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====Order of the Blackened Denarius====
'''Pure. Unrepentant. Evil.''' Thirty fallen angels trapped in the thirty coins used by the Romans to bribe Judas Iscariot. Sometimes called Knights of the Blackened Denarius as a parody of the Knights of the Cross who oppose them. The coins basically act like the One Ring, tempting and corrupting whoever holds them with promises of power, eventually tricking the unfortunate host into giving up his or her free will and becoming little more than a beast of burden in the thrall of the fallen. Coin bearers have access to the immeasurable experience and knowledge of the Fallen angel, in addition to a shape shifting ability that allows them to take on demonic characteristics to make them more formidable in battle. The Fallen and the Coin bearers are more of a loose coalition of allies than a formal order, with a few distinct factions within the order who will cooperate or backstab each other as the situation requires. The group's overarching goal is to cause the apocalypse, but its much more complex than that. The "leaders" of these groups believe that its unlikely that they'll actually cause the end of the world, but they can still advance the cause of Hell while trying. Subsequently, their plots are constructed such that if the lose, they're still able to cause pain and suffering and weaken the forces of good, for example: if they're stopped from obtaining nuclear warheads, they'll still have caused multiple deaths, widespread panic, and significant human suffering in the process of trying. Their philosophy is to push the world closer and closer towards Armageddon, creating an environment of chaos and terror. Put in the words of their de facto leader: "Apocalypse is a frame of mind." The group is known to be responsible for The Bubonic Plague, Columbian Cartels, and the Rwandan Genocide. An unsettling thing about the leadership is that they claim that they are in fact "saving" the world, presumably because the think Satan was in the right for rebelling against God, and if they win, the Fallen get to literally rewrite history and objective morality.
[[Image:Nicodemus.jpg|thumb|right| Nicodemus and Anduriel. The human is the more dangerous one in this picture.]]
'''Known Coins and Bearers'''

*'''Anduriel/Nicodemus''' Nicodemus Archleone is, for the purposes of the stories, essentially the leader of the Order of the Blackened Denarius. As close to '''Evil''' as it is possible to get in the series, and a man who Harry fears and respects in equal measure. Nicodemus himself is an extremely enigmatic individual, the current prevailing rumor to his identity is the potter in whose field Judas Iscariot hung himself. He is completely devoted to the idea of the Apocalypse and is wholly convinced that all he has ever done was for the cause of good, believing the forces of Heaven to be evil. Throughout the series, there are subtle hints that he actually has an obsession with Christ and sainthood, seeking to become a messiah, he also seems to view the rest of the Denarians as his "apostles" . Anduriel is a former lieutenant of Satan who may or may not be completely subservient to Nicodemus, it can listen in on anything said within hearing distance of any shadow on earth (only one shadow at a time though and you can ward against its presence). Nicodemus prefers to work as a manipulator and schemer, rarely entering combat if he can avoid it, though once there he's all kinds of dangerous. An expert marksman and swordsman, he also wears the absurdly OP relic noose that Judas hung himself with, which more or less makes him immune to any harm, save for SPOILERS. Unlike most Denarians, he doesn't have any one overt combat form, instead forming shadows to serve as hands, tentacles, wings, that kind of thing. He speaks with a rich, cultured, "vaguely British" accent, because all villains are British.
**'''Squires''': Nicodemus' personal cult of henchmen. Membership is hereditary, so each squire is raised to be absolutely loyal to Nicodemus. Upon their initiation to squire, Nicodemus has their tongues ripped out so that they can't speak if interrogated and can't function outside of the cult.

*'''Unknown/Deirdre''' Deirdre is Nicodemus's daughter/lover. Totally loyal to him, murderous, short tempered. Described as having the beauty and subtle curves of a straightrazor. Demon form looks like a green scaled, shapely medusa-like creature with razor-sharp hair that can extend to great lengths. Harry has repeatedly described her demon form as "disturbingly attractive," so make of that what you will. Speaks with a "vaguely british" accent, because Jim Butcher watched too many movies in the 80's and 90's.

*'''Imariel/Polonius Lartessa (Tessa)''' Tessa is Nicodemus's wife and rival in creating the Apocalypse. *obligatory pun about hell and relationships* Currently has the appearance of a girl in her mid to late teens (having been a former child prostitute in the Roman Empire before Nicodemus "saved" her). Imariel transforms its host into a humanoid praying mantis that can dissolve into swarms of smaller insects. She's considerably more impulsive and rash than Nicodemus, being more focused on short term carnage than long term apocalypse. She's also a wizard, with White Council levels of magic power (but she predates the current incarnation of the organization). As of ''Skin Game'' she's gone batshit, fucking, crazy.

*'''Ursiel/Rasmussen''' Ursiel is a fallen who takes the form of a giant demonic bear who loves brute force. Rasmussen, his bearer, is a broken, insane, wreck of a human being, tortured and beaten into submission. Ursiel itself has devolved into a bestial mass of madness and rage, motivated only by an addiction to bloodshed and a hatred of Heaven.

*'''Lasciel/SPOILERS''' Lasciel is known as the Web-Weaver, the Seducer, or the Temptress, and is described as a rebel angel among rebel angels who manages to avoid being a mary sue, somehow. Despite kinda sorta working for/with Nicodemus, she's as much of a backstabber to the rest of the Fallen as she is to everyone else (hence "rebel angel among rebel angels"). According to WoJ, prior to the Fall, she tried to profit by working for both sides during the War in Heaven. When her plans fell apart and the War went FUBAR for Lucifer's bunch, she was cast out for her disloyalty. She then threw her lot in with Satan, became something like an anarchist, and developed a huge chip on her shoulder in regards to God and any other authority figure. Her sigil is vaguely reminiscent of an hourglass. Like all angels she has no physical body, but prefers to take the shape of an attractive woman in the minds of her host. In combat she takes the shape of a cloud of smoke and subtle fire wrapped around her host. 

*'''Saluriel/Quintus Cassius''': A snake-themed Fallen angel bound to one of Nicodemus's "personal friends" (an expendable pawn). In combat it gives its bearer a serpentine lower body and a cobra-like head.

*'''Thorned Namshiel/Unknown''' Tessa's sorcery expert, enjoys picking pockets and strangling people, sometimes simultaneously. Looks like an emaciated man with thorns all over its body. Despises humanity and views humans as little more than animals. Is good enough at magic that he can literally grab and ''eat'' a spell thrown at him. He can take a combat spell, control it without dissipating its energy, and devour it. That's some next level shit right there. 

*'''Akariel'''

*'''Urumviel'''

*'''Magog/SPOILERS''': Considering the enormous significance of angels' Names, there's probably a really interesting story behind the break in the naming scheme. Magog looks like an enormous purple gorilla with horns, and serves as Tessa's heavy hitter. He's fast, crazy strong, has next to no reaction time, but he doesn't have any strategy other than "run at the enemy and hit it really hard." Like Ursiel, it appears that he's devolved into little more than a blood-crazed beast.

*'''"Obsidian Statue"''': Nickname only.

*'''"Shaggy Feathers"''' Nickname only.

*'''"Green Antlers"''' Nickname only.

*'''???/Rosanna''' Tessa's second in command, her coin is unknown. Looks like a sexy succubus with goat hooves. Manipulative type, but can also use magic, fire evocation at the very least.

*'''Varthiel'''

*'''Ordiel'''

*'''???/McKullen''' We literally know his name and that's it.

*'''Tarsiel'''

This leaves at least 12 unknown coins assuming there's no overlap in the above unknowns, either being held secure by the church, or out in circulation