By consuming the essence of the Exalted, you gain several boons:
*This Essence contains that of an exaltation. You may choose any available type, such as Dragonblooded, Solar, Lunar, Alchemical, etc.
*Your exaltation is fused to you permanently, and cannot leave upon death.
*Any negative side effect of a particular exaltation - such as the great curse, torment, resonance, or clarity - may be nullified at will.
*Any past lives an exaltation might have had may be remembered should you wish.
*You are capable of summoning materials like Orichalcum or stranger things required to construct artifacts, by expending essence.
*You can, with enough effort and resources, learn to create more exalted, depending on what exaltation you chose - even others types of exaltations, if yours is more powerful.
*Alchemicals can forge charms from essence, as they lack the requisite infrastructure, and may banish or call upon different charms to and from elsewhere, that will take the normal amount of time to install as if they were being worked on.