Réalta Asling

Réalta's outfit for Lady Elanor Beatha's dinner.

Réalta Asling *(Reyl-TA Ash-ling)* is a Player Character in Saeculum Obscurum, and debuted in The Waking Mind trapped within The Entity's Vessel.

Réalta is notable for having little to no sense of personality at the start of the campaign. She went by "The Entity", which was more of a title than a name, as she refers to most creatures as Entities.

## Summary:

Réalta is a sentient Construct known as a Homin Mechan, specifically of the Prime subtype. She has many unique combat abilities powered by her 'Mana Core', some sort of power source contained within her chassis. She has difficulty understanding Humanoid society and often makes social blunders, but earnestly tries her best to fit in and stalwartly stands beside the creatures she considers to be her friends.

## Personality:

Réalta is curious by nature, and seems to be trying to understand the motivations of her companions. Notably they asked Lucius "what makes you so important?" after the Dreamers risked their lives to save him, not out of spite or envy, but out of genuine confusion and curiosity.

The Entity also seems to be particularly violent, and its first response to most conflict or issues is to designate the offending parties as "hostiles". That said, after being given a lecture by Saoirse the Entity has been trying to find non-lethal methods of neutralizing its enemies, where she often reiterates the mantra of "Property Damage is preferable to Death."

She had a very difficult time conceptualizing the idea of 'self', and seemed confused when Emelya told her that she could have first pick of the items that they found during Fish and Taxes. Over the course of the first season, however, she developed far more of an identity and eventually took a name for herself early in Season 2.

Réalta is fascinated by the concept of cooking, and tries her hand at it at every opportunity.

## Abilities:

### Hardwired:

The Entity's primary suite of combat abilities comes directly from the design of her body. It is designed as a weapon first and foremost. The Entity has lost access to many of its functions, but it is still a force to be reckoned with.

#### Advanced Combat Mode:

The Entity can increase the power generated by its Mana Core, granting it a massive improvement in combat capabilities. Upon activation the spikes on the Entity's head generate a protective energy shield around the Entity's body, which makes it more resistant to physical damage. After a few seconds flames begin to jet from vents on the Entity's head and back, as the core temperature massively spikes during these periods.

There seem to be secondary functionalities to Advanced Combat Mode. So far the party has seen the Entity use the following functions:

* **Relocation Drive**
	+ An advanced warp engine comes online within the Entity's chassis, allowing it to teleport short distances without physically moving.
* **Overcharged Weapon**
	+ The Entity channels excess mana into one weapon on its person, changing its damage type to force and granting it the light and thrown properties. The weapon also teleports back to the Entity's hand after being thrown, in an effect similar to the Relocation Drive.
* **Retribution Turret**
	+ From the hatch in her left pauldron, a small turret emerges. Anytime Réalta is struck with an attack, the turret automatically returns fire.
* **Inhibition Field**
	+ The Entity's shield generator spreads a secondary field out across the ground around it, slowing the movement of enemies.

#### Grapple-Shot:

The Entity has a specialized launcher built into its right arm, which fires a ranged harpoon that can hook on to objects or enemies. This notably allows the Entity to grapple creatures from a distance.

#### Retractable Shield:

A small box on the Entity's left arm contains four shield generation tines, which can quickly fold out to project a solid energy field, giving the Entity a built-in traditional Shield.

#### Nanoparticles:

The Entity can manipulate incredibly tiny machinery on its body in order to achieve a wide range of effects... from sharpening a weapon to forming convenient holding places for weapons and other gear.

##### Nanite Weapon:

The Entity's Nanoparticles can crawl up the blade of any slashing weapon it is wielding, temporarily giving the weapon the properties of a Sword of Sharpness.

##### Auto-Repair System:

Nanoparticles operate on Réalta's Chassis, repairing damage over the course of roughly 1 minute.

#### Mana Detector:

Using advanced sensors, Réalta can emit a pulse of mana to locate sources of nearby magical energy.

## Bio:

The Entity has no memories of its existence prior to entering the Dream in The Waking Mind, aside from a brief and fragmented memory of fighting for its life on a cliff overlooking the sea.

Since waking up, it has started following around the rest of The Dreamers and is trying to learn from them how to properly interact with the rest of the world. It was the first party member to interact with The Tooth Fairy, as well as John of Glostehn.

Réalta learned of loss when Trumpets and Captain Tyr were killed, and harbors a lasting enmity for Tarhos for her role in Trumpet's death. She also tore Suran's body apart in a rage after he was killed by Mordred. She keeps a copious amount of his preserved blood in a flask, ostensibly saving it to use as a weapon.

After Spending a Tenday getting to know him, Réalta considers Mance to be one of her closest friends, and loaned him one of the leather strips that were the first items she ever purchased, telling him it was for safekeeping. The pair of it is currently tied around the hilt of her Longsword.