Dowager Empress Kyouko

### Loyalties

monarchic rule, rightful inheritance, the duty of servitude, the duty of the ruler to the ruled

### Areas of Concern

royalty, divine right, rulership, civil responsibility, inheritance, dynasty

## Religion

### Domains

Nobility, Preservation (3pp), Retribution (3pp), Time (Future only, 3pp)

### Subdomains

Divine, Judgment, Espionage, Cooperation, Loyalty

### Symbol

a cracked golden crown with purple aster and wood lily growing from the crack

## Favor/Gift

**Favor**: appearing taller or with straighter posture, clothing becomes finery, invisible servants, the taste of grapes or wines, the smell of marble dust

**Gift**: the granting of noble blood or a title, if one has none; the rapid growth of one's oldest heir, if one has one; the service of a divinely-appointed advisor in all kingdom affairs for the next year/the length of your appointment, whichever is shorter

## Dogma

**Code**: respect the authority of rightful monarchic powers and their aristocratic delegates and subordinates. acknowledge that kings and queens are representatives of the divine embodied in mortalkind, and pledge your loyalty to the worthiest of them in your sight. hold to your word and keep your peers and subordinates to theirs, never hesitating to call out deviation from duty as befits your position. when giving orders, ensure that their completion benefits the good of the kingdom of the whole, and never abuse your power or allow anyone - noble or commoner - to stray from their rightful roles or act in a manner that hurts their mutual cooperation.

**Obedience**: Renew your sworn oath to your monarch or kingdom, kneeling before its heraldry, a granted signet ring, or some other representative symbol. Go through the motions of its original swearing, performing your part as best you can recall, and whispering litanies from the Treatise on Natural and Divine Relations Through the Political Sphere when another's lines would be spoken. If you finish before the hour is up, spend the remainder tracing the borders of your chosen kingdom on parchment, a map, or some other surface that can be relatively easily marked. Gain a +4 bonus on saves against enchantment or mind-affecting effects that would cause you to hinder your kingdom.

## Herald/Apparition

**Herald**: Kenrii, a diplomat encrusted with riches who travels from kingdom to kingdom in order to ensure that they're using their power wisely and judiciously

**Apparition**: Volgivagant, an unnaturally arched vizier who seeks for all just powers to be supplanted by cruel usurpers and aids them in their plots

## Relationships

* Dowager Empress Kyouko HATES Nothing Left of Quibatus, Alessandra Juntoso, and Petya Naumov for their tyranny, plagues, and lack of loyalty, respectively
* Dowager Empress Kyouko respects Pahala Kadam and Ketar Mozog, as kingdoms must be strong externally and internally, and considers them allies
* Dowager Empress Kyouko is always on guard against Basang Ba and Zhihao Jin due to their unpredictability, which may strain resources and kinship
* Dowager Empress Kyouko doesn't understand Másik's acceptance of failure or Agathon's obsession with suffering
* Dowager Empress Kyouko thinks of Fa'qamuu Twice-Heavenbound as a kindred, truly divine spirit
* Dowager Empress Kyouko appreciates Vicenta Salcedo's works, but finds the goddess herself to be too accepting of potentially seditious ideas
* Dowager Empress Kyouko idealizes Jolein Composed of Desire for its single-minded devotion to a concept and its division of all into worthy and unworthy

## Boons

**Courtly Intrigue** (Sp): Know Peerage 3/day, Build Trust 2/day, or Rumormonger 1/day

**Demand Duty** (Sp): Once per day, you can place a symbol on a target who has shirked their obligations or showed poor judgment in his official capacity; that symbol acts similarly to a Mark of Justice. This spell-like ability has a casting time of 1 round instead of 10 minutes, and when the mark activates it causes the target to take a –6 penalty to Wisdom and Charisma. The conditions you place on the mark must relate to the target’s actions as they relate to your kingdom.

**Righteous Retainer** (Sp): When accepting an order from a superior, you may take an oath as Bloodsworn Retribution towards its fulfillment. When managing property or lands directly under your jurisdiction, you may use Renovate or Teleport Structure once per day.

## Fighting Style

Your noble blood infuses your directives, allowing you to lead your allies with divinely-ordained skill and righteousness.