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EXALTED • SOL INVICTUS••••• ••• — Your mentor is a key central figure inthe current events of at least one cardinal directionof Creation. Her actions can reshape the course ofhistory with ease. Example: the Lover Clad in theRainment of Tears.••••• •••• — One of the eldest and most powerfulbeings in the world serves as your direct teacher.This being likely remembers the days before thePrimordial War and has access to almost anythingyou might possibly desire. Example: ChejopKejak.••••• ••••• — A Celestial Incarna or Primordialserves as your direct mentor.RESOURCESResources greater than 5 generally follow the samerules as for lower ratings. If you use the currencysystem from Manacle and Coin, higher ratingsrepresent the following quantities:••••• • — 40 to 60 talents a year••••• •• — 100 to 200 talents a year••••• ••• — 300 to 500 talents a year••••• •••• — 700 to 1000 talents a year••••• ••••• — more than 1200 talents a yearALTERNATE ANIMA POWERSThe inherent powers of the Solar Exalted take threeforms. Each caste has a great power they can drawupon in times of need. Each caste has a uniquecapability inherent in their peerless Essence flows.And each caste has a special privilege grantedthem by the ancient laws and pacts of the CelestialBureaucracy.DAWNInherent Excellence: Every Motion Kata. Warriorswithout peer, the Ascending Suns need no tiresometraining to perform complex Essence-fueledmaneuvers -- they naturally master the knackof flowing from one supernatural motion to thenext. A Dawn Caste Solar may reflexively spend1 Willpower to allow them to use two Charms inone turn. They may not use a Combo on a turn inwhich they use this power.Supreme Power: Master of the Spoils of War. Allweapons and armor are as one to the Children ofthe Dawn -- worthy tools and rightful property.A Dawn Caste Solar may reflexively spend theattunement cost of a weapon or piece of armor he istouching, plus 2 motes, to immediately attune thatitem to him for the scene. The item in question maynot be attuned to anybody else. He need not paythe double attunement cost for items of a magicalmaterial other than orichalcum, and he gains thespecial benefits of such magical materials as if hewere the appropriate Exalt type. For the remainderof the scene, the item is considered his for all effectsthat reference ownership.Divine Privilege: Tiger-Generals of Heaven’s Armies.The Swords of Heaven are the appointed andrightful leaders of the armies of Creation; Heaven’simmemorial laws of conscription prevent theirsoldiers from lacking vigor in their service. When aDawn Caste Solar leads an army into battle, ancientmartial pacts prevent any Creation-tied creatures inhis army from routing, slacking, or surrendering.To properly fulfill his responsibility as a general,the Dawn Caste must be a known Dawn Caste Solarin sole command of the army, in direct combat withhis enemies, in control of his faculties and aware ofhis surroundings -- as long as these conditions aretrue, his soldiers will fight to the last man.ZENITHInherent Excellence: Golden Heart of Righteousness.The purest leaders of the Solar Exalted, theResplendent Suns exemplify the power of a strongheart, even to the point of unconsciously reinforcingtheir efforts with Essence when the need is greatest.When a Zenith Caste Solar channels a Virtue,instead of receiving an additional number of diceequal to his Virtue, he receives additional automaticsuccesses on the roll equal to his Virtue.188