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Heavenly School of Human Languages

Angels who are assigned to earthly duties need to learn the language. Some archangels have in-house teachers for commonly used languages, but when an angel needs a rare language, or wants to sharpen his skill, he goes to Yves's school.

The Heavenly School of Human Languages is in the hands of Idris, the mercurian Scholar of Human Languages. His servitors are charged with maintaining their knowledge of languages as they evolve, preserving dialects and languages as they pass out of use, and passing on their knowledge to all who need it. There are a surprisingly large number of human souls teaching in the School, since they, who have *lived* in a language, are felt to understand it in ways that are difficult for angels.

In Heaven, the school is situated "behind" Yves' Library. While its own texts and records serve for many purposes, it's often necessary to search the Library for examples of language and its development. Randolf, the seraph angel of Dictionaries, frequently provides aid to the school, and seeks its help almost as often.
Beltaine

May 1st is a powerful day for Heaven and Hell, though the players are a bit different than the preceding holiday, Walpurgisnacht (the day before).

* Heaven is represented by David and Novalis instead of Gabriel and Zadkiel.
* Hell is championed by Ba'al and Malphas instead of Kronos and Andrealphus.
* Flora and Demeter tend to be the most active ethereal deities, but they have nowhere near the power of the Horned God
Crystal

Crystal really likes being an angelic seneschal: instead of being stuck on the side of a road in the middle of the tropics with no company, she's actually busy now. The Host is taking advantage of the new resource to increase their presence in the Philippines, and the tether is pretty much open to any angel that needs it. Crystal maintains her tether by helping coordinate the annual pilgrimage on it: by now, she's practically running from behind the scenes. She's even made inroads in helping the numerous ghosts associated with the Bataan Death March move on to their final rewards (something that endears her to her new Superior).

Nope, Saminga still hasn't popped in to see what went wrong. It's presumed that he's just assumed that the tether was destroyed. Any intelligent prince would at least have checked by now, of course: also of course, no one has ever accused Saminga of being smart.

Crystal keeps hoping that he'll show up someday, though: knowing the Prince of Death, he'll probably think that he'll be dealing with a Flower-child, and will thus get the shock of his life when a grinning archangel of War comes down to answer the call for help . . .
Geroldseck

**Domain:** Germany, Austria, and other Teutonic countries

**Director:** *der Herzog / die Herzogin*

Logres records indicate that Lancelot himself was sent by Geroldseck to help found Camelot. The two Orders have had little to do with them since. On re-contacting them, Logres found Geroldseck greatly reduced in numbers and greatly demoralized, feeling they had failed in their latest task.

As of 1975, Geroldseck was much recovered.

As of 2000, Geroldseck was very busy, expanding its operations into the former East Germany and combating the schemes of the CPPU.
400 e.v.

Haagenti is created and spends the next 600 years as an abused Familiar.

## Africa

Hypatia, Greek philosopher, distinguishes herself as one of the first women scientists, and becoming head of the Neo-Platonist school at Alexandria.

## Asia

Anthemius, praetorian prefect of the East, is sent on an embassy to the Persian capital, Ctesiphon, to congratulate King Yazdegerd I on his accession the year before.

A riot breaks out in Constantinople; the Great Palace is burned to the ground. Gainas, a Gothic leader, attempts to evacuate his soldiers out of the city, but 7,000 armed Goths are trapped and killed by order of Arcadius. After the massacre, Gainas tries to escape across the Hellespont, but his rag-tag ad hoc fleet is destroyed by Fravitta, a Gothic chieftain in imperial service. Bishops from Gaza (Palestine) arrive at Constantinople to ask Arcadius that he close the pagan temple of Marnas.

Richū, the eldest son of Nintoku, becomes the 17th Emperor of Japan.

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are composed.

Duan, Chinese empress and wife of Murong Bao, dies. Li Lingrong, empress and mother of Jin Xiaowudi, dies. Lü Guang, emperor of the Di state Later Liang, dies (he was born in 337 e.v.) Lü Shao, "Heavenly Prince" (Tian Wang) of Later Liang, dies.

## Europe

The Paeonians (Illyricum) lose their identity.

Resurrection and "Two Marys with Angel near the Empty Tomb", panel of a diptych is made. The *Vergilius Vaticanus*, an illuminated manuscript containing fragments of Virgil's *Aeneid* and *Georgics*, is made in Rome. Caelius Aurelianus, Roman physician, is practicing his work "De morbis acutis et chronicis" (Concerning Acute and Chronic Illness), a guide to acute and chronic diseases.

The mausoleum of Galerius in Salonica (Greece) is converted into a church. Oribasius, Greek medical writer and physician, dies.

Aspar, Alan patrician and general (magister militum), is born.

Hydatius, bishop of Aquae Flaviae (modern Chaves, Portugal), is born.

Salvian, Christian writer, is born.

Sozomen, Christian Church historian, is born.

Castor of Karden, Christian priest and hermit, dies.

