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Tarafanim

Some demonlings acquire a taste for cannibalism. A few are so successful at devouring their own kind that they grow in Forces until they become full demons. Their hunger doesn't end then, of course ~ they continue to feast on any creature they can close their toothy maws around, which makes them unappreciated in most Principalities, since their easiest prey is the damned human souls who supply princes with Essence. Saminga tolerates them, so many tarafanim wander the wastelands of Abaddon, looking for food. The only prince known to actually use them regularly as servitors, however, is Haagenti, who keeps a small horde of Hungry Ones on hand to eat his leftovers. Occasionally he turns them loose on Earth for a little while.

Tarafanim are also known as Worms for their celestial form ~ a fat, wormlike thing with a gaping mouth ringed with teeth. Unlike true worms (and balseraphim), Devourers have tiny, stunted limbs attached . . . their little hands can sometimes be seen frantically shoveling scraps into their mouths. When Haagenti sends them to Earth, he usually gives them bloated human vessels with fat, bald heads and wide mouths. Worms are not instruments of any sort . . . their resonance is a bottomless pit of hunger that allows no music to escape.

## Resonance

Tarafanim are relentless feeders and can consume anything made of Forces. Once they make a successful attack in celestial combat (either in Hell, or when in celestial form on Earth), they lock their jaws onto their prey. Each turn thereafter, they may make a normal celestial attack, but their victim cannot dodge. Failure simply means no damage that round. Their victim can counterattack; the Worm also cannot dodge while chewing on someone. However, Devourers regenerate 1D6 soul hits for every Force they strip from a victim.

Fleeing does no good ~ the victim can move normally, but the tarafan will come with him, even between planes. (If the meal is an angel, ascending to Heaven is one of the few things that will persuade a Devourer to let go . . .) The only other way to make a Devourer let go (other than by soul-killing it) is to materialize in corporeal form.

## Dissonance

Eternally hungry, Devourers suffer a point of dissonance if they do not consume a number of Forces equal to their total Forces every week . . . but most prefer to consume that much every *day*.
Part 51

This part will compose of 3 sections instead of 2 because the water slide's back to normal mode is in this part. Meganium encounters darkness with lights on until section C. The halfway mark is also here! After this part, it's Meganium's 2nd break.

**Section A:** Meganium enters the dark with lights. This is the first time he gets splashed during the water slide. Meganium then slides down over small drops in height.

*Speed:* 20 mph

*Length:* 1,200 meters

**Section B:** Meganium enters the scary part with 30 mph speed and a few unexpected drops along the way without him knowing it. He even encounters scary animals. After all of this, Meganium splashes down in a shallow pool (still as a slide) before heading to section C.

*Speed:* 30 mph

*Length:* 1,500 meters

**Section C:** The slide will return to normal, along Meganium sliding down it at 8 mph (again). The slide's color is also now white (again). Both are characteristics from part 1. It will remain that way for 50 meters before Meganium takes a 2nd break.

*Speed:* 8 mph

*Length:* 50 meters

*Total length of this part:* 2,750 meters

*Distance traveled so far:* 41.84 kilometers

*Time elapsed:* 1:45:01
It's time for a 2nd break!
Nit whip

The nit whip was one of Kobal’s earlier inventions (or perhaps one of Beelzebub’s). While primarily meant to keep Jordi’s Soldiers and servitors at bay, it can potentially be used against anyone. No one is quite sure what Songs were woven into the nit whip, but it has properties of both the Song of Plagues and the Song of Pestilence and with a crack can be used to afflict anyone in sight with a terrible (and contagious) case of lice.
Sukhbir

the Warrior of Peace

### Skills

Detect Lies/2, Dodge/3, Fighting/3, Language (Punjabi/3), Running/3, Singing/1, Small Weapons (Knives/3, Short Swords/5), Ranged Weapons (Pistol/2, Rifle/2)

Sukhbir is surprisingly martial for one of Zadkiel's servitors. Rather than possessing those who need protection, Sukhbir prefers to possess such warriors as come to their aid ~ granting them increased strength and skill until the rescue has been realized.

Outside of combat, ze tends to avoid human hosts ~ instead selecting smaller creatures that allow hir to observe a larger area. Though given the similarities in philosophy, it is quite likely that at least one of these hosts can be found in the vicinity of a Sikh gurdwara, contemplating the words of the gurus.

Zadkiel prefers her angels to identify as female. This is mildly unfortunate for Sukhbir, who does not see hirself as having a gender.
Songs of Collection

Superiors don't usually give out these Songs, but they somehow get disseminated anyway. Any serious Collector will know at least the Celestial Song and either the Corporeal or the Ethereal. These Songs are also often incorporated into Collector-specific relics.

Campaigns not using Collectors can still use these Songs, as they do have some utility in tracking remnants and someone who's recently been injured in celestial combat. Also, attempting to track or capture one of your own old Forces gives a +1 to rolls.

## Corporeal

The performer may examine a loose Force and know the last entity that it was part of. Attempting to trace further requires a Perception roll, at -1 for every century back the performer is trying to go. No details may be gathered from this Song except for the entity's most common name (if any) and species.

