Eli, Archangel of Creation
Belonging to the House of Temperance
Philosophy
The world is creation, the application of will to rearrange a pattern. Eli's
servants, while the most cavalier about their duties, are the best at pulling
the beautiful clarity of signal from the background of chaotic noise.
Dissonance
The servants of Eli have nothing unique which could make them dissonant.
Go play, have fun.
Attunements
Seraphim
Eli's Seraphim have the ability to recognize true talent. Celestial talent
scouts, these angels know how adept someone is at a skill they observe him
doing.
Cherubim
A Cherub working for Eli may hold a man-made item in his hand and know who
created it. The angel won't know anything beyond the most basic facts about
the person (GM's discretion) but may use his natural resonance, minus 1
point for every year old the object is, to track down the creator.
Ofanim
Corporeal vessels made by Ofanim are ageless. At the time of creation, the
angel may choose his body's age. Also, they can slow down, speed up or even
reverse the aging process, both in their vessels and in others'. Once a
day, an Ofanim serving Eli may make physical contact with something and
adjust its age by a number of years equal to his Precision.
Elohim
Elohim who serve the Word of Creation can make Constructs (see p. 00). It
generally takes one month of scavaging for materials and getting them prepared
for every Force the Construct is to be built from.
Malakim
Even working for the Archangel of Creation, Malakim are powerful forces
of destruction. Anything in the hands of Eli's Malakim can be used as a
weapon with a Power equal to the check digit of a successful Perception
roll.
Kyriotates
The Kyriotates who work for Eli have mastered the art of using their multiple
vessels to perform Songs in harmony. Devoting the attention of two vessels
to the task cuts the performance time in half; devoting three vessels cuts
the performance time to a third, etc. Any invocations (gestural or aural)
required by the Song must be able to be made by all vessels involved.
Mercurians
Like Eli's Seraphim, his Mercurians can look into a person's eye and see
what skills he has, whether or not the person is actually aware of them.
Manner and Appearance
Eli, unsurprisingly, is a Mercurian.
He's slipped from his previous stature. His heavenly mosque has drifted
into decay, its classic collection of artwork scattered to the winds; he
sometimes has a difficult time making complete sentences.
The Archangel of Creation has fallen prey to the trivial mundanities of
modern society, the icons of Western civilization, and spent precious little
time going about protecting his Word. It's not a big deal, though - he's
done a good job in the past, and Creation is no longer in danger of stopping.
In fact, it's in danger of completely overrunning everything else. Most
Archangels feel Eli's done too good a job, and made their's overly difficult.
Over the last fifty years, Eli's walked the Earth in various guises, engaging
in insane baccanalia and non-stop travel. He's granted dominion of his servants
to his brother, Khalid (the Archangel of Faith). while he takes his break.
While most angels of Creation spend their days toiling under the yoke of
the Archangel of Faith, Eli's favored servants are exempt from this service
and may walk freely. "Do what thou will," Eli told you, "but
be cool." Unlike other Archangels, who see their servants on a regular
basis whenever they're assigning a task, Eli appears to his angels rarely.
The true disciples of Eli tend to be involved in esoteric exploits on the
whims of their master, whether or not even he understands what he's doing,
and why.
Khalid also has control of Eli's vote in the Seraphim Council, which gives
him substantial strength in breaking the Michael-Blandine-Marc voting bloc
that used to balk him so often. To greater and lesser degrees, he and his
servants have become patsies for Khalid, who doesn't mind running Eli's
show while he's "away." When he wakes up, though, and tries to
recoup his power, he may be surprised to find Khalid doesn't want to give
it back.
Relations
Eli and Khalid, as brothers of a sort, used to work together very closely.
Since Eli has given up his Archangelic mantle, his reputation has tarnished
in most circles to the point that the Seraphim Council are now openly considering
removing his name from the Septa if he doesn't start actively supporting
his Word again. (Eli, if he'd ever bother showing up to one of the hearings,
would defend himself by saying he's doing more than most Archangels by living
among the humans and surfing where the Symphony pulls him.) Of course, Khalid
doesn't want this -- not because he cares about Eli, but because if Eli
is relegated to the Archangels who aren't in the Septa he'll lose the power
of an important vote in the Council. The matter has yet to be decided, but
the other Archangels and their servants will be forced to take one side
or the other, and soon.
Many in Heaven consider the servants of Eli to be "latter-day Grigori,"
though with Khalid's crackdowns over the last decade, this reputation has
diminished markedly. Still, there are no greater debaucheries than those
thrown by angels of Creation. Strangely, servants of David are some of their
strongest supporters, and both camps regularly come to one another's aid.
Missions
Better Hide Your Heart. Eli, like Khalid, used to insist that his
servants leave their Hearts (see p. 00) locked up tight in his heavenly
mosque. Over the last ten years, without telling Khalid, he's given his
angels permission to take their Hearts and hide them somewhere else in the
Heavens. He gave no explanation and merely nodded with satisfaction when
they were all gone.
During an inventory of Hearts last autumn, Khalid just noticed. In an effort
to calm the unruly crowd of angels who work for Eli, is insisting all his
servants -- as he considers Eli's servants as his own, even though he refuses
to grant them attunements befitting a servant of Faith -- return their Hearts
to his citadel. Some of Eli's favored servants should try and contact Eli
and tell him what's going on . . . or does he know, but is afraid of confronting
Khalid?
But I Know What I Like. In the late 1950s, one of Eli's favored servants
-- Art, the angel of Art (his Word is his name) -- disappeared. No one knew
what happened to him, but Eli (in perfectly laid-back form) insisted Art
was merely taking a break from life. Now Eli's worried, and he's sent you
on a quest . . . for Art. Ride that rocket, baby.
Rites
- Score 3 successful Precision-based skill rolls in a row. The rolls have
to be for the same skill (Mechanic, Artist, Singer, etc.).
- Spend an hour having sex.
- Quiet a group of more than three crying children.
Chance of Invocation: Roll 1 die each time you wish to invoke Eli
Invocation Modifiers
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