Curtain Call - North Falcon

Name: "North Falcon", "Falcon of the Northern Lights"
Caste: Night
Motivation: Safeguard Creation from That and Those Outside
Inspirations: "ranger"?, Jon Snow?, previous character

Appearance

An adult, if only barely, male with short black hair and the pale skin of the North; his travels have at least somewhat tempered his pale skin and harsh glare, even if only relative to before his exaltation. While his build is lighter than some Northerners, it just means he is only slightly stocky among those of the Scavenger Lands; he remains light on his feet either way and has the movements of a trained warrior. He has far from discarded the casual judgement he learned as a guard and remains watchful to a degree even when in a more relaxed setting.
Simple, functional, covering clothes, lighter now he's traveled south enough, cover a few slightly more simply decorated articles of clothing (and his Jade Hearthstone Bracers and Chain Shirt). While not averse to decoration that doesn't get in the way of utility, he currently is dressed in a mix of plain northern fashions and some sporadic fashions grabbed as gifts or payment packed away or occasionally worn.
He tends towards polite, if distanced, civility in normal conversation outside of foes or close friends; he's getting a little more actively social, but it tends to still take effort on his part or continued effort from those around him at times. He's more likely to attempt a well-reasoned attack on the ideas a foe espouses than make rousing speeches or breath-taking performances; and more likely yet to simply stubbornly endure before leaving elsewhere if pushed heavily.

Background and other things

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He was born and raised in Whitewall, to an Outcaste Dragon Blooded father and a mortal mother. While his mother kept the household, his father watched over Whitewall as one of its monster hunters and guards; so too did he as he grew, albeit it not to the degree his father managed. Raised in the harsh Northlands and as a guard against the various monstrosities that would trick their way into town to slaughter his fellows has inspired a level of guarded determination and distrust that leaves him defensive even now. That said, family could be trusted; at least until his own sister fell to the wiles of one of the winter Fae and invited destruction within the walls.
Through simple happenstance, he was nearby when the Fae went to "thank" his sister. But it was his determination and drive in his decision to end the Fae threatening both town and family that led to his Exaltation. While the monster first dismissed him as not even a threat and taunted him about the horrors that they and their kind would inflict, it soon turned back to his sister. After all, it was impossible for him to threaten such a creature. And thus, he did the impossible and destroyed the Fae even as it was learning how badly it had misjudged him.
He had barely realized what he had managed, flashes of strange memories guiding his skill, but the price for letting such monsters into the town still needed to be paid. When his father found him, still shocked and trying to figure out what had happened as his anima flickered and flared, he was almost killed then and there though he didn't realize that until later. His father stayed his hand long enough to find out what happened, and then grieved for the two children who he had lost that day: one to certainly deadly punishment and the other to terrifying powers.
When he proposed taking the blame for her actions, it was with heavy heart and mixed feelings that they went ahead and had him sentenced instead; his father managed to get him enough time to manage to hide away his anima from his sister and the people of Whitewall if little else. The sentence was the harshest possible: exile during the middle of the harshest months. It was only through a mixture of exalted fortitude, charm-fueled prowess, and a large amount of luck (and perhaps a conveniently found iron dagger that no mortal, but perhaps an experienced Dragon Blooded, could have flung far enough along the path) that led to him stumbling near dead to the towns of the Inner Sea coast.
Hospitality was extended him, and even dying he refused, too far gone with the rigors of his exile to consider that honest kindness could be so simple. So they waited until he fell and helped him anyways. Chastened after his recovery, he still only stayed long enough to see him fit to travel again, already recalling the stories of the Immaculates and their Wyld Hunts; he did at least make sure that word would make it back to his father that he lived. So ended the use of his birth name. If he would go through such incredible changes, surely a new name could go with it, and so he took his anima for his namesake: Falcon of the Northern Lights (or just North Falcon when he's feeling something less showy is preferred). Even to those he currently travels with, he is loathe to share his history before this time, preferring to instead leave such buried in his mind and away from the prying eyes of the Hunt.

