Errai charmset, subsouls and jotun sightseeing

FIRST ERRAI EXCELLENCY-ESSENCE OVERWHELMING
Cost: 1m/die; Mins: Essence 1; Type: Reflexive (Step 1 for attackers, Step 2 for defenders)
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None

Errai is viciously pragmatic and single-minded, working without distraction until his goals are achieved. His apocalyptic corona of Exaltation-stoked light, flame and prowess wears down resistance, the unstoppable force and eternal supernova of his twin fetiches constantly generating some new artifact or sorcery. Though the August Star Imperator is steadfast in his goals, he is mercurial in his character, driven to adopt whatever form is necessary for victory. There are no depths to which he will not sink, no lines he will not cross in pursuit of his aims and to protect those who shelter beneath his radiance. In this sense he is self-sacrificing, determining the fittest option through competition, abandoning weakness in his pursuit of ruthless efficiency. The Shepherd of Epochs thrives in the pursuit of perfection, the fierce heat of his crusade adorning his allies and blinding his foes.

This Charm can be applied to any roll intended to harm an enemy weakpoint, enforcing the absoluteness of the Infernal's way of being, the long-term progress of strategems, designs or created resources in accord with the rest of the Excellency, and ameliorating suffering. Errai favours precision strikes that leave only scorched earth and cripple any response, and shows no mercy in its plans; as such, leniency or hesitation are impermissible-whether to parlay with a wartime rival without meaningfully working to enact their total surrender, or to speak/act against one's own way of being. Conversely, Errai cannot apply this Excellency towards acts with a deceptive character or intentional sabotage of others-though nothing prevents a genuinely grateful beneficiary from swearing their loyalty regardless. Attempts to seek vengeance can always be enhanced, allowing the Infernal to doom any further assault on the flock he holds dear. The winner writes history, and so long as he does not admit defeat, his enemies will never be victorious.

ERRAI MYTHOS EXULTANT
Cost: — ; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: First Errai Excellency

The Perfected Principle of Exaltation's greatest wrath is stoked by a cruel and uncaring universe. Whenever the Infernal receives a reward from a stunt that qualified for Errai First Excellency, he gains Valor channels equal to the stunt ratings.

ERRAI INEVITABILITY TECHNIQUE
Cost: — (1wp)
Mins: Essence 3
Type: Permanent
Keywords: Shaping
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: First Errai Excellency

The Deva-Tiger defines fate through force of will, warping the flow of causality merely through the lightest touch of his cosmic infinitude. Whenever a Deva-Tiger activates the appropriate First Deva-Tiger Excellency to improve a rolled action, she may pay an additional Willpower to lower the enhanced action’s target number to 6. This benefit is not cumulative with other effects that reduce target number. The Shaping effect of this Charm warps reality as a whole rather than any individual target; the improved Excellency use does not itself become a Shaping effect. Devil-Tigers with Essence 7+ no longer need to spend Willpower to benefit from this Charm; such characters automatically drop the target number of rolled actions to 6 whenever they use First Garlock Excellency

EFFORTLESS ERRAI DOMINANCE
Cost: —
Mins: Essence 4
Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: First Errai Excellency

Sympathic resonance is ingrained in the fallen Yozis' nature, but those who walk their path may yet rediscover it. This Charm may be purchased once for each iteration of First (Deva-Tiger) Excellency the character knows. Each iteration of Effortless (Deva-Tiger) Dominance triggers whenever the Infernal activates its prerequisite, cumulatively reducing the subsequent cost to do so in the scene by one mote, to a minimum cost of zero motes.

For example, if an Infernal uses First Errai Excellency to add three dice to a roll, this costs three motes. The second use of that Charm in the scene to add another three dice to an action costs only two motes, and so on. Note that the progression of cost reduction only depends on the number of times the Charm gets used rather than the number of motes spent on any activation. Even a zero mote Excellency use requires a standard Charm activation to do so.

SO SPEAKS ERRAI
Cost: 3m, 1wp
Mins: Essence 4
Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-Basic
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: First Errai Excellency

The warlocks begin to realise the thin boundaries between intent and action as they succeed their patrons. This Charm may be purchased once for each iteration of First (Deva-Tiger) Excellency the character knows. While active, So Speaks (Deva-Tiger) allows an Infernal to use its prerequisite as an innate power rather than a Charm activation. If the Infernal also knows the appropriate Effortless (Deva-Tiger) Dominance, he can choose whether to pay the full cost of the Excellency to wield it innately or use it as a Charm to enjoy the cost reduction. The same rules apply if any other effects reduce the Excellency’s cost.

SORCEROUS ENLIGHTENMENT OF ERRAI

Cost: —
Mins: Essence 3
Type: Permanent
Keywords: Sorcerous
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: First Errai Excellency

By the power of the Primordials, Creation came into existence and elements, deities and even life upon it. Sorcery is this power, filtered down through fractured glimpses of understanding that cannot begin to describe the intricate elegance of the universe. To be a sorcerer is to be mad with jagged shards of cosmic awareness and with will and might enough to impose that madness on the world.

