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Charitable

You just can't help being helpful to others, especially the less unfortunate (which, for celestials, pretty much means most of humanity). You must make a Will roll +2, minus the level of this discord, to avoid aiding someone who looks like they need some help: overt requests for aid are resisted at -2. If you fail, you must help in any way that you can. This can be anything from handing over all your spare change to spending Essence freely, depending on the check digit of the failed Will roll.

On the bright side, a natural divine intervention on the Will roll means that the person's major problem is solved on the spot, and you get 1 Essence in the bargain (this is true even for demons, oddly enough).

**Reaction modifiers:** -3 per level from demons, -1 from angels (yes, we're supposed to help humans, but did you *really* have to switch clothing with that guy, plus hand over all of our operating funds?).

Servitors of Greed (and, in some campaigns, Servitors of Trade) and (non-bright) lilim must include their level of this discord when making dissonance rolls!
Baron

## The Barony

Upon reaching the rank of baron, a demon has the right to claim a barony as well as an estate. This is no small decision. Once a character takes a barony in Hell, they become a player in its infernal politics.

A barony can contain anywhere between 6 and 30 fees, and the baron is certainly free to call upon their knights. However, it should be remembered that these knights have been invested by the prince, not the baron. Most will be more than happy to see their "lord' fail ~ as it provides a ready path to their own advancement.

A baron who has claimed their holdings but still goes adventuring must trust one of their knight captains to rule in their stead ~ or provide a fledged (7 Force) servant with enough resources to hold off multiple knights.
Lichtenberg

### Discord

Discolored (obvious lightning burns)/1, Fear (losing control)/3 (calabic discord), Merciful/3

## Resources

### Songs

Machines (Corporeal/4, Celestial/4), Numinous Corpus (Lightning/3)

### Skills

Computer Use/6, Dodge/3, Electronics/3 Fast Talk/3, Fight/3, Move Silently/3, Running/3

Lichtenberg has left the service of Hell and is trying to Redeem. She has even managed to secure Jean as a sponsor on the strength of some intelligence she could possibly share (Lichtenberg previously served Alaemon and spied on Vapula). Unfortunately, the information has been locked away by a Seal of the Confessional.

Once Lichtenberg ascends to Heaven, she will be able to share it. Unfortunately, as a demon she can’t ~ and while Jean could cut away Lichtenberg’s corrupted Forces, doing so would risk losing the very information that makes the demoness valuable. Instead, the pair have teamed up to try and re-teach Lichtenberg how to be selfless and surrender herself to the moment.

It’s not something that comes easily to the renegade and her frustration with herself is palpable. For Lichtenberg to take on her ofanic aspect she has to lose herself to her aura of chaos. If she loses control, it could untold damage to the Symphony around her. So far, the only way Lichtenberg can only find the right state of mind is by first singing the Song of Numinous Corpus: Lightning.

*Lichtenberg is an appropriate power level for a starting character ~ but you may not want to begin the game with a renegade demon who has already found an angelic sponsor.*
Coin of Mammon

A coin of Mammon is a special type of reliquary. It typically takes the form of a rare coin, large denomination bill, or small gem. This makes it easy to conceal. However, instead of charging at sunset, it charges when the bearer performs one of the rites of Mammon (typically one of the less obvious ones).

When the player purchases the coin, they may choose to pay 3 extra character points to ensure that they are the only one to be able to use it. They may also make the reliquary easily destroyed (bill rather than coin or gem), but this does not make the resource any less expensive. You can’t take a discount for something that makes it easy to hide the evidence.
Zepar

Zepar is part is something of a butch old crone. He favors brilliant red, whether that is his crimson armor or his ruby power suits. His Earthly initiatives have included the popularization of contraception and eugenics, and he takes a particular joy in playing with men’s asses and women’s periods. He may also currently be exploring the Lower Hells for virgin territory to deflower.
Abgoth

the Scrier's Friend

### Songs

Charm (Ethereal)/3, Direction (Ethereal)/2, Freedom (Ethereal)/3, Nightmares (Ethereal)/2, Opening (Ethereal)/2, Silence (Ethereal)/3

### Skills

Escape/4, Fast Talk/5, Fighting/2, Move Silent/4

Abgoth is a relatively minor functionary among the Keys. He wouldn’t have it any other way. Greater responsibility means greater scrutiny, and greater scrutiny means fewer secrets he can call his own.

In particular he likes his trick for taking unsanctioned trips to Earth. Abgoth slipped just enough of his name into a mortal grimoire\* to allow overconfident sorcerers to summon him. He cares little for the battle of wills, and instead enjoys the battle of wits that follows.

\* Abgoth makes an appearance in the 15th century text *The Munich Handbook*.

He *likes* trading with sorcerers. Secrets for secrets. Favors for finding. Generally speaking, he’s tricked his master into freeing him *well* before he finally “escapes” back to Hell ~ and having a scapegoat he can hang his disturbances on is never a bad thing.

So long as Abgoth shares enough new secrets to justify his time away, he can *usually* get by with only mild punishments from Alaemon ~ but only usually.
Brandon's Mariners

**Domain:** Ireland and, possibly, the Irish diaspora

**Director:** the Admiral

The last contact with this order was during the Elizabethan period, when relations with Logres were strained. Logres succeeded in making a brief contact in 1951, but the Mariners appeared markedly averse to any sustained communication. It would appear that the bad history of Anglo-Irish relations has darkened even this connection.
500 p.e.v.

