Playing a Long Game
Keter is, to a point, under siege - the Navigator Houses spread through His halls, pulling apart the decks, opening doors, and tearing out components all across Ein Soph. It's not a problem yet, but Keter knows, some day thousands of years from now, His resources will be expended. There's only so much metal.But there is endless flesh.
The Seraphs
Seraphs are built from human DNA, saved in the Ein Soph's databanks. They are stretched, modified, augmented. They become awful, crawling things - if this stage fails, they are released, where they become a Hanged King of the Ghouls.
From here, they are enhanced - permanently affixed to titanic exoskeletons, welded to horrific weapons, and anointed by Infopriests.
The Seven
Luminous Uriel
Uriel bows under the weight of its weapon - a titanic plasma emitter, releasing tides of burning light. As the emitter fires, Uriel burns, screaming as its flesh melts against its armor.
Its light is unstoppable, slipping through the smallest hole in its blind quest to burn away heresy.
Silver-Tongued Gabriel
Gabriel reaches out with its dozen tongues, hunting for those who would escape Keter's wrath. Its voice is a honeyed lie, twisting itself to draw in its prey. It has hunted through the halls forever, tuning its mimicry over countless repetitions.
Valorous Michael
Michael is Keter's sword and hand, descending from heaven to scatter His foes. Its bent, twisted hands grasp a long, time-dulled blade it brings to bear to crush all who would stand against it.
Merciful Raphael
Raphael brings mercy and darkness to the legions raised against Keter. High towers stand upon its back, pouring out nanobot suspension fluid - an oily black liquid that twitches and slithers as if alive, and grows featureless arms to grasp and infect.
Truth-Giving Selaphiel
Selaphiel shows the truth to heretics - its wide eyes display His words, and those that see them suffer. All of His infohazards are arranged in front of it, chosen as a surgeon chooses their tools.
Radiant Jegudiel
Trumpeting Barachiel
Barachiel is a guardian angel, in total control of the world around it. Doors open at its glance, machines scream and join it, augments rebel against their masters. Antennae sprout from its eyeless, blinded head, projecting its binary orders.
I cannot tell if seraphims a singular entity (i.e. there is only one ever Gabriel) or a class of creatures (i.e. there are a few gabriels; I am inclined to the first but the second is possible too), and if they are long-living and used repeatedly or new are created like one-use weapon (Uriel burning as it fires doesn't create a picture of long life, but it might be augmented with nanite healing, it is unclear).
ReplyDeleteDo seraphims protect Keter from everything, including Navigator Houses, or somebody in a really good standing with Keter can use them too?
Other than Gabriel, each Seraphim is single-use. Usually there's only 1 active at a time. They're all very attack-focused, instead of being used to defend Keter.
DeletePeople can't really be in good standing with Keter; his goals (which i haven't posted about yet) are - according to Him - completely antithetical to the survival of these other societies.
In this case I think the vague style is a bit too vague in case if your goal is to give a picture less open to interpretations.
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