Items

Arete 4, Quintessence 20, Background Cost 3 pts.

This simple length of blue cloth was incorporated into his tuğ, a battle standard, by the Turkish warrior Hasan Uzunoğlu when his adversary, Yusuf Cihan, chose to join his war against Hermetics in the late 1200s. This unity of Chorister and Ahl-i-Batin was highly effective and led to their taking a major Hermetic Chantry in Canak. The war would have proceeded longer, and likely undermined the later unity of the Traditions, if it hadn’t been for a vampire infiltration of the same Chantry. These creatures crawled out of the earth at night and killed most of the Turkish fighters. Hasan pulled the battle standard from the ground and barely managed to escape by leaping through shadows. Hasan staged a war against vampires for hundreds of years before he grew too old and passed this battle standard down to his successor.

System

This battle standard was not crafted in any traditional sense of the word. It slowly absorbed powerful resonance from Master Hasan Uzunoğlu who used it as focus for centuries. Those who witness the banner being waved or presented aggressively face +2 difficulty for Ranged Attacks against the banner’s wielder. This Effect is uncanny. The wielder may also activate the banner to move from one shadow through another within their line of sight. This Effect is catastrophic.

Don’t let the name fool you — some of these items are one-of-kind. The others? They don’t fit well into a single category because they’re so useful; they’re practical — prac­ tically a steal at these prices. Don’t ask where I got them.