by Kirt “Loki” Dankmyer (xiombarg@io.com) with suggestions by Glenn Brown (gdbrown@cnx.net), Rev. Pee Kitty (pkitty@brainpuke.com), and Rolland Therrien (rolland.therrien@videotron.ca)

How can one Symphony be perfect? Isn’t there only so much it can encompass? That is, the fall of Lucifer aside, how
can a single Symphony embody everything God intended for His creations?

The answer, known to only a few, is that it can’t. Perfection can only be found in variation, and in infinity. There isn’t
just one Symphony  there an infinite number of Symphonies, each slightly different from the last.

In one world, Armageddon has come and gone. Saminga rules in Lucifer’s stead, grown fat by the deaths of so many.
The only ray of hope is the Redemption of Lucifer himself.

In another world, several Demon Princes, from Saminga to Haagenti to Vapula, have Redeemed, due to the
machinations of another…

In another, Khalid has Fallen, and become the Demon Prince of Fanatacism. Armageddon is around the corner…

Sometimes the difference is small. Angels from several worlds would find it odd that Laurence rather than Khalid
replaced Uriel after his Crusade.

Sometimes the difference is large. When Amabael, Princess of Winter, started a new Ice Age from 1200 to 800 BC
before finally being defeated by Gabriel, Egypt fell to the Sea Peoples. The Hebrews, after their Exodus from a
Philistine culture along the Nile, ended up rapidly blended into the Aramaeans when they invaded Canaan from the
other direction. This weakened monotheism to the point that Uriel was killed during his Crusade, and both angels and
demons hide from increasingly powerful Ethereals, not even aware of what the humans are currently up to.

Often, the difference is in the humans, or caused by them. Worlds where JFK wasn’t assassinated to worlds where the
South won the American Civil War to a world where “Alf” is still on prime-time TV in 2001. While some Word-bound
Celestials may be different in these worlds, the Archangels are often the same.

Sometimes the laws of physics are different. Suffice to say there are worlds where Sorcerers are vastly more powerful
than they are in most, and not always is this obviously the case. Like the history of celestials, sometimes the occult is as
hidden as it claims to be, and has surprises even for the angels.

Humans refer to the concept of different, parallel worlds as “alternate realities.” Angels who are aware of all the
different Symphonies refer to the aggregate as “the Repertoire,” as in the standard selection of Symphonies that God
has composed and decided to “play”. Demons who are aware of the different Symphonies refer to them as “the
Cacophony”, because most of the Fallen with such awareness believe the wildly clashing Symphonies are proof God is
missing, dead, insane, or all three. Those looking for a neutral term sometimes call all these Symphonies “the Corpus”,
as in the body of “work” known to exist, God or not.

The Exclusive Social Club of Small Infinites

Just because there are an infinite number of Symphonies, does not mean all possible worlds exist. All worlds seem to
be made of the same Forces, and have a Celestial, Corporeal, and Ethereal plane, though the connection between them,
and the rules of the Corporeal plane may vary. All worlds have angels, or at least had them at one time. All worlds have
demons, if only those that visit those worlds as ordered by Adad, Demon Prince of the Cacophony. Ask any
mathematician; some infinities are smaller than others. No one, even beings like Yves, fully understand why certain
Symphonies exist and others do not.

Who knows about the Corpus? To start with, God knows, assuming He still exists. There are Symphonies where the
Metatron still lives, but God still speaks little nowadays. In any case, God has decreed that no one  not even most
Angels, or even Archangels — are to know about the Repertoire.

There are two opposing Superiors who are aware of the Corpus. One is Syth, the Archangel of the Repertoire, and her
opposing number Adad, Demon Prince of the Cacophony. Yves, being an aspect of God, is also aware of the Corpus,
and so is Kronos. In fact, these four beings — Syth, Adad, Kronos and Yves — are unique in all Symphonies, existing
across all realities. That is, the same Yves exists in every Symphony, and the same Adad exists in every Symphony,
and so on, while most Symphonies have their own version of, say, Michael. (In fact, Michael is Fallen in at least one
Symphony.) This is one of the reasons Yves is so easy-going about failure: Though failure is painful, things may be
going much better several worlds over.

Lucifer knows. At least, most versions of him know. The fact that there are Redeemed — or unFallen — versions of
Lucifer in some Symphonies would seem to indicate that there is more than one version of Lucifer, and yet, when
Kronos told Adad of the Cacophony, and after he petitioned Lucifer for his Word, Adad spread to several worlds and
Lucifer seemed to already know him and his secret, though Kronos claimed to have never told those Lucifers. Kronos
is silent on the issue and Adad has been told different things by different Lightbringers at different times. At least once
Lucifer told him that the Redeemed and unFallen versions of himself were actually a different entity more properly
known as Satan, or Iblis. As always, the Lightbringer is an enigma. It is notable, however, that Adad’s Word, granted in
one Symphony, seems to hold in all others.

