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Revision as of 22:55, 4 September 2014
The Lotus Sisterhood are an enigmatic order, sworn to protect. @glortor (under construction)
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Contents
- 1 DESCRIPTION
- 2 HISTORY
- 3 STATUS
- 4 EQUIPMENT
- 5 STRUCTURE
- 6 ABILITIES
- 7 Miscellaneous
DESCRIPTION
The Lotus Girls are, by all means and methods, an honourable group of highly trained individuals, functioning effectively based on various divisions and old-fashioned monastic discipline akin to any eastern monastery's standards. They are rightfully respected for their perseverance and feared by dishonest men for their tendency to aim for the groin.
The Monastic Sisterhood of Lotus Fist originate from an alternate world and time-line. Their strong foundation in camaraderie, mutual respect, discipline and a strong, family-like environment make them a close-knit and loving community; While their controversial use of the distraction of beauty as a weapon, and their tendency to retaliate with debilitating, often damaging and/or permanently disabling attacks to a man's groin has earned them a fair bit of fear and dislike from those who do not know how to treat a lady. Grandmaster Anni "Shatterfist" Redriner is well-known across multiple worlds as a champion for justice, and the eight-petal flower with the Yin-Yang symbol in the middle has become a hallmark of trust for several agencies, among them PRIMUS itself.
HISTORY
NOTICE: All this information is out of character knowledge up to the point where the reader's character finds out in role play or contacts us, seeking to discuss a way to find out. SPOILER ALERT. Feel free to read if you wish but this is here for reference, and it is not commonly known by the population of the setting. Few details of the distant past will be said to strangers, do mind!
The Old Order
In the distant past, to the far east of the continent Kymlun, a society of oriental value thrived in relative peace and prosperity. Its seclusive nature and geographical distance from most other forms of civilisation has left it without the influence of ever-spreading fashion and merchandise. Found well ripe to conquer by leading figures of the western lands, an invasion came so quickly and with such technological advance, that a great portion of the land has been overtaken and turned into a tumbling province of poverty-market and violent oppression. The taxes became heavy, and snake-tongued merchants took quickly to learning just enough of the local language to claim what there was left to plunder. Not much though. Borne out of such an era of oppression, like the legendary flower out of the dirt and the murk of the swamp, yet still pure - came the Ladies Lotus, a former band of Geishas - entertainers and teachers to the people, but they were nothing like what they were made shortly after the arrival of the western oppression. The humiliation of the house of the ladies of lore being turned into a common bawdy house where soldiers would demand to be served or else, was too much for the headmistress and she took her own life one morning.
Mizuki's Reign
Ruthless and beautiful, the good sister Mizuki took the reins with an iron hand. She would demand of the Ladies Lotus to dance, to entertain like they did before - but much unlike before of course. Clothes came off, revealing to conceal again, the elegant motions of a woman's body turned into an alluring flower's beckoning sway. That of a flytrap. Men were soon willingly given what they asked for, if they paid the price. And a price to pay it was if they tried by force!
Mizuki enforced physical training hours upon hours a day. Their natural affinity for dance and entertainment took a darker turn and the fit bodies of dancers were all made into weapons. On one hand they had to be subtle, not to be found out - not even for the victim to know, not even to see it coming. On the other hand they had to be swift, devastating and do as much damage as they can. Their art thus became the use of small needles, hairpins, and their own bare hands and feet for self-defence. Strike both high and low. One strike would always aim to damage or destroy the testicles, the other one for the throat or eyes. They had only one chance to strike against trained soldiers, there was no room for error. And strike they did, some men falling dead, all of them crumbling in pain from the low blow and a good few of them only left with one more chance to make the same mistake, one testicle lost to a devastating blow. And the reason why they had no chance to defend against such a blow? The distraction of a beautiful woman's body being revealed shamelessly right before - or during - the strike, like the flower blooming and revealing its secrets of beauty and poison.
One day the duke himself came around, to see how five of his best men were left crippled in most humiliating ways by the Ladies Lotus. He ordered the women to defend themselves and despite all their feigned innocence - this man was not one to be fooled by such theatrical acts. The men were eager to return the favour of crippling the young girls responsible of their permanent loss. The attack was swift and the men seeking retribution were given an even swifter final rest. The duke applauded the Ladies and offered them a contract. "Do as you are told and you will be respected and rich."
