IN> Frog Singers

[James Walker]

Listen to the sound of the birds greeting the dawn, or
frogs in the night. Listen as the innocent animals of
the world sing romances to each other.

The way a Samingan did.

Animals...sing. And most of them don't have celestial
forces. So they'll still be able to sing after being
zombified. Which is good, as they're pretty ordinary
at performing the Numinous Corpus they possess.
Singing a Chorus will change all that though, if led
by a demon with 6 Corporeal Forces. Several hundred
animal zombis, armed with a maxed out Numinous Corpus,
forms an army to be feared.
The first Samingan to think of this trick used a now
extinct breed of bullfrog. Several angels were
ethereally 'killed' by his zombis, allowing him to cut
their angelic throats. Saminga was delighted. Kobal
was also delighted, and suggested naming all demons
who use this trick 'Frog Singers' in his honor.
Saminga agreed, and the Most Infernal Order of Frog
Singers is a force as fearsome as they are humiliated.
It's not easy to become a Frog Singer. You need to
find a species of animal that sings, and then learn
that song. You also need to find a Numinous Corpus
that can be performed using their song; normally this
requires creating a variant, sometimes a completely
new Song needs to be researched. Usually, the NC will
be appropriate to the species. Hopefully, the Numinous
Corpus is actually useful – the Frog Singer of Pigeons
was awarded the Knight of Derision Distinction for
painting several Divine Tethers white, but is ignored
by Saminga. So Samingans will usually just keep their
ears open for a beastie whose song resembles a
Numinous Corpus they already know.
If you succeed, Saminga will – if you grovel
sufficiently – grant the Frog Singer 'half'
Distinction: this ensures that all zombis you create
from that species will have the appropriate Numinous
Corpus. He may also grant a Corporeal Force or 2. Then
your real problems begin.
As a demon of death, you can't encourage life – and
you're slaughtering thousands of a specific species of
animal every year. Assuming that the angels don't kill
you, the species is likely to become extinct within a
century. Saminga considers this 'success' and will
likely replace the Frog Singer Distinction with a full
Distinction – but Jordi won't forget; you've made an
enemy for eternity. And other Samingans will 'harvest'
the species, bringing their corpses to you –
determined to make the most of your discovery before
the angels kill you. So you can't even moderate your
predation in the hope of the species surviving.
Although Frog Singers always serve Death, Saminga will
grant the Distinction to Allied or Associated demons
who have discovered an appropriate species – on the
condition that they are loaned to him until the
species becomes extinct. Gluttons are the most common
recipients; then War & Dark Humor. Drugs has supplied
a handful of Frog Singers. They are granted the Knight
of the Dead Distinction when returned to their master.

And one demon of Fire cools his heels in Sheol, under
permanent guard. His discovery birthed legends, but as
long as NC:Fire is safely secret, Belial won't permit
his transfer. But it will happen one day. In his
heart, Belial also dreams of the day when Arabian
Phoenixes will rise from the dead to burn his enemies.
Millions of them lie frozen in the tundra, awaiting
that day, brought north by his demons.


[deleted for security reasons], Fish.

take heart of grace...

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