Zaphiel Lorenzo
High Concept: Avenging Angel Gone AWOL ; Trouble: Winged Brothers Want Him Back
Other Aspects:Enlightendly Delusional; Flaming Sword of God; Stone Cold Hard Worker; What More Could You Ask From An Angel; Sometimes Heralded From On High
Skills:
Superb (+5): Weapons, Conviction
Great (+4): Athletics, Lore
Good (+3): Endurance, Rapport
Fair (+2): Presence, Discipline, Empathy
Average (+1): Scholarship, Stealth, Contacts, Intimidation, Resources
Stunts:
Tower of Faith (-1)
Powers:
Human Guise (-0)
Glamours (-2)
Marked By Power (-1)
Inhuman Strength (-2)
Supernatural Toughness (-4)
Catch: Unholy (+3)
Guide My Hand (-1)
Visions From On High (-0) - Those who pray over this item sometimes receive visions and prophetic messages from God, giving you cryptic and often difficult to interpret future knowledge. But in this day and age where so called prophets are a dime a dozen especially with the Cassandra Tears scam artists few are likely to believe you. Effect; Gift of Prophecy. This places an aspect on the “world” related to the prophecy that remains until it comes true or is otherwise resolved. Whenever trying to warn people about what you foresee, you are at a –2 to any attempts to convince them that what you’re saying is correct.
IoP- Angels Blade (-1)
Elemental Sword (-1) Effect; This sword can burst into a large glowing white flame, giving off a holy aura. It satisfies Holy and Fire catches.
Righteousness (-2)
+2 IoP Bonus
Refresh Spent: -9
Total Remaining:+1
Background:
Zaphiel started out just like any other angel you would think to know. A stone cold hard worker got him in the higher ranks of angels giving him more power and trust. After some time God puts him on guard duty, protecting the Tree of Life. This being a very big complement made Zaphiel feel good about himself for a few hundred years. As time goes by, he soon realizes, that yes protecting the Tree of Life is a very important task, but his only friend to talk to is the Flaming Sword of God. As most people with social issues go, Zaphiel was in trouble. After a time of no social interaction, Zaphiel become Enlightendly Delusional, giving him images of the near to distant future. Little did he know that God was working in him, showing him and preparing him for what was about to come. Zaphiel soon becomes frustrated with his task and walks up to God himself and asks "What more could you ask of me?"
Zaphiel had taken the last straw and was done with it, he went AWOL for a period of time. A few times in his life among mortals he has been Herald From on High by his angelic brothers, wanting him to come home, fearing that he will become fallen like Lucifer. But Zaphiel's story continues to this day, working in the lives of other and protecting them. God still uses him occasionally, and after all these many many years, Zaphiel has yet to fall. Still a Stone Cold Hard Worker, but this time hes working in the lives of others more directly. The world would never be the same without him.
Zaphiel starts of as a 'jobbing' hardworking individual angelic entity who after the big brouhaha of Lucifer and co "Sauntering gently downwards" is promoted to holding one of the "Swords of fiery justice"
He the goes out doing gods work but it faced with all the evil in the world and the increased job load by half of the staff team now working for the opposition, it all gets a bit much.
He has a crisis of faith that he is not really up to the job - which is a bit more of a major thing than it is for a mortal, and he goes AWOL to get his head straight. GOD being all seeing and all knowing knows this and is using it as a testing time to give him time to rebuild his confidence. He has thrown him in amongst the humans so our angel can gain support from the type of people who have 'crisis of faith' on a daily basis. And is guiding him to tasks that will show him he is up to the job.
Unfortunately his brother do not known this and think he is on the verge of 'falling' and are giving him a hard time and trying to forcibly drag him back home to stand before god and justify his action. (Unaware god will just say 'Calm down lads he is still doing my work'- but the character doesn't know that either and so is rather anxious NOT to be dragged back to heaven to 'face the angelic choir'.)