Mizuki liked that idea.
Fall of the Old Order
Services rendered, pleasure and pain delivered in exceeding amounts, the Ladies Lotus would carry out their tasks at the same efficency they would practice their arts of peace and beauty years before. Only this time they would not be hired to entertain with music, dance, or poetry during a dinner, but to be perhaps present for the dinner and the night after, but only for the lady herself to leave the bedroom alive. A man is of course most vulnerable without his clothes on especially if he does not expect the sweet harlot to slit his throat.
Paranoia took root as more and more political figureheads would place an order with the Ladies Lotus for one or another rival to be done away with, none feeling safe anymore. But of course the needs of a man were to be fulfilled, now what-ever shall we do? - they asked.
That is until one day, the duke himself heard from a reliable source that his rival entered the house of the Ladies Lotus and words were traded about the next visit to his lordship's estate. The cold calculating man would set a very elaborate trap. His daughter long wished to meet the women she knew to do away with men so easily. To learn from them. The father would of course oblige, let us send my dearest girl to learn as she wishes, he would declare.
And when the daughter of the duke as well as many dead bodies of young women and even younger girls -even children- were maimed as an investigation troop sent into the house of the Ladies Lotus had found, the massacre had begun. The bodies were retrieved and it mattered not how they demanded a proper investigation on how those young ladies died. The Ladies Lotus were not prepared for the onslaught coming in their sleep, all but one young student slain that night.
Exile Period
Mailin was a mere seventeen years old and taken in from the streets by Mizuki. Legend has it Mailin took the life of a threatening armed bandit using only a basket and the nearby stone wall. Enough to say that growing up under conditions where your life is at danger almost constantly, you tend to become exceedingly good at survival - or a corpse. Mailin thus became just that, a survivor, as opposed to the rest of the Ladies Lotus who were although trained, but too used to the luxury of their easy life as bedside assailants.
And as such she survived, hearing the noise of the slayers wearing armour and heavy weapons, and she hid herself between the roof and the ceiling tiles. Waiting patiently for hours, she would be gone before night's end.
Mary's Corruption
She fled for dear life, hiding her tattooes that would remind of the Sisterhood and finding herself a set of presentable western clothes. She would pose as Mary Tran, a travelling dancer and courtesan. It was only natural she would continue to do what she did best, though as for the killing part, she would definitely avoid it as much as she could in a world such as hers.
Nightmares took root, never to relent. Night after night she would sit up in bed, sweating and panting, and it would not ease up, not in the next few years. She was confronted by a mighty figure of a winged woman in her sleep, beckoning her to join her and when she took a step, she would be overrun by the armed men from that night.
On her way home one dawn, the figure appeared before her in the distance. She ran in the opposite direction, right into the woman's arms who somehow appeared behind her. She would cry and be comforted by hands clawed and chained. "There, there, child. Sinerra will not let you be hurt again."
Mianiel's Birth
For many nights she had received lectures from the demonic woman, slowly but surely going insane under the demonic corruption. The paranoia of being pursued, increasing. The hatred towards men she'd serve, increasing. She'd began slaying her customers one by one, and needing to flee to a new city every week.
That is when she met the man called Toranelduil Hanodel. An elven monk with a presence so soothing that she suddenly felt at ease, for the first time in her life. Hanodel walked down the same street she was fleeing a failed assassination attempt on a pirate lord, and she ran right into him. The wandering monk would soothe her and she would slowly but surely forget about the demon queen's lessons. A daughter was born whom they named Mianiel and they were aiming to live a happy life, Hanodel learning everything about Mary's past and accepting her for who she was. They were happy, that is until Sinerra showed up. Mary fled with the three years old Mianiel in her arms, and Hanodel gave his life for his fleeing family.
Anni's Lessons
Mary was yet again on the run, now with a child to care for, and a plan of her own. She reached yet another big city where she found herself the elite of the elite in entertainment, working her way to the top and becoming the 'madame' of a rich man's house of ladies. In charge, she would prepare herself and a handful of girls to become the New Ladies Lotus, but she failed: the soft and untrained western women were nowhere near as skilled as those raised by the Old Order's standards.
