"The strong in spirit wear bright clothes of fire.
They dance and burn. The light is worth the pain.
The light is worth the pain.
The pain stops when the flame dies out."
~Hugh Blumenfeld
"When you fight Death and lose to him or what might yet be worse
You win to find the wreck he left regards you with a curse."
~Mercedes Lackey
"Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn."
~Fortune Cookie from 6/14/2012 (no joke)
"We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered."
~Tom Stoppard
"You're making me bored. You won't like me when I'm bored."
Name: Katie, Kate or Katherine. Which one she uses depends on the impression she wants to give when she introduces herself.
Seeming (Kith): Elemental (Fireheart)
Court: Spring
Character Sheet 9/29/12 (download the file to actually see stats; preview is blank)
¶ Description
Mask A slightly shorter than average Caucasian woman with long vibrant red hair that moves in the slightest hint of a breeze. She is usually smiling, almost always moving, and extremely graceful. She is also quite strong, built like a dancer or gymnast, and her hands are calloused, but she has no fingerprints. Katie is reasonably pretty, but she is noticeable because of her liveliness and friendly demeanor rather than sheer beauty. There is a large tattoo across her entire lower back, of flames and a flaming tree, that seems to move as she does, the muscles allowing it a semblance of activity.
Mien Katie's mien is actually very similar to her mask, with the notable exception of her hair. In reality, her hair is composed of heatless flame that dances around her head, sometimes spreading to include more of her body. It recently acquired blue tongues as well as red, orange and yellow. Her fingertips glow like hot coals, and don't have fingerprints. In addition, while her mask shows that she is strong, it is not a defining trait. In her mien, there is no excess fat or poorly toned muscle anywhere. Any mass on her body has a function, and while she is clearly not a body-builder, she is obviously stronger than average for a woman of her height and weight. Finally, the tattoo is truly mobile in her mien. Even when she is still, the flames flicker and writhe, and the leaves and branches of the fire tree move in the wind. If you look very closely, for long enough, you might be able to see a tiny piece of it, over her left hip, moves in a different direction from the rest.
¶ Equipment
Possessions Cell phone ($80/month), purse with stick, lighter, diary, fire jewelry, iTouch, icy healing goblin fruit, blue bowler hat, bicycle (red), pen knives (1 in purse), celtic sword, *collapseable baton*, hyacinth bulbs, potted and in freezer, kitty cat keychain dagger, pepper spray, Ice Chunk!, Hedgespun fire dress, Fetch-metaphor music box, leather jacket, 3-str bow, 4-str bow, 22 bodkin arrows (AP4), 10 iron bodkin arrows, 12 iron broadhead arrows, broadhead arrows (+1 AP2 vs. soft armor, -2 vs. hard armor) Rating 3 Med Kit, Clavager sword (leaf shape, 3L, size 2/L, durability 4), iron main gauch.
- Jars of eat-each-other bugs (furry and ...) - One to Goban
- Jar of greasy water - Sample to Goban
- Savannah grass - Half to Goban
- Jar of moonlit water
- Jar of regular water - To Goban
- tree bark
- Bag of Moonlight (and a moonlight figurine)
- Sketches of Dead Girl and Cat-Beast
- Blood Crystals - six small ones, 3 reshaped as small crystalline figurines
- Miniature Couch from abandoned tiny house
- Moon rope - madness
- Moon Cloth - maddening desire
- 2 Willpower twigs
¶ Special
PAINTINGS: 12 Durance (8 personal, 2 witnessed, 1 ally?, 1 killer), 3 Shadow, Tyrell, Birdie in the Hedge, Ecstasy of Simon, Gayle's Assessment, Prey Beast
HEDGESPUN: Gorgeous Sword (4 (1 left to buy) dots, 3 (4) L, disarming defence), Glow Poi, Flame Dress (courtesy Big Nick), Flower Purse with Many Pockets, Flower Sandals, Flower Headband, Fire Armor (3/2 bulletproof, no penalties) with personalized details, Little Shadow Dress, Blood Ivy Vine Armor (3/2 bulletproof armor, no penalties), Hedgevine Knife +1 (precursor to Quixotic Resolve), "Diplomacy" (pen knife with +1 to Intimidate, regardless of which end is used)
TOKENS:
- Shackles of Whim and Fancy [Instant activation, Get out of a Pledge within 24 hours without Sanction, but can't affect other members for Pledge Duration, Catch - vulnerable to theirs],
- Evil Bow [4 dots, Str + 1 (5+1!) L, 9 again, Range 60/120/240 yds. When pointed at someone, will point you towards them for the rest of the scene. Willpower roll to switch targets. Drawback: compelled to kill them. Catch: no free will.],
- Lighter of Glamourstoring [Holds 7],
- Antler Crown's Banshee [3L, size 2/L, durability 4, Banshee scream for imminent threat (no more than 10 seconds), protection until next sunrise or sunset, can include multiple people if they're together, drawback -2 to all checks not involving duty, catch - spill blood (1L), whisper name, all rolls are chance die.],
- 4 Glass Arrows [Trinkets, 2L +1B/rnd extra damage for 3 rounds.],
- Tree Token [Claims territory equal to 3yds/wyrd, allowing the use of Den 1, and penalizing attackers speed and init. by wyrd/2 round up. Drawback: attackers/invaders to my actual territory will gain an equal bonus to any roll to enter, wyrd/2 round up, for the scene in which it's active and the next scene. Catch: as drawback, but bonus to invaders increases to Wyrd + 1 (willpower+1 for mortals) until the next sunrise or sunset.],
- Russia Phone [Call an enemy (who must be able to speak a language), enemy knows you're an enemy. Drawback: enemy can call back, and call must be answered, through the next scene. Can spend 1 Willpower to refuse, but enemy can keep calling. Catch: enemy becomes aware of one other person user could call with the phone, along with at least one reliable way to contact them.],
- Car Key Token [3 dots, unlock and start any vehicle, but vehicle will break down after 1 hour];
- Clay Pidgeon [clay bird, when given message, lays egg and flies off to deliver message. Bird breaks and egg hatches when delivered.]