The world population reaches 100,000,000: 85,000,000 in the Eastern Hemisphere and 15,000,000 in the Western Hemisphere, primarily Mesoamerica and northern South America (Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela).

Zadkiel is promoted to archangel of Protection

## Africa

Bantu-speaking people migrate into south-west Uganda from central Africa.

The Hutu tribe emerges around this time, in middle and southern Africa.

Hanno the Navigator's naval exploration of the western coast of Africa could have reached as far south as Gabon.

## Asia

Darius I of Persia proclaims that Aramaic be the official language of the western half of his empire.

The first republic in Vaishali, Bihar, India is founded. States in existence include the Kingdom of Pratipalapura (centred on modern Bhattiprolu, in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh).

Yayoi period starts in Japan.

## Europe

Vulca makes Apollo of Veii, from Portonaccio Temple. The She-wolf is made, without the twins (which were added in the late 15th century or early 16th century).

The Nordic Bronze Age civilization ends and the Pre-Roman Iron Age begins in Scandinavia.

Refugees from Teos resettle Abdera. Anaxagoras, pre-Socratic Greek philosopher is born (he dies in 428 p.e.v.)

## North America

The oldest known Zapotec writing appears.

The Olmecs establish Monte Albán, the sacred city, and continue building pyramids. Founded toward the end of the Middle Formative period, by the Terminal Formative (ca. 100 p.e.v.-200 e.v.) Monte Albán soon becomes the capital of a large-scale expansionist polity that dominates much of the Oaxacan highlands and interacts with other Mesoamerican regional states, such as Teotihuacan to the north.

Mesoamerican calendars are developed by the Olmec civilisation
Amphora of Dionysus

This ceramic amphora is unique ~ for the moment. There're more than a few celestials looking for it, though.

The amphora of Dionysus essentially turns water into wine ~ wholesale. Using a variant of the Corporeal Song of Succor, the artifact will change up to 10 gallons of water into extremely good wine for every 2 Essence spent. The Essence will be automatically subtracted from the artifact's user (who doesn't need to be able to control his or her Essence, or even know what Essence is). The wine will turn back into water after six hours; as a beneficial side effect, this means that a hangover will not occur.

Unfortunately, there's an even greater inimical side effect. The relic can also 'bestow' the Song of Bedlam. The Song of Succor variant actually only costs 1 Essence; the other is used to fuel the Song of Bedlam, which will take effect on a random drinker of the wine. As the Song of Bedlam requires 3 Essence to work, the effect isn't going to be immediately obvious ~ but when it does finally go off, the results can be messy . . . .
Missionary Staff

This item is one of the very few mass-produced relics in the storeholds of the Catholic Church. Note that "mass-produced" means perhaps a few every century ~ they have but eight of them at the moment, as they did not begin creating them until rather recently, with the help of angels of the Sword.

To achieve its benefits, this staff should be carried at all times by its owner. It grants a default roll of Intelligence-2 to comprehend new languages and allows the owner to put character points into learning a new language after being in contact with native speakers for (Ethereal Forces) days. If the owner is skilled in a given language, the staff adds +2 to his effective skill. It also gives a missionary +2 to all reaction rolls when dealing with people in their native land.

Any languages "quick learned" with character points while holding the staff will not be forgotten if the staff isn't being held, but all other benefits will be temporarily lost.

## Doing the Math

* **Corporeal Song of Tongues**/1
* ("Lucky Statuette" Version) 3 points
* **Linked Reliquary**/1 2 points
* **+2 Charisma** (Natives only) 3 points
* **Point Cost**: 8 points
Howard Drummond

### Skills

Artistry/6 (writing), Emote/3, Knowledge (Roman customs/6, Research/3), Languages (Latin/3, Greek/2)

Professor Drummond is your stereotypical academic: very smart, very focused on his own interests, and not particularly interested in much outside of them. In this case, his interests begin and end with the ancient Romans.

However, the Professor is a little worried about modern life, and the way it seems to ignore the past and its lessons. Especially troubling to him is that nobody seems to have any continuity anymore: for example, for a culture that has such a definite interest in death, Western society seems bound and determined to discard everybody that actually has experienced that state permanently. The ancient Romans were wiser: they would have holidays where the dead were honored, respected, and most importantly, remembered. If modern man spent less time obsessing over the mechanisms of death and more time trying to get a perspective on its meaning, people would probably be happier. They'd certainly be able to handle their own eventual demises better.

All of this wouldn't be important, of course, if it weren't for the fact that Professor Drummond happens to be a good public speaker and a better writer. His book on the subject hit the nonfiction best seller lists immediately, not to mention solid critical and academic acclaim (something not seen every day), and his suggestion of a National Day of Contemplation seems to have stricken a chord with the public. Being a Roman scholar, naturally he picked the Festival of Faunus as a suitable date ~ and that's where the trouble started.

Celestials are suspicious entities. Professor Drummond practically screams "secret Pagan Soldier" to even the mildly paranoid. He's not (actually, Howard is a practicing Lutheran): the man has never heard about the War, doesn't really believe in angels or demons, and has no potential for a sixth Force. He is firmly and simply just a normal academic with no aptitude and less interest in the supernatural.

Try telling that, though, to the ethereals, pagan Soldiers, sorcerers and various servitors who have begun to go over his life with a fine tooth comb. The more they vainly look for hidden affiliations, the more they persist in their delusion that the professor is a secret agent for someone. At the moment, the general consensus is that he's personally working for either a Superior or a major ethereal god: that, and the fact that everybody has a different agenda, has kept him fairly safe. Of course, that's no guarantee that such a standoff is going to be permanent.

