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== Pygmalio's Beloved ==

Not every Lunar was as attractive as the next. Though few
achieved the truly hideous states of the Abyssal Exalted, there were
some whose bodies reflected the turmoil of the beasts dwelling within
them.

One such Lunar, Pygmalio, was a craftsman of no little renown.
His heart beset by loneliness, and his body so horribly wretched that
neither woman nor bitch would be his mate, he set to work with his
hands, on a work of art that would serve as his only consolation.

Pygmalio's work went on for as many years again as he had
already lived. When completed, it was a work crafted of moonsilver
flesh, moist morning grass hair, drops of lake water at the height of
noon for eyes, and half of his own heart within her chest.

Luna herself cast a ray of her own light upon Pygmalio's
Beloved, and gave her a mind; the capacity to love and to be loved, and
to take the form of whatever her lover desires.

She lived for many years as Pygmalio's lover; until the turning
of the Age, when Dragon-Blooded on the hunt for Solars came upon the
small clearing that belonged to Pygmalio, and slew him in his sleep.

The Dragon-Blood that slew Pygmalio could not do the same to his
beloved, for upon Pygmalio's death, she immediately reformed in the
shape of that Prince's greatest desire, and he could not bring his blade
to her neck. He chained her, and brought her back to the Realm as his
prize.

Unfortunately, Pygmalio's Beloved still holds her creator's
heart. As much as she wishes to love, she finds that as she has passed
from owner to owner in the guise of a slave, none have loved /her/ as
Pygmalio did. They love only what they see her as; as what they desire.
She plays wife to one man, daughter to another, lost crush to a third,
but never herself.

Had she had her own heart, she might have found the deep sadness
in her buxom sufficient to drive her to suicide. However, holding
Pygmalio's heart, she carries the spark of animalistic anger that
Pygmalio has always possessed; and which was only heightened upon his
death.

It happens, now, that Pygmalio's Beloved can go on playing her
roles for only so long, before she grows bitter at being "used", as she
sees it, and slaughtering her newest lover, before escaping into the
night. Often she finds another home, slaughters the youngest female
among the household, and replaces her - living as a loved one for as
long as she can, before the anger overrides her.

More and more often these days, however, these periods of
feeling loved are growing shorter, and her anger greater. She fears that
perhaps with her Creator's heart she has inherited his mind as well; and
he may be seeking to claim her body as his own, with which to wreak
vengeance.

Only time will tell.

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Name: Pygmalio's Beloved, or whomever she happens to be impersonating at
the moment 
Nature: Follower 
Attributes Strength: 2 - 4 (as appropriate for her current form), Dexterity: 3-5 (as
appropriate), Stamina: 2-4 (as app.), Appearance: 4-6 (usually enhances
the image of those that her newest lover desires), Charisma: 3,
Manipulation: 5, Perception: 4, Intelligence: 2, Wits: 5 
Abilities: Brawl 3, Performance 4 (Masquerading as others +3), Resistance
1, Survival 1, Investigation 2, Craft 1, Lore 1, Athletics 2, Awareness
2, Larceny 1, Stealth 4, Socialize 4 
Willpower: 6 
Virtues:Compassion 4, Valor 2, Temperance 3, Conviction 2 
Essence: 1 
HL's: -0 / -0 / -1 / -1 / -1 / -2 / -2 / -4 / Inc. 
Notes: Does not heal as a normal person. However, when under the
moon's light, begins to regenerate one bashing per turn, and one lethal
per hour. 

For purposes of being damaged by certain charms, Pygmalio's
Beloved is an object/artifact, not a living creature. She is not
affected by charms that deal damage to Wyld creatures.

If Pygmalio does ever take control of her mind, give her her
maximum physical attributes, add Survival 3, Melee 4, Brawl 3, Archery
3, Crafts 5, and Occult 4 to her attributes, and she becomes an Essence
3 being, with a list of charms equivalent to a very experienced Lunar.
His totem animal has been warped due to his time without a true form,
and is now the Chimera.

Miedvied/Pygmalio - Revision history

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