måndag 13 april 2015

The Cursed

"With that, I pronounce a curse upon your house unto the final generation. Your daughters will bear sickly children and your sons shall not marry. The first in each generation shall be stricken from Kithain society without recourse. I swear unto you, I shall not rest until you and your family are devoured by the sterile force of Banality."

Vengeance can drive anyone to extremes. Kithain are no exception to this; indeed, they often take it farther than any human. When a changeling has been wronged by someone, or feels she has been wronged, and the slight goes far beyond any forgiveness possible, she may make the gravest error of her life and swear the Oath of Undoing.
This oath is a declaration of unending enmity upon another Kithain, to the point of death. In most cases, the wrath of the Kithain drives her to this extreme, to the point which she is willing to risk her own existence and sanity to destroy another. This is the Kithain who chooses the way of Banality from anger or revenge. She is the among the most dangerous and frightening of all Dauntain. In the heat of the moment, she will often lay a frightening curse or oath down to destroy her enemies. If the oath is worded in just the right (or wrong) fashion, the Dauntain will find herself irrevocably tied to Banality.
The connection she has with Banality is often not immediately apparent as she maintains the appearance of her original nature. Her difference will become apparent with time as her seeming begins to assert itself over her features of her kith. Despite this change, she maintains all of her Arts and Realms, in addition to any powers bestowed by the power of her oath and the Banality she is tied into.
The Cursed may choose this path because she sees it as the only way to achieve her goals, which rarely benefit anyone. She may be blind to the price of this path, but once she sets foot upon it, there is rarely any turning back. In fact, to turn back is often to break the oath which set her upon the path originally.
Sometimes, the first steps on this path lie along the Unseelie road; however, this is not always the case. Occasionally, when given into the excesses the Unseelie are prone to indulging in, this sort finds herself feeding the icy grasp of Banality within her own heart.
The Cursed tend to be among worst ssort of Ravagers, as their pillaging of human creativity strengthens the grip Banality holds over the world. The first sign of the shift in focus is often that of the new Dauntain suddenly Ravaging her fellow Kithain for their Glamour. She is also among the most feared, for she is the most visible living embodiment of that which is destroying the bright, fae heart of the Kithain. She is Banality given form and substance, come to devour beauty and replace it with cold, unforgiving truth.
Her salvation lies in causing her to see the consequences of her actions, and convincing her to atone for them.

Apparance
The cursed are anger personified. Their eyes flash dangerously and their teeth and fingernails become wicked fangs and claws. They always seem to be filled with violent energy which the slightest error could touch off. Within these ones, Banality is not a chilly, dead thing. It is alive and burning with rage.

Outlook
Kithain: Ignore them. They´re noit out concern; our only quarry is our concern. He has offended us. so he shall pay.
The Lost: Frightening! How could a true Kithain become such as this? To become one with Banality would be as... death... to a Kithain.
Black Magicians: Driven by mad lust, these are the worst betrayers to our kind.
Nihilists: One such as this deserves to be helped. Perhaps our enemy did this to her?
Apostates: Inconceivable!
Typhoids: Avoid these at all costs. They are a danger to us as they are to any Kithain.

The Oath of Undoing
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. No slight shall go unnoticed, no wound unavenged. I shall hurt my undying enemy, [name of enemy], to the four corners of the Earth, and I shall not rest until either I or my enemy is fully Undone. When I find him, I shall cut out his heart with the keenest blade of cold iron I can find. I shall do everything in my power to reduce my enemy to nothing and to less then nothing.
This oath is die in meaning. The oathtaker gains a permanent pont  of Banality, and must roll her Glamour against her new Banality as a target number. Success means she feels the consequences before she finishes the oath and may cut it off. Failure means she finishes the oath and is subject to it until it is discharged. If the oath is broken, a point of permanent Willpower is lost; it is fulfilled, a second point of permanent Banality is gained and the above roll must be made again. This is a terrible oath. It decrees the destruction of a fellow Kithain, which is only strengthens Banality. As with most oaths, this is not the only wording possible, merely the most popular.

- Autumn, Dreaming

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