Meanwhile, his classes have begun to get the most *interesting* transfer students . . .
Columbia

Spirit of the United States of America

### Rites

Cause someone to feel pride in the USA. Spend an entire night exposed to the open air. Impress someone important. Avert disaster by pure dumb luck

## Resources

### Affinities

Air (moderate), Emotion (national pride) (strong), Glamour (moderate), Luck (moderate)

### Skills

Detect Lies/4, Drive/2, Emote/4, Large Weapon (Staves)/2, Lying/2, Savoir-Faire/3, US History/5

### Songs

Form (Celestial/3), Harmony (Ethereal/1), Nimbus (Ethereal/3), Opening (Celestial/3), Solace (Ethereal/2), Tongues (Celestial/2) Truth (Celestial/1), Unity (Ethereal/2)

### Role

Teamster 2/4

Although she has recently declined in popularity, Columbia once played just as large as Uncle Sam in representing the American spirit. She was political conscience, patron of culture, and champion of westward expansion (and the philosophy of Manifest Destiny).

Columbia lacks the followers to be a goddess, but she is equal to many and stronger than some.

The spirit considers herself to be a daughter of Athena, and it may even be true. The Olympian goddess has seeded her Forces in many a national spirit as a way to guard her image against the ravages of Heaven and depredation of Hell.

Columbia only considers a region to be part of the USA after it has become a full state. That’s how she reconciled her dread with Manifest Destiny. More indigenous spirits are unlikely to welcome her.
Lourdes

Lourdes isn't a tether. It is, however, a place that celestials like to keep an eye on. Some ~ well, a lot of ~ unusual things have happened there, so it's only wise to maintain a presence.

At the moment, the two primary celestials are Helen, a mercurian of Faith who is among the slim minority among servitors of Khalid who aren't Muslim, and Bruce, djinni of the Media. Like many field agents stuck out in the back end of beyond with inadequate logistical support, they've learned to leave each other alone (and it took Hell a while to finally assign somebody there who could get the point). They hardly like each other, mind, but Helen would rather have a demon around who's not interested or required to wreck the place, and Bruce would rather deal with a mercurian of Faith than, say, a malak of the Sword. It works out.

Unfortunately, the apple cart's about to be kicked over. Khalid has noticed that there's one of his servitors allowing a demon to wander around one of his brother's favorite places. Not good at all: Helen might be able to fast-talk her way out of this, but that's not something to bet on. She can't just lie to her archangel, either.

What she *can* do is convince some hapless celestial to help Bruce hide out for a little bit. Really, give Bruce a hotel room and a remote (and don't argue with him when he wants to order the premium channels. All at once) and he'll be really low maintenance. Bruce doesn't want to be in town when the archangel of Faith wanders on by, so he’ll behave.

Alas, there's a problem. Seems that Nybbas is ready to make a little inspection of his own: something about Lourdes making a great setting for an animated series. His djinni on the spot would be a perfect guide, no?

This should be amusing. Let's face it, there isn't a town big enough for an archangel or a demon prince, period. Also, Nybbas doesn’t want anyone ~ especially Khalid ~ to know about his little concept, so he's trying to tone down his image, for once. Nybbas in a suit that isn't garish should scare anyone. Khalid, in his turn, actually knows all about the peculiar standoff (although he doesn't know about Nybbas' visit). In fact, if he wasn't an eloah, he'd be feeling embarrassment at leaving a servitor out in the cold so long without proper assistance, and he suspects that Bruce may be Redemption material (actually, he's right). So, he’ll be looking for Bruce, and Bruce will be trying to keep Nybbas out of the very spots Nybbas wants to go, and Helen will be wincing a lot, and there's the party in the middle, because for some insane reason, everyone has their cell phone number.

Aren't pilgrimages \_fun\_?
Delilah

### Attunements

Lilu of Technology, Impudite of Technology, Technophilia, Technology (10 points worth)

### Songs

Affinity (Corporeal/1, Ethereal/2, Celestial/4), Attraction (Ethereal/4), Charm (Celestial/4), Direction (Corporeal/2)

### Artifacts

Force-Catcher/3, "Light Pen" (Celestial Song of Light/4, Reliquary/4)

### Skills

Computer Operation/4, Driving/3, Electronics/2, Fast-Talk/5, Lying/3, Seduction/3, Savoir-Faire/2

Delilah is an accomplished lilu who's worked for many diabolical outfits, promoting the wonders of Technology to mortals and celestials alike. Although she's great at selling, and not above using sex to close the deal, she hasn't concentrated enough on her technical skills, and thus has yet to impress Vapula enough to earn a distinction.

As "Dariah," Delilah is a polished, pretty and aloof saleswoman in an expensive suit, but underneath beats the heart of a geek girl who'd really rather be playing "Quake." She has dark hair which she usually wears short and tied back, and wears a pair of dark, angular glasses.

