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| − | In the time before history, the mightiest of the gods, the Celestial Incarna of the sky, had granted rule over humanity to the Solar Exalted. Among the blessings given to the chosen Lawgivers during their exaltations was an endowment to the warriors of the Dawn Caste, allowing them the innate ability to summon an imitation of the Unconquered Sun’s wrathful majesty. Dawning Daughter now elected to make full use of that power.
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| − | She cut through the air with her twin swords as she wove Essence into the flows of the Raging Eagle Form, making her body light and her gaze charged with supernatural intensity. She then ran forward and launched herself into the air with a second Charm. The Soaring Crane Leap carried her up over the waters that had separated her from the Plum House, and in midair she invoked her Caste’s ancient display. Essence flowed into her anima and flared majestically, blinding the bowmen who otherwise might have struck her with their projectiles.
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| − | Falling towards the third-story balcony that wrapped around the main house, she paid no heed to the fact that she was again outnumbered. There was little room to maneuver on the balconies, and only one or perhaps two guards at a time would be able to come at her — so long as she did not allow a foe to catch up from behind. She landed lightly and charged the nearest two soldiers. Her Essence-swollen anima made Dawning terrible to behold: taller than her actual height and preternaturally fierce with an undaunted godly anger. The soldiers, veterans of the Wyld Hunt, struggled to master their terror even as they sought to blink clear their ruined vision. At the last moment, Dawning leapt onto the balcony’s banister.
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| − | The power of her gaze sapped concentration from the first man as she reached down and separated his head from his shoulders. Then second man swung and missed, still overwhelmed by Dawning’s display of power. Without breaking pace, she flashed by and dealt a crippling blow in passing. Landing on the balcony, she rounded a corner and ran towards the next two soldiers, who had been rushing to reinforce their fellows. Her sudden appearance and divine presence were simply too much. Both the men turned and ran, colliding with two of their comrades who were attempting to converge on the attacking Solar. Dawning Daughter fell upon then in a rain of blows, and when she had finished her gruesome task, she darted inside the main building. Behind her, arrows smashed into the lintel of the door that she had just sprinted through. At the center of the building was the hollow space of its three-story foyer, overlooked by levels of walkways and rooms. Soldiers were ascending the inside stairs and shouted when they spotted the radiant Exalt. Ignoring them, Dawning Daughter leapt off the interior balcony and descended lightly to the foyer’s floor. She sprinted through the room’s rear exit towards the tea hut where the falcon god claimed her fellow Chosen were being held. She emerged from the central building’s rear portal, just in time to see the hut shiver, twist and collapse.
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| − | '''Next:''' [[/Zenith-4]] '''Back to:''' [[/Eclipse-3]]
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| − | ''This is a work of fan fiction set in White Wolf’s Exalted fantasy setting and is no way meant to challenge White Wolf’s copy rights or trademarks. The characters Joyous Gift, Mirror Flag, Ribbons of Sorrow, Shield of a Different Day, Spinner of Glorious Tales and Weaver of Dreams of Victory, as well as the city Great Forks are trademarked White Wolf Property.''
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