Mianiel, however, was more than up to the task. Ruthless, cruel, merciless, she had no qualms doing as her mother ordered her to, however as time passed, as Mary's sanity seemed to ebb away, so did she treat her own daughter more like a soldier and less like her child. Mianiel was growing weary of the life they were living, but she also loved her mother unconditionally and she had little to no idea where and how she would live without her by her side.
That is when a young girl was dragged in from the streets. Her crimson hair was unkempt and dirty, never seen a comb. Her keen green eyes were piercing with defiance. Defiance for which she was whipped on a daily basis, but it only further seethed her fire - a fire which appealed to Mary greatly. Soon Anni would respond to whiplash with a kick that severed the man's left testicle and a strike which nearly caused his windpipe to collapse. For thirteen months was Anni lectured in the art of the Ladies Lotus, and soon every enforcer and even the owner feared the teenage girl's wrath. Her skill increased tenfold and so did Mianiel's jealousy at her new 'sister' - forgotten as daughter in her mother's zeal at having found a brand new little Lady Lotus.
And then came the wizard. The enforcers fell beneath his gaze, the ladies cowered in his presence. And before Mary or Mianiel arrived to the scene, he took the girl - and the girl took with her the book containing the secrets of the Sisterhood by accident.
The New Lotus
NOTE: Events of this period may be recalled in part or whole by characters who were present between 2001 and 2014 during NWN's Age of Shadows (2001-2003), Kymlun - Ancestral Legacy (2003-2005), Kymlun - Rivals and Disciples (2005), Masters of Fate (2006-2008) and Legacy of Kymlun (2008+) storylines.
'As this period in the sisterhood's story has been a day-to-day role play experience, the stories and events related are too vast to list in great detail. Instead, we'll focus on keystones and plot hooks.'
Anni recreated the sisterhood with an all new purpose and design, though the path to success has not been a quick, nor an easy one. Through hardship and trials at last, Anni and her first students have established a sisterhood of great integrity. Their monastic nature took root during the third period, when they finally established the official sisterhood in the monastery of South-East Zheradan.
Anni's Path
There are those who lay down and die, and whether they live will be decided at the mercy of another. And there are those who will fight tooth and nail and will never be broken, as there is no foe great enough to bring them down. The body can be broken and the bones can be broken and the flesh can be rent, but the spirit will cling to the power of will that cannot be subdued. Such a soul will survive the darkest of times, the greatest of pain, the worst of nightmares and emerge triumphant.
Anni is such a soul.
Unholy Beginnings
As a child, she beheld her mother's death at the hand of her father. She fled, with her mother's necklace - an ankh - in hand. Years spent in the street have steeled her soul. Taught by her vagabond uncle, befriended a dark elven child while spending her days in the sewer pipes during a harsh winter when she was 12, and found her first male friend and later closer relationship with a pirate deckhand only a year older at the age of 13.
Captured after a raffle with the bruisers of the same House of Ladies which Mary was the arranger of at the age of 14, Anni became a lethal warrior by the age of 15 and only wished for a normal life that she had seen all those citizen girls live, outside the House's window. Due to her exposure to the darker aspects of life, for a while she was defensive with men, with a handful of exceptions.
Royalty and Loyalty
The wizard bailing her from the House of Ladies was no ordinary conjuror. Simply referred to as The Archmage,and by titles such as Lord Steelsoul and Doomsinger, Shandallain Shissath Glaurd'har was a rightfully feared conossieur of the arcane arts. One of the ancient Ghazakiin, a species believed to be a common root to both Elves and Fey and thus ancestors to all of the metahuman races, and known as a legendary figure who had faced mythical beings in battle. His family would take care of Anni, seemingly to repay an old debt of honour to Anni's late vagabond uncle.
The fifteen year old girl was taken to spend time in a city called freeport, where she would confront fearsome adversaries even saving the life of the sea-elven queen Sca'Pel Tria Redriner. The orphan has hence spent much time among paladins, holy knights, priests and royalty of both the Ghazakiin and of the various coalescent societies representing themselves in the social pool of Freeport, among them her future husband, Alastor Kedal. Eventually adopted by the queen, Anni took the last name Redriner and was named duchess for a short-lived twenty months of struggling to uphold justice in a world of darkness.