*Duration*: instant.

## Ethereal

To use this Song the performer must possess a Force captured by the Celestial version of the Song. When performed, the Song will reveal the approximate direction and distance of the nearest Force that was ever bound into the same entity as the stabilized Force. By making a Will roll, the performer may exclude known affiliated Forces before singing this Song.

*Duration*: (2x the CD) minutes.

## Celestial

This Song will actually capture loose Forces; when performed, the targeted Force is permanently trapped in a suitable corporeal item (usually a bottle or vial). Destruction of the corporeal item releases the Force. This Song cannot bind the Force to an entity, or even to another loose Force: it merely allows the performer to carry it around as a 0-level relic. Also, a Force captured in this way has no known utility in the creation or maintenance of more normal artifacts.

*Duration*: permanent.
Urim & Thummin

A persistent rumor among celestials, the Urim and Thummin are the set (two pairs) of spectacles supposedly given to Joseph Smith by the angel Moroni to translate the golden plates found in the nearby hills.

Supposedly, the Urim allows a normal human to read and write in the Angelic language. The Thummin, though worn over the eyes as normal, allow a normal human to understand and (on a successful Singing roll) sing the Angelic language! Few celestials doubt that such artifacts can, and possibly do, exist . . . but then there's the fabled effect of BOTH pairs of glasses being worn at once . . . .

According to rumor, when a human (and only a human) puts on both pairs of spectacles ~ a very bulky and obvious sight indeed ~ he or she can see celestials. In or out of vessels. Automatically and unerringly. (Whether or not it can see through the Humanity attunement depends on who's telling the story.)

Further abilities appear in certain tellings ~ it varies from storyteller to storyteller ~ some good and some bad. One of the more common "additions" is the infliction of a new discord (Intolerance: Anti-Black Racism) over the course of time. Be wary of how much you believe . . . especially if a Kobalite is anywhere near your side of the grapevine.
The Feather of Ma'at

This ostrich feather is all that remains of Ma'at, netjer of Judgment and Death, long since destroyed by the Purification Crusade. Heaven and Hell have both made concerted efforts to destroy it, but its very nature makes that nearly impossible.

The Feather allows a mortal to lock himself into the path of Heaven or Hell upon his death. By burning the Feather in a simple ceremony, the mortal guarantees that his soul will not disband or reincarnate upon his expiration. If he has fulfilled both his destiny and his fate, or neither, the Symphony will judge his life and send him to his reward (good or bad) regardless. Obviously, Soldiers will head to their appropriate side as usual, and undead will derive no benefit from the Feather.

After the Feather has been destroyed, it will reappear at some point in the future on the corporeal plane, drifting off the plumage of a common ostrich, onto the ground. Searchers for the Feather are advised to first check in their local zoo dumpsters.
The Heavenly Host

## Heaven’s Second Responders

If there’s only one or two witnesses, most archangels will try to co-opt them as servants or Soldiers. Things get more complicated if there’s a larger audience. Wholesale lying and deception doesn’t come naturally to angels, and most don’t have the skills to clean up a mess like this.

Since Raphael passed away, Yves and Khalid have taken turns as the lead archangel keeping a celestial incident from providing proof of the divine. Blandine and Novalis usually assist by healing the mental and physical traumas respectively. In addition, Jean will dispatch an investigation and recovery team if any infernal or divine technologies were involved in the incident.

These specialists typically come armed with the Songs of Memory and any relevant attunements their Superior might have to offer. The most senior operatives may even have access to the Ethereal Song of Oblivion ~ though there will be clear limits on how and when they can use such a dangerous melody.

### Mixed Parties

In the wake of a really big mess, it’s entirely possible that both Heaven and Hell will dispatch teams to the site. Because a new fight will just exacerbate the damage, this may well be the only time you’ll see Servitors of Khalid and Asmodeus working the side by side.
The Orloj

The Orloj is a massive astronomical clock built in the city of Prague more than 600 years ago, and one of the oldest still functioning. The clock measures European time, old Czech time, sunrise, sunset, variable hour time, sidereal year (including equinoxes and astrological sun and moon signs), and lunar phase. In addition to the clock face, there are four animated statues representing the great evils of vanity, gluttony, lust and death ~ and every hour doors above the clock face open to reveal a procession of the apostles.

Given the precision clockwork and the multitude of times the clock measures, the Orloj would make for an ideal tether to Kronos.

## Legends of the Orloj

For a long time, it was believed that the clock was built by Jan Růže ~ and that the Counselors of Prague had his eyes poked out so that he could never build another like it. The legend further goes that he sacrificed his own life to sabotage the clock. In truth, the clock was built by Mikuláš of Kadaň and Jan Šindel ~ but legends have power, especially ones which last for hundreds of years.

The children’s novel *Cabinet of Wonders* (first in the Kronos Chronicles) offers a fantastic take on the story of Jan Růže, and further postulates that the clock was designed as a doomsday machine capable of controlling weather across Europe.

