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Ereshkigal Lore of Realms

Low Torment High Torment Dead Reckoning Cloak of Shadows The Angel always knows where he is in relation to known landmarks, no matter how far away those landmarks may be. Unless affected by spatially distorting evocations such as Warp Path, he can never lose his sense of direction. The Angel is shrouded in a pall of darkness, making his features difficult to see in the best of light, and rendering him near-invisible at night. The difficulties of all Stealth rolls decrease by two whenever he stands in a pool of shadow or moves in darkness. If the Angel is attacked, the rules for Blind Fighting apply to the attacker. Pass without trace. Relentless The difficulties of the Angels stealth rolls are decrease by two, and his passage does not disturb the surrounding environment in any way. He leaves no footprints and disturbs no foliage. The Angel can walk or run without need of rest, able to cover superhuman distances without pause. As long as he stays in motion, he is unaffected by fatigue or hunger. Increased Awareness Voice of the Grave The Angel is especially attuned to the fabric of reality, lowering his difficulties of ALL awareness rolls by two. The difficulties of all Intimidation rolls by the Angel decreases by two. Conjure from Nothing Dread Gaze The Angel is capable of supernatural sleight of hand, seeming to conjure items out of thin air only to make them vanish again with a flick of the wrist. He can draw an item from a pocket or conceal an item without detection on a successful Dexterity + Athletics roll (difficulty 6) Individuals (Mortal or Supernatural) who meet the demon's gaze and who fail a Willpower roll (Difficulty 7) must forfeit their actions for that turn.

Slayer

The Visage of the Realms Angels of the Second World manifest as shadowy figures whose features are hidden in perpetual darkness. The air itself seems to wrap about them like a robe of night, conjuring the image of the cowled ferryman of human myth. Their hands are white and bony, like a skeleton's, and they move without effort or sound.

The Halaku changed greatly in the wake of Heaven's curse, but none so much as the Ereshkigal. These demons bear the least resemblance to their once-angelic forms of any of the fallen, simply because they created a new purpose for themselves - as well as a new lore path - after the Fall. The Angels of the Second World were once charged with killing off species that had either failed in their purpose (many of the Zaltu's early experiments provided work for the Ereshkigal) or had simply outlived their role in the ecosystem. Only humans remained untouched, as they did not die. Then, with one horrible proclamation from Michael, everything changed. Reapers who sided with God found themselves collecting the souls of man, and the Ereshkigal, who had heretofore stalked dying beasts throughout Creation, tried to find ways to hide them. The Angels of the Realms were, in their way, responsible for preserving what little remained of the "layered reality" after the Fall and the War of Wrath, for they created the spirit worlds where dead souls could hide from their reaping angels. To this day, no one is sure if it was an act of God or angel that made denizens of one realm incompatible with another, but many of the creatures that the Halaku hid in the spirit worlds die in moments on Earth. The Ereshkigal had only so much time to focus on animals, however, as they were busy trying to show humans how to cross these boundaries. Together with some few of the rogue Antu, they created gateways and paths that led to the newly constructed spirit realms.

The Lore of the Realms is one of many lore paths created out of necessity in the wake of the Fall. As the Ereshkigal built the lands of the dead, they assumed garb that would allow them pass unnoticed between the realms. Over time, humanity knew them as spirit guides, psychopomps and ferryman. They shed their wings and other angelic trappings, and their visages became quiet and dark, so as not to attract notice. The Ereshkigal of today still exhibit these traits, even when Torment begins to consume them. When the anguish overpowers their souls, however, they grow cold. In the darkness of the lands of the dead, there waits oblivion, and even the oldest Ereshkigal cannot remember why they allowed this spiritual void into the realm they built for their beloved humans-if indeed it was their choice to do so.

Full Name:	Wyatt Yorik O'Bannon
Date of Birth:	September 23, 1982
Nationality:	North America
Occupation:	Chief of Police and Security at Klaussenburg Psychiatric Hospital
Title:	Baron Watcher and Ferrymen of the Alabaster Legion
Race:	Demon
House:	Halaku
Faction	Ravener