Eli's angels are known for being... affectionate. It's a
Rite for them, after all, and they see no shame in enjoying
it. Keilah is no different from other Creationers in this
regard, except for one thing; she got pregnant. Even worse,
the Mercurian's lover is neither celestial nor mortal. She
somehow managed to get impregnated by an ethereal.
Okay, some background is in order. Keilah has a Role as
Kaleigh Greene, owner of a local hardware store. She uses
her position to encourage creative acts of craftsmanship.
When Malik Torrance walked into her shop she had no clue
that he was anything but a muscular hunk. By the time she
found out that he was an ethereal the relationship had gone
from a source of Essence to genuine (and even better,
mutual) love. But Malik didn't drop the real bomb until
Keilah expressed her wish that their love could produce a
child. It turns out that Malik has a Life Affinity - and
that he knows the Songs of Fruition. The Ethereal and
Celestial versions normally allow celestials and ethereals
to breed with mortals, but Malik theorized that the two
Songs, if sung simultaneously, might allow a celestial and
an ethereal to reproduce. He taught Keilah the Celestial
Song of Fruition and they tried the experiment. Her current
"delicate condition" seems to indicate that it worked.
The problem now is that Keilah and Malik have committed a
killing offense by the standards of the Host. Even worse, a
demon of Technology has penetrated Keilah's Role and is
very interested in obtaining the baby as a test subject.
After Malik lost his vessel defending Keilah from the demon
(the demon's vessel was also destroyed), she had little
choice but to appeal to other angels for help. The result
wasn't what she hoped for. Laurence sees angels breeding
with ethereals as an abomination while Dominic suspects
that Hell is involved. The Seraphim Council ordered that
Keilah return to Heaven and receive treatment to terminate
the pregnancy. Keilah responded by fleeing. Her Heart
remains in Eli's Cathedral, but she is effectively Outcast.
If the PCs are angels their mission is to bring Keilah
back alive so that the "demonic taint" can be removed from
her Forces. Demons are tasked with getting the baby. If the
angel dies in the process, no one will weep. Ethereal
characters might want to help Keilah escape so that she can
be reunited with Malik and they can raise their baby in
peace. Any task is complicated by Keilah's two large dogs.
They are with her at all times and will fight to the death
to defend her. Keilah has provided the dogs with Fighting
Talisman collars courtesy of her Choir Attunement. The
Mercurian will neither fight nor go celestial under any
provocation; she won't risk the baby. At the first sign of
supernatural trouble she'll sing the Celestial Song of
Motion to flee. The PCs will need some way to track her,
contain her or gain her confidence if they are to
accomplish the mission. And if they take too long, they.ll
also have Malik to deal with. He's an unusually potent
spirit who is quite capable of taking down a 9-Force
celestial in single combat, but he'd rather negotiate than
fight. He's just very protective of Keilah. Either way the
Sword will want him dead on general principles.
Bonus mission: one or more PCs might have sealed orders
to research the cause of the pregnancy. Is the child really
a celestial/ethereal crossbreed, did a Superior somehow
manipulate the angel's Forces to create (or simulate) a
pregnancy, or is this the result of an Intervention? If
it's the second or third option, was the tampering divine
or infernal? If it's the first option, could the baby be a
Gorgan, a Nephallite, or maybe a little of both? Heaven
will probably want to prevent any future occurrences, while
some Princes - and many ethereals - will want to know how
to duplicate the effect.
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