History TabletopGame / InNomine

* TheArmiesOfHeaven: All of the angels of Heaven oppose the demons of Hell in their own way, but the hosts of angels led by the Archangels Laurence, Michael and David are the closest to being a heavenly army. Of the various types of angels, Malakites (regardless of which Archangel they serve) are most often involved in anti-demonic combat.

* SecretWar: The basic principle of the setting - Heaven and Hell are fighting a low-level conflict behind the scenes of modern society, and both sides have orders to keep things quiet until [[FinalBattle Armageddon is ready to be fought]]. Heaven is not starting that battle until God says so, and as for Hell, "Lucifer has learned all he wants to know about [[CurbStompBattle attacking God before being completely sure of success."]] (''Revelations Cycle: Heaven and Hell'')

* SecretWar: The basic principle of the setting - Heaven and Hell are fighting a low-level conflict behind the scenes of modern society, and both sides have orders to keep things quiet until [[FinalBattle Armageddon is ready to be fought]]. Heaven is not starting that battle until God says so, and as for Hell "Lucifer has learned all he wants to know about [[CurbStompBattle attacking God before being completely sure of success."]] (''Revelations Cycle: Heaven and Hell'')

* SecretWar: The basic principle of the setting - Heaven and Hell are fighting a low-level conflict behind the scenes of modern society, and both sides have orders to keep things quiet until [[FinalBattle Armageddon is ready to be fought]]. Heaven is not starting that battle until God says so, and "Lucifer has learned all he wants to know about [[CurbStompBattle attacking God before being completely sure of success."]] (''Revelations Cycle: Heaven and Hell'')

* Railroading: If ''The Final Trumpet'' is played as written, it is impossible to prevent [[spoiler: the murder of the holiest man on Earth]], which triggers the [[spoiler: Second]] Trumpet. In fact, the characters have no chance of stopping the progression of Trumpets at all until possibly the [[spoiler: Fourth]] Trumpet and more likely the [[spoiler: Fifth or Sixth]].

* Railroading: If played as written, it is impossible to prevent [[spoiler: the murder of the holiest man on Earth]], which triggers the [[spoiler: Second]] Trumpet. In fact, the characters have no chance of stopping the progression of Trumpets at all until possibly the [[spoiler: Fourth]] Trumpet and more likely the [[spoiler: Fifth or Sixth]].

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: At one point in ''The Final Trumpet,'' the player characters race like mad to help defeat the World Serpent, since the rise of a world-endangering monster is supposed to set off the Fourth Trumpet. [[spoiler: Too bad the prophecy REALLY involves the long-missing Demon Prince of Cruelty, who's about to be freed from his centuries-old tomb ... a fact the PCs don't learn until ''after'' the World Serpent is defeated and their ally Thor is dead.]]

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: At one point in ''The Final Trumpet,'' the PCs race like mad to help defeat the World Serpent, since the rise of a world-endangering monster is supposed to set off the Fourth Trumpet. [[spoiler: Too bad the prophecy REALLY involves the long-missing Demon Prince of Cruelty, who's about to be freed from his centuries-old tomb ... a fact the PCs don't learn until ''after'' the World Serpent is defeated and their ally Thor is dead.]]

** As already stated, Malakim DO NOT FALL. Which means that they can take so much Discord that they become "Dark Malakim", warped ''things'' that distort the Symphony around themselves and steal the Essence of others.

* InternalAffairs: The angels of Dominic, the Archangel of Judgment, serve this role for the forces of Heaven. Like most fictional IA officers, this means they're also seen as overstarched pokerspines most of the time.

* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: Ethereal spirits regain Essence at midnight.

* AngelicAbomination: The [[CannotTellALie Seraphim]] (serpents with six eyes and six feathered wings), [[DrivesLikeCrazy Ofanim]] (constantly spinning wheels of flame), and [[HiveMind Kyriotates]] (a whirling cloud of limbs and body parts) all fit the bill.

* EldritchAbomination:
** As already stated, Malakim DO NOT FALL. Which means that they can take so much Discord that they become "Dark Malakim", warped ''things'' that distort the Symphony around themselves and steal the Essence of others.
** Hell once tried to make a Shedim that could occupy multiple bodies at once. The result was [[IAmLegion Legion]], the Prince of Corruption, a HiveMind so powerful and terrifying that it threatened to absorb the entire world. It was only stopped by an alliance between Heaven and Hell, and the sacrifice of the Archangel Raphael.
** The true appearances of most angels and demons also qualify.

* EnsignNewbie: Laurence, Archangel of the Sword, is the youngest of the Archangels (this is relative; he was about 750 years old when he was elevated), and is the Commander of the Host. He's in way over his head, and Michael is getting tired of playing SergeantRock for him.

** There's also Outcasts, who are still angels and not demons, but are currently barred from Heaven. This either happens as a last-chance lesson from their boss (or, once, Dominic), the angel's Heart being corroded by dissonance, or rarely, an angel flipping off the Heavenly hierarchy. Except for a very few established situations, anyone in the latter two categories is also going to be targeted by angels of Judgment.