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Gremlin (calab)

### Songs

Fire (Corporeal/6), Light (Celestial/6), Numinous Corpus (Acid/6, Arms/6, Tentacles/6)

### Skills

Brawling/6, Climbing/6, Languages (English/1, Spanish/1), Large Weapon/6 (Club), Move Silently/6, Running/6, Tactics/6, Throwing/6

Here's one reason why Vapula doesn't use the Infernal Combustion Engine anymore.

Gremlin can barely remember the time before it started to hurt. In fact, the only thing he can keep clear in his head is the face of his captor and tormentor ~ a certain habbalah in a lab coat. Then came the pain, and there was lots of it.

But Gremlin was strong: he managed to keep that last thought in his head throughout the entire time of pain. When he finally busted loose (thanks to the unwitting help of a couple of unwary drug dealers who had moved into the abandoned warehouse in which Gremlin's machine had been left), the calab was ready to get his revenge.

Unfortunately, now that he was out, he wasn't exactly sure how to go about doing it. From the looks on the faces of these humans, he wasn't pretty ~ which may have been why they shot at him so many times. Gremlin would have actually preferred to keep one of them alive: he's easily smart enough to realize that he needs a lot more information before he can start on his revenge. The calab has picked up enough of the local languages (plus a bare minimum of cultural referents) during his imprisonment to get by, but that's not nearly enough. However, these humans seemed to have a lot of this thing called 'cash' on them . . . .

PCs who encounter this guy could either be going after the drug dealers themselves or looking into the odd disappearance of a few homeless people in the area. Gremlin snagged a couple of the latter, and is slowly getting them to explain the ground rules of the corporeal plane (filtered through their own prejudices, of course). His captives are actually fine, physically (Gremlin needs to pick their brains, and has hit on the procedure of trading food for information), but scared out of their wits.

Resolving this can go one of two ways. A straight-out attack will be memorable: Gremlin is big, tough and probably smarter than the PCs. He's got a limited repertoire of Songs, though, so the PCs could probably eventually take him out. Be sure to play up the problems implicit of having a firefight in the middle of a dark, rickety warehouse with lots of places to hide and a few humans tied up in random locations.

However, if the PCs actually try talking to Gremlin, well, that's another story (this is where seraphim of Flowers really shine). After all, the calab has a nice, burning hatred for at least one demon prince, and is very bright: pointing out that there's more than one side, and that the other side really hates Vapula too, might reap dividends. Providing that they can get him to an archangel (a "Smite them all, then come back and Smite them some more" type for preference), Gremlin would actually be fairly good Redemption material.

He'll need a new name, of course.
Asia (the Symphony That Never Ends)

Most of Asia is Japanese or Russian, with thinly populated states in the interior retaining nominal independence because they are not worth the effort, or the diplomatic costs, of conquest. In the southwest, the Ottoman Empire still pretends to be the natural leader of the world's Muslims, hurling anathemas at the revisionist sect that now controls Egypt and the Holy Cities in Arabia. Oil wealth has done little for its backward position, thanks to the corruption of its elite and its continuing technical inferiority.
Cassandra of Troy

Cursed by Apollo, taken captive by Agamemnon, she died by Aigisthos' sword in the bloodbath that killed the King of Men. Clairvoyant that she was, she knew too well what awaited her ~ the nightmare nonentity of Hades. She clung to her body and thereby was bound to her tomb. But at least she could linger in the light.

After a few years of hanging about, invisibly, it occurred to her to try to animate her body, now reduced to a skeleton. She succeeded, and also succeeded in covering it with a glamour of her old self, but the effort was exhausting. She "slept," and tore prana away from local dreamers ~ the remains of the Atreides, whom she had scant love for.

She haunted the island in the first peace she had known since Apollo, watching with satisfaction as the Heroic Age died. She kept her animation and her glamour going with dream-stolen prana. A banshee-like legend grew up about her. Centuries rolled, and she heard of the Israelites, folk who worshipped only a single primordial god and despised all other deities. Good for them; she approved.

Eventually, Olympus fell. Apollo died and his curse was undone. She continued haunting, staring into the future, now sometimes able to warn dreamers and be believed. The banshee-legend died as she spent less time at home, became more selective in the dreamers she milked, roamed deeper into the Dreamworld, exploring and feeding.

She also roamed the eastern Mediterranean. She became an observer, a sort of tourist. By fortune-telling it was easy to earn enough money to travel, when she needed no food or shelter, leaving only a track of nightmare behind her. She visited Israel a few times. She saw Rome and Alexandria and Babylon.

On the first Christmas, when Pan died, she was visited by an amazing series of visions. Before the Christ-child was presented at the Temple and hailed by Simeon and Anna, she had taken ship for Patmos, where she started making ready.

Cassandra is an undead, a walking skeleton. She is not a blood-drinker, but takes prana from dreamers, both on Earth and in the Dreamworld. Her powers include precognition, of course, the animation of her skeleton, and a great deal of first-order glamour (optical and acoustic telekinesis). She is also a powerful general clairvoyant and, by now, deeply learned in the nature of djinn, ka'u, ka-gods, ghosts, vampires, ghouls, and the Dreamworld.

