Talk:Lasting Phantasm

Lasting Phantasm is a native of Harborhead where she was a member of the clan in control of the Leopard Seat. Her real name is Silya. As a princess of peripheral importance, she grew up witnessing the depredations of the Realm against her country, the burden of tributes levied and its effective enslavement of her people without being directly embroiled in the intrigues forced upon the Leopard's immediate family. Though never particularly good with words, numbers or script, she always understood that, beneath it all, something was never quite right.

A natural at martial pursuits, her life plan consisted of joining the Brides of Ahlat until everything was rudely interrupted by Realm satrap Cathak Voper poisoning the Leopard and executing the entire clan. Despite extra men being deployed to the job, the troops sent to kill Lasting were found dead the next morning. Two years later, a coldly beautiful female gladiator began making her name known in distant Gem.

Lasting belongs to the Izhalvi people of Harborhead; she has relatively light skin, amber, almond-shaped eyes and very long hair like drying ink. Her demeanor is succinctly describeable as dark and cold, though her eyes burn much brighter than any possible Abyssal. The usual gladiatorial outfit she wears are a cloak and kilt of black edged with red since she is billed as a Bride of Ahlat. In fact, the assassination of her family occurred shortly before she was scheduled to enter (and presumeably pass) the preliminary contests to determine her eligibility.

Vital Statistics

Name: Lasting Phantasm
Age: 18
Concept: Tall, Dark and Vengeful
Caste: Dawn
Motivation: Destroy the Realm.
Essence: ●● (personal: 16/16; peripheral: 35/35; committed: 0)
Essence Recover: (relaxed: +4; resting: +4)
Willpower: 10/10 [5BP]

Virtues

Compassion: 1/1
Conviction: 4/4
Temperance: 2/2
Valor: 5/5 [3BP]

Intimacies (11)

Ahlat (Shaken Faith)
Unconquered Sun (Wary Respect)
Harborhead (Nationalist Pride)
Realm (Hatred)
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Backgrounds

Contacts: ●
The gladiatorial scene.

Cult: ●
Dedicated fans.

Followers: ●
Any high level gladiator will have support staff.

Influence: ●●
Lasting Phantasm is a gladiator of rapidly growing status, having just reached the top levels of competition after a start in illegal private matches more interested in things besides fighting. She is billed as a Bride of Ahlat from distant Harborhead, though she isn't actually.

Resources: ●●
Wealth isn't exactly her main interest, but she isn't badly off.

Attributes

Physical

Strength: ●●●
Dexterity: ●●●●●
Stamina: ●●●

Social

Charisma: ●
Manipulation: ●
Appearance: ●●●●●

Mental

Perception: ●●●
Intelligence: ●
Wits: ●●●●●

Abilities

Dawn

Archery: -
Martial Arts: ●
Melee: ●●●●● (+3 Single Combat)
Thrown: ●
War: ●●●●●

Zenith

Integrity: ●
Performance: ●●●
Presence: ●
Resistance: ●●●●
Survival: ●●●

Twilight

Craft: -
Investigation: -
Lore: ●
Medicine: -
Occult: -

Night

Athletics: ●●●
Awareness: ●
Dodge: ●
Larceny: ●
Stealth: ●

Eclipse

Bureaucracy: -
Linguistics: ●●

(Flametongue, High Realm, Riverspeak)

Ride: ●
Sail: -
Socialize: -

Traits

Merits

Born to Rule (2)
There's just something about her.

Tactical Genius (3)
Offhand dismissal of higher learning belies someone who can dominate a Gateway board.

Flaws

Intolerance: Dynasts (-3)
Lasting nurses a deep hatred not only for Cathak Voper personally and the Cathak clan in particular, but for entire institution of the Realm.