Those standing inside the clock tower gain a bonus to the following Songs:

* Celestial Song of Darkness
* Corporeal Song of Entropy
* All Songs of Storms
Stakhanovite

## Resources

### Attunements

The vast majority of stakhanovites are servitors of Godless Communism and so have the Socialist Atheist Goetia attunement

Another spirit that exists in Communist territories is the stakhanovite. These spirits of exceptional skill and productivity are born from and enhance exceptional humans. Normally they stay focused on their area of specialty, but if an angel or demon starts muscling into their region, they may step up to join the local soviet.

These spirits prefer to pick abilities that allow them to increase the skill or productivity of one person or brigade (though the benefits of that productivity are shared with all).
Gleewen

Superhero

### Songs

Binding (Celestial/3), Forbidding (Corporeal/4, Ethereal/2, Celestial/4), Form (Corporeal/3) Numinous Corpus (Claws/3, Wings/3)

### Skills

Acrobatics/3, Dance/2, Detect Lies/4, Dodge/3, Emote/3, Fighting/3, Geekery/3, Mixology/3, Running/3

In order to stay sane, Gleewen sees herself as a champion and defender of both humanity and of Hell ~ one who protects each from threats they do not know and could not comprehend. In her heart she knows that capturing her sisters and returning them to the captivity of infernal feudalism does not align with her soul of freedom. Unfortunately, allowing them to run free could draw the ire of Heaven. The princes may be rigid, but they’re nothing compared to the Tyrants of the Lord.

Besides, protecting the Sons of Adam from the Daughters of Lilith gives Gleewen a private thrill all its own. Even if humans never learn her secret, Gleewen knows she is superior to them. She wouldn’t be necessary if the apes could defend themselves.

Perhaps one day she’ll even talk Asmodeus into letting her wear a cape and mask ~ but that’s also the kind of request that could get her permanently reassigned to Kobal’s service. Maybe it would be better to seek forgiveness than permission . . . .
Song of Bounty

This Song causes all crops within (Song Level times performer's total Forces) in yards to grow plentifully and well. For the next (CD times Essence spent) weeks, the crops affected will grow perfectly under any conditions. Even in snow. Or drought. Or without fertilizer. This Song is known to all Superiors but is most commonly given out by Novalis. It is also known by many of the ethereal fertility gods and goddesses (Ishtar, etc.)

Unknown to most common angels, this Song is actually a variation on the Corporeal Song of Fruition. To discourage the concept of angels knowing the forbidden "Songs of Fruition", it has been renamed and taught to angels as a completely unique Song. Any Songmaster who has heard this Song and the Song of Fruition will immediately realize the truth; but such an angel can generally be trusted.

(Yes, the Corporeal Song of Fruition is technically legal . . . but Superiors are **still** very skittish when it comes to **any** of those Songs. Best to just not encourage your servitors to explore fruition at all, you see.)
The Committee for Psycho-Physical Unity

**Domain:** Russia

**Director:** the Committee Chairman

**Goal:** absorption of humanity into a race-mind

**Occultism:** parapsychology

This Circle was initially part of the Soviet government, acting as its sunder-guard, but soon became a Circle as well. It "disbanded" and went wholly underground at the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The Truest Scripture

At first, there was a Thought, the first such thing, and then that Thought and the Thought contained Itself, but soon the Thought was followed by a Second Thought, which was the existence of the Other, and then by a Third Thought, which was the Thought of moving from Self to Other, and with that the Three Thoughts became the Word. All of this had happened ethereally and in those days before the world separated itself from itself for love's sake, for the chance of union, adverbs were as nouns. Thus, having been done ethereally, all of this had occurred in the Ethereal Realm.

However, the Word is said to be the Thing and so, once the Word had been spoken, the Corporeal Realm sprang into being, substance with language as its fundament.
Tittynope

### Wordbound or Unique Rites

Convince someone to not quite finish all their food or drink; Convince someone to finish the last scrap of someone else’s food or drink.

### Discord

Need: Leave partially eaten food on the plate (2x/day).

## Resources

### Attunements

Shedu of Gluttony, Calab of Gluttony, Demon of That Last Little Bit of Food or Drink You Don't Quite Finish

### Songs

Form (all)/2, Numinous Corpus (mouth)/2, Tongues (corporeal)/2

### Skills

Artistry (Plating)/2, Dodge/2, Escape/2, Fast Talk/2, Fighting/2, Savoir Faire/2, Survival (Urban)/2

Tittynope aspired to the word “Dregs” but botched the interview with Lucifer. Now the demon is saddled with “That last little bit of food or drink you don’t quite finish.” It’s not the worst job that a servitor of Haagenti could get saddled with, but advancement is pretty much out of the question.

The shedu is incapable of speaking concisely. Even once the point is made, Tittynope’s explanations will persist. This has more to do with the demon’s own insecurities than with any form of contempt, but it can certainly come across as the latter (especially when the Corruptor has possessed a high-status host).

*Even though this is a Wordbound servitor, it is theoretically balanced for a starting character, if you remove its unique Word-related rites (and, honestly, isn't terribly overpowered with them).*

## Special or Unique Attunements

### Demon of That Last Little Bit of Food or Drink You Didn't Quite Finish

Unbeknownst to the demon, his Word does grant him one minor attunement that might come in handy someday. No Glutton may destroy his last Force. This includes Haagenti, his servitors, and anyone with the Gluttony discord.
Songs of Recessional

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

The Songs of Recessional move the singer, plus as much cargo as they can personally carry, to a specified point in the past. If the specification is vague, the singer is moved a minimum distance or to wherever the GM finds amusing.

