From owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Sun May 20 21:13:26 2001 Return-Path: Received: from lists.io.com (majordom@lists.io.com [199.170.88.15]) by pyramid.sjgames.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA09478 for ; Sun, 20 May 2001 21:13:26 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by lists.io.com (8.9.3/8.9.1a) id VAA05096 for in_nomine-digest-outgoing; Sun, 20 May 2001 21:12:39 -0500 Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 21:12:39 -0500 Message-Id: <200105210212.VAA05096@lists.io.com> From: owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com (in_nomine-digest) To: in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Subject: in_nomine-digest V1 #2235 Reply-To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com Sender: owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Errors-To: owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Precedence: bulk in_nomine-digest Sunday, May 20 2001 Volume 01 : Number 2235 In this digest: Re: IN> Re: Duplicate Vessels. IN> My Coffee with Asomedus: A short story Re: IN> My Coffee with Asomedus: A short story Re: IN> My Coffee with Asomedus: A short story IN> satan captured? IN> Mmmmm Pizza IN> Driving Cherubim Crazy Re: IN> satan captured? IN> "We're sending you a cleaner" Re: IN> Mmmmm Pizza Re: IN> "We're sending you a cleaner" Re: IN> Driving Cherubim Crazy IN> No Need for Essence! Re: IN> "We're sending you a cleaner" IN> Baal, Archangel of Victory ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 01:08:49 From: "Perry Lloyd" Subject: Re: IN> Re: Duplicate Vessels. > > Is it possible that maybe Bill Cosby is a real human, but both the Angel >of > > Fun and the Demon of Pudding had made vessels to copy him? I dunno, it >was > > just a strange thought that entered my head. >I can imagine Kobal handing out copies of famous people - after all, he >often turns up looking like them; possibly if a jokester laughs themselves >sufficiently silly over one of his vessels Kobal would give it to them to >play with. > >James. So, in an alternate DC Batman/In Nomine reality universe, the Joker *could* come back for a sequel to the first movie? Just a thought. - -Perry, Kfc perrylloyd@hotmail.com pl312993@oak.cats.ohiou.edu http://www.geocities.com/perrylloyd/ "And that's the hardest thing for a human being to do - be wrong. Do you know that people would rather die than be wrong?" - --from A Matter For Men by David Gerrold _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 21:35:35 -0400 From: "Charles Phipps" Subject: IN> My Coffee with Asomedus: A short story Pure evil is Asmodeus... and Pathetic. I loved it. - -Charlemagne ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 05:31:39 From: "Perry Lloyd" Subject: Re: IN> My Coffee with Asomedus: A short story >Pure evil is Asmodeus... > >and Pathetic. > >I loved it. > >-Charlemagne Well, that was certainly short . . . - -Perry.kfc perrylloyd@hotmail.com pl312993@oak.cats.ohiou.edu http://www.geocities.com/perrylloyd/ "And that's the hardest thing for a human being to do - be wrong. Do you know that people would rather die than be wrong?" - --from A Matter For Men by David Gerrold _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 05:39:35 From: "Perry Lloyd" Subject: Re: IN> My Coffee with Asomedus: A short story Oh, here's the first one. Nice, i like the take on Yves, it's interesting . . . - -Perry, kfC perrylloyd@hotmail.com pl312993@oak.cats.ohiou.edu http://www.geocities.com/perrylloyd/ "And that's the hardest thing for a human being to do - be wrong. Do you know that people would rather die than be wrong?" - --from A Matter For Men by David Gerrold _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 16:28:19 -0000 From: "cassandra benner" Subject: IN> satan captured? Here you go, this looked interesting. Enjoy http://www.miaminewtimes.com/issues/1997-06-05/feature.html/page1.html Cass - -There is no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole- Murphy's Law, Combatants Edition. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 14:24:01 -0400 From: "Charles Phipps" Subject: IN> Mmmmm Pizza This is what you get inspired to write after a really good meal at your church...curious. Papa Georgio's Italian Cuisine "Big John" Rebbock had never had an especialy happy life with his parents, school, and a string of jobs that turned sour but ever since he was a kid he'd always loved Little Anthony's pizzeria in his hometown where he'd eat his fill and be doted on by the owner Little Anthony himself. Big John eventually started eating there every day nearly for lunch and dinner and whenever he could breakfast. The food was rich Italian and Little Anthony never spared a single expense for low fat, cholesterol, or calories with only the finest and most smothering of ingredients each time. Big John himself grew quite large on the largess of his friend and eventually it actually started to sour his relationship with his wife