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'''Role''': Edgetender<br> | '''Role''': Edgetender<br> | ||
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! colspan="2" | [[Little Fox|Revontulet]] - | ! colspan="2" | [[Little Fox|Revontulet]] - Sibling | ||
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'''Order''': Children of the Tree<br> | '''Order''': Children of the Tree<br> | ||
'''Path''': Thyrsus<br> | '''Path''': Thyrsus<br> | ||
'''Role''': | '''Role''': Hearthkeeper<br> | ||
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! style="text-align:center;" | Recruiting | ! style="text-align:center;" | Recruiting | ||
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| '''Are the Firebirds Recruiting?''': | | '''Are the Firebirds Recruiting?''': Maybe? There are five of us now. | ||
'''What do the Firebirds do?''': They protect the integrity of the | '''What do the Firebirds do?''': They oppose the Iron Pyramid in all things, to the best of the ability of all of their members. This does not mean that all of them fight Seers through direct force of arms: some seek to protect the integrity of the Awakened Society of Philadelphia and the safety of the Veil through directed intercession in the media, in the affairs of the police and government, and in extreme cases through force of arms. | ||
'''What are the Firebirds looking for?''': Preferably, we choose our numbers by Path. Candidates should have some level of aptitude in social engineering or spycraft. Status merits, social merits, or the ability to acquire them. Alternatively, a proficiency with discrete violence, an ability to use magic subtly to desired ends, and an overdeveloped sense of ethics. | '''What are the Firebirds looking for?''': Preferably, we choose our numbers by Path. Candidates should have some level of aptitude in social engineering or spycraft. Status merits, social merits, or the ability to acquire them. Alternatively, a proficiency with discrete violence, an ability to use magic subtly to desired ends, and an overdeveloped sense of ethics. |
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To them, I am little more than a lantern glow. Those who dawdle before us smile at the prince’s boyband charm, or the carpet’s swirling curlicues, but you, you stop. You peer at the cold coal that birthed me. Your eye meets mine and at last, the gaze is complete. Tell me, what do you see?" -To Meet The Firebird's Eye | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Firebird: In Slavic folklore, the Firebird's tail feather serves as a call to adventure. The summons to a quest both disastrous and rewarding. The pearl of wisdom in its beak may be gained at the cost of sacrifice, departure, loss, and suffering. Coveted, yet reviled. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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