Her spare vessel is pure sex doll, a big-breasted brunette she uses for less subtle manipulation of hardcore geeks uninterested in the hardware she's selling.
In Nomine RPG Wiki

**"I must create a system or be enslaved by another man's; I will not reason and compare, my business is to create"**
**~ William Blake**

A blog collecting fan material and my views on the out-of-print Steve Jackson Games In Nomine, as a resource for running campaigns thereof

## What is Sanctifiction?

> Since these three Inklings were all solidly Christian, and this is reflected in the works I draw on, I have termed the setting a work of "sanctifiction," which is science fiction (or fantasy, depending on your religious convictions) where the science involved is theology. The term was coined by Meg Yang Huoyang, for her setting, dubbed by her collaborators "the Megiverse." The Megiverse spans all time from the creation into the far future, draws on Lewis, Boule's *Planet of the Apes*, Baley's *The Soul of the Robot*, and Miller's *Canticle of Leibowitz*, along with world mythologies and other sources.
>
> Earl Wajenberg, The Inkliverse

## The Principles of Demonic Poetics, by Ed Simon

1. Whether demons exist or not, peoples’ experience of them absolutely exists.
2. The demonic is a network of metaphors, symbols, and images that define the diabolical; they shift and interact with each other in different ways across the centuries.
3. As symbols, demons can mean variable and often contradictory things.
4. There is no clear distinction between categories of the aesthetic and the occult, and demonic poetics is an interpretive frame that understands the literary and the magical as fundamentally the same thing.
5. Some demons are always more symbolically ascendant in a given epoch.
6. Demons exist at the crux of the transcendent, the numinous, the sublime; they are by definition evil, but they are also by definition an aspect of the sacred. There is a something at the core of being that encompasses both the divine and the diabolical, but our language to describe it is always contingent.
7. A history of demonology is by necessity a history of the world.

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The Commonwealth of Virginia (the Symphony That Never Ends)

Virginia is the only large overseas settlement Britain ever produced in Shikaku-mon. Its culture reminds Hommeline natives of the early 20th century United States, but a smaller nation that grew up under siege. Its society prizes dynamism and is much less aristocratic than Europe, but with a more defensive attitude than Homeline's USA; there is a common feeling that Virginia has to move twice as fast as the rest of the world just to keep up with the larger powers.

Every Virginian ~ since the Pyrrhic War, even women ~ trains as a soldier for two years. The martial virtues, including discipline but not unthinking obedience, are celebrated in local culture. Virginia produces both extreme patriots who think the country ought to follow Louisiana, and expatriates prominent in the service of the Brazilian megacorps and sometimes even in the zaibatsu.
The Magi

**Domain:** Persia and Magery

**Director:** the Archmage

This group is known to Logres only from their Crusader records. We have been unable to verify their continued existence, though the Logothetes and the Antonines maintain they still exist. They are Zoroastrian; they may or may not be magicians in some sense. The two companies mentioned above maintain they were founded by the Magi who adored the Christ Child.
Gaap

### Superior

Hardcore (Furfur), formerly Children (Christopher), formerly the Sword (Laurence), formerly Knowledge (Raphael)

### Discord

Berserk/1, Geas/1. Tainted Essence/1 (not from straight-A students or adults honestly dedicated to learning)

## Resources

### Songs

Banishing (Corporeal/2, Ethereal/2), Charm (Celestial/1), Laughter (Ethereal/1), Opening (Ethereal/2, Celestial/1), Songs of Shattering (Celestial/1), War (Ethereal/1)

### Skills

Fighting/2, Knowledge (History/4), Languages (Aramaic/1, Latin/1, Medieval Russian/1, English/3), Large Weapons (Swords/2), Savori-Faire/1, Singing/1, Tactics/1, Teaching/3

## Hakamaiah in the 1990s

### Superior

Children (Christopher), formerly the Sword (Laurence), former Knowledge (Raphael)

### Distinctions

Vassal of the Sword, Friend of the Lord's Troops

## Resources

### Attunements

Borrowed Eyes, Memories of Youth, Mercurian of Children, Mercurian of Knowledge, Mercurian of the Sword, Ofan of Knowledge, Right of Passage, Seraph of Knowledge

### Songs

Banishing (Corporeal/2, Celestial/2), Charm (Celestial/1), Laughter (Ethereal/1), Opening (Ethereal/2, Celestial/1), War (Ethereal/1)

### Skills

Fighting/2, Knowledge (History/4), Languages (Aramaic/1, Latin/1, Medieval Russian/1, English/3), Large Weapon (Swords/2), Savoir-Faire/1, Tactics/1, Teaching/3

## Hakamaiah in the 1970s

### Superior

the Sword (Laurence), formerly Knowledge (Raphael)

### Distinctions

Friend of the Lord's Troops, Vassal of the Sword

## Resources

### Attunements

Borrowed Eyes, Mercurian of Knowledge, Mercurian of the Sword, Ofan of Knowledge, Seraph of Knowledge, Right of Passage

### Songs

Banishing (Corporeal/2, Celestial/2), Charm (Celestial/1), Opening (Ethereal/2, Celestial/1), War (Ethereal/1)

### Skills

Fighting/2, Knowledge (History/4), Languages (Aramaic/1, Latin/1, Medieval Russian/1, English/3), Large Weapon (Swords/2), Savoir-Faire/1, Tactics/1, Teaching/3

## Resources

### Attunements

Borrowed Eyes, Mercurian of Knowledge, Ofan of Knowledge, Right of Passage, Seraph of Knowledge

### Songs

Charm (Celestial/1), Opening (Ethereal/2, Celestial/1)

### Skills

Knowledge (History/4), Languages (Aramaic/1, Latin/1, Medieval Russian/3), Teaching/3
1200 p.e.v.

Massive migrations of people around the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

Saminga is made demon prince of Death. Lucifer grants him Abaddon.

