Davidl/HinanHeishi

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Present Essence Pools: Personal 9/9, Peripheral 33/33
Committed Essence: Harmonious Presence Meditation (+3 dice to one-on-one Social rolls)
Present Wound Status: -0X -1X -1X -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 -4 Inc

Name: Hinan Heishi
Concept: Realm Patrician Turned Anathema
Caste: Zenith
Nature: Paragon (Willpower regained whenever you accomplish a significant task for the greater good)
Flaw: Foolhardy Contempt (Fighting against losing odds, challenged to 1v1 combat, and opportunities to show bravery. Leads to 3 days of full frontal assaults.)
Image: Very tall a broad. Mostly typical japanese features, except he has short cropped blonde hair and clear blue eyes. He wears his Orichalcum Reinforced Breastplate with a straight sword and target shield at his side.
Anima: A Samurai Warrior with a determined smile on his face.

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

Caste Abilities: Endurance 3, Performance 5, Presence 4, Resistance 4, Survival 0

Favored Abilities: Awareness 2, Dodge 3, Medicine 2, Melee 5, Ride 2

Other Abilities: Linguistics 1 (High Realm, Riverspeak), Lore 1

Backgrounds: Followers 2, Resources 2, Artifact 3
Virtues: Compassion 3X, Conviction 2, Temperance 2, Valor 3
Essence: 3, Personal Essence Pool 15/15, Peripherial Essence Pool 33/33 (37 max)
Willpower: 6/6
Limit: 3/8
Health: -0 -1 -1 -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 -4 Inc
Exp: 7 (7 awarded total)

Base Initiative: 7
Soak: 15B/14L/12A
Dodge pool: 10 (9 when armored)
Attacks:
Straight Sword: Speed 11, Accuracy 12, Damage 6L, Defense 10, Rate 3
Punch: Speed 7, Accuracy 5, Damage 3B, Defense 6, Rate 5

Notable Equipment:
Orichalcum Reinforced Breastplate - 4 motes committed, 12L/11B, Mob. -1, Fatigue 1
Blank white target shield

Merits and Flaws:

Known Anathema: Exalted in the middle of a Realm Satrap, Wyld hunt has been trying to follow him since pretty soon after that. (3 pt. Flaw)
Greater Curse: It only takes 8 points for his limit to break (2 pt. flaw)

Charms:
Endurance:
Armored Scouts Invigoration (1 day, Simple, 3 motes per lowering of Mobility penalty and fatigue value for wearing armor)
Front-Line Warrior's Stamina (1 day, Simple, 5 motes and 1 Willpower for no Mobility penalty or fatigue value for wearing armor)
Ox-Body Technique (1 extra -1 HL, 2 extra -2 HL)

Performance:
Respect Commanding Attitude (One scene, Simple, 5 motes to command the respect of an audience so that they won't leave or heckle him prior to end of performance)
Unruly Mob Dispersing Rebuke (Instant, Simple, 8 motes and 1 Willpower to deliver a stern rebuke and disperse a mob of angry underlings/peasants/people)
Presence:
Harmonious Presence Meditation (One Hour, Simple, 6 motes to add dice equal to Essence (3) to any Socialize, Presence or Bureaucracy rolls that involve one-on-one interactions)
Resistance:
Durability of Oak Meditation ( 1 scene, Simple, 1 mote per 2 die, may add dice (up to 8) to bashing soak for one scene)
Melee:
Golden Essence Block (Instant, Reflexive, 1 mote per 2 dice to block any hand-to-hand attack that he is aware of with a max of 9 dice, weapons defense stat does not apply, dice action can be made from nothing)
Dipping Swallow Defense (Instant, Reflexive, 2 motes for full Dex + Melee dice pool to parry any one incoming hand-to-hand attack that he is aware of.
Excellent Strike (Instant, Supplemental, 1 mote per die may add up to Dex + Melee dice pool (9) to a single attack)
Hungry Tiger Technique (Instant, Supplemental, 1 mote to count extra successes on a successful attack twice for the purposes of determining damage, but the motes must be spent prior to making the attack roll)

Background:
Hinan Heishi was born in a Satrapy of the Realm of the Scarlet Empress about 200 miles downriver (unless that river flows away from the ocean) called Willow's Path. Born to the Realm Patrician family Hinan, Heishi was raised to be a warrior and to follow his father in the local legion. His father's brother (Heishi's uncle) Exalted as a Fire Aspect Dragon-Blooded, and thus has a high position within the Satrap. Quite often Heishi would spend time as the local Immaculate temple, learning what he could of the Immaculate Texts, and had a close friendship with one of the monks. His mother and two sisters (one older, one younger) also live in Willow's Path, and before Heishi Exalted he was on very good terms with them all (though his older sister had a tendancy to annoy him to no end). He once had an older brother named Genmetsu. Genmetsu didn't particularly like the Realm because he didn't believe it did enough for the common people and just worried about pleasing the Dynastic nobility, thus he Willow's Path. Before he left, he said that anyone who agreed with him should follow his lead and meet him in Halta. Heishi was very distraught by this turning of events, as he always looked up to his brother while they were growing up. Eventually he joined the local legion (more a garrison, really, but they like to talk big), and it was discovered he had a distinct talent for leadership. It was thought that he would do better than his father in the long run. Then, he Exalted as a solar.

It was high noon, and he was on his way back home to deliver some fresh bread, when suddenly he was struck by a bright light, and given a vision of a large flaming ball of gold that spoke to him of what he was, and what he was meant to do. As the vision ended, he saw many people surrounding him, people he knew, and all of them had a distinct look of fear and disgust on their faces. At that moment, he fully realized what he was, and that he must leave. He turned around to leave, but was confronted with a contingent of guards led by his uncle. His uncle drew forth his red jade Daiklaive, and ordered Heishi to draw his own blade, a simple straightsword. Heishi did so, but refused to fight, and in the battle to come, only parried his uncles attacks. After a somewhat drawn out battle, Heishi was able to escape from the city, and headed north and east, doing as his brother had suggested years before. He made his way for Halta to join his brother in exile. On this journey he managed to find himself an Orichalcum Reinforced Breastplate to replace his battered and beaten lamellar armor. He also managed to come across a small village in the midst of being raided by bandits. He managed to kill most of the bandits (at least those who didn't run from someone glowing like a blazing sun come to Creation), but found only 4 survivors in the remains of the village. At first they were scared and thought they had been saved from the frying pan and tossed into the Anathema caused fire, but he was able to eventually convince them of his sincerity in their safety, and that he wasn't a demon. Well, almost, one of them would have nothing to do with any "stinking filthy anathema dogs" and ran off into the wilderness. Seeing that they had nothing left in the village, they asked if they could accompany Heishi on his journey. At first he was hessitant, as he knew the Wyld Hunt would be somewhere behind him, but was himself persuaded to allow them to come, as they could help him, and he them.
His followers are Jaeme Hilltonne, his wife Kaeri, and the village's blacksmith Kraigwin Bellsworth. Jaeme helped out in the fields, working for the local big farmer, while Kaeri worked as a seamstress.