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Name: Acacia
Caste: Zenith
Nature: Architect
Anima: Tiger
Concept: Demon-Hunter

Attributes:
Strength 2, Dexterity 3, Stamina 4
Charisma 3, Manipulation 2, Appearance 2
Perception 3, Intelligence 4, Wits 4

Abilities:
Athletics 2, Awareness 2, Dodge 1, Endurance 2, Investigation 1, Linguistics 1 (Riverspeak, Old Realm), Lore 2, Martial Arts 5, Melee 1, Occult 4 (Ghosts 1, Wards 1), Performance 1, Presence 3, Resistance 2, Survival 3

Backgrounds: Artifact 3, Mentor 2, Resources 2

Virtues:
Compassion 2, Conviction 3, Temperance 2, Valor 2
Virtue Flaw: Heart of Flint (Conviction)

Willpower: 6
Health: -0,-1,-1,-1,-2,-2,-2,-2,-4,Incap
Essence: 3
Essence pool: 14/29(35)

Charms:

• Endurance
  

Ox-Body Technique
Tireless Traveler's Stamina

• Martial Arts
  

Crimson Leaping Cat Technique
Striking Fury Claws Attack
Tiger Form
Celestrial Tiger Hide

• Occult
  

Spirit-Detecting Glance
Spirit-Cutting Attack
Ghost-Eating Technique

• Survival
  

Heardship-Surviving Medicant Spirit

Combos

• Ghost-Reaving Tiger Swipe
  • Charms: Striking Fury Claws Attack, Ghost-Eating Technique
  • Minimum Cost: 7 motes, 1 willpower

Equipment: Traveling clothes; dried meats and bread; a hand-made roseries around each of her hands (A ghost and a demon ward); a decorative walking staff; orichalchum razor claws (Talons of the Sun); orichalchum hearthstone bracers; a bundle of letters from her father.

Combat:
Base initiative: 7
Soak: 4B/2L/0A (no armor)
Dodge: 3
Attacks:
Talons of the Sun: Spd 9, Acc 10, Dmg 8L, Def 11
Walking Staff: Spd 7, Acc 4, Dmg 6L, Def 3
Kick: Spd 5, Acc 7, Dmg 6B, Def 7

History

Acacia grew-up in Great Forks, the daughter of a widower priest known as Harvest Moon. Her father owned and ran a small household shrine in the city, which supplemented its income on wards, good luck charms, and icons of the Unconquered Sun and the Five Maidens. However, this was not its main source of income. Harvest Moon was a renowned mortal exorcist in the Scavenger Lands, and he often moved from city to city, town to town, helping the dead on their way, or using his minor magics and understanding of the martial arts to help in the banishment of Fair Folk, hungry ghosts, or malicious little gods.

Acacia herself grew learning of her father's trade. She helped make the wards that her temple sold, and she herself made the roseries and the staff which she now wields against her enemies. She also trained in the martial arts, her father sending her to train in the Tiger Style with a sifu in a nearby village for weeks on end, so that she might learn a different style from himself and thus confuse any reappearing spirits or demons with the strange new tactics.

And then, when Acacia reached the age of eighteen, she left home at her father's behest to find a place for herself out in the River Province. For the next three years she wandered the River Province, doing minor exorcisms, fey hunts, and the lot. She worked alongside outcaste Dragon-Blooded with insight on her fields, and on one occassion worked for the Council of Entities to deal with a very destructive hungry ghost rampaging Nexus.

Then, at the age of twenty-one, Acacia set off to return home, take control of her father's temple and to take his mantle. However, on the trail to Great Forks, she encountered a nemissary claiming loyalty to the God of the Two Kingdoms and the Dead River. As it tried confronting her, she found herself Exalted by the Unconquered Sun and his words spoke of her being able to cleanse the wrold more then she ever thought possible before. She tore the malicous ghost assunder with her martial arts and the Ghost-Eating Technique, before continuing ont he road to Great Forks, so that she could tell her father of her new mission.

Description

Acacia is a woman in her early to mid-twenties of a short, but compact build. Her black hair, which goes to just the bottem of her shouldr-blades, is often tied into a simple pony tail or a bun by a simple piece of cord. Her skin has an olive color to it, and her large eyes are a dark brown color. She often wears baggy white and grey monk's clothing, despite no affiliation to any established cult other then that of the Unconquered Sun. Around her hands, a pair of beaded roseries hang, baring wards agains the dead and the infernal. And she often adorns her head with a simple cone-shaped straw hat, to provide shade in her travels

Acacia's general temperment is calm and friendly. However, her eyes bare an ever-ready, stern attitude, despite whatever expression her face may be showing, ever-ready to unsheat her razor claws and bring the wrath of the Sun upon her enemies.

Acacia and Her Circle

Acacia is the main force of personality behind her Circle. When Syeed can't quite negotiate a situation, she'll force her way into it. And in areas in the occult dealing with spirits, ghosts, and other magical beings, the Circle relies on Acacia's opinion on how to deal with them. She also serves as a strong martial comonant for the Circle, though mostly against beings that can be neither seen nor heard by her Circlemates.

Acacia also finds herself often being a mediator in conflicts of interest between her brothers and sisters. As the more River Province-born Circlemates tend to have arguements with the more "Refined upbringing" pair, Acacia often finds herself getting in the middle of bickering. She is often the stable center of the Circle, be it through a kind word, or a blazing bonfire of anger.

When the Circle breaks into its smaller units, Acacia tends to choose a more solitary path and lifestyle. Wandering the countryside, she seeks out various sorts of spirits and monsters in a quest ot focus her powers into more effective effects. More often then not, however, she is called upon by Syeed and Omana, who need her advice on magical issues. She also takes time to keep an eye open for the servants of the God of Two Kingdoms and the Dead River, knowing that the Deathlord wishes for her to join his forces. She has lately become very interested in the Deathlords and their servants and is seeking techniques to help in battling these beings.

All the while, Acacia has been secretly reporting the things she learns to her Gold Faction contact. Morning Sky has given Acacia a large amount of information concerning the enemies of her Circle. The Choosen of Journies has also told Acacia many a time of various ruins and other sites with which her other Circlemates may be interested in for archeological and scavenger purposes. What Acacia owes the Sidereal, however, she does not know yet.

Acacia sees her Circle as being rather complimentar to one antoher. Cathay is good at organizing the group in times of war, and her goal to do the right thing often keeps the other three members of the Circle in check. Black Crescent Moon's skills have often saved the Circle from unseen threats, as well as allowed them to gain incite on various beings and items which they otherwise may not of found. Ledaal's skill wiht artifacing has also begun to show value. She has already begun to draw-up plans for her first big project in lieu of recent dealings with Abyssal Exalted, which makes Acacia rathe rhappy. And Syeed's skills with the Occult, as well as his more level-headed negotiation style, have saved the party in many situations much easier then Acacia herself would of done.

Expanded Backgrounds

Artifact 3: Orichalchum razor claws and hearthstone bracers
Mentor 2: Gold Faction Sidereal benefactor, who Acacia only knows as "Morning Sky." Choosen of Journies, real name Fivewind Wanderer.
Resources 2: Money and supplies she gets as she still performs her job as a wandering monster-hunter. Of course, now she has bigger monsters she can hunt.