Ninth Torchbearer

Traits The Torchbearer is an Ability-based Exigent intended for Terrestrial play (Exigents, p. 46). Her Torchbearer Abilities are Awareness, Integrity, Linguistics, Lore and Resistance. She can choose five Favored Abilities. Anima The Torchbearer’s anima gleams with pale flame. Within might dance hues of soft yellows, warm reds, or unearthly pastels, contrasted by the black of ink and the rustle of parchment. Her iconic anima might depict a vast library shelved with endless tomes, an enormous iron lantern bearing brilliant flame, a figure holding a candle at night, or wavering outlines of previous bearers of the Torchbearer’s mantle. The anima of the Torchbearer is always visible even at Dim level as a tiny candleflame that floats near her. She can conceal it in a lantern, candle or other conventional light source. Anima Effects The Torchbearer can spend one mote to perform one of the following minor effects: • Manipulate her flame, lighting a candle or spark- ing a fire, or create a lantern from Essence to con- ceal it within. These manipulations never carry mechanical effects but provide minor utility and can be incorporated into stunts.