Heather. Finally after a titanic fight Big John told her that the restaurant had done more him than she had ever done and left her with no intention of going back. Little Anthony now an old man didn't know what to do when John came by and merely prepared as much food as Rebbock wanted with second and third helpings until John had a heart attack and died on the pizzeria floor. Fortunately or Unfortunately depending on which side your on, eating a stromboli sandwich in the restaurant at the time was a servant of Haagenti's who had been lured here by the recommendation that Little Anthony prepared some of the last "good home cooking" in the country. Hearing the tell-tail signs of a tether in formation to his master he summoned Haagenti whom quickly stabilized it. Little Anthony himself died just a few months later in part due to age but also extensive tax audits and investigation by the state health department which the entire town rose to defend him against. The pizzeria was then promptly bought by a visiting Italian chef who said he'd tasted some of Anthony's cooking and heard a great recommendation from a frequent customer "Where he was from" and that it just wasn't right the pizzeria was being shut down. Papa Georgia's Italian Cuisine was thus born. Tether Outline Papa Georgio's Italian Cuisine is one of those old wooden buildings that is especially cramped, crowded, and dark in just the way that makes you think the food must be really good. Anyone who enters the building will immediately be overwhelmed by the smells of butter, garlic, and parmesan cheese that covers virtually everything in the bar with rack after rack of olive oils and wines ready for purchase right off the bat. Technically speaking the buildings maximum occupancy for a restaurant was passed long ago and every time the place gets an extension they just fill it up to the rim as much as they were before but the local fire department isn't very hard on Georgio because they along with the police department get significant discounts for their get togethers here whenever they like. Bread and appetizers are liberally served along with drinks with the salads being about three times the normal size and heaped with dressing and condiments. Papa never fails to create something delicious so don't even bother specifying what you want, it's part of the charm. The bar was recently added with Papa Georgio's liquor license being approved even though it was part of "his little secret" he was serving it anyway and often to underage kids. The police have occasionally rounded up the underagers here but they always come back and it's only a slap on the wrist because they trust the kindly Italian chef-seneschal to make sure nothing especially bad happens. German beer and domestic is served liberally along with plenty of other special mixes thanks to Georgio's new bartender Mario, who is a definite charmer, though handling his personality and good cheer is such a high point in your day everyone feels drained and unlucky to leave his presence. It's a known fact that Georgio doesn't believe in alcoholism though while he won't ever turn the tap off he makes sure that none of his patrons ever drive home which satisfies concerns about such. Georgio or Mario usually handles the driving to make sure also that no one is forced to miss the fun as well come closing time but a bit of domestic violence and certainly a number of messy breakups have been whined at the tether which thrives on choosing consumption over love. The Kitchen is something that would make any angel who had a fondness for corporeal food vomit with the extensive excess of it all. Literally everything is caked in some form of flower, dough, seasoning, and pile after pile of food. Papa Georgio's five cooks are all gremlins of Hell currently preparing for evolution into servitors of gluttony and are getting training currently before they make the little restaurants unique "ambiance" a chain with Papa Georgio's promotion to Baron. The fact none of them need to be paid along with Mario and Georgio and can work around the clock means that Georgio is able to afford much of the largess that he bestows upon his customers. His friendship with the police and fire department is however in part because the hell-born are still possessed of some hellish habits that the seneschal must occasionally smoothe over, though nothing unforgivable has happened yet. The private rooms are when Papa Georgio decides to rent out a section of the usually packed to the rim pizzeria in order to cater to "select clientele" which includes his fellow servitors of Gluttony and any demon who is going to behave himself (a few times Georgio has to the delight of the crowd beaten a rowdy customer within an inch of his traumatic life) but also occasionally mortals Papa Georgio is setting up for a big fall such as a rejected proposal or dumping in which the parties will have to definately console themselves with another helping. Yes life is good in