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<blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 3596610" data-attributes="member: 4936"><p><strong>Names/Titles:</strong> Whisper, Lady of Mysteries</p><p><strong>Alignment:</strong> Neutral (simultaneously good and evil, lawful and chaotic)</p><p><strong>Portfolio:</strong> Paradoxes, Secrets</p><p><strong>Symbol:</strong> A black disc with two female eyes staring out.</p><p><strong>Dogma:</strong> Your secrets are your strength. Mask yourself as well as your actions. Embrace the union of opposites.</p><p></p><p><strong>Description: </strong>Whisper is the god not of knowledge, but instead of what isn't and in some cases what can't be known. Paradox, mystery, riddle and secret. She is a quiet, cold presence...not given to displays of emotion. Her favor is as subtle as her vengeance and either can easily be mistaken for luck...favorable or foul. As goddess of secrets, it's little surprise that Whisper's motives are guarded, her methods deep and subtle, and her plots often full of labyrinthine twists and turns...except when that's what one would expect.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Avatar] Whisper rarely leaves her sanctuary or sends avatars abroad; preferring to work through subordinates or, more often, through individuals who don't know who they're working for. Even those in a position to have seen the goddess can barely say they've seen her, for her form hovers at the threshold of perception, wavering between 'there' and 'not there,' though she would say she is both at once. A dark, shadowy form, visible more easily to the peripheral vision than when looked at directly, Whisper manifests from existing shadows as a distinctly female silhouette of which the eyes, starkly visible and unblinking, are the only detail that can be seen. Despite that lack of detail, there is a sense of incalculable beauty only thinly concealed that proves powerfully alluring to those she manifests to. This generally proves a maddening tease, for her 'true' appearance is one of the many secrets she never parts with. The allure is related to the curiousness of the entity she appears to. The more inquisitive the mind, the more strongly it reacts to her presence. The curious feel a need to pin her down...is she there, or isn't she...and to define her, as well as pierce the mystery that surrounds her. Whisper is aware of this, and uses it to further her own ends.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Abilities of Note]</p><p><strong>Enigma:</strong> No force or magic can force Whisper to divulge information, nor can any force or magic discover information about Whisper without her explicit consent. This means that Divination magic is essentially useless when she is the subject, including 'indirect' divinations like See Invisible, True Sight, and any form of future-telling such as Augury or Divination. Even the benefits of the Foresight spell do not apply to Whisper personally, or to her avatars. If this is contested by a divine force of opposite domain (not just a god casting Scry, for example, but a God of Knowledge or God of Finding Things Out) then there could be a chance of penetration. Contested rolls with a bonus equal to each god's divine rank, perhaps.</p><p><strong>Paradoxical Nature:</strong> Suspended as she is between being and nonbeing, Whisper can choose to impose a 50% miss chance on any effect that affects her. This is similar to incorporeality, but nothing is exempt from it, including force, abjurations, positive and negative energy, ghost touch weapons and so on. She can move through solid objects, and transport herself to any point that is in shadow (ie - has any Concealment due to light level).</p><p><strong>Knowing Eye:</strong> Whisper can determine what secrets an individual has by looking at him, or a representation of him (via scrying or similar). This power works on mortals, and deities of lesser status than Whisper. A "secret" is defined as:</p><p> - Knowledge that the subject has chosen to withold from other people.</p><p> - Memory of an action that was done without others knowing it and that hasn't been disclosed.</p><p> - Memories of observed or imagined events that have not been disclosed.</p><p></p><p>Whether or not something has been witheld or disclosed is something that Whisper has a little wiggle room on. Generally to be considered 'disclosed,' the information has to be told, willingly or otherwise, personally by the secretholder to someone who matters to the secretholder...not necessarily a friend, but a disinterested stranger doesn't count as they won't retain the knowledge. eg If Stan secretly smoked pot once, but no one was around and he never told anyone, the fact that someone sold him the pot doesn't count as 'disclosure.' The dealer doesn't know him, doesn't care, and vice versa. But if he comes clean and tells a political rival, his son, his wife, a friend...anyone who would be interested basically, then it's no longer a secret. This includes PUBLIC disclosure, such as to a newspaper or other mass media source, including just getting on a rock and shouting it to everyone nearby.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Limitations of Note]</p><p><strong>Eye of the Beholder:</strong> Whisper is based on perception and observer effects. She has no ability to directly affect beings who cannot percieve (such as beings that are unconscious/comatose, in hibernation, etc). This includes inanimate objects (though not undead or constructs, both of which can percieve and interact with their environments), which she glides through as if she, or they, were nothing at all. </p><p><strong>Only the Shadow Knows:</strong> As a creature of hidden truths and shadow, Whisper must manifest in places of darkness or shadow, and cannot venture into full light. Because of this, she typically prefers doing personal business at night. In the void of space all is considered to be dark, unless a star is nearby enough that its magnitude is similar to Earth's sun at Earth's surface, at which point she can approach the star no closer unless she finds something to cast a shadow she can stay in (a meteoroid perhaps or spacecraft).