In Nomine Character Sheet 1.0
Character Name: Marduk
Player Name: Tay-Dor
Game: Uneven Numbers
Choir: Malakim
Archangel: Michael
Word: Embodies Loyalty – not assigned
Vessel: Lvl 3, Charisma 1
Role: FBI Special Agent Robert Johnson, Status 5, Role 3
Forces: 10
Corporeal: 4
---Body Hits: 56
– Strength: 8
– Agility: 8
Ethereal: 3
---Mind Hits: 15
– Intelligence: 5
– Precision: 7
Celestial: 3
---Soul Hits: 15
– Will: 6
– Perception: 6
Essence:
Skills: Ranks TN
Acrobatics (Agi)(Default -3):..................[ ]........TN 5
Artistry (Per)(Default -2):.....................[ ]........TN 4
Chemistry (Int)(Default -5):..................[ ]........TN 1
Climbing (Agi)(Default -2):....................[ ]........TN 6
Computer Operation (Int)(Default -4):.....[ ]........TN 1
Detect Lies (Per)(Default -2):...............[2]........TN 8
Dodge (Agi)(Default -1):.....................[2]........TN 10
Driving (Pre)(Default -2):....................[ ]........TN 5
Electronics (Int or Pre)(Default -5).......:.[ ]........TN 2
Emote (Per)(Default -1):.....................[ ]........TN 5
Engineering (Pre)(Default -4):..............[ ]........TN 3
Escape (Agi or Pre)(Default -3):............[ ]........TN 5
Fast-Talk (Will)(Default -1):.................[ ]........TN 5
Fighting (Str or Will)(Default -1):...........[2]........TN 10/8
Knowledge (Int)(Default -4):................[ ]........TN 1
Languages (Int)(Default -4):................[ ]........TN 1
....................English:....................[3].(free).TN 8
.................Babylonian:..................[2]........TN 7
......................Latin:....................[3]........TN 8
Large Weapon (Str)(Default -3):...........[2]........TN 10
Lockpicking (Pre)(Default -3):.............[ ]........TN 4
Lying (Int or Per)(Default -2):..............[ ]........TN 3/4
Medicine (Pre)(Default -4):.................[ ]........TN 3
Move Silently (Agi)(Default -1):............[1]........TN 9
Ranged Weapon (Pre)(Default -2):.........[2]........TN 9
Running (Str or Agil)(Default -1):...........[ ]........TN 7
Savoir-Faire (Int or Pre)(Default -4)......:[ ]........TN 1/3
Seduction (Will)(Default -1):................[ ]........TN 5
Singing (Per)(Default -2):....................[ ]........TN 5
Small Weapon (Pre) (Default -2):..........[3]........TN 10
.................Excalibur (+2):................[5]........TN 12
Survival (Will or Per)(Default -4):..........[1]........TN 7/7
Swimming (Agi)(Default –2):.................[ ]........TN 6
Tactics (Int)(Default -2):....................[ ]........TN 3
Throwing (Agi or Pre)(Default -3):.........[ ]........TN 5/4
Tracking (Per)(Default -2):...................[ ]........TN 4
Attunements & Distinctions & Songs:
- Servitor of Michael: Malakim of War can hear the sound of danger sweeping through the Symphony, beginning as many minutes ahead of time as they have Corporeal Forces (4 minutes), and growing louder until the moment of conflict. However, this gift doesn’t identify the nature of the threat – only its existence. It is possible for a combat to be defused and never happen – in that case, the theme of danger fades away.
- Corporeal Song of Healing 4 (Heal 4 x CD)
Malakite Oaths:
1. Never suffer an evil to live when it's his choice.
2. Never surrender in a fight, nor allow themselves to be captured by the armies of Lucifer.
3. Partake in single combat once a year.
4. Refuse any assistance in single combat, even if I am losing. One shouldn't win if one can't win honorably, and through the force of one's OWN convictions!