Papa Georgios and on the one day they were actually closed, seven days a week and morning til whenever (no one actually knows when it closes it seems) for remodeling Haagenti showed his approval by downing a week's stock with a thumbs up. Seneschal "Papa Georgio" Georgio Balseraph of Gluttony Baron of Satanic Dishes Seneschal of Papa Georgio's Italian Cuisine Word forces: 8 Cor-4 Cor-8 Agil-8 Eth-3 Int-4 Pre-8 Cel-3 Will-8 Per-4 Vessel: Lovable Rotund Italian 4/ (+1 Charisma) Role: Papa Georgio 3/, Status 2/ (Pillar of the community) Skills: Artistry (Cooking) 6/, Dodge 2/, Emote 3, Fast-Talk 3/, Fighting 3/, Languages (Italian 3/), Savoir Faire 1/ Songs: Charm (Ethereal 2/, Celestial 3/), Form (Corporeal 2/), Tongues (Ethereal 1) Attunements: Balseraph of Gluttony, Djinn of Gluttony, Consume, Devour, "Special Spices", "Tell all your friends", Baron of Satanic Dishes Special Attunements: Special Spices: Georgio with this relatively weak but important attunement can make anything taste good as long as he has 1d6 ingredients of various types. Combined with his natural cooking ability this can make even weak old stale pizza and the leftovers he occasionally has to serve by sheer proxy of his need to serve so many taste delicious and only when one's stomach rebels later does one get a clue elsewise. However Georgio is always able to convince his customers it was something else and even offers a free meal to compensate. Tell your Friends: This attunement of Georgio's is in effect a version of his Balseraph one powered up to include simply everyone who enters his restaurant. Basically even if they're is a shooting or a someone chokes on his own mouthful of slop then everyone who does not succeed in a willpower roll against Georgio's powerful will shall remember having a wonderful (if "exciting") time at his place. This effect is always in place around his tether and only if Georgio is soul killed or the tether destroyed shall it stop. Dischord: Need (his own cooking) 2/ Special Rites * Break a man's relationship with a woman inside his restaurant or due to his cooking * Serve 100 people a night from his restaurant's kitchens Georgio Malta was a Italian chef who lived in New York for most of his life before he recognized that his father's business was going under and that he had to do something to keep it afloat or he and his family would lose their only source of income. Going against his father's age old belief Georgio deliberately courted the tastes of organized crime in the region and made his restaurant a "don't ask, don't tell" place which managed along with the loan they forwarded him for his business to keep it aloft. It would have been a happy ending for all parties concerned had not a shoot out with the FBI resulted in his deaths along with his son, a waiter, two mobsters, and a police officer. Needless to say Georgio Malta ended up in Hell for his sins and condemned to eternal waiting on the gluttonous souls of Shal-Mari. Unfortunately for him Georgio Malta never knew when to quit and catering to the demons of Hell wasn't much of a step down from catering to the local dons and he made sure that he aimed to please with whatever they liked in their most decadent or staid pleasurable consumption. Eventually a Baron of Hell recommended his restaurant for an audience with his prince and Georgio had heard of the undead so he made just the right amount of rancid, epicurian, and fast food taste cultivations in the air to pour hundreds of pizzas, spaghetti's, lasagnas, and human soul body parts in the Prince's mouth to make sure that the Prince noticed him for the genius in food that he was. Georgio was indeed noticed and Haagenti so pleased immediately grafted Georgio Malta's forces to a Balseraph Gremlin who fledged as the demon Georgio. After several years of service on the Corporeal plane blessed with all of Georgio's skill in cooking, the favored servant of Haagenti granted him a seneschal-ship of a small tether over many of the much older demons who admittedly were a bit more ambitious than such an opportunity might afford. Having the memories of a human being however Georgio recognizes the opportunities such an assignment offers and if his chain of Georgio's Italian Cuisine works out he might get a promotion from mere tether seneschal to the word of his industry and perhaps later and even higher word with accompanying more power. In the meantime though he's happy to have escaped hell and discovered for himself a lifestyle similar to the one his hellish mind remembers. His only problem is he's such a good cook...mmmmm....more basil! - -Charlemagne ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 21:34:41 From: "Janet Anderson" Subject: IN> Driving Cherubim Crazy If a Cherub is attuned to someone who's a habitually reckless driver, will his "danger sense" go off every time the driver does something like cut in front of a heavily loaded truck or narrowly miss another car? Opinions are welcome, but