JesseLowe/PerfectRoseOfThorns

The Perfect Rose of Thorns is a Moonshadow Abyssal in service to the Mask of Winters. She is fond of sorcery and wields the Blade of the Black Chrysanthemum, which she stole from the ruins of the Court of Silk and Steel. Her beauty can strike mortals blind.

The Perfect Rose of Thorns

Description:
Roleplaying Notes:
Concept: Fell swordswoman with a dark fate.
Caste: Moonshadow (tentative; maybe Midnight)
Nature: Thrillseeker.

Attributes: Strength 3, Dexterity 5, Stamina 4, Charisma 4, Manipulation 4, Appearance 5, Perception 3, Intelligence 3, Wits 3
Abilities: *Athletics 5, Awareness 3, Brawl 3, Bureaucracy 2, Dodge 5, Endurance 2, Investigation 3, Larceny 2, Linguistics 3, Lore, Martial Arts 3, Medicine 2, *Melee 5, Occult 5, *Performance 4, *Presence 5, Resistance 4, Ride 2, Sail 2, Socialize 5, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Thrown 3
Note: * = Caste or Favored skill.
Virtues: Compassion 2, Conviction 4, Temperance 4, Valor 3
Backgrounds:
Willpower: 10, Essence: 4, Essence Pool:
Resonance: O O O O O O O O O O

Anima:
Charms:
Spells:
Thaumaturgy: Whatever's thematically appropriate
Equipment:

Base Initiative: 5
Attacks
Blade of the Black Chrysanthemum: Speed, Accuracy, Damage, Defense, Rate
Clinch: Speed -6, Accuracy +0, Damage +0B piercing, Defense +0, Rate 1
Fists: Speed +0, Accuracy +1, Damage +0B, Defense +2, Rate 5
Kick: Speed -3, Accuracy +1, Damage +3B, Defense -3, Rate 3
Dodge: 5, Soak: XB/XL/0A, Health Levels: -0/-1/-1/-2/-2/-4/ Incapacitated

Experience Points:
Unspent XP:

Comments

Spells: Shield of Shattered Bone (Book of Bone & Ebony, p. 138), Seat of Deadly Splendors (BoBE, p. 129), Mother Darkness (BoBE, p. 128), Onyx Countermagic (E:A, p. 224), Iron Countermagic (E:A, p. 224), Summon Ghost, Raise the Skeletal Horde, Piercing the Shroud, Soul Brand, Exquisite Undead Aide, Spiteful Passing.

The Blade of the Black Chrysanthemum

"The weapon appears as a grand daiklave of unusual length and slimness. Etchings of chrysanthemum blossoms spangle the lower part of the blade. It is forged of an exotic black metal of indeterminate origin. The immortal funerist-hero Quenzhang, who wielded the blade to great effect in the Calin-Sijan War, wrote that it had 'the feel of a relic blade, of which I have borne many in my time; but the sun’s touch does it no harm, and so I must conclude that it is a real and tangible thing whose nature is beyond my understanding, a thing neither living nor dead.'" -- The Lexicon of Elder Days

Can't decide if it should be Artifact 5 or NA, but I'm leaning toward NA, since it's supposed to have been the work of a Yozi. I wonder how it'll react to the Heart of Pontoppidan.

Wushu Style

Mistress of the Blade of the Black Chrysanthemum 5
Regent of Thorns 4
Fatal beauty 4
Necromantic magic 3

Weakness: Slave of the Blade of the Black Chrysanthemum 1

Essence: 5