Editing Abd Al Sami



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|Chapter = [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1joxVXjTkRomYbbUQbkUSPqR9yMGEOhovrKo4P58rbv0/edit Pact Dice: Evangelists]
|Type = [[Angel]]|Type 2 = [[Angel#Cherubim|Cherub]]|Type 3 = }}
'''Abd Al Sami''' is a [[Angel#Cherubim|Cherub]] of the Second Choir, summonable by some [[Evangelists]].<ref name=":0" />

==Appearance==

A sphere with a symbol inscribed on it, orbited by Saturn-like rings of text.<ref name=":1">Sample Cherubim - Abd Al Sami
Appears as a sphere surrounded by saturn-rings of written script, with a written letter somewhere on the surface.  The sphere creates music by punctuating existing sound with new and profound silences. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1joxVXjTkRomYbbUQbkUSPqR9yMGEOhovrKo4P58rbv0/edit Pact Dice: Evangelists]
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==Behaviour==

Like all Cherubim it is essentially mindless.<ref>Angels are self-sustaining and have duties, so that consumes their day. Faysal is described as watching one location for a long, long time, just to see how the paths are formed.<br><br>Cherubs are closer to programs than to people. There's some volition, sometimes, but not so much that they're individuals. They mostly follow their routines until diverted by another force. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/8r4hha/what_do_most_others_do_all_day/ Coment by Wildbow]</ref> It orbits the summoner in an expanding clockwise spiral, creating increasingly powerful bursts of silence that weaken the mystic power of any words or sounds, choosing them so that the remaining sounds form music.<ref name=":1" /><ref>After being summoned, will move away from the Evangelist in a tight clockwise spiral.  With each revolution, each one taking longer than the last, Abd Al Sami reduces sound and the power of sound, especially words, within an area, as Abd Al Sami creates silence.  These revolutions count as actions.<br>
With the reduction in sound, practice and Others that require speaking, singing, noise, or the like, will swiftly grow less powerful by consequence.  - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1joxVXjTkRomYbbUQbkUSPqR9yMGEOhovrKo4P58rbv0/edit Pact Dice: Evangelists]
</ref> It cannot move if the summoner leaves the circle used to summon it.<ref name=":2">The Evangelist may free themselves or others to speak through the silence, but at a cost of Abd Al Sami’s time.  When Abd Al Sami has served for a duration, it will disappear, and sound will return, often with explosive noise and a very brief increase in the power of words, sound, and practices using such.  If Abd Al Sami was not able to move (because the Evangelist moved outside of the circle where they bound themselves, or because the duration was cut short by repeated speaking), Abd Al Sami may be close to the practitioner and the noise that follows their departure may be that much more devastating or deafening. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1joxVXjTkRomYbbUQbkUSPqR9yMGEOhovrKo4P58rbv0/edit Pact Dice: Evangelists]</ref><ref>As further rules of thumb of what to expect when performing rituals, if the summoning is expected to move or cover an area, then the Evangelist is bound in position for the duration of the summoning’s activity.  If the summoning is expected to do harm, defend, or act, then the Evangelist is expected to go unharmed.  Should the Evangelist be wounded or occupied in mortal combat, the summoned creatures may be suspended in activity until they take a brief amount of time to say some words and correct matters (see Restoration, above).  Much the same is true if the Evangelist leaves the circle that appears as they chant. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1joxVXjTkRomYbbUQbkUSPqR9yMGEOhovrKo4P58rbv0/edit Pact Dice: Evangelists]</ref>

It can be summoned only for a limited time. This time grows shorter if it is instructed to allow the summoner or their allies to speak. When the duration is up, it vanishes in a burst of potentially-deafening sound, and any sounds in the area gain increased mystic potency for a brief time.<ref name=":2" />

It will punish summoners by inflicting hearing problems if they are corrupt or not protected by appropriate vows.<ref name=":0">Abd Al Sami is of the Second Angelic Choir, and the intensity of Abd Al Sami’s power is deflected by vows that bind such.  Failure to sufficiently deflect this Cherubim’s power often causes deafness in one or both ears, with a second failure meaning a guaranteed and permanent deafness.  Other failures can mean a permanent ringing in the ears or never hearing silence again, with voices wherever silence would normally be found. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1joxVXjTkRomYbbUQbkUSPqR9yMGEOhovrKo4P58rbv0/edit Pact Dice: Evangelists]</ref><ref>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.
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><ref>'''Evangelism'''<br>Despite conventional wisdom, the Evangelists do not deal with Angels, exactly, but rather with the forces and powers that relate to angels; only the most powerful tap into the choirs themselves.  Where angels position themselves at the doorway of creation, the Evangelist reaches through and by means of the things and powers that angels put into motion.  They typically bring forth angelic constructs and cherubim that are powerful but mindless, and they stand resistant or protected from these things by operating by very strict rules and beliefs. With the lesser cherubim, akin to demonic imps, even the smallest impure thought is a chink by which the being will irrevocably alter the practitioner. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X7moMQUSO72u1Hkswewy15YqF8b-c1ocpxAXiLe8WRQ/edit Pact Dice: The Practices - Wbow Version]</ref><!--
===Relationships===
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==History==
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===Before the Story===
The character's history before the story.

===Story Start===

===Toronto Activities===

===Return to Jacob's Bell===

===The Lordship Contest===

===Finale===

===After===

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==Trivia==
* <!--==Fanart Gallery==  -->The name Abd Al Sami (عبد السميع, Abdul Samee) is an Arabic name meaning "the servant of the All-Hearing."<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samee "Samee" in ''Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia'']</ref>
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