### January 9

Emperor Arcadius gives his wife Aelia Eudoxia the official title of Augusta. She is able to wear the purple paludamentum and is depicted in Roman currency.

### Winter

Gainas leads the remaining Goths back to their homeland across the Danube. They meet the Huns and are defeated; the Hunnic chieftain Uldin sends the head of Gainas to Constantinople, where Arcadius receives it as a diplomatic gift.
Juno

### Skills

Climbing/4, Detect Lies/1, Dodge/3, Fighting/2, Lying/2, Move Silently/2, Running/1, Survival (Urban)/3, Tracking/2

### Servants

Jupiter Command ~ Captain Io 5/1, Captain Ganymede 5/1, Captain Callisto 5/1, Captain Europa 5/1

Juno is a both a cat and an otaku. Whenever she’s not leading her band of “magical soldiers” into battle against the “evil forces that threaten to invade Earth,” she can be found lounging around on one of their sofas watching anime re-runs.

Contrary to popular opinion, Juno really is fond of her Servants ~ she’s just fonder of the destruction they wreak while “saving the Earth.”

Her infernal form also has the form of a cat, albeit one with spiky pitch-black fur, three crimson LED eyes, matching ebony horns, a trio of snake-headed tails, and a palpable cloak of entropy.

## Gaming Note

Juno is an example of a character whose primary strength is in their *allies*. Although she is a demon, she will play a lot like a kuriotes. Still, allies are not vessels, and a GM has the right to make some or all of the Jupiter Command unavailable.
200 p.e.v.

## Africa

The first good measurement of the distance between Earth and the Sun is made by Eratosthenes. By studying lunar eclipses, his result is roughly 150,000,000 kilometers.

## Asia

Antiochus III's forces continue their invasion of Coele Syria and Palestine.

Conquest of Armenia by the Seleucids. Abdissares, king of Sophene (Armenian Kingdom) from 212 p.e.v., dies.

Euthydemus I, king of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom from 223 p.e.v., dies at 60 years of age and is succeeded by his son Demetrius I of Bactria.

Chinese create a padding material. The construction of the Wei-Yang Palace in the Han Dynasty capitol (Chang'an) begins. The Han emperor Gaozu is defeated by the Xiongnu, led by Modu Chanyu, in the Battle of Baideng. Chao Cuo, Chinese political advisor and official, is born. Gongsun Hong, Chinese statesman and chancellor, is born (dies in 121 p.e.v.). Jia Yi, Chinese statesman and poet, is born (dies in 170 p.e.v.). Wen, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty, is born (dies in 157 p.e.v.)

Lost-wax casting is known in China and Mesopotamia.

## Europe

Uriel begins promoting the Roman Republic (later Empire) in an attempt to bring the pagan gods they worship under Heavenly control. Roman artists begin attempting to produce the illusion of thin slabs of colored marble covering the walls, which are set off by actual architectural moldings and columns, in private houses. These attempts last for 120 years.

Philip V of Macedon's fleet defeat the Rhodians at Lade. His forces then advance into Pergamum, plundering Pergamese territory and attacking cities in Caria. The Acarnanians, with Macedonian support, invade Attica, causing Athens, which has previously maintained its neutrality, to seek help from the enemies of Philip. Attalus I of Pergamum, who is with his fleet at Aegina, receives an embassy from Athens asking him to come to the city for consultations. After he is told that Roman ambassadors are also in Athens, Attalus goes there in haste. The Roman ambassador to Greece, Syria, and Egypt, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus delivers an ultimatum to Philip V warning Macedonia not to make war on any Greek state. Philip decides to reject the Roman ultimatum and the Romans declare war on Macedon, thus starting the Second Macedonian War. The Roman consul, Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus, asks Attalus I and his fleet to meet up with the Roman fleet off the Greek Aegean coast and they conduct a naval campaign against Philip V, harassing Macedonian possessions in and along the Aegean.

*Alexander the Great*, the head from a Hellenistic copy of a statue, is made, possibly after a 4th century era vulgaris original by Lysippos.

## South America

The city of Tiwanaku is founded as a village near Lake Titicaca in modern Bolivia.

The Early Horizon period in the Andes comes to an end as the Chavin culture vanishes and is succeeded by the Nazca culture.
Coenobita

### Songs

Forbidding (Corporeal/3, Ethereal/3), Healing (Corporeal/3, Ethereal/3), Opening (Ethereal/4)

### Skills

Acrobatics/2, Bureaucracy/3, Climbing/2, Driving/1, Emote/3, Fast Talk/3, Fighting/1, Flying/1, Lying/2, Running/3, Swimming/2

Kindergarten is for children. That’s Coenobita’s raison d’etre. E travels the world from school to school, possessing parents, teachers, and administrators as necessary to ensure this one truth is not forgotten. Of course Coenobita isn’t in it for the adults, so a portion of eir Forces usually inhabit a class pet, and another bit some local bird or cat that can move quickly to carry the word if reinforcements are needed.

