Razor-Edge Between Death And Safety, Adamant Shielding Chakram (Artifact *****, Requires Autochthonian Artifice)
Medium Melee, tags: Melee, Thrown (Medium), Lethal (When used as thrown), Gyroscopic (Thrown), Chain-Engine (Melee), Cutting, Mounted.
Special: The Razor-Edge can be wielded as paired medium weapons, and is treated as having the Shield tag without reducing the damage of the weapon.
Thematics: The razor-edge between tick and tock, the split between seconds where decisions are made.
Hearthstone Slots: 2
Once, there was a maiden
who was afraid of her power, and what it meant to her people, and the people who would make her abuse it for their own ends.
This maiden did not know how to say no, for it was not her lot to do so; she was a servant, and she knew her place.
One day, her people needed her the most, but she was told to stand down
And instead, the maiden ran, and ran, and ran, and ran, crying diamond tears
Until she died, cold, alone, and abandoned
Just like her people did

The Razor-Edge Between Death and Safety was found by a prospecting team in the reaches near Vos-Ulos, next to the skeletal remains of a long-dead Alchemical of unknown origin. Its history is not known. It is a tightly, precisely fitted set of adamant gears, like the inside of a clock writ large. It is controlled by the hand gestures of the attuned exalt. The gears are so well fitted and precise it is impossible to tell where the movement of them begins; it normally floats a few inches off the attuned user's back, or above their head where it serves as a functional umbrella. The gears are impossibly sharp, functioning as the razor edge of a chain-engine weapon as well as the ticking gyroscopes of a gryoscopic weapon.

Evocations:
Attuning to this artifact automatically unlocks the Industrial Violence Engine and Recursive Trajectory Cut evocations, as it is a Chain-Engine and Gyroscopic weapon.

Great Maker's Silent Gift
Cost: NA. Mins: Essence 1
Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Evocations: None
Upon purchasing this evocation, the exalt opens a direct mental connection between themselves and Autochthon's Godhead. This is treated as if they had the Whispers merit at 2 dots, except instead of death, the underworld, and necromancy, it's bonuses apply to Autochthonia, Autochthon, acts of creation and creativity, and the gathering of knowledge and skill.
An Essence 3 Repurchase of this charm increases the effective Whispers rating to 4.

Nick Of Time
Cost: 4m. Mins: Essence 1
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Perilous
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Evocations: None
The exalt reflexively makes a Defend Other action on an ally within Close range that was just targetted by an attack, before the attacker rolls their dice.

Clockwork Savior
Cost: 5m. Mins: Essence 2
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: None
Duration: Scene
Prerequisite Evocations: Nick of Time
The exalt uses this evocation reflexively when an ally within Medium range has their Incapacitated health level filled. The ally is placed in a stasis field; they cannot be further harmed by any means, and are prevented from dying even if their Incapacitated is filled with Lethal or Aggravated damage. At the end of the scene the field vanishes and the shielded ally's Incapacitated health level is healed. The field vanishes early if you move more than Long range away from the ally, or if you are incapacitated.

Reset: Once per story, unless the user puts the enemy who incapacitated the target ally into Initiative Crash.

Between Each Breath
Cost: 4m, 2i. Mins: Essence 1.
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Perilous, Counterattack, Decisive-Only
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Evocations: None
The exalt uses this evocation when an enemy within Long range voluntarily moves towards an allied character. The exalt reflexively moves one range band towards the triggering enemy; if they end within Medium range of the triggering enemy, the exalt can immediately make a Decisive counterattack.

Every Second Counts
Cost: 6m. Mins: Essence 2.
Type: Reflexive.
Keywords: Perilous
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Evocations: Between Each Breath
This evocation is used reflexively at the start of the combat round, before anyone has taken their turns. The user immediately doubles their initiative, but cannot deal Decisive damage for the rest of the round. At the end of the round, they immediately reset to base initiative.

Reset: Once per scene, unless reset by crashing an opponent.

Autochthon's True Eye
Cost: 10m, 2wp. Mins: Essence 3
Type: Simple
Keywords: Perilous
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Evocations: Clockwork Savior, Every Second Counts, Great Maker's Silent Gift (x2)
This evocation may only be used against targets in Initiative Crash, and may not be placed in a flurry by any means. When used, the exalted throws the Razor-Edge, which hovers over the target before irising out into a portal, from which descends a pillar of white light and the sound of infinite clockwork. The Great Maker turns his eye onto the target and asks them a single question: "Why do you exist?". If the target is able to justify their existance to Autochthon, they survive, potentially with bonuses depending on Storyteller ruling. If they cannot, the target is instantly slain, reduced to component essence and scattered to the winds. No magic or charm effect can prevent this. This evocation cannot target the same target more than once.

An exalted cannot use this evocation on a different target from themselves until they have used it against themselves. The user does not have to be in Initiative Crash to use it against themselves.

Reset: Once per story.

Formation of the God-Head
Cost: 8m, 1wp. Mins: Essence 4.
Type: Simple
Keywords: None
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequiste Evocaitons: Autochthon's True Eye.
Speaking the secret name of the Godhead, the Razor-Edge of Death and Safety floats above the bearer before descending upon her, breaking into constituent parts and wrapping her in the safety of Autochthon's embrace. The weapon may still be used in this form, but cannot be disarmed and the bearer's unarmed attacks may deal Lethal damage without stunting, and the bearer gains (+Essence) soak. If the bearer is unarmored or in light armor, she also gains +(Essence) Hardness. Additionally, if the user has Clarity, she may treat it as if it was 0 or 10 for any roll, whichever is more useful to her. She also reduces the cost of all of the Evocations of the Razor-Edge of Death and Safety by 2m, to a minimum of 1m.