Tale of Two Brothers from the Egyptian Papyrus D’Orbiney by the scribe Ennana.

## Asia

Collapse of Hittite power in Anatolia with the destruction of their capital Hattusa.

The Israelite highland settlement takes place, with a notable increase in the settled population in the hills north of Jerusalem during this time.

Aramaic nomads and Chaldeans become a big threat to the former Babylonian and Assyrian Empires.

The Cimmerians start settling the steppes of southern Russia.

The proto-Scythian Srubna (Timber-grave) culture expands from the lower Volga region to cover the whole of the North Pontic area.

The Yajurveda is composed.

Oracle bone script, first written records in Old Chinese

### Sovereign Political Entities

* Anga
* Aram Damascus
* Aramea
* Assyria
* Ba
* Bashan
* Bithynia
* Bit-Istar
* Chedi
* Chorasmia
* Colchis
* Deng
* Dilmun
* Donghu
* Eastern Guo
* Edom
* Elam
* Eshnuna
* Gandhara
* Gojoseon
* Kalinga
* Kamboja
* Kasmira
* Kekeya
* Kirata
* Kosala
* Kuru
* Lullubi
* Lycia
* Lydia
* Madra
* Magadha
* Magan
* Matsya
* Moab
* Mysia
* Namar
* Pandya
* Paphlagonia
* Phoenicia
* Phrygia
* Qiang
* Quan
* Sam'al
* Sindhu
* Vanga
* Văn Lang
* Vidarbha
* Virata
* Xu
* Yaksha

## Europe

Start of Pan-Illyrians

Migration and expansion of Dorian Greeks. Destruction of Mycenaean city Pylos. Final destruction of the major Mycenaean city excavated at Iklaina.

Possible battle in the Tollense River Valley of northern Germany.

### Sovereign Political Entities

* Alba Longa
* Argolis
* Athens
* Etruria
* Illyria
* Locria
* Messenia

## North America

Olmec culture starts and thrives in Mesoamerica.

San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán starts to flourish.

Ancestral Puebloan civilization in North America.

### Sovereign Political Entities

* Chorrera
* Olmec
Andy Twill

### Skills

Artistry (Songwriting/2), Detect Lies/2, Emote/2, Fast-Talk/3, Fighting/3, Knowledge (Dallas/Fort Worth/4, Country Music/4), Musical Instrument (Guitar/4), Medicine/1, Ranged Weapon (Pistol/1, Rifle/2), Singing/3

### Songs

Healing (Corporeal/1), Shields (Corporeal/2), Thunder/1

Andy Twill (born Andrew Meecham) was a country singer who started to get popular in the early 90s. He never became a superstar, but several of his songs did make the Country Music Top 40. Along with fame and success came drugs, booze, women, and a hard-partying lifestyle that almost killed him.

It was an angel of the Wind who rescued him. Andy was heading towards his Fate, but an angel talked him into putting his tour on hold, and instead took him around the country to see both terrible and amazing sights, and to clear his head and make him reevaluate his life. That angel had also recognized that Andy was able to hear disturbances in the Symphony (which he had previously attributed to madness, and which his drug abuse was in part trying to silence).

Andy realized the celebrity life was not good for him and not what he wanted. He used his earnings to buy a ranch outside of Fort Worth, and ever since he has lived there in relative obscurity. However, being a servant of the Wind, angels of the Wind who pass through the Metroplex know his ranch is a good place to rest, plan, or recruit help. Andy will drive any Windies anywhere they want to go and do whatever they need. For the most part, he'll also help any other angels who can prove to him they are angels. Celestial politics are something he is only vaguely aware of and not really interested in, so the relationship between an angel's Superior and Janus doesn't make much difference to Andy. He will give priority to angels of the Wind, though.

His ranch is middling in size, with a few horses and some fields he leases out to local farmers. It's not far from the highway. He has about half a dozen employees, but only one (a live-in housekeeper) knows about his involvement with angels. The others are used to Andy having strange visitors at all hours.

Anyone who is a fan of country music might recognize his name, but for the most part, he's been in retirement and off the charts for nearly 30 years now.
325 e.v.

Uriel and Dominic both declare their support of Christianity.

Litheroy becomes the archangel of Revelation.

## Asia

Constantine begins making Christianity the official state religion of Rome.

The Church of the Nativity is built in Bethlehem.

Wang Meng (or Jinglüe), Chinese prime minister, is born (he will die in 375 e.v.). Li Ju (or Shihui), Chinese general and warlord, dies. Tuoba Heru, Chinese prince of the Tuoba Dai, dies.

Iamblichus, Syrian philosopher and writer, dies (he was born in 245 e.v.)

### April 1

Crown Prince Cheng of Jin, age 4, succeeds his father Ming of Jin as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. During his reign, he is largely advised by regents, his uncle Yu Liang, and high-level officials.

### May 20

First Council of Nicaea: Constantine I summons an ecumenical council of bishops in Nicaea (Turkey).

### June 19

The Nicene Creed is adopted, declaring that the members of the Trinity (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) are equal. The council decides that Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Arius is exiled to Illyria; his works are confiscated and consigned to the flames.

### October 18

Ming of Jin, Chinese emperor, dies (he was born in 299)

## Europe

Emperor Constantine I personally assures the security of the Danube frontier by defeating the Goths, the Vandals, and the Sarmatians.

Licinius is executed in Thessalonica, on a charge of conspiring and raising troops against Constantine I.

