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Kirandir and Nakanadi Skalishaya, had they lived, would have been proud. Their three daughters were all bright, strong, capable girls; they'd always known that. Unfortunately, both of their threads in the Loom snapped before they got a chance to see their legacy.The untouched Lunar manse deep in the Eastern jungle, which claimed the lives of the intrepid husband-and-wife scavengers was the forge in which their eldest daughter Anjali earned her Lunar Exaltation. The trials that had proven too much for her parents had been enough to push the newly bereft 19 year old to greatness, raising her from the spilled blood and tears as a No Moon sorceress.
Orphaned and left to close family, Kaveri and Malati, then 9 and 4 years old, made a cross-country move to live with their aunt and uncle Shendo in Lookshy. While Malati was misplaced on the journey during a layover in Nexus, and was never found, Kaveri went on to be trained as an archer in Lookshy. She Exalted as a Night Caste Solar while defying the laws of the land, the laws of probability, and the titanic forces of corruption that were well beyond her abilities at the time.
Malati, meanwhile, had not been lost forever, merely spirited away to Yu-Shan by the Sidereals before harm could befall her. When she finally Exalted as a Chosen of Secrets, as was predicted, a week after her 21st birthday, her destiny shone so brightly that she was tutored in the martial arts and the ways of Essence by an old and infamous master: Chejop Kejak himself. She absorbed his teachings and his Bronze Faction credo... until she discovered the truth of her long lost sisters.
What caused three Celestial Exaltations to arise from one family? From three sisters? Creation may never know. Some speculate that the three shards had been close allies in the First Age. Some blame sheer random chance. Had they lived, Kirandir and Nakanadi might have just smiled quietly to themselves, suspecting the real reason. From childhood, they had taught their daughters the Lore of the First Age, such as they knew, without Immaculate bias. Had instilled in them the brazen courage to face overwhelming danger. And had equipped them with the training and the knowledge to handle themselves in a world that has no mercy.
One might say that these two, simple mortals had a habit of breeding Exalts.
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Comments: 17
cloudna [2012-08-03 10:16:25 +0000 UTC]
Another nice one. How do they have relatives in Lookshy? If their Dad was from the north and Mom was from the south? Who was sending the younger two sisters to Lookshy? I guess this did explain part of the Thread of fate drawing. This represents another nice piece to look at and puzzle over.
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Pointy-Eared-Fiend In reply to cloudna [2012-08-03 15:49:12 +0000 UTC]
It's a fair question as to how their mother and father met at all, if you think about it. Their ancestral roots are in those places, but both sides of the family were involved in scavenging as a multi-generational career. Since scavenging will take you all over the continent, both sides of the family have branches spread far and wide.
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Koshindou [2012-06-07 13:34:19 +0000 UTC]
Very nice work - especially on some of the details (the Old Realm script on the swords, in particular).
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Koshindou In reply to Pointy-Eared-Fiend [2012-06-07 15:52:43 +0000 UTC]
You're quite welcome.
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tomthefanboy [2012-06-07 03:12:32 +0000 UTC]
Yessssssssssssssss!
I had always wondered about that other sister!
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Pointy-Eared-Fiend In reply to thomasofseattle [2012-06-07 02:53:06 +0000 UTC]
Thanks. Group pics are hard, and there are certainly facets of this that I'm somewhat less than fond of, but it still came out pretty well.
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shiftingpath [2012-06-06 23:03:06 +0000 UTC]
I had never heard of Malati but this is such a great story I'm sad I haven't heard it before! Def is right: those starmetal bracers are stunning, and the slight variance in base hair colour is really cool (I'm curious about the pink-red of Kaveri's). The poses are excellent too! Man this is just a really great piece.
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Pointy-Eared-Fiend In reply to shiftingpath [2012-06-07 03:03:21 +0000 UTC]
Malati is A) brand new as of Sunday, and B) is a Sidereal, so I'm not surprised you haven't heard of her.
In regards to Kaveri's hair color, their father was a northern gent with blue hair, and their mother was from the more southern parts, and had red hair. Kaveri just ended up looking a bit more like their mother than the other two-- she's taller and skinnier, with redder hair. Technically, Malati's hair is supposed to be a darker, bluer purple than it looks here, but I'm still stabbing at the correct color blend.
Near as anyone can tell, Anjali's blonde tips came about due to very brief exposure to the Wyld right before she Exalted. It's not a trait any of her sisters shares, and it's not a tell, since everyone can see it all the time, and I don't think she had it before she Exalted...
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shiftingpath In reply to Pointy-Eared-Fiend [2012-06-07 03:44:27 +0000 UTC]
I just... love all of this
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Definitia [2012-06-06 22:28:36 +0000 UTC]
Aww, I love everything about this. The drawing is so awesome, the dynamic poses, the little details (those Starmetal bracers!), pretty girls (especially Malati; my guess is that she has the most dots in Appearance), just lovely! And their story... It reminds me of good old days when I used to play Exalted as well. We has a lot of Celestial Exalted siblings too. Why the heck not? Epicness matters. I love those little hints about the reasons of such situations; I used to put stuff like this in my stories too. Haha, sorry for rambling, I just got so sentimental recently. Anyways, have a fav! Not only for the nostalgia trip, but for general awesomeness too Keep having great adventures and weaving epic stories!
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Pointy-Eared-Fiend In reply to Definitia [2012-06-07 02:55:34 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! I'm so glad you like it. I don't think Malati has a higher appearance score, necessarily, but she's the girly-girl of the trio-- actually wears jewelry, perfume, makeup, that sort of thing. Does something with her hair besides braid it. As far as raw base level, the sisters are all probably about the same. I suspect Anjali and Kaveri could be stunning too, if you just washed them up and reminded them that such things as feminine wiles exist.
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Definitia In reply to Pointy-Eared-Fiend [2012-06-07 19:31:40 +0000 UTC]
Oh, I see Perhaps Malati should take them to that annual festival at Yu-Shan (can't remember what was it called, that one taking place during the Callibration) so that they'll have an occasion to dress up
I'm curious about one more thing, though -- how did their reunion with Malati happen? I guess she was the one who approached them, because Sidereals (especially Chosen of Secrets) aren't exactly easy to find.
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Pointy-Eared-Fiend In reply to Definitia [2012-06-08 01:06:19 +0000 UTC]
See, technically, that hasn't happened yet. (It won't actually happen in game, since they're all from different 'versions' of Creation.) Near as I can tell, though... Malati wasn't told what happened to her family. The gods and Sidereals in charge of her as she was growing up basically told her that it was time to move on, that all that was in the past. Of course, once she's properly Exalted and can go read the Loom for herself, she finds what she wanted to know.
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