Discord:
Berserk 2 [If a berserker in combat wants to stop fighting, he must make a successful Will roll minus his levels of this Discord or continue to hack through whoever’s in front of him, friend or foe. If he fails the roll, the check digit of a failed roll gives the number of combat rounds he must fight before he may roll again to suppress his bloodthirstiness.]
Vessels (Role/Status):
- Robert Johnson - FBI Special Agent, Unattached. [Role 3, Status 5, Charisma 1]
----- Description: A tall physically fit African-American man in a cheap black suit and a rumpled tan overcoat His tie is loosened but appears ready to be made presentable at a moment’s notice if need arises. His white shirt looks presentable, but somehow looks like it would fit in the 1920’s. He has short salt and pepper beard, brown eyes, and looks very road-weary with a stern expression.
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Gear:
- Excalibur – Ethereal Artifact 2 – Damascus steel gladius. “Yes, the Excalibur. Not so impressive is it.” [+2 to Small Weapons]
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- .38 Special snub nose revolver with 3 reloads
- Trench coat and fedora tailored to conceal Excalibur.
- Cheap suit and tie tailored to conceal revolver.
- FBI Badge.
- Confounded FBI-issue Smartphone.
- Hand-cuffs x2
- Small notepad and pen
- Annoying FBI-issued Laptop Computer. “No, I don't want to update Windows 10 right now!”
- Company Car
- FBI Expense Account – Credit Card [For hotels, food, and gas.]
- Travel Bag with 5 extra cheap suits and ties
- Investigators Field Kit [Gloves, baggies, bottles of chemicals for detecting things, etc]
Personality:
Marduk is very old and has been around the block a long time. One would be forgiven for wondering why he wasn't an Archangel by now, or at least a Worded angel. Marduk has never aspired to be anything more than a front-line grunt. Before the Fall, Marduk was all about loyally serving his superior. After the fall, Marduk was still about loyally serving his superior, but his new purpose was to eliminate those that betrayed God. He couldn't very well do that from behind a desk.
Given his lengthy time among humans, he gained an appreciation of humans that few angels develop. While he still can't bring himself to see them as equals, he has promoted them from pets (as he saw them early on) to little brothers and sisters. He feels very protective of the humans and it angers him that the demons would use the humans in their perverted war against Heaven.
Marduk is not a fan of technology. He prefers the simpler times of a thousand years ago, when it was one-on-one, blade vs blade. He sees the value in guns, just the next evolution from bows, they lack the personal touch to combat. He would have been fine if technology advancements had stopped around the 1950's. Smartphones and laptops must surely be the work of Hell. Marduk constantly prays to God to allow him to get his hands on the demon responsible for Windows 10.
While still a stoic Malakim, his constant exposure to humans over the millennium has allowed him to develop a slight sense of humor. To most he still seems humorless, but among Malakim, he's practically a Robin Williams. Occasionally he utters a witty quip that surprises other Angels that don't know him.
Background:
Eons ago, when the universe was being created to God's specifications, Lucifer formed the Seraph, Marduk, to be one of his assistants. Marduk served Lucifer loyally, gathering atoms and molecules to help form the stars. Eventually he was trusted to create stars on his own. The first of these starts would be later named by the Babylonians “Nibiru.”
As time passed, Marduk noticed his Superior's growing discontent. It grew with the advent of the humans. Marduk found the humans to be interesting, far more so than Jordi's animals. They seemed to incense Lucifer. While Marduk had never seen God, he had faith in God and was disquieted by Lucifer's grumblings.
Then it happened. The Fall. Marduk was there when Michael confronted Lucifer. Marduk felt betrayed by his Superior. With every blow exchanged between Michael and Lucifer, Marduk felt the pain of Lucifer's betrayal sink into his very essence. With Michael's final blow and throwing Lucifer out of Heaven, Marduk's transformation into one of the first Malakim was complete.
Marduk immediately swore himself to Michael's service asking only to help destroy Lucifer and the other fallen angels for their betrayal. He spent a thousand years or so on the front lines of the war. He made numerous assaults against Hell destroying demons without any mercy. As humanity grew and spread further across the earth, the war shifted to the corporeal world. Marduk was one of the first of Michael's angels to volunteer for duty on Earth to seek out and destroy demons attempting to use the humans.
