Zenith Caste
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The Zenith Caste is one of five castes of the Solar Exalted. First detailed in White Wolf's Exalted (ISBN 1-56504-623-4), and later expanded upon in its own supplement Caste Book: Zenith (ISBN 1-58846-660-4), the Zenith Caste is filled with the prest-kings, preachers and hermits of the Solar Exalted. The other four castes are Dawn, Twilight, Night, and Eclipse.
[edit] Caste Mark
All Solar Exalted are marked on their forehead with a symbol representing their caste, called a "caste mark". The mark is normally invisible, but once the Exalted begins spending Essence, the magical building-block of Creation, the caste mark glows brightly to the extent that even covering it with layers of cloth will not hide the glory of the Unconquered Sun.
The mark of the Zenith Caste is a large closed circle.
[edit] Abilities
Members of the Zenith Caste are adept at surviving both mental and physical hardship, as well as persuasion and inspiration. They excel at learning Endurance, Performance, Presence, Resistance, and Survival. In Second Edition, these abilities are now altered to Integrity, Performance, Presence, Resistance, and Survival.
Zenith Solars can also use their anima to:
- Burn dead bodies, allowing their soul to rise to Heaven in the smoke, and preventing the body from rising as a zombie or hungry ghost
- Strike down creatures of darkness (demons, undead, ghosts, etc.)
- Cause creatures of darkness to run in fear, in the same way that a Dawn Solar can cause living creatures to run in fear.
[edit] Nicknames
- Resplendent Suns
- Pillars of the Sun
- Solar Thunder
- Golden Bulls
- Hammers of Heaven
- The Blasphemous (derogatory)
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