General Exalted Discussion XVII: Edition of Cascading Years

[Guancyto]

I don't really see an enormous problem with writing up at least a couple of Solars to be potential allies, or as people in desperate straits that need to be pulled out of a jam. Or if that's not good enough...

If you're a political peer, Perfect Soul is just about perfect for playing the US in an Afghanistan vs USSR scenario where you help turn Perfect Soul's resistance into a devastating quagmire for House Mnemon and then subsequently pull out when she's done fighting them, leaving her to shed a Perfect Tear(tm) amid the utter devastation of what used to be her homeland. (And then breaking with the reference conflict, you subsequently invade it.)

Or, you could steal Jiara's artifacts and subsequently turn the whole endeavor into a giant bust for Mnemon. Perfect Soul will probably die in retribution and the country will still be under the Realm's thumb but hey, you've got the shinies and that's what matters.

Or you could present yourself as a Solar willing to pledge to her cause (hopefully get some sort of sweet honorary nobility title in the process), only to turn on her and throw her out on her ass if she ever shows weakness and take over the country in her stead. You should probably just kill her though, Solar kings-in-exile tend to be pretty troublesome.

If you don't want her as an ally, she's basically begging to be screwed over by a sufficiently sneaky other Solar.