No one is sure if Eli knows or not, or even if there are more than one of him, or only one. Certainly, there have been no
reports of a Fallen Eli in most of the known Symphonies, though Adad has been known to chuckle evilly when the
subject comes up.

Some individual entities from particular Symphonies know the secret. A version of Jean here, a version of Vapula
there, a version of Thoth or two here and there. Most versions of Litheroy know, but keep mum at the request of Yves
and God. Several Princes of Secrets know, but this is not usually considered a problem, as they help keep the matter
quiet. Usually entities “in the know” get a talking-to by Syth or Adad and leave the world-hopping to others. Those that
don’t often get… hurt. At least twice Syth and Adad have joined forces to destroy a version of Vapula that had gotten
out of hand. It is rumored that Legion knew, and existed in more than one Symphony at once — which is another reason
he had to be destroyed.

Notes and Staves, Nuts and Bolts: Mechanics

Moving between Symphonies is extremely unnatural. It causes a Disturbance with a +30 to the roll to detect. However,
since God wants to keep the existence of the Corpus a secret (or, some demons say, is ashamed of what he has
wrought), even a check digit of 6 will not reveal what has happened — just an exact distance and direction, as well as
approximate magnitude. Still, most Symphonically-aware beings capable of moving between Earths prefer to shift
between Symphonies while, say, in the middle of the Sahara Desert. Demons “in the know” refer to switching
Symphonies as “Changing Tempo”.

A soul can normally only exist in one Symphony at a time. Alternate versions of a particular person have different
souls, and humans who die in the wrong place will have their soul return to their proper Symphony before its
destination is decided as normal. The other effect of this is that if a Kyriotate that is possessing a couple hosts and one
shifts to another Symphony, that vessel is no longer possessed. To go to another Symphony, a Kyriotate usually needs
to restrict itself to one host, as its soul can only be in one Symphony at a time. Another side effect of this is the
Cherubim and Djinn resonance (which is an integral part of their being, i.e. their soul) cannot extend to another
Symphony — if either someone or something they are attuned to or they themselves change Symphonies, they are
automatically de-attuned to anything or anyone in another Symphony. The same is true of Songs or Attunements that
create similar situations, like the Song of Attraction and the Song of Possession; when in doubt, shifting between
Symphonies cuts any “connection” except the strongest, like the connection to one’s Heart.

Celestials who die in a Symphony otheer than their own snap back to their Heart (in their home Symphony) if they
have one, or go to the local version of Limbo (or equivalent) if not. Servitors of Adad and Syth are not immune to this.
Most have a “home base” Symphony that their Heart is stored in.

Moving between Symphonies is always a dangerous proposition. Whenever it is done, whether through a device or an
Attunement or a Song, a d666 should be rolled, because there is a chance of an Intervention if a 111 or a 666 is rolled.
The GM is encouraged to be creative about Interventions in this situation — positive interventions may cause the
character to arrive in a more favorable position in the world than normal, while negative interventions may push the
character into an entirely different world than intended.

Despite being very powerful Celestials, Adad and Syth have very few Tethers. Tethers to Adad or Syth usually arise in
locations where a pivotal historical event for a particular Symphony was initiated, yet away from the eyes of the public
(Adad has a powerful tether in one Symphony where a conspiracy against JFK was hatched), or in places where
humans have developed world-hopping technology or magic on their own. Sometimes, something momentous has
happened in the same place, out of sight, in several Symphonies, creating a Tether that extends between the
Symphonies in question and connects them, allowing free travel between the connected Symphonies with no
Disturbance, if the Seneschal shows a visitor the “trick”, which varies from Tether to Tether (usually one has to stand in
a certain spot and say certain historically significant things). Whether a Tether is Adad’s or Syth’s depends on if, in the
final analysis, the event that spawned it aided Heaven or Hell.

Syth, Archangel of the Repertoire

“Every world is precious and free. We must work to keep them that way.”

Syth was the first Kyriotates created by Yves after the first version of the Fall, in one of the oldest Symphonies. She
(Syth favors female hosts) was told about the Repertoire, and given her Word by God Himself, who swore her to
secrecy.

It is Syth’s job to undo the damage to the Repertoire done by the demons. Like some of John Cage’s compositions,
every Symphony was designed to allow for Free Will, especially on the part of the humans, but demonic resonances
damage any Free Will other than their own. Syth must quietly alter history in each Symphony so that, in the end, the
actions of the demons do not interfere with the actions of humans. She is aided in this endeavor by Yves, who is
interested in the Destiny of the Repertoire as a whole.