She has no supernatural vulnerabilities but is frail and can only lift a few pounds. She cannot disguise her light weight, and a touch would reveal something very wrong. Unless she keeps her glamour at highest pitch, her shadow is dim, except for the bones showing through.
Maru

## 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).
Character Advancement

## Scars (Growth by Experience)

At the end of each session you may record one experience as a scar. Until it is redeemed, each scar past the first acts like a point of dissonance. Until it is redeemed, each scar may be used to retry one roll relevant to the recorded experience.

Scars may be redeemed in the following ways so long as it fits both the scar and the current circumstances:

* 1-2 character points worth of growth.
* +3 bonus to a skill or Song that will expire at the end of the current session.
* Miscellaneous boon worth 5-6 character points that will expire at the end of the current session.
* A complete Essence refill.

Alternately, if you are playing a celestial, you may turn in 3 scars at any time to immediately gain 6 character points and one point of discord. Normally speaking, you can only advance a skill or song by 1 point per scar but this limit is waved by people who are turning their scars in for discord.

### Why Make Scars Dissonant?

Four reasons:

1. Generally speaking, celestials are described as things that *are* not things that *change*. Even if it’s through legitimately gained experiences, change should be inherently traumatic for an angel or demon.
2. There are celestials that have existed for thousands of years without ever advancing beyond their initial forces. This mechanic would help to explain why.
3. It gives players a reason to advance as they go rather than stockpiling experience.
4. Humans are normally at a huge disadvantage compared to celestials, and this mechanic gives them at least one edge ~ the potential for explosive growth (basically humans can stockpile scars because they don’t need to make dissonance rolls to gain Essence each day).
Malakim

## Dark Malakim

One of the most common and persistent celestial conspiracy theories is that some handful of malakim have taken up service among the hordes of Hell, whether this represents a true Fall (the most hushed whispers suggest that the malakim are *already* Fallen, and this would simply be more honest) or a deep cover espionage mission. There are, of course, those who suggest that certain archangels encourage these rumors as some sort of psychological warfare against Hell or that the demon princes spread these tales in an attempt to convince the Host of the precarity of their position and cause.

Whatever the truth, should a malak decide to take up with the demons, it would be a "simple" matter of finding a demon prince who will accept their service. In this, of course, they would have a harder time than the bright lilim have in their efforts in the other direction. After all, the lilim are not known for soul-killing demons or using deception to further that same end. Other than that, the process of "Falling" is quite simple and without change. Once the malak has a demonic sponsor and that sponsor has crafted a heart in Hell for them, they will change from generating Essence at dawn to generating Essence at dusk. In all other ways they remain the same: their resonance does not change, their oaths do not change (though they are likely to take on new oaths as part of this process), even their ability to enter Heaven does not change (although without a Heavenly heart, he will need to use a tether or piggyback with some other angel).

Dumah, Remiel, Daniel, and Hutriel, and the servitors of Dumah and Remiel, are always on the lookout for the truth of these rumors. Melek Taus, the third archangel to live in Hell, doesn't talk with the Host, so no one knows if the Peacock Lord is the truth of these tales. He *probably* doesn't have any malakim in his service to trade away, having come to Hell long before the Fall . . . .

Servitor attunements are given for the demon princes in case these rumors are accurate.
King John III Trastámara (the Symphony That Never Ends)

The 1469 marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile set their two kingdoms on the path to unity. When they conquered Granada in 1492 ~ the same year Columbus sailed ~ Spain became a reality for the first time, one of the most powerful realms in Europe. In Homeline, the death of their only son John threw the Spanish inheritance to their daughter Joanna and her Hapsburg husband and son. By the time Ferdinand died, Joanna's husband Philip was dead, she herself was insane, and her son Charles inherited the Spanish crowns ~ and the imperial title from his father. For the first half of the 16th century, Charles V was the most powerful monarch in Europe.

In Shikaku-Mon, however, John did not die and the Trastámara dynasty continued in Spain. The effects of this change in European politics were innumerable. Charles V, still Holy Roman Emperor, lacked the resources to fight France, Turkey, and the Protestants effectively. Charles and John forced the Pope to call the Council of Verona, which reformed the abuses of the Church somewhat earlier than Trent in Homeline would. France gained influence but squandered its power in civil strife. In the 17th century, the improved position of the German Protestants and the French crown produced decisive changes in European history.

Closer to home, the kings of neighboring Portugal, fearing the influence of Spain under a monarch more focused than Charles V, resisted popular calls for the establishment of an Inquisition. Eventually, Sebastian I reluctantly gave up his wild dreams of crusade, which in Homeline led to his death in Morocco and the temporary takeover of Portugal by Spain. As prince and king, Sebastian instead sublimated his energies into support for missionary activity, especially in the Far East.
Lake of the 40 Martyrs

In the fourth century e.v., a group of Christian soldiers were ordered to repudiate their faith as part of the political maneuverings going on at the time. When they refused, they were stripped of their clothes and forced to stand in the middle of a frozen lake (near Sivas, in Turkey). Despite threats and temptations, thirty-nine of the forty soldiers stood firm: when the fortieth recanted, one of the guards took his place, in order to show his respect for the Christians' piety and determination. Heaven gained forty martyrs ~ and a tether to Stone.

