RESERVED FOR GM - ESTIMATED STARTING DATE: April 7th 2012<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>The Kingdom of Krum </strong></span><br/><strong>Capital City : Jeron</strong>, where the castle is located. Jeron is a typical middle age fantasy location, full of markets, darkened alleys, brothels, taverns, guilds, a university etc. Systems of travel: by foot, by horse or by cattle (pulling wagons).<br/><strong>Typical nearby village: Straws</strong>, where you can find farms, gardens, crops, houses and barns, maybe one or two feudal lords and the local tavern (general meeting place besides the church).<br/>No one goes in and no one gets out of Krum because of the mixed energies surrounding it. In some magical way, none of its inhabitants ever thinks of leaving and any trace of the outside world is represented by a blind spot in the mind. They have no recollection of anything outside the kingdom.  Humans don't have any idea that angels and demons are all around, in higher numbers than ever, but they will soon find out.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>The use of magic – general traits</strong></span><br/><br/><strong>Humans</strong>use their known forms of magic (rituals, curses, simple spells, fortune telling, hypnosis etc) and their magic is the least powerful of all. A human can never kill or hurt a demon without divine help (under the form of an angel or otherwise a holy object or weapon ; divine swords, blessed crosses, holy water etc fall under this category). They can’t shapeshift, fly, turn invisible or make use of any other superpowers unless an angel or a demon enchants them (usually for a short while and they have to be in their presence the whole time while the spell lasts).<br/><br/><strong>Demons</strong>cannot kill with magic directly, but they can use and manipulate the matter around them, with power limits depending on their rank. However, they can't manipulate the elements of a human body (blood, water, tissues etc) but they can shapeshift, induce ideas and if they are truly powerful even posses other beings, except for angels. A demon can never manipulate the mind of an angel, unless the said angel gained human form (temporarily or otherwise).<br/>If a demon wants to empower a human or an angel with a certain spell, he can do it  only if a pact has been made between them.<br/>Demons can change their true form only during the night, when the sun is still up they instantly gain their demon aspect.<br/><br/><strong>Angels </strong>aren't allowed to use magic, they have spiritual powers which they can use if they pray or use some of their energy in order to help others or to battle demons. They have highly powerful energy shields and healing powers. Angels can empower other beings without a pact.<br/>Angels can take a human form only during the day.  If the said angel has intercourse with a human after marriage he keeps the human form during the day and can only use his ethereal form during the night. Angels that have intercourse with humans before marriage are no longer angels, they are considered to be humans.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Always keep in mind the character’s strength and weakness list.</span><br/><br/><strong>*The Archangel and The Demon Lord</strong>have more power than any other character, but also more restrictions.<br/>While the Archangel can never use his powers to control the free will of another being (doing so it will only diminish the said power), the Demon Lord can never use his powers against more than one angel at the same time (it’s better for him to have guards all the time that can keep a group of angels separated if the said group is out to get him).<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Making pacts and honoring them</strong></span><br/><br/><strong>A demon – human pact</strong>can be detailed and contain terms of agreement, a certain period of time (usually forever) or it can be very elusive. Any kind of agreement (verbal or written) between the two can be considered a pact.<br/>The terms and effects of this pact can end only if the contract has been honored, the demon deceived or if an angel powerful enough decides to break it in order to free the human from its power. Breaking a demon-human pact requires great efforts from both the said angel and the human he wants to save: the angels loses all powers for a period of time (depending on the nature of the pact) and the human must perform a certain number of tasks (again, depending on the nature of the pact) before the contract can be broken.<br/>Example of tasks: praying for long periods of time  (a night, two days, etc), fasting, doing good deeds, taking an action opposed to the one that started the contract (eg if the human wanted wealth by stealing it from another through this pact, he must give ten times the amount to the poor).<br/><br/><strong>An angel – human pact </strong>does not exist. Angels selflessly help others without requiring any kind of payment. An angel can ask a human to do certain things like helping others in return for their favour, but they can never ask something for themselves. The only downsize of this situation is that an angel uses a lot of his energy in order to help the human (depending on the nature of the task and on the rank of the angel).<br/><br/><strong>An angel – demon</strong>pact is the most powerful and most rare of all. Until now, this kind of contract has never been made. Yet, when the two representants of Heaven and Hell (aka the Archangel and the Demon Lord) decided to do this experiment in the land of Krum, they also opened new possibilities for angels and demons to interact in other ways than fighting. There are no established rules for this kind of contract and its limits are still uncertain.<br/><br/><br/>