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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8953267" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px">Princess Kaguya</span></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-gk9g8Bx/0/d442217c/S/ezgif-4-a14cbb891c-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11UNw-V55WYFP-SXwXJvsE5YBcv2hx2tw/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=109062110484778480992&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank">Much of the story, notably the end, has already been told.</a> And yet there is still more to tell. There always is.</p><p></p><p>Gaigoyan -- to use the Albadine version of her name, which her adoptive parents thought similar to the Japanese word for 'shining', Kaguya -- came to Earth almost by accident. Born just as the various Albadine dominions were disintegrating, she was charged by the ruler who had ordered her quickening (but whom she never once thought of as a mother) to seek out all the remaining Albadine colonies throughout charted space and bid them travel to her home world to build the basis of an empire. She found many, and died a bit inside each time the people she had found refused that bidding, for she had other orders for what to do if that happened. Throughout her life, she dreamed of drowning in the green blood she had shed.</p><p></p><p>There were old accounts of the people visiting the Sol system, and she followed those accounts there. After conducting an orbital survey that revealed no traces of her people on the third planet, she was preparing to depart when her vessel came under attack by robotic vessels from the first planet. She barely survived that clash and the shipwreck that followed it, which brought her down in the land that she would come to know as Nihon. Part of the reason that her eventual "rescue" took so long was her reluctance to call for help, out of fear that her attackers might come again.</p><p></p><p>Another part, of course, was that she was happy there, for perhaps the first time in her life. She knew that it could never last, that she could never truly be one of these people. Yet she loved them all the same. Not romantically; she had been designed not to know such desires, since the geneforging that had created her people was still unstable, then, and the children born to them were as often Gargun as Albadine, which would never do for the children of the Empress. So her refusal of the suits paid to her by many of the noteworthy of Nihon was sincere, if not perhaps wholly honest.</p><p></p><p>In time, she took the people she loved most away from that world, and led them to a new one, which she hoped would be far enough away from the madness that the Empress was unleashing. Even after she left Yusei, she never returned to her homeworld, but continued to explore this region of the galaxy. She visited Hasham, and played a role in the formation of the mystic order, but ultimately departed when she could not accept the dualism that they insisted upon. Gaigoyan the Green knew better than most that great good and great evil could exist in the same soul.</p><p></p><p>When the Albadine came at last to the Imperium, she was waiting, and was embraced by them as a pioneer, honored and kept safe. Some few centuries later, she would become drawn into the Anachronic Calamity, which astounded her. Surely, an ancient wreck such as herself could be of no help in saving reality? Besides, if it was the fate of reality to end in this way, then should this not be accepted without fear or -- and then they told her of how the one called Billie Zane had obtained the Matter Gem.</p><p></p><p>"If you had claimed it in battle, I would weep but do nothing," she said to the Mind Eater when they met. "If you had stolen it in stealth, I would weep but do nothing. But you tricked <strong>my children</strong> to think that you were I ... and I shall not weep. <em>Even if the Source forgives you, I will not.</em> Greetings. My parents named me Kaguya-hime. Prepare to die." And with the mightiest blow imaginable, she cut the Matter Gem and the hand that was holding it from her foe. She might have done more, but reclaiming the treasure took priority.</p><p></p><p>The ending of her tale has already been told. Or has it? For although there was no great angel waiting in the gloom for her soul, her end did not go as unwitnessed as some accounts have claimed. And perhaps, one whose life was given to love will yet be called upon in dark hours to come.