conversations.from: system
conversations.value: "Truly -- all dead?" asked the Marchessa of Scars as she tortured her theramin.
  
  "Every one of them," replied the Viscount of Anguish as he pricked a fingertip to drip fresh, black blood over his canvas. "Lord Annunaki must replace them *all*."
  
  "And what of their Chancel of Babylon?" inquired the Duke of  Blindness, opening his mouth for a bitter, purple grape. "They used to be so proud of it."
  
  Anguish smirked. "It's become a madhouse, so I heard."
  
  
  **Without warning, a handful of mortals are snatched from their former lives to serve as newly-minted demigods, only to inherit the disaster that killed their predecessors.**
  
  *Playtesting an adaptation of Jenna K. Moran's demigod story game, [Nobilis](http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/89003/Nobilis-The-Essentials-Volume-1). No prior game knowledge required.*
  
  *Select any character provided, or devise your own, in consultation with the Narrator.*
  
  *Estimated 16 scenes in length.*
  
  **Characters Submitted to Date:**  *James, Power of Deterrence;*  *Brigitte, Power of Gentle Force*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re small but earnest, brave in a pinch, cunning and sly.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Witty
  
  Suggested Weakness: Naïve
conversations.prefix: Halfling:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your ancient people are few, these days, but by your will and grace the world shall be bettered.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Wise
  
  Suggested Weakness: Proud
conversations.prefix: Elf:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your folk are fortifying themselves beneath the ground, yet you seek adventure on the surface.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Resilient
  
  Suggested Weakness: Obsessed
conversations.prefix: Dwarf:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Long have you trained for, and dreamt of, battle and adventure. No longer shall you wait for it.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Strong
  
  Suggested Weakness: Dull-witted
conversations.prefix: Warrior:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re a rare sort: a genuine wizard. The fate of the land falls to folk as versed and wise as you.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Wizardly
  
  Suggested Weakness: Frail
conversations.prefix: Wizard:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: That you’re a thief is not in dispute but your motives may be good and true.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Stealthy
  
  Suggested Weakness: Conniving
conversations.prefix: Thief:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have dedicated yourself to the ways of faith so as to help and heal.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Wise
  
  Suggested Weakness: Contemplative
conversations.prefix: Cleric:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: As the landed lords and ladies have their knights of the realm, so does the temple have you.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Strong
  
  Suggested Weakness: Proud
conversations.prefix: Paladin:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You practice and protect the old ways, minding the beasts and the land with wisdom and care.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Cunning
  
  Suggested Weakness: Oafish
conversations.prefix: Druid:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: No shining knight are you. You protect the common folk from the evils treading in from the wild.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Dextrous
  
