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The Knight

Character Name: Alexander Holysword
Sobriquets: Whiteshield's Light(Selina), Prince of Dreams(Opal)
Solar Caste: Zenith (Resplendent Suns, Pillars of Heaven. The Blasphemous)
Concept: Tragic Prince
Charm Theme: Sun Knight
Circle: The Shades of Eventide
Nature: Paragon (Gain willpower when you accomplish a deed for the greater good)
Path of Light: Alexander's Experience and Expenditure.
White Panoply: The many artifacts both won and lost.
The White Dynasty: Secrets of his lineage.

Fourteen years old and a country lost the tragic prince of Whiteshield is a handsome boy, skin fair as if untouched by the ravages of the north, hair of a startling snow white from his Sun-Blessed lineage and eyes like natural-grown amethysts shimmering with Essence. 5 feet and 7 inches tall, his frame is thin but strong, the body of an young athlete, appearing fair and frail when fully clothed even as he hides the strength of a Celestial Lion!

At least, as the Winter War started. Harrowed by the River of Timeless Amnesis the Prince was left tained by the Yozi, his irises turned into pools of mist, the color of clouds and fog and cold, ever-moving like mists in the wind and filled with the lost memories of the weapons in the Vault of Mists. Hair once short now cascades down to his legs do to his sister's whims, kept as if short in a long braid that has to be painstakingly remade at every dawn. The Child of Wyld Days has gifted him with a Halo that floats impossibly above his head as comfortable as a crown, now fully harmonized with his Essence, a talisman to ward darkness from him and a part of his ruling and fighting styles.

He dresses in White and Gold, the colors of his country and Exaltation... and more often than not now in blue, azure of his desires, of the gift of Venus given to his lady, of the scriptures of the Cerulean Lute whispered by the Fire-Aspected Dragon-Blooded in his ear. Silver and Diamonds find their way to his attire often, the colors of the moon and an unbreakable white that shines with the purity of Virtue and Heaven.

Limit *******
Virtue Flaw
Heart of Tears
(He Exalted to save lives, to save a kingdom... but when there is nothing he can do to prevent tragedy, he cries like the child he is.)

Born to Rule (+2 to all Social rolls with his clear social inferiors)
Scion of the Sun-Blessed Holysword lineage, born to be a leader of men and a Exalted to the Zenith besides. A Divine Knight, Beloved by Man and Beast.

Daredevil (Double Stunt dice in an action with difficulty 3 or more for 1 willpower)
He Exalted defying a roiling onslaught of the dead. At the core of his Exaltation is to do the impossible to save his people.

Past Lives ***** (+5 to all rolls involving the First Age)
The life of Fintan, the White Flame is vivid in his mind. Living in what was his kingdom, child of his lineages, amidst his allies and enemies. His life is deja vu.

Child (-3 when dealing with adults)
Zenith Caste Solar and Prince Royal... but even with his strength you can still see his ribs, and he is shorter than most women in the room.

Thrownback ***
The soul of Fintan whispers within the Prince's own... and many a time it overwhelms his will with the desires of a Sun King.

Unusual Appearance
Amethysts for eyes. Snow for hair. Pristine wings upon his back. The Holysword line was created as a gift for a Solar King, enlightened and unique in its abilities and artful features, filled with Sun's Blessings for an age. It is simple for all to see that about the Prince, and he could no sooner vanish into a crowd than he could pass as a being of the Underworld. The signs of the White Dynasty are strong in him. (The lineage also gifts him with Wings, enhanced eyesight and hinders him with the loss of his -0 Health Level, however)

Anima

Banner

• As magic breaks out of his soul the prince finds himself surrounded with waves of the brightest white whose spectrum fades into the brightest hues of gold at its edges. His own Caste Mark shines more white than gold, fueling the pristine waves of light that bring shivers of purity and vengeance as they pass by another with the warmth of nothern sunlight. When Alexander's magic brings forth his icon it appears as a fully armored knight! Six wings appearing to be made of molten gold, covered in plate armor shining almost silver with a sigil of a lion amidst wings that blazes upon his heart and shield, the same lion on the frame of his mask, the mask of a hero standing in defiance to all the shadows of death! The blade the knight holds is always Heavenly Blade Ainerach the Kingmaker blade of Whiteshield, almost always buried point-first into the ground between Alexander and his foes.

