significant npcs in wtd 1.0r :: the brotherhood in violence :: elaine's grace

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ELAINE'S GRACE If Alistair Mordechai has his Reservoir Dogs, Maes has always had Elaine's Grace - although that obviously wasn't the blade's name since its beginnings, given how supreme sovereignty over the Fifth World has changed hands thrice. Hunters of Elaine's Grace, however, have always exclusively been members of the Brotherhood in Violence as much as Maes can manage to make them. Each Hunter of Elaine's Grace has always been the chosen wielder of one of the God Weapons in the Brotherhood's possession (weapons, we note, that Maes stole from the Methuselah with Alistair's help). Keeping in tradition with Brotherhood's ways, there are never any more or less than seven members, and each one of them represents a virtue.

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LYALL [Hope]

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LYALL Alias: Hope, Chosen Wielder of Sarai's Oath CHANGELING [OGRE]; HOPE, THE CHOSEN WIELDER OF SARAI’S OATH / GRAY KNIGHT [WOLF] Nominally the “youngest” member of Elaine’s Grace by merit of the fact that she was stolen away by the Gentry at eight – the length of two human years that actually stretched out into nearly three centuries. The Blades of Izanagi liberated her and other children like her, but when they presented her to their King, Hikaru brought the girl to Maes instead. Godhand Mordechai was only too happy to take charge of raising her right, even before Sarai’s Oath took a shine to her. The original “weapon” of Yvonne, an Elemental Changeling and founder of the Vestalis of the Holy Spirit. Sarai’s Oath is a strange piece of jewelry, compromised of five finely crafted rings (one for each finger) connected together by equally fine chains, and further connected to a series of interwoven bands that lock around its wielder’s wrist. The chains are designed to look like thorny branches, and the rings are engraved with leaves and flowers. Furthermore, the alloy of Sarai’s Oath registers as an impossible blend of cold iron and Arcadian mythril. Wielders of Sarai’s Oath can will their Sacred Weapon to generate high-powered shields made of divine energy, and can also form projectiles made of light that are particularly harmful to the Fae. Furthermore, Sarai’s Oath makes its wielder and anyone its wielder blesses impervious to all forms of compulsion (mundane and supernatural) and other mind, emotion, or will-bending abilities. It can also free others from Faerie oaths or contracts, and protect anyone it chooses from the influence of the Gentry. The more contracts Sarai’s Oath breaks, the stronger the Sacred Weapon appears to become. Wielders of Sarai’s Oath can also access Faerie Contracts, or – in the case of Changeling wielders – augment their own knowledge of Contracts to a startling degree. PLOT POINTS AS OF 03 JUNE 2016 Sarai’s Oath is attracted to Changeling wielders (these wielders, strangely enough, do not get harmed by the cold iron of the Sacred Weapon, and also seem to gain divine protection against their fundamental weakness for so long as the weapon is on their person), or any wielder who has suffered due to external pressure or untoward influence from forces and figures well beyond his or her control. It is also unique from its counterparts in the sense that it makes itself available to whoever needs it the most within the Brotherhood, regardless of whether the individual happens to be its “chosen” wielder or not. Records show that it has, on occasion, vanished and appeared on the hands of Vaizards in dire need of its protection, then re-materialized on its wielder’s person once the threat was abated. While she views Maes as a surrogate father, Lyall’s true loyalties remain with the Blade King. Hikaru, however, has been silent on the matter. Lyall is currently accompanying Rin at the Falner Estate. Maes felt that it would be safer for the girl to stay in... well, in the safest place for any member of the United Vigil at present.

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