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Secret Santa 2022

How the fuck is it December already???

Anywho, let's go!

I'm putting up the party Lunars for the art-ing this year--since Seren got such lovely art last year! They're both great characters and I adore them, so I look forward to whichever of them gets picked!

Theron Ruinseeker - No Moon Caste, Toad Totem - Necromancer Tomb-Raider

Theron Ruinseeker, birth name Theron Freeborn, was the son of slaves in Great Forks whose intelligence got the attention of the noble class. After a successful career in the House of Lore, he and his entire graduating class were trapped in a horrible haunted tomb that killed everyone but him, and his survival earned Luna's blessing. He's become much more cautious--and guilt ridden--in the following years, but at least he's got a perfectly safe and sane bondmate to make things better...or not.

Neiko Whisperstep - Half Moon Caste, Tabby Cat Totem - Firewander's Feline Thief

Born on the streets of Nexus' least forgiving sector, Neiko found a gang of thieves who were happy to take her in and teach her the tools of trade. Even though she never lived an easy life she still loved her gang, and the thrill of robbing the nobles wasn't too bad either. But one poor heist got her caught by a Guildsman and nearly sold into slavery, and she barely escaped by the skin of her teeth. Her escape her earned Luna's blessing--and a fluffy tail. She and her gang are still thieves, but she's brought the party to Great Forks to follow her bondmate, and to perhaps find something in her life beyond robbing the rich.

They're both such good babies. I love them both. Enjoy!~

[shiftingpath]

Exalted Secret Santa 2022 Complete!

That wraps up another year, friends. I think it’s safe to say the extended due date is a success, given how many of us were sick over the holidays, so we’ll keep that for the future, though I hope less of us will need it. Thank you all for participating despite your cold/flu/covid/injury/chronic conditions/work/family/moving stress! Together we’ve made another great collection of gifts to enjoy, and I hope the enjoyment from making and receiving them helps start the new year off on a good foot.

Take the time to check out everyone’s submissions and fascinating characters! Happy Calibration. See you next year!

-Path

to @afancyartblerg from @morpheousxo: Mountain Heart Empress to @akaittou from @mechanicalriddle: 047 “Theta” to @brimstone-and-helianthus from @maribunart: The Phantom Apiarist to @butch-king-frankenstein from @rotten-partty: Jem and Sha to @delvesdaily from @fiontan: Mystic Veil to @eatenbyfaeries from @shiftingpath: Vervain (and Sweet Jealous Penelope) to @fiontan from @delvesdaily: Gale to @fullmoonspecial from @hilow: Jo to @grimmjowjaegerjaquez from @eatenbyfaeries: Black Ice Shadow to @heedra from @moonstar-mush: Daia Shan to @hilow from @novafigura: Jumping Rabbit of the North to @hornstusksandmagic from @theuncrucified: Avery of Clan Rit'Mount (and Sugar) to @keirangoldenwatch from @hornstusksandmagic: Neiko Whisperstep to @maribunart from @raeliyah: Cathak Kilani to @mechanicalriddle from @toxinfox: Last Candle Lit Against the Dark to @moonstar-mush from @paint-lady: Tendaji Greenwich to @morpheousxo from @heedra: Seraiah to @novafigura from @delvesdaily: Oroonoko to @paint-lady from @fullmoonspecial: K’Tai to @raeliyah from @akaittou: Khulan Suchan-de to @rotten-partty from @keirangoldenwatch: Follower of Autumn Leaves to @shiftingpath from @butch-king-frankenstein: Grave Goods Gardener to @sly-works from @grimmjowjaegerjaquez: Exquisite Toffee Spinifex (and Jackal) to @theuncrucified from @afancyartblerg: Kalara Vadras to @toxinfox from @sly-works: Kaveri Shendo

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Exalted Secret Santa! I had a really fun time drawing @keirangoldenwatch Character Neiko Whisperstep for the exchange. I always adore a street urchin and a street urchin with tabby cat energy is even better ^.^ I hope you enjoy, had a wonderful holiday and a gentle new year.

Thank you to @shiftingpath for setting this up!

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SO! I finally finished this reference sheet for post time-skip Seren, as well as some for Neiko and Theron. I had Seren's sorta-finalized for the last secret Santa but now it's REALLY done. WOO

we're still in great forks but that's cause we like it and we do go other places I swear

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Exalted Secret Santa '21

Awww yeah, it's that time of year. Like last year I'm going to include a couple of my fellow PC's exalts as well as Seren.

(Stazio gets left out since he got art last year whoop)

Onward!

First up, of course: Seren Witt, Infernal, Scourge Caste.

I've actually got two options for her! One from last year, and one from the time-skip that's coming up in our campaign soon...

Seren is a looooooong girl. Her body and limbs look like they were stretched out on a rack (which, hey, may have been what happened in her chrysalis we'll never know) and she's pale in that "never got enough sunlight" way. Since she's started to learn Laughing Wounds style (her main MA style is still Hungry Ghost) she's started to dress a little more...risqué, with that skin-tight full-body stealth suit, but she's still using her moonsilver razor claws rather than picking up a whip or chain or other kinky fitting weapon. Post-time-skip she's also got a frog tattoo on he left arm. ❤

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Next on the list: Chishio Zicha, Infernal, Defiler Caste

The intellect of the party (although Seren will fight this), Chishio is shorter than most of the team and appears to be the frailest, but that's only because he can dodge out of a fight eighty different ways. While he's cold and disinterested in most people, he does have a soft spot for a couple people--the biggest soft spot being for his Lunar mate and romantic partner Neiko. He prefers using Mind-Hand Manipulation and throwing needles in combat, but he's also an incredibly talented necromancy and crafter with necrotech. (He recently made the party a bunch of motorcycles "mortis"-cycles [we're not sorry for this pun] for a long-distance trek through the shadowlands.)

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And anotha one: Thanatos, Infernal, Slayer Caste

My older reference for him got eaten when I lost my old laptop, but for his legs, he just wears simple slacks and Greco-Roman style sandals.

Thanatos is somehow both the scary motherfucker of the team and the party's heart. He's big, broad, and holds to a strong code of honor and justice--albeit one slightly skewed by Malfeas, but not as much as one might think. After losing his right arm in a fight with the Fae lord who spurred his exaltation, he's settled down quite a bit, and only resorts to violence when it's necessary. And when violence does happen, he activated Devil-Tyrant Avatar Shintai, grows five extra arms, expands to three stories tall, sprouts wings, and beats the absolute shit out of whoever was stupid enough to attack him or whomever he's protecting. He's known as "the Green Comet" to most people outside of the circle, simply because he tends to leap up and drop from the sky in full anima flare onto his target.

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And that's everyone for this year! Smaller group, but I want to make sure that one of the party members gets art rather than an NPC (sorry Theron and Neiko). On a related note, though, I included the party's heights in shortest to tallest because I find it funny.

From left to right: Neiko's the shortest, Chishio isn't much better, Stazio is just around average, and then we have BRICK, NOODLE, and Theron just being a very tall froge.

Have fun, and Happy Calibration! (oh and @shiftingpath here's the thing!)

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I FINALLY COLORED THIS THING.

Superfight is fun.  I like to think all of them are playing their Exalted!verse selves.  And also probably bullshitting like nobody’s business.

Because that’s what they do.

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Pounce

I wanted to draw something silly.  And fluffy.

And not just Neiko’s hair.

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Mei-Ling, no.

No.

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We all have those two different types of friends.

Sane, and not-so-much.