Wielder of Names 3-53
Chapter: 3
The angels are (clockwise)
- 10 Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon
- 22 Shake off the Sodden Words of the Faithless and 35 Purity’s Griffon Harbors Only Brightness in His Heart
- 38 Dark Spear of Thought Will Plunge Into the Flesh of Heretics
- 29 Red Word Excises the Wicked
- 52 Holy Mists Rising From the Abyss
- 75 Ambulant Blade With A Ragged Edge
- 12 Questioning Fate
There’s a pretty good angel name generator here!
Ia ia Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn iaa!
And the wheel turns round once again. I’m liking Dark Spear’s design.
I’m quite partial to 12 Questioning Fate
This one had been trying to figure what to call ones self. 26 Bloody Chariot Scours the Unrepentant is a nice name, but this one feels it’s too… tinny. Tin tin tin tinny. This one needs a good strong woody name. A list begins.
This one is also enjoys the true forms of our new angel comrades, and hopes they continue to be.
26 Black Forest Drives the Mountain
Dun Dun DUUUUUN!!!!
For the benefit of mortals: 2-23 “Metatron Lives” http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/wielder-of-names-2-23/
Oy. You call this living?
Damn young one you saw a friend get ritualistically killed and were then tortured and forcefully inducted into a cult that worships a dead gods almighty half dead secretary. I can plainly say that within the wheel of creation that it sucks to be you right now.
*Deep breath*
METATRON LIIIIVES!
Damn, that’s a satisfying battlecry.
*echoes*
METATRON LIVES !
Indeed, satisfying and horrible. Surely it fills with fear any enemy of the Thorn Angels, thus fullfilling its primal function as a battlecry.
One could also say that this battlecry is fcking cool.
A paradoxically living and dead high secretary of a paradoxically living and dead creator. Is the angel closest to Yisun trying to emulate his master?
Choosing ether life or death is an affront to the holy paradox. But try to make paradox into a stirring battle cry? You can’t can you!
METATRON LIVES !
The perfume bottle with a halo is killing me.
I also (kind of) got my name from there. Modified it a bit. I foresee many doing awful things to the Unrepentant.
Angels do not need masks like demons to gain personalities but we can grow human-like faces if our minds become warped from too much contact with other beings. A respite in the void among our own kind usually puts things back in perspective.
I like that 12 Questioning Fate resembles a die.
It’s a D12? Lol I said it was a D20.
Is it voluntary that these names are not accorded? Is it really “10 Vigilant Gaze” or “10 Vigilant GazeS” ?
It is our responsibility to inform you that the numeral preceding our name is a separate item to the remainder of our addressage-form that indicates the number of times we have stepped beyond and back, an act most mortals call “dying”.
For example, I have “died” 91 times, and if I were to suddenly, perhaps by foul trickery, be on the receiving end of a spear to my abdomen or similar fate, I would reincarnate with much the same name, but as 92 Vigilant Stone, though you may call me Vigilant if you desire mortal brevity.
Perhaps, however, I misunderstand your query, our florid dialog bears much value in its aesthetics but little in its mundane functionality (though for describing the ineffable! No better syntax than this can be uttered by beings such as us.)
On a related note, I sense that these angels place importance on their own individual pursuits – so that, seemingly, while a name like “82 White Chain Returns to Subdue Evil” reflects the number of times they’ve reincarnated, it also contains the primary component of the angel’s personal name (“White Chain”, or perhaps “White Chain Born in Emptiness”).
Following this, the names occasionally appear to contain a defining individual pursuit or function (e.g., “Returns to Subdue Evil” could reflect White Chain’s mission during their current incarnation; although, based on the names of some of the angels in the void, seen above, there’s no requirement that this part of the name reflect anything specific to their non-void incarnations).
In addition, the fact that 2 Michael has no statement of individual pursuits following their name has many interesting potential implications:
-They lack a singular, personal objective,
-They despair of such things,
-They see no need to self-describe in this manner,
-The naming convention other angels seem to generally follow does not apply to an angel in a position of authority over others,
-They think such conventions are meaningless and would not adhere to them regardless.
I rather like the naming schema used by these angels, myself. Were I so inclined, I might venture forth under such nomenclature, as well. And in fact, I am considering it presently.
Alternately, he could be using the meaning of the name Michael. In which case, he would be ‘2 Who is like God’ – possibly with a ? on the end, depending on just how arrogant he actually is.
Thanks to a mention in the comments section of the latest update, I have been reminded that 2 Michael’s full name would *appear* to be “2 Michael, Wielder of the White Flame, First Among the Secondborn”.
