Editing Fruit of the Vine:Hollan Seti (section)

===Allies===
*Senators
'''Graucus Aurelius''' owns Vulcan Advanced Robotics Systems, or 'VARS.' He idolizes the Power of Metal in an almost god-like fashion, and prays to him daily and before every session of the Senate. He sees in Seti the grand deification of everything he has dedicated his life to.

He despises Henri Rosenbaum to no end, however. He believes the Chancel should run as smoothly and efficiently as the robots his company creates, and it infuriates him that one of the Power's entire goal is to muddle that efficiency up as much as possible.

'''Cornelius Magnellius Antonius III''' does not believe that any machine, whether divine or no, could ever equal a human. He does not believe that Seti-or any of the Chancels robots-are truly sentient. Thus, he sees Seti as fundamentally flawed and, therefore, easier to manipulate than the other Powers. For this reason, he pursues Seti's interests in the Senate with a passion. For, he reasons, if he is to one day control the Baron of Metal, should he not do all he can to make sure Seti becomes the most powerful of all the Chancel's Nobilis?
(For this reason, Antonius is both ''for'' and ''against'' Seti)

'''Ari Chellos''' is the most advanced supercomputer on the Ninth Hill. Created by a joint effor of VARS, the Collegium Machina, and the former Power of Metal, Ari takes up the entire top floor of the highest tower in the Collegium. Every semester, a new student is chosen to link directly to Ari and become its avatar. Only two years after its creation, Ari was unanimously voted to the senate.

Ari dislikes Loto, though for nothing the boy has done. The previous Power of Voice was asked to give Ari a voice but refused, saying that computers did not deserve the honor. This is why Ari must use an avatar. It has carried over its dislike to the new Power, Loto.

The current avatar is a female graduate student named Chellos. Her proper title in the senate is "Senator Ari Chellos."

*Champion

'''Joss Fraunheimm''' is the warrior who champions Seti's interests in the arena when the Power choses not to do so himself. Joss is a large man bred from a family of fighters; he could use a sword almost before he could walk. Over the years, nearly every part of his body has been replaced by cybernetics, such that only his brain and a few central organs are still original. He is a dirty fighter, who will stoop to any level to win, but he knows how to please a crowd.

Joss was not actuall Seti's first choice, but is evidence of the sway Antonius III is beginning to exert on the Power. Joss is sponsered by the senator and, as such, when Joss gains popularity and does well in the ring, Antonius' interests improve.



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