Back to Astaroth’s Wager, Part VI. It’s the solstice! Did you see the eclipse last night? Eclipses are always so beautiful. I watched it with Sidriel and Orifiel, a Cherub who helps me watch the Holloways. As the Apokomistis is capable of manipulating his or her appearance, most prefer to assume a human form that resembles…
Category: Cherubim
The warrior class of the angelic Orders. Sidriel was one of the commanders of the Cherubim. The singular form of the noun is Cherub.
Astaroth’s Wager, Part IV
Back to Astaroth’s Wager, Part III. I hope you can forgive me for not providing a chapter last week. I am thankful that I don’t require planes for transportation. They’re so loud, slow and confining. Anyway—back to business now. Astaroth directed the driver of her car to take them to Market Street to placate her…
Orders, Part VI and Conclusion
Back to Orders, Part V. Jiang Xuande didn’t have much time to prepare for the attack that Astaroth had in mind for him, but he did have fair warning that she was coming. She had made an unsuccessful attempt to recall Makeri to her service, and Makeri writhed from the excruciating efforts, issuing a profound…
Orders, Part V
Back to Orders, Part IV. The effort to summon Makeri almost bled Jiang Xuande to death. Makeri reported rather reluctantly to the magician and gave him an insouciant and bored greeting. Makeri hadn’t anticipated that Jiang Xuande had built a trap for him, and Jiang Xuande bound Makeri’s metaphysical essence to the peasant girl, making…