The world is full of wants and needs that control it.
Is that really such a bad thing?
History
After the Fall, one went willing into exile with the
failed rebels and chose to accompany them to
comfort them as best she could.
In the timeless period locked in with the followers
of the Lightbringer, the methods for giving that
comfort changed gradually as did the reasons for
give it.
When the First Incursion finally happened, many
in Heaven were appaled at what had become of the
once pure and shining Novalis..
Outlook
In general, Novalis acts slowly. She is willing to
bide her time and let things move into position
before steping in for the "kill". The desires and
needs of others are the leash by which she slowly
binds them, snaring them and rotting away other
connections through abandonment or disgust.
As befits a Djinn, Novalis is extremely possessive
of her Servitors yet is remarkably tolerant of them at
times. She will listen to them up until the point that
she makes a ruling, but her desisions are final. This
attitude combined with the effect her very presence
can have on most Celestials means that there are
surprisingly few defections or Redemptions from her
Servitors.
Conversely, she takes betrayal as a personal insult
and those who do so become targets for soul killing
over almost any other goal.
In the general activities of the War, Novalis'
Servitors tend not to be on the front lines but instead
act like a slow rot that contaminates everything that
it touches. Often, by the time you realise on is there
they have already taken control of key figures who
now need them so much...
Dissonance
While Novalis lets her Servitors to enjoy themselves,
she frowns on those whose enjoyment breaks that
which is her own property.
It is dissonant for a Servitor of Lust to kill or strip a
Force from any other servent of Lust without having
been given permission by Novalis.
Choir Attunements
Balseraphs: Said to be the most imaginative lovers in
Hell, these Balseraphs have mastered the
art of the bending the truth in those areas
which fall under the domain of Lust.
These Liars may add their Etherial Forces
to any roll to persaude or convince
someone that some aspect of a errotic or
sexual encounter is a good thing. This can
apply to anything from explaining why it is
okay to cheat on a partner, to persuading
someone that trying out those bondage
handcuffs for a while is a good idea.
Djinn (Partially Restricted): The Djinn of Lust find it amusing that
they can reverse the normal progression
of things, making their victims come to
them.
They may add their Corporeal Forces
to any check which causes physical
pleasure to another, whether it be a
massage or more initimate pursuits.
Anyone to who they are attuned treats
their touch as a Moderately Addictive
drug.
Those who are not Stalkers and who
are granted this attunement merely gain
the bonus to appropriate checks.
Calabim (Restricted): Although having little use for Calabim
in general, Novalis does have a few more
subtle examples of the Band in her service.
Those Calabim of Lust with this
attunement can cause pleasurable pain,
letting their lust for destruction seep
into a victim. Any time that they
deliberately hurt or injure an individual,
they can make it register as a pleasurable
sensation instead.
Habbalah (Partially Resitricted):
Someone viewing a Habbalite of Lust may
find their bodies betraying them, their good
sense overwhelmed by the raw desire one
of these Punishers can put forth.
Those with this band attunement may
add their Celestial Forces to any attempt to
arouse or cause lust in someone. Additionally,
the Habbalah may harmlessly ignore the
effects of the Lust being projected at them,
either from another Punisher or from the
backlash of their own Resonance.
Other Servitors of Lust may gain this
attunement, but they only receive the bonus
to appropriate rolls.
Lilim (Restricted): Where the Punishers of Lust are raw
furnances of desire, the Lilim in service to
Lust have simply set their hooks in the libido
of those around them.
The Tempters with this attunment may
attempt to detect any lustful Needs without
eye contact and may add the value of the
highest level Geas or Geas-hook they have
on someone to the successful CD of Fast
Talk, reaction or Seduction rolls aimed at
them.
Shedim: Through long experience with a variety of
bodies, Shedim of Lust have learn how to make
the most unnatural situations erotic. They may
attempt to seduce anyone, regardless of
circumstances or the other parties normal
preferences, and indeed is often used by the
Corruptors to degrade both their host and the
one they seduce.
This band attunement is often handed out
to experienced Servitors of Lust as a reward for
good service.
Impudites (Restricted): Those humans who have had sex with an
Impudite of Lust often feel that it leaves
them feeling drained...
Takers of Lust automatically succeed in
resonance rolls to take Essence from
someone they have had just has sex with,
without having to Charm them first. Roll
anyway for the CD of this attempt and
possible Interventions
Servitor Attunements
Promises, Promises: By touching a target and spending
one Essence, a single fact, duty or
promise can be rendered irrelevent
as compared to any pleasurable
distraction.
The victim may resist with a Will
roll and the effect lasts for the demon's
Ethereal Forces in hours. After the
duration ends, the relevent peice of
information resumes its normal
importance if it is thought about
or brought up.
Just Walkin' Down the Street: By spending one Essence, the demon
can attract lustful attention to everybody
within one hundred yards of an individual
they can even if that person is doing
something as mundane as simply
walking down a street.
Anybody within the area may resist the
urge to look with a Will roll and their
attention does not nessisarily remain
caught unless there is somethign worthy
of it.
Unchained Urges: By spending three Essence, the demon
can invoke the lust in the heart of a
person they touch. This is treated as
though the victim had the Lustful
Discord at a level equal to their
Celestial Forces.
This lasts for hours equal to the
demon's Celestial Forces and is not
resisted, even though the effects of the
pseudo-Discord may be resisted
normally.
Distinctions
Knight of Hidden Desires: The demon can detect with a glance
whom an individual lusts after most and
what they would be willing to do at
most in order to have that lust fufilled.
Captain of Poetry in Motion: Every aspect of a Captain of Lust
brings to mind primal desires,
attracting the eyes and make other
more helpul towards them. They gain
two "virtual" levels of Charisma
which do not count against the
normal limits of how many level of
Charisma one may have.
These levels of Charisma apply
equally to all Vessels the demon
might have as well as their Celestial
form.
Baron of Tangled Heart Strings: The Barons of Lust can
perform the Ethereal Song of
Attraction at no Essence cost.
Additionally, the effects of the
Song will last for CD in days.
Relations
Allied: Nybbas (Nybbas is Allied with Novalis.)
Associated: Malphas, Valefor (Malpahs, Lilith and Valefor are Assosiated towards Novalis.)
Neutral: All the others, except... (Haagenti, Kobal, Kronos and Vapula are Neutral towards Novalis.)
Hostile: Beleth, Haagenti (Asmodeus, Baal, Belial and Beleth are Hostile to Novalis)
Enemy: Saminga (Saminga is an Enemy of Novalis)
Basic Rites
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