The tether still exists (in the middle of the lake, which makes it a little hard to access in the summertime); possibly because it isn't used too often, it remains fairly quiet to use. The seneschal of the tether is Quintus, a saint of David (and the guard who joined the Christians waiting for their death); he took over the position after a few centuries (the old seneschal simply wasn't working out). Celestials seeking to lose dissonance can usually work it off by maintaining the modest shrine found there.
Bhati

### Wordbound or Unique Rites

There is no limit to the number of times Bhati can gain essence from staying near a hot kiln.

## Resources

### Attunements

Kuriotes of Fire, Kuriotes of Lightning, Malak of Creation, Dance of the Atoms, Angel of the Kiln

### Songs

Fire (Corporeal/4), Form (Corporeal/4), Might (Corporeal/4), Numinous Corpus (Flame/4), War (Celestial/4)

### Skills

Artistry (Pottery/5, Glass Blowing/5), Fighting/3, Running/3, Dodge/4, Tracking/3

Bhati prefers to spend her time absorbed in the fires of the kiln, often possessing and assisting those whose focus has put them into a trance state. However, like all servitors of Fire she also feels a burning desire to punish the wicked.

Neither subtle nor generous, Bhati will take advantage of the tools and people at hand to beat physical abusers to within an inch of their lives. The quicker and more brutal her methods, the more quickly she can return to the fires of the Kiln where she feels at home.
Africa (the Symphony That Never Ends)

Africa was divided by the European powers in the late 19th century. About a century later, they lost interest in controlling it and awarded independence to most of their colonies. Today, the continent is a patchwork of poor, backward, and insignificant states. Not one person in one hundred could name more than half a dozen of them, or even knows that African-born whites still rule three states in the south (Boer State, Mozambique, and the Cape Republic). The only regions the world as a whole cares about are Cairo, Morocco, and the large piece of central Africa that the Italians have refused to give up despite world condemnation.
Andrew

### Songs

Form (Ethereal/6), Harmony (Ethereal/4, Celestial/6), Healing (Celestial/6), Light (Corporeal/6), Motion (Ethereal/3, Celestial/6)

### Skills

Computer Operation/1, Driving/2, Savoir-Faire/6

Andrew does *not* kill people, nor does he actually have any power over life and death. Instead, he comforts those who are going to die, and then escorts their souls to Heaven when they expire. He is an extraordinarily kind and gentle angel and becomes quite upset at the grim connotations most people attach to his Word. Andrew sometimes does "casework" with Tess and Monica, but usually he only shows up when it's some mortal's time to leave the corporeal plane. Andrew can automatically sense when a mortal is in imminent danger of death. He can attune himself automatically to a dying person, and he may communicate with anyone to whom he is so attuned, as if they were wide awake and fully functional, even if their corporeal form is comatose, drugged or even insane. (Obviously, he does *not* incur dissonance if someone to whom he is attuned dies, unless they died while he was trying to prevent their death.)

Andrew is high on Saminga's hit list, as they are the very antithesis of one another. He also, much like Druiel, the angel of Teenage Death, would love to meet the outcast grigori archangel of Death.
Efion

### Skills

Artistry/2 (Writing), Detect Lies/3, Dodge/2, Driving/1, Knowledge/4 (Literature), Language/2 (French)

Efion is a young mercurian, assigned to corporeal duty for the second time. The first time, she found herself caught between her duty and a lie, and chose to lie, becoming dissonant. Recalled from duty by Litheroy, Efion was put into service at the Abbey for four years, laboring under a Truthful discord the archangel imposed on her. (Not overly harsh, in Heaven.) Having completed this penance, she has recently returned to service on Earth, determined to prove both her commitment to Revelation and her usefulness to Litheroy.

Efion is a literary scholar, trained both to interpret the truth found within literature and to write engaging essays of her own. She is generally sent into academic environments, where she brings secrets to light among the students ~ though of course her lack of a Role means she’s left to the fringes of academia instead of burying herself in classes and the lives of her classmates. However, she accepts her limitations as a challenge, and strives to work within them.

Efion is a balanced starting character.

## GURPS Classic

***626 points***

**ST** 10 [-30]**; DX** 10 [-30]**; IQ** 20 [80]**; HT** 14 [0]**. Speed** 6**; Move** 6**. Dodge** 7.

**Advantages:** Basic Celestial Template [480]; Choir *(Mercurian)* [10]; Choir Attunement *(Mercurian of Revelation)* [15]; Combat Reflexes [15]; Essence Control 9 [0]; Servitor Attunement *(Sense of Significance)* [30]; Servitor of Revelation [2]; Power Investiture (Celestial) 4 [10]; Extra Soul Hits +2 [8]; Vessel *(Human female; Extra Hit Points +10)* [75].

**Disadvantages:** Reduced Hit Points -3 [-15]; Reduced Hit Points (Mind) -1 [-2]; Power Investiture (Corporeal) 2 [-10]; Weak Will -3 [-24].

**Quirks:** Distractible [-1].

**Skills:** Detect Lies (M/H) IQ-1 [2]-19; Driving (car) (P/A) IQ-5 [1/2]-15\*; Literature (M/H) IQ [4]-20; Motorcycle (scooter) (P/E) IQ-5 [1/2]-15; Writing (M/A) IQ-1 [1]-19.

\* Efion’s vehicle skills are operating from her IQ default, despite her having points in them.

