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Adam is designed to be a plot device NPC. He's as powerful as necessary for the GM. One purpose he has is to put the "Fear of Man" back in PCs. In the Tattered Symphony, with no one fighting for the Destiny and Fate of souls for the most part, it's even easier for PCs to think humans don't make a difference, and take them for granted, even though they still do things like fuel the power of Words. Adam is here to remind the angels not to underestimate Man, for he has the potential to do potent and wondrous things. He's the bogeyman those in Heaven tell relievers about before their bedtime, and a lone anti-hero to human souls everywhere. Adam is around to show that humans still matter.

He also serves as a Wild Card with his own agenda. He hatches a thousand different plans everyday, each of which somehow subtly advances his agenda, and the PC's at any time can find themselves opposed or aided by him or his minions and pawns for purposes they can not fathom.

Third, I thought adding him to the mix gave a certain sense of completion. We already have a human Superior on each side. Why not a human near-Superior (or depending on your mileage, Superior Equivalent) among the Others?

- Ben Acosta

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"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."

-Genesis 1:26

Adam

Adam may be the most powerful being in existence without a Word. He is, at the very least, the most powerful human in the Symphony, with the exceptions of Eve and Lilith. Or perhaps not even them. Some say Adam's transformation into the first of the Undying elevated him to a level of power that makes him the equal of any Archangel. No one knows with any certainty whether this is so, but all agree that the First Man is a being of undeniable potency.

Adam uses his power to oppose Lucifer in all things, for he hates the Archangel of Light with an undying passion. Since Cain slew Abel, Adam has fought Heaven's attempts to subjugate and cow humanity using every method available, from physical conflict to sorcerous might to guile and manipulation. He is probably one of the main reasons that humanity hadn't become kowtowing subservients to Heaven by the time the Exiles were freed. Today he fights a War of his own, to insure that Mankind never becomes totally dominated by the angels. He trusts neither the Exiles nor the Outcasts, but works with them when it suits his purpose, and against them when they interfere with his plans. He is the ultimate wild card in The War, and even the Archangels speak his name in hushed tones, for they all fear him somewhat, even in Heaven.

Especially in Heaven.

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No one knows for sure the how powerful Adam truly is, except of course for Adam himself, but one can estimate some basic parameters between the minimum and maximum levels of power he might have.

At least 5 in all realms; Adam was the perfect man. If his transformation into the First of the Undying didn't elevate his power, he still would be the pinnacle of human perfection. As an Undying One, this would give him an Essence Cache with a capacity to hold 1500 essence points, for vessel creation only (See Essence Cache and Vessel Creation rules on page 110-111 of The Marches). Unless, of course, Adam has figured out how to use Sorcery to tap it for other uses.

Some theorize that the original ritual Adam created to make him Undying not only anchored his soul to the Corporeal Plane, but elevated him to Superior levels of power by allowing him to fully realize the power given to him by God's making him in his image, and granting him Dominion over all the Earth.

Others believe that Adam didn't need to be granted a Word to reach Superior status because his transformation made him something more than simply one of the Undying. Those who believe this say he is Adam Kadamon, the Primal Man, the mold from which all other men are forged. He has become a living

Archetype. Those who believe this theory say that Adam doesn't need a Word because he IS a Word, and all of the Undying and Undead are merely lesser reflections or flawed mockeries of the Perfection of body, mind, and soul he has attained.

All of them. Especially every sorcerous and esoteric skill. And perhaps sorcerous and esoteric skills unknown to any others. There are secrets of the Symphony he has kept for himself alone.

Same as skills. Adam's understanding of the Symphony is so comprehensive that he could possibly perform any Song. (Tattered Editor's Note: please note the use of the word 'possibly' - or that Adam's actual skill in any particular Song is necessarily level/6, or even level/3. Finally, it is impossible for Adam to be a virtuoso in any Song unless he has 6 Forces of the appropriate type.)