Coenobita’s celestial form looks something like a hermit crab whose “shell” is the last human e possessed. Like all kuriotates, eir celestial body is made up of a surplus of eyes, mouths, and limbs borrowed from other creatures e has inhabited.
Godless Communism

Godless Communism is the most powerful ethereal entity to emerge since Uriel‘s Purification Crusade. It would be deemed a greater god if not for the fact that it rejects all Images (including divinity) as illusions meant to distract mankind from solving their problems.

Somehow this ideology combined with Communism’s explosive growth allowed the meme to tap into the Almighty element.

Unlike most ethereal spirits, Godless Communism cannot take an ethereal form. It is too singular for what is inherently a collective entity. Instead, Godless Communism exists as a massive ethereal realm of order, industry, and solidarity. Within its own realm, communism works as intended. Everyone contributes equally, all needs are met, and there is still leisure time for each individual to pursue their own interest.

In the corporeal realm that has not worked out quite so well. However, Godless Communism still cannot take on corporeal form itself. Instead, it works through lesser spirits, and the occasional possession of a paragon of the cause.

## Attunement

### Socialist Atheist Goetia

The agents of Godless Communism may be ethereal spirits, but because their Superior has the Almighty element, they are able to assume celestial form, use celestial Songs, and engage in celestial combat just like an angel or demon. Unlike their Superior, many do adopt an Image if necessary, often of an idealized human well suited to some type of labor.

*All spirits of Godless Communism include at least one element of Society (usually nation, commune, union, or soviet).*
Humilitas

Humilitas is a Virtue of Judgement, and perhaps one of his most self-reflective servitors. He combats Pride.

Dominic played a role in getting Humility to displace Courage in Catholic thought.

## 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).
Danjuro

## 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).
Eye kite

These artifacts are always in the form of a kite: whether angelic or demonic, they will always have a pair of eyes incorporated into the design.

The primary purpose of this relic is to provide a discreet way of getting a better view of things without being blatant about it. A user may, through concentration, see things through the eye kite's perspective. This *will* fulfill the 'line of sight' requirement for the appropriate Songs, Attunements or resonances (albeit at a -4).

However, while using this artifact, the user will be oblvious to things going on around him: also, damage done to the kite itself will get transmitted to the user. In fact, the above 'line of sight' requirement also applies to the appropriate Songs, Attunements or resonances directed *at* the user (with the same penalties).

* **Relic/3:** (special: acts as an alternate method of visualization. Allows remote use of abilities, but makes subject equally vulnerable to same) 12pt
* **Harms user:** (special: when relic damaged, user takes same amount of body hits) -2pt
* **Use Restriction:** full concentration -2pt
* **Vulnerability:** celestial artifact destroyed when corporeal artifact destroyed -4
* **Final cost:** 4
Agi

"Maggie Arnyek", the Illusion of Control

### Songs

Forbidding (Ethereal/2), Numinous Corpus (Eyes/5, Teeth/2, Tail/1), Nightmares (Corporeal/3, Ethereal/3), Possession/3, Sensation (Ethereal/2)

### Skills

Detect Lies/2, Dreaming/3, Fighting/1, Lying/4, Move Silent/1, Seduction/2

### Servants

Mr. Arnyek (Lawyer) 4/1, Mrs. Arnyek (Teacher) 4/1

Agi is the perfect little girl: a djinni made of sharps and snails and puppy dogs' tails. Like many a teacher, Agi tends to find her way to the classroom, but she prefers to sit behind one of the desks marked with bubblegum and graffiti.

As one of Beleth’s servants, “Maggie” considers fear to be the greatest teacher of them all, and she will use it to teach her chosen students two important lessons:

1. God’s love is not universal
2. Nobody is in control, least of all those who think they are

“Maggie” is rarely an overt bully, but she knows just what buttons to push to send make sure the other students teach her lessons for her. Although, when it comes to teaching the teachers, Agi likes to step in herself: a little flirty; a little dangerous; a little brilliant; a little lazy; perfect for getting under someone’s skin to play around.

In celestial form, “Maggie” still looks a bit like a schoolgirl, but her face is little more than a leech’s mouth lined with scissors ~ her eyes protrude from stalks at the top of her head, and her hair looks like a pair of giant conical snail shells. Her blouse is cut a little lower than “proper” and a proud and cunning Pomeranian tail hitches up her skirt just enough to hint at something hungry and restive moving beneath it.

## Gaming Tips

Agi prefers to be queen of her own domain and will try to get assignments that she can work on either by herself, or with her parents and schoolmates. When forced to collaborate with other demons, she will do her best to unsettle them all. She particularly likes flirting with colleagues and authority figures, but only if they seem averse to her advances.
Lenitas

## 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).
600 p.e.v.

## Africa

Battus I of Cyrene, founder and first king of the Greek colony of Cyrenaica dies.

## Asia

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are built by Nebuchadnezzar.

Eli is working with the prophet Zoroaster, in Persia, to promote monotheism. Eli begins wondering how to give humanity a more direct connection to God. Cambyses I, father of Cyrus the Great and future king of Anshan (Persia) is born. Cyrus I, king of Anshan, dies.

