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• "Though if Nike's managed to start wearing crosstrainers and put swooshes on her armor, I have to think she's among the more successful transitional Ethereals to the modern day." - Ethereal Tough Guys by Eric Burns
• "The Aeons are the celestial builders of things and makers of order." - The Aeons by Eric Burns
• "Oops." - Security Leak by Moe Lane
• "Unfortunately, 'almost' allows for a little slippage." - A Week In The Life, Pt. 2 by Eric Hallstrom
• "Celestials love cellphones -- they're easily carried and they make keeping in contact a lot easier than the Kyrio method. (Amazing how many angels were carrying around pigeons or rats before cellphones existed; made them a bit easy to spot.)" - Phone Cherubim by Beth McCoy
• "As the Angel of Angels, Ruhiel is charged with making sure that Angels are always a force for the betterment of the Symphony as a whole and that the image of angels in human society is never corrupted, both tasks which she takes _very_ seriously. To tell the truth, it isn't all that hard." - Wordplay by Jonathan Walton
• "The shellacking that the environment's gotten over the last few centuries has convinced the Archangel of Animals that desperate times call for desperate measures." - Minor Choir: Sasquatches by Moe Lane
• "Of course, Forces may be recycled, and often are, and the general consensus is that the act of recycling means that Humpty Dumpty, indeed, may never be put back together again. Something just gets lost in the process. Some people find it impossible to accept that." - Collectors by Moe Lane
• "The Role Dominic has maintained for the last five hundred years or so (through about eight incarnations) has been as a scholar of the theory of law." - Superior Roles: Dominic by William J. Keith
• "Since time immemorial, there has always been a certain type of nobility: the kind with wealth to spare, who can indulge their every whim -- and whose whims are better left undescribed before the innocent of heart..." - Superior Roles: Andrealphus by William J. Keith
• "See those little Malakim with the wooden swords? The Seraphim who could do a good impression of grass-snakes? The little Ofanim like blazing Cheerios?" - Mini-Choirs by Beth McCoy
• "Everyone wonders about Laurence's Roles." - Superior Roles: Laurence by Moe Lane
• "The espionage service run by Marc, Litheroy and Zadkiel is, of course, dependent on humans - both living and blessed souls - to operate." - The Cadre: Part I by
• "Incidentally, a group of three or more Cadre members is called a Convention." - The Cadre: Part 2 by Maurice Lane
• "They handle their own travel, creativity and demolitions. And they insist on the exclamation mark!" - Rolebusters! by John Dallman
• "When people are worried about whether they're being overheard, they have quite a few clever ways to ensure their privacy, and one of the classic methods is to go outside." - Arboreals by Moe Lane
• "Knowing Vapula, it'll blow up in an entertaining fashion (the advantage of this is that he'll still try if even if it's actually impossible in your particular campaign): that's why there's an Archangel of Technology in the first place." - Superior In A Can by Moe Lane
• "Anybody who shows knowledge of this letter is to be reported, priority alpha-two-alpha." - The Sealed File: Document 1 by Genevieve "Maya" Cogman
• "Too many Soldiers were being treated as disposable tools by the angels that worked with them. Yes, they recognized that they were fighting for the greater good, but it was hard to keep that in mind when you could barely afford rent on a room because you kept getting called away from your job at the last minute." - People Net by Cameron McCurry
• "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. " - Talents by Earl Wajenberg
• "Seneschals may be Word-bound to their Tethers. This process grants the Seneschal significant abilities beyond that granted by simply attuning them to the Tether; however, it also afflicts them with the main disadvantage of a Word, namely, the prospect of going into decline and eventually dying with their Tether." - Word-binding Seneschals by William J. Keith
• "Really, there is a vast pool of celestial talent out there just going to waste. Talent that, whilst it has crossed the line and declared its independence, could still be useful to either Heaven or Hell. And come to think of it, sometimes jobs come up that truly require secret and expendable operatives." - Universal Exports by Jo Hart
• "Dwarves are short, stocky humanoids evolved (one could even say 'engineered') to live in underground environments. " - Dwarves by Moe Lane
• "Halflings appear upon first glance to be a variant sub-race of Humanity: their most notable difference is their height (their name is derived from the fact that the average Halfling is about half the size of a Human)." - Halflings by Moe Lane
• "Remnants of Stone are particularly hard to find - any rock, statue or gargoyle could be a soul-killed Trog. Still, no one is terribly surprised that Baal was able to find one. What does surprise people is that he was able to find a silicon based life form." - Trolls by James Walker
• "Even the Archangel of Flowers needs an impressive escort occasionally, and although not fond of intimidation Novalis does prefer it to bloodshed." - Ent by James Walker