I'd like CANON for this if possible. Janet Anderson _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 23:48:00 From: "Perry Lloyd" Subject: Re: IN> satan captured? >Here you go, this looked interesting. > >Enjoy > >http://www.miaminewtimes.com/issues/1997-06-05/feature.html/page1.html > >Cass kickin! - -Perry, kfc perrylloyd@hotmail.com pl312993@oak.cats.ohiou.edu http://www.geocities.com/perrylloyd/ "And that's the hardest thing for a human being to do - be wrong. Do you know that people would rather die than be wrong?" - --from A Matter For Men by David Gerrold _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 19:49:58 -0400 From: "Charles Phipps" Subject: IN> "We're sending you a cleaner" "Ohhhh no Sword boy don't think your getting out of helping me clean up this @&*@@^* mess. You too Seraph, oh you think your too high and mighty to wash up the brains of the hellsworn whose brains you blew out? Well guess what jackass, here's your mop and your doing it. You just *@*@@&@& try to complain to your Archangel about it." - -Sample conversation piece from the file of Harvey, Elohim of Judgment Harvey Elohim of Judgment Cor-3 Str-10 Agi-2 Eth-3 Int-8 Pre-4 Cel-3 Will-6 Cel-6 Vessel: Human 4/ Role: Janitor or other cleaning professional 2/ Artifact: Mop and bucket 3/ (All Blood and gore sopped up into it disappears), Bodybag 4/ (All bodies stuffed in are broken into base essence which is distributed to Harvey's Superior), Holy Pistol w/Silencer 3/ and 5 bullets, Cell Phone of Holiness 6/ (when the phone number is called will teleport him to the nearest spot he won't be noticed) Skills: Cleaning 6, Chemistry 2/, Computer Operation 4/, Driving 3/, Electronics 2/, Escape 6/, Fast-Talk 6/, Knowledge: Police Procedures 4/, Lying 5/, Ranged Weapon 4/ Songs: Song of Light (Ethereal 4/), Song of Possession 2/, Song of Tongues (Corporeal 6/, Ethereal 3/, Celestial 6/) Attunements: Elohim of Judgment, Mercurian of Judgment, Incarnate Law Special rites: * "Preserve the sanctity of the War's secrecy" or as Harvey calls it "Cleaning up after the &#&# heads" You may be surprised to discover this but the chances are that your angelic group or even demonic in some cases has at some point been the recipient of Harvey's handiwork. Officially he is a very low-ranking servitor of Judgment with not a distinction in sight, only twice in his history has he ever been on a triad and both times he alienated his fellows greatly, and there is no evidence at all that Harvey is going to be getting either position assigned to him in the near or far far future. However while some servitors of Judgment and other words may take this to mean Harvey is a peon in the lumbering machine that is Dominic's organization in truth he's one of Dominic's most favored servitors and any attempt by him to summon him is practically bound to succeed (+3 to all attempts by Harvey to summon the Archangel of Judgment). This is mainly because Harvey performs the job nobody in the Symphony wants elsewise to perform and that is cleaning up the mess of the other favored servitors and when some new @&@& head gets trigger happy. Oh come on, haven't you ever wondered why nobody ever investigates those twenty to thirty biker dead shootouts when the Sons of Stone rumble with Belial's thunder? How about when that Malakim decides the best way to deal with a brothel tether to Lusties is full of sin and needs to be cleansed? Basically it's very difficult to keep tabs on the war but Harvey as an Elohim is usually able to smoothe things over by stealing stuff from the evidence locker here, preserving the role of quiet philanthropist here after he severs the head off of his Lilim secretary there, burning and shredding records left in a computer here, and the job he most often gets stuck with...making sure that the bullet ridden corpses of human beings and vessels of dead celestials and ethereal are dealt with in a prompt and timely manner. Because of the inherently violent nature of some of the words and the entire &@*@(@@& Malakim choir Harvey is quite simply ALWAYS busy and the Archangels thanks to Laurence's orders have been instructed to give a call down to Harvey whenever something like this happens. He's extremely overworked and simply put some jobs just don't get done as nice or at all when several incidents happen at once but Harvey is still very good at damage control and no one really wants to assign another angel to what he does. Needless to say he has a bad attitude about his job but it's constructive criticism, especially so when he has to "give out his number". "Giving out his number" effectively means that a group that is serving War, Judgment, the Sword, Stone, or some other word that just happens to have missions that lend toward high body counts (he's given it to a group of destiny servitors but no Flowers groups thus far) has proven consistently that they just can't or won't due to the nature of their work keep from killing large groups of people