Syth does not vote in the Seraphim Council (as most of her fellow Archangels do not even know she exists), and her
angels pretend to work for other Archangels when encountered on Earth. They must be careful how they work, lest they
give themselves away, though many are recruited from Archangels (especially jaded Outcasts, who are often given a
new lease on life upon discovering the Repertoire), bringing other Attunements to the cause, not to mention Yves is
fairly generous in giving out his attunements to Syth’s servitors.

Syth’s servitors are often given incomprehensible and odd instructions (i.e. “make sure Hitler is not assassinated”),
which they obey willingly and without question, because they know that only Syth and Yves understand the “big
picture”. A great weight is on their shoulders, because if they fail to nudge a Symphony correctly, the damage may be
irreversible, and Syth will end up withdrawing her angels from that Symphony entirely. Too many Symphonies have
met their Fate this way.

Because of the need for secrecy, Syth makes extensive use of humans, including a cadre of Soldiers who are aware of
what’s going on. In fact, Syth’s Soldiers are some of the most loyal in the War, because Syth accepts only those that
have proven themselves as Soldiers for other Archangels. When recruiting other angels that have learned Syth’s secret,
they request transfer to Yves, who then transfers them to Syth. Yves has a particularly good eye for angels that would
do well under Syth.

Syth also has the best tools available to her, from an infinite number of Symphonies. All the Songs in Liber
Canticorum, and a few more besides, are known to her, though they are not given freely. The most commonly taught
“secret” songs are the Songs of Oblivion (in particular, the Ethereal version) and the Songs of Forgetting (see Liber
Canticorum, p. 73 and 97 respectively). Because of her recruitment methods, many of her servitors have odd and
unique abilities. (One of the most well-known to new angels of Syth, one of her trainers, the Cherub known only as
“Ian”, used to work for the Archangel of Steam, and has some downright odd Attunements.)

Syth’s servitors often refer to a particular Symphony by an idiosyncratic nickname, perhaps with a number to
distinguish between very similar Symphonies. Reich-1 is the worst “the Nazis won” version of the Symphony, while
Oops-10 is a Symphony where all the Demon Princes listed in the main In Nomine rulebook Redeemed at some point.

An important aspect of Syth’s Word is the idea that everything, every Symphony, serves a purpose in God’s plan. There
is a reason God created every one, even if the reasons remain ineffable to even beings with an awareness as broad as
Syth or Yves. This also means certain Symphonies that one can imagine, but do not actually exist, were excluded for a
reason. (There are no Symphonies without angels, for example, though there are Symphonies where all of them were
killed or Fell.)

Dissonance

It is dissonant for one of Syth’s angels to reveal, through their words or their actions, the existence of the Corpus to
someone who does not already know the secret. The dissonance can be erased by recruiting the person (and anyone
they’ve mentioned the secret to) to Syth’s service, erasing their memories, or killing them (and anyone else they told).
Obviously, the first and second methods are preferred.

Also, it is dissonent for them to encourage, through their words or actions, the belief that the universe (or multiverse) is
meaningless. (It’s okay, though not encouraged, to allow someone to have a negative opinion of that meaning, just so
long as they do not succumb to nihilism.)

While it is not dissonant for an Servitor of the Repertoire to disobey a direct order, few of them do, no matter how
incomprehensible that order is.

Choir Attunements

Seraphim (restricted)
By making a resonance check, one of Syth’s Seraphs can determine if an individual is “native” to the Symphony they
are currently in, i.e. whether they traveled to this Symphony from another one. Angels of the Repertoire and demons
who serve Adad (regardless of where they were created, where their Heart is, or who they used to serve) always show
up as “non-native” to this attunement.

Cherubim
A Cherub of the Repertoire can use the Ethereal Song of Oblivion (see Liber Canticorum, p. 73) for no Essence cost.
They still have to learn the Song normally (which all servitors of Syth have access to), and there is a disturbance, aside
from the waived Essence cost. If used on someone the Cherub is attuned to, this is not considered harming them; it is
most often used by Syth’s Cherubim to protect people from knowledge they are not ready to have, such as knowledge
of the Repertoire itself.

Ofanim
Ofanim are attuned to the entropy caused by their Fallen counterparts, the Calabim. When a demon does something that
alters the history of a Symphony (GM’s call), it causes a +10 Disturbance that only someone with this attunement can
hear, +15 if the change was caused by a Calabim.

