Author's Notes: This fanfic is a collection of our adventures in White Wolf's RPG game, Tales of Exalted. It is on-going, and will be updated whenever I have time. Reviews are more than welcome.

Disclaimers: Tales of Exalted belongs to White Wolf. This fanfic was not intended to infrindge on their copyrights. The characters in this fanfic are copyrighted to their owners, and I ask you to please refrain from using them for your own purposessed without consent.

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Chronicles of the Exalted Adventurers

Notes:
Onii-sama is an honorific Japanese word meaning "older brother"
Shiroi is a Japanese word meaning "white"
Ouji is a Japanese word meaning "prince"; thus Shiroi Ouji's name means "the White Prince"
Shiro is a form of the Japanese word "shiroi", which means "white"
Kikyou is a Japanese name.
Miko is the Japanese word for "priestess"

"Greetings, my brother." Kikyou, the priestess, said, as she walked up onto the top deck of the ship.

"Greetings, Kikyou." Shiroi replied, turning to Kikyou and nodding at her. "I see your wounds from the last battle have healed."

"Indeed they have, Onii-sama." She said, holding her hand over stomach as if remembering a pain once there. "It was quite a fight."
"Yes, and you took quite a blow." Shiroi said.

Perhaps now I should take time to explain to the reader a bit about this world, in case you are unfamiliar with it. This is a world filled with magic and sorcery. This world is filled with magical beings, as well, and many different magical races live on this world. The Exalted races are some of the most powerful races of all. Lunars, Solars, and Terrestrial were some of the common Exalted. Solars are the most powerful. Because two Exalted races, the Terrestrial and Sidereal, feared Solars, they banded together and wiped the Solars out, claiming that Solars were "evil", so it was their duty. But the Solars could not be wiped out so easily. They were re-incarnated. Solars are not "born", they come from humans who have been chosen to become Solars, whether the human chooses to become a Solar or not. When a human turns Solar, he is blessed with incredible power. Unfortunately, it also means he will be hunted for the rest of his life, for the Terrestrial and Sidereal Exalted realized the Solars were being re-incarnated and now hunt the new Solars. But it's not just the other Exalted that fear and hate the Solars. It's common belief among the world that Solars are "evil", and should be wiped out. So the Solars live in fear, despite their incredible power. They seek out other Solars, but live in secret, rarely ever allowing their true identities to be revealed.

Now, perhaps, I should tell you about the characters in this tale. Shiroi Ouji is the son of a wealthy Terrestrial Exalted merchant. When his father died, Shiroi inherited much of his wealth. One of the rarer items he inherited was the ship he and his friends now ride on, for it is certainly no ordinary ship. This ship is quite magical, as it actually sails through the land, rather than water. Thus, it is called "The Land Ship". With long, white hair and a solemn expression, Shiroi is a man of few words, but when he talks, what he says is worth hearing. His ship is filled with a large crew, all very loyal to him. His three henchmen, Lafarga, Cid, and Nakama, are always by his side. But on the battlefield, Shiroi is a deadly opponent. Shiroi specializes in throwing shurikans, and he can throw as many as five shurikans within a few seconds. His speed is incredible and his shurikans deadly. Shiroi is Terrestrial Exalted and is only one of the group that is not a Solar.

Kikyou Miko is Shiroi Ouji's younger sister. Kikyou was once Terrestrial, but turned Solar when she was young and was forced to flee from her hometown. Her brother, Shiroi, came with her when she left, and later the two found the other members of their party, Creed and Lebeau. Kikyou has long black hair tied with a piece of cloth, and a kind, gentle face. She gives help wherever she can, and is quite well known for her miraculous healing abilities. In combat, she specializes in archery. Her arrows are deadly, and it's said she can hit a target half a mile away. When against a tough enemy, she uses her magic with her archery to cause the arrow to burst into bright, magical, scorching flames in mid air, before it hits the enemy. The result is quite painful for the enemy. Kikyou is Solar Exalted, and is of the Zenith caste.