Adam has never served any Archangel or Word-bound, but it's possible he has dealt with some of them, and received Attunements in exchange for certain favors. It's possible he could have any number of Attunements from any Archangels who are not adamant supporters of Lucifer. He also has worked with many Ethereals, and could possibly possess Attunements or unique powers granted by them as compensation for services rendered.

There are some Attunements he is known to possess and able to grant. These are probably derived from either God's granting him dominion over all the earth, or through what he gained when he ate of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Destiny and Fate. Sorcery, they say, was Adam's when God gave him the power of Naming. Adam was the first Sorcerer, and can grant the Attunement at will to any who meets the necessary Force requirements. He can do the same with Symphonic Awareness. Adam also possessed, even before his transformation into his Undying state, the equivalent of the Ethereal Connection and the Celestial Connection attunements, being able to perform Songs in those realms due to his insights of the Symphony. He can grant such connections to any humans who are Symphonically Aware. His deep knowledge of the Symphony also gives him the Songmaster attunement, letting him grant Songs at will to any that could perform them.

Like Attunements, it's possible he possesses Rites of a number of Archangels, Word-bound, and Ethereals given to him as payment for favors he's done. He also could possess unique Rites of his own devising, using his almost unique God-granted insight of the Symphony to discover new ways of harvesting Essence from it. If so, he hasn't shared them with anyone. Or if he has, they've kept the secret.

As a perfect human, Adam possesses the maximum amount of Toughness and Charisma available, and Spiritual and Mental Toughness if those advantages are used in your game. Due to his favor with God, it's possible he might enjoy the Blessed advantage. Some of his alternate identities have high Status.

Adam is rumored to have many special and unique powers due to his understanding and influence of the Symphony derived from a combination of the status granted to him by God, his consumption of the forbidden fruit, and his unique link to the Corporeal Plane due to being the first of the Undying. They range from the ability to rid beings and areas of dissonance and Discord, the infliction of the same, the imposition of Soul Links on ethereals and celestials, the ability to make anyone a Servant through a Sorcerous Pact, and even the ability to automatically expel celestials, even Archangels, from the Corporeal Plane, sending them back to their Hearts and into Trauma. These are all rumors, and his true abilities, as always, are the GM's prerogative. If he possesses these or any other potent powers, he is either unable or unwilling to grant them to others. Any unique abilities he possesses should probably be modeled as Uber-versions of the powers granted by Sorcery and Songs, his link to and unique understanding of the Corporeal Plane, or in games in which the rumors of Superior level power is true, abilities common to all Superiors.

One power he definitely does possess is the ability to be ineffable. The rare times Servitors have knowingly encountered him, they reported they were somehow prevented from using a Resonance on him. Whether this ineffability is due to his attaining Superior level power, or due to unique sorcerous protections he has devised, no one truly knows. Except Adam, and he's not talking.

If he has attained Superior level, there is one power most are sure he does not have. That is the Superior ability of multiple manifestations. As one of the Undying, Adam is locked in his current vessel, and can only go into celestial form if his vessel is slain. No one knows if he is still using his original body, or if he's using a new identical vessel, but he's limited to one body at a time. The best he could probably manage is to be dreaming in the Marches and awake on the Corporeal Plane at the same time. If so, he may be able to have multiple manifestations on the Ethereal Plane. But as one of the Undying, he is forever barred from the Celestial Plane, and bound to one place at a time on the Corporeal.

Adam has spent the ages creating and accumulating artifacts, talismans, and relics of all types to use in his War. Some of them may be imbued with unique powers that only a Superior or the most powerful Ethereals could craft. And Adam, of course. Some he loans out to allies and associates, or gives as payment for services rendered. The majority he keeps for himself, either on his person, or stashed away in hidden, warded caches all around the world.

As a human, Adam has no need of Roles, but he has cultivated a number of false identities and persona, for both use in the mundane world and the Symphonically Aware community. One never knows if the mundane, Soldier, or Sorceror one is dealing with is actually Adam himself in disguise.

