Sigilistic
03-19-2005, 06:44 PM
We had the first session of our new Dragon-blooded game last night. It was awesome. Enjoy.
The Four Virtues Brotherhood
A Dragon-blooded Romance
Four heroes. Four schools. Four virtues. One great destiny.
They met by chance. Four Dragon-blooded heroes, all recently graduated from their respective secondary schools, on a ship destined for Harborhead. In just a few days, they became fast friends and one night, as the stars high overhead cast their blessing, they swore an oath of eternal brotherhood, an oath reinforced with sorcery. From that moment onward, they would travel together, no matter where their journeys took them. They were Ragara Soras Murashige, Sesus Benit, Peleps Lynet, and Gaberal.
Ragara Soras Murashige, or Ballad as he preferred to be called, was the scion of Conviction. His was the Aspect of Earth. He was a graduate from the Heptagram. His Driving Passion was to become Emperor of the Realm, his Vice was an inability to ever see friends or family come to harm, no matter the cost to himself or his goals. Ballad was a man of many secrets. Ostensibly, he served his family by collecting debts owed them, often by breaking a few legs. However, he was in truth a member of both the All Seeing Eye and the Watchers. Both of those secrets he kept even from his sworn brothers.
Sesus Benit, or just plain Benit as he preferred, was the scion of Temperence. His was the Aspect of Air. He was a graduate from the Cloister of Wisdom. His Driving Passion was to achieve enlightenment through mastery of the Fivefold Glorious Dragon Paths, his Vice an uncontrollable gluttony. Benit was a man found easily approachable by all. He served his Order by working as an itinerant monk, travelling the land and helping people where he could. In particular, he sought to strengthen the faith of his fellow monks, and despite his unfortunate gluttony, he was looked well upon by the brothers of his Order for his tireless service to the cause.
Peleps Lynet was the scion of Compassion. Hers was the Aspect of Water. She was a graduate from the Spiral Academy. Her Driving Passion was to remove forever from Creation the stain of the Anathema, her Vice an uncontrollable cruelty whenever the Anathema appeared. Lynet was a woman with a deep heart, but a stern countenance. She served her country as a magistrate, travelling the land rooting out corruption and wickedness. Unknown to her Brotherhood, she was also an agent of the Bronze Faction. Armed with the Eye of the Fire Dragon, she was charged with the hunting down and slaying of all Anathema. In particular, she longed for the day when she could confront and destroy the most villainous Anathema of them all, her brother.
Gaberal was the scion of Valor. His was the Aspect of Fire. He was a graduate of the House of Bells. His Driving Passion was to one day command his own legion, his Vice was a terrible and secret fear of the Anathema. Gaberal was a man driven by his passions. Once an orphan on the mean streets of the Imperial City, surviving by his wits and his fists, all that changed when he Exalted. The Dragon-blooded came for him and to took him to a place called Pasiap's Stair, where others like him trained to one day enter the only career society deemed acceptable for their kind, the profession of the soldier. Hardened and disciplined by his time there, he was so successful that a wealthy Dynast by the name of Sesus Nagezzar sponsored him into the House of Bells, where he stunned everyone by graduating with honors.
Four heroes. Four schools. Four virtues. One great destiny.
And the beginning of that destiny awaited them in the Imperial Garrison of Kirigast...
The Four Virtues Brotherhood
A Dragon-blooded Romance
Four heroes. Four schools. Four virtues. One great destiny.
They met by chance. Four Dragon-blooded heroes, all recently graduated from their respective secondary schools, on a ship destined for Harborhead. In just a few days, they became fast friends and one night, as the stars high overhead cast their blessing, they swore an oath of eternal brotherhood, an oath reinforced with sorcery. From that moment onward, they would travel together, no matter where their journeys took them. They were Ragara Soras Murashige, Sesus Benit, Peleps Lynet, and Gaberal.
Ragara Soras Murashige, or Ballad as he preferred to be called, was the scion of Conviction. His was the Aspect of Earth. He was a graduate from the Heptagram. His Driving Passion was to become Emperor of the Realm, his Vice was an inability to ever see friends or family come to harm, no matter the cost to himself or his goals. Ballad was a man of many secrets. Ostensibly, he served his family by collecting debts owed them, often by breaking a few legs. However, he was in truth a member of both the All Seeing Eye and the Watchers. Both of those secrets he kept even from his sworn brothers.
Sesus Benit, or just plain Benit as he preferred, was the scion of Temperence. His was the Aspect of Air. He was a graduate from the Cloister of Wisdom. His Driving Passion was to achieve enlightenment through mastery of the Fivefold Glorious Dragon Paths, his Vice an uncontrollable gluttony. Benit was a man found easily approachable by all. He served his Order by working as an itinerant monk, travelling the land and helping people where he could. In particular, he sought to strengthen the faith of his fellow monks, and despite his unfortunate gluttony, he was looked well upon by the brothers of his Order for his tireless service to the cause.
Peleps Lynet was the scion of Compassion. Hers was the Aspect of Water. She was a graduate from the Spiral Academy. Her Driving Passion was to remove forever from Creation the stain of the Anathema, her Vice an uncontrollable cruelty whenever the Anathema appeared. Lynet was a woman with a deep heart, but a stern countenance. She served her country as a magistrate, travelling the land rooting out corruption and wickedness. Unknown to her Brotherhood, she was also an agent of the Bronze Faction. Armed with the Eye of the Fire Dragon, she was charged with the hunting down and slaying of all Anathema. In particular, she longed for the day when she could confront and destroy the most villainous Anathema of them all, her brother.
Gaberal was the scion of Valor. His was the Aspect of Fire. He was a graduate of the House of Bells. His Driving Passion was to one day command his own legion, his Vice was a terrible and secret fear of the Anathema. Gaberal was a man driven by his passions. Once an orphan on the mean streets of the Imperial City, surviving by his wits and his fists, all that changed when he Exalted. The Dragon-blooded came for him and to took him to a place called Pasiap's Stair, where others like him trained to one day enter the only career society deemed acceptable for their kind, the profession of the soldier. Hardened and disciplined by his time there, he was so successful that a wealthy Dynast by the name of Sesus Nagezzar sponsored him into the House of Bells, where he stunned everyone by graduating with honors.
Four heroes. Four schools. Four virtues. One great destiny.
And the beginning of that destiny awaited them in the Imperial Garrison of Kirigast...