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Instead of helping to manage the Warlord's rather considerable military, her duty is to maintain his economy.  As more men have joined up, Alabaster is moving most of the women to less directly confrontational roles - save for the elite.  These functions include crafting, spying, and trading.  While her espionage skills are far from honed at the moment, Alabaster's training has focussed more on providing trading and organizational ability.  Information gathering will, unfortunately, have to come later.
 
Instead of helping to manage the Warlord's rather considerable military, her duty is to maintain his economy.  As more men have joined up, Alabaster is moving most of the women to less directly confrontational roles - save for the elite.  These functions include crafting, spying, and trading.  While her espionage skills are far from honed at the moment, Alabaster's training has focussed more on providing trading and organizational ability.  Information gathering will, unfortunately, have to come later.
  
It is easy to underestimate the sort of edge Veldt has over the Guild, the Talaarah, and other merchant orders in or near Chiaroscuro.  Under the banner of the Emerald Emporium, four thousand women perform hundreds of different crafts, switching between them on a dime as Alabaster or the market requires.  Although technically not a secret, the Emporium's allegiance to Alabaster is never advertised.
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It is easy to underestimate the sort of edge Veldt has over the Guild, the Talaarah, and other merchant orders in or near Chiaroscuro.  Under the banner of the Emerald Emporium, four thousand women perform hundreds of different crafts, switching between them on a dime as Alabaster or the market requires.  Although technically not a secret, the Emporium's allegiance to Alabaster is never advertised, and many in Chiaroscuro assume it is simply a minor merchant house that was ready to fill the void left by the Guild.
  
Alabaster's sailing training being incomplete, Veldt is also limited by her lack of contacts abroad.  She plans on joining Alabaster in Nexus for the sole purpose of correcting this shortcoming, and getting a closer look on the Guild's own methods.
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Alabaster's sailing training being incomplete, Veldt is also limited by her lack of contacts abroad.  She plans on joining Alabaster in Nexus for the sole purpose of correcting this shortcoming, and getting a closer look on the Guild's own methods.  In the mean time, most of the fleet is being rented out to other local guilds in Chiaroscuro, with some amount of river trade occurring.  
  
 
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{{HeroicCharacter|
|Name=Veldt
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|Name=Grand Mistress Veldt
 
|Concept=Vixen
 
|Concept=Vixen
 
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|Banked=0
 
|Banked=0
 
|Motivation=To serve Alabaster's goals.
 
|Motivation=To serve Alabaster's goals.
|Intimacies=Alabaster {{Dot4}}, Alabaster's Circle {{Dot4}}, Alabaster's Goals {{Dot4}}, [[Dancing Rain]] {{Dot4}}, The Unconquered Sun {{Dot4}}, Destruction of the Guild {{Dot4}}
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|Intimacies=Alabaster {{Dot4}}, Alabaster's Circle {{Dot4}}, Alabaster's Goals {{Dot4}}, [[Dancing Rain]] {{Dot4}}, The Unconquered Sun {{Dot4}}, Destruction of the Guild {{Dot4}}, Making Money {{Dot4}},
 
|Periphrasis=None
 
|Periphrasis=None
 
|Description=A short woman, standing a bit over five feet tall.  She possesses unusually pale skin for her time in the South, yet never seems to get burned.
 
|Description=A short woman, standing a bit over five feet tall.  She possesses unusually pale skin for her time in the South, yet never seems to get burned.

Revision as of 00:59, 25 September 2007

Veldt would have a hard time imagining a better situation to be in.

Like the Sisters that have developed a small name for themselves in Chiaroscuro, she too was on that doomed voyage to the Wreath of Lashes. Also like them, she has come to serve Alabaster, undergoing the same intense training, but has taken a bit differently to Zen's teachings. This difference is manifesting subtly, but it reflects in the differing duties that the Solar has assigned to her.

Instead of helping to manage the Warlord's rather considerable military, her duty is to maintain his economy. As more men have joined up, Alabaster is moving most of the women to less directly confrontational roles - save for the elite. These functions include crafting, spying, and trading. While her espionage skills are far from honed at the moment, Alabaster's training has focussed more on providing trading and organizational ability. Information gathering will, unfortunately, have to come later.

It is easy to underestimate the sort of edge Veldt has over the Guild, the Talaarah, and other merchant orders in or near Chiaroscuro. Under the banner of the Emerald Emporium, four thousand women perform hundreds of different crafts, switching between them on a dime as Alabaster or the market requires. Although technically not a secret, the Emporium's allegiance to Alabaster is never advertised, and many in Chiaroscuro assume it is simply a minor merchant house that was ready to fill the void left by the Guild.

Alabaster's sailing training being incomplete, Veldt is also limited by her lack of contacts abroad. She plans on joining Alabaster in Nexus for the sole purpose of correcting this shortcoming, and getting a closer look on the Guild's own methods. In the mean time, most of the fleet is being rented out to other local guilds in Chiaroscuro, with some amount of river trade occurring.

