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EXALTED • SOL INVICTUSPrerequisite Charms: Excellent Emissary’sTongueA document written in even the strangestlanguage will prove no challenge to a dedicatedmember of the Eclipse Caste. With this Charm, acharacter need merely study a document writtenin any language for approximately an hour inorder to gain the ability to write in that tongue. Aswith Excellent Emissary’s Tongue, the effects lastuntil the character releases the committed motesof Essence.Note that this Charm only grants knowledge of thespecific system of writing used in the documentwhich the Exalt examines. If the character reada series of Lunar clawmarks recording a text inRiverspeak, for example, he would still be unableto write Riverspeak using Realm characters.MARK OF TONGUES METHODCost: 5 motesDuration: IndefiniteType: SimpleMinimum Linguistics: 4Minimum Essence: 2Prerequisite Charms: Excellent Emissary’sTongueIn many circumstances, the unique eccentricitiesof one’s voice or writing style will serve to identifyone to those who know what to look for. With thisCharm, however, an Exalt can disguise such traces,altering her mannerisms as she sees fit. When thecharacter activates this Charm, she must select anaccent or a style of writing she wishes to emulate.This emulation is perfect against any mundanedetection methods; no mortal will determine thather accent or writing style is an affectation. ThisCharm may also be used to create specific changesto one’s vocal or writing style — higher or lowerpitch, greater fludity of strokes, and so on. TheSolar must succeed at an Intelligence + Linguisticsroll to successfully emulate the style of a specificperson.LANGUAGE-CREATING GESTURECost: 10+ motes, 1 WillpowerDuration: IndefiniteType: SimpleMinimum Linguistics: 5Minimum Essence: 3Prerequisite Charms: Glyph-ComprehendingPranaThe Solar practitioner of this Charm can createa new language out of Essence itself, gaining theability to speak and write it fluently. This languagehas whatever traits its creator desires, in terms ofwriting style, grammatical structure, and so on;those features which the Exalt does not define aredetermined by the Storyteller. In addition, the Exaltmay commit an additional mote for each additionaltarget he wishes to know the language. For as longas the Exalt keeps the Essence committed, he andany other targets will retain this perfect fluencywith the language.When this Charm’s effects end, the Exalt or anyother target may choose to pay 3xp to permanentlyretain the knowledge of the created language.ONE SPEAKER, MANY TONGUESCost: 6 motes, 1 WillpowerDuration: One sceneType: SimpleMinimum Linguistics: 5Minimum Essence: 3Prerequisite Charms: Mark of TonguesMethodThe masterful Solar orator can convey hismessage to all listeners, regardless of linguisticbarriers. For the remainder of the scene, anyonewho hears the Exalt speak will understand thewords in their own native language, even if thecharacter has never heard that language before.If a barrier exists to accurate translation into thetarget language, the subject will understand theintended inflections and implications even if theydo not exactly match the words used in his nativelanguage.152