Because this Song is so "loud" in terms of disturbance, Othniel and its servitors prefer to use it in Heaven, then descend to the corporeal realm, rather than make noise on Earth. The Marches are the second choice.
Samael

Samael is the Duchess of Phosphor’s greatest rival outside of Belial himself. Both delight in burning flesh and frequently fight for the same words and resources. Samael is perhaps the strongest duke in the land, but Bonoham *is* the land. The two are closely matched in spite of Samael’s greater fame.

*Samael, Duke of Golachab, should not be confused for Sammael, calab of Drugs and demon of Poison.*
Ra'uf

### Songs

Harmony (Ethereal/3, Celestial/3), Memory (Celestial/2), Solace (Corporeal/3, Ethereal/3)

### Skills

Dodge/3, Move Silent/1

In the epochs since she created them, most of the menunim have remained loyal to Blandine. Ra’uf is one of the few who walks another path. Day after day this angel makes his way to courthouse and tribunal looking for worthy souls who need encouragement as they wind their ways through the sometimes-labyrinthine ways of the law.

Ra’uf typically appears like a small, kindly, non-descript man in his late 20s. Like all menunim, Ra’uf does not speak. He just sits quietly in the gallery giving the wrongfully accused confidence that *someone* believes in them.

*Ra’uf is of a suitable power level to be a starting character.*
Onigami paper

Onigami paper is a piece of the original demiurgic matter that has been twisted, pulped, strained, pressed, and cut into fine sheets of Symphonically conductive sheet. The process is so torturous that anything which would destroy a sheet of rice paper could also rend onigami paper useless. Activating a sheet of onigami paper requires an Artisan (Origami) skill roll and grants the user the ability to sing their next Song as if they were a Virtuoso.

Each sheet of onigami paper is used up after a single Song, though it is rumored that some particularly old and clever demons have managed to compile whole books of the stuff.
Plastic beads

This amusing little artifact is much beloved by servitors of Lust and Dark Humor. Essentially, it's a Will sapper: anyone holding one is at -2 per level in any roll to resist the balseraphic or impuditic resonance, provided that the demon is attempting to convince someone to partially disrobe. Servitors of Lust use it as a preliminary towards indulging themselves with a rite; Pranksters just like to slip a few of them into a Mardi Gras celebration and wait for the fights to start.

A recent variant of this artifact instead gives a -1 per two levels to resist the habbalitic resonance, provided that the Punisher is attempting to invoke Fury. A few of these are perfect for starting your stereotypical drunken riot . . . .
Tess

### Attunements

Elohite of Protection, Seraph of Protection, Aura of Divinity, Succor, Jack-of-all-Roles, Annunciation

### Songs

Form (Ethereal/6, Celestial/4), Harmony (Ethereal/5, Celestial/4), Light (Corporeal/6), Motion (Ethereal/6, Celestial/6)

### Skills

Detect Lies/6, Driving/2, Emote/4, Savoir-Faire/4, Singing/5

Tess is a no-nonsense supervisor. Possessed of great wisdom and keen insight, she often displays more personality than one expects of an eloah, and even allows herself minor expressions of irritation from time to time. However, her judgment never falters, and despite her deep affection for Monica and the humans they work with, she keeps her mind on her work. Tess has a fairly influential position within Johab's hierarchy, despite not being Wordbound. It's her job to break in "newbies" like Monica; giving her a Word would probably tie her down more than she'd like.
Verdin

the Little Bird (Who Told)

### Wordbound or Unique Rites

Spend 1 full day in a city as an animal without spending Essence (Gift from Jordi)

## Resources

### Songs

Attraction (Celestial/1), Form (Corporeal/1), Nemesis (Corporeal/1, Ethereal/2, Celestial/1), Tongues (Ethereal/2, Celestial/1)

### Skills

Area Knowledge (American Southwest)/2, Birding/2, Detect Lies/2, Dodge/2, Emote/2, Fighting/1, Flying/2, Move Silent/3, Singing/3, Small Weapon (Knives/1), Survival (Desert)/2

Verdin was forged of the stuff of mercurians but feels a stronger kinship with the cherubim. They use their keen understanding of social dynamics to keep children informed of dangers and warning signs that would normally require more experienced humans.

As a result, the young mercurian challenged a powerful demon in defense of a child and has picked up deeper scars than most celestials of their age. However, the child was a ward of Jordi ~ and Verdin was fairly compensated.

Christopher is not entirely easy with one of his servitors sporting the rite of another Superior, but he is not going to fault one of his own for defending a child.

While Verdin does have a human vessel, they can more often be seen singing their warnings in the form of the small songbird they have named themself after.
The Pool of Siloam

After taking the Lodge of Gebbeleth and its struggles as her own, Mariel, princess of Oblivion, struck at Litheroy wherever she could. Revelation was anathema to the Fallen angel of Memory, who wanted nothing more now than to consign all memory to nothingness.