**Languages:** Angelic (M/VH) IQ [0; native]-20; English (M/A) IQ [0; native]-20; French (M/A) IQ-1 [1]-19.

**Songs\*:** Harmony (Ethereal) (M/VH) IQ-3 [4]-17.

\* The -5 penalty for singing a Song outside of the celestial realm has already been applied.

In GURPS, she is 62 points over the Basic Celestial Template + Superior’s Choir Attunement + Choir Cost used as the starting point for constructing celestial characters, despite having -41 points of disadvantages. To make Efion a GURPS-native balanced starting character with less than -40 points in disadvantages, consider removing her Reduced Mind Hits [2], her Combat Reflexes [-15], all of her vessel’s Extra Hit Points [-50] and giving her another half-point in each of her Driving skills (which won’t raise them above default, except in cases where points matter). Add Research-20 [2].
Hesperus

the Reawakened

### Songs

Aura (Ethereal/2, Celestial/1), Fire (Corporeal/3, Ethereal/3), Light (Corporeal/5, Ethereal/1, Celestial/5)

### Skills

Detect Lies/2, Emote/2, Physics/4, Singing/1

The old man was the first thing Hesperus recalled seeing. There was something comforting, even familiar about that. The old man was the first thing Hesperus recalled seeing.

The rest is gone.

There was a fight. Even without memories, Hesperus is sure of that much. One great power against another. The old man, Yves, tells the angel that an epoch has passed. New kinds of angels have emerged, those who would defy God’s will.

It’s absurd. Hesperus says as much. The old man agrees. Hesperus was always good at argumentation.

These “demons” might think they oppose God’s will, but in all likelihood, they’re just choosing how to enact it. It’s a good development. Angels should have choice. Hesperus asks for permission to study the “rebellious” angels.

For the first time they can recall (can they recall?) the old man’s smile falters, but he agrees. Hesperus is bound for Earth, a place they haven’t been since –

since –

No good. Probably not important.

## Gaming Tips

Hesperus is curious and confident, but more important than that, they are *right*. Once Hesperus comes to a conclusion, it ***will*** be a correct one and they will take the time to convince anyone who doubts. Even the strong-willed balseraphim have a tendency to agree with Hesperus’ arguments.
"The Grim" Malcolm

### Songs

Charm (Celestial/1), Motion (Celestial/1), Numinous Corpus (Claws/3, Fangs/3, Tail/2)

### Skills

Artistry (Photography)/1, Climbing/5, Dodge/4, Escape/2, Fast Talk/2, Fighting/5, Firearms/1, Lockpick/2, Move Silently/5

Malcolm is one of the newer demons in Hell, only recently elevated from being a familiar. His human guise affects a somber and stony expression, though some in the realms below suspect it is just laziness in casting off the vestiges of his feline vessel (a vessel which he has kept in reserve out of either nostalgia or utility).

Like many former familiars, Malcolm has a list of scores to settle. But those will attend to themselves in time, for now he’s enjoying the chance to be his own master (more or less), bask in the sun, hunt down (human) rats, and “accidentally” destroy sensitive documents.

## Gaming Tips

Observe a cat ~ now imagine a demon of Secrets with the same temperament. Never come when called (but show up anyway). Ignore the food on your own plate (until no one is looking). Have fun. Chase the red dot.
Ahkash Meinkilla

### Attunements

Lilu of Nightmares, Lilu of 2nd Corruption, Dream Walking, Terror, Fated Future (Kronos), Demon of the Nightmare of Mediocrity

### Songs

Attraction (Ethereal/3), Charm (Corporeal/1, Ethereal/1, Celestial/2), Draining (Ethereal/2, Celestial/5), Dreams (Ethereal/4, Celestial/4), Enslavement (Ethereal/3), Form (Ethereal/2), Nightmares (Celestial/6), Nimbus (Ethereal/4), Revulsion (Ethereal/3), Sleep (Ethereal/3)

### Skills

Dance/2, Dreaming/4, Emote/4, Lockpicking/2, Lying/1, Move Silent/2, Play Musical Instrument/4, Small Weapon (Razor)/1

Ahkash Meinkilla, who once worked with Legion while that demon prince yet lived, is the manic pixie dream girl‘s cousin from Hell. She prowls the Marches for souls fed up with their unimpressive lives. She then uses their nightmares to magnify their misery before revealing herself as a dark, bubbly and dangerous wonder who can pass through the mediocrity of their dream without getting mired in it.

Cue the real world meeting. Ahkash is just as intense and intriguing as she appeared in the dream ~ and she has an idea. It’s a little dangerous, a little illegal, but it’s *different*, and that’s what really matters. The demoness never really seems impressed with her target (she’s not), but she keeps inviting him along, so that must mean something, right?

Meinkilla is fairly high up in the infernal hierarchy. There’s a good chance she’ll delegate the real-word meetings to her underlings.

Wrong. Some time after her mark quits or tunes out at work, Ahkash Meinkilla drops them. The “break up” often includes wondering aloud if, “they ever really thought they were cut out for this.” The mark might get violent or morose ~ but eventually they crawl back into their old, boring life in even worse shape than when their “adventure” began.

