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

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)