ADVERSARIES OF THE RIGHTEOUS

Harrowing Silence
Chosen Guardian of Her People
Background: When the lingering threat of the Winter Folk materialized in
the dead of night, a young woman who came of age as a street rat living on
the fringes of her society used knowledge of her village’s secrets to lead
her people to a long-forgotten mine — a place where they could safely
make their home underground and rebuild their community out of reach
of the fae that hunted them. It was this act of selflessness that captured
the attention of the Unconquered Sun, and the one known as Harrowing
Silence greeted the day and what remained of her home with new gifts
meant to help her protect those she had saved who now saw her as a hero.

With what was left of her decimated town repurposed for farmland,
Harrowing Silence now takes it upon herself to patrol the land above
the underground community and fend off anyone who dares approach
whether they are visitor, wanderer, or fae. She hides in plain sight
among the snow drifts, stalking a path around the entrance to the
mines and refusing to let anyone in or out as she fiercely protects the
villagers and their secrets. Traders and scavengers alike have spoken
of the mysterious woman who strikes down those who cross into her
territory, though the village itself is now a distant memory.

Desperate to maintain the life she knows and to retain the adora-
tion and fear of those who dwell within the mountain, Harrowing
Silence has become a terrifying threat as she begins to expand
the territory she claims as her own and as she grows more and
more consumed by the force that drives her: she was chosen to
protect her people, and anyone or anything that might interfere
with her doing so must be eliminated.

Image: Harrowing Silence is often seen as a flash of metal as her spear

slashes through air or a rush of wind kicking up a torrent of snow
before her tall, imposing figure is spotted through the fog. Her earth-
tone garments are often caked with snow when not serving as camou-
flage, and even her long hair glistens with beads of ice. She keeps her
garments lined with fur to protect against the cold, but is careful not
to wrap herself so tightly that her movements are inhibited.

Intimacies: Defining: “Without my home, I am nothing.;” Major:

Outsiders (Wary suspicion); “Change is the enemy of peace;” Minor:
Her spear (Prized possession)

Secrets: Though she tells the villagers that nothing waits for them
in the outside world, Harrowing Silence knows that the mines they
inhabit are still rich with ores thought to be lost to time. Several em-
issaries from the Heptagram and Whitewall’s colleges have been struck
down by her blades for surveying the nearby area for these minerals, and
she has begun venturing further from home in order to seek them out
before her people can be discovered.

