Cherub Vassal of the Sword

Angel of Countercultures

Corporeal Forces: 4 Strength: 8 Agility: 8

Ethereal Forces: 6 Intelligence: 12 Precision: 12

Celestial Forces: 4 Will: 10 Perception: 6

Word Forces: 10

Vessel: human female/3, Charisma +2

Skills: Artistry (painting/2, writing/2), Emote/2, Fighting/4, Knowledge (countercultures/4, literature/2), Language/1 (Latin), Large Weapon/4 (sword), Savoir-Faire/3, Seduction/2, Tactics/1

Role: "Becky Andrew / Lady Rhiannon d'Epeé" (school teacher/SCA member/3, Status/3)

Songs: Attraction (Celestial/3), Banishing (Corporeal/1), Battle (Corporeal/1), Blades (Corporeal/2, Ethereal/2), Charm (Celestial/3), Form (Celestial/1), Harmony (Ethereal/1), Healing (Corporeal/1), Light (Celestial/3), Might (Corporeal/1), Purity (Celestial/1), Shields (all/3)

Attunements: Cherub of the Sword, Seraphim of the Sword, Scabbard, Vassal of the Sword, Angel of Countercultures

Angel of Countercultures: Rebecca can walk into any non-mainstream event, anywhere, without raising an eyebrow. People simply automatically assume that she belongs, unless she gives them reason to suspect otherwise. Rebecca also can tell, with a Perception Roll, whether a particular group is being affected by Diabolical influences.

Special Rites:

Participate in a benevolent, non-mainstream event (may be done twice per day).

Laurence insisted.

After all, as he told the Seraphim Council when the subject came up, it was his Servitors who found Negabekki, the Renegade Demon of the Counterculture, hiding out at a Renaissance Faire. It was his Servitors who discovered that the Djinn had run away because she was tired of cheapening non-mainstream beliefs for the Media. It was his Servitors who convinced Negabekki that there was another path for her besides eventual destruction by the Game. It was him who Redeemed her, and it was him who carefully guided her to her current existence as Rebecca, a shining Cherub of the Sword. It was a Servitor of his who was acknowledged to have the best qualifications for the Word, and she didn't want to leave his service, so what was all the arguing about?

Janus eventually stopped grumbling, and so it is that the General of the Host has now ultimate control over a Word encompassing weird, odd, and unusual lifestyles.

He's not exactly sure what to do with his new toy.

On the one hand, these people are rebelling against the norm: on the other, the norm is so infected by the Media that Laurence finds it hard to blame them much. On the gripping hand, "counterculture" encompasses such groups as "devout Christians" and "medieval re-creationists" (two groups that his Servitors often find useful), so the Word can be honorable and useful. The fact that some of these people set Laurence's teeth on edge is beside the point.

Rebecca is pretty good with dealing with them, though. She likes them all (except for the various predators), and they like her. She understands that lots of them are profoundly lonely people, and tries her best to lead them to endeavors where they can meet like-minded individuals. She also enjoys tracking down Diabolicals (she knows all their tricks and strategies), and ripping them apart. Truth be told, she's sometimes a little lonely herself, but her fellow angels are starting to warm up to her.

Rebecca gets very few marching orders (for a Servitor of the Sword). Laurence expects her to crack down on illicit drug use and violent behavior (even he doesn't expect her to make a dent in the rampant fornication, although adultery is a different story). Promoting ideals like courtesy, honor and keeping one's word is also part of her job, not to mention getting some of these people to attend religious services more often. Other than that, Laurence doesn't want to get too involved. If he did, he'd probably see things that would just bother him (like the fact that Rebecca doesn't bother ethereals at all, unless they're nasty), and make him have to do something officially.

After all, to be honest, one of the major reasons he went for the Word in the first place was to demonstrate that he wasn't entirely… isn't 'square' the term, these days?