Loran's Avatar

This is a brief description of the behavior of Loran's Avatar body and submind most interacted with by Enervated Prognosticator.

Avatar Body
The body itself is relatively simple, having a direct tie in to the Perfected Lotus Matrix still tied to the Metropolis that was once Luteous Ancress. It is simpler than the body Ancress once had before she began her transhuman process, simply being a sleek, attractive body of clay and Orichalcum. Its voice is feminine and mellifluous, a close run to Loran's original voice.

Sub-mind
While the mind of any Patropolis or Metropolis can be hard to fathom, the sub-minds placed into their avatars tend to be less so. The sub-mind within this body is simple, which is not to say stupid or incapable of dazzling thought. She prefers to work with various brilliant members of the city, primarily with the Tripartite, but occasionally members of the Populat have attracted the attention of the Avatar, or of the city itself, which sent this avatar to meet them. Loran, of course, has many avatars, but this is the one most constantly active.

It had interacted with EP's previous incarnations, and in fact, within the memory crystals held by the city are all of EP's incarnations since Luteous Ancress started travelling to the pole of Oil, as well as specific pointers for records back in Claslat.

It is highly curious in any intelligent person, especially those with new or unexpected insights. It seeks them out and gathers data on them, respectfully. It also is willing to act as a sifu for any humaniform-based martial arts known by the city. While it contains much of the brilliance of the city, it largely acts as a mouthpiece for any conclusions reached by Loran itself.

With the creation of the first batch of Exalted in Loran, the avatar quickly found itself attracted to Enervated Prognosticator, being the only one more focused on planning than combat. It was also quite surprised when EP revealed she had a string of memories stretching back, broken once or twice, to Creation itself, and to memories of a great and terrible war. Scale is, of course, a bit lost at that point, and EP is uncertain as to whether or not the war had ended by the time of Autochthon's exodus, but she does remember other kinds of Exalts having existed.

With this body of memory to call upon, and Loran's personal memories in far more detail, EP pointed out that life has become harder, resources more scarce, and the void far more prevalent, and that this is a trend likely to continue without some form of interference. And so, for the first month of EP's existance, other than upkeep in the botanics/hydroponics charm (to which she took quite well), she worked with the Avatar to create a model based on all the data they had available, using every intelligence boosting charm in her panoply. While the lack of universal data hampered their investigation, it mainly served to provide a likely margin of error. And within the one sigma deviation, the model suggested that if no significant change was made to the trend within the next 10-50 years, then Autochthon would be falling to the void with such momentum that nothing from within Autochthon could likely help.

After presenting their findings to the Tripartite Assembly, they were given a large budget to find some way to adjust this trend.