Powers

• Inherent Excellence: Golden Heart of Righteousness. The purest leaders of the Solar Exalted, the Resplendent Suns exemplify the power of a strong heart, even to the point of unconsciously reinforcing their efforts with Essence when the need is greatest. When a Zenith Caste Solar channels a Virtue, instead of receiving an additional number of dice equal to his Virtue, he receives additional automatic successes on the roll equal to his Virtue.
• Supreme Power: Invincible Armor of Faith. The Pillars of the Sun have the strength to endure any opposition in the name of their cause. When suffering health levels of damage, a Zenith Caste Solar may spend 5 motes and roll his permanent Essence. Each success subtracts one health level from the damage he would take.
• Divine Privilege: Anointed Priests of the Unconquered Sun. Each Zenith Caste Solar is a full-fledged priest of the Unconquered Sun, with the rights, powers and responsibilities pertaining thereunto. They intrinsically know all the rituals and sacraments of worship, and can call down the fire of the Sun to burn a dead body by spending 1 mote. They are aware of the proper addresses and prayers for all gods, and gain the full benefits of their priesthood whenever they seek divine guidance or assistance. Furthermore, they alone of the Solar Exalted are vouchsafed a personal experience of the Unconquered Sun upon their Exaltation, the better to spread the word of their divine benefactor.

Attributes

Physical (+1 to all)
Strength 4, Dexterity 4, Stamina 6

Mental
Intelligence 3, Perception 3, Wits 3

Social (+1 to Apperance)
Manipulation 2, Appearance 6, Charisma 4

Abilities

Dawn
Melee 5(Against Undead +1, Protector +2), Brawl 2

Zenith [Caste]
Endurance 4, Performance 5(When Impassionated +3), Presence 5(When Impassionated +3), Resistance 4, Survival 5(Beloved by Beasts +3)

Twilight
Lore 5, Occult 3(Divinities +3), Medicine 2

Night
Athletics 5, Awareness 1, Dodge 2

Eclipse
Linguistics 2 (Languages: Old Realm, Skytongue, Low Realm), Ride 2, Bureaucracy 3, Socialize 3(Beloved of the People +3)

Charms

• Athletics
  • Increasing Strength Exercise
• Endurance
  • Ox-Body Technique x4 (-0,- 1, -1, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2)
  • Radiant Essence Technique x3
  • Essence-Gathering Temper
• Lore
  • Essence-Lending Method
  • Will-Bolstering Prana
  • Wound-Accepting Technique
  • Lore-Unearthing Method
  • Forgotten Secrets Technique
  • Savant Needs No Tutor Approach
• Medicine
  • Self-Healing Body
  • Body-mending Meditation
  • Touch of Blissful Release
• Occult
  • Spirit-Detecting Glance
  • Spirit-Cutting Attack
• Performance
  • Respect Commanding Attittude
  • Masterful Performance Exercise
  • Phantom-Conjuring Performance
• Presence
  • Harmonious Presence Meditation
  • Majestic Radiant Presence
  • Terrifying Apparition of Glory
• Resistance
  • Durability of an Oak Meditation
  • Essence-Hardened Form
  • Whirlwind Armor-Doning Prana
  • Hauberk-Summoning Gesture
• Survival
  • Friendship Among Animals Approach
  • Hardship-Surviving Mendicant Spirit
  • Element-Resisting Prana
  • Fire-Denying Style
  • Salamander's Touch Technique
  • Unquenchable Conflagration Technique
  • Sun's Flaming Tongue Attack

Melee

• Offensive
  • Excellent Strike
  • Hungry Tiger Technique
  • Fire and Stones Strike
  • Undaunted Weapon Technique
  • Serpent Strike Technique
  • Steel-Denying Method
  • Peony Blossom Attack

