The Power of Loss
Rachel West was born sixty years ago to a servant in the household of the
Domina of Loss, in Locus (Imperator Name). A blessing, granted by the
Power at her birth, insured that all the great losses of her life would be
clustered at its beginning and its end, leaving her prime years untouched
by sorrow. Shortly thereafter, her parents were found guilty of conspiring
against the Nobilis, and were executed. Rachel spent the rest of her
childhood as a miserable orphan, toiling in her Lady's castle.
With the fall of Locus (Imperator Name) in 1951, Rachel found herself dumped back
into Prosaic Reality. Briefly institutionalized, the child soon became
convinced that her memories of growing up in a Secret Place were
delusional, defenses against whatever "real" tragedy had left her without
parents. Adopted by a loving couple, she grew up happy and well-adjusted.
Rachel is now a grandmother, and barely remembers her early life in the
Chancel -- though she does occasionally get the nagging feeling that the
health, happiness, and good fortune she has enjoyed for so long will have
its price.
(And it will. Shortly (Imperator Name) will return to Earth, re-establishing its
Chancel and seeking hosts for its soul-shards. Rachel, as a Chancel native
still touched by a miracle of Loss, will come to its attention quickly, and
will be chosen to replace her former Lady. Unfortunately, her miraculous
resistance to Loss will prevent her from being more than superficially
bound to her Estate at first. As compensation (i.e., to give itself a more
useful tool, not to compensate Rachel), (Imperator Name) will enhance her body,
mind, and spirit enormously. Of course, Rachel's new, perfect, unchanging,
seemingly 25-year-old body will essentially spell the end of the life she
had; her husband, children, and grandchildren must now think her dead,
while she watches them only from afar. But then, she did have all that
Loss in her karmic ledger to pay off. . . .)
Rachel West, Pawn of Loss
Attributes
- Aspect 3 - Inhuman
- Domain 0 - Pawn
- Realm 0 - Citizen
- Spirit 3 - Sunfire
Allegiance and Code
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Gifts
- Eternal (Aspect)
- Elemental (Domain)
- Glorious (Spirit) - Sorrow
Restrictions
- Health-linked - Mortal family
Bonds
- 5 pts: Her "widower"
- 5 pts: Her children
- 5 pts: Her grandchildren
- 3 pts: The church she attended
- 1 pt: Her wedding ring
- 1 pt: The sanctity of her Estate
The Estate
Rachel's Miracle Cost Chart
| MP Cost |
Type |
Aspect Miracle Levels |
Domain MLs |
Realm MLs |
| 0 MP |
Simple |
0-3 |
0 |
0 |
| 1 MP |
Normal |
4 |
1 |
1 |
| 2 MP |
Hard |
5 |
2 |
2 |
| 4 MP |
Deep |
6 - 7 |
3 - 4 |
3 - 4 |
| 8 MP |
Word of Command |
8+ |
5+ |
5+ |
Example Miracles
- Level 0 - Estate driven Divinations of Loss (free)
- Level 1 - Ghost Miracles of Loss (1 DMP)
- Level 2 - Lesser Divinations of Loss (2 DMPs)
- Level 3 - Lesser Preservation of Loss (4 DMPs)
- Level 4 - Lesser Creation of Loss (4 DMPs)
- Level 5 (8 DMPs)
- Lesser Destruction of Loss
- Major Divination of Loss
- Level 6 (8 DMPs)
- Lesser Change of Loss
- Major Preservation of Loss
- Level 7 - Major Creation of Loss (8 DMPs)
- Level 8 - Major Destruction of Loss (8 DMPs)
- Level 9 - Major Changes of Loss (8 DMPs)
Original material copyright © 1995-2002, Jimmy "Gregor" McKinney