Temptation: Defiance

"'Caput gerat lupinum', they used to say of outlaws. 'This is the line of division.' Or something like that. Latin was never my strong point. I'm on the wrong side of that line of division now... but perhaps that's also an opportunity."

Temptation: Defiance is a Desire exclusive to the Exile legacy. It is obtained when Employing either a sacred Weapon or Edge lore, alongside with 3 Unknown Foe's Weaknesses.

Upgrading
Temptation: Defiance begins with one mark of defiance and must be increased to at least 7 to achieve an victory. It can be upgraded in several ways, some of which are mutually exclusive.

Send a Defiant Gift
"I'm going to send my Foe a weapon of power. Because it'll really annoy them. Perhaps he'll open the package himself. Perhaps he'll think it's a trap, and have someone else do it. Either way, it's hard not to laugh when I imagine his face."

Communicate using Temptation: Defiance and any sacred Weapon (i.e. not a Profane Weapon) to increase Defiance by one. This can only be done once.

Send a Defiant Summons
"My writing on the envelope is crisp and firm. My hand does not shake. My Foe will be here very soon. Perhaps he already is."

Let your Foe know your location by Communicating with Temptation: Defiance and your location. This will increase Defiance by one, destroy all Obscurity, and summon your Foe to your location. It can be done multiple times, but will only increase Defiance once.

Celebrate My Victory
"The Hours of struggle and conquest acknowledge victories. I can offer this trophy to increase my standing in their eyes. It's done. In the hour when day battles night, the Many-Winged Ones descend to judge my prize, and when they depart, they leave only scraps of bone and hanks of hair."

Relinquish a Reckoner Corpse with Temptation: Defiance to increase Defiance by one. This can only be done once.

Foment Chaos for the Wolf Divided
"'Caput gerat lupinum.' Well, why not, then? What do I owe to anyone, after all?"

At any time, add The Wolf Divided's Shadow to an Uprising to spread chaos and increase your Defiance by two. This can be done multiple times, but only Stalingrad and Tiflis have both Connection: Radicals and The Wolf Divided's Shadow available. It can also be done regardless of consecration.

A Consecration
"I have masked my eyes and scarred my skin. I have bound myself with the Nine Patient Oaths. I am a soldier of the Colonel, who will not release me."

- Consecration to the Colonel

"I have spilt the beast's blood and scorched my skin. I have undergone the Three Valorous Trials. I am a warrior of the Lionsmith, unless some day he releases me."

- Consecration to the Lionsmith Travel to a Shrine of either The Colonel or The Lionsmith with Temptation: Defiance to consecrate yourself to one of the Hours and increase Defiance by one. Consecrating yourself to the Colonel will produce a Wound; consecrating yourself to the Lionsmith will produce Rage. This will make the Eternal Enmity (The Wolf Divided) victory impossible. It can only be done once.

The Unflinching Vow / The Brazen Vow
"I might choose to take the Unflinching Vow, which demands tenacity at no matter what cost. Each torment is a lesson. Each scar is a weapon. There is no defeat but annihilation."

- Abandoning Temptation: Escape at a Shrine of the Colonel

"I might choose to take the Brazen Vow, which demands boldness in even the direst circumstances. From valour, strength. From strength, valour. There is no defeat but shame."

- Abandoning Temptation: Escape at a Shrine of the Lionsmith

Travel to a Shrine of the Hour that you are consecrated to with Temptation: Escape to increase Defiance by one. Doing so at a Shrine of the Colonel will produce a Wound; doing so at a Shrine of the Lionsmith will produce Rage. This can only be done once and will make an Obscurity victory impossible.

Betray an Uprising / Assist an Uprising
"This has been a century for revolutions, and it's hardly begun. I'll be saving lives."

- Betraying an Uprising

"It'll be messy, but it might even make the world a better place, eventually."

- Assisting an Uprising

Employ Connection: Radicals with Temptation: Defiance and add to betray the Uprising or  to assist it. Betraying or assisting an uprising will only increase Defiance if you are consecrated to an Hour. If you are consecrated to the Colonel, betraying an uprising will increase Defiance by one, while assisting an uprising will decrease Defiance by one; if you are consecrated to the Lionsmith, the opposite is true. This can be done multiple times.

Laugh as the Lionsmith Laughed
"I could lampoon my Foe with a certain very ancient mocking gesture... leaving myself open to attack. Perhaps the Hour called Lionsmith would enjoy my audacity."

When your Foe is attacking, defend using Temptation: Defiance to increase your Defiance by one. This can only be done if you are consecrated to the Lionsmith. Your Foe will still successfully hit you, creating two Wounds.

Use
"Now the Colonel salutes my resolution and my skill. He will vouch for me to his enemy, the Lionsmith."

"Now the Lionsmith salutes my valour and my strength. He will vouch for me to his enemy, the Colonel."

"The Wolf-Divided has marked me for his own. My neck is hot with his stinking breath."

Communicate using Temptation: Defiance with seven marks of defiance and six Foe's Wounds to achieve an victory.