IN> Who Needs Celestial Tongues?

[William Keith]

> "Oh, yeah, that's definitely a big mistake -- we'll retire the Triad
> number, sure, but I'm not sure you can assign any *personal* liability
> here, Most Just."

Oh, I suspect any liability would indeed have been quite fairly 
parceled out to all three of them...

Of course, if 700's their Triad number, then at some point there must 
have been a...

Triad 666

      This triad was organized, its portfolio dictated and numbered, 
well before a certain unfortunate bit of numerology found its way in to 
the Book of Revelations.  When people began to look askance at the 
triad going about its daily routines, its efficiency decreased.  
Judgment needs to be trusted, and the audience of this Triad didn't 
trust it.  So Dominic switched out its portfolio for an audience that 
would.

      Triad 666 is now an investigative triad charged with investigating 
the Archangel of Judgment.

      There are persistent rumors, of which Dominic is well aware, that 
he is a Balseraph under the Cloak, that he is unfairly targetting this 
or that Archangel, that he works too closely with the Game, etc., etc.  
These charges, just like similar charges made against any other angel 
or Archangel, demand investigation to the extent of their 
believability, with the evidence fairly weighed and presented.  Thus, 
triad 666 is directed to do so.

      Like any other triad, Dominic meets with the angels of the triad 
once per week.  He asks no questions of them, however; the triad 
queries him as to his recent activities, motivations, and so forth.  He 
is obliged to respond, though the triad has no particular access to 
classified information beyond the normal investigative channels.  The 
triad itself reports to Laurence -- and before his elevation, they 
reported to Uriel, doing so up to and through Uriel's trial.  Since 
Dominic has delegated his role of Superior oversight to Laurence for 
this triad, Laurence takes the sign of trust extremely seriously, and 
meets with the triad weekly as Dominic would.  (This is in addition to 
Judgment's usual internal monitoring system.)  They remain angels of 
Judgment, however, with access to the full array of Judgment's Choir 
Attunements, Servitor Attunements, and Distinctions.

The members are:

Seraph: Master of Law with the Inquisitor special Distinction, it also 
possesses Judgment's Malakite and Ofanite attunements, as well as the 
Heavenly Judgment Attunement.

Cherub: Possessing Judgment's Advocate attunement and Warder special 
Distinction, she moreover is a Master of Divine Knowledge with the 
Kyriotate resonance, and Judgment's Choir Attunement for that Choir.  
This took several centuries to for her to earn, accounting for most of 
the delay in the reorganization of the triad.

Mercurian: The lowest-ranking member of the triad holds Dominic's 
Incarnate Law and Divine Mediator attunements, as well as the Elohite 
Attunement.  He also possesses a Scale, which permits him limited 
access to the Seraph resonance.

      In addition to these resources, triad 666 has original 
jurisdiction before the Seraphim Council, bypassing the usual lower 
courts, should it ever decide to lay charges and summon Dominic to 
trial.  Triad 666 also has the right to request any additional 
resources from the Celestial Tribunal, with the request being treated 
as a combined request from a Judgment triad and a legation from the 
Seraphim Council (for which there is a formal ranking system, with the 
net result being that requests are fairly evaluated, but jump 
significantly in priority).

William