The Titan Messiah's sorcery is an endless font of creation imbued upon a finite world. Spells that invoke the refining and purifying properties of light cost 10 motes and 1 willpower less (min. 5 motes, 1 willpower). The same discount applies to summoning or creating beings associated with flame or light. Additionally, spells which inflict damage through these mediums increase their base damage by half again before attack successes factor in. Examples of valid spells include Internal Flame, Flight of the Brilliant Raptor, The Ravenous Fire, Eternal Crystalline Encasement, God-Forged Champion of War, Hidden Judges of the Secret Flame (which, like all other summons, would benefit from both effects), Magma Kraken, Atrocious Fire Transformation, Chariot of the Blazing Sun, Cleansing Solar Flames, Incantation of the Invincible Army, Light of Solar Cleansing, Solar Sanctuary and Total Annihilation. Errai does not abhor darkness, but considers it inherently fickle; thus Emerald and Sapphire Circle spells whose primary effect is to dampen light or manipulate shadow cost an additional point of willpower to cast. Additionally, his absolute disgust for the Unconquered Sun forbids the casting of spells which incorporate the innovation of Holy; to a lesser extent, he permits his works to shine only by the light of his own soul. This may be bypassed through warping the spell in such a way to provide an alternate, commensurate benefit but cannot be cast as they are.

ASCENDENCY MANTLE OF ERRAI
Cost: —
Mins: Essence 5
Type: Permanent
Keywords: Native
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: First Errai Excellency

The Perfected Principle of Exaltation does not relent. When the Deva-Tiger violates his motivation, he automatically gains (Essence) points of Limit.

HEAVEN DICTATING AUTHORITY
Cost: 4m, 1wp
Mins: Essence 2
Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-Basic, Servitude, Sorcerous
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms: None

The Titan Messiah's stern commandments come not in thunderstorms or flash fires. They are the whisper in their wake Use of this Charm requires a Motivation or Urge focused on correcting, instructing or otherwise dictating terms to a group, enhancing that drive in the following ways:
-The Exalt's social attack becomes undodgeable. His words may be gainsayed, but never ignored
-The Exalt doubles all successes on his roll, provided his words resonate with both the Motivation/Urge and the First Errai Excellency
-This charm provides a MDV modifier of (Two highest Virtues+1), and the Exalt may spend willpower to perfectly parry mental influence if it adds a bonus against it
-The first time in a scene that the Exalt takes an action opposed to the motivation/urge, he gains 1 Limit

An Essence 3+ repurchase hardens the Exalt's resolve. Channeling Temperance to enhance resonant stunts provides bonus successes instead of dice. If a resonant stunt enhances a social attack, it is converted into unnatural influence that costs at least 1 willpower to resist. The sorcerous stength of the charm requires sapphire-level spells to remove.

An Essence 4+ repurchase changes the Charm's Type and Duration to Permanent, its' cost to -, and being broken by countermagic merely disables the Charm for a scene. It effects the chosen Motivation or Urge permanently and irrecoably until a new one is chosen, at which point he must choose to enhance his new one or a remaining motivation/urge. If he lacks an appropriate driving goal, this charm is rendered inactive as anything except a prerequisite.

DIVINE REVELATION IMMANENCE
Cost: 2m
Mins: Essence 2
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious, Social
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms: HEAVEN DICTATING AUTHORITY

Eternal and infinite, Errai's words can reach all corners of the world. The Exalt's anima flares to its' highest level-and then permeates the land before him, imposing his blinding presence upon the world. Heatless white flames line it, splitting lesser light like a prism. As a shaping effect, the Exalt's social attacks ignore all environmental penalties; so long as he can perceive his target, he may speak as if he were standing right next to them, whether he wishes to speak to someone swimming under a waterfall or hiding in their home. Should they reply, he hears them in the same way so long as he maintains the Essence commited to this Charm. At Essence 3, this Charm automatically upgrades to ignore internal penalties as well such as being deaf or not physically having ears, the Exalt's pulsating glory broadcasting pure meaning through his words.

A repurchase at Essence 3 allows the Exalt to target entire organizations or military units with this Charm.


OBESCIENCE REFORMATION MIEN
Cost: 8m
Mins: Essence 3
Type: Instant/Indefinite
Keywords: Combo-OK, Shaping,
Duration: Until complete
Prerequisite Charms: HEAVEN DICTATING AUTHORITY

The dictates of the Aurous Shepherd transcend any one kingdom, and command the very world around him. This Charm allows the Exalt to use Performance, Socialise and any other relevant attributes to perform an action upon an object which would otherwise require a specific attribute. As a Shaping effect, the object itself attempts to obey the Exalt to the best of it's ability; the Storyteller remains the final arbiter as to what penalties it may encounter while doing so, bearing in mind the Exalt exerts no external force upon his loyal subject during the process, that all actions are performed with the Exalt's relevant dicepool and that larger objects will naturally take greater effort to meaningfully affect.

