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Methods: Triage, as its name suggests, was created to make ephemeral being. If the characters want to convince it to send
an efficient decision. As such, it’s not hostile or cruel, but it them home, they need to use the Social Maneuvering rules
doesn’t have a better nature or a shred of humanity. It listens (p. 81) and accumulate six Doors.
patiently to whatever the characters want to say, but it doesn’t
tell them about the God-Machine or any of the deeper truths Virtue: Efficient
to their situation. It does tell them about the Flag of Elam, if Vice: Leonine
they ask, and agrees to let them use it to go home provided
they can do so without violating any historical events. If the Rank: 6
characters attempt to change the outcome of a battle or kill Ban: Triage cannot watch suffering. If someone
an important historical figure (Hitler, Robert E. Lee, Patton, is physically suffering, it must leave the area and
etc.), it sends the Blind Serpents to stop them. help the sufferer or send the Blind Serpents to kill
Note: Triage is a very powerful angel and, as such, does him. Triage, naturally, always does what is most
not have traits. It has a Virtue and Vice to act as a guide efficient.
to how to portray it, and it has a Ban and a Bane like any Bane: Fur of a black lion.

YOUR OWN ANGELS

The angels below aren’t designed for the Tales of the ensure that the combustion and burning is in a highly public
God-Machine, which means their missions are a bit more space. Either way, the Candle Maker would not want to miss
generalized. Feel to customize whatever parts of them you the most opportune moment to start its human fire show.
need to in order to make them work in your chronicle. The Usually, the victim starts with a slow burn, and then erupts
God-Machine does the same thing before sending angels into fire. This kind of fire doesn’t immediately kill the person,
out, after all. and can leave them screaming in pain for several minutes.
The person must burn for several hours for the mission
THE CANDLE MAKER to be completed properly. If anyone attempts to put the fire
out, The Candle Maker must make sure the fire doesn’t just
stay, but catches and spreads.
Humans burn the brightest. The Candle Maker does not have a physical form, but its
passing can be marked by a rise in the ambient temperature
Mission: Human fat burns for a long time, releasing lots
of heat and energy. Sometimes the God-Machine needs to and the smell of smoke. Fires burn hotter and brighter in its
harness this energy. The Candle Maker’s job is to harness presence and candle flames jump and flicker in response.
and release this energy when the God-Machine needs it the Because The Candle Maker must take so much time trying
most. He has three days to locate the perfect human specimen to find the right person to burn, it is often very close to the
and render its fat to tallow to burn for the God-Machine. end of its three days before it starts a fire. Extreme cold and
Methods: The God-Machine sends the Candle Maker fire suppressants will force the Candle Maker to abandon
into the world just before specific events that require extra the area. Using specially designed fire-fighting devices
energy. Often it is an enabler for the creation of necessary such as chemical compounds found in fire extinguishers
Infrastructure, or to be part of the Infrastructure to bring or physical suffocation, as from fire blankets, could cause
larger and more complex angels to a specific place in the a large enough setback to prevent it from completing its
world. The God-Machine utilizes oil-burning lanterns or mission entirely.
glycerol candles to send the Candle Maker to Earth.
The Candle Maker takes its mission very seriously. The Virtue: Intent
circumstances of the burning and the person are both im- Vice: Patient
portant to its specific mission. Finding the right person is a Rank: 2
matter of finding the qualities required by the God-Machine. Attributes: Power 3, Finesse 2, Resistance 4
It might need someone with a specific emotional profile, such
as someone who is depressed because they just lost a loved one, Influence: Fire 2
or it might just be someone with a specific body type, such as Corpus: 8
young and plump. Sometimes the God-Machine just needs Willpower: 7
the energy of the fire, and the person is burned at the most
opportune moment for the harness of the energy. Sometimes, Size: 4
the fire must induce fear in others, and the Candle Maker must Speed: 15

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Your Own Angels