Tribute Bird

Tribute Birds are common raksha that have been defeated and captured by Kinaniz, then had their sword graces formed into behemoths by Great Works of the Sword. Each one is then forced to maintain this the behemoth, usually a Mute Sentinel, forged from their own grace with their own essence pool and made to take the shape of a small bird crafted from one of the five elements. They have always been called tribute birds, but Kinaniz has only recently become aware of why: Wyr'palja loved birds.

Most tribute birds roam largely at will throughout Kinaniz, though a good number are required to remain in the Avian Valence at any given time and none are permitted to leave. All resent their captivity, but hate each other even more, so have never organized any sort of resistance, dispite numbering in the thousands.

While each bird is an individual, for simplicity, they are given statistics based on the element they have been forced to assume. The shaping combat capabilities of each type differ, but in normal combat, their only real option is to use their elemental assumption charms. All know World-Angering Elemental Mastery and Teeth of the World.

Air

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Type	Raksha (Common Diplomat)
Attributes Appearance ●● Charisma ● Dexterity ●●●● Intelligence ● Manipulation ● Perception ●●●● Stamina ●●●● Strength ●● Wits ●● Health -0 _ -1 _ _ -2 _ _ -4 _ Inc _ Cup _ _ _ Ring _ _ _ _ Staff _ _ _ _ _ _ Sword _ _ _ Natural Soak 4B/2L/0A Total Soak 4B/2L/0A Cup Soak 9 Ring Soak 8 Staff Soak 8 Sword Soak 10		Abilities Archery  ●● Awareness  ●●● Brawl  ●●● Craft  ●● Dodge  ●●● Investigation  ●●● Linguistics  ●● Occult  ● Ride  ● Socialize  ●● Stealth  ●●● Traits Compassion ●● Conviction ●●● Temperance ●●● Valor ●● Willpower ●●●●●● Essence ●●   Personal 20 (3) Heart ●● Cup ● Ring ● Staff ●●● Sword ●		Charms Assumption of Air Shape* World-Angering Elemental Mastery* Teeth of the World* Bastion of the Self (Cup) Ill-Approving Eyes Writhing Ego Evasion Ravishing the Created Form Awakened Dream Manufacture God-Humbling Victory Sword Scattering the Foe Goassamer Wing Flight (x2)* *taken as mutations Suffers no ill effects from cold Flies at normal walking speed 5 motes: Use air to impose 2 die elemental penalty to a single normal action 5 motes: Make undodgeable attack with air, hail, lightning or ice for 4L using Dex + Archery.

Earth

Earth birds, fashioned from rock and crystals, are the most varied of the Tribute Birds, coming from all castes. Earth birds may have the stats of any of the other types, but replaces element specific powers with those of earth. In particular, they may:

• See in complete darkness
• Flies at normal walking speed
• 5 motes: Use earth to impose 2 die elemental penalty to a single normal action
• 5 motes: Use earth against targets within 5 yards of the ground to attack for 4L using Dex + Brawl.
• 5 motes: All within 30 yards must spend an action to make a Dexterity + Athletics (1) test or fall down. Structures take 2L.

Fire

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Type	Raksha (Common Warrior)
Attributes Appearance ● Charisma ●● Dexterity ●●● Intelligence ●● Manipulation ● Perception ●● Stamina ●●●● Strength ●●● Wits ●●● Health -0 _ -1 _ _ -2 _ _ -4 _ Inc _ Cup _ _ Ring _ _ _ Staff _ _ _ _ Sword _ _ _ _ _ _ Natural Soak 4B/2L/0A Total Soak 4B/2L/0A Cup Soak 8 Ring Soak 9 Staff Soak 7 Sword Soak 10		Abilities Archery  ●●● Athletics  ●●● Awareness  ●● Brawl  ●●● Craft  ● Dodge  ●●● Endurance  ●● Linguistics  ● Medicine  ●● Presence  ●●● Resistance  ●●● Ride  ● Survival  ● Traits Compassion ● Conviction ●●● Temperance ●● Valor ●●● Willpower ●●●●●● Essence ●●   Personal 20 (3) Heart ●● Cup ● Ring ● Staff ● Sword ●●●		Charms Assumption of Fire Shape* World-Angering Elemental Mastery* Teeth of the World* Bastion of the Self (Sword) Ravishing the Created Form God-Humbling Victory Sword Scourging Wind Raid Unparalleled Terror Technique Scattering the Foe Radiance of the Invincible Warrior Goassamer Wing Flight (x2)* *taken as mutations Suffers no effect from heat or non-magical flame Flies at normal walking speed 5 motes: Use fire to impose 2 die elemental penalty to a single normal action 5 motes: Use fire within 5 yards of target to attack for 4L using Dex + Archery 5 motes: Generate fire to attack target for 2L using Dex + Archery

