IN> Grigori Reproduction (Re: APG Errata Submitted)

[Elizabeth McCoy]

At 11:26 AM -0700 9/6/06, Jonathan Lang wrote:
>Out of curiosity, did the APG errata address or remove the issue of
>whether or not Grigori can create other Grigori without Superior
>assistance, or is that unchanged?

I chopped a lot of the weirdnesses about the Grigori.

You're right, I should specifically delete that paragraph in a separate
errata submission. [time passes] I have sent in that erratum.

The "Touched by an Angel (or Demon)" C-Head would be replaced by a
C-Head of "The Human Touch" and the first paragraph would be:

Having a <I>human</I> child is easier than having a celestial one. For some value of easier. Either the angel knows the forbidden Celestial Song of Fruition (<I><B>Liber Canticorum</B></I>, p. 70), or is a Grigori. No Superior required, though an angelic mother must remain in her vessel for the entire gestation time.

>[...]possibly even requires that - the
>prospective parents are in celestial form.

Pretty much. The paragraph I have in my rewritten file is:

"The process of having a child varies; some Archangels simply detach a Force from each participant, perhaps adding one of their own or a loose Force, and hand the new celestial back to its parents. Others allow or encourage the parents to engage in "sex," interleaving their Forces and souls that they may best share the harmonies and themes that they love, joining in a moment of glory that is culminated by the Archangel's gentle weaving together of some of those Forces to form a new being."

I am not entirely happy with the last part of the last sentence, but my
brain is, today, goo. So I'm letting it "sit" for a while until I can
figure out something better. (Anyone suggesting ideas may or may not
get recorded for doing so, depending on the state of the goo.)

>3. if two Grigori vessels procreate, the result should be a human.

My first reaction to this line: "!!!?!!!"

If two Grigori vessels mate, the result is nothing, for thematic reasons,
I think. Eugh. Okay, that first paragraph in "The Human Touch"? Adding:
"(And each of these requires a mortal mate.)"

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