The Trappings of Death are what make the Abyssal Exalted universally dreaded wherever they are seen, their very image fears of a witness of their death. To avoid the constant wretched experience of their Essence crawling beneath their skin that feels like a imminent Resonance eruption, in Creation the Abyssal Exalted must dress like the dead, after all their previous self that lived in Creation died. Some who actually died and were prepared for their funeral still wear their tattered funeral regalia. One or two twisted Abyssals satisfy this need by wearing the ritual trappings of the priest who prepared them for burial, especially is they were actually buried and then buried the offending priest alive. Some more spiritually inclined deathknights, especially Necromancers, wear the garb of morticians, witch doctors and other priests associated with death especially if they used to be one. An Abyssal may even be venerated as a god of death among the cult she attracts. Their appearance is a constant and clear reminder of death and whoever they were before their Exaltation has passed on.
More spiritual Abyssals find wearing the garb of priests of death quells this feeling especially if they used to be one, the only apparently acceptable connection to their previous existence. This is an important fact since the person they were before is truly dead, their thread in the Tapestry of Creation snapped. They don't even belong in Creation anymore. Any acknowledgement of their earlier existence brings Resonance with it as they engender an emotional connection to life when they are not alive.
On the more visceral side Daybreak Caste Mortificers relish the fact that their work garb literally are the clothes of the dead, stained with the blood of those who died in unspeakable torment and reeking with the stench of a human slaughterhouse. Dusk Caste warriors decorate their armour with trophies made from enemies whose deaths were particularly memorable. Midnight and in particular Moonshadow Castes find this demand an impediment since they are both highly visible and yet find it unwise to so obviously advertise the fact that they are a deathknight. However since they are refined and often of high standing withing society they find the resources to sport elegant finery which dulls the feeling of Resonance while making them seem quirky rather than morbid. One Midnight Caste even has a graverobber on his payroll whose job it is to locate and discretely procure clothes fit for a lord from the bodies of well dressed nobles.
Some go so far as to use their considerable fleshcrafting skill to make expertly fashioned if unsettling couture from their subjects.
It's a dark and frosty night. The moon is full and I walked across a graveyard. It's time to start my blog. This is principally a place to put up all my writing about Exalted. I'll also be writing short stories, prose poetry, bitching about what I think is wrong with the world (starting with this damn template) and anything else of interest. 19/1/11
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All original material is Copyright © John Hodson 2011-2012. If anyone wants to add any material to my Exalted section I''ll include their with name and copyright in the post notes unless they want to contribute anonymously.
The first section is basically my take on Exalted. Right now I'm just copying up my notes so everything's very raw while I put down my ideas. I'll work on editing everything and making it more coherent later. As a result things will contradict the in game canon and even be self contradictory especially since not all my notes are copied in chronological order. They've been typed up without editing to remain as close as possible to my original vision.
The first section is basically my take on Exalted. Right now I'm just copying up my notes so everything's very raw while I put down my ideas. I'll work on editing everything and making it more coherent later. As a result things will contradict the in game canon and even be self contradictory especially since not all my notes are copied in chronological order. They've been typed up without editing to remain as close as possible to my original vision.