Gabriels dissonance Condition.

[Rocket Man]

Originally Posted by PenitentDemon

HEres a few questions.

If a Gabrielite accidently punishes an innocent, or simply applys EXCESSIVE punishment, does that also cause dissonance. (E.g. Crippling a grade school bully for stealing lunch money)

The way I read it, these aren't Judgment angels, so there's no stricture to "let the punishment fit the crime." Those who are cruel must be punished, soon. It's up to the angel on the scene to decide what's appropriate.

Accidentally punishing an innocent does two things. One, it means the angel still has to find someone cruel within the original time frame set. And two, it may have made the angel detectable as "cruel" to his or her fellows! You may not have gotten dissonance, but you have definitely bought trouble, and maybe an Outcasting if Gabriel finds out ...

If a sinner a Gabrielite has been stalking should visibly and sincerely repent, due to unforseeable circumstances (Humans have free will ater all) does that satisfy things or does he need to find another sinner scat?

"The dissonance vanishes once justice has been served," according to Gabriel's writeup. That's open to interpretation, but I would say that a full, sincere repentence counts as justice having been served ... they've effectively inflicted their own punishment! (The same logic is applied in the Angelic Players Guide to Malakim -- the angel must destroy evil, but a Redemption is a much more permanent destruction than simply killing the vessel.)

That said, these are Fire angels, which means the clock never stops ticking. They still have to find another sinner ... it's just that they get their time re-set to do it.