"Well, you see, there's a concept that we in the Heaven business call 'Realpolitik': oh, you've already heard of it?"

This seed works best if the PCs are angels, although agents of the Game might actually have the same motivations, for once. It also presumes a large city with a crime problem. Set off a few disturbances, coupled with the inherently slimy victims, over the course of a few adventures before you bring things to a head.

The players are attempting to recruit a couple of potential Soldiers (mid-level police officers in the area). They've just gotten to the "yes, there is a Heaven and a Hell, and we're not from around here" stage, but not yet to the full recruitment part. However, there's a snag (so what else is new?).

It seems that there's been a rash of homicides lately. The victims are turning up, all burned and bloody, with a page from a Bible pinned to their chest, if you can call a bowie knife a 'pin'. There's also been a odd letter or two sent to the police department, raving on and on about how abusers of the flesh of others must pay, amid the usual apocalyptic ramblings. The twist is, almost every victim found so far was suspected or convicted of sexual assault, at one time or another (and it turns out that the ones that weren't had some very interesting circumstantial evidence in their dwellings). The cops aren't precisely dragging their feet on this one, but until somebody innocent actually gets killed, they aren't about to start panicking over a serial killer that only targets rapists.

Neither would the PCs, normally. Now, they haven't heard anything about new Malakim or Elohim being in town, but you know how the old-timers can be sometimes. Unfortunately, the potential Soldiers have put two and two together, and come up with "maybe these guys aren't so innocuous, after all". That may be very sensible of them, but the PCs Superiors (or just higher-ups) need these recruits fairly badly. That means that Heaven has to get this situation under control - and, after all, whoever-it-is is going a bit over the top. The PCs will have to go find this angel and convince him/her/it to stop - or at least tone it down and take better care of the bodies.

Alas, they're looking in the wrong place.

Despite what you might think, Andrealphus doesn't always approve of rape. It's fine as an appetizer, but when you get too many of them in one place, well, people (especially young, attractive women) tend to stay home and not indulge in casual sex with strangers. The situation in the target city has really gotten out of hand, so he's sent up Griselda, one of his Calabite Knights, to thin the herd a bit. Andre's even feeling virtuous about the whole thing: after all, isn't he making the streets safer?

Griselda has a lot of discretion on how to handle this, and she's picked ritual killing. Servitors of Lust are very good at picking out sexual predators (they know their own), and getting one to follow her into an alleyway is ludicrously easy. There (after indulging in a Rite or two) she attacks, kills them with her Fiery Sword relic, pins a page randomly torn from a Bible onto their chest and goes about her merry way. Griselda's vessel is specially designed to not leave any forensic evidence, and she can always claim to other demons that her actions are a subtle plot against Heaven, so she's actually pretty well covered here.

Any angels that may unknowingly encounter her will get her best "I'm really a Renegade, trying to serve God as best I know" impression until she can Run Away. Any angels that figure out that it's a demonic plot (the letters might give a clue or two, especially if resonated) and confront her will probably get the same ploy tried on them. If that doesn't work, Griselda may even just level with them and try to trade her life for half an hour's head start - the mission was pretty much winding down, anyway. As it is, she can go back to her boss with a big "All done, Beautiful Prince", get her reward, and keep her pretty mouth firmly shut about the fact that angels blew her cover. Meanwhile, the PCs can stop the serial killings without lifting a finger, take their rewards, and likewise keep their mouths shut about the fact that they let a demon get away.

All well and good, but don't let your prospective new Soldiers find out about the deal, OK? They're already cynical enough about the War as it is, and they haven't even joined up yet.

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