Water

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Type	Raksha (Common Entertainer)
Attributes Appearance ●● Charisma ●●● Dexterity ●●●● Intelligence ●● Manipulation ●● Perception ●●● Stamina ●● Strength ● Wits ●● Health -0 _ -1 _ _ -2 _ _ -4 _ Inc _ Cup _ _ _ _ _ _ Ring _ _ _ _ Staff _ _ _ Sword _ _ _ Natural Soak 2B/1L/0A Total Soak 2B/1L/0A Cup Soak 9 Ring Soak 8 Staff Soak 8 Sword Soak 8		Abilities Awareness  ●● Brawl  ●● Craft  ●● Dodge  ●●● Investigation  ●●● Larceny  ●●● Linguistics  ●● Medicine  ●● Occult  ● Performance  ●●● Socialize  ●● Stealth  ●●● Traits Compassion ●●● Conviction ●● Temperance ●●● Valor ●● Willpower ●●●●●● Essence ●●   Personal 20 (3) Heart ●● Cup ●●● Ring ● Staff ● Sword ●		Charms Assumption of Water Shape* World-Angering Elemental Mastery* Teeth of the World* Bastion of the Self (Cup) Ill-Approving Eyes Sapphire Emptiness Kata Heart-Cutting Style Untouchable Performer Technique Dissonance of Principles Ravishing the Created Form Awakened Dream Manufacture Goassamer Wing Flight (x2)* *taken as mutations Swims at normal movement rate, can breathe water Flies at normal walking speed 5 motes: Use water to impose 2 die elemental penalty to a single normal action 5 motes: Use water within 5 yards of target to attack for 4L using Dex + Brawl.

Wood

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Type	Raksha (Common Worker)
Attributes Appearance ● Charisma ● Dexterity ●● Intelligence ● Manipulation ●● Perception ●● Stamina ●●●● Strength ●●●● Wits ●●●● Health -0 _ -1 _ _ -2 _ _ -4 _ Inc _ Cup _ _ _ Ring _ _ _ _ _ _ Staff _ _ _ _ Sword _ _ _ Natural Soak 4B/2L/0A Total Soak 4B/2L/0A Cup Soak 9 Ring Soak 10 Staff Soak 7 Sword Soak 10		Abilities Awareness  ●● Brawl  ●●● Bureaucracy  ●● Craft  ●●● Dodge  ●●● Endurance  ●● Larceny  ● Linguistics  ● Lore  ●● Resistance  ●● Ride  ● Sail  ● Stealth  ● Survival  ● Traits Compassion ●● Conviction ●●● Temperance ●●● Valor ●● Willpower ●●●●●● Essence ●●   Personal 20 (3) Heart ●● Cup ● Ring ●●● Staff ● Sword ●		Charms Assumption of Wood Shape* World-Angering Elemental Mastery* Teeth of the World* Bastion of the Self (Ring) Ill-Approving Eyes Assertion of a Greater Vision Flesh-Carved World Creator's Fugue Wyld-Curdling Attack Goassamer Wing Flight (x2)* *taken as mutations Balance on the thinnest brance Ignore natural poison with Stamina + Resistance (1) Flies at normal walking speed 5 motes: Use wood to impose 2 die elemental penalty to a single normal action 5 motes: Use wood within 30 yards of target to attack (often clinching) for 4L using Dex + Brawl.