Apocrypha of Tan Su

Author: Tan Su

Source: Aspect Book Earth pp.66-67

The Apocrypha of Tan Su is a text dating from the early days of the Immaculate Order, under the Dragonblooded Shogunate. Written by a student of Earth Dragon Style, using simple and direct language, it provides commentary on the emulation of Pasiap and grasping the Immaculate Martial Arts. Though it is the Immaculate Texts themselves which teach the key to enlightening Essence and the Charms of the Immaculate Martial Arts, trainers amongst the Order and at the Cloister of Wisdom often make Tan Su’s work (particularly the Litany of the Mountain and the Rolling Stone Mantra the first texts a new student must study, building the foundation upon which the mountain of higher truths can be raised.

Tan Su’s work, though ostensibly by the hand of an Exalted monk not an Immaculate Dragon, is often titled ‘apocrypha’. While he did not claim any special access to the Immaculate Texts or other words from Pasiap, it is believed Tan Su was inspired by lessons encoded into the architecture of the temple where he undertook his meditations, a temple raised by the hands of Pasiap himself. Alas for modern theologians, that temple was destroyed with the collapse of the Shogunate capital at the end of the Fair Folk Invasion.

The Apocrypha of Tan Su can be used to train a Brawl specialty in Earth Dragon Style
from zero dots to two dots. This specialty may be learned even if the learner lacks
Charms from Earth Dragon Style or the the ability to practice Immaculate Martial Arts.