  Suggested Weakness: Brutish
conversations.prefix: Ranger:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Strong of body.
conversations.prefix: Strong:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Quick and precise of hand and eye.
conversations.prefix: Dextrous:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Intelligent, even ingenious.
conversations.prefix: Cunning:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Able to withstand or recover from difficulty and pain.
conversations.prefix: Resilient:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Experienced and informed about the ways of the world.
conversations.prefix: Wise:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Attractive, persuasive, and likable.
conversations.prefix: Charming:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Quick on your feet, funny, and likable.
conversations.prefix: Witty:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Well schooled and informed about the facts of the land.
conversations.prefix: Educated:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: In command of some measure of magical power.
conversations.prefix: Wizardly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Quiet and surreptitious in nature or demeanor.
conversations.prefix: Stealthy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your fear holds you back sometimes.
conversations.prefix: Cowardly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Uncultured and indelicate, perhaps even clumsy.
conversations.prefix: Oafish:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You tend toward thought over action to the point that is can cause you trouble.
conversations.prefix: Contemplative:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Physically weak, perhaps due to age or injury.
conversations.prefix: Frail:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Inexperienced and perhaps too trusting.
conversations.prefix: Naïve:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Insensitive, unsubtle, and forceful.
conversations.prefix: Brutish:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your mind is like a blunted blade: effective but imprecise.
conversations.prefix: Dull-witted:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes your confidence sours into arrogance.
conversations.prefix: Proud:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re preoccupied with your interests to the point of causing you trouble.
conversations.prefix: Obsessed:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You scheme, you conspire, and you are sometimes careless about lawbreaking.
conversations.prefix: Conniving:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Go where you’ve never been before and share your experiences through song and story.
conversations.prefix: Explore!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Avoid the draw and distraction of the mundane in favor of headier, more spiritual affairs.
conversations.prefix: Resist Mundanity:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re building something greater than yourself, something that will better this land.
conversations.prefix: Through Right Crafting:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It’s not enough to withstand the darkness or to survive. You must push it back.
conversations.prefix: Defeat Evil:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Protect your secrets and maintain the façade that makes you seem wiser and more capable than maybe you are.
conversations.prefix: Keep Your Secrets:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Not everything is where it belongs in this world. You take things ... and put them where you say they belong.
conversations.prefix: Retrieve What’s Lost:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: People are suffering and it is your duty to heal them, bodily and spiritually.
conversations.prefix: Heal the Sick:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The unsettled dead are a danger and an affront. They cannot be allowed to persist. Slay them.
conversations.prefix: Put the Dead to Rest:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Heal the wounds caused by wicked monsters and human machinations even if you cannot prevent them.
conversations.prefix: Heal the Land:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Take it upon yourself to defend the innocent people of the land from the perils within and without.
conversations.prefix: Protect the Meek:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Poor Wat Greenfoot’s mission has turned to misadventure. Rescue him from the Mad Caves before it’s too late!
conversations.prefix: Rescue the Lost Adventurer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Unless the monstrous creature lairing in the Mad Caves is dealt with for good, it shall linger and hurt more folk.
conversations.prefix: Slay the Monster of the Mad Caves:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Mad Caves were once carved like a rune into the mountain. Explore them fully to decipher that rune.
conversations.prefix: Chart the Mad Caves:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The old catacombs are full of precious grave goods and treasures going to waste down there.
conversations.prefix: Plunder the Catacombs:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Mad Caves once teemed with Dwarf miners. Bring back some token of their handiwork.
conversations.prefix: Recover A Dwarf-made Treasure:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Those buried in the ancient catacombs deserve peace. Give those graves some semblance of honorable rest.
conversations.prefix: Restore Peace in the Catacombs:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The king’s daughter, a knight called Sir Gwyndolyn, may task you with grand quests if you prove your mettle to her.
conversations.prefix: Impress Sir Gwyndolyn:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Brother Conway knows the land and its people and can teach you much if he finds you worthy of the lore.
conversations.prefix: Impress Brother Conway:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The fabled Gilded Skull has been lost for a generation — and coveted by the royal family. Riches if you find it.
conversations.prefix: Find the Gilded Skull:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wild boars roam the countryside in alarming numbers these days. Cull their ranks for the good of all.
conversations.prefix: Slay One Dozen Boars:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This sketchy, paper map of the Mad Caves was started by an adventurer hoping for riches, but it’s incomplete.
conversations.prefix: Map of the Mad Caves:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fine swords such as these were once common across the land, combining Dwarf steel with Elf magic.
conversations.prefix: Enchanted Sword:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It’s no great treasure, but perhaps it’s a start.
conversations.prefix: A Few Loose Coins:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A sturdy iron key with a metal skull for a grip, this supposedly unlocks the ancient catacombs.
