Editing Angel (section)

==== Power====
Also known as Swords. Appears as a shrouded or indistinct figure wielding a weapon.

They are nameless soldiers whose primary purpose is to defend other angelic beings. Their abilities reflect the choir they are associated with.<ref name=":4">Another common set of summonings are the Powers (often termed ‘Swords’ to minimize confusion), which are effectively mindless, but grow more powerful as more Evangelical activity is conducted.  Powers are soldiers and warriors, tasked with defending other angelic forces, and have no names or identities.  They do have capabilities, depending on their choir and the weapon they embody, typically appearing as a shrouded or indistinct figure with a not-shrouded, very distinct weapon.  By and large, Powers have no autonomy.  They will only act if and when another non-Power Angel (Cherubim, etc) acts, or if the Evangelist is chanting a verse appropriate to that Power. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1joxVXjTkRomYbbUQbkUSPqR9yMGEOhovrKo4P58rbv0/edit EVANGELISTS], document by Wildbow.</ref> They tend to have simple and direct powers rather than abstract ones. Like Cherubs, they will use their powers to harm a summoner if they are at all corrupted.<ref name=":7">As a rule, Cherubim will do the same thing when called forth, and if the Evangelist has broken their vows or if the Evangelist is corrupted (karmically or otherwise), the Cherubim may do them some harm.  A Cherubim that creates walls of salt may, if the vows were not minded, turn one part of the Evangelist’s body to salt, or turn the Evangelist as a whole to salt.  If the Evangelist has negative karma or ties to negative karma, or if they have interacted with corrupt things in the recent past, they may suffer some secondary damage or effect, with minor changes or damage on top of other effects, reflecting the degree to which this imbalanced, negative force has taken hold.  Interactions with Goblins, Faerie, Necromancy, Heartless and anything else that perverts natural order may lead to this corruption, but certain choirs are more likely to react to certain kinds of corruption.<br>Such changes alter the fabric of one’s being and will not generally kill or free one’s spirit to move on.  Amending these consequences, once met, is difficult.  Powers are less likely to do abstract or metaphysical harm, and may simply expand explosively out into ambient reality with a flurry of sharpness, heat, or madness, with a great deal of the resulting harm or damage being directed at the Evangelist that summoned them.  - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1joxVXjTkRomYbbUQbkUSPqR9yMGEOhovrKo4P58rbv0/edit EVANGELISTS], document by Wildbow.</ref>

Powers are utterly mindless and lacking in autonomy, and only act in reaction to the movements of other angelic beings or specific chants.<ref name=":4" />

Powers are common for Evangelists to summon.<ref name=":4" />