Cathak Basq

Basics

Name: Cathak Basq/Larval Maelstrom
Concept: Veteran safeguarding Creation
Caste/Aspect: Fire
Motivation: Live well and protect creation
Intimacies: Civilians, mortals
Anima Banner/Totem: Roiling, oil-black smoke and guttering, red flames
Anima Effect/Tell: The taste of ash and a faintly increasing warmth
Experience: 38/40

Appearance

Medium-height, around five-foot nine, but as well built as most military men. Thick, wiry muscles as tough as car tyres, built up from relentless and untiring hard labour. Dull, grey eyes, like burned paper, and smoky-black hair. Ruddy skin with a grey-ish tinge, mainly due to being covered with a fine layer of ash: washing removes this for about a quarter of an hour, before it naturally reforms. His clothing also often smells of smoke. Greying teeth and thin lips over a fairly large, roman nose. One of his eyebrows is slightly higher than the other, and his forehead is more wrinkled than his age would suggest. He grows a beard, but can't seem to manage a moustache.

Attributes

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

Abilities

Linguistics ●●    Awareness ●●●    Athletics ●●●   Bureaucracy         Archery   ●
Lore  ●●●         Craft            Dodge  ●●●●●    Investigation ●●    Medicine  ●    
Occult            Integrity        Melee  ●●●●●    Larceny             Performance ●
Stealth           Resistance ●●●   Presence  ●●●   Martial Arts ●      Ride     ●   
Thrown            War  ●●●         Socialize ●●    Sail                Survival    

Specialties

Melee - Multiple Opponents ●
Melee - Sword ●
Dodge - Multiple Opponents ●
Dodge - Finding Cover ●

Backgrounds

Breeding ●●●●●
Artifact ●●●●
Resources ●●
Connections ●●●
Reputation ●●●

Charms

Dragon-Graced Weapon
First Melee Excellency
Threshing Floor Technique
First Dodge Excellency
Safety Among Enemies
Ringing Anvil Onslaught
Glowing Coal Radiance
Virtuous Negation Defence

Essence

Essence: ●●●
Regeneration: 8 resting
Personal Essence Pool: 14
Peripheral Essence Pool: 33
Committed Essence: 14

Willpower

Willpower: ●●●●●●
Temporary: □□□□□□

Virtues

Virtues:

• Compassion ●●
  
• Conviction ●●●
  
• Temperance ●
  
• Valor ●●●
  

Flawed Virtue: Conviction
Limit Break: □□□□□□□□□□

Inventory

Jade Reinforced Breastplate 3
The Arsenal of Ineluctible Devastation 5

Special Items

The Arsenal of Ineluctible Devastation (3 each, or 5 for the pair.)
The Arsenal of Ineluctible Devastation is a much cherished relic of the Bereshith family of House Basq. A twinned pair of jade Reaper Daiklaives, the Arsenal was forged by the great ancestor, General Cathak MaGost, to alow him to more effectively apply his own skills as a swordsman to the battlefield. Since their forging, the design has been copied a handful of times, but the design is still rare.
The Arsenal's two weapons, the Veil of Ragged Ribbons and Towerbutcher, both have a minor ability individually, but allow a distinct advantage when weilded together. Both weapons are formed of jade, inset into silver and gold hafts.
The Arsenal's more offensively-based weapon is Towerbutcher, a fearsome weapon with as much in common with a reaver daiklaive as a reaper daiklaive. Long and wickedly curved, the weapon's black jade blade is that of a machete, sweeping and flowing into the silver and gold of the handle. Towerbutcher ignores the target's hardness on a strike, including- and especially- those of buildings.
The Veil of Ragged Ribbons is longer and thinner than the Arsenal, and is much less ferocious-looking; indeed, the blue-jade Veil is the offhand weapon, made to turn aside incoming blows as much as to kill. The Veil applies a +1 bonus to the weilder's DVs while wielded, including as an offhand weapon. It is incompatible with a buckler, or any form of shield.
Combined, the weapons work together, working to overcome the hazards of the battlefield and keep the weilder safe. The Veil makes the wielder much harder to attack-- he takes no penalty to DV for attack actions.

Speed Accuracy Damage Defence Rate Min. Attune Cost
Towerbutcher 4 +4 +5 +1 5 Str 2 8* 3*
The Veil of Ragged Ribbons 4 +4 +5 +3** 3 Str 2 8* 3*

• -1 as a pair
  
  • +1 additional parry DV
    

Combat

Dodge DV: 6.5
Parry DV: 7.5
Soak:
Hardness:

Health

□ -0
□ -1
□ -1
□ -2
□ -2
□ -4
□ Incapacitated

Advancement

8 xp on Stamina 3 20 xp on Essence 3
10 xp on Ringing Anvil Onslaught