Alaemon

## Band Attunements

### Rapha (restricted)

When suppressing a disturbance, the raphaim of Alaemon apply all three dice, not just the CD.

## Distinctions

### Dukes

Each of Alaemon‘s duchies has two names. The bureau designation (SI1, SI2, &c.) is Alaemon’s name for the duchy. The other is Gebbeleth‘s old title for the corresponding duchy. Inside the conspiracy, only the first is supposed to be used. However, since nobody really respects Alaemon and the old form is so much more interesting, many in Hell still apply the Gebbelite titles.

All of Alaemon’s duchies are located in Stygia, though theoretically he could claim Gebbeleth’s secret territories if he ever finds them.

Several of Alaemon’s duchies are left vacant, but they still exist on paper in order to make his organization look bigger than it actually is. However, just because no one is at the head of a bureau doesn’t mean that it stops functioning.

#### Director of SI2/Duke of Shank

SI2 seems to be in charge of assassinations and possibly internal security and/or other active operations

#### Director of SI3/Duke of the Collar

Hamet, the balseraph demon of Private Shame, appointed to unseat the Director of SI4

#### Director of SI4/Duke of Throating

Rumjal the balseraph demon of Blackmail, an old Gebbelite loyalist

#### Director of SI5/Duke of Pin

SI5 appears to be Alaemon’s signal interception and cryptography bureau

#### Director of SI6/Duke of Bits

SI6 is most likely Alaemon’s technology bureau, though they also seem to have an uncommon interest in making and solving complex puzzles

#### Director of SI7/Duke of Wards

SI7 is the Secretarial corps charged with the keeping of secrets (and possibly bodyguard duty as well)

#### Director of SI8/Duke of Stem

SI8 seems to do a lot of the same things as SI2

### What Does SI Stand For?

Sorry, that’s classified.

No, seriously, we’re talking about the Prince of Secrets. Nobody knows what the SI stands for except the prince himself, but here is some of the most common speculation:

* Secondary Investiture
* Secret Intelligence
* Somewhere Intangible
* Stygian Intelligence

## Naming Principles

There were a few different principles that came into play when designing Alaemon’s duchies.

* Alaemon is a minor prince, he shouldn’t be able to support all that many dukes (Fleurity and Kobal each have only four).
* Alaemon is obsessed with secrets and obfuscation which means that he might consider having more duchies than dukes. In fact, it’s possible that only 3 of Alaemon’s bureaus have a director, or it’s possible that many more have directors (but those directors are still loyal to Gebbeleth).
* The broken key is one of Alaemon’s symbols; it therefore seemed somehow apropos that Gebbeleth would have based his title off of the key (all 8 duchies correspond to a different portion of a Ward Key)
* Because Alaemon seems to be interested in being a super secret spy (even though Asmodeus pretty much has a lock on spycraft), it seemed appropriate that he would model his own titles off of something like the British Directorate of Military Intelligence.

## Relations

### Princely Opinions

**Fleurity:** You can't make a deal if your users can't find you, but you can't hand your prime goods over to just anyone, either. You have to keep your deals out of the hands of the narcs. Alaemon has his place in the scheme of things. *(Drugs are hidden. You hide them from your parents, from your friends, from the law. You sit back in a dark corner and hide them from everyone. You hide them from the judgment of others. You hide them from yourself. Few things promote Secrets like them. And addicts are so easy to blackmail . . . .)*

**Furfur:** I don't trust that sneaky motherfucker, always skulkin' around and talkin' shit behind your back. But I ain't afraid of him ~ I'm straight-up in your face, jack! So he can take his secrets and shove 'em where Lucifer himself don't look. *(The loudest braggart has the most to hide. Let him posture in public; I know what it takes to put him in his place.)*

**Magog:** Hoarded secrets are useless. Alaemon knows how to hurt people, but he's too passive, often sitting quietly in the background instead of using what he knows for maximum effect. *(His secret tomb should have stayed buried. His servants are useless for intrigue, and they simply try to kill anyone who blackmails them.)*

**Mammon:** Alaemon knows how to create a demand where there was none before ~ by keeping information scarce, and making it valuable. And he hungers for more, always more, and hoards what he has. *(Where would Mammon be without Secrets? He's always looking for inside information . . . and selling it as well. We can do business together.)*

## Archangelic Opinions

**Christopher:** Always tell the truth, know who to trust, and don't hide things from those you love. If we teach children these things, Alaemon will lose his sway. *(A child's mind is fertile ground for destructive little secrets. Plant something vile there, make the child promise not to tell, and watch the poisonous fruit grow.)*

**Khalid:** The Quran says that no two people can conspire without God being present. He knows all things, and will reveal all on Judgment Day. Alaemon collects petty little secrets that will ultimately be useless to him. *(Keep believers uncertain, obscure the facts behind the prophecies, confuse the truth with conflicting gospels. That's the way to keep Khalid and his followers at odds with the rest of the Host.)*

**Litheroy:** My antithesis, my poor Fallen servant. He thinks he's my greatest enemy, but he can do little to damage my Word, while every day, with every revelation, we erode his. *(I know he wants to destroy me. So self-righteous, so meddlesome, Litheroy thinks he knows everything about me. But I know things he's never discovered, and someday, I will use those secrets to destroy him!)*

**Zadkiel:** Sometimes there is safety in secrecy, and sometimes secrets are things people need to be protected against. Make sure you know which is which, and don't let Alaemon peddle his brand of deception. *(Use their need to protect people against them. Collect harmful secrets and use blackmail to accomplish what force of arms cannot.)*