Assuming this is actually his full name, and not just his full name followed by a couple of titles – if the latter is true, he is apparently audacious enough to use commas in his name. So we can bet he’s also that arrogant ;P
The number designates what incarnation they’re on, I think. So, for instance, 2 Michael is named Michael, and has died and come back to life once. Similarly, Metatron would be 2 Metatron, now.
The number on the name is the number of reincarnations, so the proper term is 10 Vigilant Gaze.
The number at the beginning is the amount of times the angel has died and reincarnated back into their stony flesh. Their *actual* name is the part following the number. Thus the reason they are calling “82 White Chain Born in Emptiness Returns to Subdue Evil” just “White Chain”
“10 Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon” would simply be known as “Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon” or simply “Vigilant Gaze” for short.
It’s the same reason they say “Metatron Lives” rather than “Metatron 2 (or 2 Metatron) lives”
The number isn’t part of the formal name, it’s a title. Much like calling someone “Mr.” or “Dr.” or “Professor”
Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon actualy prefers to be known as “Viggy Stardust” but no one will go along with it
10 is the number of the angel. Consider it thus: 10, Vigilant Gaze.
I think the name and number are unrelated. The way I see it, it’s more like “Angel Number 10, who is called ‘Vigilant Gaze'”
The number is the number of times they’ve reincarnated.
Pretty sure the number indicates the order in which they were created.
It might actually be pronounced “Tenth Vigilant Gaze Purges the horizon.”
The former, for our angelic friends begin their names with their current incarnation. Each time they are reborn they must add to their name.
The number in front denotes the number of reincarnations, not the number of vigilant gazes
Ah, a newcomer to the Void. Mind yourself in such reaches; devils are capricious, and so difficult to predict, but regardless of philosophy angels are quite predictable, at least as regards their touchiness.
The number which begins an angel’s name indicates which incarnation of them you address. When next he steps foot on Throne, it will be as 11 Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon.
2 Michael, master of 82 White Chain, has been banished to the Void but once.
Consider, then, the significance of Metatron, whose name lies unadorned.
I believe that the leading number is ordinal, and indicates how many incarnations a particular angel has possessed.
“Gaze”. The number indicates how many times that angel has been incarnated.
The number is not part of the name, but a notation of the quantity of re-incarnations.
http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/wielder-of-names-1-9/
‘Course time’s an endless wheel. ‘S why they’re called revolutions, they always come ’round again.
Are the pink feather’s it’s MOUTH?
I’m not sure what it means that the angels freak me out more then unbound devils.
Oh, I would not say that with haste, Preem Leopold. It seems that you have yet to witness many devils unbound, perhaps, in time, your impression will be swayed…
I think we can assume White Chain has not become too brainwashed, White Chain’s human form has been retained so the core personality is likely still intact.
Mettaton Lives! And is fabulous! Wait, wrong guy.
Metatron lives.
The number just denotes the incarnation #.
Its like John Miller III, you wouldn’t say Johns Millers III either, because it is still just one person. A person in their tenth incarnation in this example.
One person and specifically NOT ten gazes.
“Under any religion, the preestablished impersonal code transcends the right of the individual to explore, experience, and marvel at the mysteries of his own life and death. Religions introduce us not to YISUN but to slavery. They deprive us of our freedom to explore our own souls and to discover the endless and wondrous possibilities presented to us by an infinite universe. And most often the method of religions is fear, not love. They demand blind obedience and often obedience to dreadful dogma.”
it’s the number of times they’ve been reincarnated, so “[10th try at this] Vigilant gaze” or “Vigilant Gaze [the 10th]”
10 Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon is nearsighted. “Purges the Horizon.” Seems legit.
Well, FUCK.
This… is not a satisfying development.
If I may, clockwise starting from where?
We have seen 10 Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon before- they are the one in orange who first speaks.
I figure 22 Shake off the Sodden Words of the Faithless and 35 Purity’s Griffon Harbors Only Brightness in His Heart are the identical dudes with chains as heads and work around that. What I want to know is why 12 Questioning Fates’ head is the mirror from the Disney snow white cartoon?!
Clockwise from the bottom. 10 Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon is the sphinx-like form.
(I love this generator, btw)
Starting from 10 Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon, the only angel present whos name we knew until now (besides White Chain, of course). If you missed his introduction some many pages back, he’s the sphinx with a flaming ring for a head.
From 10 vigilant gaze who we’ve met before. He’s the one that looks like a headless beast with a wheel where his head would be.
The horse-looking fellow that we met before.
As long as Angel 67 isnt taken im happy. In a terrible fit of universal serendipity, when I tried the generator the first thing it spat out was “67 Silent Dome Punctures Darkness” and now I am in a crisis of identity.
Don’t worry, I’m sure nothing stops two angels from having reincarnated the same number of times. Aside from inability to turn that number backwards anyway.
thank you abaddon you gave me a name, i will treasure it with all my heart, blue moon i shall be.