Saminga gets the majority of Fallen Mercurians. Given that they normally
Fell through offering violence to humans, this isn't surprising. Nor is it
surprising that they remember why they Fell.
The Vigilantes are an organisation of Impudites of Death whose goal is to
persuade humans to solve their problems violently. As most of them are
Fallen Mercurians, they usually have excellent social skills and Roles and
can 'make a difference'.
A battered wife; a police officer who knows a criminal who will never be
committed; the victim of a crime; a jilted lover - any of these people can
be targeted by the Vigilantes. Although the Vigilantes can and do take
matters into their own hands, after a century of so most of them rely on
persuading humans to kill their enemies themselves. After all, if the
Vigilante kills a wife basher, there's a better than even chance that she'll
just find a new abuser; if she kills him herself, she'll be required by the
courts to see a psychiatrist (whether she goes to jail or not) and there is
hope that her life will actually improve.
Usually, the problems the Vigilante help humans 'solve' are ones that Heaven
would want fixed - most Vigilantes are Heaven-born, after all. This tends to
complicate matters for the angels sent to oppose them. Even when an angel
decides to kill a Vigilante they are often surprised to find that the
Vigilante doesn't hold a grudge - and may even criticise the angel for
taking so long to attack! Combining Heavenly hatred of evil with Saminga's
love of Death, Vigilantes approve of angels who try to kill them - it's what
they'd do if they were still angels. They tend to laugh at Redemption
attempts - 'where's the point?' they ask. Sure, if they could fledge as,
say, a Malakite - then Redemption would be an idea. But to return to being a
Mercurian would mean that they'd just be a waste of space - belonging to a
choir that was made obsolete by the Fall. To do anything useful, they need
to remain Impudites of Death. And you'll try and kill us for that? Good.
Killing is the only way to improve the world.
Although the Vigilantes will fight angels (especially if the angels are
trying to get humans to use non-violent solutions to their problems "you're
just encouraging them to weasel out of DOING anything! As long as you dangle
false hopes in front of them they'll never take the plunge and SOLVE the
problem!) they prefer to kill either humans or enemy demons. They've racked
up an incredible total of 'kills' on Lust, and an impressive total against
The Game, Factions, Nightmares, The Media and Technology.
Any Vigilante targeted by The Game will first attempt to bribe them with
information useable against demons of other targeted Words (or by killing a
demon who The Gamesters would rather collect from trauma) - if that fails,
the Gamesters will 'disappear'. They're careful to make the deal worth the
Gamesters while - otherwise The Game is will start avenging their slain
members.
The favourite targets of the Vigilantes are Lust and Factions. Both Words
create the problems which the Vigilantes seek to solve; both are outright
enemies of Saminga. Nightmares is targeted when a human is simply to afraid
to kill someone, The Media if the Vigilantes aren't impressed with the
quality of the publicity they get. Technology tends to be incidental, caused
when humans need to get rid of unpleasant technology - whether pollution
(noise seems to attract the most ire), suspected surveillance or bad
technical support.
Before they Fell: Vigilantes tend to have been Friends of Stone, Flowers,
Creation, Fire, Animals or Children. Friends of The Sword tend to serve
Baal, those of War or Destiny tend to serve Dark Humor - however, the
Vigilantes are starting to accept members from Allied Words. Nonetheless,
the Heavenly Words have had an impact on the Vigilantes. The organisation is
as tight knit as any brotherhood of Stone; cruelty to children or animals
will bring the entire organisation down on the offenders head; and a contact
point for the Vigilantes will usually be in a funeral parlour filled with
flowers. Saminga doesn't seem to have noticed, being more interested in the
(commendable) slaughter the group causes.
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