Elohim (restricted)
Syth’s Elohim are charged with making sure those around them do not lose their perspective on the Corpus. On a
successful resonance roll, in addition to whatever information is gleaned, an Elohim of the Repertoire knows if an
action they are about to take will encourage nihilistic beliefs in the person resonated on.

Malakim
Upon arriving in a particular Symphony, a Malakim of the Repertoire becomes familiar with all the most common
weapons and/or weapon systems in that Symphony, gaining a skill in them at a level equal to the Malakim’s Ethereal
Forces for as long as he is in that particular Symphony. (If the angel has a skill in that weapon already, it takes
precedence only if it is higher. It does not combine with the “phantom” skill levels gained through this attunement.)

A weapon is “common” if it is easily available and instantly recognizable in most dominant cultures on the Earth in
question. In our world (early 21st century Earth), for example, most pistols are common, while, say, polearms and
plasma weapons are not. The GM’s decision is final as to what is common and what is not. “Fists” do not count as a
weapon, no matter how commonly they are used as one; levels in Fighting are never gained through this attunement.

Kyriotates (restricted)
A Kyriotate of the Repertoire can possess hosts in different Symphonies, unlike most Kyriotates. Being in multiple
hosts in different Symphonies is the same as being in different hosts on different planes, with an attendant loss in
actions (see the Angelic Player’s Guide, p. 55).

Mercurians
While Yves believes everyone is important, Syth understands that certain individuals are often pivotal in a particular
Symphony’s history. A Mercurian of the Repertoire can look at a person and know, in an instant, if they have the
potential to be such a person, are currently engaged in a historic endeavor, or have already engendered a major change.
The angel doesn’t know why this person is pivotal or even the details — he just knows if a person is “important” or not,
in terms of seriously affecting their local Symphony within their lifetime.

For some reason, Celestials never show up as “important” when using this attunement.

Grigori (restricted)
It is up to the GM if there are Symphonies where the Grigori were never Outcast. If any such Symphonies exist, Syth
has Grigori Servitors. Or, perhaps, with her preference for recruiting Outcasts, Syth has decided she exists far enough
outside the political system to become a haven for Grigori.

The Perception of a Grigori of the Repertoire is doubled for the purpose of detecting disturbances by demons not native
to the Symphony the Grigori is currently in (all demons of Adad count).

(For more information on the Grigori, see GURPS In Nomine or the excellent near-canon treatment of them at
http://www.amadan.org/Innomine/Grigori.html written by David Edelstein.)

Bright Lilim (restricted)
While Bright Lilim are rare in most Symphonies, across an infinite number of Symphonies, they become easier to find,
and a few have come to work for Syth. If the GM has decided there are Symphonies where Lilith has Redeemed
(whatever that would mean, since she’s a human), or is very firmly “grey” and less connected with Hell, there will be
even more Bright Lilim in Syth’s ranks.

Bright Lilim of the Repertoire can look someone in the eye and, with a successful Resonance roll, automatically
determine a Need which, if fulfilled, that would give them a brighter outlook on the universe (i.e. a less nihilistic one),
regardless of the check digit of the roll. The Lilim has to decide before she rolls whether to use this attunement or her
regular Resonance.

Servitor Attunements

God’s Silence
The angel can make any information storage media (from newsprint to CD-ROM) blank itself utterly. A number of
megabytes equal to twice the angel’s Ethereal Forces can be blanked at a time, at a cost of 1 Essence, but only if part of
the information blanked revealed the existance of the Corpus, celestial beings, or both, or if the angel is directly ordered
to use this Attunement by a superior. Every megabyte is the equivalent of about 88,000 words or 350 sheets of typed
paper. This information cannot be recovered by any means.

This attunement is used most often to destroy information on projects relating to dimension-hopping, preventing
humans from developing a potentially dangerous technology. It is also sometimes used to destroy records on different
Symphonies that are often kept (in carefully guarded locations) by servitors of Adad, when there is no time to steal the
information.

World-Walker
This allows the servitor to shift to any Symphony that exists, assuming the servitor had been there before or the world
has been described to them, in detail, for at least an hour, and the Symphony so described actually exists.

This attunement costs 6 Essence to use, and will place the angel in about the same spot on Earth in the new Symphony,
as close as possible without having the servitor appear in solid matter. Sometimes (GM’s whim), metaphysical/thematic
geography is more important than physical geography — if one uses this attunement while atop the Empire State
Building, and the Empire State Building was moved to London in the Symphony being moved into (as in Anglophile-
4), the servitor may end up in London.

If the servitor doesn’t have 6 Essence, or is in a rush, he can spend all the Essence he has (at least one — those empty of
Essence can’t use this attunement) and he will shift over to a “nearby” (similar history and physics, different details)
Symphony of the GM’s choice. Though by no means a hard and fast rule, servitors who use this “escape route” a lot
find that the less Essence they have to spend, the worse the world they end up in generally is. This use of the
attunement is generally frowned on.