Fleeing Freeport after so long, crestfallen from her failure to maintain law and order, she was headed back to Rivenwood, the sea-elven kingdom, and then taken by The Archmage's daughters, to their own home in Kymlun. The sixteen year old Anni would spend a few valuable weeks among the daughters of the wizard, making life-long friends, becoming one of the sisters herself and meeting two of her former mentors, the wizard's brother Glortor'Rai and eldest son Mountain Dragon Glaurd'Har.
Zero to Hero
The latter of which she was sent off to train with: after a brief fight and utterly destroying three bandits at a market lotus style, she was assigned to the eldest son for a training seemingly in discipline and endurance. Taken to an old mountain temple by Mountain Dragon to train, his unarmed combat was far superior to hers. She was spiteful and did land a good kick or two, but the man seemed to handle it much better than the bouncers and customers. She finally found somebody to learn respect from, rather than spite. Wasn't the same she felt for Mary, it was different. She found him beautiful, not like the people that smelled bad and kept trying to touch her. This one treated her like a person, and it was new and exciting. And then one day after a long trial she fell asleep on the same stone floor and rug, but woke up and her teacher was no-where to be found, unlike the days before.
Return to the city
After the weeks of training and relieving herself of the weight-straps, she was headed back to civilisation. She wandered back towards the town downhill and drifted with the crowd, into a colosseum. She needed new clothes, so she stole. She needed money to pay it back, because she felt bad for stealing, and because she knew she could make money. Anni entered the fight, because she had frustration to vent and because she needed money. The tiny pleated skirt, white thong panties and cleavage top did wonders for her body. She wasn't even surprised, just kept kicking and winning. One pair of balls. Another. Yet another. And before she knew there she stood with the champion Bart "Bird" Dirkins collapsed holding himself in agony and the announcer confusedly shouting her name as champion of the arena.
Little Miss Shatterfist
After the victory at the public arena, everybody had something to say to the seventeen year old girl. People wanted her to solve their problem or to sell something with her, or even to just marry them, or their brothers or sons. Others were outraged, claimed that it was set-up and no mere girl can defeat the great champion of the arena. She was called horrible things, great things, nobody actually bothered wanting to know who she is, they all seemed to have their own ideas. Disgusted, Anni fled towards the mountain top overlooking the city.
After a little while a red dragon appeared above the city, breathing fire and destroying the towers. She would not hesitate, taking a running start off of the high mountain cliff and jump on the large creature's back, measuring a heavy strike to the back of its head, sending it plummeting into the cobbles of the main square. Upon landing, a struggle began at the end of which she landed a strike hard enough to shatter the dragon's jaw.
The First Sisters
Anni soon became a public sight.
She knocked out orcs, bandits, petty robbers, caught street thieves (and gave them food while pretending to drag them off towards the guard rax) and generally grew immense controversial respect. Each time arrested, each time bailed by the wizard or his family, and the high ranking officer Lady Knight Karani Sannard fondly releasing her with a warm headshake each time anew.
Young women loved her.
Most men wanted to mouth off.
Prove she's a fake.
This fat girl a couple years younger walks up to her one day "Hey, can --"
"I ain't give no autographs. Look I'm jus' a girl loike y'self a'ite?"
"... I was wondering if you could teach me."
Anni would pause looking the girl over. She looked like she hasn't had it hard until recently, still chubby, her hair still glistening and healthy under the dirt and the torn clothes were vastly amiss on her. An orphan, she said, and since her Papa has gone missing, and their home lost, she has had been living at the orphanage.
Fathers are scums, Anni thought to herself and would nod slowly.
"Ten pushups a day, increase by ten every time you feel it to be easy. Run a mile every morning and one every evening. Increase by one when you feel it's easy."
Rich spoiled kid won't lift a finger like the rest- she thought to herself.
But when the redhead got cornered and knocked on the noggin in an alley, a girl wearing a similar short dress as hers, jumped in and saved her.
Looking closer, it was the girl from months back.
Cassie was her name and she was the first girl to follow Anni.