What followed was a time of slowly gathering equipment and resources from the nothing he had previously, simply guarding some caravan or another for a time, then time as a mercenary in the Haslanti League, and finally time spent wander the North East and East as a free-lance monster hunter.
While guarding caravans, he gained more and more understanding and control of his new-found powers, guided further by whatever scraps of memory he could summon forth. This also saw him learning more and more of the world outside the white enclosing walls of his birth town, and eventually leading to his stay in the Haslanti League for a time as a mercenary.

On the gift of the Jade Bracers

At one point, he managed to save the life of another Dragon Blooded while out in the wilds as a mercenary, but exposed himself as a Chosen of the Sun to do so; the following battle (both between the two and the remaining foes) left the Dragon Blooded near dead. With mixed feelings, he tried to drag the unconscious Dynast to safety only for another band of undead to attack them; with apparently mixed feelings of their own, the not-so-unconscious Dynast stopped a deathblow meant for him only to perish soon after themselves. While he took the jade bracers of that fallen Dynast, he does consider them a debt of sorts to their fallen family to be payed back at some point.

Finding it more and more convenient to strike out on his own, he eventually started East and South, taking on tasks to destroy monsters; he would proceed to figure out if it was some monster preying on a town or group, or the other way around, and then deal with both accordingly. He's started to, ever so slightly, make a name for himself among the Scavenger Lords as well and has a few contacts in the League of Many Rivers. More and more, he's been focusing on a way to deal with more than "small" tasks individually on his quest to stop the monsters outside of Creation from preying on what he is increasingly considering his new home, Creation itself; of course, these same "small" tasks would have been throwing away his life had he still been a mortal. Still, he looks for more and better: this is what has led to him and the Cult of the Illuminated meeting up. He distrusts the Cult, but if they can put him into contact with other Exalts who might be able to do more… well then.

Character Sheet

Attributes:
Physical Strength 2 Dexterity 4 Stamina 2	Social Charisma 2 Manipulation 2 Appearance 2	Mental Perception 3 Intelligence 2 Wits 3
Abilities:
Dawn Archery 0 Martial Arts 0 * Melee 5 Thrown 3 War 1	Zenith * Integrity 3 Performance 0 Presence 0 * Resistance 3 Survival 3	Twilight Craft 1 * Investigation 2 Lore 1 Medicine 0 * Occult 2
Night * Athletics 1 * Awareness 4 * Dodge 3 * Larceny 1 * Stealth 1	Eclipse Bureaucracy 1 Linguistics 2 Ride 0 Sail 0 Socialize 2	Specialties — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0
Advantages:
Backgrounds Background Rating Artifact (Hearthstone Bracers) 2 Resources 2 Manse (Monkey Stone) 2 Artifact (Talismans) 1 Contacts (League of Many Rivers) 1 Anima Falcon, colored as shifting Northern Lights, hazy outline but piercing eyes Limit Break Contempt of the Virtuous Hindered by the self-indulgend and intemperate nature of others.	Willpower 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Health & Combat Soak Normal B 5 L 5 A 0 + Chain Shirt, Fine B +2 L +4 A +4 Armored B 7 L 9 A 4 + Durability of Oak B +6 L +6 A 0 All B 13 L 15 A 4 -0 ok -1 ok ok ok -1 ok ok ok -2 ok ok ok -2 ok ok ok -4 ok Incapacitated ok Join Battle 7 Dodge DV 7 Parry DV 6	Virtues Compassion Temperance 0 0 0 0 0 Conviction Valor 0 0 0 0 0 Essence 0 0 0 Personal 17 17 Peripheral 31 39 Committed 8