• Defensive
  • Golden Essence Block
  • Dripping Swallow Defense
  • Bullwark Stance
  • Fivefold Bullwark Stance
  • Invulnerable Redoubt Method
  • Heavenly Guardian Defense

• Esoteric
  • Retrieve the Fallen Weapon
  • Summoning the Loyal Steel
  • Flight of the Raptor
  • Edge of Morning Sunlight
  • Corona of Radiance

Tempers

Compassion *****
Conviction ****
Temperance **
Valor *****

Willpower 7
Essence ****

• Personal Essence 19
• Peripheral Essence 81
  • Artifact Commitment 10
  • Combat Commitment 29 (Corona of Radiance, Fivefold Bullwark, Increasing Strength, Terrifying Apparition)
  • Free Total Personal 10, Peripheral 51

Base Initiative 7
Soak
Natural 7L/10B
Sapphire Watchman 16L/18B
Health Levels -0,-1 ,-1,-1,-1,-1,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-4,Incapacitated

White Strike (Perfect Straight Sword)
Speed 11 Accuracy 13 * Damage 8L ** Defense 11 * Rate 3
* Atma allows him to use Appearance for Dexterity, adding 2 to his Accuracy and Defense
** Strength-Increasing Exercise makes the damage 11L.

Backgrounds

Allies *****
The Shades of Eventide a Circle of all Colors, especially his bodyguard and concubine Sesus Kanti.

Artifact ****

Atma, Mirror of Destiny and Love
Orichalcum Hearthstone Bracers ****
Commitment 10
Two Hearthstone Sockets
Within what was once the Garden of Glory's End, there was the Loom of Tragedy, a diamond lattice that spun misfortune, mirroring the darker side of every soul and turning it into reality as written by nightmarish writers. A reality that was broken by the Exalted with the Empyrean Binds, and within the maelstrom of essence that was left Alexander Holysword walked with his sister and his friend to meet the final flower, the hatred of the writers directed at them, their last attempt at revenge... one that was purified with his hands, with his desires, with the sheer force of his passion!

In a maelstrom of fate, his love conquered their hate, his passion the methodical darkness still left in the loom, and his companions forged what was left into his bracers with Orichalcum his love had forged from the diamonds. Atma appears as reflective white bracers covering Alexander's forearms, a bulk of four petals lined in orichalcum shielding his elbows, the only time the Sun Metal is overt in its protection. Cobalt blue vines and roses coil about the white of the bracer, representations of the Prince's love blossoming in the garden of fate. They split several sections of white reflections, each representing the Angel in a different facet of his love, his grandeur, his dreams, warping fate itself so all of it comes true.

Abilities
Atma has a Hearthstone socket in each bracer and receives the Magical Material Bonus of Orichalcum Hearthstone Bracers. Its Mirrors reflect Alex as he sees himself and as others see him, a self-image which warps his own Fate towards reality, allowing him to move as if he was that radiant knight, substituting his Appearance for his Dexterity in all Dexterity-related rolls and the difference between their Temperance and his Appearance as a dice penalty on all enemies attempting to strike at him, dazzled by what the mirror makes them see of the prince... and of themselves. Those visions are not only dishorienting, they can be lethal. They are fate, visions of what could be and will be, wrought in the sun's light between the poles of 'love' and 'revenge'.

• When frowning, Alexander may reflexively channel a virtue and spend 5 motes of Essence to reflect the strike against his attacker, breaking the mirror and changing his Fate! Reflected strikes change their target from the Prince to the original attacker, who may attempt to defend normally. A reflected strike functions in all other ways as a Counterattack.
• When smiling, Alexander may reflexively channel a virtue and spend 5 motes of Essence to show his opponent a myriad visions of Fate, of lives that are and could be. This opponent must roll their Willpower with a difficulty equal to Alexander's Essence or be swept by images and dreams that they are compelled to care about, losing dice equal to their own Compassion to all rolls for a number of turns equal to the Prince's Essence.