And, of course, they’re stuck with this nagging feeling that they somehow owe Ahkash, and that they will make good whether they want to or not.
Amagi

### Songs

Charm (Etheral & Celestial), Draining (Ethereal), Freedom (all), Harmony (all), Hunger (Ethereal), Nemesis (Ethereal & Celestial), Opening (Ethereal & Celestial), Plagues (Celestial), Shields (Ethereal), Solace (Ethereal), Tongues (Corporeal)

### Skills

Computers, Detect Lies, Driving, Economics, Emote, Fast Talk, History, Lying, Running, Savoir-Faire, Survival (Urban)

Roughly three millennia ago, Mammon tasked Amagi with spoiling Marc’s Jubilee experiment. She did it well enough to earn her Word, but only by ruining the fortune of many merchants.  Several of these merchants were under contract to join Mammon, but only if he delivered immense wealth to them in life.

The demon prince’s wrath was immense, and he went to terrible lengths to get Amagi committed to one of his debtor’s prisons. Unfortunately for Mammon, the impudite’s newfound ability to annul debts meant that she could sidestep any attempt to bind her in contracts or hook her with Geasa (an ability that Amagi’s angelic opposite, Yovel, shares in a more constrained manner).

Eventually Mammon realized that he would need the Game to track down the rogue impudite and had her declared a renegade. Amagi, being the clever little devil that she is, realized that even she was not capable enough to outwit both Mammon and Asmodeus, so she approached Lilith with a deal. In exchange for Lilith’s protection, Amagi would not annul any Lilim’s Geasa without first informing the Princess of Freedom. Lilith agreed on the condition that the pair be free to renegotiate terms every 50 years ~ a subtle favor that simultaneously acknowledged the source of Amagi’s power while also countering it with an equally strong Geas-hook.

Amagi rarely goes about uprooting regional economies anymore. She’s fairly certain Lilith would probably back her, but there’s always the chance that such a disruption would make her a liability to the Princess of Freedom and leave her without any protection from Mammon. Still, a girl can dream. Amagi would revel in a worldwide Jubilee and its potential to spark financial chaos.
Aba

### Wordbound or Unique Rites

Engage in three hours of consensual sexual activity (including foreplay and after care).

### Source

Liber Neglecta

In order to fully comprehend the scope of human sexuality, Aba identifies with all human genders and none of them. This means that many of Aba’s vessels are viewed as being feminine or effeminate. However, this is not really an accurate description of Aba. Yes, they *are* feminine and effeminate, but also macho and manly, fat, thin, cybernetic, and just about anything else that might impact how an individual and those around them interact sexually. As the angel of Human Sexuality, Aba must walk a fine line. They support all physical expressions of human attraction, even ones that their angelic peers find abhorrent. At the same time, as an eloah of Gabriel, Aba must punish those humans who delight in inflicting emotional harm. To Aba this is about accepting and preserving all that is holy within love’s physical manifestation by actively rejecting and removing the social and emotional evil that can come along with it. Many of Eli’s servitors in service to Gabriel coordinate through Aba, as do angels of other Superiors who are planning raids against Andrealphus. The angel of Human Sexuality is one of the few who engages in such raids frequently enough to be considered an expert. Unfortunately, Laurence cannot stand Aba’s acceptance of sexual behaviors rejected by the Catholic faith ~ so Aba is frequently left out of the Sword’s plans.

## Aba's Shadow

If you could distill the things that Dominic distrusts into a single celestial, you would probably end up with someone like Aba. Their Word is dangerously close to the infernal word of Lust, their Superior is too unstable to provide “proper” oversight, and they are a close collaborator with the apostate archangel, Eli. As a result, Aba is accompanied at all times by a cherub of Judgement. One who is almost as critical of human sexulity as Aba is accepting.

## Shades of Grey

Don't tell Dominic, but Aba has a dark side, one that has caused them to, occasionally, flirt with Falling. Conflicts in their nature easily produce someone passionate, mercurial, self-destructive, and highly discordant. Even if Aba is stable, they can be presented as dark at any given moment simply by rejecting *any* rules you and your players have about sex and sexuality. Do you consider pederasty to be beyond the pale? Aba doesn’t. Snuff films? Aba is fine with them as long as the death is “humane.” Voyeuristic stalking? If a stalker never makes their target aware of their presence, Aba embraces the practice. So long as there is no *emotional* harm, the darker side of Aba is okay with the utter extremes of any kink.
Itrasbiel

Itrasbiel has seen humanity and he is convinced they will find their own way to Hell if the agents of Heaven would just let them make their own decisions. Others can tempt, or punish, or cajole, Itrasbiel has no interest in any of that. His job is to track down the sad excuses for angels trying to sneak on to Earth to fight their losing battles, and to kick their sorry asses all the way back to Heaven.

In his mortal guise, Itrasbiel is an ordained priest and a member of the order of exorcists. It is not unheard of for him to team up with Laurencians while outnumbered in order to pass without suspicion.

*Itrasbiel is technically balanced for a starting character, but GMs should think long and hard about whether or not they want to allow the Songs of Banishing into their game at the outset.*
Belial

It is rumored that one of Belial’s burning estates houses a trophy room where he has mounted the head of every prince candidate that he has killed (there are at least two, and he almost added Furfur to the list).

## Subsidiary Words

Brimstone, Magnesia, Phosphor, Thermite, Wildfires

## Band Attunements

### Rapha (restricted)

The fires started by Belial’s Skulkers do not disturb the Symphony.