Combos Name Charms Cost Description Combo name What's in it Cost to activate it Fluffy description of its effects. Combat Weapon Speed Accuracy Damage Defense Parry DV Range Rate Tags Punch 4 +1/5 +0/2B +2 3 - 3 N, M Kick 4 +0/4 +3/5B -2 1 - 2 N, M Clinch 5 +0/4 +0/2B +0 2 - 1 C, N, P Iron Boot (Melee) 4 +0/9 +6/8B -3 1 - 2 M Buckler (Melee) 4 +0/9 +0/2B +3 6 - 1 M, Sh0 Cudgel (Close) 4 +1/10 +6/8B +0 5 - 2 Cudgel (Ranged) 4 +0/7 +3/5B - - 10 2 T Hatchet (Close) 4 +1/10 +5/7L -2 4 - 2 Hatchet (Ranged) 5 +0/7 +3/5L - - 10 2 T Sling 4 -1/6 +2/4L - - 100 1 T Armor Type Soak (B/L) Fatigue Mobility Dodge DV Chain Shirt light 2B/4L 1 -0 7

Intimacies Loathing, Northern Fae Dislike, Creatures of Darkness Respect, Family Love, his family Debt to Honor, that one Dynast's family Languages Native Language: Riverspeak Old Realm Sky-tongue Expanded Backgrounds Artifact 2, Jade Hearthstone Bracers, MM bonus Level 2 Wood Manse: Monkey Stone Resources 2: Spoils/Payment for monster hunting/mercenary-ing/Scavenger-ing Artifact 1, Talisman: Fae Warding charm (-3) Contacts 1, League of Many Rivers: Notable Equipment Mundane weapons: cudgel, hatchets, knives, buckler Superior Equipment: iron boots (cold iron), chainshirt (fine quality) Minor Wonders: Fae Warding Charm (-3), Jade Hearthstone Bracers

Charms

Misc:

First Excellency
The excellencies for Melee, Integrity, Resistance, Investigation, Occult, Athletics, Awareness, Dodge, Larceny, Stealth.
Cost: 1m per die
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant

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Charm name: First (Ability) Excellency
Cost: 1m per die
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
This can be invoked whenever the relevant ability is being used. It gives one more dice to the roll for each mote spent.

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Awareness:

Panoptic Fusion Discipline

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Bureaucracy:

Frugal Merchant Method

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Dodge:

Shadow Over Water
Reed in the Wind

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Integrity:

Temptation-Resisting Stance
Staring At The Sun
Integrity-Protecting Prana

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Investigation:

Judge's Ear Technique

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Linguistics:

Sagacious Reading of Intent

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Melee:

Dawn's Parable Defense
Dipping Swallow Defense
Hungry Tiger Technique
Sun-Sword Concentration
Final Sunset Stance

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Resistance:

Ox-Body Technique (3x)
Invincible Essence Reinforcement
Durability of Oak Meditation
Soul Fire Resurgence
Essence-Gathering Temper

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Socialize:

Mastery of Small Manners

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Survival:

Hardship-Surviving Mendicant Spirit

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Thrown:

Flashing Draw Mastery

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North Falcon, Falcon of the Northern Lights Caste: Night Concept: Expatriate Whitewall Guard Inspirations: rangers?, Jon Snow?, previous character Motivation: Safeguard Creation from That and Those Outside Totemic Anima: Falcon, with hazy outline and colors of Aurora Borealis Age: 25 Sex: Male Skin: Pale Hair: Black Eyes: ???	Essence ● ● ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Personal 17 / 17 Peripheral 31 / 39 Committed 8
Attributes □ Strength ●●○○○ ○○○○○ □ Dexterity ●●●●○ ○○○○○ □ Stamina ●●○○○ ○○○○○ □ Charisma ●●○○○ ○○○○○ □ Manipulation ●●○○○ ○○○○○ □ Appearance ●●○○○ ○○○○○ □ Perception ●●●○○ ○○○○○ □ Intelligence ●●○○○ ○○○○○ □ Wits ●●●○○ ○○○○○	Virtues Compassion ● ● ○ ○ ○ □ □ □ □ □ Temperance ● ● ● ○ ○ □ □ □ □ □ Conviction ● ● ● ○ ○ □ □ □ □ □ Valor ● ● ○ ○ ○ □ □ □ □ □	Anima Cause Caste Mark to glow brightly (1 mote) Cause anima to glow bright enough to read by (1 mote) Know the precise time of day (1 mote) Mute Charm (1 mote for non-Obvious; double motes for Obvious; not on Sorcery) Increase difficulty to notice/track by half Essence (10 motes) Obscured Features (11+ banner) Motes Banner Flare Stealth 1-3 Caste Mark glitters Normal 4-7 Caste Mark burns +2 8-10 Coruscant Aura Impossible 11-15 Brilliant Bonfire Impossible 16+ Totemic Aura Impossible
Virtue Flaw □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Contempt of the Virtuous: The character is hindered by the self-indulgent and intemperate nature of others.
Abilities □ Archery ○○○○○ ○○○○○ □ Martial Arts ○○○○○ ○○○○○ ■ Melee ●●●●● ○○○○○ □ Thrown ●●●○○ ○○○○○ □ War ●○○○○ ○○○○○ ■ Integrity ●●●○○ ○○○○○ □ Performance ○○○○○ ○○○○○ □ Presence ○○○○○ ○○○○○ ■ Resistance ●●●○○ ○○○○○ □ Survival ●●●○○ ○○○○○ □ Craft ●○○○○ ○○○○○ ■ Investigation ●●○○○ ○○○○○ □ Lore ●○○○○ ○○○○○ □ Medicine ○○○○○ ○○○○○ ■ Occult ●●○○○ ○○○○○ ■ Athletics ●○○○○ ○○○○○ ■ Awareness ●●●●○ ○○○○○ ■ Dodge ●●●○○ ○○○○○ ■ Larceny ●○○○○ ○○○○○ ■ Stealth ●○○○○ ○○○○○ □ Bureaucracy ●○○○○ ○○○○○ □ Linguistics ●●○○○ ○○○○○ □ Ride ○○○○○ ○○○○○ □ Sail ○○○○○ ○○○○○ □ Socialize ●●○○○ ○○○○○ Crafts Elemental ●○○○○ Magitech ○○○○○ Genesis ○○○○○ Specialties OBJECTION! (Investigation) ○○○ Something (Ability) ○○○	Willpower ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ○ ○ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □	Social Combat Join Debate 7 Dodge MDV 7 Attack Speed Honesty Attack/MDV Deception Attack/MDV Rate Presence 4 2 1 2 1 2 Performance 6 2 1 2 1 1 Investigation 5 4 2 4 2 2 Common Actions Action Speed DV Join Debate 5 None Attack Above -2 Monologue 3 -2 Miscellaneous 5 -2 Common DV Modifiers Source Modifier Appearance Difference Motivation +/- 3 Virtue +/- 2 Intimacy +/- 1
Intimacies Loathing, Northern Fae Dislike, Creatures of Darkness Respect, Family Love, his family Debt to Honor, that one Dynast's family