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 Harrowing Silence
Equipment: Spear, hunting knife, hide jerkin and fur
wraps, rucksack with rations. If she has recently been
hunting she will be carrying her quarry or items scav-
enged from an intruder.
Roleplaying Hints: Having learned that it is better to be
appreciated for her ability to strike fear into those she
encounters than to be unknown and lost to history, her
focus is rooted in a desire for acceptance and she could
be open to persuasion if one were to choose the right
words when addressing her.
Caste: Night
Supernal Ability: Stealth
Anima: A great bird of prey
Attributes: Strength 5, Dexterity 4, Stamina 4; Cha-
risma 2, Manipulation 1, Appearance 4; Perception
4, Intelligence 3, Wits 4
Essence: 2;
Willpower: 6
Join Battle: 8 dice
Personal Motes: 16
Peripheral Motes: 40
Health Levels: -0/-1x3/-2x4/-4/Incap.
Abilities: Athletics 3, Awareness 4, Brawl 1, Dodge
3, Integrity 2, Investigation 1, Melee 3, Presence 1,
Resistance 2, Stealth 5, Survival 5, Thrown 3
Merits: Demesne 2, Direction Sense 1, Fast Reflexes
3, Tempered By The Elements 2 – Deep Snow
Specialties: Melee (Spear), Survival (Tracking)
Attack (Spear): 9 dice – Lethal, Melee, Piercing,
Reaching (damage 16)
Attack (Hunting Knife): 11 dice – Lethal, Melee,
Thrown (Short) (damage 12)
Combat: Soak 7 (Light Armor +3); Parry: 5 (melee);
Evasion: 4; Rush: 3 dice; Resolve: 3; Guile: 1; Disen-
gage: 7 dice
CHARMS
Sensory Acuity Prana (5m; Reflexive; One
scene): Sharpening her senses in order to more
easily monitor her surroundings, for the rest of the
scene Harrowing Silence’s Awareness rolls benefit
from double 9s.
Surprise Anticipation Method (Reflexive; Instant):
Harrowing Silence’s keen senses and familiarity with
her surroundings aid in guarding her from threats she
is not consciously aware of, and threats revealed
while she is asleep or unconscious automatically
wake her. Awareness checks to reveal any source of
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harm grant 1 mote of Essence for every 9 that is rolled
and 2 motes for every 10. These motes can only be
used to offset the cost of Awareness Charms used to
reveal a threat.
Keen Hearing and Touch Technique (3m;
Simple; One scene): With a simple touch Harrowing
Silence may identify materials she knows, or she may
instead listen intently for otherwise unnoticeable. For
the rest of the scene she automatically succeeds at
rolls of difficulty 2, and for more complicated actions
the difficulty is lowered by 1. For 6 motes, this charm
lasts indefinitely.
Studied Ear Espial (1m; Reflexive; Instant): Focus-
ing on sounds of movement, Harrowing Silence is can
notice anything that disturbs the stillness around her.
She gains +3 dice to spot a character attempting to
move in stealth.
Reed in the Wind (2i per 1 Evasion; Reflexive;
Perilous; Instant): Drawing on her own momentum
in response to an attack, Harrowing Silence gains 1
Evasion. She may spend additional Initiative to gain
multiple Evasion, and raises the cap on how much she
may enhance her Evasion with her Essence.
Excellent Strike (3m; Supplemental; Uniform;
Instant): Harrowing Silence channels her Essence to
hone her accuracy and gains one automatic success
in her attack. She also rerolls all 1s until they no longer
appear.
One Weapon, Two Blows (3m; Reflexive; Instant):
While trading blows, Harrowing Silence senses an
opening to strike with great speed. After making a
withering attack that lowers her opponents Initiative
below her own she may use this charm to unleash a
second withering or decisive attack against that op-
ponent.
Ox-Body Technique (Stackable; Permanent): Har-
rowing Silence is more durable than her mortal coun-
terparts and has gained one -1 and two -2 health
levels.
Blinding Battle Feint (3m; Supplemental; Instant):
Leaping in and out of battle with nigh untraceable
speed, Harrowing Silence may use her (Dexterity
+ Stealth) to Join Battle. If she beats her opponents
Awareness-based Join Battle roll she is automatically
concealed so long as there is a viable place to hide,
and any other Join Battle rolls from foes must make an
Awareness check to be able to detect her.
Guardian Fog Approach (3m; Simple; Mute;
Instant): Harrowing Silence may obscure another
someone else with her own efforts to remain hidden
so long as she is touching them and is also attempt-
ing a Stealth action. Half of her successes and any
stunt bonuses on this action are added as dice to her
charge’s stealth roll.
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Dark Sentinel’s Way (1m; Reflexive; Mute;
Instant): Harrowing Silence may use a defend other
action on a subject and conceal her action while
hidden. Parrying incoming attacks cause her to flicker
briefly into view before vanishing once more.
Smoke and Shadow Cover (3m; Reflexive; Mute;
Instant): Becoming one with the shadows, Harrowing
Silence may treat mild concealment as light cover,
heavy concealment as heavy cover, and completely
dark environments as full cover. This requires a take
cover combat action that replaces her Dodge with
Stealth unless she is already concealed, and ranged
attacks are penalized by one success.
Shadow-Crossing Leap Technique (5m, 1wp;
Reflexive; Mute; Instant): Unfurling her unseen anima,
Harrowing Silence leaps to join the darkness she has
conquered to instantly move up to one range band
from one place of cover to another without penalty if
there is a sufficient path for her to do so.
Flashing Nocturne Prana (10m, 1wp; Reflexive;
Mute, Perilous; Indefinite;): In concealment, Har-
rowing Silence marks her current location. By ending
this Charm she instantly returns to it, as long as she is
within long range, and automatically enters conceal-
ment. She can’t be detected at all for two rounds.
Hardship-Surviving Mendicant Spirit (5m;
Reflexive; One day): Harrowing Silence is able
to survive even the most hostile conditions without
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special preparation and does not take environmental
penalties to her Survival rolls, though she is not pro-
tected against environmental damage. The difficulty to
forage and find shelter is also lowered by 2.
Trackless Region Navigation (5m, 1wp; Reflex-
ive; Indefinite): Greatly familiar with her surroundings,
Harrowing Silence and a group of up to 4 followers
can travel through her region with ease and automat-
ically succeed on any Survival rolls to find the next
shelter.
Unshakeable Bloodhound Technique (4m;
Supplemental; Instant): Harrowing Silence may track
someone by instinct, even if there are few signs of their
presence. When making a (Perception + Survival)
roll she may reroll all 5s and 6s until they no longer
appear and treat 1s rolled by her opposition as 10s
for her results.
Precision of the Striking Raptor (1m; Supple-
mental; Withering-only; Instant): Imbuing her hunting
knife with Essence, Harrowing Silence is able to throw
it as if she were at close range regardless of the dis-
tance between her and her target. If she is already at
close range, the target’s defense is lowered by one.
Joint Wounding Attack (3m; Supplemental; Deci-
sive-only, Stackable; Instant): Marking her target, Har-
rowing Silence throws her knife with deadly purpose. If
it does at least three damage, her opponent adds -3 to
their dice pools for the rest of the scene.
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Writer: Manda Collis

Development and Editing: Matt McElroy

Artists: Gunship Revolution Studios

Art Director: Mike Chaney

Creative Director: Richard Thomas

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