### Tannean

Tanneanim of Fire can triple their effective strength for moving flammable material.

### Salamander

The vast majority of salamanders are demons of Fire. On a successful resonance roll, salamanders of Fire may add their Forces in the realm of damage they inflict (body hits on Earth, soul hits in Hell, etc.) to the check digit.

## Distinctions

Belial *does not maintain* a formal court. Most days he cannot be bothered to tell one servitor from another; he’s hardly going to set up a system that *requires* him to do so. Moreover, the prince has an established track record of hunting down any servitor who accumulates too much power. He’s unlikely to willingly hand such power over voluntarily.

This is not to say that Belial has no senior court. He still has a full range of counts, dukes, marquises, jarls, herzongs, fuhrers, margraves, califs, saltigues . . . . In fact, most other princes go a little crazy trying to make sense of Belial’s court *because he’s not in charge of it.*

The nobility of Fire is comprised of those powerful enough to bully other Barons of the Demonic Braizer into submission. Belial’s dukes are simply those leaders foolhardy enough to say, “What’re you going to do about it? Break me? Do it and you decimate your own domain.” Sometimes this works, more often it results in a dead duke.

## Servitors

### Dukes

* Aym, the calab demon of Thermite
* Bonoham, the shedu demon of Phosphor
* Buriol, a balseraph. the duke of Topheth *(the Burning Place)*
* Jamaz, the balseraph demon of Magnesia
* Kabriat, the habbalah demon of Brimstone
* Pruflas, a djinni, the duke of Tzoah Rotachat *(Burning Excrement)*
* Samael, a djinni, the Duke of Golachab *(Burning Bodies)*
* Tephras, the lilu demon of Wildfires
* Tubal Cain, a habbalah, the Duke of Herab Serapel *(Ravens of the Burning of God)*

## Tethers

* Monument to victims of the Great Earthquake of 1906, in San Francisco
Eidah Yaakov

Congregation of Jacob/James

**Domain:** Judaism

**Director:** the Rabbi 'Or

This ancient order of Christian Jews, last known to Logres from records dating to the Crusades, is centered in Jerusalem and claims to be the original congregation of St. James the Less, author of the Epistle of James and kinsman of the Lord. Their main concern appears to be the preservation of the Jewish people. They deny affiliation with any Gentile denomination. Logres has established contact protocols.
Aniel

### Oaths

I will take joy in my holy duty. I will not yuck another’s yum unless it does active harm. I will offer the sad and depressed the opportunity to take part in my joyful activities. I will not walk when I can dance, I will not talk when I can sing

## 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).
Celestial realm

## Celestial Currency

The "coin" of the celestial plane's economy is generally taken to be Essence. This is fine and good, and Marc, as an eminently practical archangel, usually goes along with this. But remember that Marc invented the idea of money, and he has reasons for wanting to apply it to the celestial plane, too.

So, Marc issues and backs a currency. The basic unit is called the "talent," on the rare occasions when it's discussed on the corporeal plane. The name was first applied in the eastern Mediterranean during the Hellenistic period. For centuries, a "talent" was a unit of weight in that area, and a talent of gold or silver was a common unit of money ~ well, commonly referred to; since a talent is several pounds, it's not a common amount of money to encounter.

The celestial talent is likewise a pretty formidable unit. It's worth one character point. This means Marc is able to put a monetary value on Songs, relics, reliquaries, Geasa, and of course on demons and angels.

The reaction of several archangels, when they first heard of the idea, and heard the price of a new-minted reliever, was (in the most ineffable and celestially dignified way, of course), "Eep!"

Jean was not much moved; Michael laughed. But Eli and Dominic, in a bit of cosmic irony, found themselves on the same side of the issue, sharing a feeling of deep distaste.

Mammon, of course, tried to copy the idea and issue infernal currency. In fact, he's tried several times, but each currency winds up devaluing to less than the Essence it's printed on, due to logarithmic inflation, after a few months or years. As a result, talents circulate briskly in Hell.
Hansard "Hans" Cutler

Stay at Home Cook

### Distinctions

(if you want Hans Cutler to be more powerful, you could give him Knight of Banquets)

### Discord

True Love (Chas)/2, True Love (Lauren Sheather)/1

## Forces

### Celestial Forces

2 (if you want Hans Cutler to be more powerful, you could give him one more)

## Resources

### Attunements

Lilu of Gluttony (if you want Hans Cutler to be more powerful, you could give him Consume)

### Songs

Hunger (Corporeal/3), Might (Corporeal/3)

### Skills

Cooking/4, Detect Lies/3, Dodge/3, Drive/2, Escape/2, Small Weapons (Knives)/4, Throwing/3

### Servants

Chas 4/1, Lauren 2/2

Husband, father, demon. Hans spends his days cooking, volunteering, and occasionally raising a little Hell. His nights are for family and making sure everything goes “just so” at the PTA. For the most part, Mr. Cutler does his best to keep his infernal activities from interfering with his home life.

Hans is positive that his husband wouldn’t like Hell, so the lilu has been doing what he can to ensure his husband a more Earth-like afterlife. For the past few years the demon has been putting in overtime and taking on more risky assignments. Of course, what Hansard would really like to do is defect. Either way, Hans does not want his demonic colleagues anywhere *near* his family ~ and he’s not above using force or Geas to get his way.