Not all those who serve Syth have this attunement. Some are assigned to a particular Symphony, and some have
technological devices or Artifacts capable of Symphony-shifting assigned to them (though, in game terms, these should
cost an comparable amount (or more) in character points).

Distinctions

Vassal of the Corpus
The angel gains the skill Knowledge (World History)/6 for each Symphony he has been to, and for each Symphony he
enters subsequently. This Knowledge skill covers the broadest points of the Celestial and Corporeal history of the
Symphony in question, like one might expect from a Celestial-aware textbook. The knowledge gained through this
Distinction is slightly tinted toward the human side of history, but only slightly.

Friend of Meaning
By spending 1 Essence per hour the effect is to last, anyone within Ethereal Forces yards of the angel gains a bonus to
their Will roll to resist demonic resonances equal to the angel’s Celestial Forces.

Master of Infinity
Angels who have this Distinction have always been granted the World-Walker attunement first. They can now use that
attunement at no Essence cost. They still cause a huge Disturbance, however, including additional Disturbance as if
they’d spent the Essence.

Relations

Since most Archangels don’t know Syth exists, they’re by definition pretty neutral about her. Those that do know about
the Corpus and Syth are usually considered “associated”, at least within the Symphony that Archangel is native to.
There may be a knowledgeable version of Michael around that resents Syth like he does Yves.

Syth generally stays out of politics that pertain to a particular Symphony, as she’s seen certain gambits (like Dominic’s
persecution of Eli) work or not work, depending on (often times) how weak, low-level angels handle things.

Allied: Yves (Yves considers himself Allied with Syth as well)
Associated: Different versions of different Archangels, here and there
Hostile: None

Basic Rites

• Convince a nihilist that the universe is not meaningless without using anything other than conversation, and without
  revealing the existence of the Corpus. (+3 Essence)

• Slay the vessel of a demon who is not native to a particular Symphony (all demons of Adad count).
• Undo an act done by a demon, no matter how trivial. (Give that lollypop back to that child.)

Chance of Invocation: 0

Syth is very busy; she has a lot of worlds to keep track of.

Invocation Modifiers

+1 Detailed world map of the Earth the Servitor is currently on

+2 An Encyclopedia or other extensive reference work dedicated to the world the servitor is currently on

+3 Destroyed evidence of a Symphony other than the one the servitor is currently in (e.g. an erased hard drive)

+4 The dead body of a Servitor of Adad

+5 Proof that the history of the local Symphony was greatly changed by the intervention of demons (like a Demon
Princess causing an Ice Age)

+6 A new device or Artifact capable of moving someone between Symphonies

Adad, Demon Prince of the Cacophony

“Every world is noise and pain.”

Where there is a Fall, where there is Yves — that is, in every Symphony — there is Kronos. An aspect of God? The
Remnant of Raphael? Jesus Christ, after the First of the Fallen had spoken to him? It doesn’t matter. Like Yves, Kronos
is now everywhere, though he does not always show himself.

Adad was the first Balseraph Kronos ever created personally. He was given the Kyriotate resonance, and taught dark
things about the Corpus. Some say — among them, many of his servitors — that Kronos had to drive him mad before he
could really understand. Even before Lucifer gave Adad his Word, Kronos had sworn him to secrecy — not because it
would be bad for the Corpus, but because Kronos wanted Adad to become powerful, and keeping the Cacophony a
secret helps him maintain his power.

That is all Adad was required to do. Amass power. Tinker with the Cacophony as he saw fit. Adad uses his knowledge
of other Symphonies to manipulate political events in a given Hell (i.e. this trick worked in Reich-5’s Hell, so it should
work here), so that those he favors come out on top. His favorites vary from moment to moment, though his former
master, Kronos, is always given consideration, not because Adad loves him, but because Adad fears him. Adad knows
that Kronos has not told him everything; this is even more of a worry to him than his arch-nemesis: Syth, the Archangel
of the Repertoire.

Like Syth’s angels, Adad’s demons pretend to work for other Demon Princes — or even Archangels, in the case of
Adad’s Balseraphs, though such a game is dangerous — when on the Corporeal. Kronos had been pretty generous about
granting his Attunements to Adad’s demons for this purpose, another thing that worries Adad; Demon Princes do not
give gifts that do not benefit them in the end. Officially, Adad doesn’t exist, though in virtually every Hell he has a
secret Principality, close to the Lower Hells, with souls carefully culled for him by Kronos or some other Demon
Prince he has quietly duped; after all, he is a Balseraph.