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Grand Mistress Veldt

Concept Vixen Type Heroic Mortal Aspect Wood Calling None
Experience 0 Spent 0 Banked 0 Essence

Character

Motivation To serve Alabaster's goals.
Intimacies Alabaster ●●●●○, Alabaster's Circle ●●●●○, Alabaster's Goals ●●●●○, Dancing Rain ●●●●○, The Unconquered Sun ●●●●○, Destruction of the Guild ●●●●○, Making Money ●●●●○,
Anima Abilities None
Periphrasis None
Languages Forest-tongue (Native), Flametongue, Low Realm, Rivertongue
Virtue Flaw None
Description A short woman, standing a bit over five feet tall. She possesses unusually pale skin for her time in the South, yet never seems to get burned.

Attributes

Strength ●●●●○ Charisma ●●●●○ Perception ●●●●○
+○○○ +○○○ +○○○
Dexterity Manipulation Intelligence
+○○○ +○○○ +○○○
Stamina Appearance Wits
+○○○ +○○○ +○○○

Abilities

War
Archery ●●●●○
+○○○
Athletics ●●●○○
+○○○
Awareness ●●●○○
+○○○
Dodge ●●●●○
+○○○
Integrity ●●●●○
+○○○
Martial Arts ●●●●○
+○○○
Melee ●●●●○
+○○○
Resistance ●●●○○
+○○○
Thrown ○○○○○
+○○○
War ●●●●○
+○○○
Life
Craft ●●●●○
+○○○
Larceny ●○○○○
+○○○
Linguistics ●●●○○
+○○○
Performance ●●●●○
+○○○
Presence ●●●●○
+○○○
Ride ●○○○○
+○○○
Sail ●●●●○
+○○○
Socialize ●●●●○
+○○○
Stealth ●○○○○
+○○○
Survival ●●○○○
+○○○
Wisdom
Bureaucracy ●●●●○
+○○○
Investigation ●●○○○
+○○○
Lore ●●●●○
+○○○
Medicine ●●○○○
+○○○
Occult ●●●●○
+○○○
Other Specialties
' +○○○
' +○○○
' +○○○
' +○○○
' +○○○
' +○○○
' +○○○
' +○○○
' +○○○
' +○○○
Crafts
Craft: Air ○○○○○ + ○○○
Craft: Earth ●●●●○ + ○○○
Craft: Fire ●●●●○ + ○○○
Craft: Water ○○○○○ + ○○○
Craft: Wood ●●●○○ + ○○○
Craft: Fate ○○○○○ + ○○○
Craft: Genesis ○○○○○ + ○○○
Craft: Glamour ○○○○○ + ○○○
Craft: Magitech ●●○○○ + ○○○
Arts
Alchemy +○○○
Astrology +○○○
Demon Summoning +○○○
Elemental Summoning +○○○
Enchantment +○○○
Geomancy +○○○
Husbandry +○○○
Spirit Beckoning +○○○
The Dead +○○○
Warding & Exorcism +●●○
Weather Working +○○○

Spirit and Body

Essence Willpower ●●●●● ●●○○○ Personal Pool 0
Compassion ●●●●○ Conviction ●●●●○ Committed 0
Temperance ●●●●○ Valor ●●○○○ Peripheral Pool 23

Health and Soak

Soak Bashing Lethal Aggravated Health Levels Move Type Unarmored Armored
Natural 4 0 0 -0 Move 4 yards 1 yards
Armor 0 0 0 -1 □□ Dash 10 yards 7 yards
Total 4 0 0 -2 □□ Jump Type Unarmored Armored
Pierced 4 0 0 -4 Horizontal 14 yards 14 yards
Hardness 0 0 0 Incap Vertical 7 yards 7 yards

Charms

Martial Arts

Fivefold Shadow Hand Style

  • Smoke Apprentice Gesture / 1m / Reflexive / One Action / Combo-OK / SotM, 76
  • Smoke Adept Gesture / 3m / Simple / Until Broken / Combo-OK / SotM, 76
  • Fivefold Shadow Hand Form / 5m / Simple / Once Scene / Form-Type, Obvious / SotM, 77
  • The Cat Disguise / 6m, 1w / Simple / One Scene / Combo-Basic, Illusion / SotM, 79
  • Laugh at the Enemy's Aim / 5m, 1w / Simple / Five Actions / Combo-Basic / SotM, 80

Backgrounds

Backgrounds
Followers ●○○○○ - App5, what do you expect?

Mentor ●●●●○ - Alabaster

Resources ●●●●●


Combat Values

Base Values Attacks
Join Battle 7
Dodge DV (Unarmored) 5
Dodge DV (Armored) 5
Mobility Penalty 0
Fatigue 0
Join Debate 7
Dodge Mental DV 8
Social Speed Rate Honest Attack MDV Deceptive Attack MDV
Presence 4 2 8 4 6 3
Performance 6 1 8 4 6 3
Investigation 5 2 6 3 4 2
Standard Speed Rate Accuracy Defense Damage Tags
Punch 5 3 9 6 1B N
Kick 5 2 8 3 4B N
Clinch 6 1 8 - 1B C,N,P
None

Mutations

Mutations
None

Combos

Combos
None

Possessions

Possessions
Doses of Age-Staving Cordial, Wardrobe (many items elementally empowered)