King Gong of Chu, king of the Chinese state of Chu is born. Duke Cheng of Jin, ruler of the Chinese state of Jin dies.

Smyrna is sacked and destroyed by Alyattes II.

The country of Armenia is created.

## Europe

The first dwelling at Emain Macha (now Navan Fort) is built.

Milan is founded by Celts. Capua is founded by Etruscans. Pompeii is founded. The Etruscans seize possession of Rome, making it into a prosperous trade center.

Victorious over the Carthaginians in a naval battle, the Greeks of Phocaea establish the city of Marseilles in today's France.

Athens is suffering severe economic problems. Archaic period of sculpture begins in Greece. Kouros (representation of a male youth) begins to be made, being finished in 580 p.e.v. Pitcher (olpe), from Corinth, is made. The Temple of Artemis, Korkyra in Corfu begins to be built. The Doric and Ionic orders are well developed.

## North America

The calendrical system begins appearing in areas with strong Olmec influence, continuing to appear until 500 p.e.v..
Fourth-year fruit

As per traditional Jewish custom, fruit trees are not to be harvested for the first three years that they produce fruit. Like many such customs, this makes a certain amount of practical sense: it gives a grove of trees a chance to properly grow and propagate. However, the fourth year is also forbidden (the fruit being reserved for the Almighty), for a somewhat more . . . esoteric reason (or, at least one of the reasons is esoteric): it helps cut down on the use of alchemy.

The below alchemical creations all require a type of special ingredient: a specific fruit gathered during the fourth year that a tree has produced, well, fruit. An observant follower of Judaism must have planted and tended the tree and must also own the land on which the tree grows. Needless to say, in eras where religious intolerance was the norm, such fruit was extremely sorcerously valuable. Even today, getting the needed ingredients can be tricky in some places (especially since celestials familiar with sorcery will know to watch out for suspicious individuals during the critical year). The alchemist will need 10 pounds for each level of alchemy desired.

## Elixir of Knowledge (Apple)

This potion will provide the user with one use of the Corporeal Song of Symphony.

## Wine of Youth (Grape)

A bottle of this wine, when properly made and racked, will make one person younger. Unlike the other alchemical rituals, the alchemist needs 100lb of special grapes for each level and has no way of knowing which bottle will have the Song imbued in it (any other wine made during the process will simply make the person feel young for the next 12 hours). The alchemist should also know how to actually make wine (at a skill level of 6).

## Dowsing Rod (Melon)

Made out of dried and pressed rinds, the Rod will utilize the Corporeal Song of Affinity to detect water. This 'relic' must be stored in water until it is ready to be used: once removed, it will only last for a number of days equal to the check digit.

## Traveler's Rations (Olive)

Bread baked as part of this ritual will produce a limited effect of the Corporeal Song of Succor: it will only feed one person per level per day but keeps indefinitely. The alchemist must also know how to bake bread (again, at a skill level of 6).

## Essence of Fireturning (Orange)

This perfume requires that the alchemist know the Corporeal Song of Fire: however, instead of producing it, it prevents it. Once applied (six doses per level), the user will be completely protected *once* from taking damage from any kind of fire (if not used, the perfume will fade after 6 hours, thus eliminating any protection).

## Candle of Choking (Peach or Almond)

The wax is impregnated with both the fruit and the Corporeal Song of Poison (how even a few alchemists managed to learn this Song is unknown). The effect goes off five cumulative minutes after the candle is lit and will effect a one-yard radius for each level of the creation.
Empire of Brazil (the Symphony That Never Ends)

Stretching from the Orinoco to the Salado/La Plata rivers, from the Andes to the sea, the Empire of Brazil dominates South America on a map almost as totally as it dominates it in the real world of politics and economics. While Spain and France treated the Americas as a source of minerals and grain, the Brazilians pursued their own development from an early stage, and entered the 19th century beholden to no European master. They passed through the Industrial Revolution a little later than Britain and France, inventing mass-production techniques on the way, and found themselves economically dominating the Americas almost by accident.

Although Brazilian economic dominance has eroded, the 530 million subjects of Sebastian IV still enjoy the world's highest average standard of living ~ albeit with extreme variation between rich and poor. Brazil's small army and large navy are very professional, and are backed by a large aerospace force and the world's strongest nuclear arsenal.

In most other ways, however, Brazil is barely a state at all (its CR is 1). The Brazilian multinational corporations always had a tendency to act semi-independently. The government was able to retain their support until the religious movements around the millennium. In Brazil, they inspired revolutionary violence, growing in power throughout the 1980s and 90s. The government's crude attempts to maintain order only made it an increasingly ineffectual object of hatred from all sides. Matters finally came to a head in 2002, when waves of violence reached the proportions of civil war in most of the major Brazilian cities. On "Red Tuesday," corporate security forces bloodily intervened, decapitating most of the revolutionary organizations and forcing the rest underground. The courts legitimized the quasi-independence of the megacorps over the next few weeks and the national government lost effective control of its own territroy.

