Dragon: The Embers Core Book - MrGone's Character Sheets

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School School of of Ash: Ash:
Ash:
Gateway Gateways Gateway to to Destruction
Destruction
Destruction
The night before it had been new. pointless to keep water within, as it drains
Pristine foundation, perfect walls, beautiful away too quickly. To plunge it repeatedly
marbled columns supporting the structure. until water needs are met would prove too
The restoration had been a phenomenal
much effort. Instead the Ash Dragon
success. But when the building inspector arranges for the bucket to be somewhere
came around, the place was barely standing. favorable, a place where its draining can
Ruptured plumbing, stairwell cracking,
serve some benefit.
shattered stone, it was as if it was being
Mannerism: Being the slackers that
dragged into hell.
they are, most followers of Ash do not pay
Confident in their analysis of the due process to grooming or attire. Their hair
world as a whole, the followers of Ash
tends to be unkempt and greasy, their eyes
believe that without the guiding wisdom of dull and listless, their clothes simple and
the original Dragons the world is doomed to easily tended. They tend to run their
crumble under the weight of its own faults. Provinces through remote mediums like
Repairs are never sufficient, no matter how mail correspondence or with more recent
much effort is applied everything will
advances the internet. They know the
eventually return to the dust from whence it inherent flaws of these systems, and use
was formed. These Oroboroi have the
them to tactical advantage. Lethargy is not
longevity to validate their theories, both in an absence of brilliance, just a lack of
the craft of mankind and in the society they enthusiasm to utilize it. Most of all, though,
raise up around that craft.
they recognize that everything has an end-
Followers of Ash are fatalists. They game flaw. Exploiting that flaw is both the
have the power to bring the world to ruin if easiest and fastest path to victory.
they so desired, but most don’t even bother.
Philosophy: All followers of Ash
After all, it’ll get there eventually anyway. open up the path to focused destruction.
Those that are drawn to act feel that the least The pessimism they feel towards existence
pleasant things should be destroyed first, so leeches into the world around them, creating
that they may enjoy a more pleasant slip into the flaws they claim were there all along.
oblivion. In summary, they are slackers. With the infusion of Breath, these flaws can
Inheritors are not locked out of the explode into a total breakdown of
school, but theirs is a great challenge to
misfortune.
maintain membership. Ash Inheritors must
Background: Those that follow
overcome their sense of entitlement and
Ash are drawn by the inherent nihilism it
come to grips with the fact that everything— entails. For atheists the lingering threat of
even the rights to their Heart—is terminal. oblivion validates their stand on life,
An invisible clock hangs over their head, ironically serving as a crude form of religion.
and to recognize that is to break away from Some grow bitter when the world of the
the mold. Inheritors who manage to keep up Oroboroi turns out more gritty and less
the path of Ash prosper the most, their social glamorous than first anticipated, and find
Aspects perfectly designed for remote
comfort in the school’s explanation.
networking.
Though there are always exceptions,
With regards to Province, they
followers of Ash are notoriously bitter and
regard property as a holey bucket. It is
introverted.