wingedashley:

xekstrin:

Exalted is a tabletop RPG. You play as one of several different kinds of “Exalts” who are the chosen of the gods.

So like, In The Beginning there was chaos. and the primordials gave it shape. The primordials created the gods. The gods were incapable of killing their masters. So the gods (sun, moon, stars, and 5 dragons) blessed certain mortals with their power, and these Exalted mortals killed the primordials.

With the exception of Gaia (the earth), and Autochthon (embodiment of science and technology) all the primordials were either. 

1) Slain, becoming ghost-gods and creating the Underworld 
2) Imprisoned in hell, which was invented specifically for this purpose. They’re like demons now called Yozi.

With their dying breath the Primordials cursed the Exalts. Their power would turn against them and their servants would slay them as they slayed their masters.

Exalted were like, “lol sure”

Then it happened. The most powerful of all the Exalts (the Solar Exalts) became mad with power. The lesser Exalts (Dragon-Blooded) overthrew them. The Lunar Exalted (mates of the Solars) were either killed or ran into the edge of Creation itself, and now they live in the chaos of the Wyld where the land has no rhyme or reason (the faeries live here too, and they are Chaotic Evil, Always).

The Sidereal Exalts (if solars are sun and lunars are moon and dragons are earth, the sidereals are the stars) can see into the future and split 90/10. 90% were like, “Fuck the Solars, we see the future, they’re going to ruin everything!” and 10% were like “but there’s a tiny chance the Solars might save everything!” and they lost, obviously. Then the Sidereals erased themselves from human memory and run the world behind the scenes.

Then tons of fucked up shit happened. After the Solars and Lunars and Sidereals were gone, the Dragon-Blooded fought bloody civil war over who would rule Creation. There was a plague unlike any other, and it killed 9/10th of the population. SO many people died that it fucked up the cycle of reincarnation and suddenly portals to the Underworld opened up. Ghosts appeared. TERRIBLE, powerful ghosts.

Then the fucking faeries attacked. These were not tinkerbell faeries. These were eat-your-children, steal-your-soul, torment-you-for-a-thousand-years faeries. They’re pissed that Creation exists and want everything to be chaos again. `

So this powerful Dragon-Blooded soldier goes into this ancient ruin of the golden age of Solars (but nobody remembers what a Solar is anymore, they’re called “anathema”. Lunars are also Anathema. Ghosts are also anathema. Everything that sucks is Anathema.) So anyway this soldier took control of the ancient war machines and fought back the Faeries and proclaimed herself Empress and she has ruled for 700 years or so.

Now it’s a few thousand years later and the Dragon-Blooded are at the top of the food chain. 

THEN THE EMPRESS DISAPPEARS. No one knows where she is. The D-Blooded are in chaos. No one is holding control over anything. 

And then…. suddenly…. people around Creation are suddenly gaining Anathema powers. Dozens of them. Hundreds of them. These normal people are now Solar exalt, with all that entails, because they are STILL super cursed by their own power. And everything thinks they’re demon anathema. 

Whether they know what you truly are or not,

EVERYONE HATES YOU.

That’s where the game starts. You are Normal McJoe, mud farmer or like fisherman or maybe even a noble or whatever, the point is you are a Human, then one day you do something amazing and BANG now you have superpowers and the voice of the Sun says you are his chosen and you must reclaim Creation as your kingdom. That’s it. Good luck! No use in hiding, either. The Solar Exalted were created to be the kings of the world, their power is very flashy. You can accidentally create a solar flare so bright it blinds people.

 Is it a good thing that the Solar Exalted are back? Are they going to save the world from all the fucked up shit? Or are they going to go mad with power again and threaten the world? Who knows! Have fun.

You can also play as:

• Lunar, Sidereal, Dragon-Blooded Exalted
• Alchemical Exalted (Autochthon also made some exalted but I don’t know much about them tbh. They’re robots? I didn’t read that book, sorry.)
• Infernal Exalted (solar exalted but powered by yozi) 
• Abyssal Exalted (solar exalted but powered by ghosts) 
• Fair Folk (the fair folk book is fucking WILD)
• Or maybe a god? There’s so many gods, I’m pretty sure you can play as a god if you want. You’re still not as strong as a Solar exalt tho.
• Literally all these people hate the Solar Exalted for one reason or another. Most of them hate you so much they would march armies against you.

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