conversations.prefix: Skull Key:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A human skull, dipped in gold, with three gems for each eye. A ghastly gift buried by the ancients.
conversations.prefix: Gilded Skull:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A simple-looking torch that burns bright until commanded, in Elvish, to stop.
conversations.prefix: Ever-bright Torch:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This shiny black garment makes on hard to see and slows a fall — at least for a few feet.
conversations.prefix: Cloak of the Raven:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ancient rings mades by the Elves like this once held great power, but most have lost their might.
conversations.prefix: Elven-make Ring:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cruel-looking, heavy, and chipped... but sharp!
conversations.prefix: A Bloody Big Axe:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A simple glass vial, corked. Runes meaning “vital” are etched into the glass.
conversations.prefix: Potion of Hope:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This cozy place’s sign depicts a heraldic dragon with three paws raised to strike. The folk here couldn’t be nicer.
conversations.prefix: Dragon Rampant Inn:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This half-crumbling old tower by the lake is where wizards meet, when wizards meet, which is rare these days.
conversations.prefix: Old Wizard’s Tower:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The only proper temple for miles, this modest building is mostly a nave and an altar for common worship.
conversations.prefix: Temple of the Wise:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Built in a grander time, this walled-in keep stands on a rock in the lake, reachable by a bridge of old stones.
conversations.prefix: Castle in the Lake:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Little more than a deep, dry well now, the so-called Bonepit leads to the ancient catacombs beneath the village.
conversations.prefix: The Bonepit:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Supposedly an ancient Dwarf-mine, the Mad Caves are a maze of rumored treasures and certain danger.
conversations.prefix: Tunnels of the Mad Caves:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The heart of the Mad Caves is Küzarn Curune, “Cavern of Anguish,” where many Dwarven miners perished in accidents.
conversations.prefix: Cavern of Anguish:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dank and rank, this bone-strewn cave is surely the lair of something large, ravenous, and smelly.
conversations.prefix: The Lair:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The ancients buried their dead in catacombs at the lake’s edge, but the place half-flooded and was forgotten.
conversations.prefix: Ancient Catacombs:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A long-forgotten cavern that once glittered with silver and diamonds ... and might not be exhausted yet.
conversations.prefix: Treasure Vault:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The bridge across the Old River has washed out and the fjord here has always been dangerous.
conversations.prefix: Ruined Bridge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The priests who sealed these doors etched a riddle into them, warning visitors and rebuking grave-robbers.
conversations.prefix: Riddle at the Gate:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This long passage of checkered slate is lined with little holes and recesses—perfect for hiding lethal traps.
conversations.prefix: Checkerboard Corridor:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A pressure plate on the floor triggers a trap meant to squash grave-robbers!
conversations.prefix: Crushing Walls Chamber:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The walls of this passage are lined with ancient bones. Even now they gather and form reaching, clawing hands!
conversations.prefix: Clawing Hands:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A crack in the wall betrays the existence of a secret door still held secure by an ingenious, complex locking mechanism.
conversations.prefix: Dwarf-make Door:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The crystals in this chamber sing and thrum out notes that threaten to enchant any who listen to them.
conversations.prefix: Crystal Song:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A narrow bridge of finely cut stones leads ahead ... if it holds.
conversations.prefix: Dwarf-make Bridge:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Is this swirling mass of molten fire some kind of trap? Or some kind of spirit?
conversations.prefix: Orb of Fire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A dreadful squall pours down rain, making every movement into an ordeal.
conversations.prefix: The Storm:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The quiet, rotund keeper of the local inn hears all the tales and knows how to ply a patron to get a story told.
conversations.prefix: Burrick the Innkeeper:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Born in the capital but raised in the Castle in the Lake, this knightly princess sees the local people as hers to protect.
conversations.prefix: Sir Gwyndolyn of the Lake:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Raving and wild-eyed, this poor panicked soul claims to be the only escapee of a misadventure in the Mad Caves.
conversations.prefix: Mad Adventurer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hungry, nasty, pointy-toothed goblins dwell in the wilderness and the caves, striking out to steal sheep and pies.
conversations.prefix: Pointy-toothed Goblins:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A brutish hulk, shaped roughly like a man but thrice as tall, with a tree limb for a club. It reeks something fierce.
conversations.prefix: Hulking Ogre:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What might at first seem to be a slick of mold can turn out to be a vile, dissolving patch of malicious ooze.
conversations.prefix: Creeping Ooze:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Wild boar roam the countryside, eating pets and crops and scaring the common folk.
conversations.prefix: Razor-tusked Boar:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Yellowed bones striding and striking on their own, driven by will or ire or anguish alone.
conversations.prefix: Stalking Skeletons:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Poor Wat Greenfoot was part of a misadventure in the Mad Caves and soon he’ll be made into porridge for an ogre.
conversations.prefix: Wat Greenfoot:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wise and kind, this monkish fellow travels about the land, healing and teaching. They say he has elf blood in him.
conversations.prefix: Brother Conway:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: 1. Beauty is the highest principle.
  2. Justice is a form of beauty.
  3. Lesser beings should respect their betters.
  
