Novalis

== Subsidiary Words ==
Devil's Snare, Gentleness, Jin ("compassion"), Patience, Peace
== Choir Attunements ==
=== Grigori ===
Novalis' grigori, naturally, were dedicated to peace, even more than most of her servitors. Anyone wishing to take any kind of hostile action against a grigori of Flowers, even indirectly, and at any distance, would have to make a Will roll at a penalty equal to the angel's Celestial Forces, or find himself unable to do so.
Grigori of Flowers also had a "green thumb," and could sense intuitively how to care for any plant. Their crops and gardens were always bountiful.
The grigori of Novalis oppose Malphas (regrowth vs fission)
=== Ohr ===
Plants bathed in the light of Novalis’s ohrot grow faster and stronger than any others (though it still takes quite some time).
=== Aeon ===
When using their resonance on a building, Architects of Flowers also learn what environmental impact the building has (or a prospective building might have) on an area.
=== Chezeq ===
Chezeqim of Flowers can triple their effective strength for moving plant matter, e.g. wood.
=== Sasquatch ===
Novalis likes using these gentlest of giants as guardians of her gardens. Jordi freely lets his servitors seek her service, so they keep their vessel and attunement (the latter paid for normally). She gives them her Nothing but Flowers attunement.
== Servitors ==
=== Masters of Peace ===
==== 20 Forces ====
* Datura, the seraph angel of Devil's Snare
=== Undistincted ===
==== 9 Forces ====
* The Song of Swaying Grass as it Races the Wind, an ofan
=== Unknown Rank ===
* Achaiah, the malak angel of Patience
*Applejack, a seraph
*Danjuro, the malak angel of Jin
*Lenitas, the malak angel of Gentleness
*Phanuel, the malak angel of Peace
=== Saints ===
* Howard Philips Lovecraft
== Tethers ==
* Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco
== The Language of Flowers ==
Contrary to popular opinion, the “Language of Flowers” is not and never has been a full language. There is no grammar, nor form, nor even consensus on the meanings of different flowers (often there were multiple conventions within the same city).
Definitions were determined by popular fashion among the elite (though mythic appearances and medicinal associations influence these determinations). If anything, I would argue that the exchange of flower arrangements was more akin to swapping online memes than holding anything resembling a conversation.
The Artistry skill specifically states that it can be used to read the emotions of the creator (and interpret their messages). It’s only a little hop further to say that those who are appropriately trained could make use of an artistic medium to communicate ~ and given Novalis’ strong connection with Flowers, it would make for the perfect “secret language” among her flowers.
I put secret language in quotes because any language developed by Novalis would almost certainly be a dialect of the heavenly tongue. A human might require an attunement (or equivalent) before they could truly speak the language, but any angel or demon ought to be able to with the appropriate language skill.
Of course, those who use such knowledge to harm nature or interfere with Novalis’ plans are likely to get a visit from some of her forms. It is still her language. Only a fool would attempt to use flowers against Novalis.
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