[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shayuri, post: 3596610, member: 4936"] [B]Names/Titles:[/B] Whisper, Lady of Mysteries [B]Alignment:[/B] Neutral (simultaneously good and evil, lawful and chaotic) [B]Portfolio:[/B] Paradoxes, Secrets [B]Symbol:[/B] A black disc with two female eyes staring out. [B]Dogma:[/B] Your secrets are your strength. Mask yourself as well as your actions. Embrace the union of opposites. [B]Description: [/B]Whisper is the god not of knowledge, but instead of what isn't and in some cases what can't be known. Paradox, mystery, riddle and secret. She is a quiet, cold presence...not given to displays of emotion. Her favor is as subtle as her vengeance and either can easily be mistaken for luck...favorable or foul. As goddess of secrets, it's little surprise that Whisper's motives are guarded, her methods deep and subtle, and her plots often full of labyrinthine twists and turns...except when that's what one would expect. [sblock=Avatar] Whisper rarely leaves her sanctuary or sends avatars abroad; preferring to work through subordinates or, more often, through individuals who don't know who they're working for. Even those in a position to have seen the goddess can barely say they've seen her, for her form hovers at the threshold of perception, wavering between 'there' and 'not there,' though she would say she is both at once. A dark, shadowy form, visible more easily to the peripheral vision than when looked at directly, Whisper manifests from existing shadows as a distinctly female silhouette of which the eyes, starkly visible and unblinking, are the only detail that can be seen. Despite that lack of detail, there is a sense of incalculable beauty only thinly concealed that proves powerfully alluring to those she manifests to. This generally proves a maddening tease, for her 'true' appearance is one of the many secrets she never parts with. The allure is related to the curiousness of the entity she appears to. The more inquisitive the mind, the more strongly it reacts to her presence. The curious feel a need to pin her down...is she there, or isn't she...and to define her, as well as pierce the mystery that surrounds her. Whisper is aware of this, and uses it to further her own ends.[/sblock] [sblock=Abilities of Note] [B]Enigma:[/B] No force or magic can force Whisper to divulge information, nor can any force or magic discover information about Whisper without her explicit consent. This means that Divination magic is essentially useless when she is the subject, including 'indirect' divinations like See Invisible, True Sight, and any form of future-telling such as Augury or Divination. Even the benefits of the Foresight spell do not apply to Whisper personally, or to her avatars. If this is contested by a divine force of opposite domain (not just a god casting Scry, for example, but a God of Knowledge or God of Finding Things Out) then there could be a chance of penetration. Contested rolls with a bonus equal to each god's divine rank, perhaps. [B]Paradoxical Nature:[/B] Suspended as she is between being and nonbeing, Whisper can choose to impose a 50% miss chance on any effect that affects her. This is similar to incorporeality, but nothing is exempt from it, including force, abjurations, positive and negative energy, ghost touch weapons and so on. She can move through solid objects, and transport herself to any point that is in shadow (ie - has any Concealment due to light level). [B]Knowing Eye:[/B] Whisper can determine what secrets an individual has by looking at him, or a representation of him (via scrying or similar). This power works on mortals, and deities of lesser status than Whisper. A "secret" is defined as: - Knowledge that the subject has chosen to withold from other people. - Memory of an action that was done without others knowing it and that hasn't been disclosed. - Memories of observed or imagined events that have not been disclosed. Whether or not something has been witheld or disclosed is something that Whisper has a little wiggle room on. Generally to be considered 'disclosed,' the information has to be told, willingly or otherwise, personally by the secretholder to someone who matters to the secretholder...not necessarily a friend, but a disinterested stranger doesn't count as they won't retain the knowledge. eg If Stan secretly smoked pot once, but no one was around and he never told anyone, the fact that someone sold him the pot doesn't count as 'disclosure.' The dealer doesn't know him, doesn't care, and vice versa. But if he comes clean and tells a political rival, his son, his wife, a friend...anyone who would be interested basically, then it's no longer a secret. This includes PUBLIC disclosure, such as to a newspaper or other mass media source, including just getting on a rock and shouting it to everyone nearby.[/sblock] [sblock=Limitations of Note] [B]Eye of the Beholder:[/B] Whisper is based on perception and observer effects. She has no ability to directly affect beings who cannot percieve (such as beings that are unconscious/comatose, in hibernation, etc). This includes inanimate objects (though not undead or constructs, both of which can percieve and interact with their environments), which she glides through as if she, or they, were nothing at all. [B]Only the Shadow Knows:[/B] As a creature of hidden truths and shadow, Whisper must manifest in places of darkness or shadow, and cannot venture into full light. Because of this, she typically prefers doing personal business at night. In the void of space all is considered to be dark, unless a star is nearby enough that its magnitude is similar to Earth's sun at Earth's surface, at which point she can approach the star no closer unless she finds something to cast a shadow she can stay in (a meteoroid perhaps or spacecraft).[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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