Avatars of the Muses (cf. DD pp. ••-••).

- Court: Unseelie

- Birthrights:

• Grace of the Muses: Two free Social traits related to Manipulation or Charisma; one free level of Crafts, Expression, or Performance. This Birthright is usable in human Seeming.
• Art Booster: An aonid may spend a Mana trait to give someone else a one-trait bonus on all challenges related to his chosen art (Crafts, Expression, Performance, possibly even Science) for a scene. Only one person may benefit from a particular muse's power at any given time. Many aonides further develop this ability with the Rhapsody Discipline (note that Art Booster and Rhapsody benefits do not "stack").

- Frailties: Art Appreciation: [The Toreador clan disadvantage; see LotN Revised]

- Immunity: Favor of Far-Shooting Apollo: Muses gain free retests against attacks using thrown weapons or archaic projectiles (unless they are tipped with cold iron). This Immunity requires that the aonid be in her true form.

- Bans: never let anyone claiming to be better than you at your chosen art go unchallenged; never let anyone who IS better than you at your chosen art go unpunished.

- Weakness: Cold Iron

- Binding: if an aonid falls in love with a mortal, she becomes mortal herself. Magic that artificially creates feelings of such love will cause her to lose access to her powers (including her Birthrights, her Immunity and the ability to spend Mana for any purpose except daily survival, but excluding actual immortality and supernatural disadvantages) for as long as the love-spell lasts. In this case, a "staking" Challenge will be necessary.

- Regaining Mana: Reverie, Seductive Ravaging, use of the Rhapsody Discipline. The aonid's lack of confidence in her own artistic abilities precludes Rapture.

- Preferred Disciplines: Melpominee, Presence, Rhapsody (custom Discipline)

- Origin: Most aonides are of Otherworldly origin and eager to resume their work among humans. Those who remained on Earth and remembered their true natures sought out their sisters, and chances are good that aonides of Earthly origin have Allies or Contacts among other aonides or Earthly fae and have managed to hold on to or learn a bit of Lore.

- Appearance: Aonides appear much like humans, usually women, of striking but not necessarily supernatural appearance. Those of Rank 1 or 2 who eschew the vaguely Graeco-Roman dress favored by aonides can pass as human with minimal effort, even without the Seeming Background.

- Special: Aonides have access to a special Discipline called Rhapsody that allows them to steal Mana from humans by inspiring them to higher levels of artistic achievement.

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