This isn't fully developed, but I was thinking Mara might like it.  I also advise Merry to look into an "armor-penetrating" enchancement on her new, improved lightsabre.

Martial arts weapons are single or paired swords of moderate length, representing beaks or wings.


**Ashen Pheonix Form**

The adept adopts the aspect of a great flaming pheonix.  All wound penalties are reversed, becoming wound *bonuses* instead.  In additon, the adept in wreathed in a flaming aura, doing Essence fire damage to all she or her weapon touches and adding Essence to her natural Bashing, Lethal, and Aggrivated soak.  Not compatable with armor.

(probaby too powerful...drop the soak aspect? Or the flaming aura aspect, as that's apparently in Melee?  I'm not sure what to replace it with)

**Blurning Pheonix Eyes** (Scene, Simple, 3 motes/success up to essence)

The adepts selfhood blazes through her eyes, lighting their vision and adding automatic successes to all the adept's attempts to notice people, and people's attempts to notice her.  

**Blinding Pyre-Flare** (Instant, Reflexive)

The adept flares brightly, blinding all who look upon her and possibly burning out cameras and recording devices.  Penalties based on the adept's Essence (I'm sure there's a blinding effect somewhere)

**Flaring Pinon Strike** (Instant, Reflexive)

Adds the adepts' essence in fire damage to her strike.  Probably a trae in for the DB Charm, Dragon-Graced Weaon if it's fire-aspected.

**Buffeting Wing Strike** (Instant, Supplemental)

Rather than doing damage, the target is knocked down and stunned by a successful blow.

**Ashen Brand** (Instant, Supplemental)

The adept may not spit her dice pool on turns this charm is used.  Touches of the adepts or her weapon leave an ashen brand upon the living target which fades slowly.  Furthur stikes against opponents so brander recieve +1 success and +1 damage.

**Nova's Bounty** (Instant, Reflexive, 1 wp, 1 health level, and 1 mote)

The adept consumes her own body and will for power.  Roll Stamina+MA, and gain Essence x Successes motes that can only be used to fuel Ashen Pheonix Martial Arts.

**Piercing Beak**

The adept strikes with the speed and wicked precision of a great preditory bird, ignoring armor.

**All-Consuming Flame**

The adept's strike does aggrivated Damage, burning through the victim.

**Sheltering Pheonix Wing** (Instant, Supplemental, 1 mote)

The adept's reach exceeds her grasp, and helps shield her companions from harm.  The adept may parry any attack at a person within Essene meters of her which she is aware of.

**Mantle of Flame and Ash** (Simple, Scene, 5 motes + 1 wp + 1 mote/target exempted)

Billowing clouds of smoke and ash fill the space around the adept born on waves of crippling heat.  Opponents are blinded and fatigued by the conditions, suffering a dice penalty of the adept's Strength to all actions.  Vision is hampered as though my thick fog, making unaugmented missile attacks very difficult.

**Pheonix Flight**

The adept may soar on wings of flame.

The Tree

 This one's obviously less fleshed out that the other.  Most of the trees I've come up with and really liked, didn't have the form charm in them, unfortunately...but here's an attempt.

Blazing Pheonix Eyes and Flaring Pinion Strike are base charms

Ashen Brand requires BPE

Buffetting Wing Strike requires FPS

Ashen Pheonix Form requires AS and BWS

Nova's Bounty, Piercing Beak, Blinding Pyre-Flare, and Sheltering Pheonix Wing all require APForm

All-Consuming Flame requires NB and PB

Mantle of Flame and Ash requires BPF and SPW

Pheonix Flight requires ACF and MoFaA

<hr>Needs fleshing out.  Comments Welcome--jesse cox

Damn.  Merry and Justin and I were talking about things to do for something she's like better, and the only things I remember are "focus on ash and being an avatar of death and rebirth, more than the fire" a "I come back to life at full everything RIGHT NOW" that costs 1 perminant essence (Rebirth of the Pheonix or something--there was some discussion of eggs), and making the Ashen Brand something different that's reflexive and delivered with a touch.  Thinking of Mara's role as She who Faces Large Things, and Leaves the Little Stuff for Others is probably a good idea. --zebediah.