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==Seventh Choir==
Presumably based on the seventh day of Genesis, when God rests from the labour of creating the world - possibly representing other intangible forces taking over from the primordial Angels, in Pactverse cosmology. The angels and demons of the Seventh Choirs are particularly subtle.

===Demons - Choir of Unrest===
Seen as the weakest of the choirs, the demons here work with intangible forces. However, it is the one that furthest its goals in Wrong because it is subtle and hard to get a grasp on.<ref>I was there, but did not assist, when he summoned Agares.  A duke among the seventh choir, one that brought great beings low.  A corrupter and agitator.  He could compel a king to march to war, or stop that same warhost in its tracks. [...] Many of the choirs are focused on tangible things, but the seventh is an abstract one.  Not one that we are able to grasp in concrete terms.  Many call it the weakest choir.  It is one we are liable to underestimate or lose sight of, and thus the one that gets the furthest in its endeavors towards the Wrong. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/04/05 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 4]]</ref> They focus on long and subtle games, the opposite of the brutally direct and absolute power of the First Choir.<ref name=":5">He was an Other who had been scary enough he could be mistaken for a demon, much like the Hyena had been.  Seventh choir, the abstract, easy to underestimate.  They played subtle games, standing at the opposite end of the spectrum from the ''first'' choir, which simply took the most direct route, devouring.<br><br>Except he wasn’t a demon.  He was a less-than-garden-variety Bogeyman. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/06/07 Excerpt] from [[Void 7.4]]</ref> They even take to writing tomes themselves, under the guise of being diabolists, to spread themselves.<ref>Mann continued, “It’s a similar pattern to members of the Choir of Unrest, writing tomes themselves, under the guise of being diabolists.  A hard thing to ignore, when new diabolists crop up every other month.  Or when we’re being asked to distribute books.” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2015/01/24 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15]]</ref>

Members include [[Agares]]. [[James Corvidae]] was mistakenly for a member of this choir despite not being a demon.<ref name=":5" />

===Angels===
It is known that the seventh choir exist in abstracts, meaning they generally do not win direct confrontations, but instead focus on the long term.<ref name=":6">“The demon would have had its way with all of you, freed of its confines, able to prey on you, until the Abyss caught it once more.  A firmer, longer-lasting binding than any that man could achieve,” Faysal said.  “The Seventh Choir of angels exists in abstract.  We cannot and do not typically win direct confrontations.  The demon gets what it desires, to undo the working that binds it to man’s word by taking the Thorburn family and associated individuals to pieces, and I achieve what ''I'' desire, stopping it in the longer term.  Worth cooperation in the short term.” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/12/30 Excerpt] from [[Sine Die 14.10]]</ref>

A subset of this Choir are the Gatekeepers, who focus on creating and tweaking paths between things, and include [[Faysal Anwar]] among their number.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6" /><ref>“One is a demon.  It is freshly bound and may not be bound forever, as the bloodline that did the binding may now be disintegrating.  It has been called a few times, and in answering the call, it is traveling a path.  Wearing down the road, if you will.  I know paths are your specialty, gatekeeper.”<br><br>“The other problem?”<br><br>“A man.  A practitioner.  He is ''building'' something.”<br><br>“Building?  Buildings are ''your'' specialty, Harith.  The third choir’s.”<br><br>“But the building is a subtle one, and subtlety is ''your'' specialty..." - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2015/01/03 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 14]]</ref>


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