Kezef

### Base Invocation Chance

Kezef is currently imprisoned and cannot respond to any invocations. Af, on the other hand has a Basic Invocation Chance of 0

## Relations

### Neutral

Gabriel (Gabriel is Hostile to Kezef, but the two do sometimes work together)

### Hostile

Asmodeus, Belial, Lilith

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In the beginning Kezef was an eloah of Gabriel assigned to work with Dominic and Asmodeus in developing the concept of justice. He was fair minded and played a major part in balancing the twin impulses of retribution and rehabilitation.

Kezef was too absorbed in his work to pay much attention to the Eden Experiment, and the Rebellion caught him completely off guard. As an angel of Fire and Judgement the betrayal felt like a personal, physical attack. Before the armies of Heaven had even taken the field, Kezef was losing himself out in the front lines striking a blow against the traitors.

It came as something of a shock to him when it was Lucifer’s army that pulled him from the fray and tended to his wounds. Somewhere in the battle he had lost all sense of objectivity and unintentionally embraced existence as one of the habbalot.

When the war ended, Kezef was expelled along with all the other demons. While a small part of him was smugly satisfied with the aptness of the rebel’s punishment, it was overwhelmed by outrage at the unfairness of his own treatment. It was at this time that Lucifer approached the fallen angel, and when their discussion was complete Kezef was the newly minted Prince of Wrath.

There is an old rumor that Lucifer first offered Kezef the infernal Word of Fire but the habbalah refused because he still considered Gabriel to be his Superior.

Kezef quickly rallied some of his old colleagues to his side. Soon he, Af, Ezrael, Hemah, and Mzpopiasaiel set about the business of teaching men how to right the wrongs committed against them. With his new power Kezef could have easily torn the human world apart, but he still considered himself an angel and required his servitors to observe Yves's ban on direct interference with mankind, or at least direct physical interference. Getting men to punish each other was accepted and encouraged especially if they had acted against the stated will of Heaven (or Hell’s interpretation of it).

This is what ultimately led to his downfall. A few thousand years ago Kezef discovered that Moses had failed to circumcise his own son. The hypocrisy in Israel’s patriarch outraged the prince (even more than was usual) and he stormed out to confront the prophet. Emboldened by his Word he charged into the tabernacle. It was a fatal mistake. Moses realized his folly and used it to lay a trap, consecrating his home as a Heavenly tether and trapping Kezef inside.

Kezef never stopped thinking of himself as an angel. Though his methods and mind were twisted, the desire to serve Heaven always remained at his core. Moses's trap was an intervention, creating a tether that could keep Kezef free from the burning forces of the Light of Heaven while exposing him to enough of its influence for the archangels to strip his corruption from him. The process diminished Kezef greatly and he is now little more than a reliever ~ but he is back where he belongs and that is enough.

Af, the demon of Anger, has done his best to hold together the army of Wrath but most of Kezef’s demons have since migrated to the service of Belial or Malphas. Unlike his prince, Af’s anger tends to simmer at a low heat. He is keeping the armies of Wrath small while he looks for the traitors that betrayed Kezef, but once he finds them no power in Hell will be able to stop him from enacting his revenge. Should he ever discover that Kezef is now an angel (and barely that, to be honest), he will be livid and will stop at nothing to corrupt or destroy his old master.

## Dissonance

Like most habbalot, Kezef still considers himself an angel. It is therefore dissonant for a demon of Wrath to physically harm a human without sufficient cause (if the demon was not enraged, the cause was probably not sufficient). The dissonance is only triggered once per human (unless the demon “works it off” between assaults). Kezef makes no distinction between a slap and an execution.

Balseraphim can counteract Kezef’s dissonance condition by convincing his servitors they were right to be enraged. This is a common activity for his own Liars.

## Choir Attunements

### Balseraph

Kezef still remembers the heavenly duties his servitors once performed. He has charged his balseraphim with identifying and punishing (other) liars and hypocrites. Wrath’s Liars may add their Ethereal Forces to Emote rolls.

### Djinni

Kezef treats his djinn like Protectors, but these demons are really more interested in avenging wrongs done to their charges than they are in keeping them safe. Wrath’s Stalkers may add their Corporeal Forces to an offensive combat skill chosen at the time this this attunement is gained.

