Character Generation for Polaris

First, Choose a name for your Knight. All the People are named after stars.

Second, write your intial Values on the character sheet: Zeal 4, Ice 1, Light 1. Leave Weariness empty for now.

Third, write an initial Aspect under each Theme as follows:

• Under Office, write "Knight of the Order of the Stars".
• Under Blessing, write "Starlight Sword".
• Under Abilities, write "Lore of Demons".
• Under Fate, write the name of a demon or person that all protagonists will have in common as a Fate aspect.

Fourth, choose two extra Aspects. Here are some examples, or make up your own:

• Offices describe formal roles with which your Knight relates to society.
  Some example Aspects of this Theme include: Aide to Senator Altair, Curator of the Leftmost Museum, Sole Heir of the Kaus Borealis, Matriarch of the Yildun, Exile, Reknowned Champion.
• Fates describe external things that will be important to the Knight's story.
  Examples include: Event: A Mysterious Disappearance, Event: The Fall of Kerhah, Idea: The Greatest Knight, Idea: The Mysterious South, Relationship: Rischa Maiden of the Midmost Hall, Relationship: Asmidike my Father, Relationship: Etzlitotec Princess of Spring.
  
• Blessings describe artifacts, equipment, and companions that the Knight has been granted by the stars to battle against the Mistaken.
  Examples include: Greater Starlight Weapon (replaces Starlight Sword), My Father's Sword (replaces Starlight Sword), Wings of of the Stars, Memory Crystal, The Call of Home, Loyal Steed Shackleton, Boon Companion Arrakis, Four Birds - Lord of Carrion.
  
• Abilities describe any personal characteristics, skills or talents of your Knight.
  Examples include: Lore of the Stars, Lore of the Outer Wastes, Technique: Strike from the Shadows, Technique: Song of Truth, Attribute: Refined, Attribute: Big, Skill: Musician, Skill: Sculptor.

Fifth, fill out your Cosmos, which describes the world around your Knight, with at least one person or demon in each section (New Moon, Full Moon and Mistaken).

Sixth, Assign Guidance:

• In a four player game, the player across from you is your character's Mistaken, the player to your left your New Moon, the player to your right your Full Moon. You are your character's Heart. Let the other players look at your Cosmos to get some ideas. If they like, they may add a single character or idea to your Cosmos, preferably in their own section.
• In a three player game, the player to your left is your Mistaken, the player to your right is both your Full Moon and New Moon.
• In a five player game, the player two seats to your right does not share in your Cosmos.

Seventh, begin play. The first time in each session that your character is introduced to the world you should say the key phrase BUT HOPE WAS NOT YET LOST, FOR [Character Name] STILL HEARD THE SONG OF THE STARS.

You can start a scene as either Heart or Mistaken by saying AND SO IT WAS and describing the scene.