In fact, Adad has a fondness for posing as Princes that are dead in a particular Symphony, and secretly allying with a
weak Prince. He’s convinced several versions of Furfur that he’s Demogorgon. He’s even been known to arrange a weak
Prince’s death so he can impersonate him, or steal his secrets. Some of Adad’s servitors believe it is because of Adad as
much as Kobal that in many Symphonies Haagenti ate the Demon Princess of Oblivion.

Adad doesn’t make as extensive a use of humans as his Heavenly counterpart, Syth, but he does use them much more
than most Demon Princes, because of his need for secrecy. Like some versions of the Prince of Secrets (many of which
he’s allied with, often under another name than his own), he is fond of secret cults, who nearly always worship him in
the name of a Demon Prince long since dead, or even by the name of a dead Archangel. (Servitors of Syth know to be
wary of any human who claims to be secretly in league with the Angels of Raphael — and that’s just one of the faces of
Adad they’ve managed to expose. There are many more.)

To maintain secrecy, when recruiting other demons that have learned Adad’s secret, the demons in question request a
transfer to Kronos, who then transfers them to Adad, or Adad just arranges to have their Hearts smashed to make them
go Renegade briefly before entering his service. He prefers the latter method to relying on Kronos, but he realizes it is
sometimes useful to acquire a servitor without as much fuss. Unwilling recruits are sometimes acquired through Heart-
smashing as well, and Adad does extensive recruiting among Renegades and the Unknown (newly Fallen angels who
have never served a Prince, see the Angelic Player’s Guide, p. 114), in some cases recruiting demons while posing as
another (dead or missing) Demon Prince (who, once they know what’s really going on, are afraid to defect).

In fact, because of his belief in raw power, Adad’s servitors are nearly all kept in check by fear. Adad seems to be
everywhere, and is fond of surprising his servants by showing up when least expected. Anyone who hesitates to follow
orders has his forces disbanded on the spot, so his demons are often as fanatical as Syth’s angels, though for different
reasons.

Adad makes sure the best tools available to him, from an infinite number of Symphonies. All the Songs in Liber
Canticorum, and a few more besides, are known to him, though they are not given too freely. The most commonly
taught “secret” songs are the Songs of Oblivion (particularly the Ethereal version) and the Songs of Forgetting (see
Liber Canticorum, p. 73 and 97 respectively). Adad is less tight with his artifacts than Syth is with hers, by way of
compensation for the terror he inspires in his servitors. He is also fond of collecting the unique artifacts of dead Demon
Princes or destroyed Ethereal gods (see Liber Reliquarum, p. 94 and 99 for examples of such items), and some of his
servitors whisper that he has a few artifacts from dead Archangels as well, at least one given to him by Kronos himself.

Like Syth’s servitors, Adad’s servitors often refer to a particular Symphony by an idiosyncratic nickname. Because it
annoys Syth’s servitors, they prefer to use the same name as the angels of the Repertoire, if they know it, though left to
their own devices, the names they come up with on their own are often quite colorful indeed. For example, the
Symphony where Saminga has taken Lucifer’s place on Hell’s throne is often referred to “The Court of the Stinking
Idiot-Kingmaggot-2″.

An important aspect of Adad’s Word is the idea that the Corpus is a collection of random noises, spurted out by a blind,
idiot God (or by nothingness), a true Cacophony. It’s all meaningless, and if there is a reason behind it, it’s irrelevant,
stupid, insipid, or all three. There is a large amount of nihilism in Adad’s Word, the feeling that there’s no point, so it is
best to grab what you can. Adad’s servitors are some of the most supremely selfish demons ever known; many wish to
someday rule an entire Symphony all their own. Incidentally, this slightly different idea of the Corpus, as embodied by
Adad, prevents Syth and Adad from experiencing the sort of Word-friction that has driven Gabriel mad in so many
Symphonies, but has made them bitter enemies nonetheless.

Dissonance

It is dissonant for one of Adad’s demons to reveal, through their words or their actions, the existence of the Corpus to
someone who does not already know the secret. The dissonance can be erased by recruiting the person (and anyone
they’ve mentioned the secret to) to Adad’s service, making them forget (through a Song, perhaps) or killing them (and
anyone else they told). A second note of dissonance is incurred if someone who the demon revealed the secret to (on
purpose or by accident) joins Syth’s ranks!