The cosmopolitan natives of Rio de Janeiro, Recife, and Porto Allegre took the collapse of civil authority in stride. Even ordinary Brazilians approach life with reckless abandon, making it a point of pride to dismiss the occasional car bombing or running gun battle as trifles beneath their notice. Distractions like these only add spice to the challenge of free enterprise. When Brazilians relax from the press of business, they spend their profits with equal gusto. Fads in recreational drugs and body cosmetics seem to sweep society on a weekly basis, while the samba is fresh forever.

Brazilian society is extraordinarily tolerant by Shikaku-mon standards. Brazil has the most complex racial mix on the planet, but its society is not racist. The Catholic majority lives peacefully with small Muslim and Protestant groups and Jews that number almost a third of the populations. Even sexism is rare. Toleration is in part an achievement of history, and in part due to a gulf between rich and poor that dwarfs all other considerations.
Albedo

one of the Four Humors and Dark Humor's liaison to the Game, Fate, and Death

Albedo is a pale and rheumy demon. Cold, logical, with an eye for the long game ~ one of the few who can be trusted to deal with Asmodeus and Kronos without becoming the wrong sort of fool. He also liaises with Saminga ~ ensuring that the Humor’s comedy is just lethal enough to keep that prince from making a play for their Words.

Dispassionate and serious to a fault, one would be excused for thinking that Albedo served a different master. He doesn’t even make for a good straight man. But such attitudes do the marquis a disservice. Most days he is developing hundreds if not thousands of jokes, big jokes, slow jokes, the kind that take decades to pan out, but once they do leave someone feeling like the whole universe is laughing at them.

Humans are his medium and their lifetimes his brush ~ and unlike Kronos he could care less if they’re bound for Heaven or Hell, just that their lives fall apart in a way that pulls a wry smile from his otherwise expressionless face.
Bellemangeur

### Songs

Forbidding (Ethereal/5), Harmony (Ethereal/4), Healing (Corporeal/2), Memory (Corporeal/3), Numinous Corpus (Fruit/4, Thorns/3, Tentacles/4), Revulsion (Corporeal/3, Ethereal/5), Seals (Corporeal/4), Hunger (Celestial/5)

### Skills

Cooking/4, Dodge/4, Emote/5, Fighting/3, Gardening/5, Healing/4, Lying/4, Savoir-Faire/2, Seduction/1, Throwing/3

“Belle” has long been a member of Haagenti‘s epicurean faction ~ she takes great pride in her Word and the delicacies it can produce. She was therefore horrified when her Superior insisted on adding caviar and honey to a dish she had prepared.

Unfortunately, the Prince of Gluttony has little patience for those trying to “correct” what and how he eats, and Bellemangeur soon found herself on loan to the demon prince Furfur. She has found some other souls with similar singularity of purpose, but many pick the strangest things to obsess about.

“Belle” would like to eventually make her way back to Haagenti’s kitchens. And who knows, maybe she’ll even be able to bring a few hardcore vegans back with her.
Blandine

## Choir Attunements

### Grigori

Blandine's grigori were the only celestials who could create their own dreamscapes when they fell asleep. This was optional; a grigori of Dreams could enter the Marches normally, like any other servitor of Dreams, but he could also choose to enter his own personal dreamscape. By itself, this ability wasn't particularly useful (though the grigori enjoyed it, as they were able to sculpt their own dreams to their liking), but in conjunction with other servitors of Dreams, it allowed them to do such things as create a dreamscape under the grigori's control to which sleeping mortals could be brought, or to lay traps for Beleth's servitors . . .

The grigori of Blandine oppose Kobal (idealism vs weariness)

### Ohr

Anyone sleeping within the light of one of these ohrot may re-roll any Skill roll which would move them into the realm of Nightmares.

### Chezeqim

Chezeqim of Dreams can forcibly haul dreamscapes around the Marches, e.g. from one side of the Vale to the other, at one dreamscape per point of Strength.

## Servitors

### Masters of the Realm of Night

#### 13 Forces

* Raqib the Observer, seraph auditor of dreams

### Unknown Rank

* Emmanuel, the menun angel of Hope
* Ruhiel, the seraph angel of Angels

## Tethers

* a coffee shop/bookstore in North Beach overlooking San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge

## The Little Death

Although Blandine and Azrael rarely meet any more, their servitors have become exceedingly close. Blandine is especially happy with Death’s hands-off approach to the corporeal realm and is more than happy to give his servitors access to rites and attunements. In exchange Azrael's servitors will help the dreamers find those who are near death and in need of consolation.
Ahriman

### Wordbound or Unique Rites

Using a male erectile aid. Participating in a male rite of passage or hazing ritual. Getting someone fired or recalled from office because of their sexuality, gender expression, or biological sex.