Under no circumstances may this Charm alone be used to affect a supernatural or conceptual target, like time or an orichalcum artifact. This Charm is but the seed for such techniques.

Each Essence 4+ repurchase provides one of the following:
-Use of this Charm is treated as an innate power, and no longer counts as a Charm activation
-By paying an extra two motes, the Exalt can use this Charm in Step 9 as a special Counterattack against an attacker who can hear him to disarm their weapons, convince their armor to restrict their movement or other physically possible feats the objects could perform.


OMNIPRESENT COMMUNION INTERNALISATION
Cost: -
Mins: Essence 3
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Emotion
Duration: Indefinite; one day.
Prerequisite Charms: OBESCIENCE REFORMATION MIEN

An adequate ruler must speak with utmost confidence. But the ideal universal ruler learns to listen, as well. This Charm enhances the Exalt's capacity to interact with his worshippers. An Exalt with this charm adds his Valor and Compassion to all mote and Willpower awards provided by his cult, and may treat prayer as a good night's sleep for the purposes of Exalted healing, regaining Willpower and recovering from internal penalties. A hundred unenlightened mortals' or one Essence user's 10 minutes of prayer equates an hour of sleep.

Additionally whenever anyone of equal or lesser Essence prays to the Exalt with a standard prayer roll, the Exalt intuitively understands the reasoning behind the prayer made. For the next 24 hours any Attribute/Ability rolls made with the express intent to address that prayer have their difficultty lowered by -1, as the Exalt reflexively warps causality to bring succor to his loyal worshipper.


SKY-RENDING COMMANDMENTS
Cost: 20m, 1 wp
Mins: Essence 3
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious, Social
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms: OMNIPRESENT COMMUNION INTERNALISATION

By the perfection of Errai, infinity itself becomes a vessel through which heaven and earth can be moved. This Charm may be activated only under the open sky, unless the Deva-Tiger is standing on a manse or demesne aspected towards himself. When he speaks, the world responds to his voice: Clouds ape his likeness, mountains radiate aurorae and the tides move in response to his words. With an exercise of will, these omens can even be controlled in a crude fashion; the Exalt may impose, increase or remove an external penalty equal to the stunt's value when applied to this Charm to any target he can perceive with it.

For the duration of this Charm, any Performance-based actions made by the Deva-Tiger are transmitted to every valid target within (EssenceX20) miles. The Exalt gains no special ability to hear their responses from this Charm per se, although he may choose to use the Charm's prerequisite's upgrades as a reflexive action.

A second purchase of this Charm at Essence 4 expands it's range to (EssenceX50) miles. A third purchase at Essence 5 expands it further to (EssenceX500) miles.

HERO TAMING LEASH
Cost: (Essence rating of target)m
Mins: Essence 2
Type: Reflexive (Step 1)
Keywords: Obvious, Emotion, Touch, Emotion, Native
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms: FIRST GARLOCK EXCELLENCY

Within Errai burns the last pristine flames of the Sun's vanquished father, purified of weakness in the Daystar itself. The Sun's Chosen rightly quaver at the memory of their patron's submission. With a touch, the Exalt puts a Solar Exalt in her place. The Solar gains the effect of The Curse of the Whipped Dog limit break. This unnatural mental influence remains in effect until five Willpower is spent at one time to remove it. Beings of a similar scope and potential as the Solar Exalted may become valid targets for this charm; at the ST's discretion this may merit a repurchase due to their unique nations.

A repurchase at Essence 3 allows the Exalt to refine his assertion of authority over the sun, by choosing to inflict the Heart of Tears, Compassionate Martyrdom, Overindulgence or Red Rage of Compassion Limit Breaks instead. While Errai's rage burns brightest for the Once-Guarding Star, repurchases at Essence 4 enable the Shepherd to broaden their capacity to restrain heroes to Sidereal and Lunar Exalted, and beings of a similar level. A final repurchase at Essence 5 renders Dragonblooded, Heroic Mortals and other humble yet determined heroes for the Shepherd's judgement.

It is not recorded whether Errai ever wielded this Charm against the Unconquered Sun himself. Perhaps the Sun too is ashamed of that outcome. Perhaps in his perfection, he simply laughed off a Charm created solely to belittle him.

RAPTUROUS MIRACLE CATECHISM

looking directly at the Shepherd accelerates this to once per tick. Once instilled, the target is addicted to the light as a Crippling effect-drowning in blissful ecstasy from it in ways comparable to recollections of the Games of Divinity. Once successfully instilled the target must spend succeed at a Temperance roll against (Shepherd's Essence) once a day to avoid being subjected to a Performance-based attack commensurate to Celestial Bliss Trick, their own flesh and soul writhing in ecstasy from the Shepherd’s Essence seeped into them. While the target retains enough independence to concoct creative ways to prove their loyalty harming the Shepherd-even by inaction-becomes an Unacceptable Order on the level of suicide.