• "If a human gets flung out of a lake in front of a warrior, he'll be lucky if he isn't burnt as a witch. Throw a sword though, and the warrior will sweep it up and declare himself the rightful king of England." - Magical Swords by James Walker
• "As a First Race (again, with Humanity), Elves have no special patron among the Archangels anymore: they are watched over by all of Heaven impartially." - Elves by Moe Lane
• "Dragons, Mummies, Liches, Sorcerers - all need a hoard of gold and jewels. Otherwise where's the point?" - Hoards-R-Us by James Walker
• "The Lich is probably one of the highest forms of Undead, the type of creature that all necronmancers aspiring to immortality (which pretty much means all of them) long to become." - The Lich by Benjamin Acosta
• "When Heaven discovered the existence of the Broken Races, a great deal of energy was expended trying to heal them - nearly as much as was spent trying to destroy them." - Druedain by James Walker
• "Sister Shannon Masters, aka Warrior Nun Areala, simply smiled as she raised her sword, readying herself to rid the Earth of yet another Hellspawn. "Oh crap, indeed, Demon-Born."" - The Warrior Nuns by Rolland Therrien
• "Most Lilim ultimately swear to a Prince. Either they are tired of constantly being hounded by other demons, the Game, or, more likely, they find the rewards of joining a Prince's hierarchy, including titles, retainers, and advancement, to outweigh the benefits of staying neutral." - Lilim Roles by Emily Dresner-Thornber
• "There are a lot of mundanes in Heaven's service, and most of them have the Lucid Dreaming skill. Over the years they've crafted their Dreamscapes into places of beauty, wonder - and often extreme usefulness." - DreamNet by James Walker
• "The first Balrog was a Renegade Shedite who, without a host or any essence, was only saved from soul-death by a favourable Intervention. Laurence killed it personally, but it had already passed on the technique to other demons." - Balrogs by James Walker
• "I have, in my own little universe over here, generally determined that a Superior using its own resonance has, well, the Superior-level version of it. (We will not talk about Andrealphus and Impudite Charm here, plus Word-leakage.)" - Superior-level Resonance by Beth McCoy
• "Although Saminga claims to have complete control of all Undead, it wasn't difficult for Mammon's Servitors to bribe a Necromancer to design a new type of Undead for them." - Barrow Wights by James Walker
• "Two separate though related races of Mermaids exist. 'True' Mermaids are descended from dolphins and a rogue Grigori; 'lesser' mermaids are descended from dugongs and one or more ethereals." - Mermaids by James Walker
• "Despite the propaganda, not every dragon perished during the purity crusade." - On Dragons by Jo Hart
• "You think that demons are the experts at character assassination? Please: those guys have no inter-Word cohesion." - Dirty Tricks by Moe Lane
• "But before and beyond all the cerebral stuff, Jean is the Cosmic Zap. If, roughly speaking, David, Oannes, Janus, and Gabriel are solid, liquid, gas, and plasma, Jean is force field." - On Lightning by Earl Wajenberg
• "Zombis are often abandoned: left for dead, sent on one way missions, given orders and forgotten. Other outlast their creators, or were created purely out of spite." - Variations on Zombies by James Walker
• "Ah, Smurfs: otherwise known as 'an example of why Novalis now never drinks anything that's in Eli's refrigerator without checking it first'." - Smurfs by Moe Lane
• "They've recorded that Uriel was Christian. They never said that he was Catholic." - The Matropater Faithful by Maya Cogman
• "The old Impudite waited patiently as the children huddled together. Outside the carbon storm raged, diamond sharp dust ripping at the stone walls. The storm would not breach the walls tonight, he thought." - Rebel Planet: Introduction by James Walker
• "This is one of Laurence's more significant, if obscure, organisations. He inherited it from Uriel, who had the original version from Michael. It's a collection of Angels and Saints whose basic job is to attend to details of organising The War, and to make plans for contingencies." - The General Staff of the Host by John Dallman
• "That being said, Laurence retains various weapons that are dedicated to those rare times when he actually gets to engage Demon Princes in battle. He's aware that he probably won't get to kill any of them until Judgement Day ... but there's no reason why he can't get a good lick or two in before they manage to Run Away." - Laurence's Special Swords by Moe Lane and colleagues
• "The Demon Prince of the War is known for his paradoxial combination of overwhelming, arrogant pride and common-sense pragmatism. While the latter has led him to craft these specialized Unholy Bullets, it is the former which keeps him from loading up an M60 with a belt of each type." - Baal's Special Bullets by Rev. Pee Kitty
• "You have been assigned your tasks; you will either succeed or die. Either is acceptable, and you should feel proud if you achieve both." - Memo to the Troops by James Walker
• "So if anyone needs a quick idea for a Word for an alternate universe, here's a whole list of 'em!" - Inverse Words by Sirea Theyal et al.