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In the beginning, God created Adam and then Lilith. Both were the equal of each other, and they took joy in their mutual perfection. At first their time together was one of happiness and pleasure, as they learned and taught each other their abilities and limitations. Their lives were those of idyllic contentment, and they could not imagine anything changing.

But Free Will is an inherent part of Human Nature, and entwined with it was the possibility of change, for what good is choice without it being able to create change? It began simply enough. As the First Created Human, God had given Adam (and through him, all mankind) Dominion over the World and all things in it. With this came the power to use Naming. By Naming something, one defines it, and thus understands it enough to manipulate it. Naming was the power to consciously define and affect portions of the Symphony itself.

At first, things didn't seem to change. Adam enjoyed his new power and insight, using it to show off and delight Lilith through various uses. But then the novelty wore off, and what had once delighted both began to create a rift between them. Adam was proud of his unique gifts, which he believed marked him special in the eyes of God, and did not deign to share them with Lilith, lest his uniqueness be lost. And Lilith grew to resent her husband's power, for she felt her lack of Naming made her lesser in his eyes. This was the serpent in the Eden of their marriage, and led to increasingly bitter disagreements, which over time became harder and harder to make up after. Then one day, after a particularly nasty argument, Lilith just left. Adam was sure she would come to her senses and return. But she never did.

After a while, Adam grew increasingly despondent. He had never been alone for so long before. He longed for the joy and companionship Lilith and he once shared. He was lonely in his solitary paradise. Then one day, after a particularly restful nap, he found HER in the Garden. He named her Eve, for she was the end of his days of loneliness. And unlike Lilith, she accepted with good grace the fact that he possessed gifts that she did not. And for a time they lived happily together.

Then came the events that are familiar to all. The coming of Ophis, and the subsequent succumbing to temptation. They both tasted of the forbidden fruit, from the Tree of Knowledge of Destiny and Fate, and with their first bite each gained new insight into the workings of the Symphony. For this they were cast out of Eden, and rightly so, thought Adam, for did they not fail to heed God's commands? And so they made their way in the World. Soon they learned to cope with their less idyllic surroundings, and Eve bore Adam sons that brought both great joy and pride.

Then came the Revolution, and Lucifer's victory. Following that came the event so horrible it forever sundered their happy family. Cain had slain his brother Abel. And then Eve had forgiven him, saying he did so only to honor the Regent of God's wishes.

Adam was mad. Enraged. How could she? How could Eve bend her knee to that worm of an angel after what he had done? Abel was dead and it was his fault. Oh, it was Cain's hands that did the deed, but it was the Lucifer's guidance that led him to it. Cain had accepted the revelations of the Lightbringer, that offerings were not to be made directly to God, but through his Regent Lucifer. But Abel knew that was not God's plan, not God's words. He refused to offer up anything to anyone but God. And for that effrontery, Cain slew his brother, and was rewarded for it by that usurper. No angel, man, or other being may harm Cain, lest Lucifer visit seven times seven such harm upon them. And yet Eve forgave him, and still called him son. That was as heinous a crime as Cain's. Adam could no longer bear to call them kin. He disowned them both, and left.

Now, as was told, in better days Adam was privy to many secrets of the Symphony. God had made him the Namer and taught him much about the nature of things. Even more did Eve and he learn when they tasted the forbidden fruit that led to them being cast out. Since then they had refrained from using such gifts, for they were unworthy. But now Adam wanted revenge. He would use the lore he knew and bring down this pretender to God's throne, even if it took all eternity. And he took up the art of Song and the craft of Sorcery and wandered the Earth, to seek for a means of vengeance.

For millennia he wandered, doing his best to fight the false faith the usurper tried to spread. For Adam knew God's true intentions. He knew that Man was to be God's highest creation. And this Lie that Lucifer spread inflamed his hatred even more against the Morning Star. For Abel had died due to his lies.

Adam resolved to do whatever he could to fight the lies, and to insure the birthright of Man was not totally lost to this Usurper's of God's throne. He used all his skills and wiles to devise new uses for the insights he had, and countered the Host in countless ways through the ages. But there was a limit to what he could do, for while he did not age, he still could be slain. And this vexed him, and he sought for a way to remedy the problem.

