Editing Judge (section)

==== Natural Alabasters====
They occur spontaneously,<ref name=":2" /> and often (although not always) resemble white deer (with a secondary human form that reflects this).<ref name=":8" />

Natural Alabasters have far-reaching cunning and the ability to steer and foresee events.<ref>The Alabaster, in associating with the outside world, seek to maintain balance and stave off disaster. To accomplish this, they may put events into motion or take actions with hope or intent of correcting things. They may welcome a person into the sanctuary knowing they aren’t a fit among the lost souls there, enduring the small imbalance and the conflict that results because it means that a sibling or someone who needs that individual will come calling and will agree to do a favor to have the individual back. Another approach may be to take on a role of the sage or seer, providing guidance, help, gifts, or answers to people as a matter of routine, with the intent of making the paths to their front door well trodden ones. If done properly, then in times of crisis, a hero or savior may find their way to them.<br>[...]<br>They do like their rules, and if those rules are broken, they can be terrifying. Breaches of trust and of the sanctuary’s rules can see one doomed - the Alabaster is aware enough of paths and the greater scheme of things that when ejecting someone from their presence, they can push them out and onto a life path more fraught with hazards. This is akin to negative karma (or may be negative karma) but may be a more custom-tailored doom, in which everything in life is just harder, and no amount of karma collected can fix that. The Alabaster may also doom those who harm them, as a final dying act - typically everything that the Alabaster was supporting and holding up is left to metaphorically crash down on their killer’s head. - Mile End: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/14jc7V-O3VsFPxWrwjTB5-uAFk9-JPobq2P1rXFpCxtg/edit#heading=h.1scam5298jm1 The Alabaster]</ref><ref name=":11" /> However, they lack direct combat ability.<ref>Weaknesses: The Alabaster are not fighters in their own right. If one is hunted, found, and fought, it will die. If one is hunted, found, and captured, it can be bound. The people it surrounds itself with are not typically warriors. By being simultaneously powerful, meaningful, solitary, and defenseless, they draw a great deal of negative attention their way.<br><br>Binding: Binding an Alabaster requires either a betrayal when trust has been extended (with a heavy karmic burden and the aforementioned doom) or active hunting. The active hunt is best described as a hunt of both a notable prey animal (a deer is most common) and an athletic human, whichever is most convenient to said prey in a given moment, through unfamiliar terrain, leading to the Sanctuary.<br><br>On being defeated, they can be trussed up. A successful binding requires working out a deal, and the Alabaster is both endlessly patient and aware enough of the paths by which things travel that they know if a savior is on the way. The process may be accelerated with torture or threatening the Alabaster’s wards, but doing harm in this way may harm oneself at the same time. This is not an easy process and requires some notable skill, research, tools, or otherwise requires that one hold out and maintain the Alabaster’s captivity until greater circumstances (such as an incoming calamity) forces them to concede. Through this last point and luck, it isn’t impossible for someone young to stumble into a success here. - Mile End: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/14jc7V-O3VsFPxWrwjTB5-uAFk9-JPobq2P1rXFpCxtg/edit#heading=h.1scam5298jm1 The Alabaster]</ref> Those who have claimed the role don't inherit this insight, but may have other powers of their own.<ref>Once caught and bound, the Alabaster can be butchered. Their hide is of great power and their antlers or crowns can be important as well. By wearing the crown and wrapping oneself in the hide, one can take on the role and a lion’s share of the power. This does not impart any special knowledge, commit one to any responsibility, or provide any special link to those in the Alabaster’s sanctuary, but it does give a person native access to the sanctuary and attune them to paths.<br><br>As one might expect, an individual cloaking themselves in the mantle of ‘there is always an answer’ and ‘there is always someone who cares’ can vastly, dramatically alter surrounding regions, depending on who that person is. The lord of a council wearing a coat trimmed with Alabaster fur may be the answer- the final say, or the last person left to turn to if they are Other or Practitioner. - Mile End: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/14jc7V-O3VsFPxWrwjTB5-uAFk9-JPobq2P1rXFpCxtg/edit#heading=h.1scam5298jm1 The Alabaster]</ref> 

[[Draoidhe]] may draw on their power if they're friendly with an Alabaster and serve their goals, gifted regular small gifts and occasional dramatic workings to maintain peace.<ref>In a lighter way, a Draoidhe who has associated with the Alabaster may call without binding. The Alabaster may regularly grant small gifts and give goodwill for use of those gifts in maintaining balance and addressing problems, and this goodwill can be spent in a dramatic, ethereal claiming of a territory by way of vines and flowers, the installation of a forcible peace where all weapons are trapped, time is stopped, or everything is stilled, or the forcible creation of a safe path. - Mile End: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/14jc7V-O3VsFPxWrwjTB5-uAFk9-JPobq2P1rXFpCxtg/edit#heading=h.1scam5298jm1 The Alabaster]</ref> Alabasters will never willingly serve as [[familiar]]s, but bound ones may be forced into the role, granting gifts and status to their master.<ref>Alabaster as familiars are regal and powerful, naturally imparting status and power just by the linked association, and will regularly give their gifts to their master, and to the master only. They are also, as a general rule, pretty pissed off, because they will never willingly become familiars. The tone of the relationship might be of an abused spouse, or someone trapped in an arranged marriage. - Mile End: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/14jc7V-O3VsFPxWrwjTB5-uAFk9-JPobq2P1rXFpCxtg/edit#heading=h.1scam5298jm1 The Alabaster]</ref> Bound Alabasters tend to be greatly weakened, but still potent.<ref>Once bound, the Alabaster is greatly weakened (if released with the binding hanging over its head) or loses all power (if kept contained in an item or place) until those binding them are defeated or the means of binding is destroyed - typically the terms of the binding prevent them from mentioning this item or means or asking others to deal with them. Given an opportunity, however, they can nudge.<br>[...]<br>The bound Alabaster can be called on for gifts - at which point they will travel from their sanctuary (if they were released bound) if necessary. The closest equivalent or simplest explanation for this practical kind of summoning could be having a greater spirit, lesser god, or nature-themed genie on call. Depending on their role at the time of binding, the lesser ‘wishes’ they grant can be answers or material gifts. As with any deific power, calling too many times in quick succession may result in smaller, weaker gifts or more fragile ones. Making the gift requests routine may make this stronger.<br><br>As an alternative course, one can tap the Alabaster and tie them to an area or place. Having an Alabaster bound to that place can make it a true sanctuary - a place that cannot be trespassed without some immense power. The Alabaster may be visible but silent on the grounds, or appear as a motif and nothing more. - Mile End: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/14jc7V-O3VsFPxWrwjTB5-uAFk9-JPobq2P1rXFpCxtg/edit#heading=h.1scam5298jm1 The Alabaster]</ref>

As a species, the Alabasters seem to be trending toward extinction, despite some preservation efforts. Some theorize that they are simply less numerous because "one day away" covers more ground with modern technology, however.<ref name=":10" /> While Alabaster can be judges, not ''all'' of them are.<ref>Wildbow on Discord</ref>
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