The Legion of Fate
"Wait upon a blackened sky far beyond the glaring streetlights sleeping on empty dreams." -Sarah Mclachlan
I like to come up here at times. Just to stare out at the city lights. I don't know why, but it calms me after a patrol. It seems funny cause the neon looks infected and the buildings look delapitated, but hey it's home. It's been two years since I joined the legion, and I still don't feel like it's important work. Oh I know the whole "We're doing the Lady's work", but what about us. What about me? Why am I here? I'm tired of looking for some missing icon. I mean he's gone right? There's the whistle, time to go back out. Maybe we'll give up this wild goose chase.
The Legion of FateFate, destiny, kismet, call it what you will. Each of us has it, a predetermined path that encompasses our life. Be it good or bad, fate cannot be cheated, nor bribed for she has spun the web that guides us all.
The men and women of this legion are not chosen because of the circumstances of their deaths. Nor are they chosen because of the lives they led. They are chosen by the Lady of Fate for reasons only she knows. And the Lady keeps her secrets.
Common Archetypes(Ranked by frequency)
Explorer
Survivor
Visionary
Scientist
Gambler
LeaderCommon Shadows(Ranked by frequency)
Abuser
Pusher
Rationalist
Martyr
Common Arcanos
When these wraiths cross over they are branded with fate's mark on their right cheek. This mark comes with a heavy responsibility, and a true understanding of her power. Fatalism comes naturally to these wraiths and they use it well.Legion Arcanos
**** Lachesis' Prophecy
With the use of this art a wraith may cast a prophecy about a person, place, or object. The wraith is given a cryptic vision of a future event tied with that he cast it upon.
System- Roll Perception+Fatalism diff 8. Each success means the vision becomes clearer and longer. These visions can last from a minute to several hours. This art costs 2 pathos and 1 willpower.Rarest Arcanos Because of their connection with fate and the lives she touches, they find Inhabit the hardest to learn. They find machines cold, inhuman, and unfeeling. All pathos, willpower, and angst costs are increased by one.
Merits & FlawsThe Right Hand of Destiny 5 pt merit
Not only were you chosen by fate once, but twice. You have been given a sacred power, the power of recruitment. You may mark a mortal as fates own. Upon their death they will cross over and will be branded with the mark of Fate. You may only use this power eight times and then it is gone. This mark upon you is a sixth finger upon your right hand, which will disappear when you exhaust this power.Arcanos Inept 6 pt flaw
For some reason you are unable to learn and use an arcanos. You cannot use it and any attempts to do so fail.
Famous Circles and OrdersThe Order of Destiny's Divine- These wraiths are handpicked by the Lady herself with another symbol found upon the corpus. It is these wraiths duty to explore the Tempest, Shadowlands, and Skinlands for one reason; to search for Charon. No one, exept the Order and the Lady, knows of their true purpose. The symbol is a handprint over the heart.
League of Tidings- This order of prophets reside in a temple inside the city of Stygia. It is said that a wraith seeking wisdom should visit this temple.
The Lady FateOf all the Deathlords, none are more mysterious as she. Some say she isn't a wraith, that she is a force of Nature. Only she knows the truth.
History- After being rejected by her husband, she had a vision. In her vision she saw a city on an isle and a man in a mask. She sought him out, but didn't find him while she was alive. She died and crossed over, and it was here that she found her island. Another vision assaulted her, this time it was of a peasent boy leading many to this isle of sanctuary. She resolved herself to find the boy. It took her thousands of years, but she found him. She placed a mark upon his forehead and watched him till the day he died. He crossed over and she instructed him to lead these lost souls to an island. There he would build a city to protect them. She gave that boy a name; Charon. After two thousand years, that boy was lost in battle, and in that moment the Lady of Fate was shocked. She had not forseen this event. She gathered her most trusted legionaires and sent them looking for him.
The Lady of Fate Lachesis Second wife of Adam
Life: Oracle
Death: Old age
Regret: Rejection
Nature/Demeanor: See appearence.
Backgrounds: Eidolon 5, Artifact 5, Legacy 5, Status 12
Appearance: The Lady's mask makes her appear as three different women; A sultry young woman, a plump middle age woman, and an old woman. While they seem to have three different personalities, they really are one person.
Young woman/Temptress: Avant-Garde
Middle Aged woman/Wife: Caregiver
Old woman/Crone: CriticEver since Charon's dissappearence, Lady Fate has been desperately looking for her lost boy. So far no success.
Relations with the others
Allies: None
Opposed:None(Grim)
Neutral: All
Views of the othersSilent- "Their lives were more precious than they thought. It is good that they have a second chance."
Paupers- "While they have forgotten their lives, their destinies still wait for them."
Emerald- "They believe their deaths were for nothing, but we know different."
Iron- "They thought that they had lived out their life's path, but we know that it has only just begun."
Penitent- "Madness leads to insight, insight leads to truth. These wraiths understand much"
Gaunt- "Disease had not only taken their lives, but it seems to have robbed them of their morality."
Grim- "They certainly are. They need to look beyon the fight."
Renegades- "They fight out of hand, and without understanding what they fight for."
Heretics- "The religious have their place, and the fanatics have their harrows."
Transcendence- "Yes, I believe in it. I hope to one day achieve it, but for now I am content."