And some time later, he discovered the solution. Using his knowledge of the workings of Destiny and Fate, he devised a way to mire himself in the world, for he knew of the true nature of things, and wished not to pass before the gates of Heaven or Hades, for the Usurper he hated, and the Exiles he was wary of. And his long work and patience was rewarded. Adam, the First Sorcerer, anchored himself to the Corporeal Plane, binding his very forces into the fabric of the World. He became the first of the Undying.

Adam believes in the supremacy of Man. God had decreed Man was to be his highest creation, and Adam intends to do all he can to see that it is so. Adam will do whatever it takes to counter the influence of Lucifer and Heaven. He was one of the main forces in history supporting movements which aggrandized men or mankind, and thus countered Heaven's attempts to humble humanity. From the aspirations to divinity pursued by pharaohs and emperors to today's secular humanism, Adam has helped paradigms that glorified human potential prosper.

Coupled with his belief in Man's birthright is a burning hatred of Lucifer, for his killing of God, his son, and his family's happiness. He wants revenge, and he doesn't care how long it takes to get it, or what he might have to do to achieve it.

With these beliefs, many may ask why doesn't he just side with the Exiles. The answer is simple: he doesn't put his trust in anyone. He's learned through bitter first hand experience that it's possible for anyone to betray you. Lucifer betrayed God. Cain betrayed Abel. Eve betrayed him. The chain of events is clear. Even those closest to you can turn on you. This isn't to say that he believes everyone in the Symphony has a treacherous nature. He's lived too long and seen too much to believe that. He knows that there have been some people who remained faithful no matter what. Who've stayed on a true course to the bitter end and proved themselves worthy of the trust someone gave them. But ultimately, he believes it's impossible to discern who possesses such loyalty. Everyone is fallible, even one as perfect as himself. If he could be wrong about trusting Eve, he could be wrong about anyone. To trust anyone would be to open oneself up to the risk of betrayal. And while others may have the luxury of being able to afford such risks, he does not. Not with the birthright of Mankind at stake.

Which is why he doesn't join forces with the Exiles. The Exiles may believe in God's decree now, but they are of the same kind as Lucifer. They have even less incentive to stay true to God's decree. This is one reason why he never attempted to free the Exiles. He didn't want to risk the chance that their imprisonment had weakened their Wills to the point of swearing fealty to Lucifer, and thus massively increasing the opposition he faced in his War. So instead of allies, he's content to use them as pawns, letting them weaken and distract Heaven while he advances his plans. Adam ultimately trusts no one but himself and God. And God doesn't talk to him anymore.

Adam doesn't trust anyone, and that includes his fellow humans. He loves humanity and wants the best for them, but he believes he's the only one he can rely on to stay true to the species. As demonstrated to him by Cain and Eve, even those closest to him can betray his trust.

Because of this, Adam doesn't have a strict hierarchy of followers. Such a tight knit, unified organization would be vulnerable to subversion and betrayal. Instead, what Adam does is act as a benefactor to various figures whose ideals or ambitions further one of his many plans, and then lets them go on their way. With the understanding, backed up by the Symphony, that they are his Servants, and if he ever asks them to do something, they do it. With this practice, he gains a diverse number of allies, all working toward his cause in their own ways. The vulnerability of betrayal and subversion is negated. As an additional measure, Adam limits the amount of power each of his allies can attain. He only gives them so much, and if one looks like one is becoming too powerful, he sets events in motion to undermine and weaken them.

Adam also spends his time accumulating resources and gathering favors and knowledge to increase his personal power. In various guises and false identities he cultivates resources both mundane and esoteric. Wealth, political influence, artifacts, geas, and anything that he thinks would be useful to him are collected discretely. No one knows the extent of his power, which is how he likes it.