Band Attunements

Balseraphs (restricted)
Adad likes to say that all his Balserpahs are made in his own image, even those he recruits from other Princes. All
Balseraphs of the Cacophony have the Kyriotate resonance and dissonance conditions. Also, like Syth’s Kyriotates,
they can possess hosts in different Symphonies, unlike normal Kyriotates. Being in multiple hosts in different
Symphonies is the same as being in different hosts on different planes, with an attendant loss in actions (see the Angelic
Player’s Guide, p. 55). Also, since the Balserpah’s access to the Kyriotate resonance is in a sense a lie, and being in
different Symphonies strains that lie, a Balseraph of the Cacophony is at a -2 to all actions while in different
Symphonies at the same time.

Balseraphs who like having a vessel of their own had better keep quiet about it while in Adad’s service.

Djinn (restricted)
Unlike normal Djinn, Djinn of the Cacophony can remain attuned to objects and persons in another Symphony.

Many are asked to attune to a few persons and then sit tight, keeping tabs on “important persons” from related
Symphonies. The Djinn love this job; it makes them feel important and doesn’t entail much work, other than a little
Symphony-hopping.

Calabim
Calabim of the Cacophony can destroy memories. They may perform the Ethereal Song of Oblivion (see Liber
Canticorm, p. 73) at no Essence cost. They still have to learn the Song (which Adad’s Servitors have access to, of
course) and aside from the waived Essence cost, the song still disturbs the Symphony.

Habbalah (restricted)
Adad’s Habbalah can use their resonance to instill an extreme form of nihilism and despair in a victim. In game terms,
this is identical to Emptiness, except the feeling cannot rebound on the Habbalite (merely causing dissonance in the
case of a victim’s appropriately successful Will roll), and there is a penalty to the victim’s Will roll identical to 7 minus
the check digit of the Habbalite’s resonance roll (that is, the less powerful the feeling is, the harder it is to resist).

Lilim (restricted)
Few Lilim serve Adad, because it means Adad has to either tell a version of Lilith that he exists (which he won’t do, out
of distrust), or a Lilim must Geas herself to secrecy before even starting to discuss terms (which only the most curious
will do).

Those who do are given a Servant in the form of a Soldier of Adad (a class 5 Servant) as a “signing bonus”, at a Level
equal to the Lilim’s Celestial Forces at the time they join. (This is the other reason few Lilim serve Adad, even after
sworn to secrecy: The offer smacks of slavery. Adad does this because despite the self-Geas, he fears spies for
Freedom, desiring only the most selfish and mercenary Lilim.)

Shedim (restricted)
Former hosts of Shedim of the Cacophony have trouble remembering things they did while possessed, so as better to
keep the secrets of the Corpus. Unless the former host makes a Will roll with a check digit equal to or higher than the
Shedim’s Celestial Forces, when the host tries to bring up a particular memory, all he remembers is terrible noise and
darkness. The former host only gets one attempt per memory, whenever such things become relevant. This degradation
of memory happens all at once when the Shedim leaves the host, for whatever reason, though it isn’t noticeable until the
former host tries to recall things (which is when the rolls are made).

Impudites
Like Kronos, the Prince of the Cacophony understands that certain individuals are often pivotal in a particular
Symphony’s history. An Impudite of the Repertoire can look at a person and know, in an instant, if they have the
potential to be such a person, are currently engaged in a historic endeavor, or have already engendered a major change.
The demon doesn’t know why this person is pivotal or even the details — he just knows if a person is “important” or not,
in terms of seriously affecting their local Symphony within their lifetime.

For some reason, Celestials never show up as “important” when using this attunement.

It is rumored that part of the reason this attunement is so similar to that granted by the Archangel of the Repertoire to
Mercurians is Adad’s first Impudite servitor was an Impudite of Fate that had originally worked for Syth, older than
even Adad.

Skulkers (restricted)
It is up to the GM if there are Symphonies where the Fallen Grigori (Skulkers) decided to serve Demon Princes, rather
than simply hiding from everyone. If any such Symphonies exist, Adad has Skulkers working for him, though very few.

Adad’s Skulkers let him know who else knows the Secret. Upon touching someone, a Skulker of the Cacophony can
make a Perception check. If successful, the Skulker knows if the person knows that other Symphonies exist. (Someone
who believes in other Symphonies, but has seen no proof, doesn’t count.) At higher check digits, the GM may, at his
discretion, let the Skulker know how much the person knows, or how they know (e.g. he’s been to one other Symphony
because of one of Vapula’s experiments).

(For more information of Fallen Grigori, see GURPS In Nomine.)

Servitor Attunements

Cover Story
By spending 3 Essence, the servitor can look at a person and come up with a plausible story (with all the needed details,
such as “why don’t I have appropriate ID”) that the person will accept for being where they currently are and doing
what they’re currently doing, which doesn’t reveal anything about the servitor’s celestial nature or the Cacophony. This
is generally used when the servitor is caught doing something weird or illegal, like breaking into a building. If no story
will sound plausible, spending the Essence lets the demon know this fact, allowing other options to be considered.

