>Since Gabriel is clearly part of the council again, the above might
>not be relevant but most In Nomine players default to thinking of
>Gabriel as female.

It might be a touch of that, although it's quite possible that she prefers it that way.

>As a side note on Laurence, despite the broadword up his arse, there
>were fairly solid reasons for him to be in command of Heaven's armies.
>He is one of Heaven's most capable asskickers and he was a
>favored servitor of the previous commander. The main alternatives were
>Michael, David and (at least in his own mind) Khalid. Of the two
>archangels. Michael held a major grudge against Dominic, with whom
>he'd have to work closely and David while an old and mighty Malakim
>and a genuinely quite capable strategist isn't too good at making
>decisions in a hurry. Under the circumstances bringing in a little new
>blood probably seemed like a good idea.

There's also the fact that it is War, and Laurence did understand that. The problem only really came when he let his hatred of Lucifer overcome his thinking to the point that he made a deal with Natla or one of her agents. After that, he tried to cover it up. That's when the problems kicked in.

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