Calab (restricted)

Wrath’s Destroyers are the embodiment of Kezef’s rage. He likes to pretend like they don’t exist, but that doesn’t fool anyone. When one of these calabim uses their resonance, the damage hits everything within a number of feet equal to the calab's Celestial Forces around their target. They can double the radius by spending 2 Essence.

### Habbalah (restricted)

The habbalot are Wrath’s most cherished choir. Rather than violate God’s ban on interference, they can get men to punish each other. When using their resonance to evoke rage, they can affect a number of people equal to their Celestial Forces (technically each should resist separately, but shortcuts are certainly acceptable). These habbalot do not add their level of Angry to dissonance rolls but do add their level of Merciful.

### Lilu (restricted)

Lilim who serve Kezef do so solely for the chance to pursuing their own vendetta against Adam and his sons. These demons may use their resonance to determine what will break a man.

### Shedu (partially restricted)

These corrupters can instantly resonate with anyone who is enraged, the relevant roll is only required after their host calms down. In addition, while their host is angry, they are considered to have a Role of 6.

### Impudite

Kezef’s Takers are the sorts of “friends” who fuel people’s anger and stokes them into precipitous action. They may add their Corporeal Forces to their Fast Talk when speaking with someone who is angry.

### Malak

*Strength*

While neither Kezef nor Oriphiel will make any particular attempt to corrupt the malakim, both will actively attempt to recruit any of the apostate Virtues. Kezef wants them because he truly cannot comprehend that they’ve abandoned heaven and believes that they share his desire to fight their way back in. After using their resonance on someone this malak may resist a number of Hits from them equal to the resonance check digit. This may be stacked with the effects of a dodge unless the celestial is resonating in the round they are being attacked.

#### Common oaths

* Give no quarter to those who feign virtue.
* Never forgive an angel of Heaven.

Neither Prince of Wrath sees any particular need to impose a specific oath of loyalty, as the universal vow to suffer no evil to live will typically serve their purpose.

## Servitor Attunements

### Art of Combat

This attunement gives a servitor of Kezef additional attacks in a single combat round, up to the demon’s Corporeal Forces: one for every point of Essence spent in its invocation. These attacks can be physical as well as mental, coming from powers or weapons, but the demon may not use the same attack more than once.

For example, a demon with 3 Corporeal Forces who knows the Art of Combat may spend up to 3 Essence in a single round and make 3 extra attacks that round. He could perform a Song as well as use both a gun and a sword in that round ~ but could not fire the gun twice (or swing the sword twice).

### Polarize

The demon may ignite conflict between any two people~ they find, guess, or imagine something to fight about. (For example, a father suddenly “realizes” that his daughter is pregnant, or a child decides that one of his friends stole his crayons.) Only one of the victims need be within the demon’s sight.

Essence spent on this roll adds to the check digit as well as the demon’s Will. The check digit determines the seriousness and duration of the argument, but the demon may choose a lesser effect than indicated.

The victim with the higher Will may try to resist.

 3-4
 5-6
 7-8
 9

## Distinctions

### Knight of Rage

When one of these demons takes body hits they gain +1 to attack TNs and damage CDs for the next minute (this is not a cumulative effect).

### Captain of Ire

These demons can automatically resist any attempt to calm them and are permitted a Will roll if resistance is not normally allowed (e.g. they can ignore the Song of Harmony outright and may make a Will roll to resist the Song of Charm).

### Baron of Revenge

The Knight of Rage effect now lasts 10 minutes and is cumulative.

## Relations

**Allied:** Ba'al, Malphas

**Associated:** None

**Neutral:** Gabriel (Gabriel is Hostile to Kezef, but the two do sometimes work together)

**Hostile:** Asmodeus, Belial, Lilith

## Rites

* Do 12 hits of physical damage while angry
* Fail a Will roll to suppress an Anger, Berserk, or Murderous discord (or equivalent habbalic resonance)

## Invocation

Kezef is currently imprisoned and cannot respond to any invocations.

Af, on the other hand has a **Basic Invocation Chance** of 0**+1** Assault

**+2** Vandalism

**+3** Murder

* **+1** of a group
* **+2** of a population
* **+1** in anger and retribution
* **-2** in neither anger nor retribution

**Examples:** A man beating his child for sass would be a 2, Kristallnacht would be a 5 or 6 (depending on whether or not someone was being killed in the scene).