The Warring States of NPF - Exalted: Chosen of the Sun

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Exalted is a game of epic fantasy set during the Second Age of Man, a time before our own.
It is an age of magic and adventure, when heroes of legend are reborn into a time of woe.

At the dawn of the First Age, the gods gave power to men that they might slay the gods' Primordial enemies. Anointed by the gods, these beings were thereafter known as the Exalted.

The greatest of the Exalted were the Solars, the Chosen of the Unconquered Sun, the mightiest of the gods. So great was their power that, when a Solar died, his power was quickly made manifest in a new individual - a reincarnation of sorts, but into a mature adult rather than a newborn.

The Exalted triumphed over the enemies of the gods, and in reward, the gods gave the Exalted dominion over the Earth. For a timeless age, the Exalted ruled justly over Creation, and their kingdom was invincible.

But the enemies of the gods had pronounced a terrible curse against the Exalted. This dark magic ate away at the hearts of the Chosen. The benevolence of the Solars turned to tyranny, and peace turned to civil war. It was prophesied that the madness of the Solars would bring about the destruction of the world. Seeing no other alternative, the lowliest of Exalted, the Dragon-Blooded, murdered the decadent Solar Exalted and locked their souls away.

And so, a Second Age descended upon Creation.

The greatest of the gods' servants no longer walked the earth, and the Realm of the Dragon-Blooded was but a shadow of the lost old Realm. Solar Exalted whose power escaped to be reborn were slain by Dragon-Blooded inquisitors known as the Wyld Hunt, and the Realm claimed dominion over Creation. For more than a thousand years the Solar Exalted remained imprisoned and defeated - until now.

The Scarlet Empress, the Dragon-Blooded ruler of the Realm and controller of the Wyld Hunt, vanished five years ago. Without her might to enforce order in the Realm, the Great Houses of her Scarlet Dynasty have fallen to squabbling over the reins of power. And in this time of crisis, the Solar Exalted have returned. It is as if a gate was opened and the heroes of old rushed through it and returned to the world.

Your character is among those individuals who have become Solar Exalted. You are a being of legend, as mighty as a demigod and as cunning as an asp. Will you be the savior of Creation or one of the terrible menaces that beset your world?

This RP will have space for five (5) people. Not two, not three, not four, not six, but five (5), each a member of a different Caste of the Solar Exalted. The castes are the Dawn (warriors), the Zenith (priests and kings), the Twilight (sorcerers and healers), the Night (rogues and spies), and the Eclipse (diplomats and fixers). However, just because the Eclipse are supposed to be diplomats doesn't mean that they're weak in combat and such - it means that they're predisposed to negotiating and settling disputes without violence. They can still kick all kinds of ass when they have to.

This RP will use the Storyteller system, which uses d10s to resolve success or failure. You will have dice pools, which represent how many dice you can roll to resolve a task. Dice that come up greater than 7 indicate a success. Dice which come up as 10 indicate 2 successes gained. Dice pool sizes are determined by your Attributes, which are your physical stats, and by your abilities, which are your skills. Challenging tasks will have a difficulty number assigned to them, which is the number of successes subtracted from your total. This represents conditions so challenging that you have to do well just to get by.

Character creation will come later - this thread is just to answer questions and canvas for potential players.