Thanks to Adam's strategy he has a diverse array of beings he can call on when he needs something done. Undying and undead which either he or those who obtained his rituals have created, mortal sorcerers who he has traded knowledge with, Soldiers who he has gifted with Symphonic Awareness, ethereals and celestials who he has either bound into servitude or engaged in a Sorcerous Pact, Constructs he's created, and mundane humans whose loyalty is bought and paid for. All of these beings go about their lives, until Adam calls on them.

And when Adam talks, they listen.

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One of the most legendary powers of Adam is the ability to make anyone a Servant through a Sorcerous Pact. More elegant and effective than a Will War, a Sorcerous Pact is simply a contract between two beings entered into of their own Free Will, which is then enforced by the Symphony itself. Adam is the only Sorcerer said to have this rumored power, though some theorize that the geas of Lilith and her children are derived from similar principles. Adam uses the power to make Sorcerous Pacts to collect favors and Servants. In the tales angels tell each other when they think their Superiors aren't listening, Adam can provide much to a celestial who enters such a pact. Songs, relics, the removal of dissonance and Discord, vessels, and even Forces are some of the many boons Adam can bestow on those who enter a Pact with him.

All you have to give him in return is your immortal soul.

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Adam collects all these resources and allies in order to counter Heaven's attempts to control the World. It's a very simple situation. The more he ultimately controls, the less they ultimately control. By accumulating power and influence, he denies it to Heaven. He can't control everything, of course, but what he can't get he fights to keep free, or yields it to the Exiles or Others when he must. He's most comfortable if things are in his hands. Give the Exiles too much, and they might get infected by the same hubris as Lucifer and the Host and think they're better than Humanity.

Another reason Adam accumulates resources is to be ready for any Apocalypse that might occur. If the Final Battle comes between the Hosts and the Exiles, he wants to be in a powerful position to confront the winners. If Heaven emerges victorious, then he'll have enough power to fight the battered and weary Host, and perhaps win victory. And if the Exiles win, he'll have enough power to insure they stay true to God's decree about Humanity.

Adam uses the power and influence he has to promote ideas and movements which emphasize the promise and potential of mankind. The prouder and more capable Humanity feels about itself, the harder Lucifer and the Host will find it to promote their values of submission to their supposed betters.

Adam also manipulates things so humans are steered away from both Destiny and Fate. He feels it's in their best interest for their souls to remain in the World, and out of Heaven and Hades.

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With all of his insight and power, Adam must know that the Symphony is slowly degenerating. Surely he realizes any victory he could achieve would be pointless if the very world he fought over is destroyed. He does indeed, and he has several ways of dealing with it. First, of course, is to aid those who are attempting to repair the Symphony, or at least slow the degeneration. Another tactic is to prevent damage from occurring in the first place. And of course, he could use his insight and sorcerous power over the Symphony to affect some repairs himself.

But these measures might not be effective. It's possible despite the efforts of everyone that the Symphony will still fall apart. In preparation of this possibility, Adam has a secret contingency plan. As a sorcerer, he has the power to impose his Will on the Symphony. He believes it's possible, with enough preparation, to use such power to preserve a portion of the Symphony through his Will alone, creating a stable island of reality in the chaotic Cacophony which comes after the Symphony's collapse where his Will would be supreme.

Of course, he can't save the whole world. Only God would have the power to do that. But with the right rituals, and the proper positioning and alignment of ley lines, it might be possible for him to save at least one city. This city would become his Eternal City, and he would reign benevolently over the denizens he managed to save. The humans will finally be able to realize their birthright, and any angels remaining will serve them or be expelled. Or in Lucifer's case, tortured for all eternity. It's not Adam's ideal scenario, but if worst comes to worst, it's something he can live with.

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God is dead, and Lucifer killed him. Or at the very least, killed his presence in the Symphony. In either case, Mankind is his rightful heir. Adam would like to think it possible that God is still out there somewhere, beyond the Symphony, and once even set in motion the building of the Tower of Babel to call him back. But he has now resigned himself to the fact that nothing he can do can bring God back. The only thing he can do is try to see that God's Will (pun intended) is carried out, and Mankind attains his birthright.

