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

ack clean. These murders… the victims
were voluntarily helpless. But why?
Victims of Lust have drives that
consume them. They are driven by a focus
and passion that erodes everything around it,
a passion that is acidic. With it they can
build the greatest things, share the greatest
loves, live the fullest lives. But the fervor at
which they pursue these goals… it scares
even them. The Lust Dragons are faced
with the dilemma of drawing joy from their
achievements, or letting others keep their
joy.
Lust is a hard thing to fight. It
crawls through the body and pools at the
extremities, where the nerves can feel it
most. Of course that’s an odd way to
describe an emotion, but Lust itself is a very
sensual one. Getting a fix is exhilarating,
but it always leaves much to be cleaned. A
moment of Lust leaves months of aftershock.
Whenever a victim of Lust witnesses
another consumed by their passion—to the
extent that would warrant a Lust Vice’s
recovery of Willpower—they must roll
Composure or slide into their other mode.
Good Dragon Mode: When in
Good Dragon mode, victims of Lust run
from their passion. They’ll sell anything
that reminds them of their drive, and they’ll
shun the thing that brought them so much
pleasure. That thing is sometimes a lover’s
touch, but Lust Dragons would never
consider the lover themself a ‘thing’. Lust
Dragons are the only ones that make the
smallest impact while they are behaving.
Even when fleeing from something
onerous, it still remains a focal point of life.
Despite the Lust Dragon’s efforts to
marginalize the impact of her passion, it still
influences her every decision. Distance
makes the heart grow fonder, and the
imposed distance accelerates this process.
The passion becomes idealized and
mysterious again, and soon the Lust Dragon
cannot help but return to her jilted paramour.
Bad Dragon Mode: By contrast,
this is the better mode, so long as actions
aren’t defined as righteous or wicked. Their
focus consumes them, and the subject of
their passion greatly benefits from the
attention. Of course, those things that do not
capture her interest suffer. If given the
option of saving a friend or pursuing a
passion, the Bad Lust Dragon will always
choose the passion. Even if her life is at risk,
the passion will come first. Their
philosophy grants them a guarantee they will
not be distracted, even as their entrails are
falling out..
Lust Dragons can maintain their Bad
mode for quite a while, almost as long as
that of a Pride Dragon. They become numb
to the outside world, shirking off pain and
replacing it with euphoria which is only
enhanced by their craft. The only real way
to pull them from their sin is to rip away
their paramour, then stage a skit to teach
them the error of their ways. Either that, or
get them out in public and convince the
paramour to point out said skits (Obviously
that’s very difficult when their passion is
painting or music).
Philosophy: Lust Dragons make use
of their philosophy in both modes, but most
often in Bad Dragon mode. Where pain has
been felt, they diminish it. Where there are
endorphins, they enhance them. They may
not actually heal wounds like a Bone
Dragon, but they certainly make them better.
And less distracting.
Province: Lust Dragons have found
new life in the apartment complex. City life
has its charms, but all the people they need
can be found on some other floor. When
they’re in Good Dragon mode, Lust Dragons
come off as kind if not a little nosy
neighbors. When in Bad Dragon mode, they
withdraw to their apartment, announcing
their presence only by the bizarre sounds
that leech through the walls, or when they
have to go out for supplies. In this manner