One of her most satisfying victories was the destruction of the Pool of Siloam. The temple pool served as the water reservoir for the residents of Jerusalem and was the corporeal point that corresponded with Litheroy’s Abbey in Heaven. While of little tactical value (at the time, the Pool was not even a tether), it provided satisfaction to both Mariel and her new Gebbelite followers. Litheroy was profoundly disturbed by the loss of the Pool of Siloam but recognized that he had higher priorities and conceded this victory to his enemy.

In the week of June 1, 2004, in what today is the city of Silwan, city officials performing excavations for sewer work uncovered stairs leading to a temple. Summoning archaeologists, they authenticated the site. The Pool of Siloam had been rediscovered and began to be restored as a major archaeological project.

Khalid was the nearest archangel, and the first to notice the stirrings of tether formation following the discovery. He could easily have claimed the new tether as his own ~ the Pool of Siloam was used by the ancient Jews as a gathering place and even as a mikve, or ritual bath. However, with eloahic logic, Khalid could see the benefit of an overture to Revelation, recognize that Faith might have some difficulty holding on to such a tether, and judge the value such a public display of generosity and compassion would have in bridging the gap between him and the Seraphim Council. At the next meeting of the Seraphim Council, he made a public gift of the tether to Litheroy, who was able to stabilize it.

All Litheroy knows is that this site means a great deal to him, and he is very grateful. He still dislikes Khalid’s methods, but that doesn’t change the gesture. In honor of this discovery, Litheroy has asked for servitors of Faith to decorate an appropriate room in the Chambers of Discovery, which they have agreed to do.
Seir

renegade Rittmeister General of the White Cavalry

### Superior

the War (Ba'al), in service to the Media (Nybbas) or maybe Theft (Valefor) or perhaps the Sword (Laurence) or . . .

## Resources

### Servants

Tamlin

Seir is a scout, a spy, a provocateur, and at times a double, triple, or quadruple agent. The White Cavalry of the Armageddon is responsible for recognizing and fomenting conquests of all sorts (even those that Hell might not be happy with). While their particular focus is the breaking of the First Seal, these scouts will also keep an eye out for the warning signs of any other apocalyptic scenarios.

Officially, Seir is on loan to Nybbas. However, they are known to have worked for Genubath, Legion, Laurence, Khalid, Makatiel, and Valefor each in turn. Their command is lousy with agents from Heaven and Hell (both those with assignments to report signs of the Apocalypse back to their respective Superiors, and those on the hunt for traitors and apostates).

Because the White Cavalry of the Armageddon has been known to include both angels and demons, it is an ideal setting for a mixed party.
Fays

A race of immortal shapeshifters, sometimes rational (the Adam-marked ones), sometimes not. They are vastly older than humans, as a class, and derive from the afterlives of magic-capable animal species but include recruits from humans and angels. They can shapeshift but not teleport. They always resurrect if slain.
Vuall

While it is true that Vuall has something of a kink for hardbodies, his real interest is in adaptation, natural selection, and survival. He is an old friend of Eli, Jordi, and Novalis ~ something which makes Asmodeus very nervous. But Vuall would rather tap that than ascend, so the concern is likely misplaced. The Duchess of Sporting may be at loose ends at the moment and making trouble in the corporeal realm.
The Society for the Preservation of Myth

One of the old pagan gods, his power greatly diminished since the Purification Crusade, had almost faded from existence when a sudden trickle of Essence rejuvenated him, and attracted him to the corporeal plane.

It turned out a popular fantasy novel, in which he (or a reasonable fascimile) was a main character was spinning off computer games, movies, and other media imagery. Millions of people (mostly adolescent boys) were reliving his mythical adventures (albeit in greatly distorted form) and then dreaming about them at night, thus providing him with Essence and worship, of a sort.

Alerted to the possibilities in modern storytelling techniques, where a properly packaged myth could generate millions of "worshippers," the god began looking for writers, game designers, and anachronists in the Marches. He recruited other ethereal spirits to help him, and soon they had inspired an organization on Earth: the Society for the Preservation of Myth.

Ostensibly an educational foundation that collects world mythology and presents it in books and on websites (and has recently won funding for a video series), the Society continues to be guided by its ethereal patrons . . . who are now trading Essence and favors with other spirits, in return for attempting to influence their unwitting human minions to exert efforts on the ethereal client's behalf.
The Nine Auspicious Orders

**Domain:** China

**Directors:** various

This is nine Orders working together, or possibly in turns, dating back to pre-Christian times. Logres has verified their continued existence; they appear to be centered in either Hong Kong or Pei-King. Some of these Orders are Nestorian Christians with Taoist overtones; others are Christianized Confucians; others Logres does not know about, but most certainly many of them follow the various religions of their homeland without need to syncretize them with Christianity. Contact was cordial, but they politely declined to establish a protocol for future contact with Logres. They said the two Orders would encounter one another when it became necessary.
Pendragon→In Nomine conversions

## Traits

Scores must add up to 10 ~ average is 5/5

Religious Bonus requires scores of 8+; Chivalry Bonus requires 40+/48+ points in toto

* Spiritual/Worldly

### Corporeal

* Chaste/Lustful
* Energetic/Lazy
* Generous/Selfish
* Temperate/Indulgent

### Ethereal

* Just/Arbitrary
* Modest/Proud
* Prudent/Reckless
* Trusting/Suspicious

### Celestial

* Forgiving/Vengeful
* Honest/Deceitful
* Merciful/Cruel
* Valorous/Cowardly
Songs of Birthdays

## Corporeal

This Song, when performed upon someone, will reveal his or her physical birth date. There is no roll to resist.

