Agent of Fate

An **agent of Fate**, also referred to by names such as Fate's Guardian or Fate's messenger, is a designation given to beings created by Fate in *Magical Girl Policy*. These agents can also be seen as a sort of organization, as they were born to aid their creator in upholding order throughout the universe. They appear as various species of animal.

## Description

Fate prefers not to directly intervene in the world, so she creates her agents to act as her representatives, interacting with humans and such in her stead. These agents consistently take the form of an animal of some sort, though they possess the ability to speak in a humanlike manner. Why each species is chosen is unclear, as it is apparently considered taboo of an agent to ask such a question of Fate. Vivian theorizes that Fate picks a species that might appear impressive but unintimidating to the people the agent will interact with. In cases where the form no longer satisfies this condition and becomes a hindrance to an agent's work, it can be changed: for example, Kunapipi would use her ability to transform into a human as people became less accepting of a talking wallaby.

## Common abilities

Agents of Fate are notable for their ability to communicate with their master through visions. Fate communicates primarily through feelings and archetypes, with agents generally able to interpret these messages as useful information. This is especially important in the case of Guides, who may relay messages from Fate to others. It is unclear if agents may use this channel to remotely communicate with one other, but there is at least some level of contact between them, as even the earthbound Kunapipi is aware of some things in the greater sphere of agents, such as the ages-long debate on the morality of inducing reincarnation.

Fate's agents have varying levels of empathokinetic ability, but they are uniformly receptive to an empathokinetic pulse called the Hero's Call, which alerts agents to the location of a Champion that is soon to begin their mission, and it's intended for a Guide to use it to find said Champions. Even Platicore, who is not a Guide and had been cast out from Fate's circle, woke from his hibernation when Angela Warrant was set to become Spirit Guard Valor. Despite the Hero's Call apparently being empathokinetic in nature, the ability to sense it is intrinsic to Fate's agents and distinct from empathokinetic perception.

## Types of agents

### Guide

A Guide is an agent that is tasked with aiding Champions, people selected by Fate to protect order as heroes. Each Guide is stationed at a specific area and are responsible for Champions that appear under their purview, such as Kunapipi helping heroes on Earth. When a Champion's mission is soon to begin, they trigger something called the Hero's Call, a unique empathokinetic pulse that agents of Fate can sense. The Guide then seeks the Champion out, explains their mission, and serves as a mentor figure to the hero from then on, relaying information from Fate and providing assistance. In addition to appearing to Champions, Guides may appear to people to serve as a herald, delivering messages from Fate.

### Other

There are apparently agents of Fate that serve as enforcers to oppose and imprison those deemed especially dangerous, as Trace was kept in Fate's holding cells before Platicore freed her.

## Known agents of Fate

* **Kunapipi:** A wallaby created thousands of years ago to serve as a Guide for Champions on Earth. Over time, it became more practical for her to shift her form to that of a human called Ms. Kuna. She is a Guide for the Spirit Guard and a school counselor at Schuyler Adamson University.
* **Platicore:** A millennia-old agent that was banished due to Fate foreseeing his betrayal over feeling that Fate's methods run against free will. Wanting to obtain the power to destroy Fate and attack her favored peoples, he became a master of empathokinesis, posed as a Guide to ignite the Ardentia Civil War, and creates monsters to battle the Spirit Guard and drain Investiture from the people of Kessia City.