...By having all members operate under the esplendent Destiny of the Pop Star. They are The Boy Band, the one you always hear about but never remember except for snippets of melody inexplicably stuck in your head. They perform, and are loved, until they finally become TOO popular, at which point they drop their guise and fade from memory long enough to don another such Destiny and begin again.
You think there are too many boy bands? The truth is that THERE'S ONLY ONE, and you've been listening to them for the last 2,000 years.
- Kai Tave, on Exalted, the Boy Bands.
The Prehistory of Exalted
"Know, O Reader, that between the years when the underworld disgorged Atlanta and its filthy beltway and the years of the rise of the son or Grabowski, there was a time unchronicled, when shining manuscripts lay spread across the office like white moths beneath the moon Charnel Houses with its horrifying images and its stark portrait of human frailty, Abberant [sic] with its heroism, Kindred of the East that defined the lotus-haunted gardens of the Kuei-Jin, Nosferatu in its shadow-guarded tomb, Tzimisce whose children wore coats and dresses of human flesh. But the greatest manuscript in the world was Exalted, reigning supreme among the games in development. Hither came Rob Hatch, dark-haired, sullen, pen in hand, a thief, a writer, a dreamer with gigantic melancholies, to tread the paltry games of the Industry under his be-Nike'd feet."
an excerpt from THE SOLAR CHRONICLES
For a thousand years, Neo-Empress Scarlet stood astride the tide of history, directing Creation from the Scarlet Throne through her mastery of the Scarlet Crystal which gave her command over Area 51 (which was, amazingly enough, not actually Scarlet, but more of an off-mauve), the ancient defense system created by the now long-fallen Bishonen and their allies in the First Age, the Age of Harems, when the Bishonen constantly tried to date too many supernatually powerful women at once. (It's no surprise, really, that the whole thing blew up on them, leading to their overthrow.)
But now, she has vanished, and Creation is falling into Chaos as its enemies rise up, and its defenders, the Magical Girls, turn on each other. It is a time that cries out for cute and cuddly heroes.
- Exalted: Kawaii Edition
The latter is an alternate setting for Exalted written by none other than John Biles. (I wrote a few small sections as well). It fuses even more anime in with the concept, naturally, that where Exalted is cool, Exalted: Kawaii is cute and funny.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.
You think there are too many boy bands? The truth is that THERE'S ONLY ONE, and you've been listening to them for the last 2,000 years.
- Kai Tave, on Exalted, the Boy Bands.
The Prehistory of Exalted
"Know, O Reader, that between the years when the underworld disgorged Atlanta and its filthy beltway and the years of the rise of the son or Grabowski, there was a time unchronicled, when shining manuscripts lay spread across the office like white moths beneath the moon Charnel Houses with its horrifying images and its stark portrait of human frailty, Abberant [sic] with its heroism, Kindred of the East that defined the lotus-haunted gardens of the Kuei-Jin, Nosferatu in its shadow-guarded tomb, Tzimisce whose children wore coats and dresses of human flesh. But the greatest manuscript in the world was Exalted, reigning supreme among the games in development. Hither came Rob Hatch, dark-haired, sullen, pen in hand, a thief, a writer, a dreamer with gigantic melancholies, to tread the paltry games of the Industry under his be-Nike'd feet."
an excerpt from THE SOLAR CHRONICLES
For a thousand years, Neo-Empress Scarlet stood astride the tide of history, directing Creation from the Scarlet Throne through her mastery of the Scarlet Crystal which gave her command over Area 51 (which was, amazingly enough, not actually Scarlet, but more of an off-mauve), the ancient defense system created by the now long-fallen Bishonen and their allies in the First Age, the Age of Harems, when the Bishonen constantly tried to date too many supernatually powerful women at once. (It's no surprise, really, that the whole thing blew up on them, leading to their overthrow.)
But now, she has vanished, and Creation is falling into Chaos as its enemies rise up, and its defenders, the Magical Girls, turn on each other. It is a time that cries out for cute and cuddly heroes.
- Exalted: Kawaii Edition
The latter is an alternate setting for Exalted written by none other than John Biles. (I wrote a few small sections as well). It fuses even more anime in with the concept, naturally, that where Exalted is cool, Exalted: Kawaii is cute and funny.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.