INVIOLABLE CHAINS OF VIRTUE
Cost: —
Mins: Essence 5
Type: Permanent
Keywords: Emotion, Native
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: SOLAR TAMING LEASH

The inescapable authority of the Lawbringers is a chain that can be used to bind them. Each successful activation of this Charm's prerequisite is treated as a scene building an appropriate intimacy of weakness in the Solar, depending on the exact nature of how Solar Taming Leash was applied. A Solar anonymously groped may cultivate an intimacy of existential dread (responsibility). A Solar inflicted with the Charm after a heated rivalry may gain an intimacy of submissive devotion (the Exalt). Once this intimacy is created, social attacks made by the Exalt in person that exploit this intimacy are automatically considered unnatural, undodgeable mental influence, and can include Unacceptable Orders to the Solar. Worse, any of the Solar's Charms which have the Holy keyword have that keyword automatically fail to apply when used in deliberate opposition against the Exalt

SOUL HARROWING SUNRISE
Cost: 8m, 1wp
Mins: Essence 2
Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms: None

The Deva-Tiger's revelations ignite his gaze, twin floodlights of cosmic glory burning away the weakness of his eye sockets. Through their light, the Deva-Tiger perceives the universe as a conceptually harmonic cascade of essence and energy motes highlighted by Old Realm sigils that further magnify his gaze and draw attention to things he prioritises. While this charm is active, the Exalt gains the following benefits:
-He perceives all dematerialized spirits with all senses, recognizing that they are incorporeal
-The brilliance of the Exalt transmits knowledge beyond mortal grasp. He adds (Essence) in successes to intuit knowledge of a subject's motivation and it's context.
-The Deva-Tiger's nascent omniscience permeates his surrounding. He no longer suffers penalties related to physiologically restricted field of vision, for example making an Awareness check to read a sign behind his head.
-The dance of matter ceases to impede his vigil. The Deva-Tiger automatically succeeds Notice Details rolls impeded by mundane phenomena such as a densely written text, a crowd or thick fog. Additionally, the Infernal is perfectly immune to effects that would blind him. Projectiles and curses alike find no purchase in his shining eye sockets, only light and air.

An Essence 3 repurchase enables the Exalt to add his lowest Virtues in automatic successes if another charm contests this charm's effects. At Essence 5, this automatically upgrades to the Exalt's highest Virtues instead.

LIGHTNING ANIMA IMPACT
Cost: 6m
Mins: Essence 2
Type: Permanent
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious, Telos
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms: Soul Harrowing Sunrise

The Titan Messiah's presence is as much an extension of his being as a limb is to his man. Bolstered by spiritual pressure, his force of will can move mountains. The Deva-Tiger may enhance the impact of his normal action range with plumes of white smokeless flame, exerting force and velocity equal to his own current velocity, and a range equal to (Willpower+Presence+highest Virtue). Obvious prismatic solar flares and wafting emanations from his anima intuitively, grasping the essence-patterns recorded in the Deva-Tiger's body and sometimes leaving afterimages of the physical actions intended. This Charm adds Willpower to the Deva-Tiger's Dexterity and Essence to his strength. It uses the normal associated abilities for a given feat, but adds Integrity to all rolls. Lightning Anima Impact can sear perceived incorporeal objects and beings.

The heat of the flames carries with it a perpetual environmental hazard equal to the Silent Wind of Adorjan, thus realistically the Deva-Tiger is unlikely to use this charm for purposes other than combat or certain forms of craft. In addition it adds (Essence) aggravated damage to all such actions, and may deflect projectiles and weaken blows with a (Willpower+Integrity) roll. The forces thus unleashed are too unstable to maintain a clinch. Against the Enemies of the World, this charm becomes unblockable and undodgeable.

Infernals with Essence 3 concentrate concussive spiritual pressure through the fire, adding a cumulative stunning effect which adds internal penalties until their DV refreshes. Repurchase of this charm at essence 4 allows the Deva-Tiger to spend 1 willpower whenever an attack enhanced by Blazing Anima Impact would inflict two or more levels of damage. Invoking this power stokes the Deva-Tiger's anima to a fever pitch with righteous outrage, allowing him to use this charm as an innate power which does not count as charm activating for the rest of the scene.


ALL-SEEING IMMANENCE VIGIL
Cost: 5m, 1wp
Mins: Essence 3
Type: Simple, Obvious
Keywords: Combo-OK, Telos, Obvious, Shaping
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Soul Harrowing Sunrise

To feel the gaze of the Imperial Holocaust is to know the power he restrains. This charm enhances it's prerequisite, empowering the Deva-Tiger to turn the force of his attention into an all-too-literal extension of his surroundings. All nearby sapient beings in the Deva-Tiger's standard range of vision experience heat akin to the midday summer sun and instinctively knows an ineffable and holy force has turned it's mind to them, but nothing else, while artifacts hum with purpose. All Stealth effects, deception effects and concealment effects-natural and unnatural-are nullified by a bright pulse of light emanating from the Deva-Tiger. This includes invisibility, disguises augmented by Lunar shapeshiftig or Sidereal astrology, and Compulsion or Illusion effects. If another charm contests this charm's effects, All-Seeing Immanence Vigil adds twice the Deva-Tiger's Essence in automatic successes to the opposed roll to maintain it's effects. This charm is considered a defense when used to prevent a surprise or social attack.