If he’s smart about it, Hansard could get a servitor of Eli or Novalis to put in a good word for him. In a perfect Symphony he’d find a way to keep his husband and daughter out of harm’s way, ensure they’re on the path to Heaven, join them there, *and* continue to cook.
22,995 p.e.v.

Ophis, a servitor of Ba'al sneaks in and taints the Eden Experiment. God calls the experiment inconclusive and forbids further celestial intervention. Dominic places the cherub Jophiel at the gates of Eden, and Mariel, archangel of Memory, hides the garden from discovery.

Lucifer has a long talk with God, through the Metatron, but is not satisfied.
Maodea

### Songs

Harmony (all)/3, Healing (all)/2, Numinous Corpus (wings)/2, Tongues (corporeal)/2

### Skills

Detect Lies/4, Emote/3, Fast-Talk/1, Knowledge: History/3, Music: Horns/2, Savoir-Faire/4, Languages (one “native” several at /2)

When Abraham Lincoln established Thanksgiving as a national holiday in the United States, the history of the Wampanoag tribe and the Pilgrims was not one of his chief concerns. Boosting the morale of the Union Army was. In fact, modern Thanksgiving has much more in common with the traditions of 1863 than with those of 1620. The focus *should* be on unity and on giving thanks, not on the meeting between religious exiles from England and the charity of a native tribe that had already been ravaged by European diseases.

Of course, Maodea has been the angel of Giving Thanks for far longer than that. She was formed by Novalis some five millennia ago, earned her Word three millennia ago, and changed service to Laurence once he was elevated to being an archangel in his own right. While Maodea is not overly enamored with martial pomp, she is fiercely loyal to Curtis (angel of Courtesy) and knows that she plays a vital role in restoring the morale of anyone fighting on behalf of Heaven, whether they take up arms or not.

The angel of Giving Thanks is often present at festivals, not just Thanksgiving. She is often opposed by Todahlael, the demon of Thanksgiving.
Florence Ravenwood

### Skills

Area Knowledge/3, Computer Use/3, Driving/1, Dodge/2, Escape/2, Fighting/2, Savoir-Faire/4, Seduction/4, Vampire Knowledge/1

### Songs

Attraction (Ethereal/3), Enslavement (Corporeal/3), Numinous Corpus (Fangs/4)

Florence was born sometime in the late 60’s, though he won’t say which century. He grew up reading Anne Rice novels and speculating about what went on at that not-so-discrete as they imagined club across the way.

Eventually Florence found out, and some several years later made the acquaintance of a leather-clad goddess who always knew just what he needed and how far he’d go to pay for it. When his favorite book was made into a film, Florence figured he finally had her stumped.

Two days later he found himself naked and out of breath, not sure if the cause was the gorgeous blood loss or the unstoppable man who stood before him. Not that it mattered much; he died sometime during the orgy.

When Florence woke up again, he knew two things:

* He would never be able to repay his debt
* He’d have all eternity to try

The vampire was rather surprised to learn that he didn’t need blood (though he still took some from time to time for the sake of his image). Instead, it was sex he craved. Any less than three partners and he’d wake up the next night drained and miserable.
Honeyfuggle

the Flatterer

### Oaths

Only speak when I have something nice to say. Never lie when I can get the same effect with a well-chosen truth. Never surrender or allow myself to be captured by the armies of Lucifer. Never suffer an evil to live when it my choice

## Resources

### Songs

Charm (Ethereal/3, Celestial/3), Daydreams (Ethereal/3), Harmony (Celestial/3)

### Skills

Chemistry/1, Computer Use/2, Detect Lies/3, Dodge/2, Emote/2, Engineering/3, Escape/2, Fast Talk/6, Lying/3, Savoir-Faire/5, Throwing/1

Flattery may not get you everywhere, but it has yet to fail for Honeyfuggle. The angel has a talent for making compliments out of anyone’s virtues (even a demon’s) and a reputation for honesty dating back to their life as one of the seraphim.

Even now Honeyfuggle will not lie, but that doesn’t necessarily make the angel honest. The angel’s *modus operandi* is to butter folks up so much they will never think to ask the awkward questions.

## Honeyfuggle in a Campaign

Honeyfuggle works best as a distraction, capable of keeping either angelic or demonic parties from interfering with one of Janus’s plans. They might also show up when it’s time for members of the party to be commended, or as security for an angelic delegation at a demonic event.
1700 p.e.v.

The last known population of woolly mammoth, preserved on Wrangel Island, becomes extinct.

Oannes traps and destroys his former servitor, Vephar, the demon prince of the Oceans

## Africa

### Sovereign Political Entities

* Egypt
* Hyksos
* Punt

## Asia

Indus Valley civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture.

Belu-bani became the king of Assyria.

Lila-Ir-Tash started to rule the Elamite Empire.

Bronze Age starts in China.

### Sovereign Political Entities

* Amorites
* Armi
* Aramea
* Arzawa
* Assyria
* Babylonia
* Byblos
* Dilmun
* Elam
* Eshnuna
* Gojoseon
* Hitti
* Indus Valley
* Kussara
* Lukka
* Lullubi
* Luvia
* Magan
* Mari
* Namar
* Purushanda
* Qiang
* Sea Peoples
* Sumeria
* Ugarit
* Upper Mesopotamia
* Văn Lang
* Xia
* Xu

## Europe

Minoan Old Palace period ends and Minoan Second Palace period starts in Greece.

