Ceridwen is an Ofanite, and is full of vitality. She and her angels taught humans how to grow and harvest the fields, and Ceridwen was revered as a goddess. She celebrates fertility and motherhood, and anything that keeps life from being gone forever. Many of her servitors encourage the arts of medicine and herbalism.

Ceridwen encourages fertility and sexuality. It is rumored that she and Lilith have allied from time to time to aid in causes related to women's liberation. She is also on the fore front of protecting children. Many shelters for victims of domestic violence have Ceridwen's Servitors to thank for their origin. Ceridwen reminds others that God's gender is not known, and calls Him/Her the Goddess instead.

As stated, Ceridwen was revered as a goddess in and of herself before the Purification Crusade. Many of her current followers are involved in the neopagan movement, such as Wicca, and also consider her to be a Goddess. This has put her on shaky terms with many other Archangels, particularly Dominic, Laurence, and Khalid. She maintains that the actions of her Servitors are helping guide many more mortals attracted to paganism toward their destinies than would otherwise occur. She expects the rebirth of paganism on a scale comparable to that of Christianity and Islam, and considers it as valid an expression of faith in God(ess) as any other.

DISSONANCE
It is dissonant for Ceridwen's Servitors to restrict life in any way. They must aid any oppressed individual they encounter. Those justly imprisoned for crimes against others are not considered oppressed, but they must come to the aid of any person unjustly imprisoned or controlled or abused.

CHOIR ATTUNEMENTS

Seraphim
Ceridwen's Seraphim have a strong attunement to fertility. They can tell if a piece of ground will yield fertile crops, if a flower will bloom, or if a woman is pregnant, among other things related to fertility and growth. Furthermore, they can tell who planted flowers or crops, and can act as walking paternity tests.

Cherubim
If a Cherub of Ceridwen attunes herself to an oppressed person, she will know exactly what must be overcome to free the person: handcuff keys, a crowbar, a restraining order, a good divorce attorney, etc.

Ofanim
Ofanim of Ceridwen can cause the rapid growth of any plant. This can be useful to block pathways or entangle opponents, but the plant must have the potential to grow this much naturally (although in a longer amount of time).

Elohim
Elohim of Spring may use their resonance to tell if an individual is oppressed in any way.

Malakim
Ceridwen's Malakim have the ability to cause any one action used to harm another strike the agressor threefold. Any action the target made that caused distress to another person will happen within an hour to the person so "cursed" either three times or with three times as much harm. This can only be used once per individual per action.

Kyriotates
Ceridwen's Kyriotates can have twice the amount of hosts.

Mercurians
Mercurians of Spring encourage people to seek hope for their own lives and freedom. They can give a person a +2 bonus to any Will roll if the roll involves them breaking away from that which binds them.

SERVITOR ATTUNEMENTS

Warmth of Spring
The angel and all who hold hands with her will suffer no ill effects from natural cold.

Return of Life
With 6 essence and a successful Will roll, the angel may restore life to any dead area or object for ten minutes. Inanimate objects will act as though alive, and dead organisms (including people) will be temporarily revived.

DISTINCTIONS

Vassal of Spring
The angel may sense any life currently growing, no matter how little, within 15 yards.

Friend of Regrowth
The angel may cause any person to try and get back any freedom they have been denied. Battered wives will find the courage to leave, drug addicts will find the resolve to quit, hardened criminals will try to shape up for parole, etc. The effects last a number of weeks equal to the angel's Celestial Forces.

Master of the Equinox
The angel can, with an expenditure of Essence, expel a strong amount of sunlight from her body. This can light up a dark room, blind those who fail a Strength roll (-2 to all relevant skills), and is the anathema of vampires.

RELATIONS
Allied: Novalis, Eli, Christopher
Associated: Jordi
Hostile: Dominic, Laurence, Khalid

BASIC RITES

• Spend three hours in wilderness during spring (+2 Essence).
• Spend an hour planting or harvesting crops.
• Spend an hour in consensual sex.

CHANCE OF INVOCATION: 3

INVOCATION MODIFIERS:
+1 In a maternity ward
+2 In Spring
+3 In a place of natural beauty
+4 A cauldron filled with water and flowers
+5 A peaceful demonstration for women's rights
+6 Naked at dawn of the Vernal Equinox

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