25 Years of Heliopian Isfet

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Akhenaten, Beleth, Heliopians, IN 2022, In Nomine, Nybbas

This has been one of the quarter-century updates I have been least eager to write. Partially because my interested in the Egyptian gods hit its zenith some time in Elementary school, and partly because even now most of the information I can find on the worship of the Pesedjet (Ennead) and other Egyptian gods comes through a British colonialist lens.

The formal ancient worship of Heliopians ended in the 14th century BC when Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) officially replaced the pantheon with the monotheistic worship of the sun god Aten.

Moira, Demon of Chronophobia

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12 Force, Balseraph, Beleth, Chronophobia, Fear of Aging, Fear of Time, Kronos, NPC, Wordbound

Moira is the illegitimate child of Beleth, Kronos, and an old Liar who was destroyed to provide the bulk of her forces. She most often appears as a woman of middle or old age who may have been beautiful once, but who has clearly lost her luster.

Moira is marshal over the Nightmares of missed opportunity, old age, deadlines, the passage of time, and what the future may bring, but she chooses to serve as a commander under the Demon of Dread rather than accept her own fated future as a Duchess of Nightmares.

Beleth, Archangel of Fears

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Archangel, Beleth, Cherub, In Nomine, Pre-Fall

“When Beleth was an angel, she held the Word of Fear, and used it for the good of mankind. Hers was the fear that kept living things away from danger, and the fear for others that impelled a mother to save a child or a friend to defend a friend. She lived with Blandine in the tower that Blandine still inhabits, and the substance of both their natures was woven into its walls”

– You Are Here p 87
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Ahnoel, Elder Angel of Brilliance, Nightmare Eloah (Beleth Ascendant)

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Ahnoel, Beleth, Elohite, In Nomine, Nightmare Elders, Superiors

Ahnoel is the bright harsh light of the Nightmare Symphony that casts the longest and harshest shadows. They both represent and expect perfection: from themself, from their servitors, and from everyone they meet. Or more accurately, that’s what Ahnoel expects by those who stand within the glaring light. Their domain ends where shadows and darkness begin, and as long as that line has been sharply drawn, Ahnoel does not concern themself with what occurs on the other side.

Ahnoel is not from the core setting, though you are certainly welcome to add them.

Nightmare Domain (D&D 5e)

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Beleth, Clerical Domain, D&D, In Nomine

The Nightmare Domain focuses irrational fears and night terrors. I was pretty much locked into making this domain as soon as I mentioned Beleth in my write up of the Dream Domain. This was put together with the idea of it representing how Beleth might behave as a Clerical Patron in D&D 5e, but it should be suitable for other nightmare gods as well.

Esquire of the Soul

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Andrealphus, Baal, Beleth, Distinctions, In Nomine, Kobal

In feudal England, an Esquire of the Body was equal parts valet, courtier, and bodyguard. They also had access to their lord’s private chambers, assisted in privy tasks, and acted as confidant. Many would go on to become notable lords in their own right, but some chose to pass up elevations to higher rank because they had greater influence, privilege, and luxury by living on as their lord’s personal squire. Techically Knights of the Body also existed (though it appears that they may just have been Esquires of the Soul who had been knighted), but since In Nomine‘s Distinctions are already complex to track, I think “Esquire of the Body” or rather “Esquire of the Soul” can be used no matter the rank.

Fayershpin, Habbalite Demon of Soot Tags

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10 Force, Beleth, Belial, Habbalah, Soot Tag, Wordbound

Faye “Firespider” is an a guerrilla artist.

She has no crew, per se – but she’s reasonably known among of graffiti artists, and has a distinctive style of black and red tracery she likes to paint near refineries and highways, blending images of spider webs and stained glass windows into the surrounding pollution.

In a way, her real art is not much different. However, instead of spray paints, she works in an unholy amalgam of soot, oil, and static electricity that allows her to craft pitch black confections out of thin air. Much like her flat art, these webs look very much like something a spider might have made (which may not be all that inaccurate given all the ways her celestial form has been warped).

Hulða of the Black Forest

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11 Force, Beleth, Habbalite, NPC, Seneschals, The Black Forest, Wordbound

If you ever wondered how the stories of the Black Forest seeped out into the world or who guarded their hasty retreat back to the lands of mist of shadow, you might be looking for Hulða. For a long time the Demoness of the Uncharted Black Forest was one of Beleth’s strongest Seneschals.

Unlike most punishers, Hulða does not consider herself an angel. Angels have always struck her as shallow and false. No, Hulða sees herself a goddess of the woods, and the winter who protects the worthy from hardship while visiting their torments on others that Hulða believes more deserving of them – though just which is which can be hard for even the angels to fathom (and it does not help that she is a creature of caprice).

Beldine, Marquis of Fears, 2nd Consort of Nightmares

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15 Force, Beleth, Blandine, Child of the Grigori, Djinn, Fear, Heresy, Human, Wordbound

Some time after the Fall, after Blandine proved she was too weak to follow Beleth into Hell, after the Princess of Nightmares had come into her own, the Djinn decided it was time to move on from her old love.

Like most Demons at that time, she was deceiving herself.

Pahiah, Malakite Angel of Warning

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17 Force, Beleth, Blandine, In Nomine, Incorruptible, Malakite, NPC, Warning, Wordbound

It is said that there were 12 incorruptible Angels of Fear who stayed behind and fought for Blandine. Pahiah is one. His dark celestial form is wreathed in an infinite and twisting halo resembling a bandolier of eyes.

Like his fellow Incorruptibles, Pahiah serves as part of Blandine’s personal guard. Unlike the others, he likes to travel abroad in the lands and nightmares of man when he can. The angel is a scout, a wanderer, and a herald whose specialty is in finding and announcing danger.