Jordites and Choir/species connections

ISNorden · 10-17-2008, 06:50 PM

After my latest post about the Jordite animal-shelter lady, some related thoughts occurred to me: the Core Rules imply that Jordi assigns animal vessels rigidly, based mainly on his servitors' Choir. Personally, I doubt he's that strict about it, so I allowed some "wiggle room" in my house rules:

Some animal species/families don't even have Choir correspondences, but it's hard to believe that Jordi would turn down those animals as vessels (or assign only his fellow Kyriotates to protect them). An Ofanite in Jordi's service might well prefer a swift but flightless animal form, for instance--they'd love being able to run and leap like a wild deer. And a Malakite who wants to keep humans from logging in an old-growth forest may prefer a grizzly-bear vessel; it's no canine, but it's aggressive and tenacious enough for the job!
Similarly, I allow Jordites to take human vessels IF their Role involves protecting animal life: a Cherub in his service may be a park ranger attuned to the habitat of a local endangered species, and an Elohite may be a researcher at a veterinary clinic (dedicated to finding cruelty-free testing alternatives). Jordites in human vessels don't earn dissonance for following human social conventions, unless that results in an animal suffering needless harm. They typically believe that other animals have rights equal to those of humans, but they don't place one above the other.

10-17-2008, 06:50 PM	#1
ISNorden Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Madison, WI	Jordites and Choir/species connections After my latest post about the Jordite animal-shelter lady, some related thoughts occurred to me: the Core Rules imply that Jordi assigns animal vessels rigidly, based mainly on his servitors' Choir. Personally, I doubt he's that strict about it, so I allowed some "wiggle room" in my house rules: Some animal species/families don't even have Choir correspondences, but it's hard to believe that Jordi would turn down those animals as vessels (or assign only his fellow Kyriotates to protect them). An Ofanite in Jordi's service might well prefer a swift but flightless animal form, for instance--they'd love being able to run and leap like a wild deer. And a Malakite who wants to keep humans from logging in an old-growth forest may prefer a grizzly-bear vessel; it's no canine, but it's aggressive and tenacious enough for the job! Similarly, I allow Jordites to take human vessels IF their Role involves protecting animal life: a Cherub in his service may be a park ranger attuned to the habitat of a local endangered species, and an Elohite may be a researcher at a veterinary clinic (dedicated to finding cruelty-free testing alternatives). Jordites in human vessels don't earn dissonance for following human social conventions, unless that results in an animal suffering needless harm. They typically believe that other animals have rights equal to those of humans, but they don't place one above the other. __________________ Ingeborg S. Nordén