do associate usually end up debating which School came first or which Philosophy is correct.  At least one famed rivalry during the high first ages was based on nothing more than this clash of Dojos.
+Senses straining, heightened, drawn taught over the weighted apprehension in the lingering eternity of every moment.  Each sound, every color cast in sharp crisp relief, each thundering pulse felt hammering high in the chest, hidden deep in the throat and warm behind the eyes.  Still there is nothing, but the terror won't calm.  Shivering to the core, shaken unsure and waiting for the tearing pain, the shock of adrenaline.  Held by the darkness, by the whisper of movement, frozen in bated anticipation.
-There is a quiet simplicity to the undisturbed, unnoticed, and natural concentration of acting in ones nature, of performing those tasks which one is naturally inclined towards.  It is in mastering such tasks that true excellence is found.  In such excellence is happiness found.
+Fear wafts through the air, savory, intoxicating.  The taste of it drives you forward almost gasping swallowing anticipation writhing.  Yet the darkness holds you waiting, prey postures glancing around in desperate false hope, but knowing.  The prey stares off hoping, gaze stabs at the darkness this way and that.  Movement.  Hot and iron-tang'd life flows past fangs, flesh tears and then there is silence.
-Pursuing and struggling to become simply good at something one is not naturally inclined towards leads to continual frustration and a disruption of one’s essence.  Such tasks can not become second nature and they can never harmonize with one’s own nature to become just that: one’s nature.
+The Dark Hunter is the cunning predator, the quiet shadow, the ghost waiting just at the edge of perception...to strike.  Lurking, stalking, watching through the undergrowth and distraction waiting for the perfect moment.
-Great Bear Style teaches one to seek such perfection of one’s nature, to truly master those skills one is able to pursue in harmony with one’s inner spirituality and essence.  Stylists train in the movements and katas of this style with a deliberate and tensed slowness.  A single strike typical takes upwards of ten seconds to perform and masters can extend such a movement to a minute of more.  Such training slowly ingrains every motion of the style into the Martial Artist’s very muscles and essence.
+During the second age of man, creation was the stalking grounds for one of the greatest predators to ever live, an Iron Wolf, one of the chosen of the Sun, Nadia.  For an age her name was synonymous with the beast, hunger, dread; she was the Hunter.  This style was her manifestation of one aspect of that.

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 <b>Dark Hunter Style</b>
-<i>"For the cunning, to face an enemy in open confrontation would be a fourth rate solution for someone who has already made three serious mistakes: Not knowing the territory, not moving about in secrecy, and not evading a direct attack. It is only when all your strategies and tactics have failed, that you resort to ripping someone’s head off."</i><br>
+<i>"For the cunning, to face an enemy in open confrontation would be a fourth rate solution for someone who has already made three serious mistakes: Not knowing the territory, not moving about in secrecy, and not evading a direct attack. It is only when all your strategies and tactics have failed, that you resort to ripping someone’s head off."</i>
 <br>Characters who practice this style may use tiger claws or razor claws freely (considering them unarmed Martial