Haskara

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Basic Character Information

Name: Haskara
Caste: Cataphract
Court: Ruby
Concept: Ultimate Gunslinger
Motivation: Find the Righteous Devil

Attributes and Abilities

Attributes

Physical: Strength 5, Dexterity 7, Stamina 7
Social: Charisma 5, Manipulation 3, Appearance 5
Mental: Perception 7, Intelligence 4, Wits 5

Abilities

CASTE
Athletics 2
Integrity 3
Lore 3
Melee 2
Presence 2
FAVORED
Archery 6
Craft (Glamour) 4
Craft (Fire) 3
Craft (Air) 3
Craft (Magitech) 3
Martial Arts 8
OTHER
Awareness 3
Dodge 2
Linguistics 1 (Old Realm; Flametongue)
Occult 3
Ride 1

Advantages

Backgrounds

Artifact 3 (See below)
Birth 3
Gossamer 2
Manse 3 (See below)

Willpower, Virtues, Graces and Intimacies

Willpower: 8
Virtues: Compassion 1, Conviction 2, Temperance 4, Valor 5
Graces: Cup 1, Staff 1, Ring 4, Sword 5
Intimacies: The Righteous Devil

Health and Essence

Health: -0, -1, -1, -2, -2, -4, Incap, Dying, Dying, Dead
Essence: 4
Essence Pool: 32/40 (8 committed)
Experience:'

Artifact

Usrakasu
Level Three Tornado Caster

This masterpiece of gunsmithing was created in the First Age by Gentle Flame, a Twilight student of the Nameless Solar. As she worked, she infused her passion for her sifu's teachings (and, some would say, her passion for the man himself) into the orichalcum and steel. This piece was thought to be Flame's crowning achievement, a stunning piece of work for a relatively young Solar. However, the gun saw little use, as she had completed it just before being called to her sifu's dojo for the meeting which would nearly eradicate the style from the face of Creation.

For centuries, the gun was lost in the Wyld. Not too long ago, however, a Twilight by the name of Stone Tiger had taken refuge in a manse located in the Southern Bordermarches during a Wyld Storm. Once attuned to the unclaimed Manse, she was pulled toward the storeroom of the Manse. There, she found Usrakasu, and was struck with memories of her former incarnation creating the weapon. Immediately after the storm ended, Stone Tiger marched deeper in the Wyld to find something of major importance. That story, however, is for another time.

By spending a mote, the wielder of Usrakasu can boost the power of the shot being taken; this ability acts as the Righteous Judgment Arrow add-on for Essence Arrow Attack.

Capagnida
Level Two Gossamer Firedust Box

Capagnida is a box with six removable compartments each meant to hold one charge of firedust or gunpowder, seemingly made of clear glass. The glass of each compartment is filled with liquid fire drawn from one of the fire lakes commonly seen in the Deep Southern Wylds; green, blue, white, red black and yellow. The owner places enough powder for a single charge into any one of the compartments, then spends a mote to charge the dust with the essence of the liquid flame. When the firedust is used, it has the same effects as the liquid flame it was charged with; for example, firedust charges with the green fire would only damage and burn metal, leaving human flesh unscarred. The box has a socket to place a hearthstone.

Orichalcum Reinforced Buff Jacket
Level Two Armor

Manse

Heseish's Spire
Level: 3
Aspect: Fire
Location: Southern Bordermarches

Aspects:
Attunement Recognition
Basic Senses
Cosmetic Displays

Comfort Zone
Dangerous Traps
Dragon's Nest

Combat Statistics

Defense Statistics

• Dodge: 5 (6-1)
• Parry: 5

Soak

• Unarmored
  • Standard: 7B/3L/0A
• Ori Reinforced Buff Jacket
  • Standard: 19B/12L/9A, 7B/7L, Mob -1 Fat 0

Combat Statistics

• Clinch
  • Standard: Spd 6, Acc +0(15), Dmg +0B(7B), Def -, Rate 1
• Kick
  • Standard: Spd 5, Acc +0(15), Dmg +3B(10B), Def -2(13), Rate 2
• Punch
  • Standard: Spd 5, Acc +1(16), Dmg +0B(7B), Def +2(17), Rate 3
• Usrakasu
  • Standard: Spd 5, Acc +4(19), Dmg 9L, Rng 150, Rate 6
• Short Sword
  • Standard: Spd 5, Acc +2(16), Dmg +3L(10L), Def +1(15), Rate 1

Charms

NB: Mutations are marked in bold

• Nirakara - The Mask
  • Assumption of Elemental Shape (Fire)
• Nirguna - The Heart
  • Imposition of Law - Dexterity+Martial Arts (Firewands)
  • Bastion of the Self (Cup)
• Dharma - The Cup
  • Ravishing the Created Form
  • Banquet of Crumbs
  • Extruded Stomach Feeding
• Nirvishesha - The Ring
  • Ordinary Object Conjuration
  • Wyld Communion
  • Spirit-Flaying Meditation
  • Being-Nonbeing Approach
  • All-Consuming God-Monster Stance
    • Calling the Dragon's Ire
    • Fearsome Radiation
    • World-Devourer's Shadow
• Nishkriya - The Sword
  • Root of the Perfected Lotus
  • Bulb of the Perfected Lotus

• Martial Arts
  • Righteous Devil Style
    • Kiss Of The Sun Concentration
    • Blossom Of Inevitable Demise Technique
    • Lightning Draw Stance
    • Blessing Of Righteous Solar Spark Meditation
    • Cloud Of Ebon Devils
    • Righteous Devil Form
    • Phoenix Flies On Golden Wings Attack
    • Azure Abacus Meditation
    • Twin Salamander Fist
    • Dance Of The Howling Magma Sprites
    • Phantom Flamebolt Prana
    • Caress of 1,000 Hells

Personal Information

Appearance

Haskara is a true androgyne, with both female and male characteristics. She usually takes the form of a mortal with long flowing hair made from multi-colored flame, skin the color of cooled lava and pure white eyes. When he speaks, it sounds as though her words are spoken by a man and a woman at once. She wears a well-made buff jacket with orichalcum plates depicting the five Solar caste marks placed in certain locations. At her side is an orichalcum revolver, she allows no one to touch it but herself.

History

This tale begins long ago, with a man. Well, he was more of a demigod than a man, but that's beside the point. This man had no name, but gathered many followers. He took no title, but his deeds were known across the Shaped World. This man taught those he found worthy a way of manipulating flame not yet seen in Creation, then destroyed them and himself so the style could never reach unjust hands. Thus, the man and his teachings lay forgotten for centuries, buried under thousands of sandstorms and millions of memories.

However, the memories began emerging through the sands of time. The Bringers of Creation's Laws, those touched by the power of He Who Brings Light To The Shaped, had returned to the world, and some of those souls could recall the death of the nameless man. Many of these poor fools made their way into the wastes of the Southern desert, leaving behind the stable and entering the beautiful madness of the Wyld. As they did so, their desire to find any scrap of their lost sifu began to collect in certain places in the Southern Wylds.

A Twilight by the name of Stone Tiger was another of these pilgrims, although she was somewhat unique; she bore the soul of one of the man's most devoted students. Her passion for finding the man's fate called out to the other desires like a siren. As the woman slept, the passions and desires coalesced around her, entered into her. She awoke, filled with a zeal so strong that it destroyed her from the inside out. She traveled night and day, taking no pause to sleep or eat. Creatures of the sands harried her, drawn to her like a beacon, but she paid them no mind. In time, burning brighter than the First Usurper himself, she collapsed. As she laid on flickering flames that cushioned her like down, body broken beyond endurance, her passion left her body with her dying breath.

This passion mingled with the flames, and a being emerged from them. This being called itself Haskara, and, after looking upon the poor creature that created it, took its belongings and pressed on, continuing the Twilight's quest for reasons it did not quite understand. Along her way, Haskara has learned how to grasp the katas and images that came to him at odd moments and has learned the style of the nameless man, the Righteous Devil that Haskara now seeks. Now, all that remains is to find the man, and fulfill his purpose.