✦ Outfits, Traits and sphirix restrictions
House members are expected to wear gowns that are flowy, similar to wedding dresses, and a mask that covers the upper half of their face and adorns eyes. The masks are decorated with feathers, wings, horns or rings, and always have eyes on them. Feathers and false wings are also accepted on outfits, as well as gold or silver jewellery. Higher ranking members will sometimes wear veils.
All angel ranks are required to wear a mask with wings and eyes:
You may download this image to use in references, or draw your own mask: House of Vanity default mask
Fallen Angels have a similar wear as the as normal angels, but with darker colours (and sometimes vibrant reds). They can also have more provocative clothes and males would sometimes wear suits. Their masks have no eyes, and the wings are often webbed wings instead of feathered wings, and they also often have horns on their masks.
All fallen angels are required to wear a mask with wings but no eyes, that has a silver part restraining the magic flow of the
forehead gem:
You may download this image to use in references, or draw your own mask: Fallen Angel default mask
Sphirix must be feathered or winged creatures.
Forehead Magic Gems with orb magic flow are required for most ranks, the orb determining the rank:
✦ Seraphims: Stellated Icosahedron
✦ Cherubim: Stellated Dodecahedron
✦ Thrones: Stellated Octahedron
✦ Dominions: Icosahedron
✦ Virtues: Dodecahedron
✦ Powers: Octahedron
✦ Principalities: Hexahedron
✦ Archangels: Tetrahedron
✦ Angels: Sphere/none
✦ Fallen Angels: any, but they must wear a magic restraining headpiece made of silver which stops their magic flow.
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✦Seraphims✦
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On top of the house's hierarchy, there are the Seraphims, grifix with Stellated Icosahedron magic orbs. Currently there are 3 of them, but at one point there had been up to 7. They all count as the house's "Mother" and together they represent the "Mother". They take all decisions regarding the house together, which often leads to conflicts between them, as there is no one grifix to hold all authority. Unlike other House "Mothers", they are completely uninvolved in the house's life. They simply make decisions and represent the house in Guild Meetings. They are also the ones to turn members of the guild into Fallen Angels.
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✦Cherubim✦
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There is only one Cherub, known as the Opera Mother. She has the Stellated Dodecahedron orb. She is the true "mother" of the entertainers, taking care of them, raising them and doing everything a house mother has to do for her entertiners.
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✦Thrones✦
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There is only one Throne, known as the Fallen Mother. She has the Stellated Octahedron orb. She is the "mother" of the fallen angels. She takes care of them and "harvests" secrets. She is the one that gathers all the profits off of the fallen angels' dirty work.
The Higher Choir
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✦Dominions✦
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Few grifix that have Icosahedron orbs. They write and decide on which opera will be played. In most cases they don't actually write new plays, but they just assign roles and decide who's gonna do what during the performance, so that it turns out as well as possible.
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✦Virtues✦
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The lead actors of the play. They have Dodecahedron orbs. They never take background roles, but they're the only ones allowed to play "characters". They are also the only ones allowed to sing. They are the true stars of the show, and therefore they get pretty stuck up.
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✦Powers✦
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Grifix in charge of mantaining the order in the house. They have Octahedron orbs. They can kick out any guests if they are misbehaving but they also keep lower performers in check. Those in the lower choir are not allowed to stand out or act as individuals to guests. That is reserved to those on stage or those who have fallen.
The Lower Choir
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✦Principalities✦
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Grifix that have Hexahedron orbs. They appear on stage behind the Virtues as background dancers and crowds. They never play individual characters. They often dance together on stage between Opera plays.
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✦Archangels✦
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The grifix in charge of the instrumental music. They have Tetrahedron orbs.
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✦Angels✦
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The lowest rank, these are usually cleaning the Opera house or serving guests food and drinks. They have Sphere orbs. Grifix without orbs are also allowed in this rank, but they must work very hard to prove themselves as having them there is considered a misfit and most other angels will look down on them.
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✦Fallen Angels✦
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Grifix who have misbehaved or brought shame to the house. They are not allowed to show up during performances, but are often let out after the official ending of a performance, once most guests have left. Those that are still there are waiting for something else, and that is what the fallen angels must take care of. Whatever desires those guests have, they must take care of them. At this point, all other angels have left. There are no Powers around to keep the customers in check.
They all must wear silver head pieces around their head gems to hide their magic flow. Nobody can know who they once were.
The House of Vanity