Present Readiness Unveiled, Unshaped of the East

Present Readiness Unveiled exists out in the forests- defining a Land that is always at war and always coming under the brutal peace of a terrible tyrant.  The ideas of liberty, the costs thereof and what people will sacrafice for freedom intrigue Present Readiness Unveiled- entering into him means joining the dance of slave and slaver.

Rose Kissed Blade - Sword Emanation

Imperative: To subdue all who face her

Rose Kissed Blade most often serves as the overt power to the most recent Tyrant that has assumed the throne of the Land that is Present Readiness Unveiled.  Her armies are vast without number, and highly trained- but brutal.  They savagely put down the rebellions that spring up in the Land without mercy.

Shaping Tests against Rose Kissed Blade almost always involve a struggle of arms, as she attempts to smash opponents with countless soldiers.

Word of the Prophet - Staff Emanation

Imperative: To unify all nations with the Land.

Word of the Prophet is the Tyrant of the Land- always recently ascended to his gilded throne after successfully unifying the people.  But it's not enough- he knows that beyond the borders of the Land, there are other nations, likewise at war.  It would be best if they were all united beneath his beneficient grace.  Shaping Tests against Word of the Prophet usually involve his efforts at binding the Questing Raksha as members of his court- and, having Ensnared them, to make them love him for his grandeur.

Known Charms and schticks: It is certain that Word of the Prophet has Bastion of the Staff Grace, as he will acede to no greater authority than his own.  It is also certain that he has a combo which consists of the First Staff Excellency and Undetectable Lie.

Echo of Silence - Ring Emanation

Imperative: To teach and learn the lesson of that secret name of Nirvishesha, which mortals know as Obedience.

The crown of the Tyrant is no common piece of jewelery- it is enchanted, an artifact capable of shaping the Land to it's bearer's desires.  It was by mastering that power that the Tyrant could control the Land- but Echo of Silence always seeks to master others.  If freed of the Tyrant, it will seek to dominate a new individual into becoming the next Tyrant.  Shaping Tests with Echo of Silence are almost always mental sumo matches- as it strives to dominate and usurp the will of the questing Raksha.

Known Charms and schticks: It is certain that Echo of Silence has a combo of Pyre Dreams Defense and Sorrowful Firmament Resonance.

Dandelion Wine - Cup Emanation

Imperative: To escape enslavement, by enslaving other.

Dandelion Wine is the most favored of the Tyrant's concubines, the most beatiful, the most cunning and deceptive.  She has nearly escaped her captivity a dozen times, she has almost tricked the Tyrant into granting her freedom in a hundred ways, but always she is quietly out manuvered.  She could be an ally, but she is fickle- and if the chance presents itself, she would try to not escape the Tyrant, but to become him.  Shaping tests with Dandelion Wine almost inevitibly involve her attempting to seduce (either litterally or figuratively) to questing Raksha- offering treacherous aid against the Tyrant in exchange for secretly promised freedom from the same, or by trying to insinuate herself to or usurp the new Tyrant if the old one is overthrown.

Council of Five - Heart and Ruling Emanation

Imperative: To find the perfect government.

The Council of Five is no one.

The Council of Five does not exist.

There is no shadowy cabal that stands at the center of the Land, raising up Tyrants and throwing them down.  There is no mastermind making all dance like puppets on strings.

Shaping tests against these beings are impossible, because the Council of Five isn't real.  Thus, they almost always involve hunting them down and proving their exsitance- unmasking them and striping them of their power, before the Council's agents can destroy you.