### Source

Liber Neglecta

Ahriman is an incredibly old and powerful demon who once made a bid for the dark throne of Hell itself (technically all he did was ask for the Word of Unheavenly Thoughts, but that’s basically the same thing). Lucifer challenged the upstart to corrupt Zarathustra, but did not tell the younger balseraph that the prophet was already in dialog with the archangel Eli. The encounter went horribly for Ahriman, but rather well for Lucifer (who, through Ahriman’s efforts, ensured that an adversarial presence was included in monotheism from its very outset). When Beleth approached Lucifer with a request for Ahriman’s services, the Dark Prince decided to reward the upstart’s partial success with the Fear of Lost Virility. That was almost 3000 years ago, and they have not been idle years. Through his Word Ahriman has unseated angels, fostered patriarchy, given form to homophobia and transphobia, corrupted chivalry, championed machismo, and generally proven to be one of Heaven’s most active adversaries. Should Ahriman make a bid for a principality now, he could probably secure one ~ but he is content to be a power behind the throne, though oddly enough not the power behind Beleth’s throne. Even if Ahriman spends most of his days working with Malphas, he remains devoutly loyal to the Superior who saved him from Lucifer’s wrath.
Jupiter Command

Jupiter Command is a group of teens and young adults who double as a crack team of monster vanquishing Soldiers. Through careful manipulation, Juno has them (mostly) convinced that the angels are bad guys invading the earth.

At GM discretion, the Numinous Corpus Songs of Jupiter Command may come with “transformation sequences”
Dalkiel

### Attunements

Lilu of Nightmares, Calab of Nightmares, Dream Drain, Dream Walking, Nightmare Trigger, Terror, Dame of Restlessness

### Songs

Dreams (All/3), Entropy (Ethereal/3), Nightmares (All/3), Shields (All/2), Sleep (All/2)

### Skills

Dodge/3, Emote/3, Fighting/2, Medicine/3, Knowledge (Hypnosis/3, Psychology/3), Savoir-Faire/6, Seduction/1

Dalkiel's existence and purpose is paradoxical: she serves Nightmares by keeping them at bay.

Like most paradoxes, this makes sense when looked at from the inside. After all, to Beleth the purpose of Nightmares is to spread fear until it rules humanity. If that means raining terror and anguish onto dreamscapes, so be it: however, the princess has found that the threat of said terror and anguish is often just as effective ~ and possibly even more tasty. It all depends on what the circumstances require.

Dalkiel has used this attitude to build quite a lucrative practice for herself. The first step is to identify a target, then use her attunements and distinction until that target is afraid of sleep itself. This will usually result in the target seeking treatment. As there isn't anything actually physically wrong with him or her, and as Dalkiel enjoys a Role as a recognized expert in the field of sleep disorders, usually it only takes a little manipulation for the target to make an appointment with the famous (and fashionable) Dr. Lindermann. At that point, Dalkiel simply stops wrecking the target's dreamscape ~ which will usually fulfil what is by then a fairly high Need. Repeat as necessary: the lilu tries not to play out this scenario on the same person too often.

Of course, by now her reputation is such that people with legitimate sleep disorders will seek her out: her regular patient list is notable for the number of celebrities and public figures on it. Dalkiel is careful not to actually cure the problem, but she has found that judicious use of the Dream Drain attunement acts as a rough and ready palliative. This will also usually fulfil a Need. The number of Geasa that the Lilim collects a year is impressive in both quantity and quality: Dalkiel is fast becoming one of Beleth's most active facilitators and agents of influence in her home area. This keeps her neck from the chopping block when her actions interfere with those of lesser servitors of Nightmares: the lilu is careful to keep her superiors sweet.

It's been said (cattily, but accurately) that Dalkiel would have made an excellent habbalah: she plays with her targets like a cat plays with a mouse. While she won't actually kill one if she can help it, anyone who walks into her office is going to be a victim to her whims and cruelties for, essentially, forever. From her point of view, that's what humans are there for in the first place. It's certainly not for their brains or perceptiveness. Still, the sight of one of them genuinely thanking her for not torturing him or her anymore is always good for giving the dame a deep, warm pleasure . . . .
Irshaz

The demon, and Asmodeus’s Minister, of Propaganda. Within the purview of her Word are all attempts to disseminate a worldview, especially when employed as moves in the political Game ~ Truth, or what is mistakenly viewed as Truth, as a means to achieve loyalty. She keeps a keen interest in the methods humans use, and how they could be adapted; she also keeps a “salon” of damned propagandists on hand. At least five of her six eyes, though, are trained on the internal political landscape of Hell: it is her profane calling to be the propagandist to the demons and damned, to inspire them to resistance against Heavenly tyranny, appreciate the freedom they have won, and reconcile any apparent contradictions between serving oneself and serving the princes.

