Outlaws of the Sea (Exalted 3e)

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Alrighty, after much tinkering (Mostly trying to get the flavour just right) I present Swallowtail the Bard, Chosen of Serenity.



Character seems pretty cool, one thing I will note is that the section of LCA sheet you've put your backstory in is usually used for a character description rather than the full backstory, with the Notes section in Bio/Misc being a good place for it. Mostly so it doesn't clutter the rules summary on the main page. Also it looks like you maybe have one too many Charms? You've bought Five Shadow Feint and Ivory Circle Necromancy with XP, not counting your spells for the Necromancy/Sorcery charms, or the free initial Evocation of your artifact, you seem to have 16 Charms/Spells/Evocations unless I'm missing something?

Swallotail looks good.

From a pure optimization point of view:
You have melee favored. That will most likely outshine first circle combat magic because well it is Solar Tier Melee. Although I do not have the Third Edition Abyssal Manuscript I may be wrong. I doubt it but I may be wrong.
For fluff of course absolutely justifiable. Would you want to fake align ourselves with a Deathlord and that way gain entrance into the city as high and mighty representatives?
I would be able to fake being a Abyssal.

My idea for the ship was to have Obsidian Leopard staff it for patrolling the Bordermarches of the Dreaming Sea against Wyld influence. Essentially, it would act as a test defense system against a Fae invasion.

I think this aligns well with your desire to avoid Walker in Darkness. The Fae do not favor the undead, but traditionally, normal undead have little influence over the Wyld. So sending minions to get you would be not that easy.
In fact, if you're open to it, since you are exploring necromancy, I believe there could be real synergy here. The Wyld and Lunar Dominions are not exactly within the sphere of Deathlord influence, so local Lunars could potentially use necromancy to defeat the Wyld forces. With Obsidian Leopard, you would have a potential mentor in necromancy?

No doubt, Obsidian Leopard could learn just by observing you cast spells. Of course, the GM gets to decide if NPCs can participate in this plan?

From my side gladly. Lunars have charms that can be used for sail but we are no specialists.

Seven Obsidian Leopard has other priorities and rarely ever leave Mount Namas manse. His concern is mainly to deal with Prasad and other young empires in the region. He shares this duty with Tanisa Ring Eater, she is also a Shahan-Ya of Mount Namas. They both have different opinions on how to handle Prasad. Most likely angle to get more help from him is to help with his plans pretty much. There are different people and gods also on Mount Namas, but will leave that at your circle desire to explore and find more about the dynamics between the two Shahan-Ya and other lunars in the region.

From what I have seen so far, the circle doesn't have a lot of local influence in the Dreaming Sea by looking at the list of merits except Khion is in good standing with the silver pact. So look like your circle is building a lot of relationships/alliances from scratch in the direction. So you will get to decide if you want to align yourself with some of the local powers or do your own thing.