Oriens

Order: Spirit of Deceit

Infernal Might: 40 (Mentem)

Characteristics: Int +1, Per 0, Pre 0, Com +3, Str +4, Sta +4, Dex +4, Qik +4

Size: +2

Confidence Score: 3 (13)

Virtues and Flaws: Entrancement;

Tough

Personality Traits: Haughty +5, Deceitful +6, Trustworthy –5

Reputations: Prince of the East 9 (de-

mons)

Hierarchy: 9

Combat:

Claws: Init +4, Attack +17, Defense +15, Damage +8

Soak: +7

Fatigue Levels: OK, 0, –1, –3, –5, Unconscious

Wound Penalties: –1 (1–7), –3 (8–14), –5 (15–21), Incapacitated (22–28), Dead (29+)

Abilities: Athletics 5 (climbing), Brawl 7 (claws), Entrancement 5 (minor clergy), Folk Ken 6 (clerics), Guile 7 (tempting rulers), Intrigue 6 (clerical benefices)

A Sight Too Beautiful to Behold, 3 points, Init +1, Corpus: With this power, Oriens can cause the eyeballs of the targeted individual to melt, permanently blinding and disfiguring the target. The power is usable at Voice Range.

Change Form, 0 points, Init 0, Corpus: See Realms of Power: The Infernal, page 38.

Coagulation, 4 points, Init –1, Corpus: See Realms of Power: The Infernal, page 31.

Forked Tongue of the Serpent, 3 points, Init –1, Mentem: See Realms of Power: The Infernal, page 38.

Obsession, 1 to 3 points, Init –5, Vim: Abuse of Political Power. See Realms of Power: The Infernal, page 31-2.

The Serpent's Oracle, 2 points, Init –3, Vim: See Realms of Power: The Infernal, page 38.

Trust of the Innocent,, 1 point, Init –1, Mentem: See Realms of Power: The Infernal, page 38.

Weakness: Protected Group (Christian peasants)

Vis: 8 pawns of Infernally tainted Mentem Vis, 2 pawns in each of the 4 eyes.

Appearance: Oriens' true form is horrific; a snarling, four-eyed, cat head attached to the neck and body of a powerful, bipedal serpent whose reptilian legs end in clawed paws.

The demon Oriens is a lord of the Order of Spirits of Deceit (Realms of Power: The Infernal, page 38). As Prince of the East, he is the most powerful of the four demons of the cardinal directions, and ruler of hundreds of lesser demons.

Oriens hopes to place his diabolist servant on the papal throne, which would wreak untold havoc with mankind by leading thousands of Christian worshipers into falsehood. Oriens has many servants, but the diabolist cardinal has advanced the furthest and is closest to the pinnacle of Infernal deceit.

Because of a complicated hierarchical contract with more powerful demons, Oriens cannot directly interact with the sequestered cardinals unless specially summoned by his vassal Annibaldi. Thus blocked from direct interference, he must rely on his underling to achieve the papal tiara. But the demon has invested too much in this man to sit idly by, and therefore lingers in spiritual form outside the Septizodium. Because he can assume any form at will, he sometimes turns into a crow and perches on the roof, while other times he masquerades as a soldier or passerby, all in an attempt to discover what is happening. Oriens will not be happy if his servant is exposed and defeated.

Oriens has the Entrancement Virtue and can supernaturally control targets. Magically manipulating a man to sin isn't the same thing as tempting him into error, which means that Oriens will use this power on enemies and lackeys, but not on the cardinals. Finally, Oriens can control a large group of subservient demons. Use the statistical information for Fimus, Warrior Demon (Realms of Power: The Infernal, page 68). While his army is huge, you should limit the number of demons he has at his disposal for this story, depending on how dangerous you want to make it.