Corporeal Forces: 4 Strength: 8 Agility: 8

Ethereal Forces: 6 Intelligence: 12 Precision: 12

Celestial Forces: 6 Will: 12 Perception: 12

Word Forces: 20

Vessel: slight human female/3

Skills: Dodge/4, Emote/2, Fighting/4, Large Weapon (sword/4, Cliff Notes: Book of Names/5), Tactics/2

Songs: Too many to count. At minimum, she's a virtuoso at Symphony,

Relics: Cliff Notes: The Book of Names. Every written reference work, ever, that hasn't been restricted by Yves personally is available inside this book's pages. Kayn'nikel can find a specific entry with a Perception Roll (those sneaking a peek roll against Perception -6): the relic is also a surprisingly effective weapon (Power +4, Accuracy +2). Kayn'nikel tends to use the latter function more often than the former.

Attunements: Seraph of Destiny, Ofanite of Destiny, Malakite of Destiny, All of Yves' Rites and Attunements, Seraph of Revelation, Seraph of Wisdom, Master of Divine Knowledge (Ofanite), Philosopher of Definitions

Philosopher of Definitions:

1). Yves may name things, but Kayn'nikel's the one who makes sure that the name stays there. Anyone wanting to deliberately ignore the standard definition of a concept or term in her presence must make a Will Roll -4 to do so.

2). Kayn'nikel knows the meaning of every word, in every language, that has already been written down anywhere. One side effect of this is that she happens to speak every language known to man, and most of the ones that aren't. Another is that the Angel of Definitions recognizes Word-bound on sight, and their Word. Even Superiors will be recognized (they have more trouble hiding their natures than Word-bound, in this particular situation), on a Perception -4 roll.

3). Balseraphs fear this angel, not least because her corporeal hand-to-hand (or her Cliff Notes Relic) attacks on them will cause celestial damage, if she chooses to. She usually chooses to.

4). Kayn'nikel can hear the Symphony itself trying to define the universe, and can give it a hand when needed. If she makes a Perception Roll at -3 (and spends 2 Essence), the Angel of Definitions may decree that a particular action or situation is complementary or antithetical to a particular Word (there are many strains of the Symphony, so she's usually free to pick and choose). For the next ten minutes, any Servitor or Soldier of that Word will have his or her rolls increased or decreased appropriately, with the bonus or penalty equal to the check digit of the original Perception Roll.

Rites:

Correct all the errors on ten pages of a dictionary.

Correct all the errors of an entire dictionary … from memory. (+3 Essence)

Kayn'nikel has serious mojo. She's been teetering on the edge of Superior-level power for about six centuries now, and she'll probably be there within a century. She's served Destiny ever since Yves casually asked a tiny reliever to write down some words of a long-lost human proto-language. The reliever tried … but first she had to learn how to make ink, then she had to find something to write on, and then of course it would help if she knew how to write, and that's kind of difficult to do when you can't read. By the time that she managed to work through all of this, she couldn't remember the words.

She hasn't forgotten one since.

In the modern day, Kayn'nikel is in her element. Humanity is swapping and creating words and concepts with each other at an unprecedented rate, and the words have power. Kayn'nikel loathes those who twist words with all the disdain one would expect from a Seraph: unlike most of her Choir-mates, however, she has unparalleled opportunities to do something about it, often in a fairly violent manner. The Angel of Definitions is, well, ruthless when it comes to malicious ambiguity (she doesn't like to see people unintentionally use the wrong word, either, but if she started Smiting them she'd never get anything else done).

Personally, she's kind of annoying, although Kayn'nikel saves her homicidal tendencies for demons and Hellsworn. Seraphim are fairly precise, anyway, but this angel brings it to a whole new level. Those around her soon get used to having every sentence they utter analyzed to a fare-thee-well (the ones that don’t stay far, far away). Of course, her ability to define the parameters of a combat makes up for her quirks.

Besides, there's just something ineffably funny about watching a Seraphim celestially whaling on some poor Balseraph of the Media with a large book, all the while screaming "POPULAR USAGE DOES NOT LEGITIMATIZE! POPULAR USAGE DOES NOT LEGITIMATIZE!"…