Then came Lindy. Long story short, the monastery Anni was taken to, to get her away from public, was male only at the time.
Lindy wore glasses, her hair tied at mid-back and dirty as it gets, and she hid books under her perch. She was an orphan taken in by the order but she was cooking and cleaning, not allowed to attend classes.
She read the books and secretly copied the moves of the monks that she could peek for, when she was mopping up the floor while they trained.
Caught one day while watching Anni practice, the abbot was about to get her flogged.
Anni kicked the first disciple's ass (well, more like balls) horribly.
The first disciple's who was about to flog Lindy. This right before the Grand Master who came to visit. His dark robe was runed and the hood hid his face entirely.
The abbot was outraged.
The grandmaster clapped his hands and the voice, familiar as it gets.
"I see the trials weren't in vain."
it was the monk who taught her in the mountains.
Anni refused the Adept rank and said she'll earn it like everybody else but she requested that Lindy be taught everything she, herself was.
"Teach her then." the grandmaster said and the abbot's head went eggplant-colored.
Unheard of, outrage, and all that, but he would, anyway.
After a brief set of events which were related to haunts and other adventurish stuff, Cassie showed up on the doorsteps of the monastery. The abbot just shook his head, knowing where this will lead.
It did too as news of a girl kicking men in the balls wearing a miniskirt and shouting "For Anni" was starting to cause a massive uproar back in Solinar. Anni and the two girls set out to catch this impostor.
Colette was caught after a whole day of Yackety Sax - worthy chase across town and pinned down by an exhausted Cassie and Anni.
when they asked her wtfshe said:
"I wanna be part of the Anni gang. Wanted to prove t' ya bitches I'm good fer it. So, am I in?"
She was in.
Colette proposed that they make this official, though Anni was reluctant at first and downright refused for it to be called an Anni Gang.
She proposed it be called the Lotus Order.
Female only because of those stuck up monks and their male only policy. (And because a guy's sack would be shook up, scrambled, squished and torn up from all the twirls and hops and jumps and splits and high kicks the Lotus Fist uses.)
And then girls came and the Lotus got one third then one half of the monastery...
Anni took the book and hid it well, Lindy continuing to write on its unfinished pages that a new era of the Lotus has been formed and they will replace the old doctrines of stealth and murder with that of protecting those who cannot protect themselves, standing for what is worth standing for and sisterhood for love and purity.
They changed the dressing code from kimono to miniskirt, and after gathering resources they started to become something much greater, with a new generation of girls joining.
Masters of Fate
The sisterhood expanded by a handful of new girls every year. The eighteen years old Anni, twenty-two years old Lindy, seventeen years old Cassie and fifteen years old Colette have first given a new home to a runaway elven princess, Sylvialea. With her talent at arcane magic, the group was complete. They started to train together and form a crime-fighting team based on cooperation and the coordinated use of their talents. Under Anni's leadership, Lindy's lore, Cassie's brawn, Colette's nimbleness and Sylvie's magic became a potent combination that solved any and every problem they were presented with.
The greatest problem they faced yet presented itself in the form of Mianiel. She appeared and attempted to strike Anni down with her katana, resulting in a swift battle and the enemy Anni could not fathom, fleeing. The redhead couldn't possibly imagine why her former friend would attack her like that. Following Mianiel, she managed to pin the confused half-elven and finally gained troubling information: both Mianiel and Mary seemed to believe that Anni stole the Lotus Codex. Anni reassured Mianiel that the book remained with her on accident and that she only used it to reform the sisterhood.
Returning to the monastery now with a new ally, Anni found the sisters slain and Mary standing victorious. It took both her and Mianiel in a battle to the end to subdue their former mentor, Mianiel eventually managing to stab her. Yet the body disappeared. This was the first time the sisters had to deal with demonic presence, and as Anni miraculously resurrected her fallen comrades, at the cost of falling in bed for a week, Mianiel pledged her allegiance to the True Lotus. She finally knew where she belongs.
The race for Mary's soul was an intense battle of will. The combined magics of Lindy and Sylvie have managed to liberate the old lady from the grasp of the demon queen Sinerra, and she ultimately joined up with her new daughters, teaching and preparing them, and many generations of disciples to come, before she was laid to final rest by the riverside as she wished.
