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Old 12-17-2007, 09:59 PM   #1
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Default Alicia, Ofanite Angel of Maps

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Alicia
Ofanite Friend of the Illuminated
Angel of Maps

Corporeal Forces: 3 Strength: 6 Agility: 6
Ethereal Forces: 5 Intelligence: 8 Precision: 12
Celestial Forces: 5 Will: 10 Perception: 10
Word-Forces: 9
Vessel: human female/2, human male/4, both with Charisma +1

Skills: Area Knowledge (Lots and lots/5), Artistry/6 (drawing), Dreaming/3, Dodge/3, Drive/3, Fighting/3, Knowledge (Cartography/6, Geometry/6, Mathematics/3, Move Silently/5, Navigation/6), Languages (Lots/3), Large Weapon/6 (Machete), Pilot/3, Ranged Weapon (pistol/5, rifle/5), Small Weapon/3 (Knife), Survival (All/5), Swimming/3

Songs: Healing (All/3), Lightning (Ethereal/2, Celestial/5), Machines (All/5), Motion (All/4), Shields (All/2), Speed (All/1), Tongues (All/1)

Attunements: Ofanite of Lightning, Seraphim of Lightning, Mercurian of Lightning, Generator, Remote Control, Friend of the Illuminated, Angel of Maps

Angel of Maps: Alicia can instantly transport herself from any one point on an accurate map to any other on that same map. However, the only truly accurate maps in this context are the ones that she has surveyed and drawn out herself, and a significant geographical or political change will invalidate one enough to prevent this ability from being used.

Rites: Draw a map (useable three times a day)


Is the map the territory? Alicia knows the answer, but it's incomprehensible in any corporeal tongue besides Navajo. That happens a lot, with humans.

These days, being the Angel of Maps is actually one of the easier jobs available to the Host, in Alicia's not-especially-humble opinion: thanks to Archangel Jean finally letting the satellites off the drawing board, the physical aspects of the job are much muted. This is sort of a pity, as the Ofanite enjoys roughing it, and certainly had the right Word for indulging that enjoyment. She didn't always have the right vessel, but it wasn't as if she couldn't acquire one more suitably, well, male to let her wander through desert and swamps in peace. She misses the excuse to do that.

Then again, the political and cultural aspects of the Word of Maps are sufficiently complex that she probably doesn't need the distractions. Alicia is actually of the opinion that a light hand there would be the best option, but Archangel Jean is coolly certain that absent active maintenance Hell would find some additional way to make humanity's life miserable by the use of maps. Not that this has been hard, already - Alicia has killed so many Servitors of Factions hoping to earn the demonic Word of Maps that it's joked that she's the final entrance exam - but there is no sense in giving away victories to Hell. So Alicia is currently catching up on politics, economics, sociology, and a whole raft of other perfectly-worthy disciplines that have no real relevance whatsoever to the tricky exercise of accurately sketching out the headwaters of a major river.

Personally, she feels that if her Archangel felt that Alicia was spending too much time out in the field, he could have just said so, but Jean has his little ways.
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