Familiar *****
Radamanthys, Lion of Golden Leaves.

Influence ***
Scion of the White Dynasty, Royalty of the Kingdom of Whiteshield, the reincarnation of Fintan's Shard and a member of the Shades of Eventide.

Manse ****
White Wind is the Whiteshield Embassy in Windia. A rather powerful Solar Manse, a testament to the power that was once of Whiteshield that it was given to them, and to the current puissance of their blood that they still hold on to it. Alex is attuned to it as he is to the other Manses of his family(Except the one at the Great Forks and the Ducates Estate, which are both too far from anywhere he has traveled in his young life), and its stone has been with him since the fall of Whiteshield.

Stone of Bodily Perfection
Set in Atma
Manse ••••
Trigger: None.

This crystalline sphere is flawlessly clear, and never becomes dirty or smudged. When attuned, it lends some of its perfection of form to its bearer's body. Her muscles firm up, her skin becomes smoother, her heart beats stronger, and her posture becomes more confident. Mechanically, the character adds one die to all Strength, Dexterity, Stamina, and Appearance rolls (the Appearance bonus does not apply if the character has a natural Appearance score of zero). The bonus die stacks with bonus dice from other sources, and does not count toward dice-pool caps, but is not considered to be part of the character's natural Ability score.

While under the stone's influence, the character not only feels and looks better; she also finds it easier to benefit from physical exercise. She receives a one-point discount whenever raising her Physical Attributes or Appearance with experience, but only if the Stone of Bodily Perfection remains attuned for the entire training period.

Resources ***
The treasures of the White Dynasty of Whiteshield are on his hands, even as Whiteshield is engulfed by war and ashes.

• Sapphire Watchman is an cerulean reinforced breastplate enhanced with the Essence of Earth, gifted to him by Cael.
• White Strike and Azure Sight are two Exceptional Straight Swords made for Alexander.
• Dream Anthelion is Alexander's Wyld-Forged Halo. It acts as a second circle warding talisman against the dead.

Knight Forms

Combos! Costs do not take into account the Willpower to activate the Combo.

Diamond Blade Eyes
Serpent Strike, Hungry Tiger Technique, Fire and Stones Strike, Edge of Morning Sunlight
6 motes +1 mote per damage dice added
The Wisdom of the Pale Angel is destruction. Strike once so that a second strike is not even needed. A single strike that focuses everything that Alexander is to destroy any creature that may hinder his path of light. Centered, the Prince's eyes become as cold diamonds shot through dawn's light, his blade becoming more and more akin to it as diamond dust plays on its wake, each movement leaving broken afterimages as if seen through a prism! As he strikes it is pure as Whiteshield's soul and cold as the north, a diamond of light as a razor to cut through the heavens.

White Gate Mirage
Peony Blossom, Edge of Morning Sunlight, Hungry Tiger Technique
5 motes per attack
The Wisdom of Sesus Kanti is plural. Overwhelm with light and a cataract of attacks. It is the wisdom of Samsara, to use all of her path incarnations in a dance of heavenly retribution towards her enemies. A dance that had placed the Prince against the wall until he understood and struck in her terms. Opening the gate to the White-Hot Room - the piece of his shard that holds his predecessors - he fills the air with white flame as images of who he was and who he is given form by his raw emotions! Those mirages strike with all the power and purity of the prince himself, their success sublime and their flames burning away all beings of the night!

White Avenger
Serpent Strike, Hungry Tiger, Edge of Morning Sunlight, Flight of the Raptor
7 motes
The Wisdom of Valencia Silverstar is the sky. Use the sky to your advantage and strike without a chance of retaliation. The use of wings to its maximum expression, to destroy your enemies without ever coming close to them. All Alexander needs is to look at his enemy and whisper his name that clouds will swirl to the sky to him, forming path and wings to his blade, obscuring and strenghtening it until it strikes with white justice for all deaths that tainted the clear skies of Whiteshield, impelled through the air by nothing but Alexander's desire for justice before returning to his hands.