Corporeal Forces: 3 Strength: 7 Agility: 5

Ethereal Forces: 3 Intelligence: 6 Precision: 6

Celestial Forces: 3 Will: 6 Perception: 6

Vessel: young human male/3

Skills: Dodge/2, Fighting/4, Knowledge (Theology/2, The Marches/2), Large Weapon/3 (Sword), Move Silently/2, Running/1, Tactics/1

Songs: Dreams (Corporeal/1), Light (Celestial/3), Motion (Celestial/3), Shields (All/1)

Attunements: Malakite of the Sword

Oaths

"Suffer not an evil to live, if it is my choice."

"Never surrender or allow myself to be captured by the forces of Lucifer."

"Always remember that 'evil' and 'different' are not synonyms."

"Always accept a sincere attempt to make amends."

Thank Christ for Archangel Galahad.

Cuniculus was not a happy ethereal, once upon a time. You see, Laurence has - had - these issues about ethereals that get spawned from Divine Religions: there weren't supposed to be any, so any that showed up had to have been abominations. And he absolutely hated Cuniculus-the-ethereal - not under that name, of course: the Malakite tends not to use his old name any more. Not out of shame: it's just that he's a much more serious individual now, and feels that his name should match his new outlook.

Anyway, Cuniculus and Laurence had an adversarial relationship - and, seeing as one was a minor ethereal created from the commercialization of a Christian holiday and the other was the head of God's Army, things ended badly. The problem was, things ended badly every year: the ethereal would get destroyed only to be reformed the next year - and promptly get spitted again. The worst part was, Laurence did it in such a cavalier manner: he never bothered to look at Cuniculus after the first time.

If he had, he might have realized that he was eventually killing a co-religionist.

You can't be associated with a religious holiday for too long without learning a thing or two about it, and Cuniculus was associated with the Christian holiday, theologically speaking. The thing was, the more he learned, the more that he liked the message. From there, it was a short step to becoming a believer. The only problem was, he couldn't convince the Archangel of the Sword of that. Laurence was so hopped up on 'protecting' the day that he couldn't make the conceptual leap to considering a mere ethereal worthy of following the same Lord as he. That Message couldn't be for the parasites, correct (no matter that Christ hadn't come for the angels, either)? So, Cuniculus just had to keep running and pray for a miracle.

Galahad descending the Ladder with the Grail in his hands was good enough, even by the ethereal's exacting standards. Cuniculus was one of the first ethereals to flock to the new Archangel of Virtue's banner. Being less than 9 Forces, he had the option of fledging (rather than just stabilizing), and took it with both hands. A bit of training later, Cuniculus the ethereal had become Cuniculus the Malakite.

Being a Malakite was interesting: among other things, it gave him a better perspective on his persecutor - such a good perspective that it allowed Cuniculus to forgive the Archangel. Laurence was only doing what he thought was right, after all - his honor had forbidden him to do anything else. Now that God had corrected him, Laurence had changed his behavior without rancor. However, there was nothing wrong with a little positive reinforcement. Cuniculus' own sense of honor refused to do anything less.

Still, it got a bit tense for a moment or two, when Laurence realized precisely who the Malakite petitioning to join his service was. Needless to say, Galahad came along (Cuniculus is reasonably certain that he didn't actually hear the Archangel of Virtue mutter something about how he'd pay money to see this reunion), but it probably wouldn't have ended in bloodshed anyway. However, it was probably bemusing for the Archangel of the Sword to have someone deliberately look into his eyes and demand to be scanned for honor. It ended well: Laurence, after a long moment, formally swore him into the Sword's service. Neither has ever referred to the subject again, which is fine with the Malakite. He's not here to bring up the past.

Cuniculus is currently working where he's always worked (the Marches and earth), and despite early friction has settled in fairly well. Laurence's Servitors have always valued competence, and at any rate the number of angels derived from former ethereals is steadily growing. He's not the most unusual angel in Heaven (and won't be, as long as Gojira is out there). It helps, of course, that Cuniculus is now a Malakite through and through. He's careful to be less trigger happy than the stereotypical Virtue, and retains a soft spot for children, but his sense of duty and reliability have begun to endear him to his comrades. In fact, the only ones that still grumble about having an ethereal in service to the Sword are the quartermasters - and that's not very serious grumbling. It's just that Cuniculus' celestial form (like other angels that were formerly ethereals) is distinctive, and that makes life difficult to those that have to provide his equipment.

I mean, have you ever tried to create standard body armor that includes protection for a tail? And let's not even discuss the modifications needed for the helmet...