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| Race | Ishu |
| Over-race | Angel |
| Classification | Living Soul |
| Family | Angel of the Alabaster Shield |
| Sphere | Healing |
| Origin | In service to Healing |
| Lifespan | Inmortal |
| Habitat | The Havens |
| Food | Divinely granted energies |
| Description | Ishim appear to be beings dressed in finest linen, with belts of gold. They have bodies like chrysolite, faces like lightning, eyes like flaming torches, arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and voices like the sound of a multitude. Their feet never touch the ground. |
| Procreation | As permitted by their leaders, only with each other. |
| Esoterica | All angels gain power from the Divine they serve. They are made of heavenly light, and therefore, all of their powers are filtered through that energy. Ishim are imbued with qi, compassion resonance, and the Divine might of Healing. Other powers vary and are limited in their uses, but unholy powers are impossible. |
| Special Powers | Each kind of angel has special powers based on their function in service to their Divine. All angels have a holy aura. For ishim that aura is vibrant enregy that strengthens and quickens all within it. All angels also communicate directly to the souls of the faithful or those who have not been wholly corrupted. |
| Scribe | Scribe ishim have powers that aide them in the administration of their domains. They have a pen made from a piece of their belts], called a stylus. An ishu's stylus has the power to inscribe diagnoses and prognoses with perfect accuracy. They have an oculus power that allows them to see all forms of health (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual). They also have an aspectu, which is their power to see and understand health issues (personal, environmental, or systemic) with a glance. All scribes understand any non-evil language and have the power to understand their Divine's judgment of a mortal and inscribe it upon the scrolls of Heaven. |
| Herald | Herald ishim's powers aide them in spreading the Word of Healing. They bear a trumpet called a lituus, which energizes the kind and compassionate and ennervates the cruel and indifferent. Their cross, or crucis, creates a zone of empathy around them. And their scrolls bear the Word, which will instill compassion, kindness, and medical knowledge in all who read or hear it. Herald ishim have a capio, or required task, which requires them to heal the injured or sick, care for the infirm, and inform the ignorant. As they do this, they become stronger. Their oculus allows them to see health issues of all kinds, and their infundere allows them to infuse empathy into the kind people they can see. Heralds can appear anywhere, though if they appear in unholy areas, it can hurt them. They speak all non-evil tongues. No one who hears their words, or voce, will ever forget them. |
| Warrior | Warrior ishim have powers that aide them in fighting evil. They bear a sword called a gladius and a shield called a scutum (though their appearances to not necessarily match those terms). Their gladius burns with opalfire that only strikes at disease, and their scutum prevents malady or injury to pass beyond its rim. Their oculus allows them to see vectors of disease and causes of trauma and pain. They have a presence called a coram, which repels the violent and dangerous. Warriors gain power through service. For every 1,000 beings of pure evil they destroy, they gain a new power, capping at twelve:
The more evil a foe is, the more attacks a warrior has per round, capping at twelve. |
| Guardian | Guardian ishim protect innocents and followers of Healing. Those they protect cannot see them without esoteric intervention. If their ward's soul is in incredible danger, they can intervene at the cost of their existence. Guardian ishim have a power called teneo, which allows them to absorb disease and trauma to protect their ward. Their oculus allows them to see dangers, and their augere power allows them to increase the compassion in their ward, if need be. Once in the life of their ward, they may physically intervene to protect them, surrounding them with a holy barrier that prevents all disease and violence. |
| Lord | Lord ishim are the most powerful of all angels. Their very presence exudes power. This is called coram. For lord ishim, their presence is one of soothing calm and healing energy, allowing them to be a source of constant comfort and compassion. Every lord angel gains power both from serving their Divine and from being served by lesser angels. The gain a new power every Age they exist in service, capping at twelve:
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| Weaknesses | Power it takes to instant kill: Infernum 28 |
| Service | Ishim serve Healing. Scribe ishim administer the work of the Havens. They keep track of the the illness and traumas of all those in need and followers of Healing. They do all of the minor tasks that make the realm of Compassion, Empathy, and Health work. Herald ishim spread health in the world. They leave the Havens and spread the Word, seeking out those mortals who will do great works of healing in the world and empowering them. They also carry messages for Healing between Him and other Divines. Warrior ishim are the army of Healing and Compassion. They oppose evil in all its forms and serve as the Havens' defense against the powers of the Infernal. They are a compasionate, protective army led by their Master Kyanus. Guardian ishim protect the infirm and traumatized and followers of Healing. They exist as protectors. Holier beings sometimes have more than one guardian. They cannot leave their service to their ward, or they fall. Lord ishim run the Havens and see to it that all other ishim are doing as they must. |
| Notables | Oamhiel, Ishu Manifest, High Lord, Master of the Opal Sanctum; Kyanus, High Warrior, Master of the Military Surgeons; Shabh, Angel of Healing, High Herald; Perephon, Empathic Queen, High Guardian; Dextram, High Scribe, Mistress of the Hospital |
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