frequently. These can be groups that professionally hunt demons and hellsworn or they can be people who have the unique job of dealing with extremely violent people such as the Mafia or terrorists. Harvey after the thirteenth time or so with a specific group gives him a number which is linked to his cellphone. From this point on you can simply call on Harvey whenever you need and he'll show up with no need to go in-between through your Superior or whatnot. Unfortunately by this point Harvey will make your life a living hell from this point on with constant battering to your ego and advice on cleaning up your own mess...and oh he'll never forget you either when he gets his rare break to talk to his fellow Judgment servitors about who needs investigation. On the plus side he's often a great source of gossip on very famous angels given it seems he's been doing this for a very very very long time.... Don't get him started on Ogiel and the Sergeant Major....Bronwyn? The little Jiminy Cricket has a few skeletons too if you catch my drift. - -Charlemagne ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 17:17:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Mmmmm Pizza - --- Charles Phipps wrote: > This is what you get inspired to write after a really > good meal at your > church...curious. > > Papa Georgio's Italian Cuisine The Lord works in mysterious way. I liked this a lot -- we know have an infernal counterpart to Fat Charlies's! ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 None of your plans for success will work unless you do. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 17:22:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> "We're sending you a cleaner" - --- Charles Phipps wrote: > Harvey > Elohim of Judgment Funny. But with that bad attitude about his job, he won't be an Elohite long. ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 None of your plans for success will work unless you do. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 17:23:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Driving Cherubim Crazy - --- Janet Anderson wrote: > If a Cherub is attuned to someone who's a habitually > reckless driver, will > his "danger sense" go off every time the driver does > something like cut in > front of a heavily loaded truck or narrowly miss another > car? I'd say yes. Gives Cherubim a reason to be selective. ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 None of your plans for success will work unless you do. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 17:26:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: IN> No Need for Essence! - --- Charles Phipps wrote: > Ryo-oki > Cherub of Destiny It's official -- 4 out of 5 IN players watch Tenchi Muyo! ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 None of your plans for success will work unless you do. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 12:32:41 +1200 From: "Alex Liddell" Subject: Re: IN> "We're sending you a cleaner" > > Harvey > > Elohim of Judgment > > Funny. But with that bad attitude about his job, he >won't be an Elohite long. And he can Summon Dominic..... woah Alex _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 22:12:40 -0400 From: "Charles Phipps" Subject: IN> Baal, Archangel of Victory Baal "I am the Angel of the Lord come to speak his many judgments and wraths upon the unrighteous. Wherever my gaze falls thus shall evil perish and no where shall the Lord's ever lasting triumph be able to be denied. Thus I speak, Amen." - -the Book of Baal 12:11 (for all servitors) The Golden Dragon with shining scales, claws of adamantine, and wings of the purest platinum takes the form often of a human man with long blackened hair armed with two kattanas and a youthful appearance of a Samurai when alone. In more staid settings he appears as a wizened statesman in an well tailored suit that belies a certain weariness mixed with a quirky almost self mocking sense of humor though that sense does not go towards any mission that is assigned and the punishments inflicted on servitors who fail in their deeds make even David occasionally give pause. Baal however is a fair man who is quick to forgive failure when they are willing to make up for their failed deeds with greater tasks but each servitors failure is a reflection on him and the Archangel of Victory is a slap in the face that he has much much more to make up for than likely Armageddon will ever give him the chance to repay. The redemption of Baal has been a massive change for Heaven which has had it's militant faction increased greatly in power though conversely a great number of the "old guard" who believed that the original architects of the Fall could never be redeemed have moved over to a greater outreach toward the Fallen. Baal himself is neither against nor for the Peace Faction but his actions speak quite clearly he expects his servitors to immediately attack and destroy any demons they encounter unless they