08 Saturday Oct 2022
Israfel, the Angel of Music, is the most well known choirmaster of heaven, but she is not the only one. Jordi’s favored cantor is Jeduthun, a Malakite entrusted with leading the Trisagion at dusk, when the forces of Hell are most empowered. Once his hour leading the hosannas is up, Jeduthun will spend the night prowling the wilds of heaven and earth to lead the beasts in their own song, and warn away demons and poachers.
Continue reading04 Tuesday Oct 2022
Rapuns is one of Novalis’ exorcists and psychopomps. He does his best to terrify demons and evil spirits away from living mortals, while also guiding lost souls to their place of final illumination. Although Rapun holds a rather high standing within the Cathedral of Flowers, he rarely calls upon Novalis’ other servitors, he knows that his reliance upon intimidation and interest in the dead can be off putting to the Archangel’s other followers.
However, if there *is* a demon running amok that he cannot handle himself, he will call on what resources he can to keep the evil from living.
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Michael is the Archangel of War, but he has a strong secondary emphasis on finding heroes and champions (his two highest Distinctions). So it only stands to reason that he would also oversee the path towards heroism.
For this particular exercise, I will be using the Hero’s Journey from Joseph Campbell’s monomyth.
12 Tuesday Jul 2022
Vörös is one of the very oldest Angels of Jordi. In the beginning they were a Domination who liaised with Eli and Novalis to ensure that the biological systems of the newly created world would feed and support the animals who were to be Jordi’s charge.
When the demons broke from heaven, Vörös took the vows of a Malakite, but did not abandon Sheretzim (things which swarm) for Chayyah (wild beasts of the earth). Vörös Dagály’s specific task is protecting the oceans by encouraging bivalves and mollusks and zooplankton to eat massive algea blooms (red tides). And for millennia Vörös hunted the demons of the deep alongside the Malakim of Water. After Oannes death and the sundering of the Cathedral of Water, Vörös became something of a loner whose connection with heaven gradually diminished.
Continue reading05 Tuesday Jul 2022
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As any self-identified queer with a sense of history knows, cultural identity can be forged and maintained by embracing an epithet originally intended shame, denigrate, or mock.
In the case of The Deplorable, they are the living archetype of an identity forged racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobes deciding that they would embrace and take pride in these qualities rather than question why they followed a lying narcisistic grifter and womanizer as the champion of their faith. As a cultural icon, they are a synthesis of aspirations of the described population and the contempt of their political opponents.
Continue reading28 Tuesday Jun 2022
Ursilhilaz considers themself to be an angelic protector of the downtrodden and oppressed, and like most true angels, they believe that such individuals must be uplifted (either through their own efforts or those of a community). However, like many a follower of Malphas, Ursilhilaz goes further than heavenly politics would allow.
As a Punisher, Ursilhilaz believes that if the oppressed should be uplifted, then the most oppressed should be the most uplifted. Finding the most oppressed celestial is easy: Ursilhilaz knows that they are the most oppressed child of heaven (why else would such a divine being as themself be forced to consort with demons, and as an underling no less).
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Contrary to popular opinion, Sigron loves humanity. They love how humans constantly prey upon each other, he loves how they turn to a distant and indifferent god to solve their problems and express their grief and solidarity for them, and he loves how they think that this is enough.
Continue reading29 Tuesday Mar 2022
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Covid-19, David, Dominic, In Nomine, Kronos, Lawrence, Novalis, NPC, Nybbas, Orc, Saminga, Valefor, Wordbound
One of the joys of playing a contemporary game like d20 Modern or In Nomine is that you have the ability to make your adventures topical (or not, escapism is entirely valid). With that in mind, I’ve pulled together a selection of Angels and Demons who could be used as avatars of the disease and its impacts.
Continue reading17 Thursday Mar 2022
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6 Force, Gestalt Spirit, In Nomine, LGBT, NPC, Queen, Rabbit, Wonderland
Coney is just the latest in a very large family of March hares. Like most of his Ethereal tribe, he is a spirit of distraction and non-sequiters with a seasonal undercurrent of ribaldry. His mortal form is that of a teenaged skater boi who favors white bandages and light tan tanks over loose brown pants. He can clean up in a pinch, but considers it something of a badge of honor to always leave his shirt half untucked.
He lives with “Aunt Hattie,” a mortal milliner who is unlikely to have children of his own and was more than happy to unofficially adopt Coney and play legal guardian for school (and occasionally police).
Continue reading08 Tuesday Mar 2022
No one really thinks Fornax leads the inferno, they’re entirely too pleasant and personable. If not for the fact that they are unfazed by fire, heat, or torture, they might even pass for a human soul. After all, they are the embodied promise that one’s enemy’s will burn forever: seemingly moral, upright and sympathetic; but casually cruel and inconstant in actuality.
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Book of the Neglected 