The PerfecT LoTus from rooT To BuLB II - Exalted, character sheets

Chapter One
The Lotus Root
Hungry Furnace Style: A fiery style that burns with such
strength it consumes the user from within.
Midnight Knife: A style based on trickery, deceit and dirty
fighting, with dark origins.
Pious Exemplar of (Virtue) Style: In these fallen times,
those heroes who practice this style are the lone champions of
virtue and righteousness in Creation.
Scarlet Whirlwind Style: A style best practiced in a group,
emphasizing fury and pack tactics.
Seeing Blade Style: Practitioners of this style see the world,
not through their blind eyes, but with the keen edge of their
swords.
Unsung Hero Style: Practiced by the those who realize that
the life of a hero, for most people in Creation, is a short and
violent one, but who choose that path anyway.
Thundering Avalanche Style: Before the practioners of this
hard-hitting style, the earth itself shudders and quakes.
Hu n g r y Fu r n a c e St y l e
The Hungry Furnace Style of martial arts has its roots in the
Southern dojo of an ancient Solar master. This ancient God-
King, too young to have a Gens loyal to him, wished to devise
a means by which he could train mortals to ascend to a sufficient
level of essence control to be effective stewards and warriors,
capable of standing beside the Terrestrial Exalted. And
he wished to do this without reliance on artifacts, which he
viewed as inelegant and pedestrian. Instead he devised a style
dedicated to the idea of sacrificing one’s body and one’s life
for a moment of power and glory. Using a hungry furnace as a
model, he taught his students the philosophy of this style. However,
it proved too time-consuming and costly to effectively accomplish
the purpose for which it was designed.
During the Shogunate, however, this martial art enjoyed a
brief resurgence when it was discovered as a possible alternative
to the costly production of Gunzosha armor. A second variant
of this style emerged which followed a more utilitarian, less
enlightening ideology. This variant was designed to empower
mortals to aid the beleaguered Dragon-Blooded host in the defense
of Creation. The principle difference between the two
styles, aside from their progenitors, is in the capstone Charm.
In this fallen age, this style is practiced by a surprising number
of folk. It is taught—though secretlym because it is officially
considered heretical by the Immaculate Faith—to the
Dragon-handlers of the Realm. In the Threshold, mortals seek
training in it for its power and the relative ease with which it is
learned, and because it offers them the potency to defend that
which they care for against an increasingly hostile creation,
even though few who practice it will live out even half their
natural lifespans.
Both versions of this style are fire-aspected. Aspects of Fire
find that the ferocity involved in this style comes naturally to
them, and they, along with Aspect of Water, pay no surcharge
when using Charms of this style. No martial artist can learn
both pinnacle Charms of the style; they are mutually exclusive.
Weapons and Armor: This style may be practiced in any
armor, but is not compatible with the use of any weapons other
than the stylist’s own body.
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