Lucifer is the vilest being in existence. He killed God to deny Man his birthright, and his blasphemous pronouncements took his wife and children away from him. Adam wants more than anything else to lay the Archangel low, and cause him as much pain and misery as he can, for as long as he can before destroying him utterly.

Adam believes he is the rightful steward of his fellow humans. Without him, they would be in the complete thrall of angels whose treachery destroyed any moral authority they had. Adam does what he can to put them on a more even footing, but he dare not give any individual too much power, lest they betray him and the rest of Mankind. After all, look where Eve and Cain are. Once Lucifer is defeated, and the threat of angelic dominance eliminated, then the rest of humanity will be free to realize their full potential and become his equal in perfection and power.

As far as human evils are concerned, he doesn't address them unless they are especially egregious. He's fighting a War against the angels. He can't afford to waste resources policing his fellow humans. Besides, at least the evils humanity does is self-inflicted. That's better than oppression from on high. They'll be time to devote his efforts to justice when the Host is defeated.

Why, it's his War of course. He intends to win it for Mankind.

Whether he's achieved Superior levels of power, or is just a powerful Undying Sorcerer with a bunch of unique tricks, Adam sees the Archangels as his peers, opponents or possible allies in his War against Lucifer. He bases his opinions of them on how they can serve his cause, and even those of the Host might sometimes receive his aid if he finds their work promotes his agenda.

Andrealphus: "Love is a luxury I can not afford. It can be a source of strength, but it could also be a weight that burdens. Look at what it's done to its Archangel. For now, it's another tool to be used, both the Word and the Superior. Perhaps afterward, if she still lives, she can serve and give Humanity the happiness we deserve."

Beleth: "She attempts to cow my sons and daughters with her vile Fear, to scare them into reverence of a false faith. For that, I shall see her destroyed."

Beth: "Thoroughness knows where everything else should be. Why doesn't she know her place?"

Christopher: "She must learn humans are not children to be kept in a nursery. Still, she too has a place in the Age of Man."

Demogorgon: "A fool. I understand fully the implications of what he does, and have the power to overwrite his work. He has yet to realize that if I can impose my Will on God's Symphony, I can easily do the same on the products of Chaos."

Eve: "A traitor to both me and mankind, she works to chain her sons and daughters. I will teach her the error of her ways."

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To Adam, Eve and Cain are the worst beings in the Symphony next to Lucifer himself. They're traitors who've turned their backs on him and God to follow the lies of a vile usurper. The love he once felt for both has now turned into Undying hatred. Nothing is too good to inflict on them. That's one of the reasons Adam takes such great pleasure in hunting Eve's Edeans. To him, few things are more satisfying than killing those abominations in the most painful ways possible, and sending them back to their Hearts to weep to their Mother. The only exception to this are any Edeans who might decide to enter into a Sorcerous Pact with him. If any actually would, he'd accept them with glee and alter their Resonance so that it worked in reverse, giving celestials the Need to serve humans.

As for Cain, Adam takes great pleasure every so often in crashing his Lilim hunts and vessel killing his honor guard. Cain himself, though, he does not lay a finger on. Cain and Eve think it's because he fears Lucifer's wrath, while others conjecture it's because he still has an ember of love for his son and wife. Those theories couldn't be more wrong. Adam doesn't harm Cain because he's not yet ready to confront Lucifer. When the time comes, Adam will ambush Cain and kill him in the most painful way possible, thus summoning Lucifer, who has sworn to visit seven time seven vengeance on any who harm Cain. Lucifer will come to enact such vengeance, right into Adam's trap. In other words, Adam is saving Cain for bait.

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Gebbeleth: "It must really irk him that I understand his Mysteries, but he does not understand mine. He needs to be taught who the truly Holy are."

Iblis: "The Glory of Man shall outshine that of angels, even Archangels."

Israfel: "In working to preserve the World, she serves Man, whether she knows it or not. Aid her in her efforts."

Jean: "The current age has seen Lightning harnessed by Man. The next shall see the same done to its Archangel."

