Autochthon (Exalted)

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Exalted is a role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing. The game is classified as high fantasy, but may be more accurately described as "mythic fantasy," as the original developer specifically avoided drawing on J. R. R. Tolkien for inspiration. It is strongly influenced by pulp fantasy such as Tanith Lee's Tales from the Flat Earth; Robert Howard's Conan; Michael Moorcock's Elric, Corum, and Hawkmoon; Glen Cook's Black Company; and Lord Dunsany's Gods of Pegāna; as well as ancient epics such as Three Kingdoms, Outlaws of the Marsh, Journey to the West, the Iliad, the Odyssey, Beowulf, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Bible; and finally Chinese and Hong Kong Wuxia movies such as Hero, The Storm Riders, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Japanese anime and manga, as well as video games and specifically console role-playing games such as Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger, and White Wolfs own Sword & Sorcery table-top RPG setting, the Scarred Lands, are primary visual influences and they have some degree of influence on the content and themes of the game as well.

The Autochthon is a character unique to the world of Exalted and is one of the most powerful beings in both First Edition and Second Edition for Exalted.

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Pronounced: aw-toh-THON

Along with Gaia, Autochthon is one of the only Primordials to have survived the Primordial War. Autochthon, the Great Maker, is the master of craft, ingenuity, invention and artifice. After the war, he went into self-imposed exile beyond Creation behind the Seal of Eight Divinities, where he went into slumber.

Autochthon sleeps there still, home to thousands of humans who went with him and have forged nations and cities within his great body, who call their home Autochthonia and work hard to keep their mechanical god in working order.

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• The Core, Fetich Soul, The Mind of the Great Maker.
• Runel, Divine Minister of Order, Smooth Functioning, Productivity, Efficiency, Cities, Commerce, Life, and Heath.
• Kek'Tungsssha, Divine Minister of Smelting, Craft, Tools, Industry, Mass Production, Fertility, and Reproductive Sex.
• Debok Moom, Divine Minister of War, War Machines, Violent Paradigm Shifts, Elemental Metal, Privacy, and Wealth.
• Noi, Divine Minister of Curiosity, Research, Exploration, Innovation, Rebellion, and Progress.
• Mog, Divine Minister of Authority, Proper Functioning, Dogma, Righteous Action and Just Punishment; Keeper of the Lightning and Scourge of the Lumpen.
  • Espinoquae, Wisdom, The Omnipresent, Ministerial Subroutine of Surveillance, Light, and Security.
    • The Crystal Fly.
• Kadmek, Divine Minister of Design, Architecture, Structural Integrity, Biogeomancy, Music, Art, Wisdom, Strategy, and Prophecy.
• Domadamod, Divine Minister of Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Cannabalism; Enlightened Guardian of the Eternal Cycle.
• Ku, Divine Minister of the Reaches and the Far Reaches, Smoke, Mystery, Seals, Thaumaturgy, and Death.

Exalted
Types of Exalts and other Magical Beings	Solar Exalted | Abyssal Exalted | Infernal Exalted | Lunar Exalted | Sidereal Exalted | Alchemical Exalted | Terrestrial Exalted (The Dragon-Blooded) | Raksha (The Fair Folk) | Dragon Kings | God-Blooded
Major Magical Beings	The Primordials | The Yozis | The Neverborn | Gaia | Autochthon | The Unconquered Sun | Luna | The Five Celestial Maidens | The Five Elemental Dragons | The Deathlords
Five Magical Materials	Orichalcum | Moonsilver | Jade | Starmetal | Soulsteel
Signature Characters	Solar Exalted: Dace | Yurgen Kaneko, the Bull of the North | Panther | Samea | Arianna | Harmonious Jade | Swan Abyssal Exalted: Maiden of the Mirthless Smile | Lady of Darkness in Bloodstained Robes | Seven Degreed Physician of Black Maladies | Disciple of the Seven Forbidden Wisdoms | Prince of Shadows | Falling Tears Poet Lunar Exalted: Lilith, the Owl Woman | Strength of Many | Magnificent Jaguar | Anja Silverclaws Sidereal Exalted: Shepherd of the North Star | Iron Siaka | Crimson Banner Executioner | May Blossom | Chejop Kejak | Black Ice Shadow | Sad Ivory Terrestrial Exalted: Tepet Arada | Mnemon | Cynis Denovah Avaku | Sesus Rafara | Peleps Deled | Sesus Nagezzer, the Slug | Tepet Ejava, the Roseblack Alchemical Exalted: Stern Whip of Industry | Fair-Spoken Rishi | Excessively Righteous Blossom | Unhesitatingly Loyal Weapon (?) | Lissome Avid Engineer Infernal Exalted: Lintha Ng Hut Dukantha The Raksha: Lord Kazour | Neshi of the Double Whips | Subarto | Dilari of the Sea Foam | Nlassa of the Lion's Mane | Laughing Boy | Shikuzi the Weaver | Judge Nehemeth The Mountain Folk: Kravah
Exalted Universe	Anima Banner | The Blessed Isle | Celestial Gateways | Creation | The Cult of the Illuminated | Denandsor | Elemental Poles | Essence | The Great Contagion | The Great Curse | The Heptagram | The House of Bells | The Immaculate Order | The Imperial City | The Imperial Mountain | The Lap | Lookshy | Malfeas, the Demon Realm | Nexus | Rakshastan | The Scarlet Empress | The Scavenger Lands | Shadowlands | The Skullstone Archipelago | Thorns | The Threshold | The Underworld | Whitewall | The Wyld Hunt | Yu-Shan, the Heavenly City
Source Materials	Sourcebooks | Novels | Comics