  Sample Powers: Symmetry, Charm, Elegance, Style, Marble, Polish, Evidence, Accuracy, Humility, Servitude
conversations.prefix: The Code of the Angels:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: 1. Humans should destroy themselves, individually.
  Humanity should destroy itself collectively, except for a few toys.
  3. Human ugliness proves worth.
  
  Sample Powers: Division, Rejection, Resentment, Self-hatred, Barbed wire, Suicide, Scars, Genocide, Wounds, Hairloss, Smoking, Addiction, Regret
conversations.prefix: The Code of the Dark:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: 1. Corruption is the highest principle.
  2. Suffering is a form of corruption.
  3. Power justifies itself.
  
  Sample Powers: Fraud, Nepotism, Exploitation, Betrayal, Racketeering, Cruelty, Affliction, Avarice, Envy, Contamination, Pestilence, Rust, Rot
conversations.prefix: The Code of the Fallen:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: 1. Humanity must live, and live forever.
  2. What must be done ought to be done cleanly.
  3. Humans must be protected, particularly from themselves.
  
  Sample Powers: Healing, Eugenics, Pharmaceuticals, Sanitation, Antiseptics, Sterilisation, Nonlethality, Entertainment, Pacifism, Multiculturalism, Transhumanism, Lobotomies
conversations.prefix: The Code of the Light:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: 1. Freedom is the highest principle.
  2. Sanity and mundanity are prisons.
  3. Give in kind with a gift received.
  
  Sample Powers: Anarchy, Schizophrenia, Individualism, Reciprocity, Ferality, Fecundity, Neglect, Overgrowth, Brutality, Fraternity. Mob
conversations.prefix: The Code of the Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: ZZZZZ
conversations.prefix: Demigod of Personal Hygeine:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: ZZZZ
conversations.prefix: Demigod of Trade:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Peanut Butter and Jelly on French toast was the bluejay's favourite food.
  
  Katlin ordered it for breakfast every day.
conversations.prefix: PB&J on French Toast:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Worn and cracked, and awakened by the play of a hundred children, this hospital wheelchair is sturdy, serviceable -- and sometimes outspoken.
conversations.prefix: Katlin's wheelchair:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whatever he has suffered, David knows that you have suffered too.
conversations.prefix: Vulnerability:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: *He deserves to be there, more than either of us.*
  
  Maybe David can be made to see the mistake he's making. Maybe it's not too late to undo whatever harm you've done, and prevent him from ruining his life.
conversations.prefix: Confrontation:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can handle the ride if you handle the horse.
conversations.prefix: Dependency:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stop the truck. Jack it. Get away without being recognised.
conversations.prefix: Jack the Ping On Delivery Truck:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's worse than being broke for two weeks.
  
  There's crossing Donovan.
conversations.prefix: Fear:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Promise the boys a big score soon, and something will turn up.
  
  Around Donovan, something usually did.
conversations.prefix: Greed:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Law is only honoured in the breach. Establish complete control over this Chancel for you and/or your *familia* -- and if you break the Code of Light, don't get caught.
conversations.prefix: Dominance:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Two bloody masks that follow Donovan wherever he goes.
conversations.prefix: Masks of Deterrence:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The small sceptre features dusky golden wings over two serpents twining to make a fourfold ladder.
conversations.prefix: The Sceptre of Eugenics:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Code of Light can be enacted over time, but the strength, order and survival of the Chancel are the priorities.
  
  Restore the Chancel to strength and order, and ensure that any breach of the Code of Light is defensible.
conversations.prefix: Triage:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A crown of gold and cedar.
  
  Following centuries of tyranny, torture and persecution, who wears this crown is hated by the denizens of Babylon above all others.
conversations.prefix: Crown of Babylon:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lord Annunaki has a perfect plan for this Chancel, and you will enact it. Restore this Chancel can to strength and order without breaching the Code of Light.
conversations.prefix: Perfection:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Do whatever it takes: the only good witness is a dead witness. 
conversations.prefix: Briefing: Loud and Proud:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The hit will be fast, silent, bloodless.
conversations.prefix: Briefing: Stealthy and Healthy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: *Liberated from a short life by a higher power, a teenager with cystic fibrosis now serves as the Power of Eugenics, only to find that the wheelchair came along too.*
  
  **Suggested Strength/ Weaknesses: Spirit/ Disabled**
  
  **Suggested Goal: Heal or Earn a Name**
conversations.prefix: Power of Eugenics:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Convert the Chancel and your Familia of Powers to your beliefs.
conversations.prefix: Conversion:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: *Didn’t anyone ever tell you to back off?*
  
  Sometimes you need to know when you're licked and learn a lesson.
  
