The 99 Names of God

This is a companion post for the Prophet class.

by Pat Marvenko Smith

At the beginning of time the Authority created the world and everything in it. It is this feat, among others, that prove to us that the Authority is the one true God, the God of Gods, the One who Upholds the Universe.

Then, in His infinite wisdom and grace, the Authority created lesser beings known as the Gods, and allowed them to contribute to the Authority's creation. These beings then proceeded to make changes to the Authority's creation, filling it with all sorts of things, both beautiful and terrible. This is why the world is broken, for the Authority permitted the creation of things good and ill to demonstrate the truth to His children, both divine and mortal.

To aid them in their creative process, the Authority also gave his divine children the Words of Authority, or as the Church knows them, the Secret Names of God. Each one of these Names, when spoken aloud has the power to alter reality in accordance with the will of the speaker.

According to the Canon of the Church, there are 99 of these Names. Each one is sacred and if discovered, should be returned to the Church for everlasting spiritual (and potentially earthly) rewards. Not all the Names are in the possession of the Church or Gods aligned with the Church's Protector, Zulin, High King of Heaven. According to the bureaucracy of Heaven, the Church possesses 35 of the Names.

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The Shattered God Heresy:

It is common knowledge that the Authority rules through other Gods and other mortals. Church doctrine teaches this is because of free will. But in 670 AR (After Rebirth- the date when the Prophetess Hesaya was first reincarnated by her husband, Zulin), a Bishop of the Church named Uriza [oo-riz-A] put forward a novel and wild hypothesis.

This new teaching was that the Authority had utilized all of His power to create the universe and thus could not act to influence the world. The Lost Words of Authority, the Secret Names of God, he said, were part of the Authority's soul and when he created the universe, his soul was fractured into all things.

This teaching, known as the Teaching of the Shattered God, the Shattered God Heresy or simply Urizianism, gradually blossomed into a variety of competing teachings. Uriza taught that the Authority need not be acknowledged as much as He was, and it was more important to pray to Zulin and Hesaya. He also taught that Hesayans should look to the teachings of other religions for advice on what to do and adopted many of these practices himself.

Some of his disciples went further and claimed that the Authority is dead and the Heavens empty, or if they were not that extreme, they simply argued that the Authority was a powerless shade who could do nothing and was not worthy of worship.

It was at this point than a Conclave of Bishops was called to discuss the issue. Luckily, this Conclave was called when the Prophetess was among us, so she was able to lend her authority to it. After many days of prayer and fasting and furious debate, the Bishops declared that Urizianism was a heresy and that any who refused to recant would be excommunicated.

Despite this threat, many heretics refused to recant and Uriza himself fled the city, just ahead of the secular authorities who sought to arrest him for his many other crimes that he could now be prosecuted from, as he was no longer under the aegis of the Church. And though that was many, many years ago, it is said that there are still small communities of Urizianists out in the wilderness, practicing their own, wildly divergent version of Hesayanism.

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But how do they work?

The Secret Names of God are a piece of knowledge that cannot be shared. If told to someone, you will forget and only they will know it. Words cannot be stolen or taken by force, only given and received. The most common way for a mortal to receive a Word is when a Prophet is loaned a Word by their God in order to accomplish a great feat or pursue a holy mission. The only other ways are if a mortal tricks a God out of a Word or finds one that was lost, though these cases are much less common than folklore would have you believe.

When one possesses one of the Words of Authority, one can speak and alter reality based on what that Word is.

Consider the Word "SPEAK". A Prophet with this Word can order anything he wishes to 'Speak'. When he does so, the Referee should assign a DC to the action based on how in accordance with what the Word is and how likely it is to work, how easy the task is, how likely his God is to grant his request, etc.

For example, if the Prophet comes across a book written in a language he does not speak, he can command the book to "Speak in his language." If he succeeds, the book will either translate itself or it may speak aloud in the language the Prophet used and explain itself to him. Or if interrogating a prisoner who refuses to talk, the Prophet could try to order the prisoner to "Speak the truth" and force the prisoner to talk and tell the truth.

Note that certain requests may be impossible, either because of the Word or because the God who gave the Prophet the Word he is using would not want it used for that purpose. For example, a Prophet could not use the Word 'Speak' to light up a dark room or if someone was keeping a secret that the Prophet's God didn't want getting out, the Word could not make the person reveal that secret.

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The 99 Words of Authority:

1- Speak

2- Seal/Close

3- Mend

4- Open

5- Release

6- Pass

7- Cut

8- Destroy/Kill

9- Burn

10- Purify

11- Corrupt/Degrade

12- Illuminate

13- Dismiss

14- Call/Bring [Forth]

15- Send

16- Solidify/Harden

17- Raise

18- Lower

19- Crush

20- Silence

21- Enrage/Rage

22- Calm

23- Purchase/Redeem

24- Steal/Take

25- See

26- Blind

27- Quicken

28- Slow

29- Stop

30- Make

31- Invigorate

32- Weaken

33- Connect

34- Bind

35- Consume

36- Conceal/Hide

37- Chill

38- Guard/Protect

39- Reveal

40- Restore

41- Distort

42- Alter

43- Progress

44- Move

45- Change

46- Return

47- Forget

48- Remember

49- Grow

50- Wrath

51- Sorrow

52- Truth

53- Peace

54- Command

55- Suffer

56- Wither

57- Vanish

58- Submit

59- Fight

60- Love

61- Repent

62- Pardon/Forgive

63- Storm

64- Expel

65- Freedom

66- Hate

67- Fill

68- Clear

69- Fear/Frighten

70- Dream

71- Wake

72- Save

73- Hold

74- Speed

75- Think

76- Seed

77- Build

78- Disassemble

79- Duplicate

80- Hear

81- Empty

82- Dissolve

83- Fuse/Combine

84- Fear

85- Charm/Seduce

86- Convert

87- Appoint

88- Delegate

89- Promote

90- Record

91- Dictate

92- Hold

93- Shrink

94- Remove/Remand

95- Teach

96- Appeal/Petition

97- Accuse

98- Bury

99- Breathe

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