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'''Titles:''' Senator (Deliberative Greater Chamber);  Talonlord ([[29th Imperial Legion]]), retired; Duelist ([[29th Imperial Legion]]), retired;
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Front of Pure Cold is an ancient artifact whose true origins have been lost to the historians of the present day. It is known that it was wielded in the battles of the early [[Shogunate Era]], changing hands through the centuries to the [[Great Contagion]] and then onward. It is currently held in the panoply of [[Ledaal Black Dawn]].
  
'''Residence''': [[Ledaal Wing]] ([[Imperial Palace]]);
 
  
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In appearance, the Front is a large circular blade, wide enough for its wielder to pass through it, the outer blade of [[Orichalcum]] the body plated in [[White Jade]] whose surface is traced with ancient runes in [[Blue Jade]] which render it cold to the touch… though not so intense as to harm those it strikes, over time this chill can wear at its bearer, which some artificers view as rooted in a flaw in its design, others as natural consequence of its unusual potency. 
  
Ledaal Black Dawn is a Senator of [[House Ledaal]]’s Deliberative caucus. In her youth, she spent time in the Threshold both in service with the Imperial Legions and as a mercenary-adventurer, wielding the ancient blade [[Front of Pure Cold]].
 
  
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In close combat it is wielded as a slicing blade, able to strike and parry but requiring great skill and acrobatics to use. The Front can also be thrown as a potent chakram, and in either case it strikes [[Creature of Darkness|Creatures of Darkness]] with particularly incredible force.
  
While many feel that the institutions and society of the Scarlet Empire are home to subtle sexism, the belief in superiority of women over men, Senator Black Dawn is open in her belief that this is the natural order of Creation and ought be overtly supported by the laws of the Realm, calling for legislation such as bans on men heading ministries or strategoi posts and lobbying the [[Immaculate Order]] to increase the veneration of gods of women in the [[Prayer Calendar]].
 
  
Black Dawn’s appointment to the Senate by the [[Scarlet Empress]] was thought by some to indicate support for this cause, and by others to be a punishment for the Senate itself during a period of legislative activism.  
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Few remember it now, but the Front’s origins lie in the far past, when it was forged for a champion of the [[Solar Exalted]], to lead the purge which wiped the [[Primordial]]-worshipping [[Alaun]] from the face of Creation. When the last of that avian race was cut down, the blade was blackened with a strange, feathered patina that refused to come clean, leading artificers to plate it in white and blue jade to cover over its flaws. The strange chill given off by the weapon began as a consequence of this concealment.
  
  
In addition to her misandrist agenda, Senator Black Dawn has voiced concerns over the redeployment of the Imperial Legions from the Threshold to the Blessed Isle, and is a firm supporter of her House’ efforts to legislate a Realm response to the rise of the ’[[Deathlord]]’ [[Mask of Winters]] in [[Thorns]]. 
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[[Category:Characters]] [[Category:Dynasts]] [[Category:Air Aspects]] [[Category:House Ledaal]] [[Category:Deliberative Senators]] [[Category:Senators of House Ledaal]]
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Latest revision as of 20:03, 11 July 2016

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Rating: ••••

Magical Material: Orichalcum

Attuned: Ledaal Black Dawn


Front of Pure Cold is an ancient artifact whose true origins have been lost to the historians of the present day. It is known that it was wielded in the battles of the early Shogunate Era, changing hands through the centuries to the Great Contagion and then onward. It is currently held in the panoply of Ledaal Black Dawn.


In appearance, the Front is a large circular blade, wide enough for its wielder to pass through it, the outer blade of Orichalcum the body plated in White Jade whose surface is traced with ancient runes in Blue Jade which render it cold to the touch… though not so intense as to harm those it strikes, over time this chill can wear at its bearer, which some artificers view as rooted in a flaw in its design, others as natural consequence of its unusual potency.


In close combat it is wielded as a slicing blade, able to strike and parry but requiring great skill and acrobatics to use. The Front can also be thrown as a potent chakram, and in either case it strikes Creatures of Darkness with particularly incredible force.


Few remember it now, but the Front’s origins lie in the far past, when it was forged for a champion of the Solar Exalted, to lead the purge which wiped the Primordial-worshipping Alaun from the face of Creation. When the last of that avian race was cut down, the blade was blackened with a strange, feathered patina that refused to come clean, leading artificers to plate it in white and blue jade to cover over its flaws. The strange chill given off by the weapon began as a consequence of this concealment.