A repurchase enables the Deva-Tiger to mark artifacts or sapient beings of particular interest with a glowing sigil above their heads. Henceforth, he may remotely use the charm to perceive them and their surroundings without it's willpower cost.

APOLLYON FUSILADE MIEN
Cost (+1-8m)
Mins: Essence 3
Type: Permanent
Keywords: Telos, Obvious, Combo-OK
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: Blazing Anima Impact, All-Seeing Immanence VigilX2
The Titan Messiah often speaks softly, but the destructive force encoded into his soul roars like thunder when his flock is threatened. Adding one or more motes to the cost of Soul Harrowing Sunrise cause his anima to erupt to the bonfire level. A number of Old Realm sigils from the Deva-Tiger's name equal to the motes spent on this charm endure, each erupting as a concussive burst of Deva-Tiger Essence resembling thunderbolts of white-hot molten metal and fractal flame. This grants him the ability to make a number of attacks equal to the motes spent with his soul arsenal using the traits below, which can be individually directed at a single or multiple targets at the Deva-Tiger's discretion. So mighty are the forces unleashed that the attack halves any DV applied against it, and ignores any cover less than 100%.

This Charm is even mightier against the Enemies of the World. Against them the Deva-Tiger gains +4 DV and MDV against all attacks backed by their magic, and successfully striking forces a roll for each beneficial charm or sorcerous effect affecting the target. Failure on the roll ends it. Finally, the spiritual pressure of the flared anima empowers it to add (Essence) additional motes as costs to Solar charms.

At Essence 4+, the fusilade's Overwhelming value matches the Deva-Tiger's Essence.

A repurchase at Essence 3 allows the Deva-Tiger to mark that which he has deemed fit for destruction using his shining runic augur, making an attack undodgeable, unblockable and uncaring for distance or cover for 1wp per attack.

Nomenclative Apocalypse-Patterns: Speed 4, Accurancy +2, Damage (Integrity+Essence)A, Rate Infinite, Range (lower of Warlock's direct line of sight and visability of anima's light), Tags: Overwhelming, Piercing, Lance Type, Reach

RED STAR JUDGEMENT
Cost: -
Mins: Essence 3
Type: Permanent
Keywords: Obvious, Telos
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: Blazing Anima Impact

The Exalt gathers the apocalyptic power of his fundamental Essence, then focuses it through his titanic legend and causality-bending will as a lens aimed at the substrate of his opponent's very existence. This Charm permanently improves Blazing Anima Impact and Apollyon Fusilade Mien. Whenever levels of damage are dealt by either, cracks erupt emanating the Warlock's anima, emanating like a spray of burning blood. Upon death, shafts of light cut through the target as if they were fading mist-the shining white beams erasing the pattern of their existence from Samsara itself. For the rest of the scene the semi-tangible manifestation of the Warlock's judgement imposes a -1 external penalty on all attacks directed at him, raises his Parry DV by 2 and lowers the parry DV by the same amount of those within range of melee combat.

Furthermore, this charm was honed to surpass the Ghost-Eating Technique of the Lawbringers. It can explicitly slay the Neverborn and other beings with immortality on the level of a Primordial-though Errai prefers to spare such beings from such a fate with other charms, once he has committed to annihilation his will is absolute. If for any reason a being continues to exist in some fashion, such as by becoming a Neverborn, this Charm adds (Essence) in successes to a perfect unblockable and undodgeable effect to annihiliate them completely, the target's remains reverbating with thunderclaps and celestial flame as the inevitability of their defeat resonates them apart into a shower of firefly-like motes.

At Essence 4, the intense light bleaches the landscape an ashen white for (EssenceX500) yards in all directions; it does not provoke a check for blindness, as it radiates from spiritual intensity instead of raw energy. If used as a locale to bring peace to the dearly departed or to take actions counteracting the legacy of the slain being, bonus dice from relevant stunts are converted into automatic successes. Additionally, the bleak desolation automatically provokes a (Charisma+Presence+Conviction) social attack towards forgetting the slain entity every action spent in it, rewarding victims by granting an extra die bonus to regain willpower when resting upon it. Such is the methodical absolution of Errai that he considers the identities of his opponents part of their execution.

A repurchase at Essence 5 allows the Exalt to further consecrate the impact zones of his fallen foes. The Exalt gains (Essence) motes when present within the area, gains two additional motes per action and may invoke Blazing Anima Impact and/or Apollyon Fusilade Mien as an innate power for a surcharge of (10-Essence) motes. All Enemies of the World suffer (Essence) levels of unsoakable aggravated damage from cleansing flames for every action they spend in the pale wasteland, including the original entity if it somehow persists, and if the social attack succeeds must pay a surcharge of (Exalt's permanent essence) charms to activate further offensive charms against the Exalt within the territory. Finally, valid actions taken within the area double successes gained from the charm, miraculous synchronistic circumstances engraved upon the structure of the world by a furious sacrifice.


