Corporeal Forces: 4 Strength: 8 Agility: 8

Ethereal Forces: 5 Intelligence: 8 Precision: 12

Celestial Forces: 5 Will: 8 Perception: 12

Word-Forces: 10

Vessel: human male/3, human female/3, both with Charisma +1

Skills: Detect Lies/3, Dodge/3, Driving/1, Electronics/1, Emote/4, Fast-Talk/1, Fighting/3, Knowledge (Criminology/3, Law/1), Lockpicking/1, Medicine/1, Move Silently/2, Savoir-Faire/1, Ranged Weapon/6 (pistol), Small Weapon/1 (baton), Tracking/4

Songs: Affinity (Corporeal/1, Ethereal/2, Celestial/1), Charm (Corporeal/1, Ethereal/1), Draining (Ethereal/1), Entropy (Celestial/1), Form (Corporeal/1), Harmony (All/2), Healing (All/1), Light (Celestial/6), Might (Celestial/1), Moodreading/3, Nemesis (Corporeal/1, Ethereal/2, Celestial/1), Opening (Corporeal/1), Shields (All/1), Sleep (Ethereal/1), Tongues (Ethereal/1)

Attunements: Elohite of Protection, Malakite of Protection, Aura of Divinity, Vassal of Protection, Angel of Police Officers

Angel of Police Officers: By spending 1 Essence per day, Gideon can take on the equivalent of a Role: police officer/6. This Role will be indistinguishable from a normal one (and includes the local language at level/3 and Area Knowledge/1, if necessary). Should Gideon choose to not spend the Essence, the Role will degrade by one level per day: any further Essence spent will stabilize the current level, not boost it back up to level/6. Once a Role has been chosen, the angel may not choose another until the first one has degraded fully. Gideon also may perceive whether or not a particular police case is unusual if he makes a Perception -2 roll. This will not reveal particulars, only whether or not it's routine.

Special Rites:

Solve or help others solve a crime (useable twice per day)

Gideon has been on the job for a while. He's worked with the Pinkertons, Scotland Yard, the Surete, Interpol, the Mounties - just about every organized police force in the world. Of course, very few of his coworkers have ever realized his nature, but he's still fondly remembered by a lot of cops (even if they all remember him (or her) by different names).

There was a little surprise in Heaven when this Word ended up under Protection: most assumed that it would be more fitting for Judgement, or perhaps War. However, the former is more concerned with ferreting out dissatisfaction within the ranks than in solving crimes, and the latter is perhaps a little too addicted to situational ethics. Gideon personally could care less about what people think (a wise thing, seeing as he's an Elohite): to him, the important thing is what they do. Allowing criminals to commit evil acts unchecked is not optimal for the functioning of any society. There must be balance, no?

Zadkiel (or, more often, the higher ups in her organization) usually assigns Gideon to corporeal cases that show some sign of Infernal involvement. The angel, thanks to his Word-Attunement, can walk into any police precinct in the world and be accepted as a 'real' cop, with the proper paperwork to back him up. Gideon finds it best to take on the Role of a member of the appropriate national police agency: it allows him more freedom to operate, as well as making it not too obvious when Special Agent Whoever disappears after a particular case has been solved. He's usually quickly accepted: the angel is meticulous about avoiding publicity and credit for his aid, which makes for a refreshing change from the usual grandstanders.

Gideon's first concern, when taking a case, is to determine whether or not a demon is behind whatever crime was committed. If not, then solving the case is usually a snap: the average mortal criminal is no match for an Elohite with resources like Gideon's. If, however, Hell is meddling, then Gideon has two priorities: solve the case, and make sure that the demon is in no position to keep on meddling in corporeal affairs. Trauma will do, but soul-death is better. It keeps down the paperwork that he has to do (like all cops, Gideon is not… convinced that paperwork has much inherent utility). Gideon isn't afraid to risk Trauma himself, especially if it would mean keeping a fellow-officer alive.

Gideon isn't a particularly complicated individual. He comes across (accurately) as a straight arrow, and will take the time to wreck the careers of any corrupt cops that he might encounter (of course, defining 'corruption' will depend on the culture and situation, as well as Gideon's own experience). Don't bother trying to bribe him. Don't expect him to back down from threats or pressure. In fact, don't expect him to do anything except close the case. He won't beat up a suspect to get a confession - but then, he really doesn't have to, does he? An ordinary mortal won't be able to stand up to the force of his personality (and Songs) - and a demon or Soldier would have already gotten his or head righteously blown off before he or she could get to the interrogation room.

Well, it's not like corporeal prisons are set up to handle Balseraphs or Calabim. You do what you have to do to close the case.