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Mary Reba “Miss Velvet” Pleasant, currently known as Lord Griffith
When Mary Reba Pleasant went to the Library shortly after her death, it took some cross-referencing among the many books there to figure out why her Destiny was a darkly sensual, percussion-heavy theme, richly resonant and ornately delicate. There was only a single report that mentioned her, and the mercurian who wrote it interpeted this melody as a Destiny to be a successful high-class professional dominatrix. The Black graduate student followed that thread of research into the lives of her clients and came to the conclusion that she had spread selfless concern for intersectional liberation among powerful business executives. Until the tragic car crash that claimed her life in 2007, her career involved ordering the wealthy white men who patronized her (sometimes in both meanings of the word) to read the writings of Black feminist and socialist theorists. At least three non-profits sprung from this work, founded by men who had seen her, amidst innumerable shifts in corporate policy and lobbying goals.
As a Bodhisattva, Mary Reba dallied long in the Halls of Creation and the Glade, and even made some surprisingly regular trips over to the Church of the Sword, whiling away the Paradisiacal days chatting philosophy amongst the throngs in its halls as well as in more individual assgnations amongst its many rooms. Much like Laurence’s Church, the Catacombs received her often, and she acted much the same there, too. Those blessed, community-minded souls who explore the practice of selfless gossip probably shouldn’t have been as shocked as they were when Mary Reba submitted a saintly petition to an Archangel named something other than Eli or David.
Khalid smiled when she asked him if she could do his work on Earth, according to the angels Habib and Artiya’il who were in attendance at the time. “But though you are mubarak, neither are you Muslim nor are you even paricularly invested in any other Faith.”
“Wali malak, what you say is true. My Faith has always been invested in people and in politics, but that is the very crux of why I did approach thee with my petition. I do believe that I have come to a realization concerning the nature of your Word that by need must be shared with one you have also had.”
Khalid chuckled, Habib and Artiya’il say, and that was his sole response.
“Faith is not a thing limited in direction to the upward-pointed eyes. Trust in another is a type of Faith. Vulnerability is a type of Faith. Willingness to be led is a type of Faith.”
“Knowing your history, do you presume to the hubristic blasphemy that you can be the object of this Faith?”
“I am ever naught but a vessel for whatever Divinity casts ths light within which we are meeting. I have been led to believe that the Qu’ran describes humans as Allah’s successor on Earth. Humbly, that is all the work I wish to do in the corporeal realm.”
Khalid granted Reba’s request, and now Lord Griffith travels throughout the world, teaching those who wish to submit how to do so in the face of their greatest fears and long practice holding to their Will white-knuckled as the only force steering them through the world.
Corporeal 2 // Strength 4 Agility 4 // Body 16
Ethereal 2 // Intelligence 3 Precision 5 // Mind 6
Celestial 3 // Will 6/12* Perception 6 // Soul 18
Vessel/2, Status/2, Charisma/1 (general good looks) + Charisma/1 (nurturing dominance)
Skills: Area Knowledge (Atlanta/3), Detect Lies/3, Driving/1, Emote/3, Escape/1, Fighting/1, Knowledge (Pro Domme/3, Black Feminist Socialist Theory/1), Languages (Arabic/3, English/3N), Medicine/1, Seduction/1, Small Weapon (Cane/2), Swimming/1
Advantages: Blessed
Songs: Nightmares (Ethereal/2), Opening (Celestial/2)
Rites: Inspire faith in something holy; Instill true faith in a faithless person
* Mary Reba’s Will is doubled for purposes of resisting any resonance, attunement, or Song that can be resisted, as well as Fast-Talk and Seduction attempts. (This does not apply to powers resisted by characteristics other than Will, but it does apply to resisting orders if Mary Reba becomes a servant!)
Mary Reba Pleasant is created according to the rules for a starting player character Saint in the Corporeal Player’s Guide. She is also inspired by Mistress Velvet and Reba Maybury, both dominatrices using their Dominance for social change.
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