NAMED OBJECTS: “Quixotic Resolve”
DREAM: Fire Armor (3/2, whole body, no dex penalty. "Birdie's Artwork" written in lipstick on the front.)
HOLLOW of Mourning (1 space, 2 wards, 2 amenities), mason jar of Beach ash, Stress Relieve Dream Woven Pillowcase (Hope aspect),
¶ Cars!
| Type | Durability | Size | Structure | Accel | Speed (safe/max) | Handling | Cost |
| Sport Compact | 3 | 9 | 12 | 39 (53mph/rnd) | 117 (80mph) / 276 (190mph) | 6 | ••• |
| Ferrari 458 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
44 (60mph/rnd) |
124 (85mph) / 294 (202mph) |
5 |
••••• |
Upgrades added to stock sports compact (adjustments accounted for in stats above):
- Handling I (+1 Handling)
- Acceleration I-IV (+12 Accel [+16mph/rnd])
- Speed I-III (+63 Speed [+45mph])
- Suspension Tuning (+1 Handling on regular roads)
- Reinforced Bumpers (Durability +1 for front or rear collisions)
- Moon Roof
- Lightning Rod (3 positions: hidden, attracting debris, and -1 handling penalty w/sparks, by height)
¶ Bow!
Type: Compound
Range: Short: 4*(Str+Size+Athletics) = 72yds; Medium: 2*Short = 144yds; Long: 2*Medium = 288yds
¶ Statistics
Age: 25
Apparent Age: 25
DOB: May 25, 1985
Date Taken: November, 2007
Hair: Red, orange, yellow with blue, as stylized flame
Eyes: Dark Blue
Race: Caucasian
Nationality: European American
Height: 5' 2"
Weight: 110 lb.
Sex: Female
Mother: Janice. Secretary in a commercial firm.
Father: Patrick. Construction worker, currently not working.
Music: Katie recommends for your listening pleasure...
- Lady Gaga's Just Dance
- Ke$ha's TiK ToK
- Natasha Bedingfield's Unwritten
- Train's Drops of Jupiter
- Owl City's Fireflies
- Plain White T's 1, 2, 3, 4
- Frou Frou's Close Up
- Nightwish's Escapist
- LeAnn Rimes' Can't Fight The Moonlight
- Britney Spears' Till The World Ends
- Spring: Bette Midler's The Rose
- Summer:
- Muse's Uprising
- Dragonforce's Through the Fire and Flames
- Autumn: Basement Jaxx's Scars (although the So You Think You Can Dance remix is better, and I don't like Autumn)
- Overall Creepy, FOR CHANGELINGS ONLY!: Battles' Atlas (from LittleBigPlanet)
Katie's Pages:
Pen Knives: 1 in purse, 1 on room desk, 1 at communal computer, 1 by the front door, at least one in every bedroom, 1 on coffee table in living room
Hedgebeast: Patches (dog type)
Dogs: Sir Edward of Winchester the Third (Winchester) - Irish Setter; Emily Elizabeth - Vizsla
Smouse: Sammy
¶ Abilities
Seeming Blessing: Elementals, touched as they are by the stuff of the world, are able to channel the forces and materials that define them into their bodies, giving them an uncanny ability to shrug off punishment. Once per day, the character can spend one point of glamour to add the character's Wyrd rating to his Health dots for the rest of the scene. These follow the normal rules for temporary Health dots (see the World of Darkness Rulebook, p.173).
Seeming Curse: The Elementals are further removed from humanity than other changelings, and find humans harder to understand and to influence. An Elemental doesn't get the benefit of the 10 again rule on any dice pools involving the Manipulation Attribute and the Skills Empathy, Expression, Persuasion or Socialize.
Kith Ability: Flickering Acumen - like a flame, the Fireheart's faculties are bright and constantly on the move. The player can spend points of Glamour to add to Wits-based dice pools, on a one for one basis.
Clavager Bonus: Can use Mantle in place of lowest of Dexterity or Composure for determining Initiative. Add Spring Mantle instead of doubling Defense when taking a Dodge action. Add a +2 to all Wits-based perception checks. All active only while on duty.
¶ Pictures
"The strong in spirit wear bright clothes of fire.
They dance and burn. The light is worth the pain.
The light is worth the pain.
The pain stops when the flame dies out."– Hugh Blumenfeld