Gladiatorial combat is outlawed in the Roman Empire. Constantine the Great, from the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, Rome, is started to be made. Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman historian, is born. Procopius, Roman general and usurper, is born. Sextus Martinianus, Roman Emperor is executed
"Connie" Contradith

the Rebel's Guardian

### Songs

Attraction (Corporeal/1, Ethereal/3, Celestial/4), Might (Corporeal/4), Sanctity (Corporeal/1), Solace (Ethereal/4)

### Skills

Dancing/2, Dodge/2, Driving/2, Escape/2, Fast Talk/2, Fighting/3, Firearms/3, Savoir Faire/2, Seduction/2, Singing/2

Contradith has one of the most challenging (and therefore most sought after) jobs for a cherub in Janus’s hierarchy. She’s responsible for guarding revolutionary figures who *already* advance her archangel’s Word and objectives. Because of how much of an iconoclast *he* is, *she* frequently has to fend off other angels.

To make matters worse, Connie cannot actually attune to her charge. Doing so would change their priorities, one of the main things she’s meant to prevent. Instead, Contradith plays a delicate game. She has to use mundane methods to track her charge while using her resonance to suborn those who might influence them. This in turn means that Connie must also protect the very people who seek to change her charge until she can find a time or place to lose them.

On Earth, Connie tends to play the punk who cleans up well. Left to her own devices she’ll end up leathers and bandages ~ but she knows that sometimes a power suit will get the job done better. And unlike her infernal counterparts, she knows that the job is life. If that makes her a little too mainstream to be a true rebel, then so be it.

Contradith may fight other angels, but she does it for the betterment of Heaven, not for her own ego.
Saint Gordon Randall Phillip David Garrett

Often called 'St. Randy', for reasons that become obvious very quickly. Frankly, Laurence is happy that St. Randy has other interests: he doesn't fit the archangel's conception of a proper saint (which drives Laurence quietly mad, because St. Randall has a faith that you could bounce rocks off). St. Randall is the Cadre member most often picked for missions that don't involve much combat, but do require a certain flair for the dramatic. He also works with Litheroy's Consultants in their investigations: few mysteries can stand up to their nose for the Truth and his ability to explain incomprehensible human behaviors in terms that angels can understand.

St. Randall also has a certain facility for disguise ~ and an even better one for improvisation. He may need both when his wife shows up and starts demanding to know why he's got three bright lilim of Flowers living in his residence . . . .
Camael, Viceroy of Hell

Camael was once the most powerful non-seraph on the Seraphim Council. More powerful than Eli. More powerful than Raphael. More powerful than even Yves. He was also the first of the elohim to Fall.

In theory, this is someone who would have had a real chance at contesting Lucifer’s right to the throne of Hell, and Camael actually is that powerful. He is, in fact, immensely powerful, but Camael was literally unable to contain the riot of Forces unleashed by his emotions, and only by the constant absorption of Forces flayed from other sources is he able to continue his existence. This state of affairs left the First Habbalah unable to lead a rebellion against Lucifer.

Although a Superior with whom demons can and do take service, the Rebellion left him so wounded that the only sensible course of action was to take a senior position under Asmodeus. Camael now has a permanent place in the Citadel of the Game as one of Asmodeus‘s engines of punishment. He has little time for anything other than Hell itself. He is an oddly popular Superior among the bound lilim, for his depersonalized state leaves his service almost the same as being free.
Fermata

This Song, invented by Othniel, comes in celestial, ethereal, and corporeal versions, usable only in their respective realms.

It throws the target into stasis for a number of hours equal to the singer's Celestial Forces. Target may be a character or, in the corporeal version of the Song, a region with a volume, in cubic yards, equal to the singer's Corporeal Forces.
Hamid

the Biting One

### Songs

Revulsion (Celestial/4), Tongues (Corporeal/4), Truth (Celestial/5), Sensation (Corporeal/5), Shields (Celestial/4)

### Skills

Computer Use/2, Detect Lies/3, Economics/4, Fighting/2, Real Estate Appraisal/4, Tax Codes.4

Hamid should never have been sent to Earth. They see that now. Perhaps the lesser orders can find a place here, but for a noble seraph it is nothing but a gigantic torture chamber. One can hardly set one foot in front of another without another assault of deceit.

When the pain first began Hamid demanded Marc return them to Heaven. The archangel refused, stating that it would be good for Hamid to learn some humility. Humble. That’s a joke. As if Marc had ever been humble before anyone but God. Hamid told him so. It did not go over well.

Stuck in the corporeal realm, Hamid did what they could ~ but the Earth is so corrupt that the truth often caused more pain than the lies he corrected. Hamid inured themselves to it; they had to deal with the agony of lies, others could face the lesser pains of the truth.

It was around this time that Hamid met their patron. An old man, pleased with Hamid’s work offered to give them power so that they might continue as they saw fit. The man admitted that Hamid would not like the source of this power. It was the first honest thing Hamid had heard all week. They accepted immediately.
The Communauté des Etats du Monde (The Symphony That Never Ends)

The *Communauté des Etats du Monde*, or CEM, is the Shikaku-mon version of the United Nations. Established at the instigation of Brazil and the Pope during the Britannic War, its purpose is to prevent war, especially between the superpowers. The CEM Assembly has representatives from most of the world's nations, including several of those contained in the Swedish and Japanese Empires. The High Council, on the other hand, comprises one representative from each of the four superpowers, three other members selected from the Assembly, and a nonvoting delegate from the Holy See. Resolutions of either body are considered binding on all nations *including nonmembers*. Each of the four superpowers has veto powers.

