David./BishopofStrife

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The Bishop of Strife

(Created as per Exalted: the Sidereals, but with 40 bonus points, 35 Charms, 25 Backgrounds, 12 Colleges, and starting Essence 5)

Character Names:</b>
<b>Exalted Type: </b> Sidereal, Chosen of Battles

<b>Nature: </b>Paragon
<b>Concept: </b>chthonic mathematactician

<b>Anima:</b> Beginning with a dull crimson glow, The Bishop's anima wells out into a spiralling cloud of vermillion strands, close-knit into a dense red cloud immediately around him, then fraying towards the edges. The light cast by his anima makes the destiny-strands of conflict and strife glint subtly as he passes.

<b>Experience:</b> (Total/Spent/Unspent) 12/0/12

Description

Attributes

<b>Physical </b>
Strength 3, Dexterity 3, Stamina 3

<b>Mental </b>
Intelligence 5, Perception 3, Wits 3

<b>Social </b>
Manipulation 3, Appearance 2, Charisma 2

Abilities

<b>Journeys</b>
Endurance 3, Ride 3, Sail, Survival, Thrown

<b>Serenity</b>
Craft: (Fate, Calligraphy) 2 (With The Blood of My Enemies +1), Dodge 4, Linguistics 2, Performance 4 (Bloodspattered Sermonizing +1), Socialize 1

<b>Battles [Caste]</b>
Archery 5, Brawl 5 (When Unnecessary +1), Melee 5 (Cruelty +1), Presence 5 (Excessive Brutality +1), Resistance 5

<b>Secrets</b>
Investigation 2, Larceny, Lore 4 (Advanced Mathematics +1), Occult 5 (Primordial Math +2), Stealth 1

<b>Endings</b>
Athletics 3, Awareness 3, Bureaucracy 2, Martial Arts 5 (Changing the Rules +1), Medicine


<b>Languages Known: Skytongue, Old Realm, (demonic language?)

Charms

Craft
World-Shaping Artistic Vision (Mathematically-Modellable Situations)
World-Shaping Artistic Vision (Mean As Hell)

Brawl
Horrific Wreath
Tolerant Strife
Unobstructed Blow
Crimson Palm Counterstrike
Easily Accepted Proposition Stance

Melee
Impeding the Flow
Harmony of Blows
Smiling at the Damned
Serenity in Blood
Orchestration of Conflict
Meditation on War
Perfection of the Visionary Warrior

Presence
Heroic Essence Replenishment
Impose Nature
Predestined Triumph Practice
Force Decision
Essence-Draining Battle Pattern
Demon-Blocking Battle Pattern
Presence in Absence Technique

Resistance
Red Haze
Someone Else's Destiny
Water & Fire Legion
Shield of Mars
Storm's Eye Stance

Investigation
Auspicious Prospects for Battles

Martial Arts - The Fivefold Way of Battles

Fivefold Way of Battles Form
Army-of-One Methodology
Battle Evermore

The Spear

• Able Red Spear
  
• Edge & Haft Discipline
  
• Student's Posture of the Spear
  
• Cross Two Spears
  
• The Fastest With The Mostest
  
• One Spear's Shadow
  
• Master's Posture of the Spear
  

The Gauntlet</i>

• <i>Cruel Red Fist
  
• Student's Posture of the Gauntlet
  
• A Universal Language
  
• Master's Posture of the Gauntlet
  

(4 more Charms, to be drawn from the Fivefold Way of Battles, Incarnadine Discord of Forces, and perhaps the Sixteen Efficacious Extensions of Space)

Combat

Basics
Soak 0A/0L/0B

Attacks

Advantages

Colleges
The Gauntlet 4, The Spear 3, The Banner 3, The Shield 2

Virtues
Conviction 2
Compassion 1
Temperance 4
Valor 4

Willpower 8
Essence 5
Personal Essence -
Peripheral Essence -
Total:
Commited:

Backgrounds

Artifact 5: (magical math book)

Artifact 3: (starmetal smashfist)

Celestial Manse 5: (the cathedral of war)

Connections (the Crimson Panoply of Victory) 3: (details)

Salary 2:

Savant 4: (details)

Sifu 3: (details - covers both an actual Sifu, who knows the Fivefold Way, and the chthonic math SMA notes in the math book for the Incarnadine Discord of Forces)