With as long as Marduk ended up serving on Earth, he left his mark. His most obvious mark on human history was his inclusion in the Babylonian pantheon as their king god. Before Babylon was founded, Marduk helped a small Mesopotamian tribe that were being terrorized by a demon. He inspired the humans to resist the demon who was then defeated one-on-one in hand-to-hand combat in the center of the village. The surviving humans created a heroic cult around their champion, Marduk. Centuries later, the tale grew into mythology and the champion Marduk was transformed into a God.
Marduk spent time in Ancient Greece as well. He fought various demons with the aid of a human soldier of War named Heracles. It was much preferable to Marduk to let Heracles take the credit for the deeds they both did against the forces of Hell. It suited Michael to have another heroic human champion in that region. Another time he helped to convince Leonidas to take a group of his Spartans to hold the Persians at Thermopolis. Marduk joined them as one of the fabled 300. He convinced Leonidas to send one of his injured men back so the tale of their defiance would be told, thus ensuring tales of Leonidas' heroics would be told. Marduk, of course, stayed and died with the rest of the 300. There were many more such events in Marduk's service during the early days of Mankind, many of the deeds and heroes have been lost to the ravages of time.
During recorded history, Marduk served during the fall of the Roman Empire. He was one of many Angels of War sent to try to stop the infernally inspired Huns, but Rome fell. Marduk died in his guise of a Roman Centurion, holding a bridge long enough for a number of civilians to escape to safety. His next vessel some centuries after Rome's fall was Bedwyr who befriended Artur. Bedwyr became one of Artur's most loyal companions and one of his Knights of the Round Table. Upon his death at the last battle, Artur gave Bedwyr his sword, Excalibur. While mythology later claimed that Arthur gave Excalibur to Bedivere to return it to the Lady of The Lake, that was just romantic nonsense. Marduk still holds the sword, a simple Damascus steel gladius.
Marduk's thousands of years of service on Earth were broken up by brief stints on Michael's training grounds. Aside from helping train up the newer servitors of war in tactics and fighting techniques, he would also help them prepare for service on Earth. Marduk would tell them about humans and what to expect from them.
During what the humans labeled World War I, Marduk was aiding the French forces during the Battle of Verdun. Michael had sent Marduk to aid a young french lieutenant who had a destiny. While defending the Meuse Heights, forces led by a demon overran the French troops and captured the man Marduk was aiding. The demon was known to Marduk as they had fought before in an earlier battle. The demon demanded that Marduk surrender or the demon would kill the lieutenant. Marduk was torn between his oath as a Malakim to never surrender, and his duty to aid the human. Thinking he needed to secure the human's destiny, Marduk broke his oath. The laughter from the demon was seared into Marduk's soul when after Marduk was restrained, the demon killed the lieutenant. The demon then tortured Marduk for days before killing his vessel. But that paled in comparison to the scorn he was met with from Michael. The discord to the symphony was so great that Marduk begged Michael to disincorporate his forces. But Michael wasn't having any of it. He expected Marduk to work extremely hard to earn the boon of having the discord reduced.
Marduk was back on earth for WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. He served without any great distinction, but successfully enough to have a point of dissonance removed at the end of the Vietnam War. This last war was troubling for Marduk. The humans seem to lose their moral compass with this war. Many of the soldiers gave in to despair or drugs. Much as the Americans felt that this war was a loss, Marduk harbored thoughts that perhaps Hell had won.
The two Gulf Wars were a bit less problematic as there was a distinct enemy for both the humans and the Angels in both wars. But around 2013, Marduk was summoned to Heaven to train new Angels of War.
Eleven years later, Marduk was summoned to Michael...
CONTACTS
- Barquiel “Bruno Moretti” - A Malakim of Judgement who was standing guard on Judgement’s Tether. Was giving me a bit of attitude until Divine Intervention revealed who I was. Offered his services if I need help in Houston.
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