Editing Independent Alliance (section)

===Abiding Status Traits===

'''Celebrated''' - You hold a prestigious position among the Sect and are tasked with providing leadership through gentle persuasion and mild condemnation.
* Passive: While you possess Celebrated status, you may award any individual the fleeting status Reverent or Loyal without expending this status. An individual can only hold a single status from your Celebrated status at a time, but may benefit from repeated uses of Celebrated so long as they originate from separate sources. Further, you can issue orders to any member of your Sect who does not possess the status Celebrated, Hallowed or Authority and expect to have those orders obeyed. Those who defy you or disobey a direct order have all fleeting status traits they possess expended without effect. Fleeting traits lost in this manner are lost temporarily and return after two games or one month. Your target cannot gain any further fleeting status while under this effect.

* Spent: Expend Celebrated to award an individual who has caused significant offense the negative status ''Ribald'' or ''Warned''.

'''Cerberus''' - You are a protector of one of the most important customs of the Independent Alliance: either the physical champion of the Sacred Spaces or the social conscience of the IA court. Your power within that specific arena is formidable.
* Passive: While you possess Cerberus, you may award the negative status ''Warned'' to anyone who behaves inappropriately within your jurisdiction or does not respect the authority of your proclamations.
* Spent: You may expend the status trait Cerberus to award someone the negative status ''Disgraced'' if that individual violated an area under your responsibility. Guardians of Sacred Spaces may thus punish defilers of those spaces, calling them “Profane,” while Virago may punish someone who has been proven to have broken a legitimate boon, calling them “Boonbreaker.”

'''Earnest''' - You are granted the solemn duty to render punishment to those of the Sect who break
the law of the territory or who violate Treaty.
* Passive: While you possess Earnest, you may issue orders in combat to any IA member currently within your territory and expect to have those orders obeyed. Those who disobey your direct order in combat automatically gain the negative status ''Aberrant''.
* Spent: You can expend this status trait to give another Sect member the fleeting status ''Hood'' or ''Adept'', to give (but not remove) the negative status ''Aberrant'', or to order the punishment of a member according to the law of your domain. Those individuals who do not accept punishment in this manner receive the negative status ''Disgraced'' and the negative status ''Aberrant''.

'''Hallowed''' - To be Hallowed makes one an ultimate authority within the IA. Those with this status have the power to alter the Sect’s future.
* Passive: While you possess Hallowed status, you are immune to the powers of, and may contradict orders given by, any individual who does not have Hallowed status. Further, those with Hallowed status can award an individual the fleeting status ''Favored'', ''Triumphant'', or ''Tenacious'' without expending Hallowed.
* Spent: Expend the status trait Hallowed to give your target the negative status ''Disgraced'' or to initiate a hunt against your target that is global in scope and gives the hunted the negative status trait of ''Forsaken''. Further, the possessor of Hallowed may also expend this status to issue a doctrinal Ordinance altering the practices of the Sect. The power to issue an Ordinance is further defined by the position that provides Hallowed status.

'''Predominant''' - You are an Elder member of the Independent Alliance (i.e. of the 8th, 7th, or 6th Generation and of Elder age). You are given due respect for your age and the contribution and credibility your membership gives the Alliance. Your words have weight.
* Passive: While you possess Predominant, you may award any individual the fleeting positive status ''Honorable'' or ''Courteous'' without expending this status. An individual can only hold a single status from your Predominant at a time, but can benefit from repeated uses of Predominant so long as they originate from separate sources.
* Spent: You can expend Predominant to award an individual the fleeting positive status ''Favored'' or the negative status ''Vulgar''.

'''Venerated''' - You are a venerated member of your Sect, and vampires give your opinion great weight. The Sect owes you respect.
* Passive: While you possess Venerated, you cannot be openly or effectively accused of lying unless the accuser possesses the status traits Venerated, ''Commander'', ''Triumphant'', or ''Authority''. This does not mean other characters must believe what you say, only that they cannot publicly challenge its veracity.
* Spent: You may expend Venerated status to give someone the Ribald negative status trait.