Kobal: "He amuses me. I think I'll keep him."

Laurence: "He preys on my children in what should be the domain of their reward, suppressing their Free Will. He will be the first against the Wall when the Revolution comes."

Malphas: "Thank you for doing half my work for me. What you think you have firmly in Heaven's grasp is so easily taken away by me, for I know my fellow humans better than you do."

Marc: "A useful Archangel to deal with when one has to. And he has done what he can to mitigate the Host's excesses."

Zadkiel: "So you're the Watch? Then Watch helplessly as I destroy or stubborn your precious agents."

Baal: "He saw the Truth. Too bad it was too late to matter. Still, Valor inspires Man to achieve. He's useful enough."

Blandine: "Dreams and inspiration are necessary for the growth of Man. In her work and her feud with Beleth she has my full support."

David: "He's broken and useless. On the plus side, this negates any threat he might pose should he change his allegiance."

Dominique: "Justice will be done when Lucifer answers for his crimes. If she truly wishes to serve her Word, then she must give me as much aid as she can."

Eli: "He was the hand with which God made me. I respect him and his work, which is vital to the Symphony."

Haagenti: "His enthusiasm can be useful, if properly directed."

Lilith: "I'm willing to put any personal feelings aside in order to deal with her."

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Adam regards Lilith with chilly neutrality. Intellectually, he understands that it's in his best interest to deal with her, and that having a human Superior among the Exiles can help keep them on the straight and narrow by reminding them about what God said about Man. Emotionally, though, he still harbors resentment towards her. She left him. Abandoned him without even trying to work things out. He can't help but feel, deep down, that all that's happened is partially her fault. After all, if she hadn't had left him, he wouldn't have been given Eve as a wife. Eve who persuaded him to taste the fruit, which gave Lucifer grounds to argue against God's decree. Eve who betrayed him. If Lilith hadn't let her petty jealousy get in the way of their love, things could've been very different.

Or so Adam tells himself.

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Malphas: "As long as he exists, he provides a useful counter to his other self."

Novalis: "Her faith in God is her highest virtue."

Nybbas: "He dedicates himself to confounding the Host, and shouts the Truth of God's Will defiantly to Heaven. He truly is a Friend of Man. I approve of him."

Ogiel: "He wants a shot at Lucifer. So do I. I'll let him go first, though."

Raphael: "Knowledge has done much to elevate Man's condition in the world. Aiding her efforts strikes a blow against the ignorance Lucifer tries to impose on Humanity."

Uriel: "The best way to Purify the Symphony is to wipe out the corruption that is Lucifer. I'll aid him in any attempts to do so."

Vapula: "SCIENCE!, like Knowledge, has given Man great power, and causes him to aspire to greater things. He has helped humanity greatly."

Beelzebub: "Sometimes useful to set against the Host, or to cause them to look where one wants them to."

Fleurity: "His selfless dedication to Soothing pain has served Mankind greatly. If only he could learn to be more selective of who he aids."

Gabriel: "Does she truly speak God's words to us? Or does she merely echo messages meant for others?"

Jordi: "Arrogant Kyriotate! The World is Man's, not yours. I will cleanse the planet of your corruption."

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Adam hates Jordi almost as much as Lucifer and Eve. Not only does the Archangel try to turn humanity away from the Truth of their birthright, but he has the effrontery to possess the very World that was given to Man. This is an outrage Adam can not let go unchallenged. So he uses whatever resources he can spare from his main War to strike back at Jordi anyway he can. Using exorcism and wards, his minions cleanse some of Jordi's Forces from areas. He also supports industrialization and development, pushing back the natural world that Jordi's Word depends on. This has the added bonus of attacking Eve's Word of Nature as well, letting him strike at two enemies for the price of one. The more the world falls under the sway of Man, the less room there is for Jordi and his ilk.

The way things are currently going, it looks like Adam is winning his little side war.

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Mariel: "She left the Host, and irritates them by spreading memories they would rather forget. I'm willing to deal with her."