SilverMasks/TotemSoul
Expression of a Unique Soul
Celestial Behemoth Apotheosis
Cost: None
Duration: Permanent
Type: Special
Minimum Charisma: 5
Minimum Essence: 5
Prerequisite Charms: Adamanthine Flesh Technique, Tongue of the Wild Technique, Soul-Sculpting Knife
The Lunar walks to a sacred place – a Demesne, a Manse, the Imperial Mountain... and at Midnight, looking upon Luna's face, realises a truth about Luna, Creation, the Wyld and her own existence. On that day, the Lunar remakes herself. Her inner beast ceasing to be tied to an Animal Avatar, now tied only to the Lunar's own silver essence. Tahira of the Nine Tails, Jord the Crystal Elk, Akia the Crimson Snow Wolf, Siran the First Unicorn, Leviathan the Great Whale... many are those who ascended, turning their Totems into Behemoths. Their Totem is changed, becoming a unique, original creature, that does not exist anywhere else in Creation or the Wyld. Or pehaps it once did, and the Lunar now pays homage to it. The new creature looks visibly unique and supernatural - and yet, it bares clear resemblance to the Totem. The same way a Unicorn does to a Horse, that is. A cousin of the same Family of beings, and yet worlds apart. This has a visible impact in the Lunar's Tell.
It also has an obvious social impact - the Lunar is now the Avatar of his own new species - the other Animal Avatars regard him as an equal, but warily. Other Lunars, who have not taken such a drastic step, become wary of the Lunar - this is a 3-dice penalty when dealing with other Lunars, specially those of the Silver Pact, in Social Circumstances. For all intents and purposes, the Lunar now possesses a Totem Background of 6 - complete with 14 points to spread on her Totem's powers, normally a wealth of Excellence and Attribute-Adders over the Totem's original Mutations. Minuscule and Tiny forms usually grow in shapes - the Behemoths are noticeable, and even its Butterflies are half a man's size. The Lunar also adds 1 to all of the Totem Form's Attributes, and his Natural Soak while in this Form becomes Divine Armor - perfect, it may not be circumvented through any means. In this Form, the Lunar can speak and be understood by all of his Totem's Family, and by all those that he could communicate with in Human Form.
The Lunar's new Totem also gives the Lunar a new Tell - which she may try to hide normally. This Tell is outward in nature, unlike normal Tells - the Lunar warps the world. Pehaps, schools of fish miles around the Lunar might form words of her thoughts, or where she walks, plants grow, or her passage makes reeds sing, or poisonous creatures to lurk out of shadows. Any physical changes to the world vanish at the next sunrise, but add a bonus equal to the Lunar's Essence to any of his trackers. This Tell vanishes if the Lunar resets its Difficulty to 6 or more. Those who see the Lunar get two rolls, one to spot her inward Tell, and another to spot her outward Tell.
The Howl of the Crystal Wolf was deadly as the Cantata of Empty Voices, and the Crimson Salamander could bless what she touched with fire... that is the last power of the Celestial Behemoth - the ability to change the world to its whims. The Lunar chooses one spell of the Terrestrial or Celestial Circle - the Lunar may use this Spell in her totem form instantly, as an anima ability, at no cost in motes or willpower, but at the cost of her temporary virtue points in her primary virtue(one virtue point for Terrestrial, two virtue points for Celestial).