Betrayer Saga
The Ghazakiin showed up in numbers, requesting Anni to follow them. She of course wanted to know what this was about, but they were adamant that she will only be told once they step out of reach for mortal ears. The girls insisted to tag along, and so they did. They were taken to a large ancient chamber of pillars, meeting nine others, many of whom Anni already knew - among them Alastor himself. They were briefed that Anni, Alastor and the others are in fact the Nine Chosen, prophecised to bring down a nearly invincible enemy, known only as the Betrayer.
This saga is far too extensive and mostly unrelated to the Sisterhood. See Kymlun Wiki for more details.
Sinerra's Treachery
It was during the time when Mary was still with the sisters, that Sinerra showed up and formed an earthen base with her son, known only as Zed, in charge. Her goal was to capture the younger Lotus and turn them into her loyal servants via brainwashing. Even though such attempts happened many times, she eventually had to give up on that plan and instead used succubi and other female demons to form an army similar to the Lotus, and no less effective. This army has been a formidable counterpart to the sisterhood ever-since.
After Zed's failure to capture the girls, a daughter by the name of Calebra took over.
Dusk's Lace
It is said that when a great power is born in the universe, it is measured and is either given boundaries and flaws, or a counterforce. Due to Anni's divine origins, another child was born at the other end of the world, by the name of Kha'thriin Thothraegan. Her mother was the supreme reign of the Shade folk, a people infernal in origin and with natural affinity for dark magic and the shadow-arts. Kh'thriin - or Thrinii as she's been called by the girls - grew up under Calebra's instruction following her mother's death and the demonic woman marrying her father in a human disguise.
Following a great battle, Anni finally understood the true nature of the counterforce and performed a ritual which set both of them to a neutral state, thus allowing them to coexist with one another.
Citation needed. See Kymlun Wiki or contact GLoRToR for story details!
Babylon Conflict
The Gate of Gods was left behind by the elder deities who fled our world, leaving it for the mortals to govern. However, it has been found and been brought to light; Babylon, the Skytower, the ancestral legacy of all godkind towered over the northern wastes and something had to be done about its power. Through trials and tribulations two opposing forces were formed by unlikely alliances. In one corner the Crusade, those who wished to open the gate and change the world forever. In the other corner the Preserverate, whom wished for it to remain closed.
Corruption, blood and gore, wars of men and the invoking of dark forces have lead to demons, undead and worse threatening to overrun the mortal realms, and thus with one desperate move, the Gate has been opened. The Great Beyond spilled forth unto the mortal realm and formal war, Armageddon has been stated. It was up to the Sisterhood, the Nine Chosen and many of the adventurers to avert the nigh-inevitable end.
Eventually they managed, and even though two thirds of the realm has been plunged into darkness for the foreseeable future with undead and demons swarming the countryside, civilisation has managed to recede towards the southern and far western lands to persevere.
Three Hundred Years
Once the Fourth Godswar hit, and the Skytower of Babylon opened wide its obsidian gates, the Lotus Fist were first in line to stand up to the menace as it came. With unmatched bravery and unparallelled skill the Flower Ladies engaged the onslaught and stood their ground heroically. Achieving global acknowledgement from nearly all races and cultures, the illegal order finally stood high in the ranks of the protectors of life and balance. Establishing a sub-order in almost every kingdom from Westport to Babylon, they finally attained the respect they deserved, though with the three hundred years to follow - and to Anni's better advice - the fame seemed to decline and they returned into the shadows, to protect that which is worth protecting with no less vigor, but far less noise and publicity.
Many of the sisters, among them Anni, have given birth to children. Anni's daughter from Alastor, Miya is an adult woman today, and one of the most well-known order masters of the sisterhood.
Present Day
Today the Sisterhood shares the Midnight Dawn monastery with the male side of the order and shares the respect they gain world-wide as well. Their extensive networking and advanced society well surpasses most structures known to the people of their timeline, and they are among the most renowned champions of Kymlun. Their monastic lifestyle is lived in peace and with interruptions only where necessary.