  After all, you might do more harm than good, and there are worse things than living with shame.
conversations.prefix: Resignation:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: *When an abandoned Siamese cat is claimed by a higher power, it hastens to mark out its terrain as the Power of Sanitation, only to face growing objection to its malignant self-interest.*
  
  ** Suggested Strength/Weakness: ** Perfect Timing, Cruel
  
  **Suggested Subplots:** Vengeance, Adopt a Foe
conversations.prefix: Power of Sanitation:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: **Your identity, will, glory and ability to work flower magic.**
  
  Use a flower ritual to locate a spirit, hide it, trap it, banish it, detect who performed a miracle, create or destroy a spirit gate.
  
  **Attribute Rule:** *Play one Spirit card in any challenge to affect the scene, two to affect the chapter, three to affect the whole story.*
conversations.prefix: 4. Spirit (Attribute):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Imperator of Ancestral Memory, Glass, North and Struggle.
  
  Code of Light
conversations.prefix: Tezcatlipoca, the Smoking Mirror:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can survive without food, water, heat, light, sleep or air.
conversations.prefix: Immutable:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shift to and from one mythological form of your choice.
conversations.prefix: Mythological Form:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: **Your power to control the element of which you are the Power.**
  
  Create something from your element. Protect it from harm. Change it into something else. Destroy it, or cast a Divination.
  
  **Attribute rule:** *Play one Domain card in any challenge to affect the scene, two to affect the chapter, or three to affect the whole story.*
conversations.prefix: 2. Domain (Attribute):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know a secret gate to one place of your choosing.
conversations.prefix: Gate:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: **Your godlike body, mind and charm.**
  
  Lift cars, stop bullets, disarm a nuke, demolish a house, move a mountain, win a heart or dominate a company.
  
  **Attribute rule:** *Play one Aspect card in any challenge to affect the scene, two to affect the chapter, three to affect the whole story.*
conversations.prefix: 1. Aspect (Attribute):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your appearance has tremendous impact on the emotions and behaviours of mortals and lesser beings.
conversations.prefix: Glorious:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: **Your power to control your Chancel: the refuge, vault, archive, laboratory, hospital, seat of power and entertainment for you and your Nobilis family.**
  
  Perform a blood magic ritual to rebuild your home, your city, create a servant, destroy a race, or change the laws of reality.
  
  **Attribute Rule:** *Play one Realm card in any challenge to affect the scene, two to affect the chapter, three to affect the whole story.*
conversations.prefix: 3. Realm (Attribute):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Along with anyone traveling with you, arrive on time to *anything*, no matter where it is -- if you know where it is.
conversations.prefix: Perfect Timing:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Spiritually possess one human, beast or object you love or hate.
  
  While possessing, you and your anchor can act independently.
conversations.prefix: Anchor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are difficult to injure and heal quickly.
conversations.prefix: Durant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Transform to or from one construct of your Domain for the rest of the story.
conversations.prefix: Elemental Form:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have unusual good fortune.
conversations.prefix: Luck:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rule of your Chancel is shared among your fellow Powers. Through their support and those of its denizens or other means, gain ultimate power over your Chancel.
conversations.prefix: Absolute Rule:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Force an enemy or rival to betray its Imperator and join your familia.
conversations.prefix: Adopt a Foe:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Make your Chancel love you again.
conversations.prefix: Beloved Liege:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cripple or destroy someone you hate.
conversations.prefix: Deliver Vengeance:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Win back your name and the right to be recognised.
conversations.prefix: Earn a Name:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Restore an injury that has crippled both body and spirit.
conversations.prefix: Heal:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You owe another Power a great debt: repay it.
conversations.prefix: Repay a Favour:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Restore your dead body to life.
conversations.prefix: Resurrection:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Destroy key blackmail evidence that could ruin you.
conversations.prefix: Scot Free:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It is forbidden for the Nobilis to love anything but themselves.
  Hide your secret love.
conversations.prefix: Secret Love:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your name has either been lost, stolen, destroyed, or was never given. You cannot name yourself nor your title, and cannot show your true face outside your Chancel. 
conversations.prefix: Anonymous:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your work must always be perfect.
conversations.prefix: Artisan:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You will sacrifice safety, reputation and happiness for this object or person.
conversations.prefix: Bond:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Someone has the knowledge to blackmail you.
conversations.prefix: Compromised:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There is something you cannot touch, a place you cannot enter, or a thing you cannot do that no power, nor threat can overcome.
conversations.prefix: Forbidden:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The denizens of your Chancel loathe you.
conversations.prefix: Hated:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are deceased. Your true body is dead or destroyed.
  