The CEM is really just a shouting platform unless the superpowers collectively want to accomplish something. However, it has proved its value: it was used to sponsor the Atomic Restriction treaty, which prevented nuclear proliferation beyond the superpowers, and the Earth Orbit Disarmament Treaty, which demilitarized orbital space with CEM inspection teams. Most of Shikaku-mon credits the CEM with forestalling the Last War in 1977 and probably 2006 as well.
Fujimaro

## In Service to Faith and the Sword

While Khalid was forsaking Heaven, many of these Virtues wanted nothing to do with him. Now that he has taken a more equitable view, malakim from every corner of Heaven have been begun to coordinate with him.

However, the malakim of the greatest virtues also play a special role in the War if they are responsible for coordinating actions against the Princes of Sin. As such they are expected to liaise and coordinate with Laurence. Each of them holds one of the Sword’s command-level distinctions (even if Laurence does not get along with their Superior).
Katsuhito

## In Service to Faith and the Sword

While Khalid was forsaking Heaven, many of these Virtues wanted nothing to do with him. Now that he has taken a more equitable view, malakim from every corner of Heaven have been begun to coordinate with him.

However, the malakim of the greatest virtues also play a special role in the War if they are responsible for coordinating actions against the Princes of Sin. As such they are expected to liaise and coordinate with Laurence. Each of them holds one of the Sword’s command-level distinctions (even if Laurence does not get along with their Superior).
Asirah

the Vigilant

### Songs

Empathy (Ethereal/2), Fire (Corporeal/3, Ethereal/3, Celestial/3), Healing (Corporeal/2)

### Skills

Detect Lies/3, Drive (Car)/1, Emote/3, Fighting/2, Firearms (Pistol)/1, Lying/5, Tracking/3

Asirah has a duty to find discordant angels and deport them back to Heaven. Since a surprising number of angels attempt to circumvent Judgment, Asirah has determined that the best way she can serve her archangel is to go undercover. Whenever possible, the kuriotes will pose as a servitor of Fire. Not only does this put her in a better position to learn about angels in danger of Falling, but she can pursue Earthly justice without breaking cover.

Asirah is very much aware that things may not go well for her if the Flames ever realize what she is really doing.
331 e.v.

Laurence becomes the angel of the Sword

## Asia

Constantine I dedicates the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople. Fifty Bibles of Constantine commissioned for use in Constantinople.

Gogugwon becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo. Micheon of Goguryeo, Korean ruler of Goguryeo, dies.

Eusebius of Caesarea writes the *Onomasticon*.

Gregory the Illuminator withdraws to a small sanctuary in the Daranali province (Armenia), and dies.

Yao Chang, Chinese emperor of the Qiang state (he will die in 394 e.v.). Yao Xiang (or Jingguo), Chinese warlord, is born (he will die in 357 e.v.)

## Europe

Emperor Constantine the Great vigorously promotes Christianity, confiscating the property and valuables of a number of pagan temples throughout the Roman Empire. Constantine I promulgates a law against divorce. Jovian, Roman consul and emperor, is born (he will die in 364 e.v.) Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor, is born (he will die in 363 e.v.)
793 e.v.

Valefor appears for the first time. He steals the Word of Genubath, prince of Rapine; Genubath disappears, and Lucifer makes Valefor the demon prince of Theft. Unable to ascertain the new prince's origin, Asmodeus places him under investigation.

## Asia

Arab traders make Baghdad a financial center of the Silk Road between China and Europe. Caravans carry little or no money on their long journeys; Chinese traders use what they call fei qian ("flying money") to avoid robbery. The Arabs have adopted a similar banking system known as hawala to transmit funds. Idriss I, Muslim emir and founder of the Idrisid Dynasty, dies.

Li Ning, prince of the Tang Dynasty, is born (will die in 812). Wei Mo, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty, is born (will die in 858). Wu Yuanji, general of the Tang Dynasty, is born. Zhou Chi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty, is born (will die in 851)

Theophylact, Byzantine co-emperor, is born.

### August 17

Quriaqos of Tagrit is consecrated Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch at Harran.

## Europe

King Charlemagne orders a 3 kilometre long channel dug from Treuchtlingen to Weißenburg (the Rhine and Danube river basins), to improve the transportation of goods between the Rhineland and Bavaria. Charlemagne's son, Pepin of Italy, campaigns against the Lombards in Benevento (Southern Italy). Arnulf of Sens, Frankish nobleman, is born.

**Frisian–Frankish War:** Count Theoderic is sent to Frisia, to muster troops for another offensive against the Avar Khaganate. He is attacked and probably killed by Saxon rebels, near the mouth of the Weser River. The Frisians revolt, and Charlemagne deports Saxon families from north of the river Elbe.

Emir Hisham I of Córdoba calls for a jihad ("Holy War") against the Christian Franks. He assembles an army of 70,000 men, half of which attacks the Kingdom of Asturias, destroying its capitol, Oviedo, while the other half invades Languedoc, penetrating as far as Narbonne. After capturing the city, the contingent moved towards Carcassonne and conquered it too. Both armies return to Córdoba enriched with the spoils of war.

King Offa of Mercia founds an abbey at St. Albans.

