Steelblood

Steelblood is a custom ability that originates from Cassion's Gambit and can be passed on with its kinship aspect.

• Kinship: By sharing blood willingly with another mortal, (Both parties must agree and be aware that it will induct them into your ‘house’) they will gain the same blooded trait as Vivian and be ‘family’. Each new family member Vivian introduces (Must be either a PC or specialized NPC) will introduce a new shared ability for her ‘House’ and strengthen the sword Shiryu. Kinship can only be achieved when a significant enemy or obstacle for the Shiryu House is overcome (up to storyteller and player discretion). When five have been inducted into the House, Vivian and her family will need to return to Gilgarod to reforge the Shiryu Sword.

Current Members (1/7)

Vega Lei'nox

• Passive ability for Steel-Blooded: Vivian has an innate sense for the emotional weight of a weapon. When touching another weapon, she may ‘intuit’ how it has been used. She will ‘sense’ if it has been used to brutalize for greed’s sake, or used to protect, if it is lovingly sharpened and cared for or simply used without concern.

• Sterilization: As Steelblood itself can only be passed on via the Kinship power, Steelblood has the side effect of rendering those who have it sterile. They can no longer have children via normal means.

• Blood Steel: Being that Steelblood is literally liquid metal, it turns into a proper metal when it cools. Outside of retaining its blood-like properties, such as carrying oxygen and such, when in liquid form, Blood Steel is only remarkable for its color and for lacking any impurities. Outside of that, it functions like normal steel and can be forged as such.

• Universal Transfusion: Being a form of liquid metal, Steelblood doesn't have a blood type, and can work as either universal donor or universal receiver. However, when donor, it loses any of it's unique properties and becomes regular blood of the type it was donated too. As a receiver, whatever blood is added to it becomes Steelblood.

• Font of Ore: When Steelblood is added to a Brightgleam Oasis, as part of the Font of Life power from the Wardens of the Lake, the oasis will generate Blood Steel ore deposits in addition to the other natural effects it has on the environment. The Blood Steel ore is exactly the same type of ore that is generated when Steelblood cools.