</p><p></p><p><strong>Princess Kaguya -- PL 12</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong></p><p><strong>STR</strong> 11/6 | <strong>STA</strong> 11/6 | <strong>AGL</strong> 6 | <strong>DEX</strong> 4 | <strong>FGT</strong> 8 | <strong>INT</strong> 6 | <strong>AWE</strong> 5 | <strong>PRE</strong> 5</p><p></p><p><strong>Powers:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Basic Telepathy:</em></strong> Mental Communication 2 (1 mile)- 8 points</p><p><strong><em>Bonded Starsword:</em></strong> Damage 6, Penetrating 6, Accurate; Easily Removable (-4 points) - 9 points</p><p><strong><em>Longevity:</em></strong> Immunity 1 (aging); Immunity 2 (disease, poison), Limited to Half-effect - 2 points</p><p><strong><em>Mental Powers:</em></strong> Array (31 points) <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <em><strong>Hypnosis:</strong></em> Perception Range Cumulative Affliction 10 (Resisted by Will; Dazed, Compelled, Controlled), Insidious, Vision Dependent - 30 points</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Physical Enhancement:</em></strong> Enhanced Stamina 5; Enhanced Strength 5; Sustained Impervious Toughness 6; Sustained Regeneration 5 - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Psychic Probe:</em></strong> Cumulative Mind-Reading 10, Subtle - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Psychokinesis:</em></strong> Perception Range Move Object 10 (200 tons), Subtle - 1 point</li> </ul><p><strong><em>Shielded Mind:</em></strong> Impervious Will 10, Limited to Mental effects - 5 points</p><p></p><p><em>Rarely Used Power Stunt:</em></p><p><em><strong>Focused Physical Enhancement:</strong> Enhanced Damage 15, Penetrating 15.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages:</strong></p><p>Assessment, Attractive, Defensive Attack, Evasion, Fearless, Improved Defense, Improved Initiative, Leadership, Power Attack, Teamwork, Trance, Uncanny Dodge.</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong></p><p>Close Combat: Sword 4 (+12), Deception 6 (+11), Expertise: Galactic 8 (+14), Insight 10 (+15), Intimidation 8 (+13), Perception 8 (+13), Persuasion 8 (+13), Treatment 6 (+12).</p><p></p><p><strong>Offense:</strong></p><p>Initiative +10</p><p>Unarmed +8 (Close Damage 11/6)</p><p>Starsword +14 (Close Damage 6)</p><p>Hypnosis -- (Perception Range Will 10)</p><p></p><p><strong>Defense:</strong></p><p>Dodge 10, Parry 12, Fortitude 11/6, Toughness 11/6, Will 13.</p><p></p><p><strong>Totals:</strong></p><p>Abilities 92 + Powers 58 + Advantages 12 + Skills 29 + Defenses 16 = 207 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Offensive PL:</strong> 10</p><p><strong>Defensive PL:</strong> 12</p><p><strong>Resistance PL:</strong> 12</p><p><strong>Skill PL:</strong> 10</p><p></p><p><strong>Complications:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Responsibility--Motivation. Falls In (Non-romantic) Love Easily.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><em>"Where is it that we were together? Who were you that I lived with? The brother. The friend. Darkness, light. Strife and love. Are they the workings of one mind? The features of the same face? Oh, my soul. Let me be in you now. Look out through my eyes. Look out at the things you made. All things shining."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8953267, member: 30538"] [size=150]Princess Kaguya[/size] [img]https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-gk9g8Bx/0/d442217c/S/ezgif-4-a14cbb891c-S.jpg[/img] [url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/11UNw-V55WYFP-SXwXJvsE5YBcv2hx2tw/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=109062110484778480992&rtpof=true&sd=true]Much of the story, notably the end, has already been told.[/url] And yet there is still more to tell. There always is. Gaigoyan -- to use the Albadine version of her name, which her adoptive parents thought similar to the Japanese word for 'shining', Kaguya -- came to Earth almost by accident. Born just as the various Albadine dominions were disintegrating, she was charged by the ruler who had ordered her quickening (but whom she never once thought of as a mother) to seek out all the remaining Albadine colonies throughout charted space and bid them travel to her home world to build the basis of an empire. She found many, and died a bit inside each time the people she had found refused that bidding, for she had other orders for what to do if that happened. Throughout her life, she dreamed of drowning in the green blood she had shed. There were old accounts of the people visiting the Sol system, and she followed those accounts there. After conducting an orbital survey that revealed no traces of her people on the third planet, she was preparing to depart when her vessel came under attack by robotic vessels from the first planet. She barely survived that clash and the shipwreck that followed it, which brought her down in the land that she would come to know as Nihon. Part of the reason that her eventual "rescue" took so long was her reluctance to call for help, out of fear that her attackers might come again. Another part, of course, was that she was happy there, for