While we’re all still waiting for this book to come out – it will be soon, I promise, and I don’t make promises lightly – let me share with you some information on Keys. Within the Ministers of Grace universe, all angels and Nephilim have two innate musical components: the Magnificat and Keys. The Magnificat…
Category: Graces
The purest matter of creation. They have twelve distinct expressions, with three variations per expression. Grace is what makes an angel an angel and gives her her power.
Musical Interlude #2: Joy
As I mentioned in a previous post, angels’ Keys are the core of their Graces. It’s part of what makes them immortal, and on a certain level, it operates as a guiding principle. If we humans were able to sense Graces and detect the Key beneath them, they would sound distinctly musical. Nadiel has described…
Astaroth’s Wager, Part X
Back to Astaroth’s Wager, Part IX. “What will you have me do now, madam?” Caius asked. “Well—Stolas should be calming down right about now and on his way to come kill me,” Astaroth said. “I know you’re partial to the body of that Prussian primate, but it’s time to let it go. Leave it, and…
Astaroth’s Wager, Part VIII
Back to Astaroth’s Wager, Part VII. Demons, like angels, have their own system of classification that is remotely similar to the angels’ Orders. Apokomistai and Nekus alike are divided into what demons call Estates. Whereas our Orders are were permanent and were assigned to us by God based upon the gifts we received from our…
Orders, Part III
Back to Orders, Part II. As you’d expect, Jiang Xuande’s skill at magics improved significantly after he joined forces with Ninalla. In fact, his skill as an alchemist and an astronomer spread throughout the land, and so it was no surprise that Duke Xiao invited him to join his royal court in 361 BC. If…
Orders, Part I
Not long after we angels were created by God, He separated us into the Orders. Angelic Orders can best be described as the different types of jobs that God assigned to us. Contrary to what has been written about angels by most humans, there are more than nine Orders. Most things relating to angels come…