Arsenal Name Speed Accuracy Damage Defense Rate Range Tags Clinch 5 +0 : 4 +0B : 2/1B +0 : 2 1 - C, N, P Punch 4 +1 : 5 +0B : 2/1B +2 : 3 3 - N Kick 4 +0 : 4 +3B : 5/1B -2 : 1 2 - N ColdIron Boots (Melee) 4 +0 : 9 +6B : 8/1B -3 : 3 2 - M Cudgel (Melee) 4 +1 : 10 +6B : 8/1B +0 : 5 2 - T Cudgel (Thrown) 4 +0 : 7 +3B : 5/1B - : - 2 10 * Hatchet (Melee) 4 +1 : 10 +5L : 7/1L -2 : 4 2 - T Hatchet (Thrown) 5 +0 : 7 +3L : 5/1L - : - 2 10 * Knife (Melee) 3 +2 : 11 +1L : 3/1L +0 : 5 3 - T Knife (Thrown) 4 +0 : 7 +2L : 4/1L - : - 3 15 * Sling 4 -1 : 6 +2L : 4/1L - : - 1 100 T Buckler (Melee) 4 +0 : 9 +0B : 2/1B +3 : 6 1 - M, Sh0
Panopoly Name Soak (B/L/A) Hardness (B/L) Mob.Pen. Fatigue Natural Soak 5 / 5 / - - / - - - Chain Shirt, Fine +2 / +4 / +4 0 / 0 -0 1 Armored 7 / 9 / 4 0 / 0 0 1 Durability of Oak 6 / 6 / 0 - / - - - Armored and Charmed 13 / 15 / 4 0 / 0 0 1
Movement & Health Move Dash Jump (H/V) Health Levels 4 10 6 3 -0 ok 3 9 4 2 -1 ok ok ok -1 ok ok ok 2 8 2 1 -2 ok ok ok -2 ok ok ok 1 6 0 0 -4 ok Yards Incap. ok Includes wound/mobility pen. Dying ok ok Rules • Health: Bashing damage heals 1 health level per 3 hours. Lethal damage healing rate varies (-0 = 6 hours; -1 = 2 days; -2 = 4 days; -4 = 1 week; Incapacitated = 1 week). Double these times if not resting. Aggravated damage heals at the same rate as lethal but cannot be healed magically. • Death and Dying: If characters incapacitated by Lethal or Aggravated suffer further damage, they lose one Dying level per "Inactive" action. • Marking Damage: None (ok), Bashing (B), Lethal (L), Aggravated (A)
Combat Join Battle 7 Dodge DV 7 Knockdown 5 7 Stunning 2 5 Order of Attack Events 1. Declare Attack 2. Declare Defence 3. Attack Roll 4. Attack Reroll 5. Subtract Penalties/Apply Defenses 6. Defence "Reroll" 7. Calculate Raw Damage 8. Apply Hardness & Soak, Roll Damage 9. Counterattack 10. Apply Damage, Knockdown & Stunning Full combat rules on pages 140-158. Knockdown Characters are knocked down if an attack deals more raw damage than their Knockdown Threshold. Roll Knockdown Pool (2) to avoid. Rising from prone requires an action. Prone characters take a -1 external penalty to all nonreflexive physical rolls.Stunning Characters who suffer more health levels of damage than their Stun Threshold in a single blow must make a reflexive Stun roll (damage - Stamina) or be stunned until their attacker next acts. Stunned characters take a -2 internal penalty to all non-reflexive physical rolls. Common Actions Action Speed DV Pen Join Battle Varies None Ready Weapon 5 -1 Physical Attack Varies -1 Coordinate Attack 5 None Aim 3 -1 Guard 3 None Move 0 None Dash 3 -2 Miscellaneous 5 Varies Jump 5 -1 Rise from Prone 5 -1 Inactive 5 Special
Backgrounds Allies (DB father) ○○○○○ ○ Artifact (Hearthsone Bracers) ●●○○○ ○ Artifact (Talisman) ●○○○○ ○ Contacts (League of Many Rivers) ●○○○○ ○ Contacts (Haslanti League) ○○○○○ ○ Resources ●●○○○ ○ Manse (Monkey Stone) ●●○○○ ○	Possessions Mundane weapons: cudgel, hatchets, knives, sling, buckler Superior Equipment: iron boots (cold iron), chainshirt (fine quality) Minor Wonders: Fae Warding Charm (-3), Jade Hearthstone Bracers	Languages Skytongue (Native) Riverspeak Old Realm
Experience 399 / 419: 20 unspent

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Personal Name "Falcon of the Northern Lights", "North Falcon" Caste Night Motivation Safeguard Creation from That and Those Outside Inspirations "ranger"?, Jon Snow?, previous character Intimacies Respect, Family Love, his family Debt to Honor, that one Dynast's family Loathing, Northern Fae Dislike, Creatures of Darkness ATTRIBUTES Physical Strength 2 Dexterity 4 Stamina 2 Social Charisma 2 Manipulation 2 Appearance 2 Mental Perception 3 Intelligence 2 Wits 3 ABILITIES Dawn Archery 0 Martial Arts 0 * Melee 5 Thrown 3 War 1 Zenith * Integrity 3 Performance 0 Presence 0 * Resistance 3 Survival 3 Twilight Craft 1 * Investigation 2 Lore 1 Medicine 0 * Occult 2 Night * Athletics 1 * Awareness 4 * Dodge 3 * Larceny 1 * Stealth 1 Eclipse Bureaucracy 1 Linguistics 2 Ride 0 Sail 0 Socialize 2 Specialties — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 ADVANTAGES Background Artifact (Hearthstone Bracers) 2 Resources 2 Manse (Monkey Stone) 2 Artifact (Talismans) 1 Contacts (League of Many Rivers) 1 Virtues Compassion Temperance 0 0 0 0 0 Conviction Valor 0 0 0 0 0 Essence 0 0 0 Personal 17 17 Peripheral 31 39 Committed 8 Anima Falcon, colored as shifting Northern Lights, hazy outline but piercing eyes Limit Break Contempt of the Virtuous Hindered by the self-indulgend and intemperate nature of others. Willpower 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Combat Join Battle 7 Dodge DV 7 Weapon Speed Accuracy Damage Defense Parry DV Range Rate Tags Punch 4 +1/5 +0/2B +2 3 - 3 N, M Kick 4 +0/4 +3/5B -2 1 - 2 N, M Clinch 5 +0/4 +0/2B +0 2 - 1 C, N, P Iron Boot (Melee) 4 +0/9 +6/8B -3 1 - 2 M Buckler (Melee) 4 +0/9 +0/2B +3 6 - 1 M, Sh0 Cudgel (Melee) 4 +1/10 +6/8B +0 5 - 2 Cudgel (Thrown) 4 +0/7 +3/5B - - 10 2 T Hatchet (Melee) 4 +1/10 +5/7L -2 4 - 2 Hatchet (Thrown) 5 +0/7 +3/5L - - 10 2 T Sling 4 -1/6 +2/4L - - 100 1 T Armor Type Soak (B/L) Hardness (B/L) Fatigue Mobility Dodge DV Attune Chain Shirt (Fine) light 2B/4L 0B/0L 1 -0 7 - Social Combat Join Debate 7 Dodge MDV 7 Attack Speed Honesty Attack/MDV Deception Attack/MDV Rate Presence 4 2 1 2 1 2 Performance 6 2 1 2 1 1 Investigation 5 4 2 4 2 2 Soak/Hardness Natural B 5/0 L 5/0 A 0/0 + Chain Shirt, Fine B +2/0 L +4/0 A +4/0 Armored B 7/0 L 9/0 A 4/0 + Durability of Oak B +6/0 L +6/0 A +0/0 All B 13/0 L 15/0 A 4/0 Health -0 ok -1 ok ok ok -1 ok ok ok -2 ok ok ok -2 ok ok ok -4 ok Incapacitated ok Further Notes Expanded Backgrounds Artifact 2, Jade Hearthstone Bracers, MM bonus Level 2 Wood Manse: Monkey Stone Resources 2: Spoils/Payment for monster hunting/mercenary-ing/Scavenger-ing Artifact 1, Talisman: Fae Warding charm (-3) Contacts 1, League of Many Rivers: Languages Native Language: Riverspeak Old Realm Sky-tongue Possessions Mundane weapons: cudgel, hatchets, knives, sling, buckler Superior Equipment: iron boots (cold iron), chainshirt (fine quality) Minor Wonders: Fae Warding Charm (-3), Jade Hearthstone Bracers Experience 399 / 432 : 33 unspent Comboes Name Charms Cost Description Combo name What's in it Cost to activate it Fluffy description of its effects.