Contrarilus

### Roles

*Sword Attunement:* Marty Stevens/6 US Marine Medic/4. *War Attunement:* None. *Stone Attunement:* Winged Gargoyle/6

### Attunements

All Kuriotes Attunements. all Servitor Attunements of all kuriotes archangels. Angel of Control, Synergy, Diversity

### Songs

Healing (Corp/6), Motion (Corp/2, Cele/3), Charm (All/3), Memory (Eth/3)

### Skills

Singing/3, Medicine/6, Fast Talk/3, Fighting/4, Dodge/6, Ranged Weapon (pistol)/3, Driving/2, Meditation/3, Dancing/2, Survival/5, Knowledge (Army protocol)/3, Language: English/3

The antepenultimate Choir Angel to grace Heaven was actually created on Earth when the demons were cast into Hell. He was created as a true cloud of God, a mass of limbs and organs circling over the site of the Vatican . . . at least, what would become the Vatican. He had a thought that whatever it was that was going to be here, was going to be the center for some of the greatest Control ever. He made a point to come back.

Since then, he has been everywhere and in everyone. It is not a wild statement to say that Contrarilus has been in *every* adult human being in the entire world. Chances are, since the Fall he has possessed most of humanity at one point or another. His main goal is to bring humans who have lost Control of their lives back into order. He does this by subtly arranging things so that the human's life is easier, all the time lurking in his consciousness so that he doesn't screw up by saying the wrong thing to the wrong person. Sometimes he takes over an entire family to see that their lot in life is increased. It is amazing to see a family, one day bickering over the stupidest things, the next, to be perfectly at peace with one another. And his methods stick. His "mental conditioning" seems to stick with humans that he inhabits. They think that it was their idea and that they should continue with their ideas. Contrarilus smiles many a smile and moves on.

He is the most proactive of the Choir Angels in his movements. He always has something to do and someone to guide. He stays away from other celestials as much as possible, unless it is a kuriotes in which case he *always* without exception contacts them for a chat. What he talks about is really up to him. His moods change with the tide and his subject matter is sometimes confusing. He sees every living organism in a state of chaos and control. He is the balancing force of Nature, he is order. This doesn't make him very appealing to Aequalis. Despite his attitude, Contrarilus is very, very good at what he does. And he is selfless to the core.

## Special or Unique Attunements

### Angel of Control

Contrarilus already gains the automatic use of his resonance from Marc. This allows him to choose the check digit and override all blocks to his resonance; this includes the Will roll to force him out.

Celestials and ethereals still get a roll but it is penalised at -2. As the essence of Control, humans halve their Forces (round up) when calculating Contrarilus's available Forces. Contrarilus can't possess Superiors with his resonance . . . he can however resist all attempts for anyone to force him out of a body against his will. This means Songs of Banishment, Purity, and Possession, as well as other kuriotates and shedim. Only the death of the vessel or his willful release can bring him out.

Contrarilus will automatically know if a kuriotes is about to leave a host in worse order than he left it. At that moment he can make a Will roll and burn the Essence needed for Synchronicity. He will instantly use his available Forces to assume control of the body. This doesn't cause the ejected kuriotes any dissonance, but Contrarilus will have words with him . . . and Contrarilus is not very compassionate when it comes to wayward kuriotates. Kuriotates of Judgement are completely and utterly immune to this power if in a host that has been ruled by the GM as "bad".

### Synergy

This allows Contrarilus to assume a state not unlike a shedu's style of possession. Contrarilus and the host become one entity and he doesn't force the host soul out of the body. While in this state the host stays exactly the same. His stats don't change at all. Anything that Contrarilus wants his host to think or do he just implants into his mind.

This is always for a benevolent cause. Contrarilus is incapable of implanting a self-destructive thought. This can be perfect to allow a human to do the talking, with a genius celestial guiding the words. When Contrarilus leaves the host, the host believes that everything he did was of his own design . . . unless Contrarilus reveals what he is to the host.

### Diversity

This allows Contrarilus to share experiences with his hosts by drawing on the experiences of his other hosts. Say he was possessing a general who has been preaching the love of battle to his men and also possessing a soldier in a different country who was bitterly afraid of war. By sharing the experiences of the general with the soldier, Contrarilus can help to broaden others' minds. The soldier gets all of the general's personal feelings about war directly implanted into his soul. He feels the lust for battle and the thrill of victory. This doesn't mean that it overrides the soldiers free will, but it does serve as a pick-me-up.