  The body you move around in is the weak body of a mortal, and you cannot use any miracles of Aspect.
conversations.prefix: Dead:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: No power or threat can force you to perform a kind or selfless act.
conversations.prefix: Cruel:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: No power nor threat can wring truth from your words.
conversations.prefix: Deceitful:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your body is somehow crippled or mutilated and limits your abilities. 
conversations.prefix: Disabled:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: No power nor threat can make you lie.
conversations.prefix: Honest:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are vulnerable to or limited by agencies opposed to your Domain.
conversations.prefix: Manifestation:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The tenets of your faith are unshakable, and you will not waiver under threat, provocation nor trickery.
conversations.prefix: Pious:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: No power nor threat can force you to think twice.
conversations.prefix: Reckless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Despite you being a Power of Creation, nobody is ever impressed.
conversations.prefix: Uninspiring:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your Chancel is under a terrible curse. Find out why, and heal it.
conversations.prefix: The Grail:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lift a Prohibition from your existence.
conversations.prefix: Unchained:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gain the respect of other Powers.
conversations.prefix: Win Glory:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What is happening? Why me?
conversations.prefix: What the...?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shifting boxes in the hijacked truck has uncovered an unexpected passenger, who has bolted from the truck.
  
  Catch her, or let her run?
conversations.prefix: Catch the Girl?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: *Raised from her deathbed by a higher power, a devout nun strives to serve both her faith and newfound calling, though the Power she serves is no angel.*
  
  **Suggested Strength/ Weakness: Domain, Devout**
  
  **Suggested Subplot: Unchained, or Conversion**
conversations.prefix: Lady of Surgery:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: *Torn from a successful career by a higher power, a beloved school counsellor strives to serve as the Power of Gentle Force, only to be universally loathed by the Chancel's denizens.*
  
  **Suggested Strength/ Weakness: Realm, Hated**
  
  **Suggested Subplot: Absolute Rule or Beloved Liege**
conversations.prefix: Power of Gentle Force:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: *Claimed by a higher power during a home invasion, a career thief serves as the Power of Deterrence, only to be caught stealing from a rival Power.*
  
  **Suggested Strength/ Weakness: Elemental Form, Compromised**
  
  **Suggested Subplot:  Repay a Favour, Scot Free**
conversations.prefix: Power of Deterrence:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: *Wrenched from suicide by a higher power, a drug-ridden guitarist turned Power of Glass seeks to mend bridges with his former band and estranged girlfriend — only to realise he is dead.*
  
  **Suggested Strength / Weakness:  Glorious, Dead**
  
  **Suggested Subplot: Resurrect, or Repay a Debt**
conversations.prefix: Lord of Glass:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: *Claimed by a higher power, a washed-up soap-star seeks new glory as the Power of Locks, only to discover its Name destroyed.*
  
  **Suggested Strength/ Weakness: Immutable, Anonymous**
  
  **Suggested Subplot: Earn a Name**
conversations.prefix: Power of Locks:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: *Claimed by a higher power, a confidence trickster is compelled to serve as the Power of Clues, despite a pathological inability to speak the truth.*
  
  **Suggested Strength / Weakness: Gate, Deceitful**
  
  **Suggested Subplot: Unchained, or Win Glory**
conversations.prefix: Power of Clues:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Three men with Ping On tattoos mean you no good. 
  
