Corporeal Forces: 5 Strength: 10 Agility: 10

Ethereal Forces: 5 Intelligence: 10 Precision: 10

Celestial Forces: 5 Will: 10 Perception: 10

Word Forces: 16

Vessel: Human Male/4, Charisma +3

Skills: Chemistry/4, Dodge/4, Driving/2, Electronics/2, Emote/3, Fighting/5, Knowledge (The Media/6, Psychology/3), Ranged Weapon/2 (assault rifle), Savoir-Faire/3, Tactics/2

Songs: Attraction (Ethereal/3), Charm (Corporeal/4), Form (Celestial/3), Healing (Corporeal/2, Ethereal/4, Celestial/4), Light (Celestial/6), Shields (All/3), Thunder/3

Attunements: Seraph of SCIENCE!, Malakite of SCIENCE!, Bright Lilim of SCIENCE!, Mercurian of SCIENCE!, Mad Genius, Synthesis, Mentor, Angel of Inspiration.

Rites: Basil gets a point of Essence every time his actions or presence encourages others to transcend his or her petty desires or fears.

Angel of Inspiration: Basil's mere presence can bring out the best in people. For each point of Essence he spends, up to ten people will take heart from the Truth in his words of hope and determination. This, among other things, will completely protect those people from any demonic resonance for the next hour. Basil can even duplicate this effect via mass media, on a more limited scale: for each Essence he spends, up to 5% percent of those who listen to or see him will receive a +1 to any attempts to resist any demonic resonance for the next day. Hellsworn and celestials may make a Will roll to resist the effects, if they choose. Those Inspired by Basil also get a +1 to Will rolls for the same period.

Basil is an enigma wrapped in a mystery and topped with a large hunk of confusion. He came along with Vapula when he Redeemed, and nobody can figure out who the Hell he was beforehand. The Seraphim Council is also not in the habit of handing out powerful Words to defectors without at least some testing first, but all of Vapula's Word-bound were made with insanely-quick speed. The Council doesn't discuss this at all. Those less prone to conspiracy theories point out that Basil seems to be on excellent terms with Vapula (to the point where he calls him "Gramps" in casual conversation), and that the unprecedented mass Redemption of most of an entire Word can lead to an equally unprecedented reaction.

If nothing else, Basil's zeal and skill in promoting his Word has been all that the Host could ask for. Obviously, he spends a lot of his time in Inspiring people in the joys of science and technology (though some Archangels mutter that he'd be better suited working for them), but Basil will aid those of Faith or Destiny just as quickly. In his free time, Basil's chief hobby and joy seems to be frustrating the machinations of the Media: even for a former demon, he's got an uncanny ability to predict Nybbas' general strategies. Basil is also extremely good at using the Media's own blind spots to promote the ideals of Heaven. Michael and Laurence have begun to occasionally call on him for input: for some reason, Basil tends to work better with the former than the latter.

The Prince of the Media has noticed this, of course, and it's driving him quietly nuts. What the Host hasn't realized yet is that Basil is too good at predicting the way Nybbas thinks: too good for anyone except a defector from the very highest level of the Media's organization, and every single one of those demons are accounted for. Nybbas doesn't have any more of a clue where this angel came from than most of the Host, which is senseless, given his former association with Vapula. That (plus the fact that, for a persistent thorn in the side, the kid shows proper respect) has kept the Prince of the Media from trying to destroy him until he can figure out the leak. Besides, the kid's good box office, in his own odd way: Basil's tactics actually promote some (admittedly insipid and goody-goody) aspects of the Media, rather than trying to destroy it outright, and increased market share is increased market share.

Basil, personally, comes across as a polite, generous type who's always ready to help out another angel, just like all of the other original Servitors of SCIENCE!. Also, just like the rest of them, he's driven, grim and prone to waking up in the middle of the night screaming (angels aren't even supposed to have human-style dreams, let alone nightmares). He also seems to embody the combination of unbending resolution, irrational personal likes and dislikes, uncanny intuition and incredible naivete that most of Vapula's original Redeemed have already become infamous for.

Other angels find him difficult to get along with at times, but well worth knowing for his uncanny ability to understand and emphasize with humanity, even the ones that really aren't all that nice. Basil can do wonders with people that the rest of the Host gave up on a long time ago. All in all, given his personality now, it's hard to believe that Basil was ever a demon.