• "Everyone knows you cannot give a human a Word. That is, itself, correct. YOU cannot." - Human Words by Sean McCarthy
• "XJ49-L is procedurally oriented, which makes it a fine language to use when one wants to create spaghetti code. As a matter of fact, in addition to the standard "goto" function, XJ49-L supports the "go", "gothere", "gottherethenreturn", and "gothereandthere" functions." - Heavenly and Hellish Programming Languages by Manny Nepomuceno
• "Is a Word-bound even more in tune with its Superior's very nature than an ordinary celestial? There is an obvious temptation to answer 'yes' - but what does that mean for a campaign? What are the consequences?" - Word-Scenarios by Moe Lane
• "Vapula truly hates it when people tell him not to do something." - Vapulan Time Travel by Michael Cleveland
• "There are days when Jean really loves having people like Vapula around." - Jeantech Time Travel by Michael Cleveland
• "Now, everyone knows that they're good protection from Kyrios and Shedim, right? But does everyone know that they're good possessions of Kyriotates and Shedim?" - Force Catchers by Beth McCoy
• "The Ascension of Kronos of Princehood annoyed a number of Princes. Saminga's response was simple - if collecting information was enough to to make one a Prince, then he would prove that Death was the ultimate storehouse of knowledge! [Maniacal laugh]" - The Hall of Heads by James Walker
• "Something about a Heavenly plot involving using real estate to bankrupt demons and kick them out on the streets (as easier prey for angels), that the Archangel of the Sword was taking a personal hand in. And a cameo appearance from Worf (see Star Trek)." - No Insomnia Tonight... by Beth McCoy
• "If Yves has a book wherein the name of every being that comes into existence is recorded, then it stands to reason -- Kronos' reason, at any rate -- that the Archives should contain a book of the name of every being ever soul-killed." - The Book of Dead Souls by William J. Keith
• "Just about everyone can agree that Hell is simply not a nice place to be." - Trick-Or-Treat In Hell by Cameron McCurry
• "Exorcists: Sorcerers specialising in the Exorcism skill. Okay, some would be. But all of them?" - Mundane Uses of Exorcism by James Walker
• "To operate in mortal society, celestials need to speak the local language. Because of this, a change in the lingua franca can cause a huge shift in the balance of power, as Celestials spend months learning a new language." - The Language of the World by James Walker
• "On rare occasions, there are inventions that Vapula puts out that actually work as advertised. The whole point of Vapula's Great Work, after all, is to help mankind find God through Technology." - PET Scanner by Michael Cleveland
• "Editor's note: Mullerian mimicry describes how poisonous species evolve a similar appearance, so that predators are warned off all of the poisonous species; Batesian mimicry describes how non-poisonous species benefit by copying poisonous species." - Alien Race by James Walker
• "Punishment Rites were first developed by Dominic, not long after the Fall. They are a variation on Worship Rites, used to discourage misuse of Rites and attunements." - Punishment Rites by James Walker
• "To begin with, do not use that name around Laurence or Novalis." - Hellburners by Moe Lane
• "And yet, some demon thinks that they know how to win and that they will try to enter the next time the competition begins..." - Ever wonder...? (An alternate take) by Cameron McCurry
• "Yes, there are Marxists Up There, and there will be as long as the achievement of one's Destiny/Fate remains even slightly independent of one's religious beliefs." - Marxists In Heaven by Moe Lane
• "Just as relationships are living things that must be maintained, so too are roles, for they are in many ways a celestial's relationship with human society." - Role Maintenance and Destruction by Eric Bertish
• "Hey, if it was okay for St. Brigit to get petitioned this morning..." - A Petition by Moe Lane
• "If a demon has worked his way up from being a demonling, he likely has a history several centuries old. " - 20 Questions For Ex-Demonlings by James Walker
• "A few questions to help you flesh out the back stories of your angels." - 20 Questions For Ex-Relievers by James Walker
• "You didn't think that Kobal would let Kronos keep something with so much potential, did you?" - Sorcerers of Dark Humor by James Walker
• "Laurence's hostility to Novalis has some interesting effects for humans serving Flowers, given that they report to both Superiors." - Soldiers or Gardeners? by James Walker
• "The Cage is a rather simple looking device to the untrained eye. It stands about 6 feet by 6 feet and is formed of solid steel, with a catch on the bottom that enables the device to swing outward and scoop something in, then slam shut about them. There is a one foot by one foot window of transparent black glass set in the top of the Cage for observation." - The Cage by Charles E. Smith