In earlier days as *kakangelion* she presented her office as that of a celebrant of public rites, as the lictor of religion of a nation of slaves made into exiles – of Aaron to Lucifer’s Moses. Nowadays, the most resonant images from that and a number of other periods have been mixed in with a mostly Soviet aesthetic, and substantive messages taken from consumer culture and pop spirituality. (Irshaz despises Communism every bit as much as monotheism, but, well, all that talk about defending the revolutionary state from counter-revolutionary traitors certainly fits.) Collating all of these aesthetic influences is a task not so different from collating all the substantive messages into a coherent one, and it’s a task she’s gotten quite good at. Thanks to her, there is an “official” answer to almost all ideological questions ~ even if, to her frustration, it’s not one that’s accepted or even known by all the major actors in Hell.

She sometimes work with and sometimes against the seraph angel of Propaganda.

To Asmodeus, Propaganda is a powerful, pervasive, and enduring Word which encompasses Post-Truth. In the hierarchy of his court, Ishraz is the Duke of Arkham and outranks the demon of Neurolinguistic Programming, who is Count of Sapir-Whorf
Da Capo

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

It makes objects in the target region age backwards for a number of minutes equal to the singer's Celestial Forces. The region has a volume, in cubic yards, equal to the singer's Corporeal Forces. If things move in and out of the region during the Song, the Song tends to seek out substitutes if the originals are not available. Light and air are no problem, but a pebble, for instance, might substitute for a bullet. If bystanders interfere in the reversal process, it may back up to a state other than the original one. Characters caught in the effect may try to resist with a Will roll.
Raguel

Dominic's chief executioner

## 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).
Lareglium

### Wordbound or Unique Rites

Lareglium gets 1 Essence for using his offices to help incarcerate or deport an angel, Soldier of Heaven, or dissonant demon.

## Resources

### Roles

"Lorne Endale," INS District Manager/4, Status/4

### Attunements

Impudite of the Game, Humanity, Argument of Casuistry

### Songs

Charm (all/3), Harmony (Corporeal/2, Ethereal/2), Nemesis (Ethereal/4), Tongues (Corporeal/4, Celestial/2)

### Skills

Computer Operation/2, Detect Lies/5, Dodge/2, Driving/1, Emote/2, Fast-Talk/2, Knowledge (Dallas/2, Immigration Law/3), Lying/2, Savoir-Faire/3, Singing/2

Lareglium was an infernal plant in the INS, using the agency's resources to screen human minions, Soldiers, and the occasional celestial who passes through their offices by means both legal and illegal, either to enter the country covertly or to establish a Role. He was a capable, reliable servitor, but not exactly on the fast track. He seemed pretty happy with the daily flood of immigrants he was able to feed off of, and produced reliable, informative reports, showing good analytical skills. He was in about as "cushy" a position as a low-level demon of the Game could be in.

Then he noticed the growing infernal echoes resonating through the INS District Office in Dallas. He paid close attention, wanting to make sure before he contacted Asmodeus, and dutifully refrained from using any Essence. The smoke became a flickering flame, and a tether to the Game formed. Lareglium was right there to notify Asmodeus. The Prince of the Game was pleased, though he would have been happier with a larger tether, and he knighted Lareglium and gave him a choice between being appointed seneschal or being transferred to another corporeal location of his choice. Lareglium's choice to become seneschal speaks of his conservatism and desire to stay where he is comfortable. If Asmodeus was disappointed at the impudite's relative lack of ambition, he didn't say so.

Lareglium and Thane between them have access to a lot of resources in the Dallas area and can make almost anyone's life miserable. While the INS can't touch U.S. citizens, any angel or Soldier with a (legal or illegal) alien friend has a vulnerability Lareglium can exploit.

As "Lorne Endale," the impudite is the INS District Manager. His employees consider him an excellent boss; most of the applicants he meets consider him to be a fair and reasonable man, even when their cases are decided unfavorably. He likes to go out and meet and greet all the people who wend their way through the interminable lines at the office every day. No wonder so many find visiting the INS to be an enervating experience.

Lareglium rarely leaves his Tether but is constantly surfing the web and making phone calls and staying in touch with field agents and other federal agencies.
England (The Symphony That Never Ends)

Britain, the most tragic area of Europe, never recovered from the Britannic War of the 1960s. The island's population, reduced by 60% during the chaos after the nuclear attack (principally from famine and disease), still numbers no more than 25 million.

Perhaps the most repressive Synarchist Party in Shikaku-mon controls contemporary Britain. State terror destroyed insurrections, often funded by displaced English; guesses about how many people were killed to establish the regime range into the hundreds of thousands. The government still seems to be trying to keep a file on *everyone*, and the cowed population fears and hates the Directorate of Internal Security.

## The English Diaspora

With the collapse of the social fabric in England, many of the English who were able to get to the ports fled the island to Europe, America, and their former colonies in Africa. Most large cities of the Atlantic world now have an English section, self-consciously cultured and cool toward outsiders. The diaspora is particularly evident in Virginia, Germany, and the African states, where the English control large sectors of the African states' economies and the government of the Cape Republic.
Eli

## Choir Attunements

### Grigori

Eli's grigori were among the first to fall prey to hedonism, something Dominic has not forgotten. Grigori of Creation were natural artists and craftsmen; though they were not as skilled as the most gifted human artisans, there was nothing they couldn't create with at least some skill. They effectively had Artist/1 with every specialty (if they wanted to become more skilled in a particular art, that specialty had to be bought up normally).