One may wonder why, in point of fact, anyone would bother learning this Song. In fact, Soldiers and celestials love it: it reveals the physical age of a body (or vessel), **not** how old the controlling entity is ~ and it ignores Roles completely. The Corporeal Song of Entropy will not help, either: the Song determines the exact point in time in which a particular body came to life, and artificial aging methods will not confuse it. Considering that most vessels aren't "aged", this can indicate quite handily whether or not one is facing a human or celestial. Undead can also be detected this way, sometimes.

Unfortunately, the ability to pierce through illusions like this comes with a price: the Song is neither quiet nor cheap.
Zygon

an angel of fair weights and measures

### Skills

Detect Lies /2, Dodge /4, Engineering /2, Fighting /3, Knowledge (Weights & Measures)/5, Savoir Faire /2

### Allies

Tsayadim/2

Zygon is one of the angels responsible for maintaining fair weights and measures. This puts her squarely in the ranks of Marc’s auditors. However, even though she would rather resolve matters “in house,” she has been known to liaise with Judgment and has earned some small measure of respect from Dominic.

On Earth she tends to favor the guise of a thirty-something woman with just a little paunch ~ though with her mastery of the Songs of Form, she can basically appear however she likes (and frequently changes her appearances to match the local stereotype of “business authority.”)

Aside from her more mundane duties, Zygon also volunteered to assist Uriel’s attack against the netjeru. The emotional scars from the battle resolved themselves into some deep seated need to keep the universe orderly ~ but the eloah can still call on her friends among the Tsayadim in a pinch.
Wacae

### Attunements

All grigori choir attunements, all servitor attunements of all grigori archangels, Angel of Guidance, Synchronicity, Focus

### Songs

All versions at 3 of Healing, Light, Solace, Harmony and Form. He also knew Banishing (cel/2) and Concealment (cel/2).

### Skills

As far as the corporeal realm is concerned, there is no angel better at getting by than Wacae. He can do anything and is pretty damn good at it. Consider all skills at level/5. Wacae never learnt to fight or shoot a gun so he doesn't have access to these combat skills.

Wacae was the last of them. He was created on the outskirts of Heaven just before you get to what is Gabriel's Volcano today. Wacae walking into Heaven saw what had passed during the Fall. He was deeply saddened by what had transpired over humanity. He quickly met with the other Choir Angels and descended to Earth.

His guiding nature was a welcome one, but he constantly felt the conflict in his nature. The other grigori were becoming **too** human and he felt that it was his job to straighten them out and remind them what their purpose was. This was not met well. Wacae tried and tried to council them the right way but to no avail. When the trial came Wacae didn't even bother to go. He knew what had happened when the first pang of his Angel of Guidance attunement hit him. Then the second, and the third. Wacae took celestial form for the first time since he left Heaven and disbanded into the Symphony. The grigori as a choir felt his passing . . . and couldn't care less.

Wacae is never, ever, ever spoken about in Heaven. He is not a hot topic.

## Unique or Wordbound Attunements

### Angel of Guidance

Wacae can automatically use his resonance and he selects the check digit he wants. This will override all blocks that celestials can erect except that of a Superior. Since Wacae is as far removed from the Divine as you get, he has no special power over a Superior's misdirections. If a grigori is about to violate the laws of Heaven, then Wacae will know about it. It was this that tore Wacae apart in the end.

### Focus

Wacae had the ability to attune any mortal to their dream/passion/fire in the belly. This was not unlike Gabriel's Friend of the Divine Spark distinction. Wacae can cause that idea to become the thing that a mortal will pursue. Of course, this can't **force** anyone to keep obsessing over it, that would be unlike the grigori. He did however, set things up so that the mortal would have an easier time achieving his goals without sacrificing too much of the hardship.
Raphaim

## Resonance

Whenever one of the raphaim disturbs the Symphony, they may immediately attempt a Will based resonance roll. Success reduces the disturbance by the CD (this stacks with Role-based reductions). Failure causes dissonance and renders the demon unable to use their resonance for a number of hours equal to the CD.

In addition, raphaim can purchase Roles of up to rank 12 (status still caps at 6). The cost would likely become prohibitively expensive after awhile, but for a band that *requires* discretion to survive, a number find the investment worthwhile.
Saint John Ronald Ruell Tolkien

### Type

saint of Dreams (Blandine) in service to Destiny (Yves) . . . or is it the other way around?