INDOMITABLE (VIRTUE) CASTIGATION
Cost: -
Mins: Essence 3
Type: Permanent
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: Red Star Judgement

The Perfected Principle of Exaltation is often seen as rigid due to binding Virtue within his incandescence. Beneath his dogmatic seemings however, lies a brutally strategic mind studying the closest links to Nirguna in order to reap power from breaking the world. This charm enhances it's prerequisite by opening new avenues of attack for it, and can be purchased once per Virtue rated 5+. It is not contingent on sufficient Virtue ratings in the future, as high Virtue is required only to open the initial metaphysical channels through which the Exalt learns to winnow miraculous power from the framework of relationships in the worl.

Additionally, the Exalt must bind one Virtue to an Intimacy he holds for it to function, as this charm draws power from the conflux of his interest with the constants that underpin existence as understood by the Primordials. Henceforth the Exalt treats pursuing and denying the Intimacy as he would spend Willpower to resist the urge of an extreme Virtue. Once per day at sunrise, he may perform an action involving one or more of those intimacies which if successful regains a Virtue channel for each Virtue that can exceed their usual limit. Finally, the Exalt may use Virtue channels to enhance a roll directly related to any of the bound intimacies even if the Virtue would normally be inapplicable to it, such as using temperance to soothe a frightened child.

-Compassion: The Deva-Tiger realises that relatively speaking, the relationship between emotional and physical bonds is not so great. Conceptualising this, she stokes the blazing essence within her into a means of counting coup. When the Deva-Tiger attunes to an artifact, manse or other essence-receiving recepticle belonging to another he succeeds by a threshold of (Compassion) automatic successes and may invoke this Charm's prerequisite. It can strike the owner at any range within the same plane of existence, becoming unblockable and undodgeable. At E7 even this limitation disappears.

-Valor: The simplest lesson from a study of sorcery is that sacrifice and destruction may beget creation. The realisation of this universal truth unfurls metaphysical tendrils of living lightning from the Exalt's brow. Slaying opponents with this charm's prerequisite causes the ambient area to become a one-way permanent mystic link the Exalt may target with all her knowledge of sorcery. The Exalt cannot be targetted through the mystic link as a perfect effect, and to the extent it matters applies (Essence) successes against any effect that would contest this one.

-Temperance: In denying others with a clash of miraculous power, a miracle of some power itself is created. The flames of the Exalt's anima flicker eagerly, readying to suffuse others. When the Exalt defends against an essence-based attack of any kind, she may reflexively activate this charm's prerequisite as a counterattack. Apart from the usual effects, the attacker loses an additional number of motes equal to their charm or combo.

-Conviction: Too many champions of Creation have sacrifice sure footing for a killing stroke during it's history. With the power flowing through him, the Exalt creates his own footing to compensate. When the Exalt has spent an entire scene attacking something resilient or vast enough to withstand multiple uses of this charm's prerequisite, such as a fortress or estate, he may lay a doom upon it. This is treated as (Essence) botches as if a broken Eclipse oath leveled misfortune against the target.


SUNBURST GUARDIAN SHINTAI
Cost: 15m, 1wp
Mins: Essence 3
Type: Simple
Keywords: Obvious, Emotion, Telos, Crippling
Duration: One scene/Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms: Sacrosanct Basilica of Selfhood

From humble beginnings, Errai looked upon the ivory towers and lofty works of the false gods who thought themselves conquering lords of creation. The cycle of conflict their meddling has created must be broken, and to that end the titan has rent from his own flesh the means to do better than them. Ensconced in a chrysalis of immortality, the fiery zeal of the fallen titans' champion inculcates within himself a spiritual purity that will sunder their designs and leave the chastened gods not just humbled-but redundant.

The Shepherd focuses his Essence until he glows like a newborn star, takes a combative stance and erupts his anima banner to the bonfire level. As far as the anima can be witnessed, immaculate white light permeates with the Warlock's as it's epicenter-more translucent silhouette and movement afterimage than flesh and blood, the Shepherd's own declaration to protect and destroy more substantial than his crude form. This light is considered the Shepherd's own for the purpose of all Charms with the Telos keyword, allowing him to freely unleash devastating Aggravated damage attacks with Sanctioned Action Stance among other uses.

Sunburst Guardian Shintai has the following advantages:

-The Shepherd simultaneously manifests all (Essence X 10) points of spirit charms provided by this Charm's prerequisites. Sunburst Guardian Shintai explicitly avoids the usual training times for such charms, and under no circumstances incurs XP debt. As usual however, the scope of charms that may be gained must be resonant with the First Errai Excellency.

-All effects, Shaping or otherwise, which would transform the Shepherd's soul, identity or Essence use becomes obvious. Creative shaping of his body may still bypass this protection by reifying the Shepherd in the image of his identity, but only ever in accordance with the First Errai Excellency. In that regard, Errai plots his to avenge his downfall before even striving for victory by permitting all but the most cunning of his opponents to change him only in ways that improve his being. He may reflexively reject any unwanted changes, even while unconscious or otherwise inactive.