Creed is a powerful mage. Little is known about his past except that he was raised in the cursed lands, The Wilds. As well as being a very powerful mage, Creed is also a wise Lore Master. While his melee fighting is limited, his spells can literally wipe out armies. He is best known for his spell "Death of the Obsidian Butterflies", which is a spell that summons a field full of sharp, deadly, obsidian butterflies. These incredibly sharp butterflies cause great destruction to any that are in their path. Woe to those who are caught in the middle of a field of Obsidian Butterflies, for they won't last long. Creed is good at socializing, and is somewhat the unofficial spokesman for the party. Creed has a mentor who lives in Nexus, a powerful mage named Smith, who still teaches Creed new magic sometimes. The journey they are currently on is to travel to Nexus so that Smith could teach Creed a new spell. Creed is a Solar Exalted, and is of the Eclipse caste.

Last of all is the incredible warrior, Lebeau. Big, tall and muscular, with charcoal-black hair and a constant serious, almost mean, look on his face, Lebeau is quite intimidating. And if that wasn't enough, his sword, a Grand Daiklave as it's called, is nearly ten feet long and a foot wide! And oh, with what power and swiftness he swings it. Very little is known of Lebeau's past, but he was no doubt a fighter long before he turned Solar. He usually stays more in the background when it comes to talking or interacting with new people, but he's always the very first to the battle. He uses magic to summon his sword to his hand from another dimension, though it only takes a second or two to summon it, for he would be a very, very suspicious character walking through town with a sword that big. Even without his sword, townsfolk, and even his own men, fear and respect him. Lebeau is a Solar Exalted, and is of the Dawn caste.

"When will we arrive in Nexus, Onii-sama?" Kikyou asked Shiroi.

"Within two weeks." Shiroi replied.

"I see." Kikyou replied. Just then, Creed walked up onto the top deck to join them.

"Greetings, Shiro, Kikyou." Creed said, nodding as he walked up to them.

"Greetings, Creed." they replied.

"Onii-sama says we will arrive within two weeks." Kikyou said.

"That's good to hear." Creed replied.

"Perhaps we should re-supply at a town on the way, do you think? We're running low on supplies." Kikyou said.

"Yes, that would be a good idea. All right, let us stop at the next town to re-supply," Creed said to Shiroi. Because the Land-Ship was magical, only Exalted can make it float by turning its surroundings to liquidy form, changing the land directly under it to water in land. Once it was floating, it also needed a good sailor to sail the ship. Shiroi and his follower Nakama were the only ones with enough skill to sail the Land-Ship, but Shiroi always used his power to keep the Land-Ship activated because Nakama wasn't Exalted and didn't have enough power to keep it activated.

"Very well," Shiroi said. "I shall go take over the sailing for Nakama, now. He's been sailing while I was taking a small break," Shiroi said, nodding to them as he left. They nodded to him, and then went back down below deck.

Kikyou sat down on a black, silk cushion. She looked around at her surroundings. The below decks of her brother's ship were certainly luxurious, with black and white marble floors, and dark green and black cushions lying about to sit on. There were also wooden chairs, for some liked sitting on chairs better than cushions, but she herself thought them hard and thought a soft cushion with which to sit upon the ground was much more pleasurable. She herself would have inherited some of this wealth from her father, had she not dedicated herself to the work of a priestess. She cared not for worldly things, but rather, the smile of a man after you have just healed his deadly wound, or just the feeling you get when you help someone in such a way. Her healing techniques were so incredible that with the touch of her hand she could heal grievous wounds. But this magic touch took a lot out of her, and she only used it when someone was in a dire condition. She could heal normally by bandaging people without using her magic, and this is what she normally did.

Now she closed her eyes in meditation. She relaxed her muscles completely, breathing in and out slowly and letting her mind go completely blank. She sat in this way for several long minutes, in complete meditation. Then she got up and began training in her archery. There were still two weeks before they would reach Nexus, and she planned to get as much training as she could before they got there.