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From Left to Right:The Architect, Black Nathaniel,
Blind Serpents, and Clockwork Servitor
and a pair of thick, horn-rimmed glasses. Its fingertips are Initiative: 12
stained with ink, and it leaves black fingerprints on whatever Armor: None
it touches. These prints fade from nonliving surfaces in sec- Numina: Left-Handed Spanner, Seek, Telekinesis
onds, but on flesh, they linger for weeks.
Methods: The Architect is capable of violence, but it Manifestation: Discorporate, Materialize,
would rather everyone agrees. It attempts to reason with the Twilight Form
characters first, as described in the Tale on p. 197. If the Max Essence: 15
characters take violent action, it defends the boiler room to Ban: Cannot leave the boiler room.
the best of its ability. The Architect retains his knowledge Bane: A “missing persons” flier from one of the
of buildings, is curious to see how the world has progressed victims of the 300 block.
(and what has been done to the buildings it designed), and
is an affable enough conversationalist if approached respect-
fully. Every now and then, though, it makes casual, almost BLACK NATHANIEL
businesslike, references to human sacrifice.
Virtue: Amiable Ghost Machine — p. 207
Vice: Cold Mission: Black Nathaniel was created to oversee the
Rank: 2 God-Machine’s directive to capture ghosts and bind them
Attributes: Power 4, Finesse 7, Resistance 5 to machines. It has Reapers and Sowers assisting it in this
mission (no traits are provided for these lesser angels, as they
Influence: Boiler Room 2 Discorporate at any sign of hostility — they’re here to work,
Corpus: 10 not to fight). Black Nathaniel is an immensely powerful an-
Willpower: 12 gel, but acts in a managerial role. It finds pockets of ghostly
activity and summons its minion angels. It also deals with
Size: 5 anyone making trouble for the mission. Unlike some angels,
Speed: 16 Black Nathaniel is utterly loyal to the God-Machine, and not
Defense: 4 above trying to make some extra ghosts if people interfere.
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