  They clearly knew the time, the place, and how to spot you.
conversations.prefix: Escape a Ping On Hit:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Down the back of McGreevey's a booth was always reserved for Donovan and his lads.
conversations.prefix: McGreevey's:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Worshipped in ancient Babylon but now forgotten by men, the Imperator Annunaki is frequently quiet and withdrawn.
conversations.prefix: Annunaki:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Atop a huge and invisible tower within sight of former dictator Saddam Hussein's summer palace, the ancient and beautiful Chancel of Babylon spreads out through the sky under an eternal sunset.
conversations.prefix: Babylon:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rain-slick, rat-run and redolent with restaurant aromas, this Boston alley marks the spot where James Donovan's life bled into the streets.
conversations.prefix: A Boston Alley:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Every day, a bluejay came to the garden.
  
  It liked to eat peanut butter and jelly on french toast.
  
  It was Katlin's friend. 
conversations.prefix: The Bluejay:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The hospital garden was very beautiful. It had water and flowers and birds and wonderful smells. 
  
  Children at the hospital could play there, if they weren't too sick.
conversations.prefix: Hospital Garden:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are too sick to walk unaided.
conversations.prefix: Too sick to walk:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Worshipped in ancient Babylon but now forgotten by men, the Imperator Annunaki is frequently quiet and withdrawn.
conversations.prefix: Annunaki:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When Brigitte resigned as a teacher, she got a job at a gas station.
conversations.prefix: Gas Station:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: David had shaved his head, pierced his nose and ears, and wore a studded leather jacket, and many silver rings.
conversations.prefix: David Marten:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know how David has suffered, and how he must suffer still.
conversations.prefix: Compassion:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were once David's teacher, and commanded his respect.
conversations.prefix: Authority:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Atop a huge and invisible tower within sight of former dictator Saddam Hussein's summer palace, the ancient and beautiful Chancel of Babylon spreads out through the sky under an eternal sunset.
conversations.prefix: Babylon Burns:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Calm, kind-voiced but with piercing eyes, Tishku the Unbleeding is a vizier of Babylon.
conversations.prefix: Tishku the Unbleeding:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Soft-spoken, gracious in demeanour, androgynous and old-eyed, the eunuch Bel-Sammu is one of Babylon's three viziers.
conversations.prefix: Bel-Sammu the Eunuch:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lithe, sullen-eyed and sharp-tongued, Uma the Cat (who denies being a cat) is a vizier of Babylon.
conversations.prefix: Uma the Cat:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Restore strength and order to Babylon before the next great Banquet, at which Annunaki wishes to win back former allies, and dismay Babylon's foes.
conversations.prefix: Restoration:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Restore strength and order to Babylon before the next great Banquet, at which Annunaki wishes to win back former allies, and dismay Babylon's foes.
conversations.prefix: Restoration (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: **Punk song by David Marten**
  
  *She's making him breakfast, he got his own key.*
  
  *Fixing things* *round* *the* *house, like a dog marks a tree.*
  
  *He likes beer and football, smile don't reach his eyes.*
  
  *And her kid's smart and mouthy -- needs cutting to size.*
  
  *Momma's new BOYFRIEEEEND! Momma's new BOYFRIEEEEND!*
  
conversations.prefix: Momma's New Boyfriend:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Nobody has been paid in two weeks, and the boys are getting restless. Keep order.
conversations.prefix: Keep a lid on it:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The boys need to let off steam.
  
  Molly's will look after them on credit.
conversations.prefix: Distraction:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: No power nor risk can stop you taking the more exciting path.
conversations.prefix: Thrillseeker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Under a moon holding water, Ben pulled into town like a lamb to the slaughter, his self-esteem at half mast.
conversations.prefix: Last minute nerves:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can still remember holding Jack in your hands, him looking into your eyes, and the promise you made him then and there.
conversations.prefix: Memory:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: In an old, brown beater lies the comatose body of a recently overdosed junkie, and former stand-up comedian, a needle in his arm, and a freshly-opened packet of junk on the seat beside him.
conversations.prefix: Ben's body:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Claimed by a higher power, a guilt-ridden comedian is compelled to serve as the Power of Pursuit, only to be crushed under the weight of his heroin addiction.   
conversations.prefix: Power of Pursuit:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A good ole' Colt 1911 with a Hush Puppy on the end. Nothing says silent goodbyes like this .45 Vietnam classic.
conversations.prefix: Silenced Pistol:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: I can't go in there if I'm high. But if I'm not high, I'll fall apart. Maybe I can hide the fact that I'm high.
conversations.prefix: Junkie Rationale: