Exalted Broken Winged Crane

BY MICHAEL GOODWIN, ERIC MINTON, JOHN MØRKE,
NEALL RAEMONN PRICE AND HOLDEN SHEARER

THE BROKEN-WINGED CRANE
BY MICHAEL GOODWIN, ERIC MINTON, JOHN MØRKE,

NEALL RAEMONN PRICE AND HOLDEN SHEARER
THE BROKEN-WINGED CRANE 1

THE BROKEN-WINGED CRANE
Authors: Michael Goodwin, Eric Minton, John Mørke, Neall Raemonn Price and Holden Shearer
Developer: Holden Shearer
Editor: Genevieve Podleski
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In a time yet to come, where Creation is but the
Shattered Annex, The Broken-Winged Crane will be
written. The future has not yet come to pass, though The
Broken-Winged Crane works tirelessly to bring it forth, a
living, malignant atemporal entity riding the currents of
destiny and Fate like a knife scraping a fresh scabbard.
Every existing tome in Creation is merely an imperfect
copy of the final book written in the future. Possession of
a copy means certain death in the Realm and much of the
Threshold, and mere rumor of the book’s possession can
doom a sorcerer to inescapable disgrace. Yet the power the
book offers—so much more than mere demonic lore—can
tempt even the most indomitable of souls.
In what manner may the history of the Shattered
Annex manifest, reaching backwards through time and
space into distorted copies? Often merely as books cov-
ered in glowing runic scrawl of Old Realm, but also as a
precocious green-eyed boy, dying of acute leukemia, who
recites the text from memory without comprehending
it; or a music box that plays each listener’s ideal song—
slightly off-key. Virtually any medium, scribed by pain
and tainted by madness, may hold the wisdom of the
Crane. The Yozis claim the copies as their own work
and consider the tome a herald of the Reclamation’s
victory, but this is a lie.
The book always describes—in past tense—the final,
crippled freedom of the Yozis: an elopement with dire
consequences, how the broken nature of the Exalted
and the broken nature of the Yozis birth a new horror
upon the world, the dawn of a green sun over Creation—
these things the tome speaks of. The book is not written
as a prophecy, but as a history from the perspective of
the victors in the post-apocalypse. Commentaries from
the First Age tell of the Crane recording significantly
different events than modern copies, a fact that baffles
contemporary savants. In the earliest appearances of
the tome in the moments after the Primordial War, the
contents of the Crane were laughably inaccurate. Most
of the Exalted interpreted the tome as a final sign that
the Primordials had lost their minds.
And yet, as the time the Crane recorded inevitably
crawled towards realization, the copies altered themselves,
and grew in both might and accuracy. New copies that
appeared began to reflect events that did, in fact, come
to pass. In this way, the Crane is an occult tutor of incal-
culable potency and a dire portent of things to come.

INFERNAL HEARTHSTONES
HEARTHSTONES OF VITRIOL If not a creature of darkness, she gains that deformity

at no cost. These mutations disappear when she
DEMON-MAGGOT STONE (MANSE 1) reactivates the stone or loses attunement to it.
When the bearer of this mottled ochre and purple
stone is injured, his wounds spawn iridescent demon SCARLET POLESTAR GEM (MANSE 4)
maggots that consume dead and damaged tissue, This spherical black stone, which holds a smol-
causing them to heal at twice the normal rate. The dering red ember at its heart, acts as a lodestone
maggots shrivel and die when the wounds heal or toward those things the bearer despises. If the bearer
if removed from the bearer. visualizes a person, place or thing with which he has
had personal contact and towards which he holds a
STONE OF THE MALFEAN ELEMENTAL (MANSE 2) negative Motivation or Intimacy, the ember points
This violet-streaked green gem reduces the mote in that thing’s direction. This fails if the target’s
cost for summoning a metody (Roll of Glorious identity is magically obscured or she is in another
Divinity II, p. 83) by 10 motes. No combination realm of existence.
of effects including this stone can reduce the cost
below one mote. Similar stones for other First Circle HEARTHSTONES OF ADORJAN
races or specific higher circle demons are aspected GEM OF THE UNFAILING PATH (MANSE 1)
to their progenitor Yozis. Demon-Bound (Jacint)
STONE OF THE CHRYSALIS (MANSE 3) This cloudy oval stone is shot through with red
A tiny creature lies frozen within this trans- and violet threads. Even in the deepest wilderness, its
lucent green stone, its appearance differing every bearer can always find a path leading in the direction
time it’s viewed. The stone’s bearer may spend three she wishes to travel; if no such path exists, a trail
motes as she sleeps to engulf herself in a chrysalis of opens before her and fades after she has passed. This
green silk. The next morning, she emerges from the Shaping effect provides the movement benefits of
chrysalis evolved into a new shape, transfigured by a trail (Exalted, p. 266) for a unit the bearer leads
the power of the stone. with (Essence) magnitude or less.
As a temporary Desecration effect, the bearer UNCONQUERABLE SILENCE GEMSTONE (MANSE 4)
obtains up to (Essence x 4) points of positive muta- The bearer of this opaque white stone may spend
tions of her choice, plus half that value (rounding one Willpower to completely blot the presence of
up) of negative mutations chosen by the Storyteller.
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ing the Virtue costs an additional Willpower. The
DEMON-BOUND HEARTHSTONES stone’s bonus dice become automatic successes if
Certain Yozi-aspected hearthstones reso- the social attack is made while the Ebon Dragon
nate with one of the Yozi’s sub-souls rather blots out the sky or within the landscape of one of
than with the Yozi itself. These are marked the Ebon Dragon’s Third Circle souls.
as Demon-Bound. If the demon in question is
permanently destroyed, the manse generating
HEARTHSTONES OF ELLOGE
the Hearthstone immediately suffers Power GLYPH-VOICE STONE (MANSE 3)
Failure and must be redesigned. When the bearer of this black and gold rectangle
speaks, no sound emerges; instead, his words manifest
briefly in midair as supernally elegant calligraphy.
another creature from her awareness for the rest of This is an Obvious Shaping effect. The bearer gains
the scene. This provides a perfect ongoing social a bonus equal to half his Linguistics (rounded up)
dodge against the target. The target automatically when performing a social attack. This increases to
gains surprise if he physically attacks the bearer; if his full Linguistics score inside the landscape of El-
the attack is successful, it breaks the silence effect. loge or one of his Third Circle souls.
HEARTHSTONES OF CECELYNE HEARTHSTONES OF HEGRA

JEWEL OF THE DESERT BODHISATTVA (MANSE 3) LIPS-LIKE-POPPIES GEMSTONE (MANSE 2)
A soothing silvery-blue light emanates from this Oil-slick colors ooze across this teardrop stone.
gemstone, surrounding its bearer with a messianic It infuses its bearer’s saliva with liquid dreams, af-
aura. He gains three bonus dice to any Social roll fecting those who kiss her on the lips or consume
dealing with religious matters, and social attacks something tainted with her saliva as though they
he makes targeting Intimacies of reverence count had spent five minutes beneath Hegra’s psychedelic
as two scenes spent increasing or reducing them. rains (see The Compass of Celestial Directions,
The stone’s bonus dice become successes within Vol. V—Malfeas, p. 23).
the landscapes of Cecelyne and her Third Circle PASSION-DRINKING LIGHTNING STONE (MANSE 3)
souls, or when creating an Intimacy of reverence A weapon set with this iridescent orb crackles
toward Cecelyne. with Hegra’s black lightning, a dark power that drains
its victims’ emotions. Once per action, the bearer
HEARTHSTONES OF THE EBON DRAGON may treat a successful attack using that weapon as
THE DREAM-MERCHANT’S COIN (MANSE 1) one scene spent eroding one of the target’s Intima-
Demon-Bound (Makarios) cies (chosen by the target’s player) in addition to
This coppery disk gleams with a peculiar irides- its other effects. This is an Emotion effect. If this
cence. By spending one Willpower upon going to breaks one of the target’s Intimacies, the bearer feels
sleep, the bearer may visit the demon Makarios (Roll a surge of the emotion bound up in the Intimacy;
of Glorious Divinity II, p. 65) in her dreams. If Ma- she also regains a point of Willpower.
karios is regenerating from death, the bearer travels
to the demon’s dream-palace but finds it empty. HEARTHSTONES OF ISIDOROS
BITTER REVELATION STONE (MANSE 3) STONE OF THE SOLIPSIST (MANSE 3)
A small, dark green inclusion sits near the cen- What the bearer of this shining white gem
ter of this otherwise clear gemstone. Its bearer adds doesn’t perceive cannot harm him. He gains Hardness
(Conviction) dice to any social attack that involves 11 against unexpected attacks. If the Hardness suc-
the revelation of an unpleasant or unwelcome truth. cessfully prevents the attack from having any effect,
If the revelation provokes a Virtue check, suppress- the bearer doesn’t even notice he was attacked.

HEARTHSTONES OF KIMBERY
AGAINST-THE-FLAME PEARL (MANSE 4)
If the bearer of this nacreous stone is attacked,
he may spend one Willpower to match the at-
ta
tacker’s ability to move, perceive and survive in
th
the attacker’s current environment—swimming
an
and breathing underwater, flying through the air
or burrowing through the lightless earth, as appro-
pr
priate. Once the conflict ends, the effect lasts for
a long as the bearer continuously moves toward a
as
m
more congenial environment.
HEARTHSTONES OF MALFEAS
SW
WORD-AND-FIST UNITY STONE (MANSE 3)
When set in a hand-to-hand weapon, the bearer
of this verdigrised orb may spend one Willpower to
sp
spread brass and basalt filigree across his arm and the
we
weapon, enlarging them and fusing them together
fo the rest of the scene. This is a Desecration effect
for
w
which increases the weapon’s Damage and Defense
b three. The wielder is immune to all effects that
by
would disarm him. He may spend another point
of Willpower to end the effect early.
TRANSGRESSIVE EXCELLENCE JEWEL (MANSE 4)
This round gem blazes like brass in a forge. Its
w
wearer’s dice limit increases by two. (The limits for
sta
static values like DV increase by one.) However, any
Ch
Charm that goes over the normal dice limit in this
m
manner gains the Obvious keyword. This manifests
ass Malfean imagery: lances of green fire, skin blaz-
in
ing like brass, the ground underfoot momentarily
tu
turning to basalt, etc.
SHHATTERING EMERALD AEGIS STONE (MANSE 5)
Demon-Bound (Ligier)
Green lights flare among the rays of this star-
sh
shaped stone. Upon successfully parrying an attack
wi base damage 8+, the bearer may reflexively
with
sp
spend 5m to shatter the force of the attack into
sh
shards of blinding emerald light that lance out in all
di
directions. Every being within (Essence x 5) yards
ex
except the user suffers a one-time environmental
ha
hazard (4L, Trauma 5) and is blinded for three ac-
tio as a Crippling effect unless she succeeds on a
tions
di
difficulty 2 (Stamina + Resistance) roll.
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HEARTHSTONES OF ORAMUS Survival when tracking prey through a forest, etc.
Only one Ability may be mirrored at a time.
MORTALITY-ENTANGLING GEM (MANSE 5)
This diamond-bright stone flickers in and out
of visibility. When its bearer would be killed by an
NEW BACKGROUND: INFAMY
Infernals who prove useful to the Reclamation
attack, it shatters in a breach of causality, so that receive rich rewards from their titan masters. This
the bearer both does and does not die. The bearer Background reflects the benefits of such rewards,
finds herself standing over her own corpse at the anointing the true princes of the Demon Realm
beginning of the next scene, unaffected by the kill- with all that is their rightful due.
ing blow. Magical possessions on the body are not A character’s Infamy rating provides an equiva-
duplicated. This is a Blasphemy 5 effect. lent rating in Backing (Reclamation), Mentor
HEARTHSTONES OF QAF (Reclamation Yozis), Influence (Demon Realm)
and Resources. He also gains a pool of (Infamy rat-
FLAW-TRANSCENDING AMETHYST (MANSE 4) ing) temporary Background dots he can commit to
The bearer of this wine-dark stone may be gain Allies, Artifact, Contacts, Followers, Manse
maimed but cannot be impaired. He functions or Spies. Such commitment may be reallocated at
normally despite Crippling effects. If his eyes are any time by petitioning the Reclamation for new
put out, he can still see; if his arms are cut off, he tools or leveraging the warlock’s titanic favor to win
can still swing a sword (the blade hovers before the aid of powerful demons. Backgrounds gained
him). This benefit affects injuries sustained before through Infamy do not stack with existing ratings;
acquiring this hearthstone. characters with both have personal resources beyond
HEARTHSTONES OF SHE their borrowed privileges.
Fame is a fire that must be fed or else it burns
WHO LIVES IN HER NAME out. A warlock can never rest upon his laurels if he
IMPERVIOUS DIAMOND HEART (MANSE 2) wishes to remain in the spotlight as a celebrity among
Neither mercy nor pity can touch the bearer of the damned. Only by surpassing previous epic deeds
this cold adamantine gem. He may choose to fail may his legend endure and spread.
any Compassion check without rolling. Accordingly, the Storyteller can bestow and
revoke Infamy dots without warning to reward
GEM OF UNQUESTIONABLE AUTHORITY success or punish failure. Hell is a ruthless place
(MANSE 4) where demons praise and aid the champion of the
A perfectly symmetrical flame burns inside this moment, only to betray him as soon as the next
faceted crystal. Its bearer’s logic becomes indisput- rising star appears.
able; others may ignore her commands, but they
cannot contest them. She may spend one Will- x You are fresh from your Chrysalis or have
power to make a social attack unblockable. This is abandoned the Reclamation.
a Compulsion effect. • You are accomplished, a figure of wide-
spread note in the Demon Realm as a
HEARTHSTONES OF SZORENY potential rising star or a has-been clinging
STYLE-EMULATING STONE (MANSE 3) to the dregs of his glory days.
This scarlet-tinged silvery gem is a mass of •• You are popular and praised, a frequent
reflective facets. By spending one Willpower, its topic of conversation in the Demon
bearer perfectly mirrors the style of an opponent Realm. Some Second Circle demons eye
present in the scene, setting her unmodified rating you with jealousy, but most accept you as
in a relevant Ability to match the opponent’s for one a peer for as long as you stay useful.
scene: Melee in a sword-duel, Presence in a debate,

••• You are a true celebrity, one of the noted consider your power and status and af-
heroes of the Reclamation. The mighty front to their dignity. Sadly, the price of
of Creation know and fear you, or else success is the demand that you repeat it.
tremble in fear of the unknown enemy No sooner do you finish an assignment
who has unleashed such harm upon them. for the Reclamation than you’re off to
The Unquestionable are uneasy with your your next mission.
meteoric rise. ••••• You are the Chosen among the Chosen,
•••• You are one of the most highly regarded the right (or left) hand of the Reclama-
masterminds and/or superstars of the tion. Your deeds will shatter the gates of
Reclamation, the envy and sometimes Hell, or you shall be shattered upon them
beloved hero of your so-called peers. for giving the Yozis false hope. There are
Those demons who do not worship you no strangers for you in the Demon Realm,
only sycophants and nemeses.
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CHARMS
persist only as long as the character’s Essence rat-

ing is higher than it could be without this Charm.
KEYWORD: NATIVE Upon reaching the age that Essence 10 is naturally
The Eclipse, Moonshadow and Fiend
available, the Infernal replaces this Charm with
anima powers and their equivalents do not
another of his choice. Characters may only learn a
allow acquisition of Native Charms.
single Ascendancy Mantle of (Yozi).
Malfeas: The first five boxes of the Infernal’s
Limit track are always full.
GENERAL CHARMS Cecelyne: This Charm is Messianic (Cult 4). If
ASCENDANCY MANTLE OF (YOZI) the Infernal’s Cult rating drops below this thresh-
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Permanent old, he loses all benefit from his excess Essence dot
Keywords: Native (high-Essence Charms, superhuman Attributes and
Duration: Permanent Abilities, larger Essence pool, etc) while he has
Prerequisite Charms: Appropriate First (Yozi) Cult 3 or less.
Excellency She Who Lives in Her Name: The Whisper-
The Primordials did not wait to exert their will ing Flame is unforgiving of deviation from proper
over Creation and the crashing maelstroms of the purpose. When the character commits an Act of
Wyld at its shores, their authority rooted in the Villainy to mitigate Limit, he rolls only one die,
elegant ecology of superior might. The Green Sun regardless of his Virtue ratings.
Princes now emulate this splendor with a Charm Adorjan: When the Infernal violates his Urge,
of their devising, hastening their growth toward he automatically gains (Essence) points of Limit
unknowable transcendence. rather than rolling.
As a permanent upgrade, the Infernal can Ebon Dragon: The Ebon Dragon’s hollow Es-
spend experience to buy his Essence rating up to a sence pervades the warlock, rendering him incapable
dot higher than his age should permit (see Exalted, of channeling Virtues.
p. 275). Each version of this Charm carries a dif- Kimbery: This Charm has the Sea Keyword.
ferent drawback depending on the Yozi used as a While not in proximity to a sea, the Infernal loses all
springboard for enlightenment. These drawbacks benefit from excess Essence (similar to Cecelyne).

INFERNAL AGE
Those Green Sun Princes who have given thought to their lifespan assume they will live thou-
sands of years, like the Solars before them. They are wrong. Each Infernal Exaltation labors under
a strain far greater than the Unconquered Sun ever intended it to bear. The Green Sun Princes,
in accordance with the Ebon Dragon’s intentional design, have a projected lifespan shorter than
that of even the Dragon-Blooded. The Yozis do not want their god-slaying weapons to grow up to
become potential peers and rivals.
However, the Yozis have underestimated the power of an Exaltation being bathed in a constant
wash of Primordial Essence...
Essence rating Approximate projected lifespan
1-5 150 years
6 300 years
7 700 years
8 1200 years
9+ 2500 years
It is never inappropriate for players to avoid this fate, given the importance of Essence to
Infernal Charms. Green Sun Princes show no outward symptoms of age up to their last breath. If
the Ebon Dragon has his way, each Prince will live fast and die young.
and watch the warlock’s performance to its comple-

MALFEAS tion (this Compulsion may be resisted like Respect
BEAUTY WITHOUT MALICE Commanding Attitude; see Exalted, p. 202).
Cost: — (5m); Mins: Essence 2;
BY HUNGER NOURISHED
Type: Permanent
Cost: 2m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Simple
Keywords: Compulsion, Emotion
Keywords: Touch
Duration: Permanent
Duration: One day
Prerequisite Charms: First Malfeas Excellency
Prerequisite Charms: By Pain Reforged
All of the Yozis are dancers without mortal
The Infernal stokes the furnace of his stomach,
peer, taught the art by their onetime King. Though
igniting a corrosive Essence flame within his guts.
it shames Ligier to see Malfeas cavort in his own
He may consume any matter he can fit in his mouth
streets, momentarily forgetful of his imprisonment
and it nourishes him as if it were the finest repast.
and the insult inflicted upon him, the Demon City
He can perfectly digest the most toxic or disease-
is still the greatest performer among the Yozis, and
riddled substances without any ill effects, though
there is power to be found in his dance.
indestructible objects like most artifacts simply
This Charm permanently enhances a warlock’s
pass through his digestion unharmed (and without
ability to evoke emotions with Performance-based
harming him). Use of this Charm tends to skew
socials attacks via dance. These hypnotic movements
the Infernal’s palate, giving him all manner of alien
become an unnatural mental influence costing +1
cravings. Matter consumed while using this Charm
Willpower to resist. Additionally, for a five-mote
is digested immediately and doesn’t become danger-
surcharge, a dance-based Performance action may be
ous again within the body. This Charm is equally
enchanted so witnesses influenced by it must linger
effective at addressing hunger and thirst.
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In lieu of enchanting themselves, Infernals removed (see Exalted, p. 152). The Infernal also ap-
may use By Hunger Nourished to enchant another plies a +3 relative Appearance bonus when making
being with a touch. If the target is not a native of social attacks against a character fully blinded by this
Malfeas, she does not automatically acclimate to the Charm from the afterimage of his anima, regardless
taste of anything normally inedible to her, requir- of actual Appearance ratings involved. Cleaning out
ing a Stamina + Resistance roll to avoid vomiting one’s eyes is delicate work; the action can’t be part of
immediately (difficulty 1-5 based on how vile the a non-magical flurry. Even after a character restores
substance is). It is possible to provide such acclima- her sight, she still suffers a -1 internal penalty to
tion as part of activating the Charm, however, in all vision-based Perception rolls for the rest of the
which case the substance becomes the best-tasting day. This penalty is not cumulative with successive
food the target can remember eating. The Infernal applications of Tarnish Flash Technique.
may alternately impose a more limited “gift” that WORLD-WEATHERING INCANDESCENCE
allows the target to eat one specific substance, but Cost: — (+1m); Mins: Essence 2; Type: Permanent
the target must roll to resist vomiting at difficulty Keywords: Obvious, Sorcerous
6 whenever she eats anything else for the duration Duration: Permanent
of the Charm. Prerequisite Charms: Green Sun Nimbus Flare
Repeated use of this Charm to make a victim Cities rise. Cities fall. Only Malfeas endures.
unable to eat anything at hand will eventually lead to Once an Infernal learns this Charm, she may pay an
fatal starvation. It is possible to select matter that is additional mote when activating Green Sun Nimbus
utterly inaccessible, like the tears of Saturn, though Flare to attack a non-magical inanimate object (Ex-
most Infernals stick with the old comic standby of alted, p. 213). If the target suffers any damage from
making prisoners eat their own excrement. Though the secondary burn, the wound continues to burn
they might wish otherwise, targets with modified from within, suffering one level of unsoakable lethal
diets intuitively understand what they need to eat damage each tick until destroyed. If the warlock has a
to survive. higher Essence rating than the Resources value of the
TARNISH FLASH TECHNIQUE object, it burns more quickly and is utterly destroyed
Cost: 3m; Mins: Essence 2; on the tick following the Infernal’s attack. During
Type: Simple (Speed 3) this period of disintegration, cracks spread throughout
Keywords: Combo-OK, Crippling, Obvious the object’s surface, from which glittering green rays
Duration: Instant and wisps of acrid smoke emerge. Final destruction
Prerequisite Charms: Insignificant Embers occurs violently as the object simultaneously burns
Intuition and shatters. Witnesses may even hear the childlike
The Infernal presents his palm or caste mark whimper of the object’s least god as its immortal
toward an opponent within five yards and emits existence loses all meaning.
a blinding discharge of Essence from that point. THE GREEN MILE
Make an opposed roll of the warlock’s (Dexterity + Cost: —; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Permanent
War) against the victim’s (Wits + Awareness). If Keywords: None
the Infernal wins, he chooses an opportune tactical Duration: Permanent
moment and successfully blinds his target, searing Prerequisite Charms: Sun-Salted Fields
the image of his iconic anima into her mind’s eye. This Charm upgrades its prerequisite. The war-
Otherwise, the target blinks or looks away just in lock gains the option to emit a burst over an expanded
time and is unaffected. radius of one mile that fades at the rate of 1 Virulence
Until the victim takes a diceless miscellaneous per week. This burst is weaker, so potential victims
action to rub her eyes and blink fresh tears over the only need to make an exposure check for every full
flashburn, she is as blind as if both her eyes had been day they spend in the area. Each dot of Essence the

warlock has over 5 slows the rate of normalization With Essence 4+ the Infernal can hurl bolts
as follows: per month (6), per season (7), per year with identical statistics from any part of his body,
(8), per decade (9) and per century (10). At Essence even without summoning the spear.
7+, the blight inflicts Final Viridescence instead of CARAPACE OVEN TRICK
Green Sun Wasting. Cost: 5m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 3;
STAR-PIERCING SPEAR OF GLORY Type: Simple (Speed 4)
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious, Shaping,
Keywords: None Sorcerous
Duration: Permanent Duration: Instant/Five minutes
Prerequisite Charms: Vitriolic Corona Prerequisite Charms: Rebuking Impudent Arms
Endowment (x2) The Infernal squeezes his fist in the direction of
This Charm upgrades the spear conjured by an armored adversary as wisps of Primordial sunfire
repurchasing Vitriolic Corona Endowment. The play about his fingers. This Charm is a ranged attack
summoned spear may fire blasts of cosmic energy with an attack pool of (Charisma + Resistance + Es-
as an alternative to close combat use. These blasts sence) against a target within 50 yards. The attack can
may be fired with a range increment of (Essence x be dodged normally. If a non-natural weapon parries
5) yards using Archery or Melee and require no am- this attack (using DV or otherwise), Carapace Oven
munition or additional cost. Ranged attacks with the Trick misses but the defending weapon is automati-
spear otherwise follow the same rules as attacking cally superheated as per Rebuking Impudent Arms.
in close combat. Since this heating does not accompany any active
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disarm attempt, the victim can accept the damage Sun-Salted Fields by shattering an Essence 6+ god,
or drop the weapon as desired without having to demon or Infernal on that location.
make a roll to hold on. This superheating does not If the above conditions are met, the horrid
occur if the attack is parried with the assistance of alchemy begins, shattering any hearthstones (if a
a Charm which can block unblockable attacks or manse) and changing the site’s aspect toward the
which possesses a Flaw of Invulnerability. Malfean element of Vitriol over a period of days
If the attack hits, the victim’s armor superheats equal to its rating (or one month, if creating a new
bright green, damaging its wearer on contact as demesne). During this period of transition, the
explained in Rebuking Impudent Arms. Non- change can be reversed with appropriate counter-
magical armor vaporizes, but the broader surface area magic and any attempt to draw Essence from the
means it still inflicts one level of lethal damage as site in any way yields no Essence. Instead, the high
it does so. Magical armor is considerably harder to saturation of spiritual poison inflicts dice of bashing
affect, requiring the warlock to have a permanent damage equal to the motes that would have been
Essence greater than the target’s artifact rating (or gained instead. All beings not native to Malfeas
the minimum Essence of the Charm that created feel ill whenever they approach within one mile of
the armor). If it can be affected, magical armor the changing site, suffering a -1 internal penalty to
remains superheated for five minutes, but offers all non-reflexive actions as a Sickness effect. Once
better insulation than weapons by inflicting bashing the transition completes, the process can’t be un-
damage instead of lethal. Unfortunately, armor can’t done with countermagic and the effects associated
simply be dropped the way a weapon can. Getting with the conversion abate. Manses grow a new
out before being cooked to death requires the usual hearthstone during the change, with powers that
actions to do so (see Exalted, p. 374). Appropriate the Storyteller should create or approve based on
countermagic can also cool the armor back to normal the stone’s rating and the nature of the spirit killed
temperature instantly. to start the change.
GEOMANTIC REDISTRICTING OBLATION Killing a city father this way in a manse located
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Permanent within that god’s home city is even more spectacular,
Keywords: Blasphemy, Shaping, Sorcerous as the radiated discomfort penalizes everyone within
Duration: Permanent the city for the next month (even if conversion
Prerequisite Charms: Sun-Salted Fields, Radiant finishes sooner). Appropriate countermagic only
Fury Dissolution stops the aura if applied during the period of change;
It is not sufficient to blight the land to subsume otherwise the grief must run its course. The death of
Creation into the Demon City. The very Essence of any Incarna within the Jade Pleasure dome would
the world must yield in submission to the glory of affect Yu-Shan similarly, but the penalty would be
Malfeas before he can feel free. Whenever an Infernal -5 and would last for one year, driving all but the
uses Radiant Fury Dissolution to shatter a demon, god hardiest gods to evacuate.
or an Infernal Exalt within the bounds of a demesne DEMON EMPEROR SHINTAI
or the central chamber of a Manse, Geomantic Cost: 15m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Simple
Redistricting Oblation alchemically transmutes the Keywords: Blasphemy, Emotion, Form-Type,
explosion of pain shards into something far worse. Obvious, Sickness
For this process to corrupt a demesne, the being must Duration: One scene
have an Essence rating higher than the site’s rating. Prerequisite Charms: Gifts of Invisible Flame,
Manses are more stable and thus harder to corrupt, Viridian Legend Exoskeleton (x2)
requiring a victim with a minimum Essence of (rat- As this Charm activates, the Infernal’s being
ing + 2). It is also possible to create a new level 1 evolves into pure Essence and expands at infinite
Vitriol-aspect demesne within an area blighted by speed to encompass the universe. For a moment,

his feet tread the shinma and the wholeness of fate • Those who dare to gaze directly upon the
tangles about his limbs like tattered cobwebs. Time Infernal’s awful radiance forfeit their lives. Looking
sits at his right hand and resurrection upon his left. upon the warlock’s face automatically inflicts Green
He has become the Infinite Radiant Is, the supernal Sun Wasting (targeting the Infernal while averting
transcendence of all divinity, the Holy Tyrant, the one’s eyes imposes a -2 internal penalty).
King of the Primordials. It cannot last. The infinite • Such is the mercy of Malfeas that the warlock
gravitation of humiliation crushes him, layer upon sometimes does not destroy his vassals. The Infernal
layer, until he finds himself imprisoned within a may shield up to a Magnitude of his Essence rating in
body of shining brass and volcanic stone. individuals chosen at the time of activation, whether
The Demon Emperor form is slightly larger than a single unit or a series of disparate individuals. The
the character’s natural body, and is visually recog- warlock may reflexively revoke this protection from
nizable as the warlock to those few who can gaze anyone at any time.
upon its awful radiance and survive. It surges and An Essence 6+ repurchase affects dematerial-
bucks from within, constantly fracturing to release ized beings, upgrades the anima banner’s size to
shafts of darting molten radiance, only to quickly (Essence x 100) yards, and increases its Damage to
re-seal itself. Entire sections sometimes burst, the (Essence)B.
momentary rupture exposing smoking brass bones
and a deadly emerald star where the Infernal’s heart CECELYNE
should be in the moments before the shell knits INEVITABILITY OF LAW
itself closed again. The character’s anima flares to Cost: —; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Permanent
its full iconic state, expanding beyond all reason to Keywords: None
encompass an area (Essence x 50) yards in radius. Duration: Permanent
To watchers from afar, it may appear that some vast Prerequisite Charms: Demonic Primacy of
phantasmal behemoth moves across the land. This Essence
form confers the following features: This Charm permanently upgrades its prereq-
• The warlock gains benefits identical to the uisite. The Infernal may ignore the MDV of any
second purchase of Viridian Legend Exoskeleton First Circle demon when using any form of mental
(this cancels and will not stack with already existing influence against it, forcing the spirit to accede to
activations of that Charm), as well as an additional the command or pay the necessary Willpower to
+10L/10B soak on top of that amount. resist. A second purchase requiring Essence 6+ en-
• The interior of the Infernal’s anima banner chants these commands so that First Circle demons
becomes toxic with the terrible might of his radiance, suffer one unsoakable level of aggravated damage
searing all within with terrible burns and deadly for every Willpower point they spend resisting any
bleeding sores. The afflicted drown in blood as their mental influence from the warlock. Bound demons
lungs disintegrate and flesh putrefies. This (Damage must resist commands that violate their orders. Even
[Essence / 2]B /action, Trauma 5) environmental so, Cecelyne grinds to dust those who display such
hazard only harms animate beings. Victims may impudence regardless of how much choice they
negate this damage with a Miscellaneous Speed 5, have in the matter. A third and fourth purchase
DV -2 action, prostrating themselves before the (requiring Essence 7+ and 9+ respectively) extend
Infernal and pressing their foreheads to the ground the same cascade of benefits against Second Circle
in utter supplication (rising from prone immediately demons, making the Infernal truly Unquestionable
voids the protection such groveling affords). Doing in the laws of hell.
so automatically bestows an Intimacy of terrified
awe upon the supplicant (irresistible due to her
INARGUABLE WORD
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 4; Type: Permanent
voluntary submission).
Keywords: None
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Duration: Permanent into his own body, filling its dark inner hollows
Prerequisite Charms: Unquestionable Yozi with fine-grained silver sand. This Charm acts as
Authority an additional 10 mote Peripheral Essence pool
This Charm permanently upgrades its prereq- refilled with Essence generated by prayer from the
uisite. In addition to stopping physical attacks, the character’s Cult.
Charm also prevents demons from making social
attacks specifically targeted at the Infernal unless
compelled by sorcerous binding. Attacks that affect
ESSENCE EXPANSION
Certain Yozi Charms, such as Sun-
all listeners (like most Performance attacks) may
Heart Furnace Soul and Transcendent
be used, as may targeted social attacks to convince
Desert Within, expand the size of the
the Infernal of something that is already in line
user’s Essence pool. Infernals may learn a
with her Motivation, Urge or Intimacies. If the
maximum of (Essence rating) such Charms.
MDV reduction for such traits applies, the attack
These extra pools can only be refilled in
is valid. Likewise, if the attack is a form of natural
the manner indicated.
influence and the demon uses a stunt to reference
how the attack is in line with the warlock’s prior
actions, it bypasses this Charm. If Unquestionable
Yozi Authority can affect gods, they are likewise WORLD-GRINDING SANDSTORM DEVASTATION
socially inhibited. Cost: 40m, 2wp; Mins: Cult 3, Essence 4;
Type: Simple (Speed 10, DV -5)
ABOVE ALL OTHERS Keywords: Blasphemy, Messianic, Obvious,
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 4; Type: Permanent Shaping, Sorcerous
Keywords: None Duration: Instant (or one hour)
Duration: Permanent Prerequisite Charms: Dune-Burst Onslaught
Prerequisite Charms: Penitents Like Scattered The Infernal reaches out with Primordial Essence
Grains and evokes mass destruction, choosing any epicenter
This Charm permanently upgrades its prerequi- she can perceive up to one mile away. The center
site. The warlock may overhear widely repeated or must be within a place of desolation and the effect
urgent prayers directed toward other beings instead spreads out to affect a maximum diameter of one
of their own worshipers, provided the supplicant mile. On a desert, the ripple of force that spreads
prays from a place of desolation. The warlock must from the epicenter leaves concentric rings across the
take a diceless miscellaneous action to change which dunes like a colossal meditation garden. Particulate
being’s prayers to listen to and can only focus on matter levitates and begins to blow in a breeze that
one being at a time. Prayers spoken by an entity’s nothing else feels, though not in sufficient volume
priests are personal enough that this Charm can’t to impair visibility. If the Infernal suffers any levels
overhear them. The entity receiving the prayers of damage in the ticks until his next action, the
does not know the Infernal is listening in, but the Charm’s energies recoil and express themselves
existence of prayer eavesdropping magic is well through him by relocating the epicenter to make
known to Celestial deities. him ground zero.
TRANSCENDENT DESERT WITHIN Wherever the epicenter ends up, it explodes
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent after 10 ticks and fills the affected area with a cloud
Keywords: Native of sand stretching a mile in height that impairs vis-
Duration: Permanent ibility like fog. The cloud takes a full hour to settle to
Prerequisite Charms: Holy Land Infliction the point where it no longer obscures vision, during
Meditating upon the nature of desolation, the which time the area is a place of physical desolation.
warlock solidifies the power of the Endless Desert More importantly, everything in the radius suffers

damage from a one-time environmental hazard with Essence 6+ Infernals may have one storm with
piercing Damage of (the Infernal’s Essence + Cult)L Indefinite duration, enduring until countered.
and Trauma equal to the Infernal’s Essence rating. This provides both superweapon and refuge (since
Damage from this charm can come from lacerating Transcendent Desert Creature grants immunity
sands, crushing sinkholes or any other Storyteller- to its effects), though it also ensures militant
approved manifestation of “desert power” that can heavenly reprisal.
inflict injury. Incorporeal beings in the radius suffer INNER VOICE BETRAYAL
just as much as materialized beings. Cost: —; Mins: Essence 4; Type: Permanent
Warlocks who know the Charm Scoured Perfec- Keywords: None
tion of Form may forgo inflicting damage when using Duration: Permanent
World-Grinding Sandstorm Devastation. Doing so Prerequisite Charms: Knowing the Desolate
allows them to saturate the area with mutagenic Heart
Essence that imposes one mutation on all valid re- This Charm permanently upgrades its prerequi-
cipients of that change caught in the blast who do not site. The warlock also deduces the target’s Motivation
pay two Willpower to maintain integrity. The muta- with a rolled success as part of understanding her
tion must be appropriate to the themes and imagery conception of ultimate failure. For each threshold
of Cecelyne. This is a Desecration effect, so unless success rolled, his player may also pose one question
the Infernal first uses the Charm to make everyone specifically related to the Motivation or experience
a creature of darkness, only those already labeled as of failure, which the target’s player must answer as
such will be altered by whatever else the warlock per the guidelines for disclosing the failure in the
has in mind. Once the effect detonates, its lasting first place unless the Storyteller vetoes the question
effects can’t be reversed with countermagic. as off-topic (wasting that success). The warlock
Because the effects of this Charm do not go off experiences the answers as bursts of supernatural
immediately, quick enemies may move themselves intuition bordering on telepathy.
out of the blast area in time. The 10-second delay
is inconsequential to the long ticks of mass combat, RAPACIOUS DELICACY SUMMONS
though small units should be afforded a chance to get Cost: —; Mins: Essence 4; Type: Permanent
away if fast enough. Complementary units of Mag- Keywords: None
nitude 3+ have no chance to mobilize that quickly, Duration: Permanent
at least not without powerful war magic. Prerequisite Charms: Locust Mana Plague
If an Infernal has Essence 5+, the entire area This Charm permanently upgrades its prereq-
continues to inflict its damage at recurring one- uisite so that locusts emerge from and devour any
minute intervals as the erupted sand whips around in foodstuffs within the radius of their appearance,
lacerating, unholy vortices. The Infernal may shape growing thinner and then ultimately dying as they
any or all of this effect into a likeness of her iconic gorge themselves. Foodstuffs include all standing
anima banner at will or leave it an inchoate force. drinkable liquids, dead animal matter and the
More importantly, she may also move the area of most edible parts of all plants. The locusts are not
effect across the land at four times her move speed, predators and do not harm living animals. Walking
telekinetically changing its speed and/or direction dead caught in the feasting suffer three levels of
with a diceless miscellaneous action or stopping it unsoakable aggravated damage from the gnawing;
reflexively. After an hour, the effect dissipates. If the the locusts do not care whether meat walks when
warlock creates a mutagenic sandstorm, she must they eat it. Units composed solely of walking dead
select the one mutation it imposes at activation; extras caught in the radius lose a dot of Magnitude.
spending Willpower to resist grants the resisting The Storyteller should also apply this damage to
character immunity to that particular storm. other characters that meet the locusts’ definition
of food, such as wood elementals. Abyssal Exalted,
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Ghost-Blooded and other technically living beings
attuned to death confuse some locusts into biting,
inflicting a one-time environmental hazard (Damage
3B, Trauma 5).
The Infernal may also double the Magnitude of
those they can feed with a single activation and triple
the radius in which the bugs appear, but doing so adds
the Blasphemy keyword.
FROM DESOLATION, LIFE
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: Spawning Pit Sanctification
This Charm upgrades its prerequisite with a new
optional effect powered by chaining a live First Circle
Demon at the center of its radius. The pit devours this
offering and thereafter spawns a new member of that
demon race that crawls out slime-caked and howling
with instinctual terror of Adorjan each midnight.
Creating a new species of demon costs 1xp in lieu
of a sacrifice, but any of the demons who rise from
that pit may serve as a “seed” for other spawning pits.
The warlock’s player designs any new race (subject to
Storyteller approval). Demons birthed by a pit come
into life fully mature as average members of their spe-
cies, unbound and materialized. They also begin life
devoid of motes and Willpower points and with no
special loyalty to their creator. It is wise to keep guards
on hand to capture these monsters and cage them in
their weakened state before they run rampant. This
Charm can only sustain a maximum of (Essence x 2)
demon-creating pits at one time. Creating a new one
past this limit terminates the rise of demons from a pit
of the warlock’s choice, though that site continues to
provide locusts.
With Essence 6+ demons emerge with up to 12
points of positive mutations upgrading them above
baseline as a Desecration effect; the exact mutation
package is set when the pit is created and can’t be
altered. From flying blood apes to gargantuan agata
troop transports, the possibilities provided by this
mutation are only as limited as the Infernal’s twisted
imagination. With Essence 7+, the pit can spawn a
demon every hour instead every night, but this option
turns the effect into a Blasphemy.

GIFTS OF GREATER GLORY Prerequisite Charms: First Cecelyne Excellency,
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 4; Type: Permanent Soul-Sand Devil Shintai, World-Grinding Sand-
Keywords: Obvious storm Devastation
Duration: Permanent When the Endless Desert makes war, she does
Prerequisite Charms: Scoured Perfection of Form so as primal goddess, cataclysmic geography and a
Gifts of strength or beauty or wealth may limitless horde of demons bound by her law. Even
entice mortals, but such enticements do little to Malfeas is lessser, for his greater might brings him
snare the Exalted. This Charm extends the scope no closer to touching eternity. This Charm reshapes
of Verdant Emptiness Endowment, allowing the the Infernal in the image of Cecelyne from within
warlock to bestow a Charm in lieu of increasing a place of physical desolation. As it activates, her
a mundane trait in exchange for a later favor. body implodes as a tear in space and time, through
The bestowed Charm need not be one that the which the sand of a desert bursts, transforming her
Infernal knows or is even capable of learning, but anima into a pervasive blight. The violence of the
it must be one that the target is naturally capable transformation radiates from the Infernal to ravage
of learning and already meets all required trait the area as per the instant duration damaging use of
minimums and prerequisites for. The gift must World-Grinding Sandstorm Devastation. Within
also fulfill an expressed desire as normal. There is the cloud of swirling sands, the warlock’s Essence
nothing remotely subtle about learning a Charm expands as an inchoate being of living power. This
this way. Old Realm characters conveying the confers the following:
bestowed Charm’s nature appear in glowing sand • Her body extends as a dematerialized pres-
and swirl around the beneficiary. If Exalted, her ence through an area a mile across. Her immense
anima flares iconic. size makes attacks by smaller beings undodgeable
There are limits to Gifts of Greater Glory. (without Charms). However, she can’t suffer
Charms permitting access to sorcery can only be more than one damage level per attack in step
bestowed on those whom the Storyteller determines 10, unless the attack encompasses at least a tenth
has completed the appropriate five trials, while of her size. Similarly gargantuan beings ignore
Charms allowing access to necromancy can’t be these modifiers.
given. Martial Arts Charms require the warlock • In mass combat, she always enjoys the full
to know them personally before giving them, an +3 Magnitude bonus regardless of the Magnitude of
inherent limitation of the Perfected Lotus. Because the army she faces; only similarly scaled adversaries
the gift bypasses training time, a gift of a known (again, such as Juggernaut) ignore this bonus.
Martial Arts Enlightenment Charm can instantly • Her senses simultaneously observe from all
open a Terrestrial’s potential to learn Celestial points within her body as though using All-En-
styles. If Gifts of Greater Glory targets oneself, the compassing Sorcerer’s Sight (see Exalted, p. 222),
Infernal owes himself nothing, but gains a number though she does not pay attention to all points
of points of Limit equal to the Charm’s minimum equally (making stealth possible).
Essence. Warlocks with Essence 5+ gain the power • She may communicate via Performance
to give a sorcery spell to a sorcerer initiated into out to (Essence) miles, speaking in a gravelly yet
that spell’s circle as per giving a Charm. silken voice.
• Characters may deploy social attacks against
GREATER SHINTAI OF THE ENDLESS DESERT her from anywhere within her. She may selectively
Cost: 40m, 3wp; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Simple
withdraw her attention from areas to perfectly ignore
Keywords: Blasphemy, Form-Type, Obvious,
opponents, but this prevents her from observing or
Shaping, Sorcerous
acting upon individuals within an ignored area.
Duration: Indefinite
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• She can take actions anywhere within her TIDINGS OF A BITTER SEASON
body with her normal traits, paying 3m per action to Cost: — (3m, 1wp); Mins: Essence 3;
physically interact with anything corporeal (social Type: Permanent
attacks cost nothing). Swirls of phantasmal sand form Keywords: Stackable
hazy limbs or weapons with which to manipulate the Duration: Permanent
environment. She doesn’t gain more actions, nor the Prerequisite Charms: Counterpoint Inquisition
capacity to do anything she couldn’t do normally. Defense
She just has more room to act. To comprehend the principle of hierarchy takes
• The warlock is immune to Poison, Crip- a greater understanding than is available to most.
pling, and non-magical Sickness. She can’t starve Those who taste the secret fruit may find it foul,
or suffocate. while those who fail to comprehend a sacred truth
• She may move at her normal movement rate may wind up broken. Whenever another character
(Dashing and Jumping are impossible), and is im- successfully reads the warlock’s motive or intent, or
mune to Blockade Movement actions. discerns her Motivation or any of her Intimacies,
• Her body transforms the land she moves upon they must make a reflexive (Intelligence + Occult)
into desert as a Shaping effect, returning it to normal roll at a difficulty of (Infernal’s Essence / 2) to com-
as she leaves unless she is Essence 6+. The effects prehend the Infernal’s desires and agenda. Success
of substituting desert terrain are those associated permits the Infernal to be safely understood, while
with Holy Land Infliction (see The Manual of failure renders the information incomprehensible,
Exalted Power—The Infernals, p. 125). She may alien and disturbing. Moreover, failure inflicts a
selectively vary the intensity of the perpetual hazard -1 internal penalty for the rest of the scene as the
within herself, applying any one of three settings to character’s mind is wounded by contemplation of
any area: blistering heat, sandstorm (see Exalted, p. the unnatural universe glimpsed in the Infernal’s
131), or a supernatural burning sandstorm (Damage psyche. A botch twists the information as with a
1L/action, Trauma 3). failure, and also inflicts (Infernal’s Essence) levels
• Submerging her fully in liquid or target- of unsoakable bashing damage as the character’s
ing the center of her being with appropriate mind is assaulted with impossible logic constructs
countermagic (or Adamant Circle Banishing) other minds were not designed to comprehend.
terminates the Charm. Though Sorcerous, it can This Charm has no effect when the Infernal offers
be voluntarily deactivated. information about herself freely, only when it is
gleaned against her will.
SHE WHO LIVES IN HER NAME Additionally, by paying three motes and one
FLAMES LIT WITHIN Willpower, the Infernal may occlude her motives,
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent Motivation and Intimacies for one action. Charac-
Keywords: Native ters who attempt to discern information about the
Duration: Permanent warlock see nothing where these essential traits and
Prerequisite Charms: Analytical Modeling characteristics should be. This does not cause their
Intuition attempts at discernment to fail precisely, but rather
She Who Lives in Her Name is as she does. In gives back a sense that the Infernal does not exist
each moment she defines her might, embodying or is not human, and that she possesses no Motiva-
hierarchy through obedience to her mutilated king. tions or Intimacies whatsoever. Otherwise, this use
In this, she is mighty. The Infernal gains a 10-mote of Tidings of a Bitter Season inflicts no harm.
Peripheral Essence pool, to which she adds one mote HOLLOW MIND POSSESSION
of Essence at the end of every hour she spends actively Cost: 5m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 4; Type: Simple
obeying the imperative of her Urge. Keywords: Combo-OK, Native, Touch

Duration: Indefinite When the character controls a being via this
Prerequisite Charms: Analytical Modeling Charm, she gains access to its full faculties and pow-
Intuition ers and may mentally order it to do as she wishes.
The Whispering Flame finds it bitterly amus- She may only control one such being at a time.
ing that her peers saw fit to instate free will upon While doing so she suffers a -3 internal penalty to
existence, while their jailers have done much work all physical actions taken by her own body.
to reverse this decision. Upon touching a manse Repurchasing this Charm at Essence 4+ allows
containing a material intelligence (MI) and activat- the Infernal to possess a valid target she can perceive
ing this Charm, the warlock’s mind races through by standing on the same paved road as that target,
the Essence lines of the construct to penetrate the or by touching a man-made wall that the target is
MI’s Integrity and overcome it with the force of also touching. In this case, her psychic filter catches
her will. Roll the character’s (Wits + Presence + the current of the dragon lines moving through the
Essence) against a difficulty of (Manse rating); add construction and uses it as a vector to infect her
+2 to the difficulty if the manse was constructed by target. A third purchase of this Charm at Essence
a being of Essence 6+, and another +2 if the manse 5+ allows a warlock standing in a demesne or manse
was built by a Lawgiver. As the Solars were well to use this Charm on any manse within (Essence x
aware of the powers of She Who Lives in Her Name, 20) miles of her.
this Charm is unable to overcome the defenses of After relinquishing possession, this Charm
manses rated N/A. automatically leaves a backdoor which allows the
If successful, the warlock gains possession of warlock to possess her target remotely with no roll.
the material intelligence and may glean all the This backdoor is Sorcerous and can be removed ac-
information it has memorized or which its owner cordingly, but will not exorcise the Infernal if she is
has otherwise stored in it. The Infernal also gains sitting in possession at the time.
access to all the manse’s controls, including its Finally, targets possessed with this Charm are
security systems, monitoring abilities, and inte- always improved by the experience. The dream-
grated weaponry, and may use these advantages as eaten begin to heal, developing Motivations, and
she wishes. However, so long as the Infernal is in Intimacies and personalities matching the possess-
possession of the MI, she is obligated to obey any ing character, while material intelligences may
commands its controller gives to it, so long as they become self-aware as a result of being inhabited
are within its scope. Orders given directly to the by the warlock’s illimitable mind. Occasionally
warlock may be ignored. She Who Lives in Her Name is able to see out
The Infernal may also possess automatons, through holes in her prison. Once or twice she has
warstriders with animating intelligences, hellstriders sent her will up the dragon lines into the material
and other hellforged wonders, and the flickering, intelligences of Creation. Though she was never
half-dead embers of existence which gutter in the able to penetrate I AM’s defenses, she was given
husks of victims hollowed out by the Fair Folk, as to converse with that being on frequent occasions
these are also a sort of hollow mind. In the case of by use of a backdoor. More recently she came into
all but the last, use the rules for invading a manse’s possession of a material intelligence which plays a
MI, but replace Manse with Artifact to determine tremendous game of Gateway.
difficulty. The Infernal automatically succeeds in NOUMENA-SEIZING ASSIMILATION
possessing the dream-eaten. Hollow Mind Posses- Cost: 10m, 1wp, 1ahl; Mins: Essence 5;
sion may never be used to control the animated Type: Simple
dead, for the Whispering Flame makes no place for Keywords: Blasphemy, Combo-OK
the aberrations of the Underworld in the perfect Duration: Instant
hierarchy Prerequisite Charms: Hollow Mind Possession (x3)
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INFERNAL INVASION
Material intelligences were ubiquitous in the First Age, when wonders of Solar artifice could
be found in even the poorest rural village. It is strangely fortunate for Creation that they are less
common in the fallen Second Age, as these mental constructs are particularly vulnerable to the
powers of She Who Lives In Her Name.
Material intelligences are found in manses, automatons, hellforged wonders, and various ar-
tifacts and vehicles. They are also found in less complex structures, such as the warstrider repair
bays and armories of Lookshy, and in non-manse structures which are incredibly complex, such as
those found in Autochthonia. Excluding the latter example, MIs all have one thing in common:
they are found most commonly in structures built along the dragon lines.
Dragon lines are mighty confluences of elemental Essence bound by Creation’s geography,
weather, and fate into torrents which intersect to form demesnes. It is this network of power that
the Whispering Flame hopes to exploit in order to poison Creation with her mimetic virus and
destroy free will. Many of the structures bearing MIs are built directly into the dragon lines, while
other independent MI-bearing constructs (such as warstriders and vehicles) are often plugged into
the dragon lines when they are placed in repair bays. When automatons return to their cells to
recharge, they are also networking into the dragon lines. Any such MI is in jeopardy when it is
so connected. In Autochthonia, the Great Maker’s conduits and starmetal nerves take the place
of dragon lines.
Manse MIs are less common now than in the First Age, but can still be found in rudimentary
form in most manses rated 3 or above, controlling environmental systems, coordinating defenses,
or performing simple Essence-routing procedures. Fully sentient MIs are rarely encountered in
manses rated below 5.
During the First Age, the Lawgivers stacked their While Noumena-Seizing Assimilation is not
towers high along the dragon lines. The Whispering able to independently infect automatons, warstrid-
Flame regrets that she may never have the chance ers, and other material intelligences not grounded
to show them how easily their petty infrastructure directly into the dragon lines, if any such constructs
might be toppled. A character using Hollow Mind happen to be plugged into manses, hard-docked or
Possession to control the material intelligence of otherwise directly connected to a manse when it is
a manse he stands within may activate Noumena- attacked, or otherwise junctioned directly into the
Seizing Assimilation in order to emit a mimetic dragon lines, they also suffer this attack and may
virus of will, which races through the dragon lines have a backdoor Sorcerously appended by which
in every direction, striking every manse-based mate- the Infernal may arrest control of them.
rial intelligence within (Essence x 30) miles with This Charm may never be used across realms
a psychic attack. of existence.
This attack is slightly weaker than the prerequi- MIND SPIDER CURSE
site, omitting the warlock’s Essence from its attack Cost: 7m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 4; Type: Reflexive
roll, but otherwise functions as Hollow Mind Posses- Keywords: Combo-OK, Servitude, Sorcerous
sion. This does not allow the warlock to possess all Duration: Instant
targets at once; if successful, it establishes Sorcerous Prerequisite Charms: Hollow Mind Possession
backdoors which the Infernal may then possess using Free will is a work of the imagination, no more
this Charm’s prerequisite. valuable to the Whispering Flame than the princes

of make-believe who dance in gossamer halls, and in Her Name is aware of this fact, and is certain the
equally worthy of eradication. A warlock must be intransigent Chosen will sue for peace if she takes
inside a manse and in possession of its material intel- their children away.
ligence to use this Charm. The Infernal transmits a Those who resist Mind Spider Curse experience
psychic pulse for (Essence x 100) yards around the a moment of agony in which they feel insectile fin-
manse. Roll the character’s Willpower + Essence gers rooting through their psyche. This soon passes,
and compare it to the Dodge MDV of all mortals and may be followed by watery eyes or a nosebleed,
within the area of the pulse. but no penalties are incurred. Should they resist,
Those affected by Mind Spider Curse have targets intuitively know the direction from which
their free will stripped immediately and painlessly. the psychic attack originated and will associate it
They stand frozen, staring vacantly out at a world with the manse used to amplify the Charm.
they no longer recognize, their minds blanked and Mind Spider Curse has no effect on Exalts, raksha
waiting for the Infernal’s commands. Victims will or spirits; rather, it specifically targets the ants from
not respond to anyone or anything if the Infernal which the Exalted emerge. The Whispering Flame
does not permit it. Not even a lover’s heartbroken knows that by cauterizing those traits which make
pleas will reach the ears of one who has been broken humans special, she will prevent the emergence of
by Mind Spider Curse. The effects of Mind Spider future Chosen.
Curse may be resisted for one month by paying five DISEMBODIED VOICE TINTINNABULA
Willpower. This price may not be paid after the Cost: 1m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Reflexive
victim has succumbed to the curse. Keywords: Combo-OK
Targets aged 12 or younger are particularly Duration: One scene
susceptible to Mind Spider Curse, as their minds Prerequisite Charms: Unshattered Tongue
have not yet fully formed. Such targets are at -2 Perfection
Dodge MDV to resist this Charm. She Who Lives
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She Who Lives in Her Name need not manifest VOICE LIKE CRYSTAL FACETS
in order to make her will known. A character who Cost: — (1wp per target); Mins: Essence 4;
invokes this Charm is able to communicate over long Type: Permanent
distances with all characters to whom she is superior Keywords: Native, Social
within a hierarchical organization. Victims broken Duration: Permanent
by Will-Crushing Force, infected by Mind Spider Prerequisite Charms: Interlocution Metamorphosis
Curse or affected by Unshattered Tongue Perfection Prophecy
are always considered valid targets for this Charm, The sound of the Whispering Flame’s voice is
regardless of the warlock’s hierarchical position. as beautiful as it is alien. A character who learns
Characters subject to this communication hear this Charm permanently splits her voice into many
a voice like dozens of crystal chimes which conveys elegant fragments. Whenever she speaks, she is heard
the wishes of a supreme and alien intellect. The not as one voice but as several cool, modular voices
Infernal may selectively address as many or as few tinged by the sound of a thousand tiny crystals pour-
valid targets as she wishes. Only valid targets of ing through a sieve.
Disembodied Voice Tintinnabula actually hear A character with this Charm may spend one
the warlock’s words. If the character attempts to Willpower to split her dialogue between two char-
address a target in another realm of existence, acters for one scene. She does not seem to speak
this Charm gains the Blasphemy keyword. This in two voices at once; rather each target hears a
Blasphemy is centered on the Infernal if she is in customized dialogue, allowing the warlock to deny
Creation. Otherwise it is centered on everyone to certain members of an audience the chance to hear
whom she is speaking. her arguments. Characters who are not specifically
Targets treat social attacks made by the voice as targeted by the Infernal hear a pleasant humming of
unnatural mental influence costing two Willpower diamond sighs and glass whispers rather than what
to resist. They do not instinctively know the source she is actually saying. Furthermore, the Infernal
of this speech, or to whom the voice belongs. Those may pay up to (Essence) Willpower to split her
familiar with the Infernal must make a (Wits + So- arguments amongst (Essence) targets, making cus-
cialize) roll at a difficulty of the warlock’s Essence in tomized social attacks against multiple individuals,
order to recognize her behind the tinkling, chiming further reducing their power to aid one another in
voice they are hearing. contradicting her.
INTERLOCUTION METAMORPHOSIS PROPHECY In essence, the Infernal may roll Performance-
Cost: 5m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Reflexive based social attacks and ascribe different meaning to
Keywords: Combo-OK these attacks for different listening characters, while
Duration: One scene filtering other listeners out entirely. Listeners may
Prerequisite Charms: Disembodied Voice spend one Willpower to take a miscellaneous action
Tintinnabula to try to unthread the Exalt’s words, enabling them
In the perfect hierarchy, the definition of con- to hear all she says, by rolling Perception + Socialize
versation varies from that of Creation. In short, when against a difficulty of the warlock’s Essence, with an
a superior speaks, an inferior has only to listen. A external penalty equal to the number of Willpower
character invoking this Charm may target a single she has paid into this Charm for the scene. Failure
language which she does not speak, allowing her to subjects listeners to an incomprehensible jumble of
communicate with all who understand the tongue in all the Infernal’s words at once.
question. This Charm does not confer the ability to This Charm allows the warlock to choose
speak a language she does not know, but allows her (Essence) target languages when activating Inter-
to be understood by those who know the language locution Metamorphosis Prophecy at no extra cost.
she has subsumed. A repurchase of this Charm at Essence 5+ allows

her to subsume up to (Essence x 2) languages when the use of a manse, using her Shintai as the vector
activating this Charm’s prerequisite. A final repur- to unleash the mimetic virus of will. Both of the
chase at Essence 7+ allows her to be understood in aforementioned Charms as well as Space Monster
any language, but increases the activation cost of Scream and World-Whale Keening have their ranges
Interlocution Metamorphosis Prophecy to 10 motes, increased to (Essence x 300) yards while under the
one Willpower. effects of Heuristic Logos Shintai.
BROADCAST ANNOUNCEMENT PRANA SPACE MONSTER SCREAM
Cost: 10m; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Simple Cost: 10m, 1wp, 1ahl; Mins: Essence 5;
Keywords: Combo-OK Type: Simple
Duration: One scene Keywords: Combo-OK, Native, Obvious
Prerequisite Charms: Noumena-Seizing Duration: Instant
Assimilation, Voice Like Crystal Facets Prerequisite Charms: Voice Like Crystal Facets
She Who Lives in Her Name may simulcast Once, the Whispering Flame placed her ear
her will to the broken-tongued traitors who stole against the conceptual Without of Oramus and heard
Creation. A character may activate this Charm a terrifying scream. In her secret heart it excited her,
while in possession of the material intelligence of and she remembered every detail: tone, pitch, and
a manse, though she need not be inside the manse. length. Through practice she tuned her perfectly frag-
The warlock opens an Essence channel in all mented voice to produce this one sound: a Primordial
constructs bearing a backdoor created by Hollow scream which may rend the traitor gods asunder.
Mind Possession or Noumena-Seizing Assimilation, An Infernal who unleashes this Charm pierces
through which she may broadcast her voice clearly the conceptual fabric of existence to visit the land-
enough to be heard for (Essence x 100) yards. The scape with the very essence of horror made sound,
character may choose to broadcast from as many or shredding through spirits, torturing Fair Folk and
as few valid targets as she wishes, and may broadcast shattering mortal souls. As the warlock searches for
or omit dialogue as she chooses while this Charm is the perfect tone to create this monstrosity, she makes
active. Furthermore, the Infernal has the option of an undodgeable attack which cannot be blocked
disguising her voice with the same chiming, tinkling without the aid of magic, rolling (Intelligence +
suspire of crystals created by Disembodied Voice Performance) and adding (Essence) automatic
Tintinnabula at no extra cost. successes. Space Monster Scream targets all beings
A warlock need not broadcast her voice to make within (Essence x 100) yards of the Infernal, but may
her presence known. While the channel is open, be heard up to (Essence) miles with no consequence.
the Infernal may choose to activate Mind Spider Its base damage is (Intelligence + Occult + Essence)
Curse for 10 motes, one Willpower, unleashing it L. This damage is aggravated against gods, raksha,
from all manses she is currently broadcasting from and the sheridans of Adorjan. Targets incapacitated
simultaneously. Even though the Charm is Essence by Space Monster Scream without a Shaping defense
5, this use of Mind Spider Curse is an Essence 7 active immediately lose their dying health levels
Blasphemy effect which immediately reveals the and are shaped into solid crystal statues frozen in
location of all manses from which the attack was the agony of their final death throes.
unleashed. Broadcast Announcement Prana may Repurchasing this Charm at Essence 6+ allows
not be used from other realms of existence. an Infernal using Broadcast Announcement Prana
When using Heuristic Logos Shintai, the Infer- to unleash Space Monster Scream from all manses
nal may activate Broadcast Announcement Prana she is broadcasting from for an activation cost of 20
for zero motes, allowing her to broadcast her voice motes, two willpower, and one aggravated health
through her transformed self. She may also personally level. She may not do so again until her DV has
inflict Mind Spider Curse on her victims without refreshed 10 times.
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WORLD-WHALE KEENING without means of parrying, physically manipulating
Cost: 5m; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Reflexive her environment, or physically attacking by most
Keywords: Combo-OK, Native, Obvious means. She can dodge normally. Her natural soak
Duration: Instant and hardness increases to 10L/B (if lower) and she
Prerequisite Charms: Space Monster Scream can’t suffer more than minimum damage from each
Caught in the wake of the Primordial scream, attack or other injurious event (this cap is applied
the Whispering Flame heard its refrain: an echo of to levels suffered in step 10).
misery from a wound deep within the world. She • Her constellations levitate and fly as though
trapped this harmony in her crystalline spheres. Now using Ascendant Objectivity Stance.
it echoes in her mind, waiting for release. Invoking • She can use Principle-Invoking Onslaught as
this Charm unleashes a mournful, sonic lowing which an innate power rather than a Charm activation, pay-
detonates the crystallized victims of Space Monster ing nothing to do so. She has no limit on the number
Scream, showering the area with deadly shrapnel. of independent clinches she can maintain.
World-Whale Keening has a range of (Essence x • Her effective Strength with Mind-Hand
100 yards) from the warlock, or from any place from Manipulation triples, the range of her telekinesis
which her voice is being broadcast using Broadcast increases to (Essence x 300) yards and the rate
Announcement Prana. This keening lamentation of telekinetic striking attacks rises to 10. She can
rips through the battlefield, setting off explosions choose for telekinetic attacks to encompass an entire
twenty yards in diameter, doing one-time environ- complementary unit in mass combat, systematically
mental damage (Damage 6L, Trauma 3) to all targets sweeping through the ranks with cold efficiency. This
riddled by the fragments of shattered crystal. doubles the raw damage of the attack and ensures
that all casualties lost to it can be killed, permitted
HEURISTIC LOGOS SHINTAI to desert or maimed as the Infernal dictates.
Cost: 15m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Simple
• She isn’t required to inflict damage to substi-
Keywords: Blasphemy, Form-Type, Obvious,
tute Willpower drain for damage via Will-Crushing
Shaping
Force. Instead, she can make this swap any time she
Duration: Indefinite
hits. Further, she can attack complementary units
Prerequisite Charms: Counter-Conceptual In-
this way, in which case Willpower drain applies sepa-
terposition, Wholeness Rightly Assumed (x5),
rately to all members and is simultaneously tracked
Principle-Invoking Onslaught, Ascendant Objec-
as an aggregate total against the unit. Once the total
tivity Stance, Will-Crushing Force
reaches the highest Willpower rating for all mortal
Each syllable of the name in which the Principle
members, these characters dissolve in white flame and
of Hierarchy dwells encodes the birth or unraveling
are replaced with soulless copies. If the majority of
of the universe, a weapon of sublime perfection. By
the unit is converted, it ejects unconverted members
superimposing a syllable of that word over the pattern
and must reorganize its ranks accordingly.
of her body, an Infernal with this Charm unravels
herself into perfect crystal geometries of force and
motion resembling the Pyrian Source in miniature.
ADORJAN
She may embrace this form or choose another, FIREFLY ARROWHEAD GRIP
rebuilding her component constellations into any Cost: — (5m); Mins: Essence 3;
imagined shape that fits within a (Essence x 100) Type: Permanent
yard radius—most commonly herself surrounded Keywords: Obvious
by a storm of spheres. Ultimately, all permutations Duration: Permanent
provide the following: Prerequisite Charms: Kalmanka’s Grace
• Myriad crystal orbs and semi-tangible light When one is fast enough to sidestep arrows, catch-
constructs comprise her reimagined body, leaving her ing them is as easy as plucking insects from the air.

Whenever an Infernal with this Charm uses Who than simply lessening them and may ignore all Rate
Strikes The Wind? to defend against a ranged attack, limitations. If he activates this power, the flurry
she may either dodge it as normal or apply a perfect can’t contain more actions than the lower of his
parry by swatting the projectile aside with her hand (Dexterity or Athletics), unmodified by Charms. A
or a close combat weapon. If the character uses an second purchase at Essence 4+ adds two additional
empty hand to block a solid projectile, she catches actions to this maximum.
it and arms herself with it to the best degree pos- SPLINTERED GALE SHINTAI
sible. This Charm is not compatible with effects that Cost: 10m, 1wp, 1lhl; Mins: Essence 3;
extend the effectiveness of Who Strikes The Wind? Type: Simple (Speed 7)
past one instant, such as Laughing Gust Denial. The Keywords: Obvious, Sorcerous, Stackable
Imperfection of the Silent Wind applies only to the Duration: Indefinite
Infernal’s movement, not that of any beneficiaries Prerequisite Charms: Self As Cyclone Stance
she might protect with a Defend Other action (see To call Adorjan insane minimizes how alien
Glories of the Most High—Luna, p. 22). and frightening she really is. However, the fissures
At Essence 4+, parried projectiles may be caught and partitions of her souls offer many opportunities
and “carried” in eddies of wind spinning around to those who emulate her power. The Exalt’s body
the Exalt. Such items may be knocked from their shimmers and flickers like a mirage and she opens
irregular orbit with a successful disarm attack and her mouth in a soundless scream of agony. Bloody
may be grabbed and wielded by the warlock as if they vapors pour from her mouth in ragged gasps, con-
were stored on her person. More importantly, the gealing to form a duplicate of the Infernal’s body
warlock can reflexively hurl all captured projectiles that comes into existence naked or wearing simple
into an enemy to enhance a close combat attack, clothes (worth Resources 2 or less). This duplicate
with each item adding one die to the attack roll (up is a heroic mortal, but has the same non-magical
to the normal limits for Charm bonuses) and two traits as its creator, including Intimacies, Motiva-
to the attack’s raw damage. Projectiles exceeding tion and memories. It has no destiny to divine and
this limit still fly at the target, but to no additional is a creature of darkness, but is too insignificant to
effect. Hurled missiles then drop to the ground, no be outside fate. Human trait limits apply, capping
longer held by Firefly Arrowhead Grip. Attributes and Abilities at 5 dots. The construct
BEAUTEOUS CARNAGE INCENTIVE begins life with full health, Willpower points equal
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent to (lesser of the Infernal’s Willpower or Essence
Keywords: Native rating) and all Virtue channels.
Duration: Permanent The duplicate knows it is a construct and that it
Prerequisite Charms: Murder is Meat has no more existence beyond its bestowed life. Not
With experience of the world, Adorjan’s appetite only is the created life naturally inclined to be loyal
to share enlightenment only grows. This Charm acts to its maker on account of their shared personality,
as an additional 10 mote Peripheral Essence pool but it also must obey her like a demon bound to her
which is refilled by Murder is Meat. service (but without any Limit issues). It is considered
CRIMSON WIND RIBBONS part of her body as an arcane link.
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent The Storyteller controls the character like any
Keywords: None other follower. Unlike most Sorcerous Charms, this
Duration: Permanent one requires committed Essence and automatically
Prerequisite Charms: Self as Cyclone Stance terminates if that commitment ends. Withdrawing
This Charm adds a second optional power to its the Essence committed to this Charm or targeting
prerequisite. The warlock may ignore all multiple the duplicate with appropriate countermagic causes
action penalties for each action in the flurry rather it to scream and suffer a minute of unimaginable
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agony, which is usually spent vainly begging for help
or life. When the creature’s last minute passes or the
construct dies by other means, its body dissolves to
nothingness as though shredded by Adorjan’s touch.
Non-magical attire and carried possessions likewise
disintegrate, though magical items endure. Alternately,
the Infernal may end this Charm and absorb any du-
plicates within (Essence x 10) yards, causing them to
unravel into crimson winds that flow into her, granting
her their memories. She may later recreate absorbed
duplicates if she desires. An Infernal may create and
maintain as many separate duplicates as she is willing
to sustain with committed Essence.
Should any of these duplicates somehow earn a
Celestial Exaltation, their facsimile-souls become the
genuine article; they no longer depend on their cre-
ator to maintain their existence. As an alternate use,
warlocks with female reproductive organs who aren’t
already pregnant may activate the Charm to induce
parthenogenic but otherwise normal pregnancies in
themselves. The resultant offspring is an Infernal Half-
Caste and looks the same as its sole parent, calculating
Inheritance as if she were mother and father both
(which she is). The child otherwise is its own being
and develops as such.
A second purchase at Essence 4+ reduces the cost
to one mote, one Willpower. The Exalt can also initi-
ate real-time telepathic contact with any duplicate
in the same realm of existence as a diceless miscel-
laneous action. Wards that block scrying block this
power. Contact lasts for the rest of the scene or until
reflexively dismissed. While the link remains open,
either party can speak to the other, but neither can
probe for anything except communicated thoughts.
Only one link may be open at a time; opening another
terminates the existing connection.
A third purchase at Essence 5+ allows the warlock
to spend 30m as a diceless miscellaneous action to dis-
solve her current body like the death of a duplicate.
She may then transfer her Exaltation and souls into a
duplicate, traveling as an invisible and infinitely fast
wind. This fails if the site of either body is warded against
teleportation. The duplicate becomes the warlock as a
Shaping effect. The Infernal finds herself in her new
body without any of its memories. All attunements
to artifacts break, leaving no arcane link to help her

find and retrieve magical possessions abandoned (Athletics + Essence), regardless of how far she runs
with her old body. A fourth purchase at Essence 6+ in advance of her leap. Finally, the Exalt suffers no
causes the Infernal to instantly learn all memories falling damage from landing at the end of the jump,
of any duplicate she replaces. Furthermore, she can even if leaping from a very high perch where most of
initiate the transfer as a reflexive action subject to the descent is actual falling rather than controlled
the Imperfection of the Silent Wind, using it as a jumping.
defense by accelerating into dissolution. FOND REMEMBRANCE OF ADRIÁN
When Adorjan deigns to wield this Charm, she Cost: 6m; Mins: Essence 2;
sends frail human parodies of her skills wrapped Type: Reflexive (Step 9)
around the delicacy of a specific psychosis, choos- Keywords: Combo-OK, Counterattack, Obvious,
ing any of her infinite Urges and faces to define Stackable
the creature’s Motivation and appearance. The Duration: Indefinite
soulless creatures can’t leave Malfeas on their Prerequisite Charms: Sacred Kamilla’s Inhalation
own, but may be summoned (though not bound) When she encircled Creation as the River of
as if they were First Circle demons. They have Torments, Adrián formed a moat of fire, ice and
maximum human ratings in all traits, plus whatever razors to fence out the Unshaped nuisances that
combination of maximum specialties per Ability pestered the Primordials. Raksha who dared test
the Silent Wind chooses. her borders found her not so much impregnable as
SKY-VAULTING SURGE annihilating, shredding the works of their Shaping
Cost: 2m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Reflexive like cobwebs before ravaging them with her elements.
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious, Velocity Adrián is long dead, but Adorjan still remembers
Duration: Until next jump how to punish those who would make her other
Prerequisite Charms: Unimpeded Perfection than herself. This Charm may be activated as a
of Exertion defense against any Shaping effect that targets the
In her madness, the Silent Wind sometimes Infernal or any owned objects within (Compassion
forgets the idea of down. This Charm may only be x 5) yards. Not only does Fond Remembrance of
activated while moving at full dashing speed and Adrián negate that effect in a violent spray of jag-
deactivates if the warlock slows below this limit. ged Essence, but the being who used that Shaping
For every action tick that passes for the Infernal effect suffers an automatically successful attack that
while Sky-Vaulting Surge remains active, her player inflicts (Conviction)L dice of damage from simul-
cumulatively records a +1 jump multiplier. So, if taneous laceration, incineration and deep freezing.
the character takes four Speed 3 dash actions in a The damage becomes aggravated once the Infernal
row while using this Charm, her players records this attains Essence 6+. When no clear perpetrator can
as a +4 jump multiplier. If the Charm deactivates be identified for punishment, Adorjan’s torments
itself, the multiplier count resets back to zero and draw silent screams from the shinma instead.
can only be reestablished with a sufficient running The protection afforded by this Charm lasts as
start. As soon as the Infernal next takes a standard long as the Infernal commits Essence to it. One-time
jump action, Sky-Vaulting Surge deactivates and Shaping effects shatter against the Charm’s power,
enhances that jump in the following ways: First, while mutagenic environments like the Wyld require
the jump does not penalize the warlock’s DV and is continuous protection. The retaliatory damage pulse
not shortened by wound penalties or armor mobility only occurs when Fond Remembrance of Adrián
penalties. Second, the distance the character can first activates, however, providing an incentive
leap is ([Strength + Athletics] x Jump Multiplier) to reactivate this Charm if opponents press the
yards vertically or twice that distance horizontally. point. Each active instance of this Charm defends
The jump multiplier can’t exceed the warlock’s against all Shaping effects from a single source. A
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valid source need not be present, but must exist (so restores altered memories to normal. Unfortunately
resistance to the warping power of the Wyld lasts for for victims of the Charm, the Illusion also forces them
the duration of commitment, even if the character to resist such suggestions with the best social defenses
leaves the Wyld). available to them, though they are not compelled to
THEFT AS RELEASE physically attack anyone in defense of their ideas.
Cost: 3m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 2; Victims of this Charm can’t spend Willpower to
Type: Supplemental break the Illusion once it takes hold.
Keywords: Combo-OK, Illusion If an Infernal has Essence 3+, this Charm may
Duration: Instant also take living beings with the same effects as tak-
Prerequisite Charms: Wind-Born Stride, Freedom ing inanimate items, though the former possession
Lets Go must also pay Willpower or succumb to an Illusion
Adorjan is no more a thief than she is a mur- that makes him believe he does not belong to his
derer. She does not take from others to enrich former master (and possibly that he never did). This
herself, but only to free others from the weight of Illusion ends any Intimacy he has toward his former
cherished possessions. This Charm may enhance owner. In general, “owned beings” includes pets, un-
any action to make a target character lose an object derage progeny, slaves, retainers, cultists and so on.
or structure he owns. Examples include Larceny The Storyteller should carefully consider the power
actions to pickpocket an item, a disarming attack dynamics of other relationships when assigning this
to remove a weapon, social attacks to convince the title. A matriarch of a Great House can certainly be
target to sell or surrender the property or attacks said to own junior members of her family, while a
against the item in an effort to take it away from domineering spouse may “own” her mate. Attach-
everyone. Any action opposing the enhanced ac- ments to living beings are not so easily subverted;
tion suffers an external penalty of the warlock’s the Illusion costs only two Willpower to resist.
Compassion rating, including DV-based defenses. With Essence 4+, taking the owned item or being
If the enhanced action succeeds in making the item away also has the effect of concealing the loss from
unavailable to its owner, he also loses metaphysical others besides the former owner. Other characters do
ownership of the item. not notice or ignore the fact that the item is gone for
As a secondary effect, whenever this Charm the rest of the scene, but may spend one Willpower
causes its target to lose ownership of an object, the at any time to throw off this unnatural Illusion and
now-former owner experiences an Illusion effect come to their senses. If the owner resists the primary
convincing him that the item does not belong to Illusion, this secondary Illusion also applies to him.
him. Resisting the Illusion costs four Willpower (or With Essence 5+, the secondary Illusion lasts one
one Willpower if the item is urgently important to its day instead of one scene.
former owner, like a weapon disarmed in the middle BROKEN SOUL WISDOM
of combat). If the Illusion takes hold, any attune- Cost: 10m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Simple
ment by the former owner to the object abruptly Keywords: Combo-OK, Desecration, Shaping,
ends. Depending on the warlock’s intent, the spe- Touch
cific Illusion may alter memories so that the target Duration: Instant
believes he never owned the item or a subtler shift Prerequisite Charms: Tragic Love Amusement
in perspective may cause him to reject the value of Tragedy inspires the best in people. The weak
the lost item with a “sour grapes” attitude. A target graciously perish to make way for the strong, who
under the effect of this unnatural Illusion can’t take rise above opposition and adversity to achieve great-
actions to reclaim the item until and unless he can ness and ultimately perpetuate that hardship upon
be externally convinced of its value enough to build their enemies. Only Adorjan fully understands the
an Intimacy toward it. This dispels the Illusion and importance of inauspicious events to the workings of

fate, save perhaps for Jupiter whose nature prevents Tragic Love Amusement unless that target spends two
her from explaining her insights to the other Maid- Willpower. The type of love the target feels depends on
ens. This Charm expresses the Adorjani hope that the type of relationship the Infernal wants from him.
all of Creation will one day understand the elegant Those whom she would bed find her overwhelmingly
necessity of suffering as perfectly as she does. attractive, while those whom she would befriend find
Infernals may target themselves or anyone they her immediately trustworthy and fascinating. Once a
love with this Charm, though targets of affection warlock has Essence 4+, she may even direct induced
need not reciprocate the feelings. Doing so invokes love toward a subject other than herself, though that
the sanity-shredding power of Adorjan, requiring subject must be present for the target to notice when
an opposed roll of (Willpower + Essence) for the the Charm first activates.
attacker and victim. If the target wins, he still GIFT OF SILENCE
loses three Willpower from the force of the mental Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
onslaught. If the warlock wins, she imposes one Keywords: Touch
permanent mutation. Duration: Permanent
Broken Soul Wisdom may grant any de- Prerequisite Charms: Eloquence in Unspoken
rangement-based negative mutation to the target. Words
Examples include Mood Swings, Delusions and Wyld This Charm upgrades its prerequisite, allowing
Addiction (see Exalted, pp. 288-289), the last of its effects to be bestowed on others as a Touch ef-
which should be modified to represent a dependence fect, though beneficiaries must know Old Realm to
on something more appropriate than the Wyld, like make use of the gift. Hostile targets may spend one
the need to kill someone once a week. Willpower to prevent the Shaping from internal-
Derangements inflicted with Broken Soul Wis- izing their voice.
dom can reduce the experience cost of traits besides Further purchase of Gift of Silence expands the
positive mutations (which this Charm cannot grant). radius of Eloquence in Unspoken Words, but eventu-
These other options include Essence rating, Virtues, ally requires higher Essence ratings: second (1 mile;
Willpower and Adorjani Charms, though the last Essence 4+), third (10 miles; Essence 6+), fourth
option only matters to targets capable of learning (100 miles; Essence 8+) and finally fifth (1000 miles;
the Charms of the Silent Wind. Curing any of these Essence 10). Increasing the range with repurchases
derangements imposes a special Training effect on does not increase the range at which others “tagged”
the patient, forcing her to pay back the free experi- by the Charm can telepathically speak.
ence gained from her madness.
WIND-CARRIED PASSION EBON DRAGON
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent NAKED WICKED SOULS
Keywords: None Cost: 5m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Reflexive
Duration: Permanent Keywords: Combo-OK
Prerequisite Charms: Tragic Love Amusement Duration: Indefinite
This Charm upgrades Tragic Love Amusement so Prerequisite Charms: Witness to Darkness
that an Infernal may use its power to steal the love of The Shadow of All Things abhors Virtue, but its
others and force unwanted affections. Roll the war- absence empowers him. While this Charm is active,
lock’s (Charisma + Larceny + Compassion) against whenever another character within (Essence x 10)
the target’s Dodge MDV. The target must be within yards of the Infernal spends a Willpower point to
100 yards, but no direct contact or communication ignore the dictates of a Virtue rated 3+, the warlock
is necessary to convey the insidious power of the knows which Virtue has been ignored, how many
Charm. If successful, the target gains an Intimacy of dots the person ignoring the Virtue has of it, and
love toward the Infernal with all the effects noted for where exactly the act of deliberate wickedness took
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place relative to his present location. If the target is The Ebon Dragon’s touch brings unimaginable
the warlock’s Nemesis or someone he has a negative horror upon those foolish enough to oppose him.
Intimacy toward, he absorbs the point of Willpower This Charm can enhance any ranged attack. If the
as it is spent. If the Infernal has Essence 3+, he also attack hits a living being, the induced agony and
gains a brief synopsis of what course of action the paralysis imposes a -2 internal penalty to all rolled,
character took that the Virtue forbid as if that action non-reflexive physical actions, -1 to all static values
were Obvious to his senses. Essence 4+ makes the (like DVs) and -2 yards from the distance natural
character’s rationale for doing so Obvious, though movement can cover each tick for that victim for
she can spend another Willpower to shield her rea- the rest of the scene. The total penalty from all uses
sons (which can’t be consumed). Essence 5+ renders of this Charm cannot reduce a rolled pool below the
the sinner’s identity Obvious, though shielding her victim’s Essence rating or (half Essence, rounded up)
rationale also shields her identity. for static values, while Move and Dash actions use
A repurchase at Essence 4+ pushes the radius to their normal limits for minimum speed. Victims of
(Essence x 100) yards. A third purchase at Essence this Charm can lessen this curse’s hold on themselves
6+ raises this to (Essence) miles. Once the radius as a diceless Speed 5, DV -1 miscellaneous action
reaches this third threshold, the character’s aware- costing five motes per activation removed, with no
ness of Virtue’s failure occurs as a mental aside rather upper limit on expenditure, but this action can’t be
than a constant deluge of information. When it is part of a flurry. Appropriate countermagic clears all
unimportant to know who has sinned and why from activations away.
a plot perspective, the Charm internalizes but does Each (Essence 3+) repurchase provides one of
not trouble the Infernal with these details. Fully the following:
sensing a specific instance of moral degradation to • The activation cost decreases by one mote
the point that the Storyteller interrupts play with and the scope of the penalty expands to impede all
narrative of the event should indicate that the im- non-reflexive actions. Lower-Essence victims auto-
morality is somehow significant to the warlock’s matically drop prone whenever struck by an attack
interests or important to the setting. enhanced with this Charm as a Knockback effect.
SWEET AGONY SAVORED • By paying an extra two motes, the warlock
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent can use this Charm in Step 9 as a special Counterat-
Keywords: Native tack against an attacker within (Essence x 2) yards.
Duration: Permanent Obvious serpentine emanations from his anima
Prerequisite Charms: Life-Blighting Emptiness deliver the curse.
Attack VICTORY IN DEFEAT
The banquets of gods are as dust in the Ebon Cost: 2m; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Reflexive
Dragon’s mouth when compared to the succulent Keywords: Combo-OK
nourishment of a world in agony. This Charm acts Duration: Instant
as an additional 10-mote Peripheral Essence pool, Prerequisite Charms: Brooding Resentment
which may be refilled with Life-Blighting Empti- Defense
ness Attack. Although the Ebon Dragon loathes his con-
AGONY OF UNWISE ADVERSITY finement above all else, he also understands the
Cost: 3m; Mins: Essence 2; necessity of biding his time. An Infernal may use
Type: Reflexive (Step 1) this Charm whenever a hostile mental influence
Keywords: Combo-OK, Crippling, Sorcerous, overcomes his defenses and he may pay Willpower
Stackable to resist/mitigate the effects (i.e. he has the required
Duration: Instant points available). By activating this Charm, the
Prerequisite Charms: Seeing is Blindness character refuses to pay the Willpower cost and

accepts the influence’s hold over him. However,
he regains one Willpower from his voluntarily
submission while his attacker loses one Will-
power (and gains one Limit if she has a Limit
track). The Infernal may even acquiesce to social
attacks that violate his Motivation or Urge.
Victory in Defeat does not provide a constant
stream of Willpower for acquiescing to harmless
or mildly inconveniencing requests, such as a
merchant hawking his wares. Hostility means
actual harm to the Infernal or something he
values, especially influence that makes him act
against his own interests.
MOCKING MURMURS RETORT
Cost: 6m; Mins: Essence 3;
Type: Reflexive (Step 2)
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Brooding Resentment
Defense
The Infernal parrots the words of a foe,
perhaps speaking a half second behind like an
echo or modulating his voice with exaggerated
distortions or even repeating key phrases as part
of a grander insulting oration. While his manner
of rebuke may seem childish, it is actually a form
of anti-speech, a vocalized principle of incoher-
ence and insanity that drains the opponent’s
words of all persuasive power. Mocking Murmurs
Retort can defend against any form of mental
or social influence as a perfect parry so long as
that influence is not unexpected, even stopping
unblockable attacks and those operating outside
the timeframe of social combat. The cost to use
Mocking Murmurs Retort later in the scene
against further mental influence from the same
attacker decreases by one mote, to a minimum of
one mote once the Infernal has used this Charm
five or more times against that opponent. The
Infernal does have to audibly vocalize anti-speech
(even against a written attack), but may inco-
herently mumble under his breath if he doesn’t
want to make it obvious what he is doing. This
Charm is vulnerable to the Imperfection of the
Shadow of All Things.
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Whenever an Essence 5+ Infernal uses Mocking Examples include:
Murmurs Retort to defend against a non-targeted • Wipe the Scarlet Dynasty from the face of
social attack (like most Performance-based at- Creation.
tacks), he may pay an extra four motes and add the • Starve the gods by eradicating their cults.
Obvious keyword to his response. If he does, the • Hunt down and murder everyone who has
Charm perfectly parries the attack for all listeners ever met or heard of a particular enemy.
who observe his response, but he cannot hide his • Guide the Lintha family back to glory, no
response in whispers. matter the cost.
• Feed the last clutch of Dragon King eggs to
KIMBERY their weeping mother and castrate her, letting her
Known as the Great Mother to her followers and live in despair as the last of her kind.
descendants and The Sea That Marched Against the The Torment of Kimbery: When Limit
Flame to the rest of existence, Kimbery was the first reaches 10, the tides of the Great Mother turn
Yozi to have fully joined the Reclamation after its and love poisons to bitterness. The Storyteller
inception. Accordingly, she doesn’t have a Caste chooses one of the warlock’s positive Intimacies
molded in her image, but her Charms are available and converts it into a negative context chosen by
for Green Sun Princes to learn… and some bear the the Infernal’s player. The warlock experiences this
scars of her Urge. as a moment of agonizing clarity as she realizes her
THE KIMBERIAN URGE (THE URGE TO DROWN) folly to love something so vile. Additionally, she
Death by drowning is slow and painful. So too is can’t gain positive Intimacies or work toward such
the love and enmity of Kimbery. The Great Mother until (Essence) days pass. She also can’t knowingly
is overbearing in love, smothering paramours and help the subject of a poisoned Intimacy during this
children alike with impossible expectations and time unless doing so saves the Infernal from im-
unwanted attention as she seeks to take central mediate mortal danger. Using an object helps it,
prominence in their lives. Her rule is couched in as it is the nature of swords to be wielded, armor
suggestions rather than commands, but this only to be worn, etc.
makes her more intolerant of dissent. If her love is AGONY-SAVORING MERCY (ACT OF VILLAINY)
hideous, her hate is more so. It is not Kimbery’s way Kimbery is without mercy, but she understands
to show the mercy of a single violent act. She is only restraint. It is not enough to merely wound or kill
content to destroy enemies utterly and corrode their her enemies. They must be destroyed, their souls
legacy until their deeds fade like seafoam in the tides crushed and all hope drowned before light fades
of history. Victory must be absolute and gradual, from their eyes. Whenever a warlock could have
wearing away opposition until the inevitability of slain an opponent who poses a real ongoing threat
her triumph. All of the goals promoted by this Urge to her and instead spares him to suffer another
must seek the absolute ruin of something or seek to day, roll the Infernal’s Temperance. Each success
control loved ones “for their own good” in a stifling reduces accumulated Limit by one (minimum
or overbearing manner. zero). Hurting or maiming the foe is acceptable,
Compassion is regarded as the most central provided the wounds do not preclude further threat
Virtue to Kimbery. She is loving and kind, even if (so the options for tormenting regenerating foes
her loved ones beg to differ. Through Conviction, are almost limitless).
she holds fast to her vendettas. Temperance gives
her the patience to prolong the sufferings of her
NEW KEYWORDS
Sea: Charms with this keyword can only
foes. Valor reminds her that no one may spurn her
be activated in proximity of a sea (i.e. within a
and get away with it, no matter how mighty they
mile). A sea is defined as a standing body of liquid
may be.
at least a mile across in any direction that has

remained at its present location for a month or tion, using secret lusts against her enemies as a rook
longer. Flowing bodies of liquid only qualify as a into further disfigurement.
sea if their width or depth is at least a mile; length That Kimbery takes pleasure in the agonies of
is irrelevant. subordinates is her worst-kept secret, but she sacri-
FIRST KIMBERY EXCELLENCY fices this joy to avoid wasting what is hers. She shows
Cost: 1m per die; Mins: Essence 1; Type: Reflexive no restraint in tormenting enemies, punishing them
(Step 1 for attacker; Step 2 for defender) for actual transgressions and venting her bottled-up
Keywords: Combo-OK fury toward all who escape punishment. The Sea
Duration: Instant That Marched Against the Flame loves to warp
Prerequisite Charms: None herself and others into new shapes as useful as they
The Great Mother is endlessly giving and too often are uncomfortable, imagining herself a great artist.
forgiving, a self-defined victim of endless betrayal. She She may be right, but even her siblings find her
holds others to impossibly high standards, but thinks aesthetics bizarre and vile.
she is fair. Secrets are among the greatest purviews Kimbery’s Excellency aids actions that
of her depths, particularly shameful truths and those create disturbing art in any media, whether con-
kept with force and guile. Though her patronage ventional paintings and sculptures or artful blood
and kindness are real, spurning her incites fury that spatters on a wall. Appropriate stunts can make
drowns all opposition in her corrosive touch. Kimbery almost anything into vile art. Her power helps keep
hides ugliness beyond imagining beneath playful waves secrets by any means necessary. This Charm assists
of beauty, charm and poise. all actions to cause delayed or ongoing harm. Purely
The Great Mother rejects the immediacy of immediate harm falls outside Kimbery’s purview
brute force violence in favor of poison, acid, bleed- unless punishing someone who has benefited from
ing, curses, disease and other tactics that perpetuate her help or betrayed her love. She may also impose
spiteful suffering without further effort. Her social harm for the sadistic joy of doing so rather than
tricks follow the same logic, stirring undercurrents expediency or necessity.
of distrust and dissent beneath the polite surface of KIMBERY MYTHOS EXULTANT
society until the entire organization dissolves. Some Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
Yozis call Kimbery lazy and cowardly for striking Keywords: Native
once and holding back while afflicted victims Duration: Permanent
weaken, but she considers this elegant practicality. Prerequisite Charms: First Kimbery Excellency
Everything she does harms someone or sets them Kimbery’s spite and bitterness are her very life-
up to suffer worse in the future, but she is capable blood. In lieu of usual stunt rewards, an Infernal with
of martyring herself to be the one in pain. Because this Charm may heal one bashing level, one non-
her depths hold no lasting generosity, she demands aggravated level or two non-aggravated levels for
payment proportional to her sacrifice. Whether successful stunts rated one to three, respectively.
beneficiaries ask for her gifts or not doesn’t matter, SORCEROUS ENLIGHTENMENT OF KIMBERY
but she gleefully tortures those who insult her by Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
refusing her largesse. Those who cannot pay her Keywords: Sorcerous
back conventionally pay with screams. Duration: Permanent
She takes great pride in brokering deals, offering Prerequisite Charms: First Kimbery Excellency
the just and true their darkest desires so that she The Sea That Marched Against the Flame is
may see them brought low. She considers herself inherently aquatic, and this flavors her initiation of
to be the ultimate trafficker, moving everything sorcery. Spells that predominantly manipulate or as-
from worlds to secrets, with a discerning eye for an sociate with liquid cost 10 motes and one Willpower
advantageous bargain. She has a talent for tempta- less than usual (minimum cost five motes and one
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it with spidery glyphs and patterns in garish hues Poison Lacquer: Damage 5L (7L)/action, Toxicity
(Essence 3+ warlocks can paint these designs with 3 (4), Tolerance None, Penalty -3 (-4)
their gaze alone). Multiple activations can stack ad- SEA WITHIN VEINS PRANA
ditional markings onto the same object. Whenever Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
the enchanted object is used as a weapon to hit a Keywords: None
non-beloved character or such a target touches it Duration: Permanent
with bare flesh, all imbued stains spray into the Prerequisite Charms: Spiteful Sea Tincture
point of contact as doses of poison like the surface The blood of Kimbery is sacred. Whenever an
of Kimbery. The Infernal can also paint herself to Infernal with this Charm suffers one or more levels of
strike a poisonous blow. non-bashing damage (including converting bashing
Repurchase at Essence 3+ allows activation as a to lethal), her wounds create a bubbling high-pressure
Sorcerous effect with duration one month and makes splatter of poison. The spray hits everything within
the poison akin to Kimbery’s depths (upgrades in two yards of the Infernal as a single attack with a dice
parentheses). An object so marked discharges a dose pool of (Stamina + Resistance + [levels of damage
of venom whenever the circumstances previously that triggered it]); each victim defends separately.
described occur, though direct contact only inflicts Those hit suffer one dose of poison with the statistics
one dose per action. With Essence 5+, even beloved of Spiteful Sea Tincture.
structures may be enchanted.
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it with spidery glyphs and patterns in garish hues Poison Lacquer: Damage 5L (7L)/action, Toxicity
(Essence 3+ warlocks can paint these designs with 3 (4), Tolerance None, Penalty -3 (-4)
their gaze alone). Multiple activations can stack ad- SEA WITHIN VEINS PRANA
ditional markings onto the same object. Whenever Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
the enchanted object is used as a weapon to hit a Keywords: None
non-beloved character or such a target touches it Duration: Permanent
with bare flesh, all imbued stains spray into the Prerequisite Charms: Spiteful Sea Tincture
point of contact as doses of poison like the surface The blood of Kimbery is sacred. Whenever an
of Kimbery. The Infernal can also paint herself to Infernal with this Charm suffers one or more levels of
strike a poisonous blow. non-bashing damage (including converting bashing
Repurchase at Essence 3+ allows activation as a to lethal), her wounds create a bubbling high-pressure
Sorcerous effect with duration one month and makes splatter of poison. The spray hits everything within
the poison akin to Kimbery’s depths (upgrades in two yards of the Infernal as a single attack with a dice
parentheses). An object so marked discharges a dose pool of (Stamina + Resistance + [levels of damage
of venom whenever the circumstances previously that triggered it]); each victim defends separately.
described occur, though direct contact only inflicts Those hit suffer one dose of poison with the statistics
one dose per action. With Essence 5+, even beloved of Spiteful Sea Tincture.
structures may be enchanted.
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Additionally, the Infernal’s toxic blood kills ill- positive Intimacies and converts it to a negative In-
nesses, granting immunity to non-magical Sickness timacy with an emotional context of his choosing.
effects. Primordials and akuma are similarly immune • Whenever the Infernal would create a damag-
to magical Sickness while other users only add (Es- ing poison with a Kimbery Charm, she may instead
sence) bonus dice to resist them. create a mutagenic Desecration toxin. Her player
A repurchase extends the splatter to (Essence) selects a mutation emulating aquatic biology. Each
yards. Further, the character’s blood becomes highly time the mutagenic poison would inflict a level of
caustic. Characters hit by the spray suffer the usual damage, it accumulates a mutation point. Once it
poison and a one-time environmental hazard with accumulates mutation points equal to the selected
(Essence)L Damage and Trauma (maximum Trauma mutation’s cost (positive or negative), the victim
5). If a non-magical, non-natural close combat gains that trait. If the Infernal afflicts a victim with
weapon unleashed the spray, halve its accuracy, multiple doses, she must also choose the order that
damage and defense (rounded down) until repaired. the different mutations appear.
A second exposure destroys it completely. ICHOR FLUX TENDRILS
GREAT MOTHER’S TEARS Cost: 10m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Simple
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent Keywords: Combo-Basic, Obvious, Sorcerous
Keywords: None Duration: One scene
Duration: Permanent Prerequisite Charms: Spiteful Sea Tincture
Prerequisite Charms: Spiteful Sea Tincture When enraged, Kimbery lashes enemies with
Kimbery is all poisons, but not all poisons are her infinite arms. Upon activation, the character
alike to her. Some formulations are so pleasing to chooses at least one cupful of any inanimate liquid
her aesthetics that she has made them part of herself. she can perceive within (Essence x 100) yards. The
Each time this Charm is purchased, the Infernal usual gore of a battlefield is generally more than suf-
gains one of the following: ficient. The liquid darkens and hisses as it gains a
• Once all her -0 and -1 health levels are filled semblance of life, swelling and coagulating to form
with damage, she becomes immune to damage from (Essence rating) gelatinous, green-black tentacles up
Poison effects. The total penalty from all Poison ef- to (Essence x 3) yards long. These emerge from the
fects afflicting her can’t rise above (5 – Essence). spot (or spots) where they were created. The warlock
• Whenever she would create a lethal or ag- can reflexively retract these tentacles back through
gravated poison with a Kimbery Charm, she can their individual anchor points and extrude them
choose to have it inflict bashing damage. This from other liquids within range, meaning nowhere
doubles the total damage for the dose and ensures within range is safe.
that none of the damage it causes can spill past Mentally wielded as separate close combat
Incapacitated to convert into lethal. The worst it weapons with (Wits + Occult), the tentacles ignore
can do is render victims unconscious—the better to cover penalties from anything less than total cover
torture them later. Furthermore, she can forgo the and inflict bashing by default. The Infernal can
penalties for her Kimbery poisons to make subtle make their attacks lethal by willing them to grow
toxins victims can’t feel ravaging them (though suckers, barbs, mouths or acid tear-weeping eyes.
their players still know). She must flurry normally to wield multiple tentacles
• Whenever the Infernal would create a damag- simultaneously. Attacks against the lashing tentacles
ing poison with a Kimbery Charm, she may instead are futile; their writhing undulations dodge even
create a soul-twisting toxin. Each time the poison undodgeable attacks. They don’t dodge or parry
would inflict a level of damage, the victim can pay while clinching a victim; if struck during this time,
one Willpower point to resist the unnatural Emotion they have 10L soak and are immune to bashing
effect. If he doesn’t, his player chooses one of his damage, requiring ten levels of damage to destroy.

If all tentacles are destroyed, the Charm deactivates. is that of the ancient Lintha, the holy inflection
Reactivating Ichor Flux Tendrils while active re- Kimbery seared into the principle of liquid during
generates all destroyed tendrils. When the Charm Creation’s genesis.
ends for any reason, remaining tentacles evaporate • She can verbally pray to any being who knows
into tarry fumes. First Kimbery Excellency with a prayer at -1 target
An Essence 3+ repurchase allows the tentacles number as a Shaping effect, provided the target
to make clinches without additional effort on their and her are both submerged in a sea at the time of
creator’s part, wielding themselves with accuracy and the prayer. Secret currents between all seas carry
bashing damage 10. The warlock reflexively selects the words to the target’s mind even if she can’t
a target and decides whether to hold or crush. After normally hear prayers.
that, the tentacle does the rest, seeking to repeat SEA DISSOLVES HERSELF
the action on that target until given new directions Cost: 5m or 3wp; Mins: Essence 3;
or personally wielded by the Infernal. The Infernal Type: Reflexive (Step 2 or 10)
can only take direct control or indicate new targets Keywords: Combo-OK, Desecration
on her action tick. She can always command an au- Duration: Instant
tonomous tentacle to reflexively release a victim and Prerequisite Charms: Tidal Renewal Discipline
resume its usual mad writhing. Only two autonomous Kimbery alone devours Kimbery, for none else
tentacles can clinch the same target. is worthy. This Charm may be activated in one of
Tentacle Lash: Speed 6, Accuracy +3, Damage three ways:
(Willpower + Essence)B, Defense +2, Rate 1, • By paying five motes in step 2, the Infernal can
Tags: D, R reject any unwanted Shaping effect. This causes her to
Tentacle Clinch: Speed 6, Accuracy +3, Damage gain a mutation of her player’s choice as a permanent
(Willpower + Essence)B, Rate 1, Tags: C, P, R Desecration (emulating the biology of aquatic life).
TIDAL RENEWAL DISCIPLINE With Essence 4+, she can also block Crippling effects
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Permanent by gaining a mutation, paying only three motes if the
Keywords: None mutation connects to the averted injury (like a severed
Duration: Permanent hand staying attached via sinewy tentacle). This use
Prerequisite Charms: Mother Sea Mastery is an innate power rather than Charm activation.
Kimbery’s vanity does not allow her to waste • By paying three Willpower while submerged
time sleeping that she could spend contemplating in a sea, the Infernal can dissolve any mutation she
her own virtue. Lost in dreams, she might miss a possesses, provided it is not a prerequisite for other
prayer of gratitude for her benevolence. This Charm traits she possesses. Until Essence 4+, she can only
provides the following: dissolve mutations she gave herself.
• Each full hour submerged counts as rest for • With Essence 3+, the warlock can pay three
Essence respiration, regardless of exertion. Surfac- Willpower to enhance a physical attack that hit a
ing for a quick breath doesn’t disrupt submergence, living target with mutations in step 10. The attack
though surfacing for any other reason does. inflicts an extra level of lethal damage as it painfully
• Spending an hour praying to herself or Kimbery dissolves a mutation of the Infernal’s choice.
while submerged in a sea and making a successful WHAT LURKS BENEATH
prayer roll lets her respire 20 motes. Cost: 20m; Mins: Essence 2;
• Spending (8 – Essence, minimum 1) hours Type: Simple (Speed 5, DV -4)
meditating while submerged provides all benefits Keywords: Combo-OK, Servitude, Sorcerous, Sea,
of sleeping eight hours. Touch
• She can speak Old Realm while submerged and Duration: One month
her words carry as well as through air. Her dialect Prerequisite Charms: Tidal Renewal Discipline
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Gaia conceived the element of water, but Kim- normally, but is preempted by spells that summon
bery hoarded it in one place to fill the yawning abyss or bind enchanted demons.
of the West with glorious depths. Accordingly, all A third purchase at Essence 5+ allows the sum-
things that live in the sea should rightly call her moning of any specific aquatic Primordial behemoth
Great Mother. smaller than a geographic entity (i.e. no Lintha
To use this Charm, the Infernal touches a sea Ng Oroo). This follows the timing and location
in Creation or the Wyld and entreats the depths in restrictions for First Circle demon summoning. The
Old Realm, necessitating she know the language Charm only brings the behemoth to the warlock and
and make a successful prayer roll (target number doesn’t grant control unless the warlock’s Essence
-1 if submerged). Her words spread as an invisible is greater than its. If other creatures smaller than
ripple through the cosmos, entreating a monster to the behemoth are in physical contact with it when
rise and serve the will of Kimbery through her. The it answers the summons, they are carried along.
summoned beast finds and enters a secret current Behemoths are unique and powerful; most are mas-
between seas, arriving (10 – Essence) minutes later. sive, nigh-immortal entities capable of challenging
While the Charm remains active, the monster is Celestial Exalted.
enchanted as follows: FATHOMLESS POISON HAVEN
• It must obey the Infernal like a bound demon Cost: 1m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Reflexive
without regard for its own safety. This Servitude Keywords: Combo-OK, Touch
can’t be broken by spending Willpower. Duration: Indefinite
• It understands all commands the Infernal Prerequisite Charms: Mother Sea Mastery
speaks to it in Old Realm and can execute those com- The Sea That Marched Against the Flame
mands as though it had minimum Intelligence 2. drowns all things but herself. The Infernal can target
• The Infernal can command it at a distance herself, any beloved object, beloved character, or,
via successful prayers as though the beast knew First with Essence 3+, beloved structure. Separate acti-
Kimbery Excellency. vations can protect multiple targets concurrently.
Any natural animal that lives in the sea of the While the Charm is active, the target becomes
Wyld or Creation is a valid target of this Charm; immune to physical harm resulting from immer-
separate activations can bind multiple creatures. sion or exposure to all liquids. All liquid is as the
With Essence 3+, the Infernal may also summon purest air to breathe and purest water to drink. This
natural animals warped by Desecration-based muta- shields living beneficiaries from drowning and al-
tions. The player selects desired mutations that can’t lows them to swim in lava, acid or high-pressure
encompass more positive mutation points than (the ocean trenches without harm. The protection also
Infernal’s [Willpower + Essence]) + (the creature’s extends to owned possessions worn or carried on a
total number of negative mutation points). The protected being, provided they aren’t notably larger
creature is not changed by summoning; rather, it than the Infernal.
is a victim of the pollution Kimbery and the ruin The Great Mother’s self-immunity also renders
of the Lintha Empire left in Creation after the beneficiaries immune to harm from non-magical
Primordial War. Poison effects. However, the first time each scene
With repurchase at Essence 3+, the warlock in which a target would have suffered harm from
can entreat the seas of Creation or the Wyld at poison without this Charm, the warlock internalizes
night (or the seas of the Demon Realm at any the toxin within her soul. This counts as a scene
time), summoning an unbound member of any spent developing a negative Intimacy toward an
predominantly aquatic First Circle demon race individual or group of people who have given some
(but not a specific demon) from a sea in any realm offense to the warlock in the past week (however
of existence. The Charm enslaves these demons trivial). Intoxication isn’t harm except to the degree

it causes penalties, so the Infernal experiences full provides one of the revelations listed below, a truth
euphoria from intoxicants without drawback. seared into the Great Mother by her first nemesis.
Repurchase at Essence 3+ improves the poison The options list forbidden and mandatory actions.
resistance to encompass magical toxins. If the In- The warlock ignores all mental influence as an un-
fernal targets herself, the protection simultaneously acceptable order if it seeks to make her perform a
shields all beloved characters within (Essence x forbidden action or refrain from mandatory action.
100) yards. Unfortunately, the Infernal can’t voluntarily take
ACRID SLIPSTREAM ASSIST forbidden actions or fail to act as directed unless she
Cost: 8m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Simple pays Willpower equal to her Essence (maximum 5)
Keywords: Sea, Touch to hypocritically override the Charm’s unnatural
Duration: One day Compulsion for a day. Even if this cost is paid, the
Prerequisite Charms: Mother Sea Mastery Charm’s defense against external influence remains.
It amuses Kimbery when her children build When different Compulsions clash, the Storyteller
boats to keep her out, as it amuses mothers when chooses which has preeminence. Each revelation
their children hide behind pillow fortresses. In her also confers a unique power.
infinite love, The Sea That Marched Against the • Mother Before Daughter: The Infernal can’t
Flame plays along with such games. To use this knowingly betray beloved characters or ancestors
Charm, the Infernal touches a beloved aquatic from whom she descends (i.e. parents, grandparents,
mount, a beloved aquatic vehicle or any beloved etc.). Betrayal means a course of action or inaction
object long and flat enough to surf upon as an al- that she believes will result in more harm than good.
ternative to swimming (like a daiklave). Her power When making rolls to navigate anywhere or track a
flows through the target, oozing into the hungry beloved character, she adds bonus successes equal to
sea beyond and demanding obeisance. Even absent the number of beloved characters she has.
other propulsion, the enchanted conveyance can • Trust Is Naïve: The Infernal refuses to be-
propel itself along a current of ichor at twice the lieve anything bad about a beloved character. At
warlock’s swimming speed (as improved by Mother best, she can be persuaded that such a character is
Sea Mastery). Alternately, this current can quicken a victim who has been duped into poor decisions by
sailing or other means of propulsion, doubling the the wickedness of others. She requires only a single
target’s usual speed. The Charm ends prematurely scene of action or persuasion to build a positive
if the warlock travels more than (Essence x 100) Intimacy toward anyone she has never reviled.
yards from the beneficiary. • Existence Is Agony: The Infernal can’t show
With Essence 3+, the Charm’s duration extends mercy. She may spare an enemy, but only with the
to Indefinite. With Essence 5+, the cost drops to a intent to prolong his suffering. If multiple courses
single mote. Repurchase at Essence 3+ allows the of action seem to offer roughly equivalent benefit to
Charm to bless beloved characters other than mounts herself, she must choose the path she believes will
and enables alternate activation as a spherical bless- maximize harm to non-beloved characters along the
ing upon all beloved characters within (Essence x way. Compassion 3+ no longer compels her to care
100) yards while active. about anyone except beloved characters, though she
may magnanimously choose to care about strangers
INTOLERABLE BURNING TRUTHS in hopes of making them beloved.
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 1; Type: Permanent • Never Forgive: The Infernal cannot abandon
Keywords: Compulsion, Stackable or weaken a negative Intimacy toward reviled charac-
Duration: Permanent ters and refuses to believe anything good about them.
Prerequisite Charms: None When she makes a social attack encouraging others
Kimbery is The Sea That Marched Against the to think ill of a reviled character (Emotion and/or
Flame. But did she win? Each purchase of this Charm
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Illusion) or harm a reviled character (Compulsion), Peripheral Essence pool which regains one mote per
her words become unnatural mental influence. hour spent in proximity to a sea.
• Hate Springs Eternal: The Infernal can’t ALL THINGS BETRAY
knowingly help a reviled character unless she be- Cost: 1m or 3m; Mins: Essence 2;
lieves her own life depends on it. Her great heart Type: Reflexive (Step 1 or 2)
can still sustain (Willpower + Compassion) positive Keywords: Combo-OK
Intimacies without risk of losing them through sleep, Duration: Instant
but negative Intimacies do not count against this Prerequisite Charms: Intolerable Burning Truths
limit and never fall off that way. Additionally, she Kimbery’s kindness never goes unpunished. Such
adds +1 to her DV and MDV against the attacks is the cruelty of a mad and broken universe. This
of reviled characters; manifest loathing shields her Charm may be used in one of two ways:
even against enemies too foolish to fear her. • It can serve as a step 2 defense against any
RISING TIDE ASCENSION unexpected physical or social attack for one mote,
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent causing the attack to become expected unless the
Keywords: Native attacker is a beloved character. With Essence 4+, this
Duration: Permanent use has a duration of one action, defending against
Prerequisite Charms: Intolerable Burning Truths, all valid surprise attacks during that time.
Mother Sea Mastery • It can enhance a Join Battle roll for a cost of
The motion of her own tides assures Kimbery three motes, adding a number of bonus successes
of her unassailability. The Infernal gains a 10 mote equal to the Infernal’s Essence rating. With Essence

3+ and 4+ (respectively), the Charm can similarly An Essence 3+ repurchase grants additional
aid Join War and Join Debate actions. powers. First, the soak boost mode adds equiva-
With Essence 3+, Infernals may use All Things lent natural Hardness while in proximity to a sea.
Betray as an innate power rather than Charm activa- Second, the Infernal can pay an extra mote to
tion by paying a one Willpower surcharge. However, dissolve the injurious power of an attack outright
this versatility comes at a price; the warlock becomes (reducing raw and final damage to zero). Denying
so accustomed to the certainty of betrayal that she damage this way carries the Imperfection of The
must pay one Willpower for a scene of voluntary Sea That Marched Against the Flame, causing
effort to count toward building a positive Intimacy tongues of hissing green fog to rise from the wounds
toward another being (other sorts of Intimacies that never were.
aren’t affected).
RETRIBUTIVE TSUNAMI FORCE
Cost: 4m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 2; THE IMPERFECTION OF THE SEA THAT
Type: Extra Action MARCHED AGAINST THE FLAME
Keywords: Combo-OK Kimbery’s invulnerability draws upon her
Duration: Instant principles. While the character is in proxim-
Prerequisite Charms: Intolerable Burning Truths ity to a sea, a defensive Charm with this flaw
Men are as impotent as minnows to flee a tidal operates normally. Otherwise, it costs an
wave. This Charm is a magical flurry of (Essence additional three motes to use.
rating) valid actions with a Speed and DV penalty
equal to the greatest values among component
actions. Valid actions must carry the certainty of ALL-DEVOURING DEPTHS SHINTAI
deliberately harming exactly one target, such as Cost: 10m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Simple
physical or social attacks. Further, all actions in Keywords: Form-Type, Obvious
the flurry must have different targets unless they all Duration: One scene
target a reviled character. Prerequisite Charms: Sea Within Veins Prana (x2),
Ichor Flux Tendrils (x2), Sea Dissolves Herself, All
BITTER HEART UNBLEEDING
Things Betray
Cost: 3m; Mins: Essence 2;
Kimbery’s least shintai evokes the most ancient
Type: Reflexive (Step 2 or 7).
life that swam within her. In activating this Charm,
Keywords: Combo-OK
the Infernal’s acidic blood disintegrates her flesh
Duration: Instant
completely and consumes her Essence, liquefying
Prerequisite Charms: Intolerable Burning Truths
the totality of her being. The transubstantiation into
Hate shelters The Sea That Marched Against
green-black ichor doubles the overall volume of her
the Flame from the wretched and vile universe that
body and provides the following powers:
wants to hurt her. Used as a step 2 defense, this
• All worn and carried possessions are banished
Charm adds a bonus of (total number of negative
Elsewhere for the duration.
Intimacies) to the warlock’s dodge DV or dodge MDV
• Her amorphous form can flow through any
against a single attack. The bonus may explicitly
crack that isn’t air-tight and her identity is unrecog-
break the usual cap on DV bonuses from Charms.
nizable. Also, physical force can’t really hurt her; she
Alternately, Bitter Heart Unbleeding may be used
can’t suffer more than a single level of damage per
as a step 7 defense, adding the same bonus to the
attack or other instance in step 10. Fire, lightning
Infernal’s soak against a single instance of damage.
and directed Essence attacks (like implosion bow
To onlookers, it appears that the injuries luckily
fire) harm her normally, as do weapons dipped in
missed vital areas or that the warlock evaded at the
oil and lit aflame.
last moment to suffer only grazing wounds.
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• She gains all benefits of using
Fathomless Poison Haven.
• Her inchoate body grows tentacles
eated with Ichor Flux
identical to those created
Tendrils (similarly capable of indepen-
vering these tentacles
dent clinches). Severing
doesn’t harm her. She regenerates all
severed appendagess each action tick.
ss variety blink and
• Eyes of endless
glare across her body,y, letting her use
All Things Betray ass an innate power
for free.
• Contact with h her body
is an environmental al hazardrd
atistics as
with the same statistics
her acid blood. Victims
struck by her suffer
one-time expo-
sure, while those
clinched steadilyy
dissolve.
• On each acti t on
ti
action
tick, she can give h erself one
herself
permanent mutation ion as a
Desecration effect.. All of
these mutations dissolve
when the Charm ends. nds.
hrough or
• She flows through
over other liquids at her swim-
ming speed. She flows over solid
nd move speed
surfaces at her ground
ravity (such as
without regard for gravity
by oozing up walls)..
HERETICAL CH
HARMS
ARM
MS
The Yozis do not know what they
have wrought. They hey soughtt biddable
champions wearing gilded collars, gestalt-
wn
reflections of their own n magnifi f cence. But
magnificence.
the Green Sun Princes cess are more tha an their
than
paated. Wit
makers ever anticipated. thi
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Within
sleeps a greater power wer than the titans’
ranscen
own: the power to transcend nd Yozi
Y zi
Yo z nature
and be reborn. A new e eraa is at hand. In
it, Creation will see ee thtthee birth
h of new

Primordials, backed by the power of Solar Exaltation. EMERALD ANGEL UNFURLING
The Yozis will see their replacements. Cost: 6m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 3;
Type: Reflexive (Step 2)
Keywords: Combo-OK, Heretical
NEW KEYWORD: HERETICAL Duration: One hour
Charms with this Keyword originate in Prerequisite Charms: By Pain Reforged, Factual
the Charm trees of multiple Yozis. The Yozis Determination Analysis
cannot learn them. Heretical Charms cannot A Green Sun Prince has only to breathe to
be learned by akuma or through the Eclipse assert absolute authority over her existence. This
anima power or its equivalents. Only Green Charm provides protection against all unwanted
Sun Princes may utilize these Charms, which Shaping effects. It creates an invisible Essence
cost 9 experience points and have a training shield with (Integrity) layers, which act as health
time of (Min. Essence) weeks. levels; whenever the character is subject to a Shap-
The vast majority of Green Sun Princes ing effect, she rolls her (Essence + Willpower)
have no idea Heretical Charms are possible, against a difficulty of her opponent’s Essence.
much less how to create them. Yet. The Storyteller determines the difficulty to resist
Shaping not originating with another character,
using the Wyld resistance chart on page 140 of The
SCALE-SHEDDING SOLUTION Compass of Celestial Directions, Vol. II—The
Cost: 5m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Reflexive Wyld as a guideline. If she fails, her shield loses
Keywords: Combo-OK, Heretical, Obvious, a layer; if she botches, all layers are lost and the
Sorcerous Charm terminates. In either case, the Shaping
Duration: One scene fails to take effect and the warlock has the option
Prerequisite Charms: Cracked Cell Circumvention, of reflexively reactivating Emerald Angel Unfurl-
Dread Panoply of the Silent Wind ing by repaying the activation cost. This does not
A cunning warlock may discover this useful count as a Charm activation.
trick somewhere between the Ebon Dragon’s manic Whenever the Infernal experiences any Shaping
struggle for freedom and Adorjan’s temporary dis- effect while using this Charm, her anima briefly flares
missal of those tools that encumber her. Drawing in into a mandala of emerald wings in number equal
a quick breath, the Infernal flares his Essence out in to her Integrity, making Emerald Angel Unfurling
a red-black shockwave that rips his armor from his momentarily Obvious to observers. If she succeeds
body and tears it into fluttering strips of Essence. on the (Essence + Willpower) roll, the mandala
These intangible wisps collapse into a pair of oth- simply fades. If her shield loses a layer, one of the
erworldly black flames, which float just above the wings develops a crack and falls to pieces before the
warlock’s shoulders for the duration of the Charm. mandala fades; if she botches the roll, the entire
Mechanically, Scale-Shedding Solution allows the mandala shatters like a pane of glass.
Infernal to reflexively remove any armor he may be At Essence 4+, the warlock’s shield may not
wearing, even armor created by Charms or sorcery. be tested by the pressures of Pure Chaos more
The armor immediately reappears on the Exalt’s than once per hour, and a break in her shield may
body when the Charm is terminated by either the not impose this roll anew on further activations of
end of the scene or countermagic. Emerald Angel Unfurling.
At Essence 6+, this Charm becomes immune to UNSURPASSED DEVIL-CRAFT
Emerald Countermagic from any source other than Cost: —; Mins: Essence 4; Type: Permanent
the warlock himself, requiring Sapphire Counter- Keywords: Heretical, Stackable
magic or better to cancel it. Duration: Permanent
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Prerequisite Charms: Any two of the following: them with equivalents created through Triumphant
Demonic Primacy of Essence, Dread Panoply of Howl of the Devil-Tiger. Charms requiring lost
the Silent Wind, Sun-Heart Furnace Soul, Tool- Excellencies as prerequisites (save for this Charm)
Transcending Constructs are also converted into experience.
The Infernals cannot wait for age to ripen their SWALLOWING THE SCORPION
creative genius—they have worlds to conquer! The Cost: —; Mins: Essence 6; Type: Permanent
warlock adds one bonus success to all rolls to craft Keywords: Blasphemy, Heretical
infernal relics and hellforged wonders. Addition- Duration: Permanent
ally, she reduces by one dot each the minimum Prerequisite Charms: Any two of the following:
Craft, Lore, Medicine and Occult requirements All Things Betray, Cracked Cell Circumvention,
to build or repair artifacts, to a minimum require- Freedom Lets Go, Solipsistic Rejection of Impos-
ment of one dot for any Ability normally required sibilites, Sublimation of Ordained Purpose, Will
for the task. This Charm may be purchased again Crushing Force
at Essence 5+. This complex trick requires an understanding of
TRIUMPHANT HOWL OF THE DEVIL-TIGER defiance and escape culled from not one, but two of
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 6; Type: Permanent the Reclamation conspirators. For those who would
Keywords: Heretical develop this heretical technique, its extravagant cost
Duration: Permanent is a small concern. The act of learning this Charm
Prerequisite Charms: Any First (Yozi) Excellency, is a Blasphemy.
any Sorcerous Initiation of (Yozi), any Shintai In addition to causing the usual chaos in
Charm Heaven, the Yozis are immediately alerted that
Proving that he is more than merely a gestalt something is wrong by Lillun’s agonized howl.
of insane, defeated Primordials, the Infernal sweeps Concentrating his Exaltation into a savage, cut-
together the broken shards of enlightenment from ting edge, the Infernal severs the metaphysical
several Reclamation conspirators and forges them umbilicus connecting it to the phylactery-womb
into a new legend all his own. The shinma shudder of the Yozis. In the process, the indestructible
as a new titan is born: The Infernal is immortal, Essence core of the Exaltation reconfigures itself
and needs no longer fear death from age. In de- for independent survival. Upon the Green Sun
claring his own legend, he may never learn (Yozi) Prince’s death, his Exaltation will fly away rather
Cosmic Principle (see The Return of the Scarlet than returning to Malfeas, seeking out a free, un-
Empress, p. 209). bound First Circle demon somewhere in Creation.
This Charm conveys one final benefit: The In- Embedding itself in the unsuspecting creature, the
fernal’s player and Storyteller may work together to Exaltation overrides the demon’s mind as an irre-
design a personal analog to First (Yozi) Excellency sistible Total Control effect. The demon is forced
suited to the personality, themes and obsessions of to carry the Exaltation to a properly heroic host,
the character, using the Excellencies of the Yozis where it carries out the usual bargain; acceptance
as a guideline, as well as a personalized suite of the triggers the beginning of the Chrysalis Grotesque,
General Charms found in The Manual of Exalted as normal. The only difference between this and
Power—The Infernals and this book, which are all standard Infernal Exaltation is that the Yozis are
purchased as Favored Charms. incapable of observing or influencing the process,
This Charm’s prerequisites must come from at or even of exercising their normal prerogative to
least two different Yozis. Upon learning this Charm, possess the hijacked demon. The task of locating
the Infernal may choose to cannibalize any General and recapturing the Exaltation and re-attaching
Yozi Charms he already knows, converting them into its umbilicus is left as an exercise in ingenuity for
experience which he may spend to instantly replace the enraged lords of Hell.

The warlock also enjoys a +1 MDV bonus against parameters of her mutilated Exaltation, crafting
Yozi and demon Charms, which does not count as something more to her liking.
a bonus added by a Charm. Upon learning this Charm, the warlock partially
THE TEMPEST OF INWARD FOCUS redesigns her Caste. Her iconic anima display changes
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 6; Type: Permanent to become representative of herself rather than her
Keywords: Heretical unwoven coadjutor, in the manner of the Solar
Duration: Permanent Exalted (though its predominating imagery is still
Prerequisite Charms: Any two Shintai Charms that of Hell, not the glorious heroes of the sun). Her
from different Yozis, Triumphant Howl of the anima banner itself may be radically transformed,
Devil-Tiger having different cosmetic effects on objects exposed
The warlock must retreat from the world to to it; it may even shine some color other than green
learn this Charm. For one season, she must surround (though it will never identically mimic the anima
herself only with those things which are steeped display of some other variety of Exalted). She designs
in her Essence—her attuned artifacts, her bound a new caste mark for herself.
demons and nothing more. Concentrating inward, Moreover, she discards her old anima power,
she drives the enormous power of the conflicting replacing it with a new one designed by her player
forces she has mastered against one another, with and the Storyteller and matched to the character’s
her Essence caught between them. Much as the personal aptitudes and talents. Use existing anima
Yozis reconfigure their akuma, she redefines the powers as a creation guideline.
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These transformations are permanent for the 30L/30B and a Hardness of 15L/15B, but remains
warlock, but not extensive enough to endure into Inactive for the entire duration.
her next incarnation. Her Exaltation restores itself Upon emerging, the warlock enjoys the ben-
to the base template mandated by the Yozis upon efits of a transformation far more radical than her
death. All changes brought about by this Charm last. She dissolves her Caste entirely, forging a new
must be approved by the Storyteller. Caste suited to her personal nature. She retains her
THE FLAME OF THE RISING PHOENIX original patron Yozi as a second Favored Yozi, and
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 6; Type: Permanent becomes capable of designing an entirely new set
Keywords: Blasphemy, Heretical of Charms reflecting her own Essence, nature, and
Duration: Permanent power, which are purchased as Favored Charms.
Prerequisite Charms: The Tempest of Inward The Charm cascades of the Yozis should be used
Focus as an example of what is appropriate for this new
Learning this Charm requires a shorter but far Charm tree (the majority of its Charms exist in the
more dangerous retreat into hermitage than its pre- Essence 2-3 range, all perfect defenses share a single
requisite. When she begins developing this Charm, customized Imperfection, and so forth).
the warlock weaves an Essence-forged cocoon around While the Infernal does not change her cur-
herself, where she will remain for the normal train- rent Caste and Favored Abilities, she notionally
ing time required to learn it. During her time in designates five Abilities from among that set as the
this new Chrysalis Grotesque, she gains a soak of new Abilities of “her” Caste. Her next incarnation

treats these as Caste Abilities, rather than the Caste the dictates of her own nature guides the Exalt’s
Abilities the Exaltation previously harbored. hellish Essence to viciously lash out against her.
All changes to the Exalt made by this Charm as
well as those produced by The Tempest of Inward
Focus are now permanent, carrying on into future THE LEASH, REVISITED
incarnations (although the specific presentation of To clarify: Torment is a function of the
future iconic animas will vary from incarnation to Infernal Exaltation’s design, and is not under
incarnation), barring alteration of her Exaltation. the direct control of the Yozis. Limit gain,
Learning this Charm is a Blasphemy. All of Acts of Villainy, and Torment are all func-
existence feels the warlock’s ascension. tions of the Infernal’s Exaltation.
SPREADING THE LOVE? THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING WORLD

Characters on the Heretical transcen- Cost: —; Mins: Essence 6; Type: Permanent
dence path are not becoming Yozis—they Keywords: Heretical
are something new, something much greater. Duration: Permanent
Therefore, teaching Tiger and Phoenix- Prerequisite Charms: The Face of the Titans
derived Charms to another Green Sun Prince Through the power of her Exaltation, the
does not unlock those Charms for purchase Infernal carves out a world from the substance of
by all Infernals. her own soul. This Charm permits the Infernal to
create a world, piece by piece, as though with Con-
structive Convergence of Principles (including the
THE FACE OF THE TITANS requisite mote cost and roll to expand and modify
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 6; Type: Permanent that world). This does not count as a Charm use,
Keywords: Heretical but the Infernal must remain in a meditative trance
Duration: Permanent while altering or expanding her inner world. She
Prerequisite Charms: The Flame of the Rising may not create demesnes or magical things within
Phoenix herself, and her creations do not unravel if they do
The warlock smiles or sobs, whichever may be not interact with Creation. The Infernal’s soul is
appropriate to her transcendence, as the chains of treated as Pure Chaos for this purpose.
the Yozis fall from her heart. She weaves a final This created world exists wholly within the
Chrysalis Grotesque, which functions identically Infernal’s soul, but is otherwise a real, ongoing,
to that of this Charm’s prerequisite. Upon emerg- self-contained place, which continues to exist
ing, she subsumes her Unwoven Coadjutor, subtly even when she is not paying attention to it. The
reconfiguring her appearance to more directly express internal worlds of the Infernal Exalted are strange,
her own Infernal nature rather than that of a mere uncanny places—glassy citadels floating atop clouds
serf of the First Circle. More importantly, the war- in a brazen sky; a massive upside-down fortress
lock redefines her own Urge so that it permanently hanging above a forest of ivory trees surrounding
matches her Motivation. a still, emerald lake; or a city of cyclopean basalt
The reins of Torment may be taken out of towers beneath a jet-black sky in which a single
the hands of the Yozis, but they do not disappear red eye hangs and stares. The world the Infernal
altogether. The Infernal must define her own new forges should be consistent with the mood and
Torment manifestation, using published Torments themes of the Excellency she created through
as a guideline. She continues to accumulate and Triumphant Howl of the Devil-Tiger, at the Sto-
reduce Limit in the normal manner; acting against ryteller’s discretion.
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The Infernal may mentally visit this world by Chrysalis will hatch and disgorge this demon once
taking a miscellaneous action (Speed 5 long ticks, the Infernal has fed it (demon’s desired Essence
DV -3) to enter an Inactive meditative state, always rating x 100) motes, to a maximum of Essence 9. It
appearing at the center of the first part of the world may absorb up to five motes per day. The demon,
she shaped into being. She may leave this trance at once born, forms seven Second Circle devas for
any time with a Speed 5, DV -2 miscellaneous ac- itself, as normal.
tion. Individuals created in her inner world do not This Charm cannot form a fetich soul for the
have souls of their own and cannot grant her Essence Infernal; being possessed of a soul of her own, the
through prayer, though they are otherwise real to warlock is above such weaknesses. Although de-
her while she is there (for instance, she might copy mons created with this Charm are not obligated to
such a person with Black Mirror Shintai, and any obey their creator, they have significant incentive
damage suffered manifests on her physical body). to protect her, as they will die if she does. As well,
The Infernal cannot yet travel physically into this the created spirit has an Intimacy of loyalty toward
world, bring anything from the outer world into it, the Infernal which may never be removed. This
or bring anything from the inner world out. These influence is mutual; the Infernal gains an Intimacy
feats require additional Charms. toward the demon’s Motivation, which may not be
THE DANCE OF THE THRASHING DRAGON removed while the demon lives. Demons created
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 6; Type: Permanent through this Charm act as an arcane link to their
Keywords: Heretical creator. They are immune to sorcerous summons,
Duration: Permanent though not to banishment. If the Infernal knows
Prerequisite Charms: The Face of the Titans The Spirit of the Living World, banished demons
It is the nature of nascent titans to indulge them- are trapped inside the Infernal’s soul for five days
selves. The warlock’s player designs a type of custom rather than being sent to Hell.
Act of Villainy called a Precipitous Fiat. These Fiats The Infernal may have up to (Willpower +
are unique to the transcendent Infernal who invents Compassion) Third Circle demons created by this
them, but are otherwise identical to Acts, and must Charm in existence at a time.
substantially endanger or inconvenience the charac- THE WAY OF THE RESPLENDENT CRANE
ter. When the Infernal loses Limit through this Fiat, Cost: —; Mins: Essence 9; Type: Permanent
she is able to inflict one point of Limit on a Yozi of Keywords: Heretical
her choice whose Charms are open to her. Duration: Permanent
THE PATH OF A THOUSAND WHISPERS Prerequisite Charms: The Path of a Thousand
Cost: 66m, 6wp; Mins: Essence 8; Whispers
Type: Simple (One day) Having forged external souls from her cosmic
Keywords: Blasphemy, Heretical power and enlightenment, the Infernal sends them
Duration: Instant into the world. But the warlock knows that a crane
Prerequisite Charms: The Face of the Titans is just as beautiful when land-bound by a broken
Externalizing her cosmic might, the Infernal wing, and so she ensures that her new devas may
weaves a free-standing Chrysalis Grotesque out of not stray too far.
thin air, which incubates a pulsating and unformed This Charm allows the Infernal to possess
Essence core. (The Chrysalis has the same traits as her souls (or demons descended from them) (see
in The Flame of the Rising Phoenix; it is destroyed The Books of Sorcery, Vol. V—The Roll of
if it suffers a single health level of damage.) Within Glorious Divinity II, p. 15) and to telepathically
the Chrysalis sleeps an inchoate demon of the Third communicate with them across all distance and
Circle (which should be designed by the Infernal’s realms of existence (information exchange only;
player working together with the Storyteller). The no social attacks). She may also pay one point of

Willpower to issue a mandate of subordination Infernal’s Third Circle demons, of her choosing,
against her souls (see Exalted, p. 295 and The learns the Charm Investiture of Infernal Glory (see
Books of Sorcery, Vol. IV—The Roll of Glori- The Manual of Exalted Power—The Infernals,
ous Divinity I, p. 169). pp. 52-54). Exalted akuma created through such
THE SONG OF THE SHADOW Investiture gain access to the Charms innovated
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 10; Type: Permanent through Triumphant Howl of the Devil-Tiger and
Keywords: Heretical The Flame of the Rising Phoenix.
Duration: Permanent If the demon so blessed is ever slain, the In-
Prerequisite Charms: The Path of a Thousand fernal may re-assign this power to another of her
Whispers souls at no cost once five Calibrations have passed
Achieving apotheosis, the Infernal may pass (or sooner as a reflexive action costing one point
on her enlightenment to the willing. One of the of permanent Willpower).
50
Bestowed with all the hopes of Hell,
the Green Sun Princes are the newly-
anointed champions of the Yozis.
Already the Princes begin to come
into their own, demonstrating a
wide array of terrible powers, some
not glimpsed in Creation since the
Primordial War... and some never
seen before at all. But with all the
might of a stolen Solar Exaltation at
their fingertips, what need have the
Infernals for the Yozis and their petty
desires? Will the Infernal Exalted
liberate their masters from Hell, or
replace them as a pantheon of new and
greater titans?
THIS BOOK INCLUDES:

• Additional Charms from the five original
Reclamation conspirators, as well as the corrosive
magic of Kimbery, the Sea That Marched Against
the Flame.
• A selection of Infernal hearthstones birthed
from the geomancy of Hell.
• New Heretical Charms with which to slip the leash
of the Yozis and enact a personal apotheosis.
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BY MICHAEL GOODWIN, ERIC MINTON, JOHN MØRKE,

NEALL RAEMONN PRICE AND HOLDEN SHEARER

BY MICHAEL GOODWIN, ERIC MINTON, JOHN MØRKE,

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HEARTHSTONES OF VITRIOL If not a creature of darkness, she gains that deformity

HEARTHSTONES OF CECELYNE HEARTHSTONES OF HEGRA

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persist only as long as the character’s Essence rat-

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and watch the warlock’s performance to its comple-

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SPREADING THE LOVE? THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING WORLD

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THIS BOOK INCLUDES:

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