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