IN> Nybbas' Role

[William Keith]

On May 13, 2007, at 11:23 AM, James Walker wrote:

> Superiors have their own Attunements. So Nybbas has
> his Lilim attunement - a role with level and status
> equal to his Corporeal forces: ie above normal
> maximums.
>
> So - yes, you've heard of him! And the influence of
> his role would shake the world.

An intriguing notion that makes sense.  However, anyone openly famous 
is likely to have undergone extensive investigation, and part of a 
Role's utility is that it prevents detection.  I'd propose instead that 
Nybbas' Role is "mysterious arbiter of taste," or "the man who secretly 
controls the mainstream media": someone everyone has heard of, but no 
one can put a name to (oh, they try, but they come up with everyone 
from George Soros to Rupert Murdoch), and maybe only half-believes in.

He doesn't need to live the Role to keep it up because his demons do 
that for him; they *make* him the Arbiter.  He can simply summon the 
identity whenever he wishes to interact with the trendsetters.  He 
shows up in Milan, or at the New York shows, and nobody questions 
whether he belongs there; of course he does.  During those times, 
anyone human who sees him instinctively knows that this is the man who 
pulls the strings of society... very heady, a bit of a lie, but very 
authoritative.  He can make you, he can ruin you, he *is* Status 
incarnate.  Very handy for getting people to toady without interfering 
directly with their free will via resonance or Song.

William