Beginning of the Late Minoan period on Crete.

Young girl gathering saffron crocus flowers, detail of wall painting, Room 3 of House Xeste 3, Akrotiri, Thera, is made.

Aegean metalworkers are producing decorative objects rivaling those of Near East jewelers, whose techniques they seem to borrow.

### Sovereign Political Entities

* Illyria
* Minoa
* Pelasgia
Christian "Xerxes" Basil

### Skills

Area Knowledge/3, Computer Use/1, Dancing/1, Detect Lies/3, Dodge/1, Driving /1, Emote/4, Fast Talk/4, Knots/2, Medicine/2, Seduction/3, Small Weapons (Canes)\*/4* Canes have -1 Accuracy and anywhere from -3 to +1 Power depending on weight. Xerxes has a wide selection to chose from.

### Songs

Calling (Corporeal/3), Forbidding (Corporeal/3)

Xerxes is driven by a need to dominate. This is true in the board room and in the bedroom, and Xerxes is not above using the Songs he learned from his demonic tutors to blur the lines between the two. Unfortunately, such shenanigans are on hold.

Hell has put him in charge of finding and training new potential Soldiers of Lust to make up for all the ones who have gone missing. Most of that time is taken up breaking in his new charge, Esther.

## Gaming Tips

Xerxes believes that Esther serves him. He will “punish” her when she defies him ~ but will generally end up following her lead.

Xerxes is more likely to oppose Esther’s orders (Will x2) if they involve public submission or if they would *clearly* jeopardize his job.
Citrine

one of the Four Humors and Dark Humor's liaison to Gluttony, Cruelty, and Factions

### Source

Liber Neglecta

Citrine is one of Kobal’s most fiery nobles. For a long time, she was a close confidant of Belial, but the pair had a falling out. Now she vents her passion to Magog, argues philosophy with Malphas, and gnaws at Haagenti’s gut.

Her humor is caustic to the extreme, often sickening, feeding on fears and anger. That "sick burn": the more it hurts, the more likely Citrine or one of her servitors was involved.

However, when it comes to doing physical harm ~ Citrine doesn’t kill with a joke, she just kills. The joke is the thing she tells the survivor.
Matthias

## 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).
Charged

This discord causes the possessor's vessel to become electromagnetically charged, regardless of the composition of said vessel. At level 1, the discord manifests itself as a minor but persistent form of static electricity and is fairly inconvenient for the celestial. At level 6, the celestial is able to wipe magnetic-storage media from up to ten feet away ~ and, even worse, attracts all sorts of metallic objects. This includes nails, screws, eating utensils, and, on at least one occasion, automobiles. Afflicted calabim will, of course, not immediately notice the effects of this discord, until staplers and paper clips begin flying through the air at their heads. Contact between said objects and the celestial's vessel may cause body hits at the GM's discretion.
1500 p.e.v.

Earliest remains of domesticated ferrets found.

## Africa

Queen Hatshepsut in Egypt (Eighteenth Dynasty). The element mercury has been discovered in Egyptian tombs dating from this decade. By now, the Egyptians have started to remove mummy brains to thwart Saminga.

### Sovereign Political Entities

* Egypt
* Libu
* Punt

## Asia

Many scholars date early parts of the Rig Veda to roughly the 16th century.

Settlers from Crete & Greece move to Miletus, Turkey.

The Phoenicians develop an alphabet.

Indo-Aryan migration is often dated to the 17th to 16th centuries.

Coalescence of a number of cultural traits including undecorated pottery, megalithic burials, and millet-bean-rice agriculture indicate the beginning of the Mumun Pottery Period in the Korean peninsula.

### Sovereign Political Entities

* Amorites
* Armi
* Aramea
* Arzawa
* Assyria
* Babylonia
* Byblos
* Dilmun
* Ebla
* Elam
* Eshnuna
* Gojoseon
* Hittite Empire
* Hyksos
* Kassite Empire
* Indus
* Kizzuwatna
* Lukka
* Lullubi
* Luvia
* Magan
* Mari
* Mittani
* Namar
* Purushanda
* Qi
* Qiang
* Sea Peoples
* Sumpa
* Tyre
* Ugarit
* Upper Mesopotamia
* Văn Lang
* Xu

## Europe

Mycenaean civilization starts in Greece. Eleusinian mysteries start.

### Sovereign Political Entities

* Athens
* Dardania
* Illyria
* Minoa
* Mycenaea
* Mygdonia
* Pelasgia
* Thrace

## North America

Formative/Preclassic Period starts in Mesoamerica.

Early traces of Maya civilization developing in Belize.
Muhito

## 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).
Lucifer

the defining action expressed in the myth of Lucifer, his rebellion against God and subsequent fall from heaven, is precisely the refusal of unity with the greatest fascist of them all! Rebellion, the “renewal of the war”, is the refusal of unity by the renewal of conflict against power, against that which is, such that there can be no unity with it, and from the standpoint of certain pre-Christian cosmologies it is this and not unity in the abstract which comprises the cosmos itself. (https://mythoughtsbornfromfire.wordpress.com/2022/03/07/addressing-peter-greys-terrible-take-on-we-are-the-witchcraft/ )