David

### Source(s)

Amadan + Liber Neglecta 1 & 2 + William J. Keith and Eric Burns on the In Nomine Collection

## Subsidiary Words

Chuugi ("duty and loyalty"), Yuu ("heroic courage")

## Choir Attunements

Angels of Stone identify with particular stones, based on their choir. Angels who are "in uniform" on Earth might carry a small sample of this stone or prefer tools or relics using these stones when there was a choice, because its properties appealed to that choir. (Naturally, individual angels might have different views than the general trend.)

### Seraph

Flawless diamonds and transparent crystal; the stones of seers, the stones which do not stand in the way of the light of Truth, but rather efface themselves to better refract it into beauty.

### Cherub

Geodes; the stones which protect special formations within their sheltering and supporting shells.

### Ofan

Tigers-eye, star opal; the stones with inner fire that change as they move, yet retain their solid nature. (Another possibility: radioactive ores.)

### Eloah

Ores of iron, copper, and other metals; less beautiful, or hard, than other stones, but of the most use and purpose. (They wouldn't carry such a stone for decoration, but perhaps as a subtle identifier if needed, or as a lesson to a human on, e.g., shaping and refinement for strength and purpose.

### Malak

Obsidian, malachite; obsidian is the sharp-edged stone formed from the violence of the volcano capable of being worked into weaponry, not to mention reminiscent of their wings. Malachite, besides these days being the English pun, is also thus reminiscent of their green hues.

### Kuriotes

Sedimentaries, agglomerates; stones which take many natures and bring them together in a diverse unit. (Also a stone of which it's easy to find a sample in almost any environment to carry when in a new human host.)

### Mercurian

Graphite, chalk; as stones, they are weak, but their very softness is their strength as they are used to write, helping humans to teach and communicate.

### Grigori

Grigori of Stone were not spared David's wrath when the choir was found guilty of fraternizing with humans; indeed, David was even more furious at his own Watchers. Few if any survived . . .

David's grigori were the first architects. They taught humans how to build shelter and were the earliest practitioners of feng shui. Any structure designed or built by a grigori of Stone would be guaranteed to be free of structural defects and would grant one individual within the structure an extra point of Essence at dawn every day. (If more than one person was within the structure at dawn, the recipient would be random, and if no one was there, the Essence would not be "saved up".)

The grigori of David oppose Genubath (discipline vs pillage)

David's grigori identify with salt. At first, it was for the zest and flavor of life's necessities; these days, if any Stone Watchers remain (it was the angels of Stone who hunted them down in the first place), they may say that it is for the tears and bitterness of the testing which is an essential part of life ~ but they still remember that salt flows in the blood of both their vessels and their beloved humans.

### Ohr

The Light of Stone can transform themselves into gems. While in this form they cannot use their Songs or resonance, but neither do they suffer dissonance for being removed from a tether.

### Aeon

David grants his aeons the ability to use their resonance on stone that is meant for building materials, to learn precisely how to shape it (or tunnel into it, in the case of caves.)

### Chezeq

Chezeqim of Stone can triple their effective strength for moving stone and rock.

## Servitors

### Masters of the Granite Hand

#### 14 Forces

* Terriel, eloah seneschal of the *Dallas Morning News*

### Undistincted

* Stenen Muur, mercurian seneschal of the Stonewall Inn

### Unknown Rank

* Korihime, the malak angel of Chuugi
* Masutaro, the malak angel of Yuu
* Rarity, cherub of Creation in service to Stone

## Tethers

* Mount Diablo, in eastern San Francisco Bay Area