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Exalted is a role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing. The game is classified as high fantasy. It is strongly influenced by Japanese anime and manga, the cultures of China and Rome, and a number of literary sources such as the writings of Michael Moorcock.Overview
The basic premise of the game is that the player characters are chosen by one of the gods (such as the Unconquered Sun, Luna, the Five Maidens, and the five Elemental Dragons) and imbued with the powers of a demigod (thus, "exalted," or "raised high.").
Originally, the Exalted were created by Autochthon (the Great Maker, one of the Primordials) and set as servants to the gods in order to overthrow the other Primordials and to rule Creation. However, the surviving Primordials (now known as the Yozi), as they were imprisoned beyond Creation, laid a curse upon the Exalted; the Solar Exalted worst of all. The rulers of the First Age grew decadent and corrupt in their great power before they were usurped by their Dragon-Blooded servants. After hundreds of years of persecution, they are beginning to re-emerge and grow in numbers in a Creation that may not survive its enemies long enough for the Exalted to once again make their mark on the world, for good or ill.Types of Exalted
- Solar Exalted: are the most basic of the Exalted and the champions of the Unconquered Sun. There are five castes of Solar Exalted - Dawn (the warriors and generals), Zenith (the priest-kings of the Unconquered Sun), Twilight (the scholars and the occultists), Night (the spies and assassins) and Eclipse (the ambassadors, diplomats and negotiators). In the era that the game is set, the Second Age of Man, the Solar Exalted are returning to the world for the first time in thousands of years, and their actions and choices can shape the fate of nations. The Solar Exalted are the greatest of the Exalted and during the First Age, they were the rulers of the world. Their achievements were a beacon to humanity, and their power flows from the sun. The Dragon-Blooded murdered the Solars at the fall of the First Age. However, it was not possible to destroy their essences and they continued to reincarnate again and again through the ages. Each time a Solar re-emerged into the world, they were hunted down by the Wyld Hunt and killed. Considered to be Anathema to the rest of the world, the Solars are considered to be monstrous demons and are feared by anyone with the knowledge of who and what they are. While they lack the ability to specialize in the shapeshifting of the Lunars, the raw death-dealing of the Abyssals, the elemental manipulation of the Terrestrial Exalted, or the Fate-weaving of the Sidereals, their raw prowess in most skills easily exceeds any of the others, and the mightiest of sorceries are their purview alone. Their two greatest advantages are their large essence pools that give them more raw power to work with and their ability to use the highest of all forms of sorcery, that of the Solar Circle.
- Abyssal Exalted: These twisted souls are the loyal servants of the Deathlords, who in turn serve the Neverborn, the dead husks of what were once the ancient Primordials that were slain by the Exalted during the great war between the Primoridals and the gods. Now, they sow their revenge from beyond the grave through their terrible Deathlord servants. Although no one in Creation would suspect it, each Deathlord is one of the corrupted remnants of a fallen First Age Solar and are easily among the most powerful beings to walk creation. As their masters do, they seek not to conquer or corrupt creation but rather to wipe it and everything else out of existence. Their agents in the world of the living are the Abyssal Exalted, also known as Deathknights; these abominations are dark reflections of the Solar Exalted and are their equal in power. Deathknights find themselves bound to their dark fate and holding onto the trappings of life inevitably spells disaster for those who rebel. Only recently have they and their Deathlord masters begun to corrupt Creation with the power of the Underworld and they field vast undead armies, bolstered by ancient knowledge and powerful necromancy. Though they only have a collective foothold in Creation, they likely represent its gravest threat. Abyssals cannot draw essence from creation as other Exalts do and can only replenish their essence in the underworld or with powerful artifacts. The only way for an Abyssal to restore their essence away from their dark realm is by feeding on the living.
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