DarkheartOne/FourthAge

Exalted: The Age of Reason

The Chosen of the Empowered

Solar Exalted, Chosen of the Unconquered Sun

Heroes of the Time Before and heroes of the now, the Solar Exalted arise as the shining beacons of Creation, champions and warriors in the vein of their patron, the Sun Invincible.

Lunar Exalted, Chosen of Luna

Vicious shock troopers and keepers of the ways lost to time and technology, the Lunar Exalted act as the Wyldward arm of the Deliberate that defends against the threats waiting on the edge of Creation and beyond.

Sidereal Exalted, Chosen of the Five Maidens

Strategists, planners without peer, and masters of the ever-shifting Destiny between all Fate-bound things, the Sidereal Exalted do their best to maintain the order of things, lest the Nightmare or the Deathlords find footholds with which to enter Creation unopposed.

Fallen Exalted, Chosen of the Dual Monarchy

Chosen by the empowered god-kings of the Underworld, the Fallen Exalted, dead things themselves, battle against those who are still a threat to all sentient beings, especially the conniving Nightmare-backed Deathlords.

Alchemical Exalted, Chosen of Progress, God-Soul of Autochthon

The stewards of the creative spark and caretakers of the Fourth Age's growing mechanical understanding, the Alchemical Exalted are creators par excellence, taking their master's immense drive and coupling the creative spark within their human souls to work wonders.

The Dragon-Blooded, Brood of the Five Elemental Dragons

Not bestowed with an Exalted Essence, the Dragon-Blooded are the direct descendants of the rebellious Five Elemental Dragons; kings within their own secluded island paradise, they nonetheless fancy thoughts of ruling all of Creation, which they feel is their right.

= Threats and Mysteries

The Fair Folk, Toys of the Thief of Words

Mad things born of the collision of Wyld possibility with Creation's certainties, the majority of the Fair live outside of the Veil Divine, daring to enter Creation in order to indulge their hunger for dreams... or to usher the Wyld in, little by little...

The Deathlords, Puppets-Kings of the Nightmare

The Seven Stages of Death, these empowered ghost-kings work towards the goal that the Nightmare has allowed to fester in their undead minds like a cancer; to destory all life in Creation and bring every soul screaming down into the Underworld, which will eventually be theirs...

The Nightmare, Darkness of the Soul

The memories of the Yozi have faded, but the raw, pulsating darkness that lay in the back of every soul remains. Separate, the Nightmare is manageable. But collective atrocities, collective terror, collective suffering allows the Nightmare to take shape and stab into reality, seeking to spread its terror further by leaving parts of its 'body' to perpetuate the madness.

COMMENTAGE

I would like to note that this is a pure-fluff setting. I suck as non-Raksha crunch, and can't really deconstruct systems on a wide enough scale to do what I wanna do. So I'll provide the squish and... yeah. -DarkheartOne