## Biographical Information

### Organizations

the Right Honorable St. Robert's Cadre of Malakim

He's the ethereal expert of the Cadre (heck, he's directly responsible for a lot of the most modern ones, after all), and his natural facility with languages has only increased with exposure to the Library. St. John Ronald Ruell doesn't participate in missions directly, but he could; he's the only one of the top Cadre members who was an honest-to-God Soldier (Destiny) in life, and he hasn't forgotten the moves. However, he's a much better resource when he's firmly in the stacks, with a cell phone at his ear and several servitors of Archives and Destiny ready to fetch him whatever he needs for his emergency research. The pen **is** mightier than the sword, when it's in St. John Ronald Ruell's hand.
Songs of Mimicry

These Songs are favored among those Soldiers that can know and use them: properly used, they can thoroughly confuse anyone trying to ferret out someone's true nature. Note that a Soldier will still need an Ethereal or Celestial Connection to perform the appropriate Songs!

At no time will a celestial's dissonance restrictions be affected by the use of these Songs.

## Corporeal

The body of the target takes on all the corporeal advantages of a celestial vessel for an indeterminate amount of time. This means, among other things, that the target no longer needs sleep, food or drink: in fact, the Song immediately ends if the target indulges in any of these three activities. Otherwise, duration is for (CD) days, and cannot be maintained.

## Ethereal

Use of this Song will double Will or Strength (to a maximum of 12), for the purpose of resisting a demonic resonance only. Duration is for (CD) hours and may be maintained.

## Celestial

Any actions taken by the target will be treated by the Symphony as if a celestial in a vessel did them. This essentially means that acts of destruction will cause disturbance. An unwilling target may resist this Song with a Will -2 roll. The duration for this Song is one day and may be maintained.
Warren "Ren" Glamour

### Skills

Climbing/3, Computer Operation/1, Detect Lies/3, Dodge/3, Driving/1, Fast Talk/4, Geology/2, Law/3, Running/4

Angels of Stone aren’t especially well known for being able to change their ways, but that’s precisely what Warren Glamour did. When he descended to the corporeal realm in the early 1900s Ren was a runner for the coal miner’s union.

He and his colleagues were masters at making sure the union message was one step ahead of management, and that union strikers would get word of changing conditions before the police and National Guard did.

Over the years technology and complacency robbed him of his place. There are hardly any mass labor actions anymore, and even when there are, cell phones and CB radios are far more effective at passing the word than runners.

Only people who lack regular access to communications technology, people like prison inmates, have need of a word-of-mouth courier to act in solidarity with each other. So, Warren grew up. Union running will always be a part of his history, but now he is a prison rights lawyer.

*Even though he is not Wordbound, Ren is a very subject specific NPC. He’s not suitable for random encounters but might be worth including if your games tend to center around prisons, courts, human politics, or police-violence protests.*
Swedish America (the Symphony That Never Ends)

The Swedish Empire's holdings in North America have two parts. The lower continent is densely settled, focusing on the Atlantic seaboard south of Newfoundland and the area around the Great Lakes. Inhabited by millions of European immigrants and their descendants, this area is culturally similar to Sweden proper.

The rest of Swedish America, the north of the continent, is the region of internal exile, much of it under direct control of the Second Directorate. Its estimated population in 2015 was ten million, almost all prisoners in the "Black Constellation" of Second Directorate labor camps.
Servants

## Followers

While a typical human is a Class 4 servant, a “follower” is only Class 2. However, followers are *online only* and there are certain skill limitations.

* Followers are not Symphonically aware
* Followers do not have Songs
* Followers do not have access to “online skills” at a level greater than the resource.

Computer Operation is the online skill that most folks are interested in (getting a master-hacker on your side still takes at least a little investment), but Emote, Languages, and Lying would all also have their uses.

Meeting a follower in person or compelling them to perform an action offline will *automatically* revert them to being full Class 4 human follower (effectively halving the level of the resource) *and* will be heavily opposed (doubling the follower’s Will to resist).

*It should be noted that the resource “Followers” just reflects those individuals that the character has direct influence over. The actual social media footprint of the character will be much larger.*
The Oblates of Saint Nicholas

Santa's Helpers

**Domain:** Scandinavia

**Director:** the Oblate General

Logres found mention of this group, under the name "Santa's Helpers," in the records left by Pendragon Col. Michael Fisher-King. The Colonel worked with them on two occasions during the War. They appear to be busy working in the Teutonic areas and trying to rebuild Geroldseck.
Song of Twanging

Stupid name, yes, but that's the younger generation for you. There's no respect for tradition anymore.

This is one of those Songs that *would* have been restricted, if only someone had caught it in time. Alas, it proved popular enough that nobody could stamp on it hard enough. The occasional Superior still tries.

Essentially, the Song allows the user to do the celestial equivalent of grabbing a whole handful of the universe, pulling it back to the breaking point and then releasing it. The resulting cacophony is very loud and does very interesting things to reality.

The most obvious effect is that, once the Song takes effect, *all* resonances, attunements, distinctions, Songs and/or relics within the area of effect must make an immediate activation roll to continue working (the only exceptions being abilities or things that are 'always on'). This roll is at a penalty equal to that of the Song's check digit. Furthermore, any attempt to activate the above for the next ten minutes will have an equal penalty. This won't cause dissonance, but failure to maintain/activate a resonance will cost 1d6 Mind Hits.

