Solar Exalted

The Solar Exalted are the chosen of the Unconquered Sun and the most powerful of all the Exalted. While the other Exalted may be able to exceed the Solars in narrow domains, the Solars the most flexibility, a wide array of powerful Charms and sole access to Solar Circle Sorcery. The only Exalted who are their equals are arguably the Abyssal Exalted, their dark reflections.

Castes
The Solars have five Castes, named after the progress of the sun across the sky.


 * Dawn: The Dawn caste are the generals and warriors of the Exalted. They can channel essence into their anima to appear more terrifying.
 * Zenith: The Zenith caste are the priests and leaders of the Exalted. In the time of the Solar Deliberative, the Zenith caste were the priest-kings of Creation.  Zenith castes can channel their essence to banish darkness and permanently terminate the undead.
 * Twilight: The Twilight caste are sorcerers, scholars and savants. They can channel their essence for damage resistance.
 * Night: The Night caste are the assassins and spies of the Solars; in the First Age they were the secret and public police. They can channel their anima for concealment.
 * Eclipse: The Eclipse caste are the diplomats of the Solars. They can channel essence to sanctify oaths, invoking a curse on oathbreakers.  In addition, Eclipse Castes can learn any charm, regardless of source.

History
The Solar Exalted were specifically crafted to lead the other Exalted, and are particularly talented at various forms of leadership. During the Revolt of the Gods the Solars lead the other Exalted against the Primordials, defeating the creators of Creation and assuming leadership of the material realm when the Gods retired to Yu-Shan.

During the First Age, the Solars ruled in righteousness, then corruption and finally madness as the impact of the Great Curse wore away at their sanity until the Usurpation. Slain by the Terrestrials, the Solar Sparks of Exaltation were captured in the Jade Prison.

Until the Disappearance of the Scarlet Empress some small fraction of these sparks continuously reincarnated through the Realm and the Threshold. These Solars were efficiently cut down by the Wyld Hunt until the Deathlords broke the Jade Prison, accidentally freeing the Essences inside. Since that time, the Solars are slowly returning to power.

Attributes
Solars are aligned to the metal Orichalcum, which they can refine from Gold.

There are approximately 100-200 Solars in the Canonical setting.