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and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us.
Every angel is terrifying.
A lot of this lore is coming out of nowhere for Grecht players and I understand that it might be infringing on some existing backstories. The Plateau is a big place, though, and the Imperium is not a monolithic single culture, or even the only culture of Dehkay - with some exceptions I think every existing story will fit into it. I would be happy to share a small amount of general information on the Plateau if players would like to adjust their backstories accordingly.
and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us.
Every angel is terrifying.
http://gothiccharmschool.tumblr.com/post/59228018062/momunofu-calleo-crokel-a-few-unusual
EDIT: To be a bit more helpful, in regards to angels, I think you can do pretty much whatever you like as the physical appearance of angels can be, uh...pretty creepy and unsettling. Angels are typically depicted as winged humanoids because human form is probably what most mortals would be comfortable interacting with, and the wings themselves are supposed to be symbolic. So if you take that into account, a Luminary angel could be interpreted as a kind of guardian spirit, and would take on a form that the Luminary would find comfortable to interact with. So unless there's any lore that'd contradict that idea, I'd say anything goes.
Be a little careful with the rp toward your angel. You can likely get away with your angel being described as fallen, but don't rp abusing/enslaving/betraying your angel because history says the angels will object.
Rlift's been a Daru for 182/3 IG years. He's been a sec, and has loved the people in the guild since he's become part of them. My system is rather broken (just working enough to let me bash a bit) so the fighting he's done in the past isn't going to be up to par at all, so it'll be hard to be a 'zealot' that way.
Now due to recent events in the guild, Rlift's gotten a new revelation, at least just for himself because only a few others agree while everyone else is stagnant in their beliefs. While that's a rather zealous RP thing to do, stagnation is something against Daru RP. Rlift feels there is a bigger picture than just "the Light". Yes it's important as a Zealot, but that can't be the ONLY thing as there aren't really any mechanics for it, the game isn't solely polarized Light vs Dark or Life vs Undeath anymore. With the new tethers, there is the Spirit, the Shadow, and true neutral for the first time since I've been playing.
Rlift sees the Spirit as the inner spark, which he then perceives as the Sparks of Life from the creation mythos, thus making the Daru more in tune with the Rhythm then at any point in the past. This also gives him the opinion that since no Spark was created "evil" or "good", the actions of the Spark are what decides evilness or goodness (subjective of course) thus skills like the syssin abilities that are neutral while they are deceitful and beguiling, can be used for the Light/Life/Spirit side just as the Lycanthrope and monk skills can be used for either side. It's the guilds that align with a side, thus creating a mortal stigma on the skills. The syssin were created as defenders of the Reach, not cold blooded murders or thieves, and are themselves rather zealous.
I don't want to leave the Daru and Rlift will be zealous in this new belief, but I have a feeling some will say he's lost his way, he's not a zealot, etc. He will continue to serve the guild, and the light, but I just don't think the Daru are faring well, our numbers are low, and it's a very stagnant place at the moment, and that's not ok with Rlift. But to bring about change, it's an uphill battle and I don't know if I really want to put the effort into the guild if it just gets deleted eventually.
But last time I spent a lot of time and effort working on something, a change in management destroyed everything I had worked on for 3+ years, and it just unceremoniously ended that line of RP, basically erased it from official history, I tried to continue it with my artie armour and using it as a reminder for Rlift what he was and not to go back down that path, but alas that RP was just deleted as well. That drained me from really wanting to do much else "creative/leadership-ish" especially after I read about the eventual guild deletions being announced.
And if you're worried about investment? Don't be. Like it or not, anything you do could be potentially undone by anybody at any time whether it be due to changes in leadership, bad luck, or paradigm shifts. The challenge is in figuring out just how much work you're willing to put in. You kind of have to go in with the mindset that something might come along and demolish all of the work you've done, but also the mindset that if you DON'T get up and do something, you'll be miserable and won't enjoy logging on to play.
@Areka, I agree. But when guild RP/lore prevents someone that's a Azudim from joining the guild unless they reincarnate, just because the endgame races were polarized when they were first attained, but now that Dhar is no longer part of Dhaviol, they are a natural part of the cycle again and not naturally generals of Undeath as was previously mentioned in their help file many years ago.
In my opinion there is no RP in reincarnating as endgame races since you don't instill essence of Life/Death or Transcend Self when you reincarnate... When you reincarnate as an endgame race, I think you should have to return to Tekal and have to redo the choice or something like that to add in the RP element even if it is a game mechanic.
Also as I said stagnation is against Daru RP, and not seeing something like the above example for how it's changed and become more in line for a proper choice for living and undead alike, is just a bad example to set in RP such as that.
And for a useful little tip, or tool, if you're struggling to get people to express an opinion, or if people are struggling to come to the same opinion, then one way to stir up talk and put them on the road to unity is to say something controversial that you know everyone will oppose. It'll give you a platform to launch from later on.