-More declaration of legend than man, the Shepherd is utterly inescapable while bathed in the light of his soul. For the duration of the effect, the Shepherd is aware of the exact position of anyone standing in the light of Sunburst Guardian Shintai, and may strike any foe or otherwise perform his mundane range of interactions at any distance so long as he is near enough to radiate upon his target. He may also dodge or parry even if it is not physically possible to do so, such is while standing still or against magical attacks-wavering between afterimages left by his movements. The Shepherd may attack as if he stood right beside them and pick any angle, making cover impossible. When a character first steps into the light the Shepherd is made aware, and may make an immediate unexpected reflexive attack against that character.

-Glyphs and pictograms foretelling the glories the Shepherd will visit upon Creation shed from him as an afterimage, a manifestation of him literally creating his own destiny. His very attention, will and movements leave all opposition as chaff for the flame of his spirit. This charm imposes a -1 external penalty upon all attacks made against the Shepherd, who is considered to always enjoy 100% cover with no penalty to his mobility or capacity for interaction. At E5, this automatically upgrades to an external penalty of Essence/2, rounding up.

-Those who look upon the Exalt love him, and despair. An all-conquering, perfect majesty emanates from the Shepherd's shining spirit. Each long tick spent within the light subjects all valid targets (that is, those with any of the normal human senses, the capacity to sense Essence flows or most inhuman ones) to a social attack using a pool of (Presence + Appearance + Essence) that becomes unnatural and unexpected, building an Intimacy of worshipful euphoria. Successfully instilling such an Intimacy makes the Shepherd automatically aware of this fact. In addition to the standard benefits, such disciples treat bathing in the Shepherd’s light as rest, nourishment and medical treatment for all purposes, including regaining willpower and healing. This explicitly permits such disciples to survive in normally hazardous terrain. While within it by worshipping or labouring on behalf of a command related to their binding can ameliorate Limit, with one point of Limit reduced for each hour of worship or labour.

-As long as this Shintai is active he is considered to benefit from Hand of Destiny as an innate power, with his body, Essence and legend becoming instruments for his decision to work a specific end upon Creation. He retains the perfect, unconscious instinct for actions that accelerate success and unconsciously takes steps towards the larger goal, and applies (Essence) automatic successes in a roll-off against any conflicting force. Once this goal is achieved, he may reflexively choose a new one as an innate power for free.

Reaching Essence 4 refines the phantasmagorical patterns of light playing on the Exalt into the truth of what he has become. Henceforth, the Shepherd is simultaneously material and dematerialized, allowing him to perceive and physically interact with beings and objects in either state as though he shared that state. He can walk through sanctum entrances like a dematerialized being but may ignore them as a materialized being. All the results of his actions likewise benefit from this unique nature. If another effect defines the character’s state as exclusively material or incorporeal, he may ignore that effect at will to exist between states. He requires neither sustenance, nor air, nor sleep and becomes immune to all non-magical diseases.

A repurchase at Essence 4 commits the Exalt to his way of being, changing the Shintai's duration to Indefinite and forfeiting all conventional stealth.

THUNDERBLAST ASSAULT SHINTAI
Cost: 3-9m or 12m 1wp
Mins: Essence 4
Type: Extra Action
Keywords: Combo-Basic, Form-Type, Obvious
Duration: Instant, One Scene or Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms: World-Searing Afterimage Progress, God Shattering Star Stance

When Creation witnessed the bolt of killing light that forever rent it into the Shattered Annex, one thing about the cataclysm shocked many on a fundamental level: It happened faster than light itself. Such is the memory of Errai's judgement that prayers are directed to him ahead of time for fear of his punishment coming before his wrath. Upon activating this charm, the Shepherd's body sublimes into a supercharged concussive bolt of blinding Essence. His veins are scintillating streaks of living lightning, his breath molten plasma, his flesh light made liquid-and he moves too swiftly for most to gainsay him. Upon activating this charm the Shepherd may travel up to (Total Virtues x 20) yards for three motes, (Total Virtues x 40) yards for four motes, (Total Virtues x 80) yards for six motes, (Total Virtues X 120) yards for nine motes and up to (Total Virtues) miles by paying twelve motes and one Willpower.