are on the ground begging for forgiveness when they are identified at which point a servitor of Baal is obligated to immediately call his Archangel to bring about the beings redemption. Baal's prosecution of the war is swift, brutal, and fanatical and Hell's loss of it's commander has resulted in untold damage to Hell's part in the war effort. The fact a great number of Baal's servitors chose to follow him to Heaven has led to a severe shortage of servitors willing to fight for the cause of darkness. Baal was in truth the only real being in Hell who could inspire courage and allegiance to the cause of evil and his death has resulted in a massive shift to more subtle forms of corruption. Ophis has since been named the new Prince of the War but even as he struggles to rebuild the war machine that was quite simply annhilated upon Baal's attack upon Gehenna he has lost the position of commander of the Horde to Fufur who has assembled what Asmodeus has described as quite simply "an army of Thugs". The redemption of Baal currently harkens back to the elevation of the young servitor of Uriel, Laurence, to the status of Commander of the Host and the fact Baal found him unlike Uriel and certainly Michael a slap in the face to his honor. Finally able to take no more of the child's antics Baal challenged him to a duel on the corporeal plane with the solemn oath that as long as Baal fought with only his own self, Laurence would do the same, and the terms was to soul-death. The battle itself took place in Antarctica where they could have access fully to their songs and power without fear of destroying the world that was the spoils to the winner. The battle raged for who knows how long but the continent suffered what scientists would call massive earthquakes and volcanic activity before finally Baal was beaten. Weakened immensly with Laurence still more or less intact Baal could only watch the young warrior in shock as it was so antiethical to run away that it never crossed his mind that anything but soul-death was awaiting him. It then occured to him that God was on Laurence's side and that it didn't matter how well Baal fought or how powerful he was because even the lowliest angel would be able to beat him in the end because he was facing an impossible opponent to overcome. An opponent who was inside of him and a part of him still and one that he could not eliminate because he would merely destroy himself long before he could destroy it. Throwing himself at Laurence's mercy he asked for redemption and something staid the Malakite's hand from destroying his natural enemy in the Balseraph. Summoning the Seraphim Council they indeed did redeem the Demon Prince Baal together and in shock they felt the Lord's presence as he stood not as a powerful angel before them but a fellow Archangel. Baal's status in Heaven is one of concious distrust as even those who love him and believe fully in redemption recognize there is a fanatic's gleam inside his eye and those who once despised him recognize that even a Balseraph as powerful as Baal would not be able to fool the host and that he truly has returned to the side of the Light. The only question now is however whether Baal will prove to be a yo-yo. Dissonance It is dissonant for any follower of Baal to fail in the assignment that Baal assigns them from rescuing princess A to failing to destroy tether B by set time C. Baal is extremely loose in how these things are acomplished but he expects them done and doesn't really care exactly how much property damage and pain his servitors have to go through to do it. He has a good estimation of his servitors capacities however and sucess and even better sucess with works above and beyond the call of duty are well rewarded given that his ranks are needing a great deal of competant and strong of will servitors. Choir Attunements Seraphim In Heaven Baal's Seraphim are charged with destroying everything in their path that is remotedly related to their fallen brethren and recieve their will plus their ethreal forces to resist the power of a Balseraph's words plus they can instantly recognize any lie as the product of one of their brethren or not. It is said that the Seraphim of Baal know untruth better than any being in the Symphony and are thus hardened against it's allure. They most fit the mold of Biblical judges like Samson and Elijah. Cherubim Cherubim are Baal's medics and in charge of making sure that while victory is won it is not at the cost of far more lives than it would make winning hollow. Cherubim can detect a wounded being and how badly within a number of yards equal to their corporeal forces. They most fit the ideals of Healers though with a strong Knights Hospitalier bent moreso than healing nuns. Elohim It is these forces who serve as Baal's greatest champions of redemption and preachers of his doctrine with a myriad of duties such as tacticians, internal policing (which Baal does not like Dominic needing to handle), and