Corporeal Forces: 4
Strength: 7
Agility: 9
Ethereal Forces: 5
Intelligence: 10
Precision: 10
Celestial Forces: 6
Will: 12
Perception: 12
Word-Forces: 12
Skills: Artistry/1 (poetry), Detect Lies/3, Dodge/6,
Emote/3, Fast-Talk/6, Fighting/4, Knowledge (Angelic
Laws and Regulations/6, Psychology/1, Sociology/1),
Large Weapon/2 (Club), Ranged Weapon/1 (pistol),
Savoir-Faire/3, Tactics/1
Songs: Dreams (All/1), Fire (All/3), Healing
(Corporeal/1, Ethereal/3), Might (Corporeal/2),
Shields (All/3)
Attunements: Kyriotate of Divine Fire, Malakite of
Divine Fire, Kyriotate of Judgement, Smite, Friend of
the Divine Spark, Whispers of Inspiration, Angel of
the Subconscious
Angel of the Subconscious: Edward may choose to
passively ride in a host, rather than actively. In
this state, the Kyriotate is not in control of the
host, but is able to access all of his or her memories
- and, more importantly, it will be able to determine
the hidden motivations of a person's actions. This
allows Edward to subtly encourage or discourage
behavior patterns. In game terms, treat this as a
reaction roll: Edward's base target number is 6, plus
the CD of the original resonance roll. Note that the
host will not be aware of said reaction roll (or, of
course, the original possession): all sudden changes
in attitude will seem to be completely self-generated.
Possessing someone in this way ties up all of
Edward's Forces.
Yes, this ability shows disturbing similarities to the
Shedite resonance. That's why Dominic keeps a gimlet
eye on Edward. Of course, the Kyriotate has also
earned an Attunement from Judgement, which should also
be a significant datum...
bRites: Cause an individual to recognize the subconscious
reasons for another's actions, cause an individual to recognize the subconscious reasons for his or her own actions (+2 Essence).
The contradictory impulses that drive most Servitors
of Divine Fire are both quite present and quite active
in Edward. On the one hand, the Kyriotate is
powerfully drawn to Divine Fire's inspirational side.
Edward takes a deep and comfortable pleasure in
delicately encouraging its hosts into unlocking their
creative powers, slowly and surely nurturing the Spark
of inventiveness or artistry inside them until it
blossoms. It likes to find the quiet ones - the
thoughtful, silent people that just need a little
encouragement, and so rarely get it. Edward, given
time, can help them find their full potential. The
only problem is, the Kyriotate often finds itself
forced to kick the crap out of those who were blocking
its host (via either mental or physical torment) to
begin with.
Well, that's fun too.
Edward has gone round and round with the Inquisition
on this particular issue: the usual mutual distrust
between Judgement and Divine Fire is compounded by
Edward's unique abilities, making the Kyriotate a
frequent subject for investigations. It probably
doesn't help that Edward is already infamous for its
ability to push the rules as far as they would go,
then push them a little more for the heck of it. It
certainly doesn't help that it gets away with said
pushing on a regular basis: after all, one can't abuse
regulations if one doesn't actually know them, and by
now Edward is capable of correcting most Triads on
tricky points of Angelic law. The fact that the
Kyriotate does so with great vim and vigor should have
been the final nail in its coffin: if there's anything
that Judgement hates, it's a barracks-lawyer.
Yet, for some bizarre and ineffable reason Edward's
gotten away with it. Literally ineffable: the
highlight (if you can call it that) of the Kyriotate's
low-grade war with Judgement ended up with it being
called before Dominic himself for questioning. Edward
walked out of that interview notably subdued ...
and with the Kyriotate of Judgement Attunement.
Precisely why has been subject to many a quiet
discussion among Dominicans, especially since the word
came down the line that Judgement was to continue
keeping a close watch on the Gabrielite. It has been
noted that Edward's behavior since then has seemed to
be somewhat more restrained - all things considered -
but there hasn't been a fundamental change in
attitude. It remains insouciant, trying and prone to
exhibit inappropriate behavior at inappropriate times.
Of course, all of that is consistent with the Word it
holds...
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