Though the Shepherd arrives at notionally instaneous speeds, he physically progresses in a cataclysmic burst of lightning-like fury.  He may travel in any direction in this manner, allowing his final destination to take place midair, under water or even theoretically in extreme terrain such as magma. The Shepherd internalises the principles of motions, then surpasses them. The Shepherd is considered to be moving at infinite speed and indestructible on the level of adamant for the purposes of any obstacles, and is also automatically faster than anything he pursues or that is following him. Any force that contests either of these effects is contested by (Essence + Total Virtues) automatic successes, felt as ominous vibrations emanating from the Shepherd himself as his Essence strains against the limits of speed. The shinmaic substrate-searing trail left by this passage is an (Essence)A/action environmental hazard with (Essence)L trauma that lasts for (Essence) minutes, rivalling and likely surpassing the Silent Wind of Malfeas. Upon arrival, the Shepherd immediately deals damage equivalent to an application of Heaven Thunder Hammer supplemented by Nine Aeons Thew with an automatic (Total Virtues) automatic successes. One tick after, the Shepherd's anima immediately erupts into a thunderous blast of pure force that multiplies the damage and knockback of the first attack by (Essence), renders it piercing and Aggravated, and applies it to every other character apart from the charm user within (Essence x 50) yards. Nominally, this usually leaves a finely blasted crater where the Shepherd lands. Last but not least, (Essence) Charms relevant to motion or combat may be treated as being part of Thunderblast Assault Shintai's activation for the purposes of conflict resolution and combos.

A repurchase enables the Exalt to more precisely channel his cosmic forces, to serve as all tools required for Ability-based actions (though not raw materials). When so enchanted, the Shepherd completes all Ability and Attribute-based actions in time-warpingly rapid speeds, dividing the time traken by (Essence). Each dot of Essence the Shepherd gains cumulatively divides the time taken for such acts. This charm is explicitly cumulative with other quickening effects, and can accelerate the casting of spells. This acceleration even applies to processes with fixed durations such as cooking, by chaneling volatile Essence into blinding bolts, alchemical cruicible glyphs and vortexes of warped forces that energise the materials to go beyond what reality would normally permit. The Shepherd works as if having access to a master's workshop, although if the Shepherd knows Unsurpassed Devil Craft the principles of this shintai enable him to repurchase that charm to upgrade it to a flawless workshop, then an ideal workshop, and afterwards further repurchases of Unsurpassed Devil Craft add specialities permanently which add (Essence) dice per roll. Even for activities beyond the remit of Craft, the Shepherd's precisely honed forces apply a similar amount of supernatural support for everything glassblowing to musical recital to lovemaking-and he may buy "specialities" for those too. At Essence 6, dice added in this manner becomes successes.

A second repurchase enables the Shepherd to both fully internalise the principles of motion, then surpass them. The charm lasts for an entire scene and while he is considered to have paid the price for his explosive transit, he need not immediately perform it-and he may continue to move in the default manner as much as he wishes as well as in the more subtle alternative described below. A sheen of volatile energies girds his being. All of the character's movement rates are multiplied by (Essence), so long as he moves under his own power. When taking a Move, Dash or Jump action he vanishes into a blur that is impossible to even target without a reflexive (Perception + Awareness) roll against a difficulty of (Essence), while still retaining the preconditionins preserving his passage described above, and reappears at his destination successfully as long as no barrier impedes his progress. As mentioned earlier, the Shepherd may continue moving in any direction-flying or surging through the water with the same speed with which he would run.

A third repurchase allows the Shepherd to be truly everywhere and nowhere at once for it's duration. Moving at impossible speeds, he becomes a battle group of Size (Essence), Magnitude (Total Virtues) and retains his normal combat pool in lieu of Drill of Might. Regardless of heavy armour or other ongoing effects the Shepherd's volatile energy form can continue functioning as such a battle group with perfect Morale, though as they are mere echoes of his own motion they cannot benefit from most War charm enhancements from external sources-and are considered to be saturated with the environmental effect listed above. When the Shepherd's Magnitude track fills up with damage and he loses a point of Size, instead of a rout check he is subject to a difficulty 3 Stamina + Athletics roll to maintain the charm.

A fourth repurchase makes the Shepherd's acceleration sovereign to the limits of the world. The Shepherd may perform extremely wide scale, unrealistic feats of motion with this travel option; he gains (Total Virtues) successes on each method of motion, which may be transfered to other activities as mentioned by the second repurchase. It is at this level that it becomes feasible to leap from the Blessed Isle to Silver Chair when it's a full moon, jump to the bottom of the ocean or leap across the Elemental Pole of Earth. Such is the Shepherd's speed that he may even retroactively dodge damage received. By remaining still for one long tick and rolling (Dexterity + Dodge) unmodified by Charms, the Shepherd may convert successes into healed 0, -1 and -2 health levels. At E7 even aggravated damage may be dodged in this manner.

At Essence 5 this Charm automatically upgrades to count as an innate ability. The Shepherd must still spend Essence, but the Charm is not considered Charm activation for the purposes of combos and other mystical effects. By committing 12 motes to the charm, it's duration becomes indefinite.

A fifth, and final purchase at Essence 7 enables the Shepherd to traverse between different planes of existence as adoirtly as he moves within this one. In this manner can he dip in and out of the Labyrinth, pass through Elsewhere and even test himself against the limits set by Cecelyne for travel across her borders. As the storm of motion the Shepherd becomes strains at the gradient between Is and Should, when using the default method of travel he may also split his self into (Essence X Total Virtues) independent streaks of Essence each moving without penalty to coordination should he wish to perform multiple actions, explore different locations or attack different opponents-and choose which destination he rematerialises at.


INFINITY BREAKING IMMANENCE