logistics. The only time these Elohim seem to move away from the gentle rabbi status that seems to have been imparted upon them is when they sense the prescense of their fellow Habbalah in which they do not take dissonance for letting emotion guide them to slaughtering them with extreme prejudice. Kyriotates Kyriotates of Victory add their corporeal forces to any will attempts to put their hosts into battle against evil and take no dissonance if they would be willing to die battling evil. Ofanim The Ofanim are quite literally insane in Baal's service and the best clue to their mindset is that they get along "really really really" well with servitors of Gabriel. When an Ofanim's resonance is focused they can feel the general direction of the nearest diabolical force whether tether, song, or demon with dischord though they can only detect it in the vaguest sense such as very near or very far. Ofanim of Victory are mad hunters of the wicked and vigalantes rather than Biblical stereotypes Lilim Lilim of Baal well to be perfectly honest don't really much resemble their counterparts anymore and more resemble almost pagan priestesses of Baal singing his many glories and the freedom and pleasure that will be the fruits of the dawning age of which the wrathful one shall bring about...etc etc. They're resonance has not changed and add their corporeal forces to their attempts to charm someone. Malakim Malakim of Victory are....well they act alot like Baal in his quote. You know alot of angels with the firm sense of one of those people preparing their sword for the Apcolypse but imagine one who firmly believes that it's going on RIGHT NOW. Malakim who are vessel killed or soul killed can make a will roll to summon on the inner reserves of victory to restore one point of vessel or celestial forces to himself once an adventure to keep on fighting or survive to complete their mission another day. Mercurians Mercurians of Victory...just don't seem like Mercurians. Firebrand preachers and speakers of the immenant need for victory over the forces of darkness and can instantly tell what will incite a human being or celestial to fight against the forces of darkness at this current time. Art of Combat This functions exactly like Baal's attunement in Hell The Appearence of the Lord Functions exactly the same as State of Ophis Weapons of the Lord This ability allows the being to permanently remove a force to create a blessed weapon artifact. The artifact will be a living entity with a celestial force and an intelligent one with an ethereal and in existence on the corporeal plane with a corporeal and permantely tied to the angel in question. Other properties of the weapon include that it can only be a melee one and that it can be summoned to their hands at any time save if they are fallen or outcast. The weapon will get better the more it is used to fight demons it should be noted and it is possible that if given three forces it will eventually fledge as a living angelic artifact as well. Cast in the Name of God, Ye Not guilty An inscription on a germanic executioners sword it roughly means that an executioner is not guilty of murder when he carries out his trade. The attunement is a very insideous one and when a demon is truly deserving of death be it trauma or soul-death (a Storyteller should be very concise) the Angel of Victory can make a will roll to overcome him and for a single round the demon will fall to his knees completely submitting to whatever punishment the angel will inflict upon him. Distinctions Vassal of Courage Same as Knight of the Black Order Friend of Holiness Same as Captain of the Infernal Armies Master of Victory Sane as Baron of Victory Higher distinctions include many rewards for great battles and things that put Michael to shame for grandiose gifts of pride and rewards. Relations Baal is a fanatical militant Archangel desperate to prove himself by wiping out Hell by himself if he can. What he has done has certainly earned him the respect of a great number of the Heavengly Host for turning his back on the cause of evil but to put it in Yoda speak "his feelings cloud his judgement" they feel and Baal himself is more than alittle embarassed to take up the mantle of duties in the Seraphim council that would normally be ascribed him, assigning several of his "Heaven born" and relying on Michael and Laurence to more or less judge his point of view. Novalis is fairly sure he's going to crack unless he slows down while Laurence is certain that Baal is one of Heaven's firmest allies and his staunchest defender. Baal: Michael, Laurence (Laurence is allied with Baal) Associated: Gabriel, David, Dominic (Michael is associated with Baal) Neutral: Everyone else except Hostile: Novalis (Novalis is hostile to him and so is Yves) - -Charlemagne ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #2235 ******************************** The material here is (C) 2001 Steve Jackson Games, Incorporated. All rights reserved.