perhaps the first time in her life. She knew that it could never last, that she could never truly be one of these people. Yet she loved them all the same. Not romantically; she had been designed not to know such desires, since the geneforging that had created her people was still unstable, then, and the children born to them were as often Gargun as Albadine, which would never do for the children of the Empress. So her refusal of the suits paid to her by many of the noteworthy of Nihon was sincere, if not perhaps wholly honest. In time, she took the people she loved most away from that world, and led them to a new one, which she hoped would be far enough away from the madness that the Empress was unleashing. Even after she left Yusei, she never returned to her homeworld, but continued to explore this region of the galaxy. She visited Hasham, and played a role in the formation of the mystic order, but ultimately departed when she could not accept the dualism that they insisted upon. Gaigoyan the Green knew better than most that great good and great evil could exist in the same soul. When the Albadine came at last to the Imperium, she was waiting, and was embraced by them as a pioneer, honored and kept safe. Some few centuries later, she would become drawn into the Anachronic Calamity, which astounded her. Surely, an ancient wreck such as herself could be of no help in saving reality? Besides, if it was the fate of reality to end in this way, then should this not be accepted without fear or -- and then they told her of how the one called Billie Zane had obtained the Matter Gem. "If you had claimed it in battle, I would weep but do nothing," she said to the Mind Eater when they met. "If you had stolen it in stealth, I would weep but do nothing. But you tricked [b]my children[/b] to think that you were I ... and I shall not weep. [i]Even if the Source forgives you, I will not.[/i] Greetings. My parents named me Kaguya-hime. Prepare to die." And with the mightiest blow imaginable, she cut the Matter Gem and the hand that was holding it from her foe. She might have done more, but reclaiming the treasure took priority. The ending of her tale has already been told. Or has it? For although there was no great angel waiting in the gloom for her soul, her end did not go as unwitnessed as some accounts have claimed. And perhaps, one whose life was given to love will yet be called upon in dark hours to come. [b]Princess Kaguya -- PL 12 Abilities: STR[/b] 11/6 | [b]STA[/b] 11/6 | [b]AGL[/b] 6 | [b]DEX[/b] 4 | [b]FGT[/b] 8 | [b]INT[/b] 6 | [b]AWE[/b] 5 | [b]PRE[/b] 5 [b]Powers: [i]Basic Telepathy:[/i][/b] Mental Communication 2 (1 mile)- 8 points [b][i]Bonded Starsword:[/i][/b] Damage 6, Penetrating 6, Accurate; Easily Removable (-4 points) - 9 points [b][i]Longevity:[/i][/b] Immunity 1 (aging); Immunity 2 (disease, poison), Limited to Half-effect - 2 points [b][i]Mental Powers:[/i][/b] Array (31 points)[list] [*] [i][b]Hypnosis:[/b][/i] Perception Range Cumulative Affliction 10 (Resisted by Will; Dazed, Compelled, Controlled), Insidious, Vision Dependent - 30 points [*] [b][i]Physical Enhancement:[/i][/b] Enhanced Stamina 5; Enhanced Strength 5; Sustained Impervious Toughness 6; Sustained Regeneration 5 - 1 point [*] [b][i]Psychic Probe:[/i][/b] Cumulative Mind-Reading 10, Subtle - 1 point [*] [b][i]Psychokinesis:[/i][/b] Perception Range Move Object 10 (200 tons), Subtle - 1 point[/list] [b][i]Shielded Mind:[/i][/b] Impervious Will 10, Limited to Mental effects - 5 points [i]Rarely Used Power Stunt: [b]Focused Physical Enhancement:[/b] Enhanced Damage 15, Penetrating 15.[/i] [b]Advantages:[/b] Assessment, Attractive, Defensive Attack, Evasion, Fearless, Improved Defense, Improved Initiative, Leadership, Power Attack, Teamwork, Trance, Uncanny Dodge. [b]Skills:[/b] Close Combat: Sword 4 (+12), Deception 6 (+11), Expertise: Galactic 8 (+14), Insight 10 (+15), Intimidation 8 (+13), Perception 8 (+13), Persuasion 8 (+13), Treatment 6 (+12). [b]Offense:[/b] Initiative +10 Unarmed +8 (Close Damage 11/6) Starsword +14 (Close Damage 6) Hypnosis -- (Perception Range Will 10) [b]Defense:[/b] Dodge 10, Parry 12, Fortitude 11/6, Toughness 11/6, Will 13. [b]Totals:[/b] Abilities 92 + Powers 58 + Advantages 12 + Skills 29 + Defenses 16 = 207 points [b]Offensive PL:[/b] 10 [b]Defensive PL:[/b] 12 [b]Resistance PL:[/b] 12 [b]Skill PL:[/b] 10 [b]Complications: [i]Responsibility--Motivation. Falls In (Non-romantic) Love Easily.[/i][/b] [i]"Where is it that we were together? Who were you that I lived with? The brother. The friend. Darkness, light. Strife and love. Are they the workings of one mind? The features of the same face? Oh, my soul. Let me be in you now. Look out through my eyes. Look out at the things you made. All things shining."[/i] [/QUOTE]
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