Also, when reality gets snapped around like a rubber band, reality does odd things until things calm down. Use the check digit to determine how weird things get: a check digit of 3 is good for rains of frogs, while spontaneous human combustion should really be reserved for a check digit of 6. Out of a vestigial sense of fair play, the GM is most solemnly warned against using this opportunity to fuel his or her twisted impulses.

Finally, several really brave (or incredibly stupid) celestials have used this Song as an aid to summoning a Superior. Add the check digit to the invocation roll: subtract the check digit from the reaction modifier. The news had *better* be good.

Essence Required: 7

Area of Effect: Essence spent squared, in yards

Disturbance: 2x (Essence times the CD)
Spectacles of Cybele

The Roman ethereal god Vulcan apparently has a sense of humor. He's also apparently been keeping up with his technical reading: this gadget is, well, technological. It should be noted that the Roman god of crafts apparently has scored a steady source of Essence: it may not be agreeing with him, however, because he's been looking faintly nauseous lately . . . .

Anyway, spectacles of Cybele resemble those low-light goggles found in better military-surplus stores everywhere. However, instead of amplifying light levels, they instead allow the user (humans only) to make a Perception Roll at +2 to detect vessels. Apparently, there's some kind of . . . look, only Vulcan's figured out the trick, OK? He's clever that way (although Jean is certainly looking into this).

Unfortunately, the more sophisticated the vessel, the harder it is to detect whatever it is that the spectacles are detecting (every level of a vessel above 1 subtracts 1 from the Perception Roll). Level/6 vessels can't be detected at all this way. The user can't tell what kind of vessel it is, either. Still, pagan Soldiers like having this gadget around. Now, if Vulcan could only figure out how to safely detect kuriotates and shedim: his last effort (a thin metal glove) worked, but it also required that you touch the suspect's forehead, which kind of defeats the purpose if one of those guys is actually in there . . . .
Zadkiel

## Subsidiary Words

Diligence, Peaceful Death (under Salvation), Salvation

## Choir Attunements

### Ohr

The Light of Zadkiel may make a contested Will roll with any demon to force it out of a tether (or Heaven).

## Relations

### Archangelic Opinions

**Christopher:** I like Zadkiel. She makes me feel safe. I'm glad her angels are around. *(Christopher takes care of the most vulnerable souls of all, and I'm happy to lend a hand when he needs help protecting them.)*

**Khalid:** One could ask for no one better to help defend the faithful. Blessed be Zadkiel, for she is unflinching in the face of evil. *(I admire his tenaciousness in defending his people and his faith, but he should expand his scope. Muslims aren't the only people worth protecting.)*

**Litheroy:** A valiant archangel, providing an oasis of stability in a troubled world. *(It's hard to protect against the unknown. Litheroy exposes threats. Sometimes his angels are a little careless in revealing things that will endanger others, but it's not intentional.)*

### Princely Opinions

**Alaemon:** Use their need to protect people against them. Collect harmful secrets and use blackmail to accomplish what force of arms cannot. *(Sometimes there is safety in secrecy, and sometimes secrets are things people need to be protected against. Make sure you know which is which, and don't let Alaemon peddle his brand of deception.)*

**Fleurity:** It's nice when we can get Zadkiel's angels to protect our customers, and even better, our dealers. But they're also prone to trying to "cure" addicts. *(People turn to drugs when they have nothing else. Shield them from despair and loneliness, and you shield them from Fleurity.)*

**Furfur:** Don't let her fool you. She's like a momma bear; mess with her people, and she'll mess you up. *(Like any base coward, he beats his chest and makes threats, but targets the weak. Deal with his servants as you would with any other demons.)*

**Magog:** Be as protective as you like, that just tells us who we should target first. *(We must protect people from cruelty. In Magog's case, the best protection would probably be elimination.)*

**Mammon:** If you can't hold onto it, you don't deserve to have it. And if it's worth having, it's worth wanting. Zadkiel is a persistent thorn in my side. *(He's despicable. The wolf-and-sheep metaphor is all his fault; he teaches people to be wolves, and I have to protect the sheep.)*

## Tethers

* The Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic, in San Francisco

## Servitors

### Friends of the Guard

#### 11 Forces

* Andrew, the cherub angel of Peaceful Death

### Unknown Rank

* Eligius, the kuriotes angel of Diligence
66,038,000 p.e.v.

Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous Period marks the end of the Mesozoic Era and the age of the dinosaurs, eradicating about half of all animal species, including mosasaurs, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, ammonites, belemnites, rudist and inoceramid bivalves, most planktic foraminifers, and all of the dinosaurs excluding the birds; start of the Paleogene Period and the current Cenozoic Era.

Saminga is created, and upon his first visit to Earth, witnesses the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Rapid dominance of conifers and ginkgos in high latitudes, along with mammals becoming the dominant species. First psammobiid bivalves. Earliest rodents. Rapid diversification in ants.

The Plesiadapiformes very likely contain the ancestor species of all primates. One of the last Plesiadapiformes is *Carpolestes simpsoni*, having grasping digits but not forward-facing eyes.