Note that “plausible” does not in any way imply “good for the person using the attunement.” For example, on
McCarthy-4, a Symphony where the Red Scare went on well into the 21st century (with a strong Soviet Union to
match), a plausible story for breaking into an FBI office is “I’m a Communist spy.” But telling the guard that isn’t going
to win you any friends. The cover story will not get the servitor out of trouble (though it might), it just will cover up
the fact he’s a supernatural servant of the Cacophony, and will be believable to the person the attunement is used on.
Using this power on crazy or gullible people can be… educational. (”I’m a clone created by space aliens. Yes, really.”)

Tempo Change
This allows the servitor to shift to any Symphony that exists, assuming the servitor had been there before or the world
has been described to them, in detail, for at least an hour, and the Symphony so described actually exists.

This attunement costs 6 Essence to use, and will place the servitor in about the same spot on Earth in the new
Symphony, as close as possible without having the servitor appear in solid matter. Sometimes (GM’s whim),
metaphysical/thematic geography is more important than physical geography — if one uses this attunement while atop
the Empire State Building, and the Empire State Building was moved to London in the Symphony being moved into
(such as in Counter-Revolution-5, where England took back the United States in 1923), the servitor may end up in
London.

If the servitor doesn’t have 6 Essence, or is in a rush, he can spend all the Essence he has (at least one — those empty of
Essence can’t use this attunement) and he will shift over to a “nearby” (similar history and physics, different details)
Symphony of the GM’s choice. Though by no means a hard and fast rule, servitors who use this “escape route” a lot
find that the less Essence they have to spend, the worse the world they end up in generally is. Servitors of Adad are
expected to use this “escape route” to save their own skin, but are also expected to deal with the consequences.

Not all those who serve Adad have this attunement. Some are assigned to a particular Symphony, and some have
technological devices or Artifacts capable of Symphony-shifting assigned to them (though, in game terms, these should
cost an comparable amount (or more) in character points).

Distinctions

Knight of False Notes
The demon gains the skill Knowledge (World History)/6 for each Symphony he has been to, and for each Symphony he
enters subsequently. This Knowledge skill covers the broadest points of the Celestial and Corporeal history of the
Symphony in question, like one might expect from a Celestial-aware textbook. The knowledge gained has a slight
emphasis on the Celestial side of history, particularly what’s going on in Hell.

Captain of Nihilism
By spending 2 Essence per hour the effect is to last, anyone within Ethereal Forces yards of the demon gains a penalty
to their Will roll to resist demonic resonances equal to the half the demon’s Celestial Forces (round up).

Baron of Infinite Grating
Demons who have this Distinction have always been granted the Tempo Change attunement first. They can now use
that attunement at no Essence cost. They still cause a huge Disturbance, however, including additional Disturbance as if
they’d spent the Essence.

Relations

Since most Demon Princes don’t know Adad exists, they’re pretty neutral about him, though they may have different
opinions about him if he’s pretending to be a dead Demon Prince, based on how they feel about that Prince. Those that
do know about the Corpus and Adad are either “associated” or “enemies” — there’s little middle ground, and few
enemies last long.

Allied: Kronos (Kronos considers himelf Associated with Adad)
Associated: Different versions of different Demon Princes, here and there
Hostile: Varies; Adad often dislikes most versions of Vapula
Enemies: Varies by Symphony

Basic Rites

• Convince someone that the universe is meaningless without using anything other than conversation, and without
  revealing the existence of the Cacophony. (+2 Essence)

• Slay the vessel or body of a being who is not native to the local Symphony and does not work for Adad (all servitors
  of Syth count).

• Spend two hours studying the political situation wherever the demon currently is, so as to better influence it.

Chance of Invocation: 2

Adad is very busy; he has a lot of worlds to keep track of. However, he loves meddling, so he is more accessible than
the Archangel of the Repertoire, though often more distracted because of it.

Invocation Modifiers

+1 A human or angel who is a nihilist (dead or alive; anyone working for Adad doesn’t count)

+2 An Encyclopedia or other extensive reference work dedicated to the world the servitor is currently on

+3 Destroyed evidence of a Symphony other than the one the servitor is currently in (e.g. the ashes of burnt documents)

+4 The dead body of someone who is not native to the local Symphony who does not work for Adad (all servitors of
Syth count)

+5 A new device or Artifact capable of moving someone between Symphonies

+6 Proof that the history of the local Symphony was greatly changed by the intervention of the servitor that is

attempting to summon Adad