• "They wanted to form a martial order, fiercely loyal to Hell, that would hunt agents of Heaven that had grown too powerful in one area. Rather than working at separate goals, this order would work together to achieve victory." - The Hyacinth Brotherhood by Cameron McCurry
• "It's always dangerous to back an Engineer into a corner; you just don't know what he'll come up with." - Desperate Measures by Eric Hallstrom
• "Shiloh had to think for a long, long moment, then she smiled. "I know! Let's try Saminga. He's really stupid, so if we could smarten him up, I'm sure he'd join us!"" - The Next Plan by Charles E. Smith
• "Jean is perfectly willing to acknowledge that, in this one case at least, his opposite number has a definite point." - Calabite of Lightning by Moe Lane
• "It's just that most people get uncomfortable when they find out that certain members of the Host have Roles as serial killers." - Specialists by Moe Lane
• "Media doesn’t like to talk about it, but there’s a little problem with imposing your Will on the market: actually, you can’t, quite." - Pandemonium by Moe Lane
• "The following constitutes a suggested set of translations, conversions, and point values for the new game concepts presented in the Ethereal Player's Guide, for the use of GURPS: In Nomine players. This is not a full-text conversion -- the translations assume the reader owns the Guide." - GURPS Conversion for the Ethereal Player's Guide by William J. Keith
• "Got its start in the Sunday game where Casca mimed snorting a line of Ineffability. Out came the notebook: it sort of got really, really expanded from there (not to mention 'mutated')." - New Drugs by Moe Lane
• "When the War is all over, one way or the other, the victorious side is naturally going to want to sit down and reminisce about the Old Days. When that happens, it's certain that at least one favorite game is going to be Top 10 Statements That Were Always Guaranteed To Turn Your Bowels To Water." - Portable Biofeedback Enhancer VT-52317/k ("Bonsai Kittens") by Moe Lane
• "Janus: "Oh, this one I've just got to hear..."" - Cow. by Moe Lane
• "Like all the other Archangels, Zadkiel has a few small 'organisations' within her ranks, and the Aegis is one such body." - The Aegis by GNEZDA
• "In Heaven live the Greatest Generals History has ever known... Or at least the ones who've accomplished their Destinies. One might assume that they spend their afterlives resting or otherwise move up Jacob's Ladder, but usually, after they learn of The War, well... once a soldier, always a soldier." - The Council of the Sword by Rolland Therrien
• "Had a random impulse, so I pored over my world map for a while and came up with this. It's a quick guide for those that want to time events in the Marches on a global scale: a 24-hour summary of what is going on in the world sleep-wise, at 4-hour intervals." - A Day In The Marches by William J. Keith
• "To further his Word, Alaemon is always willing to try new methods of surveillance to gather secrets from humans as well as his fellow Princes. He is rather successful in this pursuit; he had invented cameras as small as a human palm long before they were used on Earth. But every so often, something goes wrong with his creations. " - Sock Spies by Cameron McCurry
• ""Most high lord of darkness," the spy hastily mumbled into the phone, "I know that I've been instructed not to attempt direct contact short of a alpha-level emergency . . ."
  
  "And?" the voice on the other end of the phone whispered.
  
  "We have an alpha-level emergency."" - Vampire Malakim by Genevieve Cogman
• ""You will be my messenger, little wheel. Will you take my message and keep it safe until it is time? WILL YOU?" She reached for his face." - S.W.A.K. - The Couriers by Diane J. Donaldson
• "Most angels who don't think about it believe all Soldiers of God come to Heaven when they die. This isn't exactly true." - Remembrances by Ryan M. Roth
• "Well, perhaps Justice Boy would be more appropriate. Alexander is only 15. But, well, when you find out you're a superhero, you kinda want people to treat you like an adult." - Remembrances, Part II: Justice Man by Ryan M. Roth
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  Purpose and Goals

  
  To keep the British Isles free of foreign invaders." - The Sisterhood of the Waves by Moe Lane
• "Ethereals are created by human belief, but what are the Ethereals' beliefs?" - The Uncreated by Earl Wajenberg
• "Not all manifestations of "The Remembered" are due to violence." - Remembrances - Another Version by Cameron McCurry
• "Heaven's greatest secret, Bright Malakim are (currently) even rarer that Bright Lilim." - Bright Malakim by James Walker
• "Normally, modern-day IN characters zip around city streets without interruption." - Ambiguous Encounter Table by John Dallman
• "The Prince of Death is not immune the occasional fit of clarity in which he wonders if he might not perhaps be focusing a wee bit too tightly on nothing but simply killing things." - Special Distinction: Saminga's Therapist by Prodigal

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