Champions Setting
It was during one of many excursions into Planarspace that Anni met the Champions via a portal. After defeating a common enemy they have parted ways, only to meet years later and rekindle an old alliance. The sisterhood now represents itself in Millennium City and is ready to undertake what-ever task there was needed to be done.
STATUS
The sisterhood operates under full LTK and does not respond to any superior agency, but instead shares information and reports with UNTIL and PRIMUS as it has been agreed to.
Legal Status in Kymlun
Legal Status in the Champions setting
Interplanar Union
EQUIPMENT
Equipment the sisterhood uses is mostly unknown to outsiders. The information here is documented for lore purposes and should not be taken as public or readily available, with some exceptions of course. If unsure, contact us!
Clothing
Dresscode of the sisterhood includes miniskirt, a revealing top, and thong panties. This is due to practices and techniques which involve these clothes and one will not find a Lotus Sister wearing anything else. CO-Lotus Jacket.jpg
Armaments
The sisters are often seen using various throwing, piercing and cutting weapons, as well as traditional oriental weaponry. They do not use firearms such as rifles or guns even where available. Longbows and shortbows are as close as they get to ranged weaponry.
Tools
Various divisions have various different tools. See the divisions section for details.
Technology
The sisterhood uses ancient crystalline technology, magitech, steam-power and many other mechanical methods, but circuitry is not yet invented in their timeline. One of their greatest innovation is the Lotus Necklace which functions as an identification- , tracking- and communications device at the same time. It has been proven that the sisters can communicate through radio waves using their crystalline technology, which also allowed them to call mobile phones by homing in on the signal of the phone.
Magic
There are many, various types and natures of magic within the sisterhood from arcane to divine, natural to scientific, bloodline to practical. The sisterhood pays close attention to meditation and their casters' well being.
STRUCTURE
The sisterhood's structure is militaristic, but not unlike a religious order's structure. Every sister is equal before higher-ups, and orders are rarely given - or needed to be given, in all honesty. The sisterhood's practices are based on tradition, utility and an individual and personal need to follow and adhere to the tradition out of simple love for the community. Far-fetched as it may seem, it works. No Lotus will desire to fall out of line, simply because they understand the consequence of one chain link not functioning properly.
Ranks
Little Flowers
Little Flowers are the lowest rank of the sisterhood. This does not make them underdogs or weaklings, neither does it set them in an uncomfortable position. On the contrary! Little Flowers are generally taken good care of and made feel welcome from day one through out their training, helping their integrity and making their drilling all the more pleasant. Every girl goes through basic training before they may take the next step-up. How fast they rank up, entirely depends to themselves. It is worth noting that those who take slower are not reprimanded, but rather given more well-earned attention to, with special regard to finding the source of their hardship with loving care. Problem children are often assigned to a separate teacher who will spend exclusive time helping said girl improve.
Candidate (Wildflower)
Girls who have the required characteristics, become Lotus Candidates. Candidates are watched by the sisterhood for an extensive period of time before they are given the choice and opportunity to join, but only after being properly informed and educated. Several types of girls will never be accepted into the order, because they would not enjoy their stay and would not benefit the sisterhood. The most important thing in a girl is her intelligence and empathy. Girls who do not have a certain amount of both will never make the cut.(Knowing proper English and having bearable typing skills are a must. This is actual role play, we prefer three-dimensional characters with personalities and an active player.) Girls who have a far too great sexual drive and only want to use their beauty for sexual pleasure will also not be accepted.(Single purpose ERP characters shoo.) Imbalanced personalities without the affinity for improvement will also be offered help but not membership. (Drama queens are out.) Girls who are too shy or unable to stand up for themselves when necessary are also not the right type of candidate. (Have to enjoy the Lotus concept, techniques and be ready to play and take part.)
Initiate (Blooming)
After being given an entry talk and made sure that the girl fits the requirements, a candidate will be initiated. The first rank in the sisterhood, initiates or Blooming Lotus are taught the fundamentals of the Lotus Fist and will eventually take an examination to step up in ranks. There is no pressure to reach the next rank and an initiate is a full fledged member of the sisterhood without any need to prove herself any further. Initiates are not sent on dangerous missions nor are allowed near situations of lethal danger as they are most likely not prepared to face this. Initiates will only receive missions of rank E and D.