Something not commonly known to anyone else was that Eli's grigori also had complete control over their procreative abilities; any union between a grigori of Creation and a mortal would result in a pregnancy, or not, as the angel willed it.

The Grigori of Eli oppose Gebbeleth (art vs obfuscation)

### Ohr

The Light of Creation are very powerful and very rare. Lucifer personally crafted each of them for Eli before the Fall. Every one of these ohrot knows the Song of Creation which they can surrender to become an angel of another choir.

### Aeon

The very rare exceptions who still have Eli's Aeon of Creation attunement are attuned to aesthetics. On a successful resonance, they also learn how to either improve an existing structure's appearance or how to alter plans to increase the building's beauty upon construction.

### Chezeq

Chezeqim of Creation can create (Celestial Forces) kilos of food, drink, or medicine each day.

## Distinction

### Archivist of Creation

While within the bounds of the Hall of Creation this angel may treat ofanim of Creation as level 1 servants (level 2 if they have dissonance). This distinction is only granted to seraphim and cherubim.

## Servitors

### Unknown Rank

* Isaac Asimov, an ofan
* Rarity, a cherub

## Tethers

* a small, almost unnoticed Tether in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco
Hael

Sure, it’s faith in others rather than faith in the divine, but that’s still the providence of Khalid. He opposes Envy.

## 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).
Louisiana (the Symphony That Never Ends)

The King of Louisiana ruled central North America from Nouvelle Orleans. Squeezed between Japanese and Swedish territory, the kingdom was economically dominated by Brazil and culturally a satellite of France even after its independence in 1861. Its natural wealth in agriculture, oil, and minerals enabled it to play the four superpowers off each other in a continuing war of influence. Everyone was reasonably happy with the arrangement except for the Louisianans themselves.

In 2013, Nationalist revolutionaries seized control of the kingdom and, with broad popular support expressed in a National Estate, declared their intention of opting out of the world system as completely as possible. They proceeded to nationalize all foreign possessions in the country, raise tariffs, and cut themselves off from the Tapestry to show they meant it.

As they had gambled, Brazil was restrained from reasserting its traditional hegemony by the other superpowers, who considered invasion but were unable to agree on the division of the spoils. Brazil is not at all happy at this loss of influence in "its" hemisphere and has toppled at least one government (in Cuba) that seemed to be considering following Louisiana's example.
Eligius

Stood alongside the Virtues opposing Sloth.

## In Service to Faith and the Sword

While Khalid was forsaking Heaven, many Virtues, and Eligius. 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, Eligius and 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).
Besso & Gemelo

Battle Twins of War

### Songs

Form (Corporeal/4), Healing (Corporeal/2), Might (Corporeal/4), War (Corporeal/4)

### Skills

Dodge/2, European History/2, Fighting/3, Firearms/2, Heavy Weapons (Launchers)/3, Large Weapons (Halberd)/3, Large Weapons (Sword)/3

Besso & Gemelo are one of Michael’s “battle twins” ~ a kuriotes that resides in two identical vessels rather than possessing any hosts. Since both are really the same angel, it is not uncommon for each body to respond to either name. For the past several hundred years Besso & Gemelo have favored a southern European or Mediterranean look.

They fought on both sides during Khalid and Laurence’s little tussle over Spain and have kept up with the mortal tools of war ever since. They are skilled swordsmen, halberdiers, marksmen, and artillerists, and have picked up an impressive knowledge of European history by having actively lived through it.
Il Ordine di Santa Petronella

the Order of Saint Petronella

**Domain:** Italy and the Roman Catholic Church

**Director:** the Cardinal Abbot

Logres was referred to this Order by les Chevaliers. They are a monastic group, including both monks and nuns, centered in Rome and Vatican City. They appear to form a relatively close-knit group with les Chevaliers, los Caballeros, and possibly the Mariners ~ in short, the guardians of Catholic Christendom. Logres is in doubt whether or not the other companies are subordinate to the Petronellans, nor are they clear how they relate to other Catholic areas such as Austria. Perhaps this is a good example of the wisdom of leaving such questions of rank and territory alone.
Negrida

one of the Four Humors and Dark Humor's liaison with Nightmares, Drugs, and Greed

### Source

Liber Neglecta

Negrida’s sense of humor picks at old wounds, preventing them from healing quickly or cleanly. Once she was a frequent guest at Mariel’s court. Now she’s assigned to assist Mammon, though she spends most of her time in Nightmares and seeking relief through Fleurity’s needle.

Of the Four Humors, only Negrida remembers her time in Heaven. Only Negrida cannot forget it.

Even now she does God's work: punishing the sinful with reminders of their pain and loss. Encouraging them towards self-deprecation. Ensuring that, like her, they cannot ignore how they transgressed against God.