Bestiary

America the beautiful, America the bold, America the brave. Whatever else may be said about America, it is among the most diverse and multicultural nations in the world, and the people who live there love it. They may not all agree on how it should be run, or if its foreign policy is the best, but they all agree that they love the country they live in. That love often leads to deep divides between the citizens of the nation, the sheer force of their patriotism blinding them to truths on either side of a line.

Nation spirits are as old as nations, the pride of nationalism and the loyalty of its citizens giving birth to spirits who protect those lands. Murica is no different, though he is one of the youngest such spirits, and is still undergoing quite a bit of change. National pride takes many forms, and in the past, Murica called himself America the Beautiful. He was born of the ashes of the many smaller tribal spirits that protected the Native American nations before the Western settlement of the land. As the new people of the land adopted it as their home, America the Beautiful began to change to match the atmosphere of desire for freedom wrapped in a self-serving sense of entitlement. As the American people grew, so did America the Beautiful, growing up next to American Dream and O’Mighty Dolla, and later Easy Credit. The loyalty of the citizens to their homeland and their nation made him powerful, and his influence stretched from one coast to another.

Despite economic hardships and sometimes lack of faith in the country, America the Beautiful always had a hand in pushing patriotism back into the forefront of the nation’s mind. He changed drastically from year to year, becoming more aggressively protective of the country in sync with the citizens.

In recent years, after struggling to maintain belief in the American way of life, he took up the mantle of Murica as a drastic effort. He chose to adopt a symbol of blind patriotism rather than true nationalism to keep people vested in him. No longer did they need to truly understand the hardships their beloved nation was going through. Instead one simple word, uttered in defiance, washed away all their doubts about America’s greatness. He urges paradoxes such as fighting for freedom and justice, enforcing military acts to ensure peace, and the rights of citizens to protect their families with weapons. He doesn’t care if the American people fight amongst themselves over what is right and wrong, as long as they have passion for him and the land they live in.

Over the years, Murica’s aggressive nature and self-serving interests negatively influenced some of the other great spirits of the nation. Each became self-centered, in an attempt to counteract Murica’s influence on the nation. This effect lead to increased national debt and inflation as O’Mighty Dolla’s influence waned. It caused the banking crisis of 2008 as Easy Credit became too greedy. It is also evident in the vast number of unemployed and indebted college graduates who still strive for an American Dream that is moving further from their grasps.

Rage: 10, Willpower: 8, Gnosis: 7, Essence: 40

Charms: Cleanse the Blight, Create Wind, Flood, Freezes, Peek, Shapeshift