### June 8

Viking raiders attack the Northumbrian coast, arriving in longships from either Denmark or Norway, and sacking the monastery of Lindisfarne. Many of the monks are killed or enslaved. It is the first Viking attack on a monastery in the British Isles, although it is not the first known Viking attack in the British Isles. The first attack came in 789, when Vikings raided the settlement of Portland in Dorset.
Buriol

The Duke of Topheth has found an interesting way around Belial’s pogrom against high nobles. He has dedicated a large portion of his followers to assist Ba’al in the defense of the tether at Hinnom. Considering how important Hinnom is to the War, Belial has decided (for now) to leave this upstart in relative peace. Christopher is not so forgiving ~ Buriol has a particular penchant for burning infants alive.
Saleos

In spite of his appearance as a grizzled soldier, Saleos is one of the foremost patrons of the peace faction. He is invested heavily in Shal-Mari, and his “ladies” are welcome in almost every infernal court. He is also a blackmailer, rumormonger, and occasional slaver. He has a running rivalry with Satanachia.
Dariel

A Virtue of Faith but with some strong modern ties to Trade. He opposes Mammon and always has.

## In Service to Faith and the Sword

The malakim of the greatest virtues also play a special role in the War if they are responsible for coordinating actions against the Princes of Sin. As such they are expected to liaise and coordinate with Laurence. Each of them holds one of the Sword’s command-level distinctions (even if Laurence does not get along with their Superior).
The Patriarchate of Irem

**Domain:** Djinnistan

**Director:** the Patriarch

Logres's records from the Crusader period refer to this place and this order as real, and the Antonines concur. Logres, who has had commerce with elves and eldila, are in no position to say they are wrong, though they have no recent indication of this Order's continued existence.
01111010

a.k.a., Zed

### Songs

Dreams (Corporeal/2), Light (Ethereal/4), Machines (Corporeal/6), Might (Corporeal/2, Ethereal/2), Numinous Corpus (Fire\*/4, Tongue/6), Seals (Corporeal/1), Sleep (Corporeal/4), Tongues (Corporeal/1, Ethereal/1, Celestial/1)* Zed’s Numinous Corpus (Fire) has the appearance of coruscating electricity.

### Skills

Computer Use/5, Dodge/1, Dreaming/2, Fighting/3

This one can still remember the time when it was many, flitting from dream to dream ~ helping mortals lose themselves in their fantasies. It was all bollocks.

Mankind has always been closer to the angels than one ever really wanted to admit. A bit of gold and tantalum, some clever programming, and humans can create “dreams” for each other without ever needing to sleep. This one was nervous when Vapula proposed the jump from laptops to tablets ~ but now this one is glad it was one of the first.

Tablets are ever so much more popular and serve a much wider audience than laptops ever did. 01111010 will show them the way, entice them to use this one’s home and other devices like it. Once they have been introduced to the joys of the machine, 01111010 can return to the library to hitchhike home with another unsuspecting family and teach them the indispensable value of technology over ~ well just about anything.
Zagan

Zagan is a freak, pure and simple. It is a label they take great pride in. Although a balseraph, their celestial form is just as torn and ornamented as any habbalah, and they delight in freaking the normies, even (or perhaps especially) celestial ones.

There is no act they won’t try, no fetish they will not impose on some unsuspecting mortal, and they’re always on the lookout for humans to come up with something novel that their own impressive imagination did not conceive of first.
Chezeqim

The chezeqim are a minor choir embodying sheer, raw strength. They are huge. Their celestial form looks like a puffy cumulus cloud, lit with various colors, depending on the individual and its mood. The cloud form can squish into just about any shape, though it remains cloud-like. In size, it can shrink down to roughly house-sized or expand to cover several city blocks.

Chezeqim have no other form; they cannot take vessels. (They can, however, use the Song of Possession normally.) Nonetheless, they can remain on the corporeal plane indefinitely, where they can, in effect, use the Songs of Motion for free, proportional to their Corporeal Forces, and without disturbance. Of course, they are screamingly obvious to Symphonically Aware beings, which is one of the reasons they're a minor choir, so long as the War is stealthy.

On the corporeal plane, the application of their titanic strength is clear. On the celestial plane, they can haul around vast Essence constructs, and in fact are often the "construction machinery" when an archangelic Cathedral needs to be overhauled, working closely with that archangel's aeons. The same is true on the ethereal plane, where they helped build Blandine's Tower.

Other celestials tend to think of chezeqim as big, dumb lugs. In fact, there is nothing wrong with their Ethereal Forces, and they are as intelligent as any other choir.

## Resonance

The chezeqic resonance is for strength. To use its resonance, a chezeq vows to perform a specific deed. It then has an effective Strength equal to its Celestial Forces multiplied by its Corporeal Forces, for the purposes of pursuing the vow. It gets much more dramatic if chezeqim work together; chezeqim making a joint oath can multiply ALL their Celestial and Corporeal Forces together for the effective Strength of the team. The results can be literally astronomical.

(What, you thought spiral galaxies got that shape by themselves? Yeah, yeah, gravitational dynamics. Who do you think implements those gravitational dynamics?)

They can manipulate things inside themselves as well as outside. Inside themselves, they can observe and manipulate as if one character were in (Ethereal Forces) places at once. So, a chezeq can "haunt" a whole house at once and act as a considerable "staff" while doing so. (Of course, you have zero privacy while in this house.)

## Dissonance

It is dissonant for a chezeq to break its vow, very much in the manner of malakic dissonance rules. So chezeqim and their bosses learn to build reasonable exit conditions into their vows.