Junior(Little Sister)
A girl will have to be at the very least 14 years of age and with a matured mind and body before she is allowed to practice the Lotus Fist. Children and childish girls will not be allowed to wear the challenging uniform and practice the controversial arts of the sisterhood. A girl who has met the above criteria but is not yet of adult age (18 for humans, 120 for elves, equivalent for other races) will receive Junior status. Initiate rules apply to Junior members and they will be treated with the same strict discipline as any other sister. They will not be allowed to observe or practice forbidden techniques whatsoever, unless with grandmaster's commission.
Lotus Sisters
An average Lotus Disciple can do away with three armed, trained soldiers alone. Higher ranks of the order are achieved through persistance, reliability and faith. Most girls reach disciple rank and remain faithful to the order even if they retire at the early twenties of their life and settle with a husband. They'll never divulge the order's secrets or betray the order though, but all they were taught makes them an incredible person for the rest of their lives.
Lotus Disciple(Sister)
The largest pool in the sisterhood, members who reach disciple rank will become full-fledged and undisputed sisters with few restrictions and little left to be desired. Many girls never make it past Disciple rank and would eventually retire and get married to live a normal woman's life. Those who pursue a life to remain with the sisterhood for good, may attempt to step up in rank and perhaps even attain true enlightenment eventually. Disciples already know the fundamentals and are eventually granted a colour, based on which they will join the division most fitting of their capabilities, be that melee, stealth, spellcasting or healing. A disciple has no issues dealing with large numbers of above-average fighters.
Lotus Flower(Highsister)
A Highsister is a specialist Disciple who has attained and perfected her division's colour. After another exam, a disciple will gain her coloured outfit and be simply referred to as a Lotus Flower, though they tend to just call themselves Disciples still. These girls are most likely to shoot for an Adept rank eventually, though many of them prefer to remain at their assigned task for as long as they remain with the sisterhood. A Highsister is extremely powerful and few men even stand a chance at laying a finger on her.
Lotus Adept (Greatsister)
Becoming an adept takes dedication and long years, but exceptionally talented disciples reach this rank faster. An adept governs a Squadron, which is anywhere between three and twelve girls. An adept understands the advanced doctrines of every colour and is a master of her own discipline. She's a one-girl army in her own right, capable of defeating a group of trained men and go toe-to-toe with a demon, or to discipline a roguish black- or blood lotus girl. Adepts are lieutenants of the Order Masters.
Leadership
Order Master (Greatflower)
The Order Master rank is achieved when an Adept reaches mastery in all colors as far as her abilities permit.
Blue Adepts will never master Red Lotus perfectly because they are not casters.
Black Adepts will never master White Lotus perfectly because they practice ruination not sustenance.
White Adepts will never master Black Lotus perfectly because they are healers not destroyers.
Red Adepts will never master Blue Lotus perfectly because their focus is not physical combat.
All the same all divisions love and respect one another, despite slight differences at times.
An order master is a colonel, with anywhere between one to four adepts.
Order Masters govern the education and acquisition of disciples, educate the Adepts and represent the order to the fullest.
An Order Master possesses superhuman abilities and is capable of bringing down a dragon or armies of undead on her own.
Order Masters are obeyed and bowed down to even by the most unruly of black- or blood-lotus girls.
Leading Master (Highmother)
The Leading Master is the leader of a color, third in command. These Order Masters are one of a kind, governing all girls belonging under their own doctrine though capable of educating even other Order Masters in another color, even if they are not casters themselves for example. A Leading Master is a power to be reckoned with, a legend in her own right. There is one Leading Master of a color at the time.
Grandmaster (Greatmother)
Co-Grandmasters are second in command. The Grandmaster is one of a kind. Her duty is to serve and be a bastion for the order, she is an icon to look up to, revered by all the girls and even the other masters of the order - as she was their master to begin with.
Retired Sister
Companionship
Protected Status
Tolerated Status
Target Status
Victim Status
Friend Status
Statistics
Doctrines
Discipline
Observation
Improvement
Dedication
Interdisciplinary
Divisions
Blue Lotus
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White Lotus
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Red Lotus
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Black Lotus
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Interdisciplinary
ABILITIES
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