Exalted Lore: Castes of the Lunar Exalted

A video on the castes of the Lunar Exalted, from the tabletop roleplaying game, Exalted. The Lunar Exalted are the shapechanging champions of the god/goddess of the Moon, Luna. The Lunars enhance their natural attributes, and supplement them with a variety of forms, taken and banked by consuming the heart's blood of their victims.
02:43 The Full Moon Caste
04:53 The Changing Moon Caste
06:40 The No Moon Caste
08:13 The Casteless
Annie May couldn't appear on this one. Hardworking local cop E. Wright issued a stern warning.

[@Ashasverus]

I've always wished Exalted got more love, both from White Wolf and gamers. In talking with people over the years, I know the main reason was the strong perception that it was a J-Pop anime only game. Who knows, maybe one day people will give it another go and see just how free form it really is.

[@Demolitiondude]

When you face apocalypse three times, it hardens you.

[@lazarofstygia2241]

Or it makes you a little crazy, like Raksi and Ma-Ha-Suchi.

[@robertprueter3292]

Man, Lunars are just the edgy Solars and I am here for it. Lovely video!

[@UltimaSpark50]

Lunars have been all over the place thematically due to shifting editorial intent. Pre-1e: purely antagonistic NPCs who were broken by the Usurpation and threw their lot in with the Fair Folk; 1e: kept being pulled back-and-forth between "savage" fantasy akin to Conan or the old Norse sagas vs. 'realpolitik barbarians', ie. champions of the marginalised (the aforementioned editorial shifting made the 1e Lunars splat notorious for all the wrong reasons); 2e: the social engineers described in the video; 3e: nonconformists/transgression [*KEY THEME*], survivors, apex predators. 3e leans quite a bit on the "champions of the marginalised" angle; it keeps some of the stereotypical "barbarian" visual aesthetic for the cool factor, but also notes that in-universe that such term is typically used by the Realm as an expression of contempt for cultures that aren't their own or aren't useful to/subjugated by them. Developer insight here: nobilis-aleph.wikidot.com/quotes:on-lunar-barbarism

[@thomasmuennich2680]

You are the best keep up the good work

[@lazarofstygia2241]

Thanks! Will do!

[@popedanei]

I'm here for the Exalted content

[@KOkami03]

My favorite of the Exalted! Thank you so much!

[@Sara3346]

Didnt expect to hear Narrakus theme from Inuyasha in any of your videos but I suspect it will be on point for this. EDIT: My memory was off. Its not Narakus theme. EDIT 2: Its fluffy bois sesshis theme i think.

[@tominummelin7370]

Could you do a video about Beast: the Primordial? It's bit obscure, but nightmare monsters intrigue me :)

[@jonathanredacted3245]

If I am remembering correctly, beast is semi verboten because of the creators actions and how they correlate with the content of the game line

[@lazarofstygia2241]

Could I? Yes, but not without my personal animus for BlackHatMatt and MachineIV overtaking the actual content.

[@KOkami03]

@@lazarofstygia2241 Fair. And I totally understand. Me, I love that line despite the ugly, ugly shadows that hang over it

[@silenciosteve5513]

Found Beast a couple of years back when I went looking for more WoD systems and thought "huh this could be actually pretty interesting." Never had anyone to play it with or talk about it too for a while then found out ok the creators are supposed to be creeps and the game comes across as too like them and gave up on it. There was mention of the other paths like the path of humanity for vamps getting a video at some point?

[@PlanktonWhisperer]

Just play Changeling or even Promethean

[@TheKagar]

Thank you for upload :)

[@lazarofstygia2241]

You're welcome.

[@RyanTheScar]

More lore for my cravings

[@danielrockstrom707]

Thank you!!

[@lazarofstygia2241]

You're welcome!

[@Rog_r]

Are doing the Abyssal exalts next?

[@lazarofstygia2241]

Not next. But it is all but finished.

[@DarkVeghetta]

The narration has been excellent, as always, but... it needs a pinch _moar anime._ I say this mostly because of how well the previous video's anime sections illustrated the castes being presented. Then again, I was also worried about KZbin's algorithm taking umbrage with said anime sections in the previous video, even though fair use clearly applies. This is certainly the safer approach, if not as visually appealing.

[@burningbronze7555]

Ah comments are back

[@paladinebahamut]

FFFFFFFFUCKING FUUUURRRIIIIEEEES!!!!

[@lazarofstygia2241]

*Chuckles in pre-Usurpation Ma-Ha-Suchi*

[@paladinebahamut]

@@lazarofstygia2241 yeah they butchered him in 3e lol